the vote compared with tao's 29%. the two are vying to replace mayor libby chef, who endorsed taylor. the mayor talk to us today on "midday live." >> there are still a lot more ballots to count, but taylor has a greatly, and that lead -- a great lead, and that lead even increases after the rank choice roll up. i am feeling optimistic but waiting for those ballots to count. larry: we should expect more results tomorrow. kristen: san jose's mayors race is still too close to call. supervisors cindy chavez and councilman matt m. are facing off, looking to replace the mayor, who termed out of office. matt has a slightly. more results will be released at 5 p.m. >> san francisco results are still pending but crime and accountability swayed in favor

of the mayor. kristen: brooke jenkins declared herself the winner of that race. larry: our abc7 news reporter takes a look at what this means for the mayor's plans moving forward. reporter: when the community saw a spike in hate crimes, chinatown fought back with community controls and later going to the polls to vote. so it was no surprise that chinatown was mayor london b.'s first following yesterday's elections. accompanied by the district attorney, brooke jenkins. >> we care about reforms. we know people have challenges. we know people deserve certain chance -- deserve second chances. but when those lines are crossed, where's the accountability? reporter: jenkins declared herself the winner, while outlining her plans moving forward. >> it is to put my foot on the gas as it has been for the last four months. the last four months have not been spent only putting on a show for this election.

we started four months ago with trying to make sure we were implementing policies to move public safety safety forward in this city. reporter: supervisor dorsey also appointed by breed is leading the race in his district. dorsey worked with the san francisco police department previously on the city attorney's office. it appears the accountability message worked in the mayor's favor. on lichen 2019 -- unlike in 2019, when voters rejected her appointee and favor of -- in favor of just uploading. >> they are tired of the politics and fighting because our neighborhoods are suffering, retailers suffering. public safety is suffering. it's important we get back on track. reporter: voters also appear to have favored mayor breed's appointee for school board, two of them have been declared winners, while and s. is hanging onto third place -- ann s. his hanging onto third place.

abc7 news. larry: san francisco's election officials will not be releasing any new boat totals today -- vote totals today, in order to facilitate in-person voting, official spencer was on the processing and the counting of mail-in ballots this afternoon. kristen: now to the latest results on state propositions. our news anchor karina nova is here with a look at the latest there. reporter: let's take a look now. there were seven propositions on the california ballot. the one we expected to pass was proposition 1. you can see the numbers. 65% to 35% no. this makes reproductive decisions part of the state constitution, which includes the choice to have an abortion. so again you can see the numbers here on the big board for this one. moving on, let's take a look at the next two propositions, 26 and 27. when it comes to sports betting,

they were losing bets. 70% saying no on 26, but look at this, 83% saying no on prop 27. that is despite the $440 million put into the campaigns, making sports betting the most expensive ballot initiative campaign in u.s. history. four states had similar referendums on their ballots that passed, adding to the 30 states which currently offer legalized sports betting. for now, california will not be joining that group. let's move on. take a look at prop 28. here are the numbers. this one increases spending on arts programs at schools. it got a big yes from voters. you can see 62% right there. moving on, prop 29, staffing of kidney dialysis clinics,

losing for the third time on the ballot, 70% to 30%. moving onto prop 30 here, 30 and 31, you can see a no vote on prop 30 and on 31, it did pass 62-38. this one will uphold the state law, barring the sale of flavored tobacco. back to you. larry: prop 1 was just one abortion vote this week, our anchor has a look at that boat and what it means across the rest of the country. liz? reporter: abortion rights were on the ballot matches just here in california but across the country. michigan voters also voted to enshrine abortion access into their state constitution. the results show that voters on both sides of the aisle are supporting abortion rights and that likely did play a role on the outcome of the election. when governor newsom celebrated

his reelection victory tuesday night, he spoke less about his own accomplishments and more about one key issue -- abortion access and the passage of prop 1, which will codify abortion rights into the california constitution. >> how proud i am that we affirmed clearly with conviction that we are a true freedom state. that we embrace the rights of women and girls. reporter: the focus of his remarks is yet another signal of how important democrats view the issue of abortion. tuesday's election was the first national election since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. despite republicans who had predicted a red wave, that didn't happen. the question now is how much voters were driven by the abortion issue when they went to the polls. >> the democratic stance is more popular with voters. reporter: that is science professor sarah hill. do you think the issue of abortion as part of the reason democrats were able to put off the so-called ored wave? >> it didn't hurt.

