Years. Welcoming everyone together as americans. Good morning, everyone. Its sunday, november 8th. Im jovina fordson. We wake up to a message of healing as they look to build their vision for the next four years. Everyone will be watching, speaking from wilmington, delaware, last night. President elect biden laid out his hopes for his presidency, he was introduced by the woman whose story you know well here, Vice President elect Kamala Harris, daughter of indian jamaican immigrants, the highest ranking woman in the nations 244year history. As you wake up, here are some pages, front pages of sunday morning papers, from around the country. Were starting here at home, in San Francisco, we have the San Francisco chronicle saying biden wins. Subtext notes the victory for bay area native senator Kamala Harris saying harris to backgroundbreaking vp. The Washington Post reads biden defeats trump. Gives a nod to the Vice President elect saying with haar rilg harris he rebls the blue wall. It was pence fence that put biden and harris over the threshold, surpassing the 270 Electoral College votes needed. Nevada was called shortly after, giving biden 29 over President Trumps 214. Biden also surpassed the record for popular votes with more than 74 million cast. President trump remained out of the public eye since yesterdays news. He made no public appearances, but spent the day golfing in virginia. He told supporters at his golf club that he was going to win. Did he say he was going to win . Yes. I thought he already lost. Yes, you are you can hear supporters telling the president , dont give up. The president is vowing to push ahead with a legal fight n a statement after biden became the president elect, President Trump said the election is far from over. Starting tomorrow his campaign will start prosecuting their case in court to ensure election laws are fully upheld, and the rightful winner is seated. You didnt have to be outside to hear the celebrations, honks and cheers, thousands came out to celebrate Kamala Harris and her win. The grand lake theater marquee reading america told trump youre fired. That message right there, harris was born at oaklands Kaiser Hospital and spent her childhood in berkeley. Matt boone shows us the block outside her childhood home quickly became a party. Reporter this is where she spent most of her young childhood, she went to the preschool at the bottom of the building and today people came from all over the bay area to celebrate. There are some people who live on this block who lived here when kamala was a child, they remember her, know her and congratulated her today. Were so proud of her. Shes just such a lovely, humble spirit, and we just feel her presence right here on this street. Reporter as dozens of people gathered on her block, judy robbins says from an early age she had a hunch this moment would come. I remember my mother saying, kamala, youre going to be the president one day. Just joking, you know . Reporter even after the block party cleared out, other neighbors came by, including phoebe boyd. I wanted to come because kamala is breaking barriers that have never been broken before and i think its really cool that shes the first woman vpelect. Reporter driving through the east bay it was impossible to avoid the sounds of celebratory traffic jams. Along lake merritt, hundreds of people came out with a common refrain. It feels like we all can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Its amazing. Theres like this sense of relief. Reporter ashley and Morgan Carter said when they heard the news about biden and harris, they had to come to oakland. Us being women of color its exciting and yeah, youre right, Walking Around and seeing how happy and excited everybody is. Its pretty incredible. Reporter a festive sendoff for a Hometown Hero heading to the white house. Significant for the pbay are, rep. Ing oakland and little black girls and asian girls everywhere, to know you can do it because representation matters. Reporter matt boone, abc 7 news. In San Francisco the enthusiasm and celebrations could not be contained either, this say look at the castro minutes after the news broke. Former San Francisco mayor willie brown is proud of Kamala Harris. She is the first woman Vice President in the history of this nation all those are things you cant do anything but dream about. Im so elated. Just a whole, i dont know, weight lifted off of our shoulders, here to celebrate. The power of the people, getting the people in power. Crowds took over the intersection of 18th and castro, where there was a huge dance party as you can see there. Abc 7 news was also in the nearby Mission District to talk to many people about what a bidenharris victory means for the future of the country. The latino vote played a crucial part in this election. We spoke to some who gave us their vision for what they want to see. There is going to be a transition, there has been a vindication for the pain that we have felt the last four years. Im hoping Kamala Harris also keeps biden more accountable. The Latino Task Force believes what gave president elect joe biden the edge with latinos was his promise to create a pathway to citizenship. We also saw organizers show up at the beacon