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disof "hail to the the the the e millions are celebrating after joe biden is elected the next president of the united states. good evening and thank you so much for joining us. >> spontaneous parties erupted in san francisco, where people started spilling into the streets moments after biden gained enough electoral votes to win. crowds packed the castro democratic, dancing, waving signs and rainbow signs and hurling toilet paper over the muni bus lines. >> they're celebrating one of their own making history,

senator kamala harris. throngs of people filled the streets outside her childhood home in berkeley and it's now become a party. >> it was pennsylvania, though, that put their ticket over the edge today in the race for 270 electoral college votes. here's a look at where the maps stand now. nevada was called shortly after giving biden 279 over president trump's 214. our reporter has more on the history making moment. >> reporter: the next chapter in u.s. history off with a badges. the crowd at the biden election headquarters going wild as 1y0e6d and kamala harris took the stage. >> it is now my great honor to introduce the president-elect of the united states of america, joe biden! >> addressing americans for the

first time. the next chapter in u.s. history off with a bang. the crowd at the biden election headquarters going wild as joe biden and kamala harris took the stage. >> it is now my great honor to introduce the president-elect of the united states of america, joe biden! >> addressing americans for the first time as winners, after a contentious battle for the with white house with nail biting numbers in a five-day counting process. biden calling for unity in this divided nation that has been facing civil unrest and a relentless pandemic for much of 2020. >> i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but to unify, who doesn't see red states and blue states, only sees the united states. the bible tells us to everything there is a season, a time to build, a time to reap and a time

to sow and a time to heal. this is the time to heal in america. >> harris making history as the first female vice president-elect. also a woman of color and daughter of jamaican and indian immigrants. >> i may be the first woman in this office but i will not be the last. >> celebrations in several cities across the country. president trump was golfing as the news came in earlier. on twitter falsely saying he actually won the election, pushing the baseless claims that observers were not allowed to watch battle counters. biden is eager to get to work, saying it is time for america to heal and move forward. abc news, wilmington, delaware. >> celebrations erupted across oakland when people heard the news of the harris-biden ticket winning the election.

you are looking at strangers sharing their euphoria on grand avenue. for some people, the cheers of others invited them to join the party. >> i walked up. my neighbor's partying, so i came down. >> it represents patriotism, people of all colors coming together because they love your r their country and we're not afraid to use words like that. we're patriots, we love america and we represent america. >> drivers blew their horns in response to cheers of people keering along the sidewalks. also in this sways, thousands of people came out to celebrate kamala harris and her roots in berkeley and oakland. abc7news reporter matt boone joins us live in berkeley outside her childhood home which has turned into a block party. matt. >> hey, yeah. lots of people were out here

earlier. still a few people coming by to check it out. freeman all over the bay area were out here earlier. still on this block there are a few people who live here who knew kamala when she grew up. >> amazing to see all the neighborhood people and come out and celebrate kamala's victory. >> she lives two doors down from kamala's childhood home. >> i remember my mother saying kamala, you're going to be the president one day. >> yeah. >> just joking, you know. >> sharon also knew harris growing up and send sent her a text this morning. >> she's busy. she may get it sometime during the week. >> as people danced on her street, she had a sense of pride for her neighborhood. >> anybody can become something that we never thought of. never thought i would know somebody who would be at the white house.

>> driving through the east bay, it was impossible to avoid the sounds of celebratory traffic jams. along lake her it, hundreds of people came out with a common refrain. >> it feels like we can all finally breathe a sigh of relief. >> i'm so excited for her. we're going to be out here all day. >> there's like this sense of relief. >> ashley and morgan carter said when they heard the news about biden and harris, they had to come to oakland. >> we've been basically suffering the past four years from someone who will take any chance that they can to demean and speak ill about people that look like me and her, so to have someone -- to have that person be the one to replace him is just -- i mean, it's magic. >> a fest active sendoff for a hometown hero heading to the white house. >> we're out here celebrating the time.

we got somebody from oakland in the white house. >> lots of excitement out there. a little hard to see, but if whole sidewalk out here has been covered in chalk, writing madam vice president. people are coming by to write a message here as well. matt boone, >> and this is how many san franciscans learned the news that joe biden had become the president-elect. nonstop coarse of cheering and the banging of pots and pans. a victory for the ticket. people are telling you that they're very excited about what's to come.

