Im emily turner. History was made last night, over Vice President joe biden know president elect and california senator Kamala Harris becoming the first woman to become the first role of Vice President elect as woman. At the white house it has been very quiet, taking their first beaches last night joe biden and Kamala Harris projected unity and optimism. Here is not report from washington. Reporter at a victory celebration in wilmington delaware president elect joe biden said he is ready to get to work for all americans no matter who they voted for. It is time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again. Vice president elect Kamala Harris the first woman, a person of color, to win the vice presidency said she may be the first but she will not be the last. Every little girl watching tonight sees this is a country of possibility. Word of the biden harris projected when smart parties and parades from Southern California to portla
Numbers. More than 8 million votes have already been cast here in california and across the u. S. More than a 3rd of americas registered voters have already cast their ballot and the south bay in fact the sorting verifying and counting of ballots has begun. And almost half of the ballots that were mailed out to voters have already been returned. Offers rob fladeboe joins us now live from the register voters in san jose with the latest numbers, rob thats right vicki and grant else and again 5 days to go in election is already into record territory as you say a Million People registered to vote here in Santa Clara County almost half of those ballots have already been returned im here outside the Registrars Office in san jose been watching and talking with people as they come by to drop off their ballots and so has the registrar of voters here who says its all systems go for this record breaking historic voter turnout. Heres a closer look. Again no youre good 3 can i just make sure you sh
Richmond city hall on october 12th. After the online tracking system showed their ballots were not received, many of them reached out to local election officials, trigger an investigation. We have identified about 40 people who said they dropped their ballot off that day, and we have not yet received it. We have called and emailed each one of them. Many of them most of them actually weve already reissued them a second ballot so they can have the opportunity to vote. The assistant registrar of voters says its possible there are more missing ballots. However, he says 84 other ballots dropped off at that same ballot box in richmond the same day were received. He says it does not appear the box was tampered with. Instead they suspect its a handling error. Today several concerned voters who had planned to use the Richmond City hall drop box drove their ballots to the registrar of Voters Office in martinez instead. Lets get to the campaign trail. Tonight the focus is florida. President trump
Reaching out to the 70 million americans who voted for President Trump. Lets give each other a chance. We have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. They are not our enemies. They are americans. This morning as the president elect looks ahead to 2021, President Trump is still claiming falsely that he won the election. His legal team says it is ready to fight the results even as pressure builds on the president to concede. We will have lie reporve report will talk to chuck todd just ahead. Then, our sunday focus on the historic Vice President election Kamala Harris, the daughter of immigrants who helped propel her ticket to the white house. Plus in our sunday spotlight, a great conversation between harry smith and historian john meacham about where the country is and where it is headed after this election. At least four years under President Trump. Later we will continue to a new sunday sitdown with one of the most talented artists in all of music. Grammy winner Chris Stapleton
Now 5 days away from the november 3rd election and kron 4 is your local election headquarters this election season. With a Record Number of people voting early this election season, there are already concerns tonight about missing ballots in the east bay, dozens of voters reported not receiving confirmation that their ballot was received by the Contra Costa County elections division. Kron fours justine waltman here now with details and whether or not foul play is believed to be involved justine. Well Contra Costa County has 37 drop off ballot boxes. But theres one question tonight, and thats the box thats right outside of Richmond City hall, dozens of voters say they dropped off their ballots there on october 12 and the county has not been able to confirm receipt of those ballots so theyre lost and the county doesnt know where they are tonight. The county is telling us this according to the Contra Costa County Elections Office the ballot box and Richmond City all has been inspected by