Uptotheminute news on election news every day at 1 00 p. M. Eastern and today i will be joined by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich who is a i strong supporter of President Trump and in just one minute i will be joined by former attorney general eric holder who has been working on redistricting for years now with president obama and has been advocating for democratic nominee joe biden. Two great guest today but first i wanted to run through my notebook a little bit of the headline and i am paying attention to in these final days in florida and florida, florida your member in 2000 said that was a focus for that election and seems to be the focus once again for Vice President biden and President Trump in the tampa area today because they know the corridor vote is key and you also see Vice President biden going to Broward County and making sure black voters in voters are coming out strong and we talked to general holder about that and Voter Suppression issues in florida and across the so
All right kron fours always tracking local stories here in the bay area. Theres whats happening. Lets going to start in the east bay. Dramatic spike in gun violence in the city of alameda. Its a disturbing trend of the Police Department is working to control kron fours phillipe djegal spoke with city leaders who believe the pandemic is playing a role. The alameda City Attorneys Office says it has made prosecutions of any violent or gun related crimes, a priority. This as the city is in the midst of a rapid rise in criminal activity interim police chief randy fenn says property crimes are down significantly compared to last year, especially burglaries assaults are also down nearly 19 . But robberies have increased more than 5 and a half percent and the use of firearms is escalating i think this is a societal issue why we write why have we come to this point where so many of our grievances are shuttled. With gunfire for 2 years from 2018 to 2019 there were 10 reported shootings in the ci
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
Mrs. Trump warmed up the large crowd for President Donald Trump outside Raymond James stadium she used her time in the spotlight to echo her husbands push to downplay the coronavirus pandemic which has killed 228,000 americans. Everybody seemed day. To move this country forward. President trump took the stage celebrating a new federal estimate that the economy grew at a stunning 33. 1 to an annual rate in the July September quarter. We are doing great to see the number today, 33. 1 g d p. Now to Broward County which includes Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale rather where president ial candidate, joe biden appeared for a drive in raleigh. Broward is the blue is county in florida and home to a sizable population of black voters biden used his moment on stage today to slam the president on racial issues. You have to vote got the ball because while donald trump fails to contend white supremacy. We could deliver on racial justice. Donald trump. Players access and systemic racism as a problem
This country for generations to con she would take ease in your all own hence. Your vote, your voice we are now just 5 days away from the november, 3rd election. Thank you for joining us tonight at 10 im pam moore and im ken wayne is the race for the white house enters its final stretch were committed to answer your questions about the safety of your ballot and in the east bay officials are investigating tonight after some ballots went missing. Officials with the Contra Costa County elections. Office say dozens of ballots placed in a drop box at Richmond City hall have not been found. The missing ballots of raised some concerns about mail in voting. Kron fours dan thorn in richmond tonight with the story. Election Officials Say theyre trying their best to find these ballots but have so far come up empty handed. Theyre also trying to figure out how this happened and what they can do to keep it from happening again from this election dropbox in richmond, dozens of ballots have gone missi