Area watching people vote and tracking count and checking on possible protests and so many important races that affect you in many ways from sales tax to members of city council and changes in california law. We will start with the big race for the white house. Scott mcgrew is joining us now. I know a lot of people are voting even the first lady. Even the first lady. Doing it in florida. Good morning to you. Doing it in person in florida. The president previously voted about a week ago in florida in person. Here is some video of the First Lady Melania Trump as she leaves the polling station in west palm beach. The trumps official residence is maralago so they are florida voters. The first lady said it was important to her to vote on election day. The president did not campaign today. He had no Campaign Stops on his calendar for this afternoon. Stead he is visiting his Campaign Headquarters across the river from the white house in arlington, virginia. He didnt get back to the white hous
Purple creates where the power is shut off intentionally. Pg e expects to restore power in some areas by 10 00 p. M. 90,000 currently impacted by this power shut off. High wind over night and today will lots of damage. Branchs came crashing down. Winds threatening to spread small fires that started popping up across the bay area. One of the most recent fires sparked a few hours ago. Off highway 12. We have Team Coverage tonight. Well begin with tom in lafayette. About 17,000 customers have been without power since 8 last night. There were some fires but fortunately the winds were not as wickedly strong as some predicted. However pg e just put out a notice to a lot of customers here in lafayette who have lost power, thousands of people. That their power will not be restored until tomorrow at least. Because of high wind. They said they were not able to get helicopters in to fly equipment. To make sure there was no serious damage that could cause more fires. Also because there were not su
To the poll and watch carefully. His campaign recruits a so called army for trump to observe the election process. Some are questioning the potential impact on voters. It has raised concern. That it will lead to cay ys. It will lead to arguments. When actually poll watchers are really just supposed to be there almost wall hangers. Observing and not interfering. In santa clara, election staff preparing to enforce strict guidelines for anyone wanting to observe the election process. Any member of the public can be a poll watcher. They can ask to stand behind this window as votes are counted. Come back here and sign up and get a badge. And they can be in the area as long as theyre not interfering with the process. During the time of covid19, observers must wear a mask and remain six feet from others. Meaning space will be limited. And if observers dont follow the guidelines or try to intimidate voters. We have a partnership with the federal authorities to make sure the staff and voters fe
Live shows all through the election. Theres something so great about having snl live. Not that i can stay up for it but i like that its there. We want to begin this half an hour with a check of the headlines. We start with the fears of a new coronavirus wave as the number of cases across the country gets closer to 8. 1 million. More than three dozen states right now, many of them in the midwest, are reporting an alarming increase in cases as the death toll has now approached 220,000. It comes as pfizer announced it will not seek authorization of its vaccine until at least midnovember. Heading overseas, some breaking news overnight. A horrific attack in france. Several people have been detained near paris in connection with the brutal killing of a teacher in the middle of the street. The teacher was beheaded after showing caricatures of islams profit mohammed to his class. Police shot and killed the suspect after he refused to surrender. In baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers kept their p
Surging. More states shatter records for coronavirus cases over the weekend with fears that halloween celebrations will make a bad situation worse. And overseas, stringent new lockdowns today and news Prince William himself battled the miracl virus. Miracle rescue. Hello. A 3yearold girl found alive nearly three days after that deadly earthquake in turkey. This morning the race against time to locate and save even more survivors. All of that and plus, fly, eagles, fly. On the pass to the end zone, and pulled in by fulgham. Philadelphia beats the Dallas Cowboys for a key sunday night victory. Today, monday, november 2nd, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza hi, everybody good morning, everybody. It is monday morning and lek shun week is here. We have finally reached this moment just one day to go. As expected, it is going to be a battleground blitz for President Donald Trump and joe biden it will indeed