To everyone who voted, i want you to know that i hear you. For the twothirds of voters who chose not to participate in the process yesterday, i hear you, too. The Midterm Election has drastically changed the political landscape. Now its time for some in washington to face new realities. For the next two years, republicans will control both the senate and house. Abc News ReporterKaren Travers live in washington, d. C. With the latest on the changes and the impact they will have on congress. Karen . Reporter good evening. Four years ago, president obama called his partys midterm losses a shellacking. Today he wouldnt take the bait and said republicans had a good night last night. Thats a bit of an understatement. He also said the focus now needs to be on making the next two years as productive as possible and the way to do that, is to work with republicans. President obama did not sugar coat it. Obviously republicans had a good night. They deserve credit for running good campaigns. Reporter while republicans declared a decisive sweeping victory. We won in red states. We won in blue states and we won in purple states. Reporter republicans picked up seven senate seats last night, more than they needed to claim the majority. That number could go up. There are still three races too close to call. Kentucky republican Mitch Mcconnell is now poised to be the new Senate Majority leader. Today, he said he will try to work with president obama. The American People have spoken. They have given us divided government. The question for both the president and for the speaker and myself and our members is what are you going to do with it. Reporter the republican tidal wave didnt just sweep the senate. The gop held on to win key governors races, even in typically democratic strongholds like maine, massachusetts and maryland. They expanded their majority in the house, giving them their biggest advantage there since Herbert Hoover was president. New Jersey Republican governor Chris Christie aggressively campaigned for candidates across the nation. The president took a beating last night. Reporter but some analysts say republicans shouldnt take last nights victories as a mandate. It was a rejection of the president and a rejection of the politics thats been practiced the last couple years in washington, d. C. Reporter president obama boiled down his agenda for the next two years to this. Get stuff done. He says hell try and do that through executive actions when necessary, but acknowledged that republicans may not like that. He also said that republicans are going to send him bills he will not sign, so the goal here is to try and find some way to reach common ground. Live from capitol hill, Karen Travers, abc 7 news. Thank you. Last nights election also placed the 100th woman in the current congress. Here is North Carolina democrat alma adams being hugged by a supporter after winning last nights special election. She will become the 100th female member of the house when sworn in next week. Next Years Congress will include at least 101 women. A slim lead and claim of victory today in the race for san jose mayor. While absentee ballots are still being counted, councilman sam lacardo declared victory. Declaring an official winner in the race could take several days. Mailin ballots representing roughly onethird of the overall vote count will be counted over the rest of the week. Lacardo says he is looking forward to improving the city as its new mayor. Im making this announcement because i think its time for us to move beyond the election day battles. Its time for healing in this city. Its time to rebuild bridges. A short time ago, his opponent released a statement saying in part, although i congratulated him on winning a close campaign, the race is too close to call. The race for oakland mayor is still too close to call. The Elections Office has run the ballots 15 times so far and libby schaff is declaring victory with 63 . However, kaplan is not conceding yet. Laura anthony joins us to explain exactly why. Laura . Reporter well, actually, the rank choice system is ongoing, it is complicated, but at this point, the registrar tells me they have 120,000 ballots still to count here countywide, about 25 of those would be from oakland. Still, they have run that formula enough times to eliminate all but two candidates, one of them with a commanding lead. The flames were from a snail car made in oakland. While there was no symbolism intended they seemed to indicate the mayorelect is ready to take on her citys issues headon. The very First Priority is safety. As you all know, i bring a very holistic view about safety. Absolutely we need more police but we also need better policing. Reporter she gave her victory speech moments after the current mayor emailed a statement conceding the election. Quote, i have been proud to be oaklands first woman and Asian American mayor, and i thank oaklanders for the opportunity to bring the city through these tough times. Im very humbled to have received a phone call from her today suggesting that we hold a joint event tomorrow to talk about a smooth transition. Reporter while her huge lead over the second place finisher Rebecca Kaplan appears insurmountable, the registrar says results are not official and wont be for some time. Its not official until i certify and i have 28 days to go through that certification process. Reporter kaplans team have not conceded the election and her campaign did not return calls for comment. In oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. Find real time results where you live on our website, abc7news. Com. Time for a check on the weather. Another beautiful fall day. Spectacular, Spencer Christian. The hits just keep on coming, dont they . A lovely day. Heres live doppler 7 hd giving you a different view from above the clouds. We have mainly clear skies but notice the surge of high clouds into the north bay and beginning to push through the golden gate and out over the bay as well. Heres a view looking northeastward over San Francisco. Mainly clear skies there. 