Reporter no, one of them being he has won the election. Hes not. Hes named specific states that are still up in the air. We have not called them because either theres a lot of vote outstanding or the vote is very close. President trump calling into question this election where, again, some states have not yet named a winner. Now we want to bring in scott mcgrew. Good morning to you. Tracie . Reporter we want to tell you what President Trump said last night about that when he called the election a fraud. Listen. This is a major fraud on our nation. We want the law to be used in the proper manner, so well be going to the u. S. Supreme court. We want all voting to stop. We dont want them to find any ballots at 4 00 in the morning and add them to the list, okay . Reporter so that was President Trump talking about challenging this continued ballot counting in a handful of states but critical states am joe biden was out here talking to his supporters last night, urging patience saying this process has to play out. He said he feels confident and he was a little bit wishful talking about his trip back to scranton, pennsylvania, his childhood home and what his grandfather used to tell him. Folks, you heard me say it before, every time i walked out of my grandpas house, joey, keep the faith. And my grand mom, joey, spread it. Keep the faith, guys. Were going to win this. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Reporter but how soon could we get those results . We dont know. There are states resuming counting this morning, pennsylvania, we expect an update from their secretary of state, georgia as well, and while theres a lot of cheering and honking going on in the parking lot last night we are still awaiting definitive results. We want to bring in scott mcgrew right now. It will take some time. We just dont know how much. If theres any consolation this is playing out the way we had been warning people. These early leads in states like pennsylvania but just as we were talking about tuesday, walkin voters who tend to be republican, theyre not done counting ballots in pennsylvania. So the mailin ballots there, those tend to swing towards democrats. It makes it impossible to predict. We always knew pennsylvania would be a battleground. It, like georgia, is one that has big urban areas that support democrats and vast rural areas which tend to be republican. Both candidates spent a great deal of time there. Taking a closer look at the results for the keystone state you can see what were talking about. Not hard to find the big cities of pittsburgh and philadelphia which are blue. That blue county in the middle is home to penn state university. Same with georgia, even the small city of macon and is your rounding county went blue along with savannah and atlanta. Georgia too close to call. Atlanta voters mailed in ballots will be the key here. There are so many ballots. In pennsylvania theres still 1. 7 million still outstanding. This is a state that restricted the process of mailin ballots processing of them, i should say until election day. So many of us voted by mail because of the pandemic. Now the Republican Party is in courts all over the battleground states looking to stop the counting though there are no clear reasons why that should be. It is not uncommon to have some lag in reporting. We vote on election day but we dont always get the vote on election day. Thats okay. It was not that long ago we saw an election decided by the Supreme Court. In this case its not at all what the argument would mean or the court would accept it as a case. It is extremely when theyre not even done counting the legitimate votes. Those votes we are talking about are legal and legitimate. Some of them have been sitting in a Registrars Office for days or weeks waiting for their turn to be counted. We do have an imperfect system. So far what were seeing so far is very legal and, frankly, weve been talking about this for days. This is what we thought might happen. Scott, quickly on arizona fox news reporting that biden had won but nbc news and others have not. Right. In the past nbc had worked closely with the associated press. We decided to stick to our own experts who are not ready to call for biden or georgia for trump or half a dozen other states as well. Lets take a look at arizona. Biden is ahead by about 100,000 votes in arizona, and this sounds remedial but, remember, who wins the state gets all 11 electoral votes there. But not all of the votes have been counted in arizona in a patchy county. Thats that long county, only 62 of votes are in. They are just extremely cautious here. I want to remind folks at home when a network or news agency calls a state for a candidate it doesnt mean he actually won it. It means the math would indicate theres no way hes going to lose it. Only a states secretary of state can certify the results, marcus and laura. Were going to check back with you in just a little bit throughout the hour with more updates. California voters turned out in Record Numbers heading into overnight hours, 11 million votes have been counted so far. Now thats about half of the overall total cast statewide representing 88 of californias eligible voters. To some of the most closely watched measures, a measure pushed by Ride Share Companies to allow drivers to remain contractors. More than 70 counted, it passed. Its to challenge the gig economy law. Live to today in the bay. Tracking results for other key measures for us. Reporter good morning. That ballot issue you just mentioned was one of the most expensive in state history. A quarter of a billion. It seems the voters as we know so far have voted in favor of it. Now the passage means appbased drivers, food and ride share, would be defined as independent contractors. Prop 22 includes a mandate that appbased drivers are provided benefits like minimum compensation, Vehicle Insurance and training. Now opponents say the ballot issue creates a special, those opponents say prop 22 eliminates basic work place benefits and replaces them with new lower earning guarantees and Lower Health Care payments. Based on the results so far, a spokesman for prop 22 explains