it was part of the puzzle of holding back the red wave. reporter: during the election stream and coverage, we asked the chairwoman of the california gop whether she thinks the issue of abortion hurt republicans. >> overwhelmingly. went out talking to voters, that is not an issue that comes up. they are talking about the economy. they are talking about failing schools. they are talking about crime in the streets on the homeless crisis. reporter: is that really the case? because across the country the supreme court decision fired up a lot of voters. republican as well. 83% of those surveyed said they were in fact pro-choice. do you think republicans voted to care about that issue -- voters didn't care about that issue? >> nothing would've changed. kristen: it's not fully answering that question. that's where the gop is -- what the gop is saying. she think that is inevitable the republican party will have to rethink how they address the issue of abortion. perhaps they will pull back on pushing for more abortion bans.

she also said democrats have work to do and cannot just focus on this one issue. still big picture, many voters sent a clear message last night, they believe in abortion rights. larry: you can continue to monitor election results and do so any time, just go to our website, abc7news.com/election. now, more tech layoffs. meta today announcing it is laying off 11,000 people, 13% about staff -- about 13% of its staff. kristen: that includes a, redfin, lyft, stripe, coin base, shop if i. larry: microsoft, snap, robin hood, chime, and gofundme. kristen: we are in the newsroom now with a closer look at the most significant job cuts in the tech giant's history. reporter: we still don't know how many of the 11,000 employees being laid off or in the bay area. regardless, meta and tech companies across the region are

facing a growing reality each passing day. what do you think about that number? 11,000 people from facebook? >> it's a really large number. >> it is a lot of people. hard to comprehend. >> it is moving on. reporter: meta's announcement has stunned a lot of people who live and work in the bay area. he says his six month contract with meta finishes next week, when he got an e-mail about the layoffs, he thought -- >> strange, a sign of the times. not terribly surprising. as facebook has kind of been leaving the whole social media thing i'm going into the metaverse. reporter: he has with the uc berkeley school of business. with meta announcing massive layoffs, salesforce also announcing this week it is laying off about a thousand people, and twitter cutting 3700 workers. >> that will hit the bay area quite hard. i think the much-needed rebalancing in terms of how

these businesses are run as well as the cost of living here in the bay area -- we always assume there's a hawkish stick and it never ends when in reality there's ups and downs. reporter: roger lee founded three startup companies since he graduated from harvard. he created layoffs.fyi to track layoffs nationwide. >> i've got the most comprehensive database and list of layoffs. so far, layoffs fyi has recorded in the b area alone -- bay area alone, 227 tech companies have laid off collectively 36,000 employees. the bay area accounts for roughly one third of the tech layoffs my site has been dragging and roughly one half of all tech layoffs in the u.s. reporter: even the most successful companies are no longer immune to layoffs, experts say.

mark zuckerberg says every meta-employee impacted will get 16 weeks of base pay plus two additional weeks for every year of service. kristen: in addition to the layoffs, abc 7 news has learned meta could end its lease at 181 fremont street. the mayor says she think that will be a challenging business climate for the next couple of years. >> it's going to be a rough patch. we just came out of a global pandemic. it will take us time to get to a better place. we are working on our economic recovery, changes downtown. we will get there. it will take a little time. kristen: the met office space on fremont is 430,000 square feet, equivalent to one third of the tower. meta's two main offices will reportedly be consolidated into the 750,000 square feet park plaza location at 250 howard street. larry: on the heels of elon musk's twitter take over,

president wright and expressed concerns about the new ceo and his plans for twitter during a media briefing. he was asked if he thinks elon musk is a threat to national security. >> i think that elon musk's cooperation and/or technical relationships with other countries is worthy of being looked at. larry: a saudi prince backed musk's purchase of twitter, recent questions of how the business relationship might affect criticism of china on the twitter platform. kristen: our election coverage continues this hour with some of the historic victories. florida braces for another hurricane. the preparations underway. and the empire state versus san francisco. surprising words from new york's governor. meteorologist: we have a couple

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larry: happening in florida, people bracing from impact from nicole, which could happen soon. we have more from jensen beach, florida. reporter: as a rare november

storm sets its side on the sunshine state, millions are bracing for nicole's impact. >> we are at the end of the storm season. nobody expected this. reporter: high winds and strong serve have arrived up and down the state's atlantic coast. the waves are carving away at the delicate shoreline. this beach in flagler county, north of daytona, is more than 100 miles from the expected landfall. emergency managers have ordered evacuations. some schools have closed. flights at orlando's airport, grounded. >> people and infected areas should continue to pay close attention, as the story progresses. we know these things can be dynamic. reporter: many are sandbagging ahead of the arrival. because one of the biggest concerns is letting. expected in low-lying areas that are already saturated. and at the coast, the storm surge could climb to five feet. >> we have a couple of business and is -- of businesses. it always floods there.

