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
The workers threatening a major strike and what theyre demanding. And its a race against the clock. The challenging work under way in Contra Costa County as hospitals prepare for a surge in patients. Good evening, everybody. Im jessica aguirre. Raj mathai has the night off. Well, they texted. They emailed, and they called. Tonight an urgent message from bay area leaders. Dont let your guard down and continue to isolate. Nbc bay areas ian cull has more from Santa Clara County where theyre nervously tracking cases and reminding us all to stay home. Reporter most people in the south bay had a phone alert, a call, a text. I even got an email saying the need to stay home is urgent, and you should limit going outside even for essentials. So look here reporter the directive more clear in a press conference by Santa Clara County officials, saying it will take at least another 2 1 2 weeks to know if were flattening the curve locally. You will see increased numbers because more testing is going
So far this month only 0. 02 of an inch. Doppler radar on satellite its mainly cloud cover with a few spotty showers in the north bay down to about San Francisco. Brand new time line continues to show the best chance here of some scattered rainfall ask showers right here in the north bay through 1 00 a. M. And a greater chance here in the bay area by 5 00 in the morning. Let you know how much chillier tomorrow and when morning temperatures will drop below the freezing mark. You should know jeff is also tracking the incoming rain on twitter. His handle is with further amendment the tax cuts is passed. The president and republican lawmakers maintain the bill will help all americans. I think this is an important accomplishment for the country that people will value and appreciate, but obviously it requires a continued discussion. Democrats of course disagreeing and call the bill a bad deal for americans. The house originally passed the bill this afternoon before it went to the senate, but
Reporter the reacs came quick and pointed tonight. The white house is not dee nighing the president used a vulgar term. Democrats tell nbc that president asked, quote, why do we want all these people from shole countries here. Adding hed rather see more immigrants from norway. Barbara lee tweeted racist attitudes lead to racist policies. Trump is the republican standard bearer and paul ryan, what are you going to do. If he looked at one of the local fortune 500 companies here, wed let him go. The naacp chapter president said its more evidence of the president s racism. We have leaders around him that continue to allow him to talk about human beings in disparaging ways. Members of the gop reacting to. Orrin hatch tweeting he looks forward to getting information on the comment. A white house statement saying certain washington politicians work for certain countries. The president will work for the american people. Whether it helps long term will be certain, short term it hurts him since
Possible second target. They found bullet holes. They have more on that and the gunmans path. Its unclear if the tanks were a target. Tonight its another link investigators are trying to determine a motive. New information. A fuel tank caught in the cross fire, rifle rounds caught a fuel tank sunday. One round penetrated this tank though Officials Say it was never in danger of exploding. We dont know if the tanks were an intended target, the names of all 58 people he killed were released tonight. The oldest 67 and the youngest just 20. Tonights funerals and memorials for some of the victims including officer Charles Hartfield of the metro pd. Also a man drove to the strip placing 58 crosses in front as the investigation continues. More video was released. Today investigators revealing that 1600 rounds of ammunition and explosives were found in the shooters car, leading them to question if he had an escape plan and possibly assistance. You have to make assumptions that he had to have he