good morning on this wednesday, november 4th. we'll know more by the end of the day today, still quite a ways to go before we get a final winner. >> still thousands of ballots are left to count. we want to give you the latest on where the situation stands this morning. here's a map we've been following all morning long. several swing states counting into the night and up early. as you can see, pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, georgia, the key states right now hanging in the balance. but biden with 225 to 213 for president trump. the goal is 270 from the electoral college. we thought yesterday there might be a possibility that we would have an official winner by the end of the day. >> now it comes down to a few states and what's written on those remaining mail-in ballots. here's a live look at the busy ballot counting in philadelphia. this morning faith abubey joins us live from washington, d.c.

>> reporter: good morning. this morning millions of ballots are still being counted all across the country and it looks like this race is going to be decided in three key battleground states. overnight former vice president joe biden in wilmington, delaware, energizing a car rally of supporters. >> we believe we're on track to win this election. >> reporter: biden performing as expected, as vote counts roll in across the country. >> it ain't over until every vote is counted, every ballot is counted. we're feeling good about where we are. >> reporter: the former vice president boosted by wins in traditional democratic strongholds, in the pacific west coast, taking california, oregon and washington. and in a surprise outcome, biden now leading in arizona. >> the state of florida has 29 electoral votes and it will go to donald trump. >> reporter: trump winning the

biggest prize so far, taking all of florida's 29 electoral votes and performing well in rural areas. as votes are still being counted, trump in an early morning speech falsely claiming he won the race. >> this is a fraud on the american public. frankly we did win this election. >> reporter: the president heading to social media and twitter slapping a warning label on his tweet after he wrote in part we're up big but they're trying to steal the election. right now the cliffhanger is in pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. wisconsin officials telling abc news they expect statewide results as early as today. with votes cast and nothing else to help the race, thousands of anxious voters gathering in black lives matter plaza as the nation waits for final results. so far it appears young people did not turn out to vote as

expected. national exit polls suggesting that 18-year-olds to 29-year-olds make up the same percentage of the electorate as they did back in 2016. faith abubey, abc news, washington. >> thank you. now we'll talk about law enforcement in several major u.s. cities responded to reports of unrest on election night. jobina is following that with new video. >> police in washington, d.c. say they're investigating a stabbing that happened near the white house after a confrontation between trump supporters and another group this morning. we're also getting a glimpse of the protests that erupted in other cities overnight. >> los angeles police tweeted this video of officers telling protesters to disperse. they say protesters blocked an intersection and a set of train tracks near the staples center. police cited 30 people and arrested 40 others for unlawful assembly. ♪ >> in portland, oregon demonstrators marched through a neighborhood before setting an

american flag on fire before the courthouse. in seattle police were out in full force with a s.w.a.t. team. police said eight people were arrested as two groups marched through the city. kumasi? >> thank you. this morning in the east bay some people are waking up in limbo about who the next president will be. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in pleasant hill with more reaction from voters this morning. >> hi. we can tell it's a late night. people are sleepy, not sure what to think as they wake up this morning and finding out there's still not a clear winner. we did talk to some people who thought last night was anti-climatic. some not sure what to think, some just got frustrated and went to bed. >> i was over it last night when i went to bed and couldn't watch anymore, really you can't call it even the ones who are saying we got this one because we don't know what the early voting is saying. >> you know, i kind of was

hoping we would know this morning. you know, put on our patient pants and wait. we can do that. it will tell itself in due time. it's exciting. >> how are your feelings? >> i don't know. it's a mixed bag. i'm excited to find out who it is. it will be interesting to see where our country goes from here. >> we have talked to supporters of both candidates, and they both think that their candidate will win. so an indication of just how close this is. we've also heard some hope that whatever the outcome people will accept it peacefully, be kind to each other and we can all move on together. live in pleasant hill, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. >> president trump prematurely claimed victory last night. if you opened facebook or instagram you might have noticed new labels.