>> just to be safe so water doesn't go in. reporter: nicole madelandfall in the bahamas earlier today . you can see a person wading through water in front of a home, just weeks after ian devastated much of the state. >> it is exhausting. too close together. reporter: many, still rebuilding. >> the last thing floridians need is another storm on the heels of the last one. to give you an idea how wide this one field extends, i'm talking to you now with the storm hours away from making landfall. that will not happen until later tonight while after nightfall. larry: it is fortunately much milder here. kristen: it seems kind of late in the year for that. meteorologist: it is very late in the year for tropical storms and hurricanes to develop. an unusual occurrence,

but it does happen. here we are. things are quite calm. we've got reza conditions. when speeds up to about 17 mph here in san francisco. 15 mph for sfo. despite the breezes, which may seem cooling, it is a bit warmer by several degrees in most bay area locations than it was this time yesterday. here's a look down into the bay, we have partly cloudy to mainly clear skies. 57 degrees here for san francisco and half-moon baked. mid to upper 50's for oakland. sandy bay and santa clara. you see mainly blue skies. from the distance further north, you can see clouds lingering. the temperature readings at this hour are 60 degrees in santa rosa. napa 61. upper 50's for nevada and concord. the rooftop camera from abc7 looking across reveals are forecast headlines, mostly clear skies overnight. a few clouds may linger for a

while but it will clear out overnight. cold and frosty mornings coming our way the next two days. a slight chance of an early morning shower saturday. here's her overnight forecast. notice how the clouds around will thin out and disappear. we state the day tomorrow with mainly sunny skies. a few clouds may return later in the day. it is going to be chilly in some spots overnight. a frost advisory will be in effect from midnight until 9 a.m. tomorrow for virtually all the bay area except locations around the bay shoreline and the coastal areas. lowe's may drop down to 33-34 degrees and the chili is locations -- actually asked locations -- in the chilliest locations. flows in the mid to upper 30's. around the bay shoreline, lows mainly in the low 40's. heise tomorrow, around 55 for half moon bay. up to 60 in some bayshore locations. as you move inland, not many locations will see temperatures

rising above 60 except the north bay where we expect to see 62 degrees, in santa rosa and son raphael. -- san rafael. chilly morning through friday. clouds increase a little bit friday evening into saturday morning. a slight chance of a couple of showers saturday morning. we don't expect it to be a rainy day. partial clearing and sunny skies sunday-wednesday. by midweek next week, a little bit of a fall warm up. high temperatures in the mid-60's inland. until then, we can expect chilly overnight and early morning conditions. close to freezing. larry: thank you, spencer. kristen: some homeowners on the peninsula are getting a much needed helping hand. volunteers from lowe's and "rebuilding together" are teaming up to rebuild and upgrade homes owned by someone who has a disability or has a fixed income.

>> my backyard is so incredible. i am totally amazed. they've really surprised me. i thought they were just going to clear all the foliage in the back. and they tell me they are doing the landscaping design and they will have a fire pit down in the back -- i was just really surprised. it's really exciting. kristen: each project is different. some homes will get new lighting, a new toilet, or have stairs replace or a retaining wall built. the projects are made possible through a grant from lowe's was $60,000. -- worth $60,000. larry: long lines as people wait to get their hands on a hot new coin. kristen:

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francisco today to mark the first u.s. currency to feature an asian american. people lined up outside the chinatown center to pick up the quarter featuring the likeness of anna may wong. the los angeles native became the first chinese american will be start during the silent film era. >> anime has been a pioneer, -- anna may has been a pioneer, she's broken so many glass ceilings in the entertainment industry. back then it was tv, film, radio, broadway, you name it, she was super talented. kristen: the state treasurer also hopes that the quarter will inspire new generations of americans to take up coin collecting, which she says has become a forgotten hobby. larry: healdsburg elementary school students held a special walk today in honor of ruby bridges. in 19 60, 6-year-old ruby became the first african-american student to enter degree -- to integrate an elementary school in the south.

started by a group of south san francisco fifth-graders and 2018 and students from 36 states now participate. kristen: the history making election resultss. larry: and election night is rapidly becoming election we. the question is, is this our new normal?

