Since the conventions late august, hes hel held a lead of around 6 to 11. 6 to 10 points consistently, so the stock price between the 2 candidates has been if you will stable regardless of what President Trump has done regardless of what weve seen really related to the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg regardless of whats happened with the positive covid19 diagnosis by the president the races stabilize that doesnt mean that joe biden wins it means that hes at a consistently and continuing to talk about the coronavirus pandemic. The economy and health care, the wrapping those 3 issues together is presenting some element for the white house for how they message and how they turn around this race and theyre running out of time. What would the president have to do to turn it around. Have another debate. Book pull out thats thats a you go after joe biden was a consistent message thats been one of the difficulties is that the Trump Campaign has not been able to have a consistent message part of that is because the some some men say he goes ahead of the heat moves faster than his team by using tw tter and social media. I did mention of the beta final debate between the president and biden is scheduled for next thursday night. Well see if it happens kron will carry it live if it does. But one more layer of concern for the Trump Campaign polls do indicate. Most voters have already decided that a lot of them have already voted and you can see all of mccains interview on kron on the can grant. All right interesting insight. Thank you catherine well, californias attorney general and secretary of state will not take legal action against the state Republican Party at least for now our State Capitol reporter ashley tpzavala explains the latest in the controversy over the gop unauthorized ballot boxes. The charity and confidence in the vote. Here in california this the state attorney general and secretary of state say the Investigation Continues into the california gop unauthorized ballot boxes, the Democratic Leaders said friday subpoenas have been issued and discussions with the party are ongoing earlier this week sent a cease and desist order for boxes, they say violated state law the Republican Party said it would not comply despite their rhetoric in you know the Republican Party has agreed to do is to no longer deployed its is on staff and secured and officials and unauthorized ballot drop boxes but the california Republican Party says its made no concession to the Democratic Leaders claiming the only requested you want to do anything because voters and our supporters. Despite our efforts to criminal. Well the Democratic Leaders say theyll continue collecting information republicans say theyll continue using the boxes how many boxes all of their locations and how many ballots theyve collected is still unclear in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Today more than 17 million americans have already cast ballots for the 2020 election have thats a lot to put it in perspective that represents 12 of all the votes cast in the 2016 president ial election. Even as 8 states are not yet reporting their totals in voters still have more than 2 weeks to cast their ballots. This is video youre looking at right now from forest park to louisiana, where people were lined up starting at 5. 30 this morning to vote and here is video from yesterday in georgia where state leaders there say theres been a 40 increase in voting compared to previous elections. What if someone shows up at 7 oclock and just a high capacity we look at those lines they look like theyre long but everyone to stay 6 feet out on center and that just makes lines look a whole lot longer and also takes longer due to actually vote through the process because machines have be clean down white. Also early and mail in voting is underway here in the bay area and so far hundreds of thousands of ballots have already been counted. Heres a breakdown by county now contra costa, San Francisco, san mateo and Santa Clara County said reported a combined 282,000 ballots. So far. Alameda county is not reported how many mail in ballots have been received. Meanwhile all 4 counties in the north bay have received a combined 110,000 ballots thus far. Another covid relief package will be up in the Senate Next Week the bill would be a 500 billion dollar relief package kron fours washington correspondent basil john now reports on what some senators think about this latest attempt. Senators are preparing to debate a new targeted covid relief package. We hope for schools, Small Business in unemployment we have more direct assistance to taxpayers more help front the those are out of work pennsylvania, senator bob casey says he wants to see the contents of the bill but doesnt have much hope for the gop proposal republican senators have shown no willingness. No determination to put something on the table will help us tackle the virus. Provide relief and create lots of jobs. Virginia senator mark warner says he is more optimistic about the discussions between House Speaker nancy pelosi and u. S. Secretary Steve Mnuchin he truly is at one 0. 8 trillion speakers at 2. 