Coasttocoast. This is amazing. Im so happy. Hey, hey, hey, goodbye its pretty incredible. Biden already making plans for his first order of business. Our work begins with getting covid under control. But trump and his supporters vow its not over yet. Many cases are going to be filed. Some big, some small. And with that, we say good evening and thank you for joining us. It was pennsylvania that put biden and harris over the threshold today, surpassing the 270 Electoral College votes needed. Nevada was called shortly after, giving biden 279 over President Trumps 214. Biden also surpassed the record for popular votes with more than 74 million cast. And it will go beyond pennsylvania. Harris would be the first woman and first woman of color to serve in the secondhighest office in the United States. But President Trumps team is vowing to move forward with legal challenges disputing the results. The next chapter in u. S. History starting off with a bang. The crowd at the biden election headq
President trump is closing the gap in arizona, though, with bidens lead dropping to about 38,000 votes. Lets check in with stephanie sierra tracking both campaign. Votes continue to pour in from each of the remaining four Battle Ground states. Joe biden 17 votes from 270. As we heard from the president today, he wont be conceding without a fight. In the home stretch, joe biden leading in the pour Battle Ground states, arizona, nevada, georgia and pennsylvania. A declared win in pennsylvania alone with its 20 electoral votes would put him on a path to the presidency. His supporters anxiously waiting. Democracy is sometimes messy and requires patience, as well. Meanwhile, President Trump is leading in north carolina. Continuing to send false messages on twitter he won the presidency and toting unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. Democrat officials never believed they could win this election honestly. Thats why they did the mail in ballots where there is tremendous corruption and fraud
To Walter Reed Hospital where he is expected to be treated the next few days. It was overnight we learned he had covid19 and has mild symptoms. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dion lim. Thanks for joining us. It has been a dizzying day following the president s latenight announcement that he, along with the first lady, have tested positive for covid19. Any event he or his family members are supposed to be at are postponed. Now, as for Vice President mike pence, he has tested negative and will do Campaign Events as scheduled. Two people who were at last saturdays white house event announcing the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court have tested positive. Its not clear if there is a link. Reaction has been coming in as the situation evolved throughout the day. We begin our coverage with abc7 News Reporter chris win, who spoke to republicans and democrats about the president s diagnosis. Reporter tonight all eyes are on america as President Trump and the first lady deal
The president. Its the most serious known medical threat to a sitting president in decades. President trump walking out of the white house and into marine i on the way to national walter reed military medical center, this after testing positive for covid19. I think im doing very well, but were going to make sure that things work out. Reporter President Trump is in a highrisk category for serious complications. His doctor gave the president a dose of regeneron, an experimental treatmnt as the president is evaluated by a team of experts. If we give our antibodies, we hope that we will give his immune system enough of a boost so he can win this and make a complete recovery. Reporter when the president revealed his diagnosis early friday, he tweeted, we will get through this together. Thursday after his aide hope hicks tested positive for covid19, the president attended a private fundraiser in new jersey. Wednesday he held a new jersey rally with minimal masks or social distancing. Tuesday
Were still looking at very warm numbers in the upper elevations. Picking up the fog along the coast. A red flag warning another hour this morning. Winds have been kind of gusty in the north bay and relative humidity 12 to 18 . Were still concerned about that. As we check the winds theyre gusty, somes gusting to about 30, mt. Tam and mt. Diablo, still out of the north up to 25 miles an hour. 82 degrees by the glass fire with 15 relative humidity. Winds out of the southsouthwest, so they have switched direction, and thats going to be allowing today some of the coast to be cleared on out. On tuesday unhealthy air will be pushed staying in the north bay but pushed to our east bay and south bay due to that light northwesterly wind. Were in the 50s in the inland east bay, so were cooler all around the bay today, and well talk about that modest cooling and still the warmth inland in detail in a few minutes. All right, lisa, thank you. Back to those new developments regarding President Trumps