landmark of the bay area, the Golden Gate Bridge, scheduled to protect the vote but after the big announcement, it also turned into a celebration, the ithems dan noyes and found some in the crowd do not support the bidenharris ticket. Reporter organizers had taken out a ticket for protect the vote rally but turned into what they called happy biden day reporter a somewhat tempered celebration. It means the world to me that on the one hand all of that hell might finally be over but on the other hand i know we still have to fight. This is not over. Reporter several women protests the lapsided Supreme Court, now that amy bony barrett brings a 63 majority, even a little Ruth Bader Ginsburg there today but it was a combination of groups, democratic socialists, black lives matter, and families of those killed in confrontations with place including sean montarosa who died in vallejo. Last week five months since my brothers murder. Sean montarosa. Reporter chp in ryeon gear stood by, traffic backed up. Extremely excited, yes. Kamala harris and joe biden were actually my first two picks back when we were doing the primaries so i felt so happy. Reporter the protesters are hoping for the nation to hit reset after four years of President Trump but there are still hard feelings for some whose candidate is not headed to the oval office. Ive watched all three networks interview people across the country, and all the people who said they were for biden listed reasons that did not qualify disqualify bernie sanders. Reporter a few in dark clothing who did not want their pictures taken taunted the Police Across the bridge and back but there were no arrests, no violence, and the day ended with interpretive dance. For the iteam on the golden gate, dan noyes, abc 7 news. So one major question remains before biden becomes president , will President Trump concede . This morning, one leader of Californias Republican Party is defending President Trump for not doing so yet. All the votes havent been counted. Theres recount mandatory recount in at least one state, and other recounts happening as well as pending litigation. Harmete dylan because its too early for Media Outlets to declare a victory. We spoke with bay area talk show host and conservative active Melanie Morgan told us live yesterday that the fight for the white house is far from over. This is not something that conservatives and republicans and Trump Supporters are going to let go, because we feel that the media, the media went ahead and called an election that has not yet been settled. Morgan also told us Trump Supporters will protest at capitals of every state, and other u. S. Cities until they feel a fair result has been reached. And were now seeing that play out here, looking at a scene at the california state capital in sacramento yesterday. There was competing, there were competing rallies for both biden and Trump Supporters. Things did get seeth heated at times. The california Highway Patrol and Sacramento Police tried to keep a barrier between the two groups. As President Trumps legal team prepares to challenge the election results, long time friend and attorney of joe biden shared a little bit about how his legal team plans to fight against the unproven claims. Joe cotchett, these photos were taken at a fundraiser earlier this year. Hes now taking on those Trump Campaign lawsuits. The craziest cases youve ever seen, an absolute fraud and im going to use that word straight uhm and give you some examples. People should be able to come into polling places carrying guns. Poll watchers werent allowed to get close enough to the polls, they were only allowed to stand ten feet away instead of six feet away. They want to hold up the results of the election until they get out to the period of time when the Electoral College votes. What they want to do is challenge those votes and take it to the u. S. Supreme court. Cotchett has been told the Trump Administration plans to hire more aggressive attorneys starting tomorrow. You can follow along with the legal challenges and everything that comes next right on our website, thats abc7news. Com. We have a look at the possibilities for what lies ahead for both trump and biden, and you can also find that on the abc 7 news app. Now we want to get a check on the bay area forecast with meteorologist lisa argen. Is the rain coming . Well, jovina, not yet but we do have a promise for that in the extended outlook. You know about the cold. Its here. Its breezy, its quite gusty out there. Live doppler 7 showing you there is no rain in the immediate vicinity, but some shower activity is heading down across the ocean into perhaps the south bay hills but first thing is first, the wind advisory until 4 00 with winds up to 30 miles an hour. The gusts could be as high as 50, so were looking at the winds right now, these are the surface winds, 25 miles an hour San Francisco, 31 miles an hour in concord. Upper elevation winds, 20 to 40 miles an hour, so right on through the day today, those strong winds are going to keep us on the chilly side. 40s and 50s to start out. Believe it or not with all the mixing going on, were warmer than we were yesterday, so as we look at the forecast throughout the day today, its going to be partly cloudy, breezy to windy, and numbers well below average, well talk about that rain when we see you again. Jovina . Thank you, lisa it is his very first policy promise, a new covid19 task force from joe biden, next, how he plans to roll it out and when. And we ask abc 7 special correspondent if he thinks it has a chance of working. I love you. I love you, my sister. Im so proud to call you my friend and my Vice President. Local leaders who have worked with the now Vice President elect over the years overcome with emotion, more of their reaction, plus how the rest of the world is reacting to a bidenharris ticket. See what Global Leaders are saying. We had to show love to the dogs, right . Okay, so we will introduce you to the two new pups that are headed to for members like martin. 