Battleground states today, north carolina, pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. Hes just getting on the stage right now in wisconsin. Joe biden zeroing in on two states, ohio and pennsylvania. Earlier today mr. Biden making several Campaign Stops in pennsylvania. Were currently awaiting mr. Biden to begin his final speech in pittsburgh. Its a drivein rally, the same city he launched his campaign 18 months ago. Lets take you live to kenosha, wisconsin. President trump has just taken the stage there. This is, again, his fourth rally of the evening. He will be heading to grand rapids, michigan after this. This is in kenosha. And this is his second to the last final rally of the evening. It looks like theyre going to go until the midnight hour on the east coast. Across the country and here in the bay area, take a look. Stores are boarding up ahead of any postelection unrest. Business owners are just crossing their fingers and hoping for the best. Nbc bay areas melissa colorado joins us fr
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
Special edition of nbc bay area news. Im janelle wang. Im raj mathai. Democracy is in action and were documenting it every step of the way. This begins our nonstop coverage on this Election Night and were prepared to be here into the wee hours. Here is what is happening right now. The polls remain open until 8 00 p. M. Here in california, but across the country the polls will start closing in about an hour. We dont know which direction things will go tonight, but we do know it could be the highest voter turnout in the history of u. S. President ial elections. Here is a live look now at the white house. The president is inside. Tonight he is watching the results with his family and aides in the residence and oval office. Hes also hosting a party for his closest supporters at the white house, about 250 people on the guest list. Now, earlier today the president stopped by his Campaign Headquarters in virginia. He thanked staffers and reflected on this race. He also said he had not thought
New details on why you should v program promoting glovesdown, gloves up. Its catching on big time. Early today starts right now good morning, im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. The senate is strapping in for a heated showdown today as questioning begins for judge Amy Coney Barrett. The outcome could send reverberations through the elections and on. Reporter Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett making her case. I have been nominated to fill Justice Ginsburgs seat, but no one will ever take her place. Reporter President Trumps third nominee saying she plans to stick to the words of the constitution. But courts are not designed to solve every problem or writer wrong in our public life. Reporter republicans and democrats digging in in their opening statements. You stand accused of intending to violate your oath before you even take it. I believe we should not be moving forward on this nomination, not until this election has ended and the next president takes office. Reporter barret
The scu impacting Santa Clara County, Contra Costa County and parts of alameda county. 35 contained. 20,000 structures, though, are still threatened. In the north bay now were going to jump up to the north. The lnu fire. This stretches from Sonoma County, you see santa rosa here, all the way over to napa and solano counties. Some of the numbers there, 33 containment. Five people have died so far. Now the august fire up in mendocino county. Its made up of 37 smaller fires. Way up here. Mendocino county, nearly 20 contained. Again, we said 37 separate fires. And were monitoring the woodward fire in marin county. It is much smaller but it continues to grow. Containment still very limited at 5 . Okay. Thank you, raj. We want to get that information on the czu complex fire. Thats the one in san mateo, santa cruz. Lets listen to cal fire. Obviously the number of acres confirmed, 24 containment, which is up from this morning. However, we still have 13,305 structures that remain threatened. Th