>> there's definitely a mix of feelings there from the latino community. many are excited for what the upcoming four years will mean for this north. democrats have been promising immigration reform for years. there are over 20 million latinos eligible to vote according to pugh research. today many in this community are celebrating. >> i'm here to celebrate a better and brighter future. >> i feel like my vote counted. i feel like it is history in the making. i was very proud to be a part of it. >> there's also a sigh of relief and expectancy. >> there has been a vindication for the pain we have felt this past four years. >> but it proved that there's no such thing as the latino vote. i'm hoping kamala harris also

keeps biden more accountable. >> not all latinos vote the same. more latinos voted for president trump in 2020 compared to 2016. >> as latinos, we're not a monolith. there's not a way to view these things. when you think about people coming from other countries, it's tied to not just their ethnicity, but often class and what status they had in their country. >> latinos this time around was his promise to create a path twooi citizenship. >> this is something we were promised under then president-elect barack obama and nancy pelosi that we were going to get a path to citizenship, that we were going to efficiency this immigration. we were let down before. i tell you that we can't be let down again. this needs to happen and it needs to happen yesterday.

>> many latinos telling me time is ticking for that immigration reform. they're hoping that biden harris ticket does deliver this time. in san francisco, abc7news. >> much thank you. he has practiced law in california for more than 50 years. he goes back 45 years with joe bien. these photos were taken from a fund raiser earlier this year. he serves as a co-chair of the group lawyers for biden. they are taking on lawsuits the trump administration has filed over the results of the election. >> they have been the craziest cases you've ever been. they're an absolute fraud. give you some examples. people should be able come into polling places with guns.

they were allowed to stand six feet away instead of six feet away. they want to hold up the results of the election until they get to the period of time when the electoral college votes, what they want to do is challenge those votes and take it to the u.s. supreme court. >> he has a lot of work ahead. he said he's been told the trump administration hopes to hire more aggressive attorneys starting monday. conservative activist melanie morgan joined us today. she told us the fight for the white house is far from over. >> this is not something that conservatives and republicans and trump supporters are going to let go, because we feel that the media, the media went ahead and called an election that has not yet been settled and it's very disturbing. it's very upsetting. you're going to see these same trump supporters who shocked the country, half of which came out to vote for donald trump are now

going to take that energy and moving it into activism. >> morgan told us that trump supporters are planning to protest in capitals of every state. she said they're planning to create petitions find creative ways to campaign on social media. next. more own the big moment for the bay area's own kamala harris. making history as the first woman to hold the office. >> what was supposed to be a protective vote rally takes a different turn. how it turned into a celebration of what the crowd hailed as biden day. >> and we are in store for a chilly night tonight before we track the chance of showers for some

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♪ ♪ there's plenty of dancing around the bay area with social distancing in mind after word that joe biden had gained a majority of electoral votes. lauren robinson shared this video of us of the jubilation happening inside her san francisco home. her sound track of choice: the be beatles. >> we did it! we did it, joe. you're going to be the next president 6 h of the united states. >> she tweeted her first phone

call to the president-elect. if undisputed kamala harris will be the first woman to serve in the second highest office in the united states. >> kamala harris's roots run deep in the bay area and her long-time friends and supporters couldn't be more excited. our reporter spoke to many of them this morning just after the news broke to get their reaction. >> just moments after the historic announcement that native kamala harris had broken one of the highest and hardest grass ceilings, we spoke with her friends. >> i've been crying all morning. >> they went to elementary school together in berkeley and calls herself the other girl on the bus. >> could you ever have imagined that she would be the one breaking this glass ceiling? >> no. i knew that kamala was destined for greatness, she had an air about her, the confidence about her. she had the ability to listen to people from a very young aiming,

very young age, to pay attention in class. she had a gift to be able to listen and process information. >> this is another long-time friend and advisor to harris who's been beside harris's side during her political career, starting in the race for san francisco district attorney. >> i remember when they ran for attorney general, they're not ready for a woman in california, not ready for a black woman, not ready for someone opposed to the death penalty. her mother shyamala was an activist. >> harris's win is being celebrated by the co-chair for biden who was eating doritos for breakfast in honor of harris. >> i will say that this is a moment for so many of us who worked so hard toee this.

