For those not voting this year you can call us at 202 . 488003 we begin with a story from the Associated Press this morning about early voting. A record avalanche of early votes has transformed the 2020 election. You can see pictures of folks voting in durham, North Carolina for the beginning goes like this. More than 22 million americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election. A record shattering avalanche of early votes. The pandemic has transformed the way the nation votes. 22. 2 million, thats as a friday night, ballots submitted, representing 15 of all votes cast in the 2016 election. Even as eight states are not yet reporting their totals and voters still have more than two weeks to cast ballots. Americans rushed to vote, leading that a record of 150 million votes may be cast and turnout rates could be higher than any president ial election since 1908. The story goes on to say that so far, the turnout has been lopsided with democrats out in 42 republicans by 21 states. Re
Will be to records and what is ahead. Thats coming up in a few minutes. We will check back with you. Thank you very much. This morning we arerng the white house isdc guidelines on reopening the country, and this comes as President Trump suddenly switches gears on changing his thinking on the task force. Good morning, tracie potts. Good morning, everyone. The president has been so adamant about reopening the country and initially saying that was his job, and now saying the states are in charge. We learned about the cdc guidance for buses and restaurants and retail opening, but now the word is from the Associated Press this morning in their exclusive report that the Trump Administration is going to shelf that 17page report that had step by step instructions on how the different sectors, including daycare and other things will open. President trump said the task force was shutting down and then 24 hours later said its not and is actually expanding. Heres why. I had no idea how popular the
Ramps up today. This morning, well see legal briefs from the house Impeachment Managers and trumps legal team. But we already have a preview from mr. Trumps newest lawyer who says the trial is completely unconstitutional. And there are new warnings from one Prominent Senate republican who claims next weeks trial could lead to delays in President Bidens agenda and cabinet confirmations. Were going to begin with new reporting on the pandemic relief talks. Joining us, john harwood and aisha roscoe, a White House Correspondent for npr. John, i want to put on the screen this picture, this remarkable picture of people actually having a conversation, a civil conversation about substantive issues. President biden with nine inperson republicans, one on zoom, and when i saw this, john, i realized what you had been trying to tell me patiently about your reporting and your analysis. That sometimes bipartisan is the way you go about doing things, even if what you ultimately agree on isnt 100 unanim
Temperatures sinking below freezing once again for our inland communities in the north bay. Also waking up with patchy fog this morning, especially thick for our north bay valley floors, into your afternoon, Cool Temperatures under dry conditions, we will be in the 50s and then by tonight the scattered showers move in and will linger into Christmas Day. Details on this coming up in a bit. 7 01. Dublin, pleasanton, livermore areas, one northbound 680 north of 84, also westbound 580 at springtown. This is the problem spot we continue to watch for the last 45 minutes or so. This is a crash involving three vehicles. It is in the clearing stages, according to our crew that just arrived, crews tow trucks have cleared this out of the way. Only minor injuries reported. You can still see some of the emergency vehicles on scene. This is westbound direction of the bay bridge headed into San Francisco just past Treasure Island. This is a view from our san p we will have a check of the south bay co
Dublin, out of livermore, a crash at first street. Springtown, there you go, a little bit of slowing remains. This crash is on shoulder. More slowing. Should clear up over the next few if you are hitting the red right now. North 101 coming up toward bailey. That cleared a few minutes ago. Thats it for the Early Morning commute. Thats good. Back to you. We begin with break news out of hong kong. All flights going out of the airport are now canceled because of more protests. This is video of thousands. They are gathered inside a terminal. Look at the number of people overnight. We just checked at sfo. So far, no impact here. The demonstrations across hong kong are stretching into their tenth week and showing no signs of ending. Rye not police also shot off Water Cannons to protesters on the streets of one of the citys main shopping district. Demonstrators are calling for more democracy in hong kong and an investigation into the citys police force. They are also asking for those arrested