facebook says it is starting to run notifications on its platform and on instagram and it says that votes are still being counted and that a winner has not yet been projected. the social media company says it's also automatically applying labels to both president trump's and joe biden's posts with that information. we'll check in on the balance of power in the senate. republicans holding the lead with 47 seats to democrats 46. democrats have flipped at least one seat taking colorado, republicans flipped alabama. there are several other seats up for grabs. now to the house where democrats entered the night with a sizable margin. there's still some to be decided. 218 seats are needed for a party to claim a majority. knows s nancy pelosi did say last night they have it. proposition 22 became the most expensive measure we have ever seen in california. it would classify rideshare and delivery drivers as contract workers. this has been called as a yes. it has won.

58% to 42%. abc7 news reporter julian glover is live in san jose where he's tracking the results and what this means. julian? >> as you mentioned, you could not avoid the ads for prop 22. we're talking about facebook, we're talking about the text messages that were relentless. with 11.4 million votes cast and counted it looks like it is a yes for prop 22. so the voters siding with uber, lyft and the like. this means delivery and rideshare drivers will be classed as independent contractors. drivers fighting for that no vote were fighting for protections that were granted in assembly bill 5 that was already passed by the state legislator last year. things like minimum wage, overtime, paid sick leave and unemployment insurance. that will not be happening now. uber, lyft, doordash and insta cart saying making drivers

employees would drive up prices and wait times. it appears the measure passed keeping those drivers as independent contractors. the voters overwhelmingly siding with the money in this race. this is the most expensive proposition in california state history. 2$200 million were put up by uber, lyft, doordash and insta cart to make sure this measure did pass and that appears to be what happens now. all the numbers being reported right now are preliminary. but in speaking with voters yesterday at levi stadium and a couple other polling places, they told me this proposition aside from the presidential race is really what drew them out to the polls, now we're seeing the results this morning. reporting in downtown san jose, julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you. we are bringing you election results all morning right here on abc7 news. you can find the latest results for local races, for propositions and keep an eye on the presidential vote total on our website,

abc7news.com/election. coming up next, a quick check of weather and traffic as you start your day. you know we're keeping an eye on those swing states. and the future of caltrain at stake. for many bay area xhun commuters election that was an issue. >> and here's a look at the bay area's mayoral races.

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the day can wait. enter the golden state with real california dairy. good morning. let's look at what's going to happen friday. we have a chance of thunderstorms. look at that. the entire bay area, all of our neighborhoods under the threat of lightning, thunder and small hail. here's how it times out with the initial push of the cold front. scattered showers late thursday night and friday morning. we'll get a lull through the early morning parts of the

commute. look at towards noon into the afternoon hours, cold air comes in over this warm ground. that's going to create instability and you can see the scattered showers and thunderstorms. the best chance is over the ocean. some of those will steer their way towards us. rainfall amounts, not all of us will get wet out of this scattered nature. where you do get some of those heavier showers, we could get up to a third of an inch of rain. look at the winds. they'll be quiet thursday around noon. they'll pick up out ahead of that cold front, they'll get up to 20 miles per hour to 40 miles per hour friday. >> thank you. good morning. i just have two major slowdowns to report. one is coming out of tracy, which is our usual spot. at the bay bridge toll plaza, i want to get to that here, metering lights came on at 6:05. not long ago. beginning to build up there but traffic is making e moving as yt through the lights. san jose, 8 rig7, right now, ve

clear in the bay area. and an important measure. voters in san francisco, santa clara and san mateo counties weighed in on this. it would kateuld create a 1/8 s for the next 30 years to provide money for caltrain annually. this was billed as the measure that would save caltrain. you can see yes is coming in at 70%, no at 30%. reggie and kumasi? >> thanks. coming back with more election coverage. and making sense of the big race this morning. u.s. representative barbara lee of the east bay just won her re-election and she's joining us to break down the big headlines. here's some of the major propositions voters weighed in on last night. we'll be right back.