why. Take a listen. All right. He essentially said there were multiple times 70 want to remain independent and gives them the flexibility to do what they want. We had a chance to speak with someone on the no side. Everyone put up a good effort and so did the labor union. Labor unions put up 20 million but it was up against 235 million in this fight. Were live in San Francisco. Cierra johnson for today in the bay. All right. Lots to get through. Thank you, cierra. Current market value losing but only by a few percentage points, about 70 reported. The tax revenue raise would go to Public Schools and community colleges. As for another key ballot measure proposition 18 would allow 17yearolds to vote in primary and special elections provided they turn 18 until the november election. Election results are also scrolling across the bottom of your screen and will be throughout this newscast. Or head over to our website and continuously updating on the president ial and local races going on here in the bay area. So many of us stayed up late or got upper. We need a breath of fresh air. Finally that feeling of fall in the air. Kari has a look at our temperatures. Were going from fall to winter over the course of a couple more days. Well make it into the upper 60s by 11 00. Take a breath of fresh air and relax, maybe head to the beach. Well see temperatures in Half Moon Bay make it into the mid60s with sunshine and probably today is one of the better days billion it cools off and clouds roll in. Mike, whats going on in the commute . A lot of folks stayed up late, maybe got up early watching numbers as laura was talking about. The numbers im watching mostly speed limit. Green sensors all over the bay. An important roadway in concord, a crash there may be an issue for commuters. You do see highway 4 at speed. Disabled vehicle might be on 680. The bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights turned on a few minutes ago filling in these lanes. No problems. This is your typical backup. Back to you. Our election coverage continues for you that morning. Up next, more topicalcal propositions were tracking including a crucial housing measure. The results next. Plus, how investors are reacting to all thats going on in our world of politics. Taking a live look at the futures this morning looks like they are up. Youre watching today in the bay. Bubbles at this price . Is this for real . Oh, its real. Believe me. I mean this is upexpected. You would say. Remarkable . Absolutly. A remarkable deal. Thanks. I get that all the time. Wait. What . grocrey outlet jingle cgrand openinge flooin san leandro safely shop our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. Discover the perfect floor at the perfect price in whatever way is perfect for you. Floor and decors newest location is now open. Also open in milpitas and burlingame. Back to the elections californians are knocking down the property tax increase for business. Bob redell is live in oakland with a look at what we can expect. Bob . Reporter good morning to you, marcus. Talking about propositions 15 and 21. Theyre both heading for defeat and one has officially been defeated. With 71 of the votes reported so far prop 15 is losing 52 voting no. Prop 15 would have loosened some of propositions 13 on property tax increases that went no effect in 1978. They would have been taxed on current value rather than the current price. That looks like its heading for defeat. 50 of voters said no to prop 21 versus 40 who said yes. That has been defeated even though its expected to stand, i should say, with 71 tabulated so far. Prop 21 would have allowed rent control on Residential Properties that are over 15 years old. This proposal came in after years of rising housing costs that have pushed many young adults to move back in with their families. Bob redell, today in the bay. 6 17 for you this morning. A look at the traffic this morning. The commute is not looking too bad. Mike will get a look at that in a bit. First a look at the forecast. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. Another nice day. Something to be excited about today. Absolutely. With temperatures like this reaching up to 79 degrees in morgan hill as well as concord. 78 the high in napa. Now we are going to see some changes ahead because of an approaching storm system that will come in on friday. Its going to cause our temperatures to drop significantly, bring in some spotty showers and clouds and some breezy winds. We are going to see this potentially bringing in some unsettled weather for the week. Another one right behind that will give us some milder weather for next week. A little bit further to the north. As we look at how much rain we may see out of this, the models putting down up to a quarter inch around ukiah. A few trace amounts and up to a tenth of an inch around the Santa Cruz Mountains. A big significant system for the sierra where it will bring in the potential of at least a foot of snow in upper elevations. It will be really great to see after seeing how dry throughout the fall season. Once again this weekend those big changes and time to dig out the winter coats and maybe even an umbrella as we see the mist and drizzle along the coastline. Upper 60s today. Well drop it back to the upper 50s over the next several days. Mike, how is it looking now for the morning commute . Continued backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. The most significant change over the last few minutes. Metering lights turned on just after 6 00. All lanes have now filled in over the last 15 minutes. Slowing, no slowing in the freeway. Slowing getting on the decline to San Francisco. They may slow metering lights down a tad bit. Contra costa county southbound 680. A slower drive. A disabled vehicle just cleared should be no problem. An easy drive, highway 4, no slowing through concord. An easy drive. Things are light on the start for the commute. I wish all the results were as easy as that commute, mike. Its 6 20. Up next the president ial race could come down to three states including pennsylvania. A live look at ballots being counted in philly and well have a live report on how the counting is going next. And a look at where the Electoral College stands for you right now. Former Vice President joe biden is leading 224 to President Trumps 213. Wild thing, you make my heart sing wild thing i. Think i. You know what i think . I think you owe us 48. 