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>> building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc7 news. larry: we continue with our coverage of the 2022 midterm elections. a tidal wave of newly elected lgbtq plus public servants are ready to make their voices heard. the midterm election, producing some historic victories. we spoke with local leaders who say the work must continue. ♪ reporter: from the first openly lesbian elected to governor in massachusetts, to a second in oregon, atrans man voted into the new hampshire state legislature and in california the first openly gay immigrant is on his way to congress. >> when two states can elect openly lesbian women as governors, that shows that we have made progress. reporter: suzanne ford is the interim executive director of san francisco pride. and today she is congratulating her predecessor. >> we want to first of all say

congratulations to carolyn. she was elected to the city council. >> i am used to saying i am the board president of san francisco pride. this is a whole new world for me. [laughter] reporter: carolyn weisinger says winds across the country and in her own backyard signally changing of the tide. >> not only am i a black woman, a black queer woman, i am a mescaline presenting woman, it is amazing we are in a time where i don't have to put on a skirt to be who i am and run for office. >> as we see more candidates being more open about their sexuality and their gender identity, we are seeing some of these historic firsts. reporter: dr. melinda jackson is a political science professor at san jose state university. >> we are seeing across the country real backlash, particularly against transgender rights. so i think these lgbtq candidates will play an important role in representing

the other side. >> there are still obstacles to overcome and try to just as it -- and try and biases that exist. we have to be vigilant. larry: joining us now is abc seven news insider phil m.spitee elections. what does it mean for the bay area? >> what we saw was a swing to the middle. the bay area has a strong history of going down the road, in various occasions, saying things are looking pretty good, then yank the wheels of the left and it goes off. we had it with boudine as district attorney, wound up with a recall, the school board in san francisco, wound up with a recall. it's just been that way. but this time out, voters said, we are going to pretty much stayed the course that we are and be progressive, but we don't want to be radical. we saw that into the district attorney's race here in san francisco, where brooke jenkins appears to be the proper

the front runner in that race -- appears to be the front runner in that race and we saw that with pamela price in the east bay, that was going to be -- it was a classic showdown between a moderate and progressive who had not prosecuted a case before. we have seen that before. ideology trumping reality. we steered clear of that this race. we also saw moderates taking the lead in the oakland mayor's race as well. i would say that the bay area is sort of defying its image of being the most radical, but it is sort of one of the first because we are the first of off the road and the first to try to correct it. kristen: obviously we are still waiting for some results. waiting for the final tallies. some are wondering, is it rank-choice voting, mail-in ballots, why is it all taking longer? >> it is both. when we vote by mail, it is more extensive than the past, takes longer because you send out elections, everybody gets a

ballot, that increases the workload when it comes back in. so it takes longer to process the ballots. then rank-choice voting is, usually in the past we had a wide primary than two people emerged and you voted between two. when you are voting for two people, you open the ballot, one for larry and one for kristin. one for larry, three for kristin, sorry, larry, you lost. [laughter] larry: stop account! >> when it is rank choice, you have to wait for everybody to vote. it is this complicated thing where you have different picks, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, but you have to have all the votes there before you can do that. so it takes longer. election day becomes election we. -- election week. larry: is this the new normal? >> it is. larry: we are seeing a number of states, arizona, nevada, they are taking their time and trying to be deliberate. i think in part because they don't want any fraud.

>> actually it is interesting, because in some cases that reads the claims of fraud, because what happens is for example republicans tend to vote on election day, so you have republicans ahead -- we saw the presidential race, this in the presidential race. so it takes a week to come in and process, that is when the boat starts to shift -- vote starts to shift. that is when people say, we won on election day, what is going on? it is called counting. it used to take months. now we are like, why didn't have the answer yesterday? i'm tired. i want to go. kristen: exactly. i'm asking you, do you see any issues uniting democrats and republicans in california based on what you saw last night? >> i can say first of all joyce. with all republicans and democrats waiting for a woman's right to have choice. the cross party lines. the second one is, i know there

was not a red wave in california, but there was a red seepage. in california, and progressive san francisco, in oakland and san jose, what were the leading issues? it was not climate change, not income equality, it was safe, crime, and homelessness. and affordable housing. more conservative issues took the forefront even in the most progressive places. although they didn't vote republican, people were saying, every republican was screaming that, they would say that was drunk, but now progressives are saying, that is moderate. it's an interesting move. that's what we see here. larry: the whole trump question and what happens with the republican party, we could probably do one hour on that. >> we could. we could split it between trump and elon musk. saying, are these the two people in control of america right now? larry: grabbed the wheel, phil. keep it entertaining.