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fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. welcome back. this morning president trump ramping up efforts to discredit the election. early this morning holding a news conference at the white house where he made a baseless claim that there's been fraud and called for officials to stop counting votes which would be illegal. >> it's not clear at this point what legal challenges he and his campaign would plan to make. we're waiting to see what legal steps president trump actually takes. >> no winner has been declared yet in the presidential race that's because a lot of mail-in ballots and absentee ballots have to be counted. here's where the candidates stand this morning. abc news is reporting that joe biden is ahead by 12 electoral college votes. a candidate needs 270 votes to

win. the bay area's democratic u.s. representatives all won their re-election bids, that includes the 13th district in the east bay held by long-time representative barbara lee. >> let's look at the numbers in that race. and as you can see, this was not hard for her to win. 91% to 9% for her competitor. we're joined by representative barbara lee. first of all, congratulations on the win last night and nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house announced it looks like we're once again going to see a democratic majority in your house of congress, but the senate is still very much up for grabs. i'm wondering how you are feeling about that this morning. >> sure. well, let me take a moment to just thank all of my constituents for placing their trust in me to represent them and to take on the big issues which we in our district have in terms our challenges, as well as the country. and just know that i want also

to thank my district for helping to get out the vote. yesterday we had such a phenomenal turnout in alameda county yesterday morning, over 600,000 people had voted. having said that, when we look at what is taking place around the country, it's still early in the senate races as well as the presidential race to know the final results. we knew because of the pandemic there would be millions of votes that would remain to be counted. that's exactly what's taken place now. it's hard to call any race really close especially races in the swing states for either members of the senate or the presidential race. >> we are all looking at the presidential race as those last votes are being counted. what do you think bay area voters can take away from where the race stands now? >> i think we can take away that every vote counts. we have to really fight to protect our democracy.

people in the bay area made calls into pennsylvania. yesterday i was with governor newsom and other elected officials and organizers calling into pennsylvania. we called into wisconsin. we called into arizona and texas. texted. so i think what it says is we here in a very blue state of california not only have to make sure we stay blue and that we fight for the issues that california and all of the country cares about in terms of every-day people who need our help, who need government support, but also make sure we help other states. and i think that our california democratic party and i know in alameda county we helped in so many ways in many of the other states. and we're double duty. i have to say the lesson we learned is that we can help not only in our own state but throughout the country.

>> congresswoman, as people are waking up this morning a ing in bay area and california, constituents will be looking at you and others saying what happened here? the electoral map looks like what we saw four years ago. the edison research poll found out as voters were coming out of the polls yesterday that only one-fifth of voters says the coronavirus was the top issue despite hundreds of thousands of people losing their lives. what do we make of that? >> we have to really look at that and triy to understand tha and analyze that. anyone who elects people who doesn't take on this virus with a vengeance and allow people or allow leaders to just let them die in many respects or try to take away their health care has to be really analyzed. so i think what we have to recognize, though, is that we

have got to fight to make sure we create the path to crushing this virus to making sure that the health and economic impacts are mitigated against. that's what we've been doing each and every day through this second vote on -- and the package we're trying to get through congress. this is a democracy, but it's also important to really look at how the polling is done and the questions that are asked. the people who are polled in these polls that are conducted. i'm not sure the pollsters have it right yet in terms of how to drill down to make sure the polls are adequately reflecting the majority of views that they actually poll in this country. >> congresswoman lee, thank you

very much for joining us. congratulations. >> thank you again. thank you to my constituents. checking in with mike at 6:23. >> all right. thank you. hi, everybody. let's look at our accuweather highlights. becoming sunny today, you can see there's some marine layer clouds filtering in from the bay. chilly spots again tonight with steady cloud pattern and gusty and cool this weekend with showers and thunderstorms possible. now, as far as our temperatures today, we're looking at 60s along the coast, 70s around the bay. even a few 80s around morgan hill and gilroy. 73 to 76 on the peninsula. 64 to 65 along the peninsula coast. low 70s downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. mid 60s north bay coast. temperature about 10 to 15 degrees warmer inland. 75 to 80 along the east bay shore. 71 to 75. moving inland, 78 to 82 degrees. more microclimates during the morning hours.