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He announced plans of a task force as daily cases continue to shatter records in the u. S. I will name a group of leading scientists and experts as transition advisers to help take the bideharris covid plan and convert it into an actual blueprint. That plan will be built on bedrock science. Hes wasting no time in that speech. Biden says he plans to put together that task force starting monday. Biden said its impossible to fix the economy and get the nation back to normal until the virus is under control. We spoke with abc 7 special correspondent dr. Pattel on this, said president elect bidens words were like a breath of fresh air. We are breaking records right now in this pandemic and we shouldnt be. We are aannouncing over 100,000 cases a day and weve had over a thousand deaths a day for the past four days. Thats obscene. We shouldnt be where we are. The task force will be comprised of 12 members, the doctor says theres talk including the h. W. Bush and clintonera fda commissioner davids kessler and former surgeon general. Leaders from around the globe are sending well wishes to the president elect and his running mate. Boris johnson Prime Minister of the uk wrote the u. S. Is our most important ally and i look forward to working closely together on our shared priorities from Climate Change to trade and security. The Prime Minister of new zealand wrote with so many issues facing the international community, your message of unity is one we share. The program of india had a special message for the Vice President elect writing your success is pathbreaking and a matter of immense pride for all indian americans, i am confident that the vibrant indiau. S. Tie also get stronger. Closer to home, support from local politicians in the bay area continues to pour in this morning. Abc 7 News Reporter stephanie stiera shares excitement what they hope a bidenharris white house means fort future of the country. Reporter the bay area political world heating one celebrations of the historic win of president elect joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris. We love you, kamala reporter the daughter of oakland making her hometown mayor and city proud. Kamala, i love you. I love you, my sister. Im so proud to call you my friend and my Vice President. Im so proud. Reporter mayor libby schaaf celebrating in style taking a victory lab in her firebreathing snail car. Oakland is so proud that a woman who was born in our city, a woman who started her career fighting for the people in our city who grew up on our soil and with our values is now in the white house. Reporter congresswoman barbara lee shedding tears of joy upon hearing the announcement. Finally, finally im being seen and im being heard, finally my granddaughters are being seen and heard. Reporter lee, a long time supporter and friend of harris, says she is fwrgrateful she cou witness this moment breaking new barriers for all women, especially women of color. Kamala opened towards for many women, broken so many glass ceilings and now our girls and our black girls and our girls of color can say i can do this. Reporter a strong sentiment shared by congressman Mark Desaulnier our democracy has been restored. So proud of them, they carried themselves with so much dignity and kept their focus through this whole thing in spite of the fact their opponents were trying to tear them apart. Reporter the congressman worked with harris touring her time as attorney general of california. Hes confident as a team biden and harris will unite and move the country forward. This is a good moment for america, but its also a moment i think to reflect on our differences and start to rebuild, and i think joe biden and Kamala Harris are the right people for this moment in history. I really, really do. Reporter abc 7 news. When president elect joe biden moves into the white house, to so will his fourlegged family members, his first family includes two german shepherds named major and champ, they will bring back the tradition of first pet in the white house. So i know lots of people will be paying attention to them, and we are paying attention to the weather, too, because meteorologist lisa argen is here and lisa, i put on my heat for the first time last night. You did . It was cold. Jovina. I know. I wanted to and i should have, because i was freezing it was too cold. It was really cold, even with the wind and the temperature trend f