Nbc bay area news. Thank you, scott. We are now just four days away from election day, and that means both President Trump and his challenger, joe biden, have less than 100 hours to campaign. Both are spending that time battling for votes across the midwest. The contrast striking between the two campaigns as they stump in a region where the accelerating covid19 pandemic is dealing its sharpest blow. President trump continues with packed rallies. Joe bidens fans stay in their cars. Honk if you want america to be united again. Were doing better now than we ever did. Theres more enthusiasm. The crowds the crowds are much bigger. Nationwide, covid cases have now crossed the 9 million mark with a record 90,000 reported cases just yesterday. That breaks down to one new case every single second. Well, days ahead of election day, businesses are preparing for the possibility of protests or demonstrations with some even boarding up their windows. Christie smith is live in union square with more
Proud boys would know how to find them. The fbi says its an attempt to create chaos and undermine confidence in the election, but they insist our election systems are resilient. Do not allow these efforts to have their intended effect. If you receive an intimidating or manipulative email in your inbox, dont be alarmed and do not spread it. This is not a partisan issue. He added that russia and iran have independently obtained Voter Registration information but that data is already public. Our other top story this evening, thousands of people are gearing up for the lights to go out in a matter of hours. For some this will be the fourth pg e outage of the year. Pg e does confirm it will turn off the power to 4,200 bay area customers tonight because of dangerous fire conditions. You can see the yellow there on your map. Those are the yellow, those are the counties impacted by what will happen tonight. Nbc bay areas Jodi Hernandez has the latest from napa county. This is my mothers rescues
Per hour would be in the Higher Elevations. So you got to get up to the mountains, 2,000, 3,000 feet up to see those top gusts. Theres a big contrast between what were feeling at the lower elevation to whats happening in the mountains. So the red flag fire warning right now for the northeast and south bay. For these on and off mountain gusts of 30 to 50 miles per hour. Sustained winds, 10 to 20. So no big change on this forecast. Im still pinning the best possibility of these higher gusts right here over portions of the north bay, the mountains near calistoga, saint helena and also for napa. So through tonight as we hit 11 00, youll see the zone here. The strongest winds in the red to magenta color just outside of napa and calistoga. All of this new fire danger comes on top of what has already been a recordsetting year. So far 4 million acres burned this year alone. Ill take a look more at that extended forecast coming up in about 18 minutes. All right. See you soon. Thanks so much, je
It certainly has felt that way. Thank you, jeff. Pg e says the power will start going out in parts of napa and sonoma counties as early as 6 00 p. M. And could stay off for days. Heres a look at the planned outages across the bay area. More than 22,000 customers in total. Heres a braekds of outages by county. Napa is expected to have more than 9,000 customers without power including much of calistoga. Alameda county will have 5,300 customers without power, a majority in the Oakland Hills. Santa clara county will have more than 2,000 customers in the dark, including in the santa cruz mountains. Pg e says it will provide an update at 6 00 p. M. Tonight. Well be monitoring that News Conference and pass along any new information. So as people across the bay area start to prepare for the possibility of two scorching days in the dark, fire crews in the Oakland Hills are patrolling an area around the clock. Nbc bay areas melissa colorado joins us live with more on the work being done. The Oak
Reporter doctors saying he continues to improve after a delayed acknowledgement that his oxygen levels had dropped twice in recent days and that hes now taking a steroid typically only recommended for seriously ill patients in the hospital. They may be thinking that they can turn the white house into a bit of a hospital for him. But if he needs intensive care unit, hes going to have to go someplace with a great team. Its a very, very serious disease. Reporter at the same time, questions remain about the scope of the outbreak inside the white house. Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany and two top assistants today joining the list of several highlevel staffers testing positive. Even though President Trump is now back at home, you heard his doctors say that hes not out of the woods yet, and he is certainly going to need to be closely monitored because medical experts agree that the next few days in the course of any covid19 diagnosis are critical for recovery. Back to you, jessica and raj. T