Contra costa county. The news at 10 00 starts right now. Thank you for joining us for this special election 2020 newscast. Its not jut about the vote count. Many high profile republicans are joining the president in claiming Election Fraud without presenting any real evidence. Lets start with the numbers. The Electoral College vote unchanged. Youll notice in the last 24 hours because the races in five states are still too close to call. And four of those states could go to recounts. Joe biden with 253 electoral votes. 214 for President Trump. 270 is the magic number. The country is hanging on the results from nevada, arizona, pennsylvania, and georgia. In all four states, both candidates are within 2 Percentage Points of each other. And two are practically in a dead heat. In georgia, President Trump has led, has the lead with less than 2,000 votes. It is 11 00 in the evening in maricopa county, arizona, where the count continues at this hour. The county intends to announce new results
Combative. The candidates clashing repeatedly over coronavirus. Anyone responsible for that many deaths should not remain as the president of the United States of america. Were learning to live with it. We have no choice. We cant lock ourselves up in a basement like joe does. President trump and democratic joe biden delivering their closing arguments as the clock ticks down to election day. The big question which candidate was able to sway more voters . Millions of people have already voted, but the majority of americans have not. Nbc bay areas ian cull has the big moment. Reporter tonight with a mute button in hand if the candidates ran over time or spoke over the other, a much more civil debate focused on policy starting with the coronavirus. Anyone whos responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States of america. Were learning to live with it. We have no choice. We cant lock ourselves up in a basement like joe does. Learning to live with it, come
Ballots directly to the registrars office. In Santa Clara County, more than 437,000 people have cast their ballots. About half, about 220,000, have put their ballots not in the mail but directly into drop boxes. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro is live at the Santa Clara County registrar of voters in san jose with more on that. And marianne, people want to make sure they get in and their votes count. Reporter they are very concerned about that, janelle. If you look here, this is where people drop off their ballots at the registrar of Voters Office. Many people we talked with today felt that their vote would be secure if they dropped it off at this specific location. 13 miles, thats how far ted and carol bautista drove today to turn in their ballots at the drop box at the registrar Voters Office in san jose. I feel like it is safer to drop it on a place where you will be counted. Reporter but Evelyn Mendez with the Santa Clara County registrar of Voters Office says theres no need to make a
Their closing arguments to the American People. This as their best chance to reach tens of millions of people who were watching tonight. Our special postdebate newscast starts right now. Good evening and thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai. And im jessica aguirre. Race, covid19, immigration, climate, health care and china among the topics tonight. The exchanges, though, much more substantial and civil than their first debate. We were actually able to hear some clear answers tonight from both candidates. Now, the debate also had a very different feel. More measured, more controlled, with less interruptions. Now, thats partly due to new debate rules where microphones were muted at times. What we saw tonight, something valuable. Their differences. Their different approaches to the coronavirus, for example, taxes and health care. But one topic continued to be a theme and thats attacks on character. I ran because of you. I ran because of barack obama. Because you did a poor job. If i th
Reporter meanwhile people are trying to adapt to a day without power. Most stores here are closed but not all of them. This couple says they managed to buy what they needed. We shopped by flashlight, and we paid cash. We were due two cents change, but we all forgot about that. Reporter people here understand they need to make sacrifices to stay safe. Were surviving. It could be much, much, much worse. Reporter in oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. I want to give you a more detailed look at exactly where those outages are happening. First lets talk about the east bay. Most of the outages are in the oakland hills, which is right here. This is that whole montclair area that she was talking about. Some people without power on the Southeast Side of walnut creek, so were talking about this area right here, and then all along danville, which is right down here. So lets look at the north bay. 9,000 customers without power. Thats just in napa alone. So were talking about this region ri