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kristen: we have liz and spencer joining us. we will start with the new york governor who just got reelected being criticized for comments about the safety of san francisco. an interviewer told her people don't feel safe in new york city and that don't worry, we could be san francisco, she said the city would never be san francisco, because new york city was successfully fighting crime. a bay area council said she's right because san francisco is a city of unmatched beauty and natural grantor. -- natural grandeur. us and new york? >> i lived in new york for 10 years. i love new york but grew up in california, i live in california.

i don't want to hate on you your. just like i don't think new york should hit on san francisco. we are both great places. we can acknowledge that. you don't have to tear one down to left one up. but at the end of the day san francisco does have a higher property crime rate down new york. is opposed airtran to be a politician and say, we are not that at least we are not that. >> i was in new york just two weeks ago. i lived there for a large portion of my life. i never saw new york cleaner. it never felt safer than i did during my visit a couple of weeks ago. i've got to say it -- i walked the streets of new york for four days and saw only three homeless people on the streets. >> that's impressive compared to what we are dealing with here on a daily basis and a lot of neighborhoods. kristen: i will say that for sure. i never felt unsafe walking anywhere especially in manhattan. i feel that, too. >> we will leave it there.

moving on. if you are looking for a twitter alternative, you are not the only one right now. more people are turning to a new site called mastodon. it's added 120,000 new users since elon musk took over twitter. it is an open source site founded in 2016. instead of tweets, you have toots. it is a series of servers, rather than a single platform. i wonder how they control what would be described as hate speech. part of the question is, are you running to mastodon? we already have a blue check madness in the sports world. somebody posted, i want to be treaded! when someone presented to be lebron,. >> are fake toots worse

than fake tweets? [laughter] it is all the same to me. kristen: mastodon has some 5 million users. it is nowhere close to twitter. it is currently not a replacement for twitter. >> right. >> i can't even believe i'm saying this, i wonder if somewhere cruising around the metaverse, zuckerberg is thinking, we have the resources to do twitter, but a better twitter. they've got 2 billion plus users. i shudder to think that he is our rescuer here, but i don't know. kristen: i agree. i just downloaded breal, the other new social media app. part of me can't keep up with all these different new apps. i feel like there is something -- it is going to be hard to replicate about twitter, how much it is driving conversation and business, how people get their news these days. i don't know of anything can be the replacement. >> i don't know. i'm going back to my town square and having debates with whoever i see there. >> is working out great for me.

[laughter] >> you can zoom around in your tesla but this has nothing to do with driving. tesla is adding a feature to let drivers make video calls from the tesla dashboard. the launch has not been released. also no word yet on whether the future will work if the car is in motion. i suppose if you don't need to drive it, because the driver assistance is so good, i guess then you could either sleep or just of the zoom calls? i don't know. what do you think? >> that>> is a nightmare, don't you think? >> i guess a zoom call would be different than any kind of tv -- a game, you can't be paying attention to the road if you're watching a live event. but his own call is just as bad to me, talking to loved ones. kristen: maybe if you want to join a work meeting or something. they could make sure that you disable video so you're just listening in. it would essentially being like

being on a work call or conference call. i could see there could be a way it may work. kristen: the self-driving right now, they still say it is meant to be driver assist, you are still supposed to pay attention. if it gets to the point where it is so good you don't have to do anything, sure, do the zoom call. >> we are a ways away from that i think. this is very timely. chocolate is having a moment right now. with elections and high inflation, layoff fears, a lot of stressed people out there, they are turning to the sweet taste of chocolate. sales booming right now. chocolate got a boost during the pandemic. sales have continued to grow, despite rising prices. spencer, you always talk about dark chocolate with your wine. >> that's true. i'm always on the no sugar in the temple thing but i do like dark chocolate with some of my red wine. >> chocolates always had a moment. >> it is a moment that is

never-ending. >> when did it stop? >> are you a chocolate person, liz? >> yes. see's candy, too, all the way. >> what about you, larry? you don't really eat sweets. >> i will, i have. remember we had godiva a couple of weeks ago? i still have a piece of that. i look at it. >> you still have it? [laughter] >> soon i'm going to eat it. if liz doesn't take it first. >> have you had the see's dark chocolate almonds? they are great. >> fantastic. we will chat, spencer. >> the more stressful things get, the more we go for the chocolate. >> i could see liz last night in the car during election coverage. >> awesome. >> awesome. that is it for the four meet leon the third... leon the second... and leon... the first of them all. three generations, who all bank differently with chase. leon's saving up for his first set of wheels...