mid 40s and mid 50s, the cloud pattern pretty much the same tomorrow morning. making a run at record highs on thursday. a one on the storm impact scale with the showers and thunderstorms, there's a lesser chance of showers and thunderstorms saturday and sunday. still breezy and cool all three days. >> thank you. coming back with more complete coverage of the election that so many of us are on the edge of our seats about after this break. as we head to break, a look at some of the bay area's mayoral races.

governor newsom spent a lot of time yesterday on election day. one of his stops was the golden state warriors stop in oakland. it was transformed into a polling site with voting booths spaced out inside. >> an incredible contribution to our efforts to bring out a historic number of people to the polling booths and to get a historic amount of people to support their causes near and dear. >> the governor toured the area and as you can see here also shot some hoops with damian lee. we are coming back with complete team coverage including the race that the world is watching that's too close to call. and we got a new statement from the biden campaign on their outlook for the race today. you'll want to hear that. plus social justice issues front and center this morning, but how did californians actually vote? a breakdown of t

it's not my place or donald trump's place to declare who has won this election. that's the decision of the american people. >> this is an embarrassment to our country. the election of a lifetime still too close to call. president trump falsely claiming victory overnight. in the past 15 minutes a biden campaign official saying the 2020 race is moving to a conclusion and moving to a conclusion in our favor. mail-in ballots are trickling in this morning. some battleground states separated by single percentage points. this is where things stand as we are waking up. key states we are watching include wisconsin, michigan, georgia and pennsylvania.

good morning. it's wend november 4th. >> we want to get to jobina fortson at the live desk. >> president trump prematurely declared victory overnight but the race is not over. the president and joe biden are neck and neck when it comes to the number of electoral votes they won so far. according to abc news biden is in the lead. here's a look at that map again showing the division of electoral votes. the magic number is 270. we see right now biden with 225, trump with 213. there are still many mail-in ballots and absentee ballots that need to be counted. last night trump called the ongoing count voter fraud. >> we want the law to be used in a proper manner, so we'll be going to the u.s. supreme court. we want all voting to stop. we were getting ready to win this election, frankly we did win this election. >> biden addressed supporters in

williams, delaware last night. he said it's not his place nor the president's place to declare a winner. he's optimistic about the outcome. >> we knew because of the unprecedented early vote and the mail-in vote it will take a while. we'll have to be patient until the hard work of tallying the votes is finished. it ain't over until every vote is counted. every ballot is counted. >> it could take several days before all ballots are counted. >> thank you. amy hollyfield has been talking with voters who are up early this morning. she's joining us live from pleasant hill. what are they saying? >> people are not sure what to think. our conversations have been part therapy sessions. we're hearing frustration, anxiousness, exhaustion. >> it's still up in the air. it could go either way. i was a trump supporter before, the last election.

and everything changed over the course of four years my opinion of him. and so here we are. just waiting. >> i'm worried about how society will handle it. i'm hoping that they will just remember that we're neighbors. we all live together. let's do it peacefully and respect each other and how each other responds to things. that's what i'm hoping for. >> some of the anxious nness wee hearing is people want to know who the winner is because they want to know how it will impact their lives. they want to move on, start adjusting and start planning. we have talked to supporters of both candidates, both sides think their candidate will still win and pull out a victory. very divided here in pleasant hill, this little section we're talking to, it's a great little snapshot of what the nation is going through. reporting live in pleasant hill, amy hollyfield, abc7 news.

