Election and has the backing of prominent republicans and members of his cabinet. On tuesday, secretary of state said there will be a smooth transition to a second trump administration. Mitch mcconnell has refused to recognize president elect, joe biden and there are lawsuits to challenge the results. President elect biden has called the behavior and embarrassment and is moving forward with the transition plan. Molly harris is leaving the seat for her place in the white house. Now joining us in San Francisco is the look tenant governor. Thank you for joining us. Les start with the burning question. Your name has been mentioned as a candidate to fill Kamala Harris is senate seat when she goes to washington, d. C. Have you had any conversation with Governor Newsom about that position . Thats a big choice ahead of him. Im so honored that my name is one hes considering. He will have to sort through and figure out what he thinks is the closest to what california will want. Whoever is appoin
Supporters protest the vote counted as his campaign mounts legal challenges in several states also coming up a Record Number of fresh coronavirus cases before to the u. S. Almost 100000 new infections are registered in a single day as some states warmth theyre running out of intensive care for us. Alone terry martin good to have you with us theres still no winner in the u. S. Election but there are some encouraging signs for democratic challenger joe biden the former Vice President has picked up wins in some closely fought states President Trump meanwhile is facing an increasingly difficult path to win reelection hes launched legal challenges aimed to stop vote counting in several tight races a call echoed by his supporters in arizona. Trump supporters have been gathering to protest the ongoing vote counting there that race is neck and neck though several news outlets have reported joe biden has flipped the battleground state truck has made unfounded allegations of voter fraud and on w
Several crucial swing states also coming up a Record Number of fresh coronavirus cases reported in the u. S. Almost 100000 new infections are registered in a single day though some states warn theyre running out of intensive care of. Hello im terry barton good to have you with us boats are still being counted in several key states but in a tense u. S. Election at this hour democratic challenger joe biden is leading the questions secure 270 Electoral College votes that would take him to the white house the social to press agency says biden has taken arizona and that puts him at 264 votes although other News Agencies have not. Cold it still trumps potential path back to the white house narrows hes claiming fraud and has launched legal action in 3 states to the boat. That. Frustration spilling out onto the streets in new york and to trump protesters demanding every vote be counted. In other cities like here in seattle a similar story. In portland a sign that many here have had enough of u
Americas Largest School system closed. The Ripple Effect of our kid being sent back home and a cnbc special investigation. Faster payments mean faster fraud. Criminals using popular apps to launder cash meant for americans. Good evening more good news to report on the vaccine front tonight and it comes at a dire point in the pandemic just an hour ago we got word the United States has now topped more than a quarter Million Deaths thats more than strokes, suicide and car crashes typically kill in a full year. The virus killed more than 1,700 americans yesterday alone. Johns hopkins reports its the deadliest day in six months. In addition, hospitalizations hit another high more than 76,000 people in the hospital for covid, according to the covid tracking project by nearly every available metric, the pandemic is worse than ever, everywhere across the country. For months new york city kept its positivity level very low. Now its rising and forcing the Largest School District Court in the nat
All right kron fours always tracking local stories here in the bay area. Theres whats happening. Lets going to start in the east bay. Dramatic spike in gun violence in the city of alameda. Its a disturbing trend of the Police Department is working to control kron fours phillipe djegal spoke with city leaders who believe the pandemic is playing a role. The alameda City Attorneys Office says it has made prosecutions of any violent or gun related crimes, a priority. This as the city is in the midst of a rapid rise in criminal activity interim police chief randy fenn says property crimes are down significantly compared to last year, especially burglaries assaults are also down nearly 19 . But robberies have increased more than 5 and a half percent and the use of firearms is escalating i think this is a societal issue why we write why have we come to this point where so many of our grievances are shuttled. With gunfire for 2 years from 2018 to 2019 there were 10 reported shootings in the ci