Joe biden spoke earlier today. He is projecting confidence but also just asking for calm, asking for patience while the final votes are counted. As the battlegrounds finalize their vote counts, Democrat Joe Biden is gaining ground in a game of inches. We have no doubt that when the count is finished, senator harris and i will be declared the winners. So i ask everyone to stay calm, all the people to stay calm. The process is working. Reporter tonight President Trump refusing to acknowledge that his path to victory appears to be narrowing and claiming with no evidence whatsoever that the election is being rigged. If you count the legal votes, i easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. Reporter earlier, his campaign challenged vote counting and made baseless claims of fraud in georgia, michigan, pennsylvania, and nevada. Give us access reporter on both sides today, very serious concerns. Protesters gathering outside a philadelphia counting c
Contra costa county. The news at 10 00 starts right now. Thank you for joining us for this special election 2020 newscast. Its not jut about the vote count. Many high profile republicans are joining the president in claiming Election Fraud without presenting any real evidence. Lets start with the numbers. The Electoral College vote unchanged. Youll notice in the last 24 hours because the races in five states are still too close to call. And four of those states could go to recounts. Joe biden with 253 electoral votes. 214 for President Trump. 270 is the magic number. The country is hanging on the results from nevada, arizona, pennsylvania, and georgia. In all four states, both candidates are within 2 Percentage Points of each other. And two are practically in a dead heat. In georgia, President Trump has led, has the lead with less than 2,000 votes. It is 11 00 in the evening in maricopa county, arizona, where the count continues at this hour. The county intends to announce new results
Or weeks. And concerns over Election Results uncertainty and rising coronavirus cases worldwide caused stocks to tank today. All three were down 3 . The dow closed at a low not seen since july. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. With less than a week to go, many Bay Area Community groups big and small are mobilizing their communities to get out the vote. Abc News Reporter kris reyes has what is driving them to make sure as many ballots are cast as possible. Its a critical thing for our community to enable people to safely vote in a pandemic and to ensure the democracy has today. Reporter the oakland as are not just talking the talk but lending the coliseum. 10,000 Parking Spaces to be used as an accessible voting site from saturday to election day. Gestures big and small are happening. Grass Roots Organization bay rising action is reaching out to under served community, especially new immigrants. Everybody has face masks on, gloves, sanitizing their hands. There is texting,
Their ballots. The two men who want your vote for president are pulling out all the stops in the final days of the president ial campaign. Good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. I am dion lim. We begin, now, with your voice your vote and election exuberance is flooding election offices with early, mailin ballots. Out of 21 million registered voters in california, more than 10 million have now returned their votebymail ballots. In the bay area, more than 700,000 returned in alameda county. More than 540,000 in santa clara county. And more than 282,000 in San Francisco county. Abc 7 News Reporter, cornell barnard, has a look at some call home. Said its time to vote. And i said oh my goodness, lets go. Reporter rosa vaughn made a trip to the oakland arena, saturday, to vote. The home former home of the war has been transformed into a Voting Center, one of a hundred locations in alameda county. If we have the voice, we need to spoke. Reporter tim dupuis says you can still vote
Reporter after closing off Indoor Dining for more than six months, restaurants are finally seeing light at the end of a tunnel. If we continue down this path, we will have an opportunity to reopen safely. Reporter San Francisco mayor, london breed, made the announcement this morning while touring a popup mobile testing testing site. San francisco county is currently on the red deer and the reopening of restaurants will happen once the county enters the orange. Each establishment will be capped at 25 capacity, with no more than 100 people allowed inside at one time. Expected date of Indoor Dining is no earlier than the end of september. We are doing okay, but we. I do better because i want to want to make sure we dont lose the fabric of San Francisco and what makes San Francisco so great and so special. That means we have to do our part. Reporter it is good news for holly at freighter, but he is still a bit hesitant. That is what worries me because people are so close. I ride public tra