we saw supporters of president trump coming together in the east bay. in lafayette, one group formed on the highway 24 yooverpass holding signs. sky 7 captured a group in danville on i-680 and sick more valley road. in oakland, look at this. an artist brought out his 6 1/2 foot tall sculpture of president trump's head. larry mcspaden put the head on the road. he said he made the sculpture so roll symbolizing the desire for the president to be rolled out of office. california voters had to decide on three propositions that would affect property taxes and rent control. let's start with proposition 19. it lets homeowners 55 and older pay lower property taxes if they move while raising taxes for some people with inherited property.

currently it is leading 52% to 48%. now to prop 15, it increases commercial property taxes for education funding. as you can see, again with 99% of precincts reporting, this one appears to be decided on the no side. 52% voting no. 72% of the vote counted there. and checking prop 21, that would allow local governments to pass rent control measures on almost all housing that's more than 15 years old. this is the race that has already been called as a no. it failed to pass, 60% to 40%. 72% of precincts reporting there. prop 15 and 19 races are coming down to the wire. they are still too close to call at this point. prop 19 would change the tax assessment transfers and inheritance rules. so basically if you inherit a home from a family member you'll get a property tax increase on it unless you live there or if it's a farm. seniors here could keep tax savings during moves. prop 15 would require commercial and industrial properties to be taxed on market value.

not for the price that was originally paid. the $12.5 billion in revenue produced would go to schools and local governments. it appears california voters voted down two social justice measures on the ballot. let's look at prop 16. the big question for voters, should affirmative action be restored in california? you can see at this point with 72% of precincts reporting, most california voters are saying no. 56% saying no, 44% saying yes. let's look at prop 25. this would end the cash bail system in california. currently with 72% of precincts reporting, the majority of california voters are saying no. 55% to 45% saying yes. julian glover is live in san jose with more on this. good morning. as you just said on the case of both of those social justice

measures, it appears voters said no on both of them. both being defeated at least with the preliminary numbers. prop 16 covered affirmative action and prop 25 would have eliminated the cash bail system. if you voted by mail, it's probably been a while since you saw that ballot, so let's give you a refresher on each of these. prop 16, the no vote bans affirmative action passed by california voters more than 20 years ago. we're talking about back in 196. the yes vote would have allowed the consideration of race and sex in state hiring, contracting and admissions decisions. it was endorsed by the university of california but it still failed. prop 25 would have eliminated the cash bail system. in favor of an algorithm based risk assessment system. some argue the cash bail system

keeps some innocent people behind bars oftentimes because they don't have the money to pay bail and the risk assessment system would be more fair. those pushing for a no vote say the new system would have been discriminatory and amounted to commuter generated profiling by the government. given the amount of support that we did see for prop 25, it appears people don't love the cash bail system but they didn't feel confident in this risk assessment based system, which would have determined if someone is held in jail or released. no according to those preliminary numbers on two of those social justice issues on the long list of propositions on the california ballot this year. reporting live in downtown san jose, julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you. of course we will bring you all the latest this morning as new information comes in. you can find more election results on abc7news.com/election.

we know there's a lot going on this morning. if your head is spinning from these election results, we're here to help you. >> yes. though our heads are spinning, too. coming back we're speaking with a local political science expert on what to expect today and what this could mean for the next four years. >> and markets are wobbly this morning awaiting america's choice for president. right now you can see the markets are up about 106 points. another update on how the market is doing next. making sure the day after the election stays peaceful. the groups going around in san jose today and how they plan to put political unrest at ease. but first, a check on your accuweather forecast. hi, mike. >> hi, guys. quiet weather again today. that's nice for everybody i would think after what i've been listening to so far. let's go down to the south bay, mostly cloudy, a lot of upper 40s to low 50s. 62 in the los gatos hits to down around 45 in alum rock and milpitas. mid 40s to mid 50s just about

