Many people voicing their concerns, hitting the streets, demanding that every vote be counted. Good evening, everyone, thanks for joining us. Im jessica aguirre. And im raj mathai. Emotions are running high as President Trump is fighting for his political life. As we approach the midnight hour, heres where we stand. Joe biden has a narrow lead with 253 electoral votes. President trump with 214. 270 is the magic number. Biden can outright win this election if he holds on to his leads in arizona and nevada. The other battleground states were tracking tonight, georgia, North Carolina and pennsylvania. You see all the five states highlighted in purple. Election crews are still counting ballots. All right. Lets take a look at the popular vote. Biden at 50 . 71 million americans voted for the biden harris ticket. Thats the most votes for president in u. S. History. This election is still hanging in the balance. Lets begin tonight with Nbcs Alice Barr from the white house. Reporter tonight De
Melanie woodrow is live with a look at the impact on the bay area. Melanie . Reporter indoor activities, including Indoor Dining off the table. The governor has ordered the closure of additional indoor sectors for counties on the watch list. Go the governor dimming the switch on californias reopening. This virus is not going away. Reporter all california counties across the state will close Indoor Dining, wineries, theaters, Family Entertainment centers, zoos and museums, card rooms, and bars, which must close all operations. This includes san mateoesumed i. We were able to suppress the spread of this virus. We were going to knock down the growth of this in the beginning. Were going to do that again. Reporter this as the california covid19 test Positivity Rate increases with the number of hospitalizations and icu patients. Not only are people getting covid19 and seeing people transmit this disease, but were also continuing to see lives lost. Reporter counties that are on the watch list
Cooler in napa, 7 degrees cooler than yesterday at this time in concord. So we go through the morning and were in the 50s, but by noontime upper 80s, mid70s around the bay, still 50s at the coast. That sea breeze sets up for a cool day there, but 80s arrive around the bay with mid90s inland. Its going to be hot inland, even a few degrees warmer tomorrow. Well talk details for the weekend and cooling trend for the week ahead in a few minutes. What schools will look like for bay area students of all ages is starting to come into sharper focus. Districts are detailing their plans for fall. But the push to bring kids back to classrooms is getting push back from many teachers. It is a key focus of our efforts to build a better bay area. Abc 7 News Reporter kate larson heard from two of the Largest School districts in the bay area, oakland and San Francisco, about what theyre planning this fall. Reporter in a presentation for next weeks board of education meeting San Francisco Unified School
New scenes from a packed United Airlines flight raising extreme health fears for heroic ucsf returning to San Francisco after helping fight the pandemic on the front line. This morning the group is back home from new york city, now telling their stories, saying their return flight was one of thinking biggest fears. Well get to that in a second but happy mothers day to you. Lets start with a peek of our mothers day forecast. Happy mothers day, lisa argen. Happy mothers day to you, liz. We want to show you whats on the way, but today we keep. W highs in 60s near oakland. Mild day. Already in the low 60s with the sun shining in concord. 70 on the bay and chilly at the coast. We will track those showers coming up. Liz . Sounds good. Thanks, lisa. Now to packed cabin controversy this morning. Is new york city doctors fresh off fighting the coronavirus at the new york City Hospitals on a return flight home that should have been a warm welcome was a fully packed cabin, as you can see. No soci
and this is not the future. reporter: so how will we know if the initiative is effective? if there s less gun violence in 2020 than 2019. a look at the top stories at 5:30, if you hope to ride bart in the south bay soon, don t hold your breath. they still have work to do before they can bring the bart trains in. there s still no opening date, and officials say they won t have a timeline until march at the earliest. we learned 4wuhan evacuees that arrived at travis air force base today were taken to hospitals because they showed symptoms of the coronavirus. and the lunar new year parade is going on in san francisco as planned. health officials say no one in san francisco has been diagnosed with s,t ectly sa tat. the fired the onomy added 225,000 jobs, much higher than the estimates from wall street. the unemployment rate did climb to 3.6 percent. that s because about half a million people entered the work force last month, so more people were counted as unemployed