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.
Many people voicing their concerns, hitting the streets, demanding that every vote be counted. Good evening, everyone, thanks for joining us. Im jessica aguirre. And im raj mathai. Emotions are running high as President Trump is fighting for his political life. As we approach the midnight hour, heres where we stand. Joe biden has a narrow lead with 253 electoral votes. President trump with 214. 270 is the magic number. Biden can outright win this election if he holds on to his leads in arizona and nevada. The other battleground states were tracking tonight, georgia, North Carolina and pennsylvania. You see all the five states highlighted in purple. Election crews are still counting ballots. All right. Lets take a look at the popular vote. Biden at 50 . 71 million americans voted for the biden harris ticket. Thats the most votes for president in u. S. History. This election is still hanging in the balance. Lets begin tonight with Nbcs Alice Barr from the white house. Reporter tonight De
A coat this morning. Its a little chilly. I was thinking the same thing. Good morning to you all. Lets bring in rosemary to talk about this. I forgot what that chill in the air felt like until this morning. It is so weird. And my cold . I am glad to see but its a definite change in the weather. Yes. You need socks this morning, for sure. We are a little bit cooler and we will be cooler for today but it wont last. We start a warmup tomorrow and it is a warming trend that will last for a few days and may be several days. For today, the deeper green layer is out there. A bit of an onshore breeze this afternoon. Temptress coming down by a few degrees. I will have a better look at the Current Conditions and what to expect for the afternoon and will look at the rest of the weekend coming up in a bit. Truck protests continue around the bay area after the Police Shooting of jake it jacob blake in kenosha, wisconsin. Demonstration dancers are calling to an end to Police Brutality. How san joses
Highway early this afternoon. The sunset solidarity march began at sloat and protesters marched to lincoln. Demonstrators have gathered again in vallejo to protest the death of george floyd. The city, however, reeling and really on edge after reports of looting over the weekend. Last night city hall was broken into. A fire was set on the first floor. That caused the sprinklers to go off. The citys mayor says it is now uninhabitable in the building, and the police chief is really appalled at what he saw happening. This was a coordinated attack by organized individuals seeking to cause destruction and harm to our community. And no such acts will be tolerated. Vallejo did issue a curfew last night that started at 8 00 p. M. , lasting until 5 00 a. M. It is in place until further notice. In danville, almost every single business on harts avenue is boarded up. You see messages supporting george floyd sprayed on some of the plywood. There has not been any looting in danville. A peaceful prot
Protests against george death has broken out across the country, including here in the bay area. Hundreds of people posttesting in oakland and san jose tonight. The demonstrations, at times, pretty violent. That outreach spreading across the country tonight. Thank you for joining us. And tonight, in oakland, protesters were out on the streets. Protesters were blocking the highway at 880. You can see in the video this is from the broadway exit. You can see here that people were on the freeway. At one point traffic had to come to a screeching halt because the protesters ran onto the freeway. Here is a live look from sky fox at the protest happening right now in oakland. We saw a short time ago someone set fire to something. It appears that other people who are a part of the demonstration put out that fire as well. You can see fire trucks on the scene. We are not clear what that was about. But we have learned multiple officers were hurt earlier tonight at seventh and broadway. Always say