everywhere with a little bit of fog across the north bay once again. and a little bit around san martin. visibility there is dangerously low, less than an eighth of a mile. we'll keep an eye on those. that will be around for the entire morning commute. that's it. everything else will be quiet other than needing the jacket this morning and not this afternoon. jumping ahead to friday, the entire bay area under a threat of thunderstorms, lightning and small hail. the initial cold front goes through while we're sleeping. some scattered green there is scattered showers. through the morning commute it looks quiet then the pool of cold, unable air comes in. you can see the eruption of showers and thunderstorms over the ocean. some of those do meander over land heading into the afternoon and early evening hours. if you get caught in one of these, up to a third of an inch of rain is possible. some areas won't get any rain at all. jobina? >> good morning. i'll start off with a couple of

slow spots. the first one is in pleasant hill, recovering from a crash. speeds are down to 32 miles per hour. so this wills also impact people from 242. it is clearing. it's really busy at the bay bridge toll plaza. it was like this yesterday. metering lights came on at 6:05, very slow, going to be slow as you make it through the metering lights into san francisco. a live look here, busy at the san mateo bridge, traffic is moving smoothly in both directions, we got a little fog - ( phone ringing )es offers - big button,alized phones... and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours.

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and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program visit right now or call during business hours. all eyes on the battleground states this morning as ballot counting continues. at this time the presidential election still too close to call. >> one battleground state to watch is pennsylvania. this state is expected to give us an update on the count at 7:30 this morning. but as of about 45 minutes ago they have counted about 44% of the mail-in ballots. governor tom wolf tweeted last night saying there were still

more than 1 million ballots to count. he also said "i promised pennsylvanians that we would count every vote and that is what we're going to do." now, another look at this map. it shows how the electoral votes are being divided. you can see that joe biden is currently leading president trump by 12 electoral votes. he has 225. each candidate would need to get to 270 to win the election. to help us break this down this morning, we're joined by garrett percival from san jose state. thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> we have a lot of focus on pennsylvania this morning. how important is pennsylvania for the candidates or are there other routes to the white house to victory for a candidate? >> yeah. so pennsylvania got a lot of attention from both candidates, both president trump and biden for good reason. this was polling within four or five points. biden looked to be favored in the state. i still think he is.

you know, but this is going to come down to counting these early votes and absentee votes that still need to be counted in pennsylvania. though it may not turn on pennsylvania in terms of biden, if he is going to get elected and get that 270 electoral college votes, he doesn't necessarily need pennsylvania. he can win arizona, nevada, wisconsin and michigan, that would put him right at 270. i think we'll know more about pennsylvania later this afternoon. but biden does not need it to win. >> 232,000 americans have died from coronavirus. as people are going to the polls yesterday, some of these swing states were seeing their highest numbers spike in cases that they've seen since the beginning of the pandemic, yet when you look at the exit polls from edison research it shows 1 in 5 voters said that coronavirus was their top concern as they were making their pick yesterday. the biden campaign relied on

coronavirus being the number one issue for americans. what happened? >> well, i think the reality is that we have, you know, the virus is being experienced by people in very different ways and understood in different ways depending on what kind of media you watch. this has affected certainly african-americans and latino americans to a much greater exte extent. a lot of families, of course all the tragedy and death that occurred, people have not personally been affected by it. we're seeing different patters and how it's affected people across the country. that's reflected in some of the polling where the economy, social inequality, these kinds of issues are seen just as important for voters out there. >> one thing that stood out to me as the results came in, it seems like a lot of states are very close. to me it kind of reflects a country that is divided. so no matter who wins the pal l

presidential election, what do you think is ahead for us as a country for the next four years since we are so very divided? >> great question. if joe biden wins -- ends up winning the presidency, one of the first things he has to do is try to find a way to bring people together along a set of common values. this has always been one of the strengths of americans despite our divisions and long history of racism in this country. we still have a certain set of values that most people subscribe to. so i think trying to get people to cue in on those will be critical. he will face a divided congress, particularly for republicans as it looks like they'll control the senate. there will be a lot of battles over judgeships, the supreme court. a lot of biden's big policy initiatives that he was pushing for may not happen with a republican senate. there's going to be a lot of divisions, a lot of polarization

