With hit or miss showers. Mike, how is it looking now getting out the door for work . Very different than ten minutes ago. The camera shows you all lanes now backing up toward the toll plaza itself. We have the backup that just formed again as folks flooded in towards that area. We also have slowing for highway 4 through concord which has been there early morning. I thought it would clear as the construction cleared but that is cleared from the roadway. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. There are razor thin margins in several battleground states as the final outcome of the election still unknown this morning. Just confirmed within the last few minutes joe biden ahead by a very slight margin in pennsylvania. Hes ahead by just more than 5,000 votes. Battleground states are still to close to call. Today in the bays tracie potts is live for us in wilmington with reaction from both campaigns. Tracie . Reporter theres a lot of anxiety building, a lot of excitement building, particularly on
Coming into the area, some rain. Were excited to see rain coming in. Its falling on the weekend but it is great to see at any point. It will be moving into the bay area this afternoon. Storm ranger is powered up and ready to catch that rain on the radar. Of course more updates throughout the morning. Mike, whats the update now on the morning commute . We look at the map, the bay bridge as well as the san mateo both are east west bridges and get caught by the wind. Really thats it so far this early friday morning. No other problems on the roadway. Thank you, mike. Still no winner in the race for president with five states still hanging in the balance. Joe biden appears to be inching closer with the former Vice President looking at paths to victory. Biden took the lead in georgia but it is the slimmest of margins. Hes now ahead by about 1,000 votes with more ballots to be counted. And the last time georgia went democrat in the president ial election was 28 years ago. A live look in penns
About this . This is a big change. Reporter well, marcus and laura, yes, its hard to keep up with all of the changes. Last weekend here it was packed, people eating indoors and outdoors and now Indoor Dining has shut down because were in the purple tier and now the curfew starts this weekend, tomorrow. This is, of course, in response to covid numbers rising throughout the state. The bay area is maintaining a nightlife and the curfew will make it tougher. They will have to adapt. On the weekends we were allowed until 11 00 and we were happy with the extension while we had it. Some type of spread from the nightlife, i believe so. Reporter many streets were blocked off to help restaurants survive with outdoor seating all summer long. Now its a lot colder and businesses are trying to survive with no Indoor Seating and a curfew that goes from 10 00 p. M. To 5 00 a. M. Starting tomorrow night through december 21st. Reactions are mixed. San mateo county, marin and San Francisco are in the red
Im marcus washington. Meteorologist kari hall is tracking the forecast. What can we expect today . Its going to be a chilly morning, but overall a really nice and comfortable afternoon. We are starting out a little bit cooler today. Take some time to get out there and enjoy the fall colors because tomorrow well see the cold front arriving and some showers late tomorrow evening but the weekend is looking pretty nice once that rain moves out. So ill detail that with the timeline coming up in a few minutes. Mike, any issues for the Early Morning commute . You know, things changed, kari. I had an issue to report. I circled where the crash just was removed from northbound 101 at the old oakland off ramp and a live look shows you no problems through the area. Very light traffic flow. The circled area now is not the problem, its opposite the arrow. Southbound and we now have reports of a disabled vehicle. Ill check that and a new crash in san leandro, marcus. Two things to update. Back to you
Few smaller scattered crashes and well double check on the crash in san leandro coming up. Well check back with you. Thanks, mike. A live look at the white house this morning and we get to hear from the president on Election Results. But this morning, president elect joe biden is lining up his cabinet. The president , meanwhile, doing the exact opposite. Tracie potts live for us in washington. Tracie, growing concerns on what mr. Trump could be doing with the pentagon. Exactly. The changes at the pentagon some are concerned may also be related to his refusal to accept the Election Results and now National Security officials retired generals, retired Intelligence Experts and others are raising concerns, sounding the alarm about the impact of those changes. Mark me down as alarmed. Reporter military experts are concerned about President Trump replacing mark esper and other pentagon officials with loyalists. This is just a tantrum of a president trying to accommodate himself to the outcom