Special edition of nbc bay area news. Im janelle wang. Im raj mathai. Democracy is in action and were documenting it every step of the way. This begins our nonstop coverage on this Election Night and were prepared to be here into the wee hours. Here is what is happening right now. The polls remain open until 8 00 p. M. Here in california, but across the country the polls will start closing in about an hour. We dont know which direction things will go tonight, but we do know it could be the highest voter turnout in the history of u. S. President ial elections. Here is a live look now at the white house. The president is inside. Tonight he is watching the results with his family and aides in the residence and oval office. Hes also hosting a party for his closest supporters at the white house, about 250 people on the guest list. Now, earlier today the president stopped by his Campaign Headquarters in virginia. He thanked staffers and reflected on this race. He also said he had not thought
In the castro, the shells carry costumes and party favors which are unusually full so close to halloween, a sign of the pandemic. s budget would be walltowall people in here. The costumes would be obliterated, we would be lucky to have makeup left on the shelves. Reporter owner terry Austin Bennett tells me she sold only 40 percent of what is normal for halloween. She says this holiday has a special meaning. Her greatgrandfather found of the castro hollowing parade in 1948. It is a source of pride, a source of fun. We get excited and energized by halloween. Reporter it began as a way to celebrate with neighborhood children, and eventually became a party for adults who came from all over the country and beyond. But, this year, city leaders are encouraging people to stay away. Due to the pandemic. This is not the year for a street party. Its not even the year to hang out with a bunch of your friends on the sidewalk. Like, this is a tough year. Reporter supervisor rafael mendham and is as
You at this hour. Lets show you first where the president ial race stands right now. With 80 lets show you that right now. We have joe biden with 220 electoral votes and President Trump with 213. A candidate needs 270 to win. So far tonight no state has flipped parties from how it voted in 2016. The country is still waiting on key battleground states to finalize their results. Election officials in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania say it could be days until we know the final results due to the large number of mailin ballots. Heres where the popular vote stands. Biden at 49 , donald trump at 48 . Here in california now were going to target here not surprisingly joe biden winning the popular vote by more than 30 points. All 55 of californias electoral votes will go to joe biden. By the way, the last time california voted for a republican back in 1988, george h. W. Bush. Now, the roller coaster of emotions through the night, they are running high. An entire block of San Francisco was
Here in the bay area county registrars are busy processing ballots, but theres also a growing sense of anxiety from many voters. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana reports in San Francisco on voter turnout and voter stress. Reporter just two days till polls close on election 2020, and county registrars offices across the bay area are already busy processing ballots. But for some voters there is still a pretty high level of anxiety. I am anxious in the sense that in light of the new voting, you know, vote by mail, we wont know whats going to happen till much later than tuesday. It becomes contested, violence, unrest, things like that. Reporter however you decided to keep track of the election, whether watching the news around the clock or checking updates, psychologists agree on one this can. Voters from all parties have been reporting high stress levels because of the election. Its been at times divisive and at other times bizarre. There are boundaries around how much of the conversations y
Governor gavin newsom says one group is seen the bulk of these new coronavirus cases kron fours terisa stasio joins us live in San Francisco with more on the rising caseload. And how this could affect a reopening in the bay area teresa. Catherine and can the governor saying that this age group 18 to 49 in on that and saying that this just as an example and how this virus does not discriminate. The number of people that are testing positive. The number of new cases in the state of california. The age cohort is something i wanted to highlight california governor Gavin Newsome on what the state is saying when it comes to that surging covid19 cases. The state revealing the sevenday Positivity Rate is 7 . And over the weekend there were 14,390 new cases reported on saturday alone. Also the data showing that more women than men make up the cases in california. And there is this an increasing concern the governor saying that new information pointing to people between the ages of 1849, are cat