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
Theyre getting robbed right now. The push to get kids back in the classroom tonight. The bay area parents who say home schooling isnt helping. And the cold continues but for how long. Were tracking the chilly temperatures. And a not so smooth transition of power. I think it will not help the president s legacy. President elect joe biden breaks his silence about President Trump refusing to concede. We have a lot to get to tonight. We begin with Health Officials sou sounding the alarm. In the first ten days of this month alone more than a Million People tested positive for covid19 in the united states. In california cases are also spiking here. The state pushed two of our local counties into the most restrictive tiers. Contra costa county and santa cruz moved back to red. What does this mean and what counties are next . Reporter california covid cases are rising. The state announcing 11 counties will be forced to add more restrictions including contra costa and santa cruz. And more other
The participate ball attacks leaving people in pain and uneasy in a San Francisco neighborhood. There was a big cut on my back. I got shot at pretty close range. The worst surge of cases yet. Tonight new warnings and new numbers. Plus. Thanksgiving is almost here. Whats already here is an unprecedented need for food and volunteers to help the needy in San Francisco. Good evening, everyone. Nbcs lester holt sat down with president elect joe biden for his first postelection interview. Tonight biden on the difficult transition, reopening schools of the pandemic and when you can get that covid vaccine. Nbc bay areas ian cull with that exclusive interview. I want this country to be united. President elect joe biden sitting down with Nbcs Lester Holt to address a series of issues as the official transition has begun. Meeting with the covid team in the white house in how to not only distribute from a vaccine being distributed to being able to get vaccinated. So i think were going to not be so
You at this hour. Lets show you first where the president ial race stands right now. With 80 lets show you that right now. We have joe biden with 220 electoral votes and President Trump with 213. A candidate needs 270 to win. So far tonight no state has flipped parties from how it voted in 2016. The country is still waiting on key battleground states to finalize their results. Election officials in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania say it could be days until we know the final results due to the large number of mailin ballots. Heres where the popular vote stands. Biden at 49 , donald trump at 48 . Here in california now were going to target here not surprisingly joe biden winning the popular vote by more than 30 points. All 55 of californias electoral votes will go to joe biden. By the way, the last time california voted for a republican back in 1988, george h. W. Bush. Now, the roller coaster of emotions through the night, they are running high. An entire block of San Francisco was
They were ready. We had under a 4 minute response time. What were learning about this fast moving fire. Also winds are dying down. Why firefighters say the danger isnt over yet and where the biggest threat will be overnight. But first tens of thousands of people across the bay area are still in the dark tonight. It is becoming all too familiar for this time of the year. Public safety power shutoffs because of high fire danger. Now, pg e says that this is a expected to be the largest shutoff of the year. Lets show you the outage map in realtimes. Those purple triangles show where the shutoffs began last night. In some areas the lights not expect today be back on until some time tomorrow. We have Live Team Coverage for you tonight. We begin with cheryl hurd and so much frustration there has to be. Weve done this so many times. Reporter it is. And right now were in the heart of the theater district, and this iconic sign you can usually see from the freeway is out. In fact power wept out h