still even if biden wins. >> i'm curious what you think about democrats waking up this morning, some of them feeling disappointed and their tail between their legs. they were looking at the polling numbers going into this thinking optimistically that perhaps ohio would go their way or florida would go their way. that didn't happen. and we're not seeing a blue wave in congress either. we know that one of the houses will be democratic, but not with the margins that they were hoping for. the senate looks like that is razor thin right now. so was this a polling error? was it democrats just being too confident? >> definitely looks like there's polling area in the battleground states. it's still too early to know how bad the error was, there's still a lot of vote out there in the national popular vote, the polls may turn out to be fairly close. but, you know, for democrats, if you look at some of the exit polling, they lost votes among asian americans and latinos,

people in those demographic groups vogted for tru evoted fo than in 2016, if we look at the results and early exit polls. democrats have long been focused on benefiting from the growing diversity in the united states and i think the results this election really show they can't take those votes for granted. they have to reach out to those more diverse set of voters in all states in order to remain competitive in a lot of the battleground states. >> fascinating. garrett percival, we'll study this one for years, i'm sure of that. we appreciate your analysis. it's been very helpful. let's check in on the balance of power in the senate. republicans holding the lead right now with 47 seats to the democrats 46. democrats have flipped at least one seat, they took colorado. republicans flipped alabama. and there are several other

seats up for grabs. we'll watch this closely over the next few hours. now to the house where democrats entered the night with a sizable margin and there's still some room to be decided here. 218 seats are needed for a party to claim a majority. this does look like it's going to go the democrats way and nancy pelosi has already had a victory last night. now to your morning money report. wall street stocks are surging amid this election uncertainty. overnight dow jones futures initially dropped more than 400 points after president trump prematurely claimed victory. now let's look live at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way this morning. we're up about 255 points. the nasdaq is up more than 250 points. economists say investors are buying back tech stocks they sold off last week now it appears the blue wave will not be happening in the u.s. senate. the s&p 500 is up 50 points. mike? >> thank you, kumasi. let's jump into your forecast. we'll take a look at what's

going on down in san jose where it's cloudy and about 48 degrees. it will become sunny almost everywhere, even the coast will see some sunshine today. a couple degrees warmer than yesterday. a couple of showers and thunderstorms friday, saturday and sunday and blustery breeds. today, mid 60s along the coast. mid 70s around the bay. mid 70s to 80 inland. no records today but there's a better chance tomorrow. tomorrow looks like this morning which looked like yesterday morning. clouds in the usual spots. temperatures in the mid 40s to mid 50s. here is our winds, thursday afternoon they pick up out ahead of that cold front. they get aggressive once the cold front passes, dealing with 20-mile-per-hour to 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts especially around the afternoon hours it will drop down just a little bit friday. but the winds will pick up again especially as we head into

saturday night and into sunday with that secondary cold front. now we talked about our rain already. let's talk about the sierra. record high temperatures for nearly the third day in a row. in tahoe today. nearly a foot of snow over the weekend also. talk about your weather whiplash. we make a run at record highs tomorrow. it's our last mild day. this is the one. this is where we flip the switch and say hello to autumn. it's here. it's going to stay here for the rest of the month. 10 to 20 degrees cooler. we have a 1 on the storm impact scale for those scattered showers and thunderstorms friday. saturday there's a lesser chance of showers and sunday there's another chance but not as good as friday. then you can see monday and tuesday we're stuck even with sunshine in the 50s and 60s. kumasi? >> thank you, mike. while the votes were being counted in the east bay last night, police were responding to several calls of looting. jobina is at the live desk with new video. >> thank you. oakland police say one of the incidents ended with police being involved in a shooting.