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from the same grocery store chain. we will update this as we get more information. credit card average interest rates have reached the highest level on record. this comes after a series of interest rate hikes from the fed in an effort to fight inflation. the average credit card annual percentage rate climbed to 19.0 4% as of today. it beats the prior record of 19% set in 1991. individual credit cards have sometimes charged more, as much as 29.9%. you can save some green this christmas by cutting down your own tree in a national forest. ranging from five dollars to $20, there are rules -- a lot of rules, including that trees can only be cut from designated areas. you can get a permit on

recreation.gov. el dorado, mendocino, and tahoe are participating. be careful with those, i had a friend that went out to do this and could not find a tree. kristen: if it works out for you, it is not a bad deal and it is a fun family activity. larry: it is fun. we've done it in the past back east. thank you, michael. kristen: speaking of christmas trees, you are at video over the christmas tree in san francisco's union square. it will be lit november 25. there will not be an official tree lighting ceremony this year. larry: that's too bad. spencer would mc every christmas tree lighting in the bay area for a while. there's spencer, there's another tree! [laughter] meteorologist: one of the many things i used to do. [laughter] here's a look at what's going on with our weather. it is going to be really chilly tonight. overnight lows dropping

down into the -- near freezing. we have a press advisory -- we have a frost advisory for the bay area. tomorrow mainly sunny skies. hides from the mid-50's at the coast to near 60 around the bay. maybe a couple of upper -- of low 60's and north bay areas. we will have increasing clouds. friday evening, a slight chance of showers early saturday morning. then clearing through the remainder of the weekend. that leads into midweek next week, we will see a little bit of a warm up. larry: is there any chance outside of the possibility of some showers past the seven day you are looking at? meteorologist: at the moment, no, looks like a dry pattern for at least the next 10 days as far as we can see. once we go beyond seven days, we can't really be precise. i would say it does not look encouraging for any more significant rain for a while. larry: an ancient discovery

in italy, more than two dozen preserved bronze statues dating back to ancient roman times were found buried in mud in thermal baths in tuscany. archaeologists have been exploring the muddy ruins of an ancient bath house in that area, they say it is one of the most remarkable discoveries of the ancient mediterranean. kristen: another reason to go visit tuscany. larry: as if you needed a reason. kristen: an 11 year overnight success. >> it is so weird. i'm becoming friends with a lot of people i have looked up to. larry: lanie wilson on her six

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but for many more of these artists, the cma awards show is also a homecoming. a reunion with old friends so close they can seem like family. ♪ >> ♪ keep the bluebird in my heart ♪ reporter: this heartfelt opportunity offers them a chance to remember where they came from. >> this is where we started right here in the back room of tootsie's. reporter: he recalls the band's beginnings at a local joint and nashville while talking to george pennockio for an on the carpet show that also features lena wilson. >> i moved to the town in a camper trailer. i knew what i wanted to do. it was the only thing i knew how to do. i was going to figure it out one way or another. >> ♪ i know a few things a man out to know ♪ reporter: with a dozen nominations this year, she definitely managed to figure it out. and she's got plenty of company

here. >> friends. we have fans. reporter: this time, luke bryan has a friend by his side. >> i love country music, and i have a really good friendship with lou brian, that was a big part of what drew me to cohost in the cma's. reporter: peyton manning has known the country superstar for the better part of a decade. >> we got this. >> let's go, baby. is going to be a great show. reporter: abc 7 news. kristen: the fun begins at 7:30 p.m. with "on the red carpet" at the cma's followed by the awards at 8 p.m., don't miss abc 7 news at 11 p.m. you can watch wheel of fortune overnight at 3 a.m. abc 7 news instrument 24/7. at the bay area streaming tv app and join us whenever you want, wherever you are. that is it for abc7 news at 4 p.m. abc 7 news at 5 p.m. is coming

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building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. it's still a tight race in the south bay to see who will be the next mayor of the bay area's largest city, but in just moments, we are expecting an update from election officials on the san jose mayors race. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm liz kroitz every voteelouti con offy making sure that every vote is counted exactly right abc 7 news reporter. zach fuentes is live with very latest on the jose mayors race sac that latest is in my hand right now a spokesperson with the santa clara county registrar just handed me the latest numbers coming in just a few minutes ago. so i'll let you know right now where things stand with the san jose mayors race between matt mahan and cindy chavez