Is and if we will continue to offer that in future election cycles. Reporter record turnout is expected. 122,000 vote by mail ballots have been collected. A steady stream of cars were at the crop box. This is more important than anything in our lifetime. In Oakland Barbara lee said every vote is cast and counted. Staying in contact about the post office to make sure theres no delays. Having Kamala Harris on the ticket is good. This is a remarkable historical moment to have a Vice President ial candidate from oakland is important. 2020 is the pivot election with a pandemic and other factors changing american politics. This election has been frahmed by the pandemic, by covid and how President Trump has conducted himself in office. This has created an election weve never seen. Theres a rise in firsttime voters, which is a big deal. You can vote in person or by mail until election day. Vote by mail ballots must and postmarked by november 3. Free bus rides on tuesday. You can take buses to
Good morning and welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority meeting for october 27, 2020. I am the chair of the authority aaron peskin. Our clerk is here. Could you please call the. roll call . Haney absent. We have a quorum. Haney is present also. Commissioner haney is present. 11 are present. We have a quorum. Do you have any announcements. I would like to make a comment about Public Comment. It will be available for each item. Call 415 6550001. You will be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. Please allow for audio visual delays and 30 second live time during the course of the meeting. Thank you. I will move to the chairs report. Mostly good and happy news this month. We are pleased to celebrate two milestones for our Transportation Authority. One for the agency itself and one for a special staff member who has been here from almost the beginning. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Half Cent Sales Tax Program as one of the early selfhelp countie
Could you go back into that environment today or what was the formula that allowed you to exist for three decades . Did you have a particular relationship with ted turner or just enlighten us a little bit for the developments. Its helpful that i joined cnn 1980 at the beginning. I was one of the founders of cnn, one of the fortunate ones who was there from the you know, i was present at the creation as they say, and it was a spectacular place to work as we built it because it was something unthought of before ted turner. The global cable newscast and he put it into action and institutionalized it. It was really truly remarkable. But it changed over time, as these things do. And we founded it in 1980. By 1984 ted was on the forbes most, you know, the wealthiest list and it been basically on the verge of bankruptcy just four years earlier when he founded it. So his position changed, so did ours, suddenly were in the white house pool, were growing, and over time his commitment, teds commi
Security chief. Do you have children . I do, i do, i do. Yeah. On the campaign trail, he shoots and scores. Oh thats what i do. Later, a lesson in civility, and civics from a 101yearold voter. Old, young should vote, bring us together as one. This is the cbs overnight news. Good evening im chip reid reporting in washington. The most costly president ial campaign in American History appears headed to a suspense filled close. Polls show a tightening race as the nation suffers the worst Health Crisis in a century. In 13 battleground states, the average of new infections has jumped 45 over the past two weeks. In the final hours of 2020, President Trump is blitzing several states. Joe biden is focusing on two. Ohio and pennsylvania. With over 93 million americans voting early. The undecided are few. We are led off. Does anybody have a coat i could use please. This is definitely not the right one. Reporter michigan marked the first of five states where President Trump is holding rallies toda
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