This is flightradar24. Com and it shows air traffic in the u. S. Right now. A lot of people are already on the planes. Anser hassan is live at sfo with what were seeing there. Good morning. Reporter what were seeing here is more passengers starting to check in. Look at the flight board behind me. These are the domestic and International Flights departing out of sfo all day today. So definitely not the volume were used to seeing for this time of year. If you pan over to the security checkpoint, also not too busy. According to abc news, 4 Million People have already gone through u. S. Airport checkpoints from last friday through sunday. Thats the most passengers weve seen since the start of the pandemic back in midmarch. Thanksgiving reservations were ticking upward in early october, but dropped with the surge in covid19 cases. One passenger says his wife is traveling for business and he wanted the family to be together for thanksgiving. At some point you have to step out on faith. Get i
Good morning. A lot of Business Owners say they know people are stressed out, anxious or emotional. They dont want that taken out on them. Look behind me at some of the measures being taken. There are businesses boarded up in the financial district around San Francisco. This is the 24hour fitness and the fedex office at davis and sacramento. This is happening all over the country. This is in preparation for the election. The fbi in San Francisco says they set up a command post so they can better work with local officials election night. The concern is that there will be violent protests from extremist groups. Law enforcement officers around the bay area are on high alert. When we have protests, if they get large, there is always an element within that group that will try to do destruction or harm. Were worried about those extreme elements that want to do violence and harm people, especially Law Enforcement officers doing their job. Officials say one of the biggest problems this year ha
Those clouds kept our temperature up, there has been mist in the east bay hills above 1,500 feet. You can run into that during the morning commute. The clouds on the left side of the screen are the high clouds that will come in today and shave a few degrees off our highs from yesterday. It wont be quite as mild or bright. In san jose, the clouds are thick this morning. You may see more sunshine the further north you go, but temperatures will still be anywhere from 59 in San Francisco and richmond to about 63 in fairfield. Even a little bit cooler along the coast. 56 in Half Moon Bay to 60 in santa cruz. A slight chance of sprinkles tonight. Watching that rain for friday coming up in the accuweather 7day forecast. Lets get to some news. Thank you. We want to share breaking news with you right now. A pedestrian is dead in benicia after being hit by an onduty Police Officer. This crash happened around 2 00 this morning along east 2nd street with the intersection of east s street. The offi
Reporter good morning. This morning millions of ballots are still being counted all across the country and it looks like this race is going to be decided in three key battleground states. Overnight former Vice President joe biden in wilmington, delaware, energizing a car rally of supporters. We believe were on track to win this election. Reporter biden performing as expected, as vote counts roll in across the country. It aint over until every vote is counted, every ballot is counted. Were feeling good about where we are. Reporter the former Vice President boosted by wins in Traditional Democratic strongholds, in the pacific west coast, taking california, oregon and washington. And in a surprise outcome, biden now leading in arizona. The state of florida has 29 electoral votes and it will go to donald trump. Reporter trump winning the biggest prize so far, taking all of floridas 29 electoral votes and performing well in rural areas. As votes are still being counted, trump in an Early Mo
President trump saying we should know the results of the election on november 3rd but some states dont open mailin ballots until election day. Looking at the white house, in anticipation of protests, federal Law Enforcement sources tell abc news theres more plans to add more nonscalable fencing around the white house. Businesses in the area are boarding up in anticipation of protests. You can share your experience voting by mail, dropping off your ballot or voting in person through a form we posted on our website, abc7news. Com election. Developing news on the covid19 emergency. Cases are rising in 48 states. The exceptions are delaware and nebraska. Yesterday more than 4,500 new cases of coronavirus were reported. Thats higher than the 14day average, which is 4,200 cases. Europe is dealing with a second lockdown. A sixmonth state of emergency in spain has triggered riots in the country. You can see here crowds clashing with police breaking windows, throwing fireworks, and in england P