2 trillion. You know, lets get a deal was do something right in the middle and get this and get the relief out to the American People as quickly as possible while democrats say the bill doesnt do enough to help the country republicans say its a better to advance the things they can agree on. Anyone who votes needs to realize theyre turning their backs on americans North Carolina senator thom tillis says democrats should keep an open mind us when were at our best we compromise and again we settle for something good we never get to something perfect hair thats the nature of democracy. Tell us is hopeful this covid relief bill will pass will go into effect before the election. Reporting in washington, im beall john. I lets go to the 4 zone forecast zone time now to get a check of the weekend weather. Chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with a look at the weekend guys look at this shot right now looking toward sfo but right behind it. You can see sign hill if you look really closely here. You can still see some of the smoke smoldering from that fire. As fire erupted in the afternoon today, but firefighters on scene right now making sure that re sparking it go on once again, but certainly fire conditions around the bay area. Weve had those windy conditions, those offshore winds while the temperatures something look at the view. It is fantastic out toward the golden gate bridge, no fog to speak of their in these numbers. Yeah, its pretty toasty out there 91 in san mateo right now 93 in palo alto 91 in dublin 90 in oakland 92 degrees in berkeley so places even inside the bay getting on the hot side again today and were going to be back to hot temperatures at least in parts tomorrow will notice some changes kind of tricky day to forecast these numbers as well see that sea breeze kicking right now were looking about 74 Golden Gate Park 74 degrees in the sunset about 84 degrees in San Francisco that sea breeze kicks in earlier the temperatures going to be a little bit lower but on 70s up toward the beaches of being get out there should be another nice day, although we may begin to pick up a little more sea breeze in the afternoon and some cooler temperatures of fog moving in especially on sunday 80s and 90s as you work your way down the peninsula lot of 90s in the south again by tomorrow afternoon going to be on the hot side east bay also expecting those temperatures of mid 90s by tomorrow afternoon and those numbers staying pretty toasty everywhere away from the coastline, but that sea breeze likely return the fire danger coming to an end later this weekend all right lawrence. Coming up new details and pfizers quest for a Covid Vaccine white. It cannot request emergency authorization, the for the 3rd week of november. And they tell you to get one, but theyre running short on supplies, why you might not be able to get a flu shot tomorrow. And now may be a good time to shop for a new home i didnt choose this job because it was easy. But i cant say i expected this. To fight these fires, we need funding plain and simple. For this crisis, and for the next one. Prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. So firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. The big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. Its what they do. Well, i do what i do. If yould like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15. For your money tonight, Mortgage Rates have fallen to a record low for the 10th time this year, the average for a 30 year fixed dropped to 2. 8 1 down from 2. 8 7 last week, according to Mortgage Lender freddie mac that is the lowest in almost 50 years of keeping data. A new study by lendingtree found only 4 in 10 americans feel safe, eating inside these days said restaurants that number jumps to 57 of republicans who feel safe 49 of gen xers feel say 46 of men. 42 of Remote Workers feel comfortable returning to the office but 13 of Remote Workers say they want a vaccine before going back to the office this year more than 70 of nonprofit organizations say that they has seen a significant reduction in donations ca f america polled organizations worldwide. To learn how the pandemic is impacting their work in about 94 say that they have been negatively impacted. According to see a f a majority of these organizations focus on supporting children and use economically disadvantaged populations. People with disabilities and at risk populations. Still ahead local pharmacy struggling with critical supplies in just a few months, weve learned a lot more about the covid19 virus. Its real. Its dangerous. And we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. We can do this. If we do it together. Needles and syringes are in high demand as people rushed to local pharmacies and doctors offices to get flu shots, but some patients are now being turned away because some places are running out of supplies crawfords felipe gaulle explains why that does not necessarily mean theres a shortage. Doctor really bergen is a pediatrician and the lead for Kaiser Permanente in Northern California is Flu Vaccine Program were ready and to to to the members. He says his Health System ordered more than 2 million doses of the flu vaccine in anticipation of high demand and says in just the past month more than 1 million members have received their shot and he does not anticipate running out of the vaccine or supplies on a macro level the supply is fine. But but but on micro levels that there may be issues that includes local pharmacies like cvs and walgreens some stores ling to keep up with demand but not to worry. The centers for Disease Control and prevention says manufacturers have projected they will supply up to 198 million doses of influenza vaccine. For the flu season. The cdc says well no significant delays have been reported in some places robust demand for vaccines and supplies like needles or syringes may mean some providers may run out of shots and supplies before their next shipment has arrived, but more will be ordered and eventually the supply will be expected to catch up to them and over 60,000 patients had