We the people will not be silenced. Vice president joe bidens camp projecting confidence as President Trumps team is threatening legal challenges. So this race is not over yet. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Thank you for joining us. Heres where we stand right now. Vice President Biden has 253 electoral votes. President trump has 214. 270 is the number needed to win. Take a look at how california voted. The states 55 electoral votes went to Vice President joe biden. Quickly after the polls closed at 8 00. All nine bay area counties voted blue. President trump found support in the northernmost counties and in the eastern and central interior. And many groups came out today to secure the vote. A group showed up at facebook headquarters in menlo park about an hour ago demanding that the company prevent the candidates and their surrogates from spreading disinformation. Facebook confirmed it had already applied warning labels to the two of President Trumps posts. And about t
But there is still a path to victory for both biden and President Trump as Battle Ground states continue to tally votes. Here is where we stand. Vice President Biden has 253 electoral votes. President trump has 214. 270 is needed to win. Were waiting on alaska, arizona, nevada, pennsylvania, North Carolina and georgia. Voter turnout is expected to be high in this unusual Election Year but how high in comparison to past president ial elections . Abc 7 news Leslie Brinkley looked into that question today in Contra Costa County that could be a micro cost m for the rest of the bay area. Reporter here in the east bay, there was a big push to register new voters. They received more on the roster than four years ago but no so much the sheer number of voters but the percent of those voters who actually vote. This machine takes pictures of signatures on ballots. First step in the process of counselling a vote. There are ballots dropped off at the polls and those that arrived in the mail today.
It is winding down in the south bay, and over the santa cruz mountains. Whats left of the storm ranks one on the abc 7 storm impact scale. So more scattered showers are possible this evening. Its already a wet commute and thats continuing, and there will be at times gusty winds. Here is the forecast animation. You can see after about 8 30 or so tonight, this will be just about over except for some spotty sprinkles and then well have skies clearing or partially clearing overnight giving way to a sunny weekend. Meanwhile in the sierra, it is still snowing. Winter weather advisory in effect until 10 00 tonight. We expect one to five inches of snow and higher peaks and travel will be difficult there. Meanwhile, ill have the sevenday forecast for sunnier skies and warmer weather coming up a little bit later, dan and ama . Very good. You can see the same live doppler 7 spencer uses by downloading the app. You see spencers smiling face there. It will come in handy. Well, if it feels like coro
Desensitized to these numbers. Imagine three boeing 747s crashing every single day. Thats what were looking at right now. Thats abc thats abc 7s special go ahead, ama. Please. Sorry, dan, go ahead. Thats abc 7 news special correspondent dr. Alok patel who just spoke on our 7 00 news getting answers. Good evening to you. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Dr. Patel talked about 1,000 deaths a day. Experts say that could soon hit 2,000, matching or exceeding what we saw in the spring. Thats because just a little while ago we learned that a quarter of a million americans have died from the coronavirus, passing the number dr. Anthony fauci predicted in march. And tonight several counties are seeing the most Covid Patients admitted in a single day since the last wave hit in july. It raises the question will hospitals have to ration care . Abc 7 news iteam reporter stephanie sierra is digging into this question and leads us off tonight. I have not been in the military and i have not been in wa
Square today empty space that would usually be packed with visitors. San franciscos lack of tourists could mean cuts to programs that residents rely on. A brks krrbc 7 News Reporter me woodro has the story. Reporter suns around San Francisco say welcome, were open and visitors are few and far between. One of the campaigns is our gate is open. While that gate just got closed two days ago. Reporter steve rizzo is general manager at hotel g. The hotel has been closed for eight months. Rizzo estimates theyve lost 8 to 12 million in that time. I imagine that a lot of places are in the same boat as we are. Your cash flow runs out when you have no Revenue Source coming in. Reporter according to the quarterly status report released this month by the controllers office, the hotel tax is expected to drop 43. 4 million below the expected 126. 2 million. One of the things that visitors really do is help to pay the cost of living in San Francisco and without them, its going to be noticeable for all