it started with a call about a robbery at a marijuana grow on 92nd avenue near international boulevard. it happened shortly after 10:00 last night. police say multiple officers were hurt when they tried to detain some people. at one point someone opened fire, oakland police say they will release more information later today. more new video from overnight shows a crash into the dispensary on high street and fairfax avenue in oakland. the owner of the cannabis club says his building was broken into and he lost more than $100,000 in product and cash. there were also reports of looting at a starbucks at the fruitvale station shopping center. it appears windows were smashed in the incident. there was a fourth incident o oakland police are investigating a shooting on baldwin street. we'll have more information on that as soon as we get it. in the south bay today a coalition of groups is planning an all day event to diffuse tension from the election.

non-profit groups are organizing the event today. there will be deescalation training, cultural programs and discussion. several peace ambassadors have been training to maintain order. >> those folks will make sure there is crowd control, making sure social distancing is in place. making sure that people are being respectful and that there is opportunity to address any incident in a peaceful way with direct non-violent communication. a rally tonight will wrap up the day's events. you know what we need? >> friend. >> you can't find it? >> i wasn't prepared. i have this election on my heart. >> i feel like we need this

lotion. i feel like i would like a massage right now. if that's possible. if i could have a latte delivered directly to this desk somehow. and you found it. >> i can't do all that, but i can get this lotion. >> i was putting all my hope on you with that lotion. if you didn't find it, i would fall off of this chair. coming up next, the 7 things you need to know today. just as a reminder, if you want to catch up with our election day coverage including interviews and other feature item the, abc7 has new streaming apps on apple tv, android tv, fire tv and roku. search abc7 bay area and download it for free. before we go to break a look at the california assembly races and how they turned out. we'll be right back.

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here's the 7 things to know this morning. number one. >> no winner yet in the race for the white house. president trump and joe biden neck and neck when it comes to electoral votes. mail-in ballots need to be counted but biden's campaign is about to hold a news conference. we'll stream that at abc7news.com. number two, votes are still coming in but in the senate race republicans are holding the lead with 47 seats, democrats 46. in the house, abc news reports the democrats won 204 seats to republicans 190. number three, a major victory for rideshare operators. it appears voters passed proposition 22 which allows gig drivers to remain as contractors and receive new benefits including health care. uber released a statement thanking voters. number four, voters have said no to prop 16. that would have restored affirmative ak tun ction in california. that means we uphold the current ban that was passed more than 20

years ago. 1996. >> all right. number five, all eyes weather-wise on friday because of the dramatic change that will bring us a chance of scattered showers, lightning and hail. the possibility of damaging winds, too. >> number six, a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza right now. metering lights came on at 6:05. and it is going to be a bit slow as you make your way across the bridge. number seven, kanye west conceding that he has lost his bid for the presidency, but overnight tweeting that he is looking ahead to >> okay. looking ahead to today, you just mentioned that we should be hearing something from the biden campaign. we also know from jobina earlier today, she was saying we'll hear from pennsylvania. we think we'll hear from georgia, wisconsin and michigan today. an update on their voting. there's a lot to watch. >> yes. so in case you're not watching on air, you can always go to abc7news.com. we have live election results as

they're posted. we'll keep you updated. have a good day, everyone. good morning, america. breaking news. too close to call. president trump and former vice president biden neck and neck. locked in an incredibly tight race for the white house. several states too close to call. just hours ago, the president baselessly tried to declare victory. >> we will win this and as far as i'm concerned we already have. have won it. >> falsely claiming his supporters are being disenfranchised, that he's the victim of fraud and calling for an end to the counting in states where he is ahead. even threatening to take his challenge to the supreme court with millions of ballots still to be counted. biden calls for calm and patience. >> we believe we're on track to win this election and it ain't over until every vote is counted. every ballot is counted. >> all eyes on those key swing states. a big victory for the president in florida and ohio. biden pulling ahead in arizona