213 the states. That are lightly shaded are the ones are still in question this morning and to the Vice President s point. It is a bit too early to call in fact we saw one of those states change color michigan earlier this morning which was leaning towards President Trump has now shifted is now leaning towards President Biden we could see other states shift as well one way or the other depending on the final vote and it will take a few days to get that process done were joined live this morning via zoom by Jason Mcdaniel a Political Science professor at San Francisco state university. To talk about this process, good morning. So everybody was urged to be patient and yet the president went on tv. Before midnight saying we need to stop counting. The votes now and im going to the Supreme Court now. What would go to the Supreme Court for at this point. At this point he wants to try to get any ballots that mailed ballots be counted some even that level arrive later, according to state laws,
About how hot its going to get this weekend morning, john. Yep, you wont know where youre at because were all looking high. Its not a coastal escape kind today. Its going to be a coastal lay on the beach and catch the rays can today. We are looking at a very warm one and we can attribute it to those dry offshore winds. Your view outside at San Francisco from about from mount tam, you can see the wobble that camera has that is that strong wind that is working its way from the interior out towards the coast. And its really putting a stop to any sort of cool coastal breeze that pushes inland. Thats temperatures are going to skyrocket and no cloud cover. No fog whatsoever. Right now were already at 70 degrees in alameda. Honestly, we pretty much hung out there all night long temperatures last night for a lot of spots. Actually state are really, really mild throughout the course of the evening. And today will continue to rise as the sun comes up. More and more mid to upper 70s along the coa
Gop establishment over the weekend. And Hillary Clinton in response to a question about Harvey Weinstein says, quote, we have a Sexual Assaulter in the white house, unquote. And, oh, by the way, her foundation not return weinsteins 250,000 in donations. Well get into that. Big day as always for politics and money. Varney company is about to begin. Ashley but we begin this hour with some breaking news. At least seven people are now reported injured and one person is missing after an oil rig exploded last night in louisiana. Lauren simonetti joining us for three hours today. Whats the latest from louisiana . Look at that picture, ashley. This happened about dinner time last night. Lake ponte cher train upon cher train, basically, that oil rig exploded. They dont know exactly why right now. The thinking is cleaning chemicals on the platform caused the explosion. Either way, you have seven people injured, at least seven, five of them were hearing are in pretty bad condition, and theyre sea
A few isolated showers possible today. On the cool side with a lot of 50s. We do have traffic that is busier. One 580 we see some of that stop and go traffic. 580 westbound as you dr. , tracy and to livermore. You can see traffic is moving along okay from livermore to dublin. Driving into the bay itself. Hayward 880 north and southbound is looking good. Interstate 8 880 near the colosseum it looks good. No major problems getting to the bay bridge toll plaza. Once you get to the topaz that there is a backup and the cash flames. Fasttrack claims are looking good. There have been no problems reported. And about four hours for might now the Oakland Police department will officially get a new police chief. And kirkpatrick will take over a department that has not had a chief for more than 7 months. She says she sees herself as an outsider who will step in and cure the department away from some of his past problems. Many observers say that is what they need. The department was in the spotligh
Purportedly shows him being killed. Hello everyone, im michelle griego. And im frank mallicoat. The pilot was being burned alive while confined in a cage, were choosing not to air the images. Militants captured the pilot after he ejected back in december from his crashing plane. He was participating in the u. S. Led Coalition Air strikes over syria. This is his wife holding a picture of her husband as she weeps during a protest in jordan earlier today. President obama briefly commented on the video this morning. Should in fact this video be authentic, its just one more indication of the viciousness and bar barety of this organization. President obama says isis is only interested in death and destruction. And this new video solidifies the global coalitions effort and its determination now to defeat those terrorists. There are now 92 reported cases of measles in california. Prompting moves toward quarantines of children. And here are the latest numbers in the bay area. There are 13 confi