your voice, your vote. this is abc 7 news. i said at the outset i wanted this campaign to represent and look like america. the battle to restore decency, defend democracy, and give everybody in this country a fair shot. democracy is not a state. it is an act. it takes sacrifice. but there is joy in it. and there is progress. because we, the people, have the power to build a better future. a vision of unity as president-elect joe biden and his running mate, vp elect kamala harris, echoing the words of the late john lewis, welcoming everyone together as americans and laying out their vision for the next four years. good morning, i m jobina fortson. i m sure many of you all heard the celebrations inside your home. we ll have much more on this historic-making ticket. but first, lisa argen. good morning, jobina. the rain is out over the ocean. we have a wind advisory in the coast and upper elevations. it s windy where we live as well. the wind gusts above a thousand feet c
georgia has not been called yet. the count continues to arizona, north carolina and pennsylvania. liz kreutz has been following the election closely and joins us with a look of the intensifying race for the white house. as you show there, we did just hear from president trump minutes ago. i think he s still speaking now and he s been tweeting quite a lot over the past 24 hours but this is the first time we seen him publicly since his remarks the night of the election. once again, he s claiming he s being cheated out of a win. if you count the legal votes, i easily win. if you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. if you count the votes that came in late, we re looking to them very strongly but a lot of votes came in late. again, we have to say no evidence for this right now. patience is really the word of the week. we re anxiously awaiting results in those battle ground states including pennsylvania. there was hope we would know the outcom
weightiness of this election. it could also be fear, whether warranted or not. it s really, really hard to steal a statewide election. it s next to impossible to steal a national one, which is why it does not happen. tomorrow polling places statewide will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. most people vote by mail but election officials in santa clara county are still preparing for a big turnout at the polls. abc 7 reporter chris nguyen begins with our team coverage of a guide of what to expect if voting in-person on election day into poll workers across the bay area know they re part of something special. people here have been for the most part just really excited to vote. which makes it exciting for us to work. reporter: but as exciting as it may be, covid-19 has been on the minds of many. kathleen nelson has served as an election aide in santa clara county for 25 years and can t recall a time when it s been this stressful. i don t want to get sick. and even m
it s a slow mover. cold front, area of low pressure that will bring down the rain as early as this evening and then get into some thunderstorm activity for the second half of qulour weekend. 58 in oakland. 57 in richmond. right now in novato, 54. cloud cover, temperatures are fairly uniform or mild today by about 1:00, we re in the upper 60s to mid 70s. even warmer than that later in the afternoon. notice by 6:00, sonoma county could see a few showers and we re talking about the timing and amounts coming up. liz? thanks, lisa. it s our next sizeable step in reopening the bay area. here is where we stand in joining the state s stage two modifications, the early part of stage two. san francisco and san mateo counties will join marin county in entering into phase two on monday. alameda and contra costa counties will join some time next week. napa and sonoma counties are already in phase two. only santa clara county has yet to determine a date to keep numbers down as the most
use alhambra high school in martinez as a temporary care sig site. the county expects to use the gym and kitchen area, but not the classrooms. the bay area is now up to more than 2400 coronavirus cases. santa clara county continues to have the most case, closing in on 900. 30 people in the county have died. in the entire bay area, 64 people have died. alameda, san francisco and san mateo counties all have more than 300 cases each. to the north, mendocino and lake counties continue to see smaller numbers. there are still four cases in mendocino and no cases in lake county. today the stay at home order for most of the bay area that took effect two weeks ago was expanded. the new rules affect marin, san francisco, san mateo, contra costa, alameda and santa clara counties for the most. and they be in effect until may 3rd. california s action today drew praise from one of the top members of the white house coronavirus task force. california and washington reacted very fast t