50. Wild thing. If you ride, you get it. Geico motorcycle. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. 6 23. Welcome back to today in the bay. We have live pictures of ballot counting happening in philadelphia right now. A lot left to be counted in the city of brotherly love. From team trump to team biden and everyday americans, everyone watching the count in philadelphia. Here is randy gyllenhaal. Reporter there are plenty still to be counted, the bulk of them those mailin ballots. Why the delay . The pandemic. Many deciding to vote by mail in historic numbers. You combine that with a state law that does not allow counting until 8 00 p. M. Last night, and so what we have is a nonstop operation happening here at the Pennsylvania Convention center. 24 7 counting since the polls closed. As weve been reporting for weeks we may need patience in pennsylvania. This is not unexpected. It could take another day or even more. That counting continues. The numbers we have right now, there are about 350,000 mail and absentee ballots that were cast by voters. So far only 40 of those have been counted, less than half. And we know the majority of mailin ballots are coming from registered democrats. Across the commonwealth of pennsylvania more than a million votes have not been counted. Here in philadelphia Officials Say they still have to get a lot of the inperson votes counted as well. Bottom line it is a combination of massive turnout and the historic number of ballots that will require plenty of patience. The results in pennsylvania still unclear. We should get more of an update this morning. In center city, philadelphia, randy gyllenhaal, today in the bay. We are waiting and watching. The good news here we didnt see a lot of overnight violence so thats very good news. Up next on today in the bay our decision 2020 coverage will continue with just minutes to go before the markets open this morning. Well see how they are reacting. The futures have been up so far. Our own scott mcgrew is keeping his eye on the stocks this morning and will show us how investors on wall street are reacting to all the political uncertainty. Good wednesday morning to you. Thank you for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Scott mcgrew is here as well. I know the markets are about to open. I know investors at the president ial race lingers on. It does linger. The stock market does not like uncertainty. You could make a logical argument the stock market doesnt care what party is in charge. It just wants center and it prefers that there be one party in charge because that manages that increases the chances of things like a stimulus. You see the countdown to the opening bell on wall street. We expect more money to move into tech stocks like apple and google have been considered safe havens, the we we considered gold. So we do expect the nasdaq to take quite a hop this morning. The fed is also meeting as well. We have President Trump last night saying he thought he had won. Here you see the electoral map with the states still outstanding. Not only does he not have the 270 needed to win he has fewer Electoral College votes than biden. Now the president may very well win reelection but that will take days to figure out. We are wait for the stock market to open. We expect the dow to stay steady as investors sit back and wait and put their money in safer places. All right, good deal. Thank you, scott. Were going to check that morning commute with mike in a little bit. Halfway through our workweek and its been a busy one. Kari has a look at the forecast. Finally that feeling of fall. Yes, its going to be really nice again today talking about temperatures back into the 70s. Basically a repeat of yesterday and well have one more warm day heading into tomorrow. Even some more clouds and rain as well as some sierra snow. For us its going to be a beautiful day. Get some time and enjoy it. 79 today in napa. Ill have another update in a few mince. Mike, what are you watching for the committee . An easier commute this morning. Lets look at the roadways. The maps show we have some slowing, also shows the backup because the metering lights are on. Green overall. Southbound 680 and a crash over there as you head south where i think its slow on the 242. Three vehicles there. The bay bridge toll plaza has the metering lights on. No problems out of the maze. We knew about this one. We predicted it. Back to you. Back to our election coverage. Voters have passed proposition 22 which means ride share and app delivery drivers will still be considered independent contractors. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson to break down what this means for the drivers and riders. Talk to us. What does this mean . Reporter well, it means that the gig industry really put a lot of money ahead of this prop to get it out there. The passage means appbased drivers, those who deliver food and do the ride sharing, would be defined as independent contractors. Prop 22 includes a mandate that appbased drivers are provided with benefits like minimum compensation, health care subsidies, Vehicle Insurance and training. Opponents say assembly boat 5 that was passed last year. Prop 22 eliminates benefits and replaces with new lower earning guarantees. Based on the votes so far a spokesperson explains why. Take a listen. The drivers said more than 70 of drivers wanted to remain independent contractors because it gives them that flexibility to choose when they want to work and how long they want to work. Reporter that spokesman said it was proven that those delivery drivers were essential, in his opinion. It is important to note that labor union have is a good showing when it comes to finances. That is where we stand right now. Cierra johnson for today in the bay. It looks like measure rr has passed, laura. Thats right. It would authorize a sales tax increase to keep cal train afloat.