>> for the women, seeing harris, their girl from oakland become the first woman, first black person and first indian american vice president-elect is something they'll never forget. >> this shows little girls that you can dream big and if you decide you wane to do something and you spend the time and work hard and do the work that needs to be done to get there that you have every opportunity to be whoever you want to be, to be who you are and to live out loud and be proud. >> abc7news. >> that's quite an example. our coverage of the 2020 election, that continues on line. we have a closer look at what's multiplex for president trump and joe biden as well as more reaction pouring in from around the country. just head to abc7news.com or download the abc7news app. >> lot of spontaneous celebrations in the streets. drew, the weather was just fine,

cool but just fine. >> it was pretty dry for much of the day. the past couple of days, we had a few showers along the peninsula and parts of the south bay. again tomorrow, the chance for showers will be isolated. does look like some of us will see a little wet weather. we're all feeling the cool temperatures. in the 40s from clover dale to fairfield to clear lake. down to 52 in the city. so cool weather settling in over san francisco. 51 right now in san ramon. it is breezy in a few spots, especially close to the coast right now. you can see san francisco has a wind of 21 miles per hour but it's gusting to about 32. this is dragging in some cooler air to the north and we will have to contend with those winds for part of the day tomorrow. overnight tonight the north bay is going to get chilly.

we're dropping into the thirds from ukiah. on the bay shoreline in the mid 40s. it is breezy along the coastline again. let's track the chance for a shower. first thing tomorrow morning, a lot of sunshine. mainly any showers are off our coastline. as we head into the phenomenon i think our best chance of finding the isolated showers best chance is in points to the south. i think that chance is really limited to the afternoon say between 2:00 and about 4:00 p.m. otherwise, most of us are dealing with some windy conditions and intervals of sunshine. look at those wins tomorrow. closer to the coast. the faster the wind speeds are. 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning find the winds from san francisco, half moon bay, even san rafael, redwood city, gusting over 25 miles an hour. it stays pretty breezy

throughout the day. as we head towards the later portion of the night, the winds will subside. highs on our sunday, really similar to our temperatures today. you're going to feel that fall chill again after that cool start. pretty much only up to 58 in the city tomorrow. 61 in oakland. 59 in san francisco and the south bay has the best chance of an isolated shower in the afternoon. 61 in conquered. >> monday, tuesday, wednesday, we'll bounce back to the 50s and 60s. into the afternoon and then you can see deon and kristin, our next chance for wet weather is friday nate through saturday. >> lrmt. we will be watching. ♪

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100% beef and hearty chili. try my $5.99 chili cheeseburger combo. it's pretty delicious. a man and his trumpet got the party going in mill valley this morning. ♪ ♪ >> an elated crowd cheered as this man piped out "hail to the chief." crowds began gathering early this morning once news organizations predicted a biden win. from political leaders across the bay area, continues to pour in sharing excitement and hope

for what a biden/harris white house will mean for the touche of the country. here's stephanie sierra. >> the bay area political world heating up with celebrations of the historic win of president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect, kamala harris. making her home up to mayer and city proud. >> kamala, i love you, i love you, my sister. i'm so proud to call you my friend and my vice president. i'm so proud. >> celebrating in style, taking a victory lap around the lake and her fire breathing snail car. >> oakland is so proud that a woman who was foreign in our city, a woman who started her career fighting for the people in our city, who grew up on our soil and with our values is now in the white house. >> congresswoman barbara lee

shedding tears of joy upon hearing the announcement. >> finally, finally, i'm going seen and i'm being heard. finally my granddaughters are being seen and heard. >> a long time supporter and friend of harris says she's grateful to witness this moment that is breaking new barriers for all women, especially women of color. >> kamala has opened those doors for so many women, and so now our girls and our black girls and our girls of color can say i can do this. >> a strong sentiment shared by congressman mark desu arvegs nier. >> they carried themselves with so much dignity and kept their focus through this whole thing in spite of the fact their oh poend were trying to tear them apart. >> he worked with her during her time as attorney general. he's confidence biden and harris will unite and bring america

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