72 degrees in San Francisco. Oakland, 69. San jose, 74. 79, morgan hill. 72, half moon bay. Heres a lovely view of the clouds coming in looking west from the east bay hills camera. Lots of color in the sky there, 74 in santa rosa. Napa, 70. Fairfield, 73. 74, concord. 73 at livermore. As we look at the golden gate with a few high clouds above, this is the first forecast. Mostly clear and cool this evening, mostly sunny tomorrow morning, chilly in some inland valley spots and then we will see coastal clouds tomorrow afternoon. A little cooler than today but still a mild day with highs ranging from mid 60s at the coast to upper 70s inland. I will show you when we might expect some rain or not in my accuweather forecast a little later. Larry and ama . Thank you, spencer. Sky 7 hd is over breaking news in antioch, where a Security Guard has been shot in the arm outside a starbucks. This is a street and 18th. Police say two groups were shooting at each other and the man who was guarding the starbucks either got caught in the middle or tried to intercede. It is unclear at this time. But this is the same place where three teens were arrested around noon on sunday for shooting outside that same starbucks. A woman who did not appear to be part of either group was wounded in that shooting. About 320 kids at Alamo Elementary School in Contra Costa County were let out of school early today. Construction crews struck a four inch natural gas line near that school around 9 00 this morning. Sky 7 hd was overhead as pg e worked for more than three hours to cap the leak at wilson road. The students shelt eersheltered and most went home about an hour early. San francisco schools are paying a price for last weeks giants parade. About 3500 students played hookie to celebrate the teams victory. That compares with an average daily absentee rate of just over 1600 so far this year. The absent students cost the School District an estimated 140,000 in state funding. Though its not as bad as the 2012 parade, when about 4100 kids skipped class and the schools lost 160,000 in attendance money. More sports news. The 49ers visit new orleans on sunday. Not a mustwin game mathematically but the niners are 44 and with every loss, there is more and more noise and questions about the future if the niners fail to make the playoffs. This week, hall of famer steve young, former niner great, expressed concerns about the niners Overall Energy level and their body language, while fellow hall of famer jerry rice says he thinks jim harbaugh will be gone next season. Today, the coach said his focus remains only on the saints. I really dont comment on anything thats coming from outside. Jerry rice also [ inaudible ]. Im just curious, do you agree with his theory that your uncertain future is impacting how the teams performing . You know, again, keep the flack on the outside. Were training. Were preparing. We understand the challenge in front of us. We are attacking. Attacking. There has been speculation that harbaughs alma mater, michigan, wants him to replace brady hoke. Jim harbaugh will have a lot of opportunities. We have to see how it shakes out. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00, victory is sweet for antisoda activists in berkeley but remarks by the soft drink industry are turning them sour. Also, what Clay Thompson said that has people laughing at an oakland fast food restaurant. What a 90yearold homeless activist plans to do after being arrested for feeding hungry people. 7 on your sides Michael Finney taking your questions on twitter and facebook. He will answer them here live in just a few minutes. Contact michael at facebook. Com michaelfinneyabc 7. Lets check traffic right now. This is a live look at 101 in san rafael. Oncoming traffic is northbound. You can see its a little thicker at the top of the screen on the right side heading toward the golden gate bridge. Stay with us. Hey john,whoa k it out. Yeah, i was testing to see if we really can turn any device in your house into a tv. And the tablet worked just fine. But i wanted to see if the phone would work as well. So i shrunk sharon. Every channel is live just like on tv. But its my phone. Its genius. Shh im watching tv. Tiny sharon is mean. Im right here. Watch any channel live on any device around your home. Download the xfinity tv app today. 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Police announcing this a woman that was kidnapped right off the street has been found alive in maryland. Her kidnapper has been captured as well. Police are conducting this news conference. They say tips from the public led them to the suspects car near baltimore. 