Died. We will keep an eye on that and bring you breaking news as that come in. Welcome to midday. Im marcus washington. A red flag warning for the north bay mountains and the east bay hills still in effect until this afternoon. Our coverage continues now at this hour. Nbc bay area bob redell is live in lafayette and meteorologist kari hall is tracking the dangerous conditions. In Oakland Hills the concern was the fire spreading to other homes. What about the wind conditions in that area a little bit earlier . We are still seeing winds gusting as we check out oakland and the weather conditions there. We head to the hills. Winds up to 30 to 32 Miles Per Hour. The temperature at 60 but the relative humidity is still critically low and dry vegetation it was good they were able to get a handle on that before it did continue to spread into more of the vegetation in that area. Overall we are seeing a lot of winds in the valleys calming down. Its gusty in hills and upper elevations. We were ta
In most cases it will be between three and five points. To know ongoing Election Night because there will still be ballots being counted for the days afterward. Host 20 electoral votes at stake. What role do you think the state will play in this election . Close, ifelection is the polls are largely wrong right now and none of the other florida or carolina or georgia we may not know the outcome in pennsylvania on Election Night. We will know for sure if it is closed. If it is closed it will likely come down to pennsylvania. Host what about those who dont routinely vote. What what do we know about whether or not the candidates are getting them to show up this time around. We expect turn out to be higher. Pennsylvania typically has a higher turnout rate and the rest of the country. President trump to mobilize new people to the polls last time and he may do so again this election. We are also getting some evidence that there are people voting for the first time for Vice President biden bec
Year killed 16 people and displaces close to a 1000000. Anger as well as resignation across europe those restrictions are tightened to fight a 2nd wave of coronavirus and m. P. To statements as sports highest court begins hearing the russians appealed against a 4 year ban for anti doping violations. That are just 24 hours left before polls open in the u. S. President ial election both donald trump and joe biden are using the final day of campaigning to focus on crucial battleground states a record 19000000 voters have already cast their ballots polls indicate biden has a lead nationwide but the race appears to be tight in some crucial swing states and gallacher has the latest from. Miami. President donald trump began his campaign sprint of battleground states in chile michigan 4 years ago trump took this state breaking the Democratic Partys socalled blue wall in this nations industrial rust belt as election day approaches National Polls show hes trailing biden. Thank you very much i lo
For changes that make things a little more convenient for the boaters sounds good at least the last part of it the convenience or Catherine Heenan host of inside bay area politics talk to an expert about that a captain at you know a grant of income people still have a lot of questions of course we know. Lots and lots of people are voting early both in person by mail. This was the scene in San Francisco recently but what happens to those ballots being returned before election day. If you return one early does that mean it will be counted early well, generally, yes, we talk to somebody with the Santa Clara County registrar of voters office. Boats come in and that person happens below biz scanned thats the signature area is scanned. That signature is compared many only by human eyes. To what we have on file and if the signatures match and then the humble of goes to the pass as they call it where it is open and the ballots are removed now we we do process the ballots before the close of po
E freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Laura i am Laura Trevelyan and thiss bc world news america. Reth six days to go behe thelection more an 70 million and counting, early voting is all the rage across the United States. Dormany and france impose a Second National wn as covid19 cases in europe continue to rise. What you need tonight. We will meet the guitar girls who are using music to change their lives. One day i am be a famous. Not just in afghastan. Laura welcome to world news america. It is just six days to go until the official u. S. Electiobut more than 70 million he already voted including President Trump and joe biden, ballot as a u. S. Citizrst ever i went to downtown boklyn in the cold and rain to find out what was getting everyone out and about so early. The line in ooklyn for early voting goes around thendlock and beyo. New