Harris by his side saying he expects to be declaring soon that he will be winning the presidency. President trump not speaking, thank you forjoining us, im liz kreutz and we have much more ahead on the election as we all wait for a winner to be projected, but first as we wait lets start with a quick look at the weather. Heres meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning, lisa. Liz, good morning. It feels like december out there. Forget november. Weve got pretty cold weather, temperatures below average, even chillier today with north westerly winds. Theres live doppler 7. Not all of that is real, those dots, but this is real. Were looking at showers down towards santa cruz, Boulder Creek area. Scotts valley, the system missed us, went off the ocean and you can see the circulation pulling into the San Joaquin Valley and parts of Southern California. Lucky them. It is 34 on top of mout. Diablo. 45 Pleasant Hill and upper elevations are cool with some clouds. They could be cooler in spots. 37 napa. 50 in San Francisco. 47 in pacifica. A lot colder than it was yesterday morning. The cold air got in place yesterday, settled in, and we are ten to 19 degrees colder all across the bay area. North winds are driving that chilly air down to the surface. Its a dry wind, of course. And you can see how breezy it is on top of mt. Diablo. Were still concerned about the dry air, the breezy winds that will result later on this afternoon. And were going to see winds kicking up to about 30 miles an hour. Those breezes will continue. Not only through the evening hours, but into your sunday as well. So the weekend is featuring sunshine, brisk winds, chilly numbers, below average as we go through noontime were in the 50s coastside, upper 50s elsewhere, and then by 4 00 in the afternoon, not much has changed. So get the jacket out there, youll need the sunglasses, and the changes are on our sevenday outlook. Ill share them with you in a few minutes. Liz . Lisa, thank you. Former Vice President joe biden addressed the nation to say his prospects for taking the white house look good. This morning he does lead in four critical battleground states, yet to be called, georgia, nevada, arizona and pennsylvania. Heres a look at where the Electoral College stands right now. 270 votes are needed to win, right now biden still has 253. Trump has 214. Six states have yet to make a final call. And vote counting is still under way and beginning again this morning. Abc 7 News Reporter matt boone has the latest. Reporter all eyes were on wilmington, delaware as joe biden took the stage, still confident in his chances. Were going to win this race with a clear majority with the nation behind us. Reporter though he made it clear it was not his call to make. Never forget, the tallies arent numbers. Men and women who exercise their fundamental right to have their voice heard. Reporter before biden hit the stage President Donald Trump tweeted this warning, quote, joe biden should not wrongfully claim the office of president. I could make that claim also. Legal proceedings are just now beginning. Bidens path to victory, even clearer if he manages to hang onto pennsylvania and the 20 Electoral College votes there, he crosses the line to 270. Its over. He could also take nevada and arizona, that would bring him over the line as well. For President Trump to win he must clinch pennsylvania and at least three of the other remaining states. While some including the president continue to spew baseless claims of fraud, claims for which his team has not produced one iota of evidence, what we have seen in philadelphia is democracy, pure and simple. Reporter in pennsylvania biden had been behind in the vote count until he emerged as the leading candidate. In georgia, state officials are disputing claims by trump that their ballot counting operations are biased. The election apparatus in georgia is run by democrats. Reporter that statement, not true, georgias secretary of state oversees elections. Obviously im a republican, the secretary is a republican. The job is to count every legal vote. Reporter matt boone, abc 7 news. And of course the big question is still when will we know . Right. In georgia Officials Say the race is going to go to a recount. In nevada we wont know new numbers until today. Counting continues in arizona. And in pennsylvania they are sorting through provisional ballots. Those numbers have been coming in more steadily. But for now we still have to wait. Meanwhile, right on the heels of Election Night at least six people with ties to the president , including his chief of staff, have tested positive for covid19. Mark meadows was in close proximity to the first family and several Trump Campaign officials over the past few days. This is video of him, in fact, at trump headquarters on tuesday and then that night he attended the white house election party. Its not clear when he first tested positive. Abc news chief White House CorrespondentJonathan Karl spoke about meadows during a special report. We have seen him on capitol hill not wearing a mask. We have seen him constantly, every