Their closing arguments to the American People. This as their best chance to reach tens of millions of people who were watching tonight. Our special postdebate newscast starts right now. Good evening and thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai. And im jessica aguirre. Race, covid19, immigration, climate, health care and china among the topics tonight. The exchanges, though, much more substantial and civil than their first debate. We were actually able to hear some clear answers tonight from both candidates. Now, the debate also had a very different feel. More measured, more controlled, with less interruptions. Now, thats partly due to new debate rules where microphones were muted at times. What we saw tonight, something valuable. Their differences. Their different approaches to the coronavirus, for example, taxes and health care. But one topic continued to be a theme and thats attacks on character. I ran because of you. I ran because of barack obama. Because you did a poor job. If i th
Im taking off my mask so you can hear me clearly. It just wrapped up but a counterpress conference is down the street. Our colleague is over there and we expect to hear those voices of dissent very soon. Several of those organizations have been calling for the ceo of matinee hood to step down. He has now resigned. Image posted to the website, a photo of black people appearing to be rioting somewhere, though not in san jose with the question, do you really want to sign on to this . The ad target the City Council Candidate who supports defunding the police. The ad is now down and we just learned that ceo matt mahood resigned under pressure. We had video of him earlier. At least three Board Members also resigned. Silicon valley organization hired an outside firm to do a topdown investigation of what they say is a pattern of questionable choices dating back years that led to the organization getting to this point. They say they expect results within a week. That is a topdown investigation
Voterspecific barcode preventing anyone from voting twice. In danville, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. Thank you, thom. California state Republican Party has been served a cease and desist order over the placement of unofficial drop boxes. Facebook users grew suspicious of this post urging ballots ing drop their ballots in this box. The state gop cites a state law allowing the practice, but today california says thats wrong. Let me be clear. Unofficial, unauthorized ballot drop boxes are not permitted by state law. So far the unofficial boxes have been found in l. A. , fresno, and orange counties. The secretary of state urges voters to only use the bright yellow authorized boxes and also you can sign up for ballot tracking on the secretary of states website. Well, President Trump is back on the campaign trail tonight amid lingering questions about his health. I want to give you a live look at the president s rally in sanford, florida. It kicked off about an hour ago. Minimal social di
Two weeks until election day. Two foreign actors, iran and russia, have taken specific actions to influence Public Opinion relating to our elections. Accessorizes of meddling as President Trump and joe biden are on the eve of their final debit. In a rare nighttime News Conference, the fbi says russia and iran are trying to influence the election. This is something weve been warned about for years. The feds say Iranian Intelligence was responsible for recent emails sent to intimidate voters. Here is nbc bay areas ian cull with the details. Reporter tonight, the fbi and National Intelligence director say russia and iran have obtained voter reg registration information. Nbc news is reporting tonight that iran sent intimidating emails like this one to democratic voters posing as members of the far right proud boys who support the president , saying vote for trump or well come after you. When we see indications of foreign interference or federal election crimes, were going to aggressively i
It certainly has felt that way. Thank you, jeff. Pg e says the power will start going out in parts of napa and sonoma counties as early as 6 00 p. M. And could stay off for days. Heres a look at the planned outages across the bay area. More than 22,000 customers in total. Heres a braekds of outages by county. Napa is expected to have more than 9,000 customers without power including much of calistoga. Alameda county will have 5,300 customers without power, a majority in the Oakland Hills. Santa clara county will have more than 2,000 customers in the dark, including in the santa cruz mountains. Pg e says it will provide an update at 6 00 p. M. Tonight. Well be monitoring that News Conference and pass along any new information. So as people across the bay area start to prepare for the possibility of two scorching days in the dark, fire crews in the Oakland Hills are patrolling an area around the clock. Nbc bay areas melissa colorado joins us live with more on the work being done. The Oak