22yearold carlesha freelandgaither does have some injuries but police say she is doing well, all things considered, and again, the suspect, a man by the name of delven barnes, is under arrest. We will keep you posted. Berkeley will be the first city in the nation to tax sugary drinks. Measure d got 75 of the vote. Only a simple majority was needed so people will now pay a penny per ounce. Former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg will help fund the campaign and says hes ready to do the same thing in other cities. Abc 7 News ReporterLyanne Melendez is live from berkeley with whats next. Reporter well, a lot of people asking this morning why did this pass in berkeley, not in San Francisco. As you pointed out, berkeley only needed a simple majority. San francisco needed more than 66 of the vote. But in a few months, this two liter bottle will cost me an extra 68 cents but all i have to do is walk to albany, for example. No soda tax. Big soda is downplaying berkeleys victory over the beverage industry. Berkeley is berkeley. They are going to do what theyre going to do. Reporter the no on d people said soda tax activists have been venue shopping for more than five years. Berkeley was lowhanging fruit. It doesnt look like mainstream america. City hall officials were outraged by that comment. We are not like las vegas. Las vegas, whatever happens in vegas stays in vegas, you know. The history shows that what happens in berkeley many times spreads to other communities. Reporter at least 30 other cities and states have failed to pass measures to tax sugary drinks. The soda industry spent more than 2 million on the no on d campaign in berkeley and more than 9 million in defeating San Franciscos measure e. The industry believes other cities will not take berkeleys lead. As for what you saw with the outcome of the national election, it doesnt seem like the voters have an appetite for more regulation and taxation. Reporter Roger Salazar of the no on d Campaign Says while they look at other options, they dont think they will fight this one in court. But berkeley officials are sure they will. I dont think its a concern. I think its just a reality. They are going to do it. They feel i think they feel if they can stop it here either at the ballot box which they couldnt or in the courts that that will be a victory that will shut other people down. Reporter people here had much to say about last nights results. Im not excited about the tax because im going to have to pay for it. Im from richmond. We rejected it in richmond. In berkeley im still going to have to pay when i go to lunch. Its really important we do something because kids are being put in a position of making decisions influenced by Big Companies that are going to take away the whole quality of their life and their health and wellbeing. Reporter the law goes into effect on january 1st. In berkeley, Lyanne Melendez, abc 7 news. Yesterdays election was extra special for one Southern California woman. The 102yearold voted for the very first time. Guadeloupe has lived in the u. S. For more than 30 years but only became a u. S. Citizen last year. She says voting was a dream come true. She is an advocate for Immigration Reform and says she will use her right to vote to make a difference. She also hopes her excitement about voting will help spread to the younger generation. Whats your name . The sound cuts out there but warrior fans know its the other splash brother, Klay Thompson who was poking fun at a fan who had no idea who he was. A few fans wanted to take his picture. The woman behind the counter didnt quite recognize who he was, knew he was somebody but not sure. She didnt find out until much later that her video was of Klay Thompson. Thompson, a name you want to know. He just signed a 70 Million Contract with the warriors who tonight will be playing the clippers in what should be a fun game. The warriors 30 going in. Spencer christian has been looking forward to that. He was talking about it yesterday. Going to be a great matchup. Cant wait to see it. If we ever get rainfall maybe i can join the splash brothers. All the splash brothers dont look alike. Lets take a look at live doppler 7 hd. We have high clouds around the bay area right now. Mainly clear skies and its getting a little bit cloudy up in the north bay. We look south of southeastward from the rooftop camera, you see mainly blue skies along the embarcadero, out over the bay. The forecast features, mostly clear tonight, mild through the weekend and we will see a cooler pattern next week. Heres the pacific satellite image showing a big ridge of High Pressure, we have been telling you about this all week long. High clouds have been spilling into the ridge of High Pressure but still mainly clear skies ahead during our next few days going into the weekend and during the next seven days, it looks like another week without rainfall. Heres the forecast animation starting 7 00 this evening. Notice the passage of high clouds overnight and some low clouds near the coast tomorrow, bringing us a little bit cooler pattern tomorrow than we had today. Temperatures will drop off just a few degrees, not dramatically so. Overnight, look for low temperatures generally in the low 50s near the bay and coast. We will see mid to upper 40s in our inland valleys and then tomorrow, mainly sunny day as a few thin high clouds passing over and a few low clouds in the coast. Look for highs in the mid to upper 70s, 76 in san jose. On the peninsula, we will see mid 70s, 76 at redwood city, 75 in mountain view. Mid 60s on the co