And here to help us with that throughout the morning is john. Good morning, pedro, viewers should know were going to be using the Associated Press numbers for calls and results. So viewers may hear about different numbers being reported but were always going to be coming back to the Associated Press numbers. So lets start off with where the president ial contest stands this morning. The key state of wisconsin there on your screen, a state thats being watched closely this morning, its 49. 4 for joe biden, President Trump, 49. 1 . That number has been flipping back and forth throughout the day. That is just one of six key states were watching this morning. The other one, michigan this morning in the wolverine state. The numbers in michigan, President Trump 49. 8 , joe iden, 48. 6 . And then the third state in the Northern Industrial midwest area , once known as the blue wall for democrats. That blue wall that President Donald Trump broke through, pennsylvania, the other key state, 55. 7
A nasty crash on a bay area highway leaves four dead. Im michelle griego. And im kenny choi. We have a clue heading to the scene. Yes, northbound 101 working your way intoSan Francisco. All lanes are completely shut down until further notice. We shot this video moments ago of the activity around the area. They will be closed until further notice. Use 280 as an alternate. We are seeing some significant delays. Four people perished in this accident. They will have traffic diverted and in the meantime you will want to skip 101 and utilize 280 instead. There is a lot of activity on the scene. No word when the lanes will reopen. All lanes remain shut down. Lets look at the forecast. Clear skies and temperatures not as chilly as yesterday. You can see a live look with our Treasure Island camera at the bay bridge. Mid50s in oakland. Upper 40s in livermore. About 40 four santa rosa. Taking you through the day the temperatures will be below average for this time of year and a little cooler. Loo
Female driver in it this morning. All four died in this crash. So right now chp has opened up those two lanes for commuters, however, this remains unclear as to when theyll open it up. We spoke to officer bert diaz about this investigation and what may have caused it. We did get multiple calls with multiple locations. One of the locations was northbound 101 at the 280 split. So it is very possible they could have been traveling for quite some time. So right now, they are diverting traffic. Im sorry. Theyre not diverting traffic. The exit remains closed right now because morning commuters are trying to skirt by. However, its slow going because not only are you trying to bottleneck five lanes down to two but people are also seeing this sight for the first time. We dont have any identification information on the people who were killed in this accident. The coroner has yet to make those ids but well bring you the latest information as soon as we can. Yeah, and with that crash its definitel
In other news, russia has been accused of disrupting the gps signal on the defence secretarys plane en route to poland. The incident occurred as the raf jet flew close to the edge of kaliningrad. Gps navigation and Internet Access was lost for around 30 minutes dufing was lost for around 30 minutes during the flight, but the pilots have confirmed the aircraft was never at risk. The incident happened as grant shapps visited british troops participating in nato exercises in poland. Scotlands former in poland. Scotlands former Health Secretary has been found to have breached the code of conduct after racking up £11,000 bills on his parliamentary ipad. Michael matheson quit his role in the wake of the scandal over his data roaming charges, which happened during a holiday in morocco. He later said that his morocco. He later said that his teenage sons used the device to watch football, and mps are getting a pay rise with an inflation busting 5. 5 boost pushing salaries to around £91,000.
Groups to be investigated under a new definition of extremism, which he says will mean the government can express more clearly than ever who poses a risk to britain. Some of the risk to britain. Some of the groups included are alleged to have islamist views , with others have islamist views, with others described as neo nazi. Todays new extremism definition will be used to assess whether some groups should be marginalised or blocked from public funding. But blocked from public funding. But michael gove insists its not about silencing those with private and peaceful beliefs. We have to be clear eyed about the threat we face, precise about where that threat comes from and rigorous in defending our democracy. That defending our democracy. That means upholding freedom of expression, religion and belief. When they are threatened, facing down harassment and hate support the communities facing the greatest challenge from extremist activity and ensuring this house and this country are safe, fr