once in a while he throws a mask on but he is somebody who seems to take some degree of pride in not wearing a mask. The Trump Campaign battleground states director nick traynor has also tested positive for coronavirus. So have four white house staffers. The white house has not responded to a request for comment. The overwhelmingly blue bay area has a few locations where gop support is strong. Solano county has the largest proportion of Republican Voters in the bay area. Abc 7 News ReporterLeslie Brinkley went there to speak directly with voters about how they are feeling as the results of the president ial unfold. Reporter Solano County is diverse, stretching from the bay deep into the central valley. We have 260,000 registered voters, 60,000 of those are registered as republican. Slow slaw know county is a republican stronghold with a Strong Military presence. Reporter 30 of those who voted by mail and 55 those who went to the polls voted for President Trump here. This biden supporter was surprised to hear the numbers. I didnt realize there was that many Trump Supporters here. Reporter at this Grocery Store parking lot in fairfield its not at all difficult to walk up to people, strike up a conversation and find trump supporter who are willing to talk. Some, even mentioned theyve gotten some backlash on social media for their views. And i never would have thought in a million years that i would get some of the commentary on me just having a different opinion. Me not being liberal. Reporter i supported trump. But a lot of people say thats racist, even though he did mention hes going to donate 500 plus billion towards black communities. With people on facebook, they bad mouth trump, and i always say President Trump, hes our president. Just like tomorrow if biden is our president , i will say president biden. Reporter going into the weekend there could be more visible reactions. Im getting calls from organizers at the grassroots in napa, solano. Were getting calls in brinn county and Southern California. However the election ends up im not going to be protesting or be upset oriel at people that supported biden. At the end of the day everybody wants the country to be better. Reporter in Solano County, im Leslie Brinkley, abc 7 news. If joe biden wins his Vice President california senator Kamala Harris will be vacating her senate seat here in california. Harris has represented california since 2017. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena explains the governor picks her replacement and may already have some names in mind. Reporter former Vice President joe biden and senator Kamala Harris have not won the 270 electoral votes, but in california talks for filling her senate seat have begun. The race is already on to replace Kamala Harris. Reporter under California Law governor gavin newsom will have the power to choose senator harriss replacement. Abc 7 news contributor and chronicle insider phil matier says newsom is considering factors and San Francisco mayor london breed is one of the names that have been mentioned. Someone whos been with you in the past and someone you think is going to be with you in the future. Reporter in a poll published at the university of Southern California registered voters were asked the question if the governor were to make history with his choice which option should he consider . 14 said the first latino senator in california. In this case, the options are alex perdilla, secretary of state or xavier becerra. The attorney general. Reporter out of nearly 1,200 registered california voters who participated in the poll 29 said they wanted someone with experience in washington and when asked to pick a name, the two top choices are bay area representatives. 11 said barbara lee, 8 said ro khanna. The east bay congresswoman had this reaction to the poll. Biden and harris, believe me, thats what ive been focusing on. Do you think theres a possibility that Governor Newsom might call you up and ask you to take that seat . I think there are a lot of great people out there. But what i hope is that the governor, whoever he picks, picks someone clearly with progressive views. Reporter in San Francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. A few months back the governor joked, who hasnt been jockeying for that position . Its going to be an interesting race. New this morning america, every vote must be counted. Which is exactly what it said in november 20 years ago. Now obviously the times are much different now evident by that tesla stopped in front in this current photo but very full circle from back then when the u. S. Supreme court decided floridas electoral votes would go to george w. Bush giving him the presidency over al gore. As we wait for final results on the election you can download the abc 7 news app, enable push alerts and that way when news breaks youll get an alert right there on your phone and you can al follow us on social media, facebook, twitter and instagram. Lisa, lets take a break from politics and talk about the weather. We have a nice cold front coming in. One system has passed and missed us, theres another one that could bring a few showers. Its the beginning of a pretty start to our weekend with the sun on the way and also some brisk northwesterly winds, its a chilly day, a chilly weekend. Ill have your forecast next. Thanks, lisa. 