their flu shot Online CenterBay Medical Foundation say their clinics are well equipped to vaccinate people through the flu season not to panic coming. We we will have supplies, its best to get vaccinated now before the height of the flu season december through february after the shot it takes 2 weeks to build up immunity from the virus. Phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. And tonight, a new study from the World Health Organization is suggesting the antiviral drug remdesivir year did not help hospitalized covid19 patients this is in contrast to an earlier study that. Made the medicine a standard of care in the u. S. At least right now in many other countries. Scientists say the w h o study was not as rigorous as the earlier one led by the u. S. National institutes of health. The drug has not been approved for Covid Treatment in the u. S. , but it was authorized for emergency use after the previous study found that it short and Recovery Time by 4, 5, days on average. It is among the treatments. President trump perceived to and he was infected with covid earlier this month. And pfizer ceo says that they cant request emergency authorization of its covid19 vaccine before the 3rd week of november and thats of everything goes well. Despite President Trumps repeated promises of a vaccine before election day. Scientists have been cautioning that its unlikely data showing leading shot actually works. In that it would come and tell november or december is the best Case Scenario another leading us contender. Moderna inc previously announced the earliest it could seek authorization of its vaccine. Would be november 25th to qualify for an emergency use authorization in the covid19 vaccine must track at least half the participants in large scale studies for 2 months after their second dose the time period which side effects are likely to appear. Im now for 4 zone forecast to get a live look outside San Franciscos embarcadero yeah beautiful shot right here, warm temperatures in the city hot if youre inland. And you see a little bit of a breeze fortunately. It is in whipping up here, but thats the concern elsewhere lawrence what we know, yeah its really county. Its the you know just driving around today you can see some spots where there wasnt much wind at all it was very very calm. But you get over the mountain top some gusty winds and thats where they sit right now overnight tonight, well see some more gus well see part of these red flag warnings come down at least in the valleys most a red flag warnings would be combine the mountains above a 1000 feet these could still see some 20 and some 30 mile an hour gusts, very low humidity. Some very dry air now sitting over the bay area so certainly concern there, but looks like were going to another round of some hot weather least inland. These the highs today it was impressive how about Half Moon Bay checking in at 92 degrees 92 also in San Francisco 95 in san jose 97 degrees in napa and lael 95 degrees in goddard 92 degrees a little more very unusual similar temperature in Half Moon Bay, as you had little more today that is very very rare 93 degrees in redwood city and 94 in the bottle so hot temperatures around the bay area again today things are going to start to switch gears overnight tonight still some northerly winds developing outside not as strong as weve had the past couple nights, but you see the colors appear some gusty winds maybe 10 to 20 miles an hour over the mountain peaks down the valleys below fairly calm out there tonight and warm to start then things are going switch gears by tomorrow afternoon more that sea breeze is going to start to kick in by tomorrow afternoon all of a sudden we got some cooler air coming in off the ocean and that will bring with it some more moisture in the atmosphere to of course that helps for fighting any fires as well out there right now beautiful sunset as working on another gorgeous day outside not to be many days like this until the end of the year numbers outside right now youve got 93 in palo alto 90 in san mateo 87 degrees in alameda 90 right now in oakland and 93 degrees in berkeley. So certainly hot enough outside, but showing signs now this ridge of High Pressure beginning to break down and thats some good news. What a move that along to see if we can start talk about some rain here right now none in the forecast but that sea likely to make return that will help to cool down the temperatures even along the coastline thing for tomorrow so tonight, mostly clear skies are going to see some more wins over the mountain, so red flag warnings are up over a 1000 feet in the north and the east bay sunny hot inland again tomorrow little cooler along the coast line and just inside the bay. And i think much cooler as we get into sunday with some low clouds and fog on the way enjoy your start to the weekend should be very nice plenty of sunshine toward the beaches 70s, the coast you like the heat got 80s and 90s in the bay and lots of 90s in the valleys guys back to you. All right, thanks for coming up next no trick or treating for one fancy California City where lots of teslas are tree Beverly Hills, the answer is a resounding no after city officials opted to nix the halloween tradition altogether. Of course because of the pandemic yeah they will be heading outside to patients, however, the know candy citations who dare to violate a new ban voted on by the city council on tuesday. Carlos saucedo reports on this years halloween will strike the same in the countrys most recognizable zip code 9 02, one o or Beverly Hills has acts trick or treating. That means no giving out candy to the