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The personal attacks arent helping, karly. Dont you have like a hot pilates class to get to or something . [ muffled scream ] stop living with at t. Xfinity can deliver gig to the most homes. In the east bay police and protesters clashed in brentwood, a second night of tension after a resident hung an effigy from his roof using a noose. The mannequin has since been taken down but that has not stopped demonstrations. Abc 7 News Reporter amanda del castillo has the story. Reporter protesters were met with heavy Police Presence outside the home of eric harvey. The brentwood resident and President Trump supporter who hanged an effigy from his roof. Before being taken down thursday the dummy wore a sign that read sleepy joe cheater. Tense moments that at one point turned physical between officers and protesters. Black lives matter. Reporter about 100 people showed up for a march meant to bring attention to what they describe as blatant racism. But the homeowner says he was upset about what happened wednesday night with the president ial voting count. Earlier friday sky 7 was overhead as the group first gathered at brentwood city park, the crowd later marching to police headquarters, opening the floor to those with any criticism of the citys police officers. Protester then heading to harveys home. This is not okay. Having someone being hung. Whoever he or she is, whatever prop they are using, being hung is not okay. Because it brings a lot of trauma to the bipoc, the people of color. Reporter anticipating crowds abc 7 news captured brentwood businesses boarding up store fronts. A Community Activist did not feel this is necessary. We are not here to riot. We are not here to break anything. We are here to just bring awareness and brentwood unfortunately is a city that has not protested enough. Reporter according to the das office a crime was not committed but the department forwarded the case to the secret service. About the heavy Police Presence friday, pd says with any protest they staffing. One protester was arrested for battery on an officer, no one was seriously injured. Im amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. To the coronavirus. We are seeing another surge in cases. California reported more than 6,500 cases, marking the states largest singleday increase since august. The Johns HopkinsUniversity Covid tracker shows nearly 122,000 cases in the united states, thats a record for new cases in a single day. Worldwide the number of cases is at more than 49 million. Europe has been hit particularly hard with italy ordering a new lockdown, and france reporting a Record Number of cases. And with cases on the rise, do we need a lockdown in the u. S. . Like those were seeing in italy, france and the uk. The answer may be in what were doing right here in the bay area. If youre doing okay as were doing in San Francisco in the bay area, okay you can open up, but do it carefully. If things go off the rails, back down again. Right now its just a hodgepodge of standards and some regions and states have no standards at all. Dr. Walker with ucsf says if the rest of the country could mirror what the bay area is doing we would have 60,000 deaths, not 230,000. And in the east bay, a free covid19 testing site will be open today in newark. It will be held at mcgregor Alternative Education School on cedar boulevard. The site will be open from 9 00 to 4 00. Appointments are preferred. But walkups are available. And more than 235,000 americans have died from covid19. Abc News Reporter alex perez has more on the nationwide cases, and more records that are being broken. Reporter with the white house hanging in the balance, the coronavirus shattering another record, 140,000 new cases. At least 1,300 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours. Every state is essentially getting worse right now. We need a national plan. Reporter a Record Number of americans hospitalized this week in 22 states. Health care workers pushed to the limit. Some dying. In utah a nurses condition deteriorating in hours. It took from start to finish, probably six hours for us to find out our mother was dead. And we werent allowed to see her the entire time. We couldnt even go in. She was alone. Reporter the air force now sending medical teams to help with a surge of patients in el paso. New mexico fears they could run out of hospital beds within days. We are in a dramatic crisis situation. This is and has been a Public Health emergency like no other. Reporter and the prognosis is not good. We could soon break another record for hospitalizations. We topped out at about 60,000 hospitalizations earlier in the pandemic and now we are approaching that number once again with about 53,000 people in the hospital. Alex perez, abc news, chicago. 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