47%. the total number cast in the 2020 election. those numbers are from the associated press and based on data from state election officials. in california, 6.7 million people have already voted. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has details now on how several counties are prepared and ready, with election security and measures to keep ballots safe. >> right over here. thank you for voting early. >> this drive through ballot drop off was busy all sunday in downtown oakland. alameda county sheriff's deputies standing watch. >> the number of police officers feels a little like something is wrong, like it's a little overboard. if i'm honest. but seeing that there is police presence makes me confident that i can come here and vote safely. >> brandon thomas pedaled in with his ballot. >> this whole election is going to be. it's been a stressful ride, so i just wanted to do my

part, get it done early. show that, you know, i'm sure my parents that i voted show everyone that i care. let's see if they've been signed. >> alameda county election bosses say 100 voting centers are now open through tuesday. many voters are getting it done early. we've had about 300,000 people already vote, which represents about 32% of our voters so far. >> so turnout is going to be really good. >> depuy expects some close races may not be decided tuesday night. >> it's probably going to take us a couple of weeks uh. i'm estimating, you know, we could be looking at about 400,000 plus votes coming in by mail on election night. that's a lot. >> this is our busiest location. this is probably about a thousand ballots in petaluma. >> poll workers are removing ballots from a drop box outside this voting center. 31 locations are open across sonoma county. >> we've had over 137,000 returned. vote by mail ballots so far. >> registrar of voters wendy hudson says with such a contentious election, the safety

of poll workers is a top priority. this is my right. right here. >> wow. >> hudson is hoping to avoid scenes like this from a south carolina polling place where a man was asked to remove a hat mocking president biden. things became heated. >> we have given our poll workers de-escalation training. they have contact information for law enforcement, she says. >> so far, voting has been peaceful. now, many voters await the outcome of this election and the end of the day, i think it's important that we just unite together with whatever results ended up being voted on. >> cornell, bernard. >> abc seven news. >> on friday, the fbi confirmed they're investigating two fake videos related to the 2024 election. investigators say they appear to be the work of foreign actors, particularly russia, china and iran, aiming to raise tensions ahead of the election. this morning we spoke with a chief risk management strategist at know to knowbe4, a security focused software company.

>> they are attacks. they're not things that are just benign in nature. these are state foreign actors seeking to destabilize the u.s. and so the best thing that we can do is, number one, raise our awareness. number two, realize that these are trying to sow a narrative. there's a story behind these, and they're playing on our emotions. they're trying to sow division and they're trying to really poke those areas where we already feel divided. >> those fake videos were posted on x one falsely claimed the fbi apprehended groups committing voter fraud by voting twice in georgia. the second involved second gentleman doug emhoff, in the tight race for president. both candidates are barnstorming across several crucial battleground states. abc news reporter perry russom tells us the trump campaign went on the defense, explaining a controversial remark he made today.

>> former president trump, on a whirlwind campaign schedule starting the day in pennsylvania. >> a very, very special hello to pennsylvania. >> trump escalating his violent rhetoric this time directed at reporters, referring to the placement of the bulletproof glass at his rally. >> to get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news, and i don't mind that. so much. >> the trump campaign trying to downplay those remarks on abc news live. >> he was making a joke about a shooter shooting through the fake news media. and it's obviously he was joking. >> the latest abc news ipsos poll shows a tight race. harris, with a three point lead nationally 49 to 46. harris today traveling to michigan, first delivering remarks at a church in detroit. >> this moment in our nation has to be about so much more than partizan politics. it must be about the good work we can do together. >> perry russom, abc news, washington.

>> over in the south bay, voters in silicon valley were encouraged today to vote for women candidates. santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez was among volunteers at a phone bank to specifically get support for female politicians. >> really wanting to see new, fresh energy in these seats and i, for one, am very excited about the future. as i look at these candidates. >> chavez says 150 people were expected to volunteer throughout the day at the phone bank. abc seven news is here to help you navigate through all of the races and measures on the ballot. we have a voter guide at abc7 news.com where you can look up races in your county. you can find it under the elections section. new developments. now an attorney representing east bay, congressman eric swalwell, plans to file a defamation lawsuit tomorrow against alameda county district attorney pamela price. it all comes after price made what swalwell calls defamatory comments about him in

a facebook post last month. swalwell says price made those comments while criticizing his decision to endorse her recall. swalwell's attorneys gave price an october 26th deadline to retract the statements, and she said say she did not respond or comply. p-g-and-e's has issued a watch for another round of public safety power shutoffs around parts of the bay area this week, all due to high winds and dry conditions. officials say some areas of alameda, contra costa, lake, napa, santa clara, solano and sonoma counties will likely have shutoffs tuesday, wednesday and thursday. they say specific addresses, maps and shutoff details are usually released two days ahead of time. right now, speaking of those conditions, let's get to your accuweather forecast. spencer is standing by. let's talk about how the humidity plays a role in these fire risks here. >> that's true diane. the relative humidity is dangerously low and we have those strong gusty winds you just talked

about, talked about and that windy pattern is going to be with us for several days. right now we're looking at wind gusts ranging from 20 to about 25mph in the windiest locations. and on we go to the forecast animation showing that the wind will die down much won't diminish much during the overnight hours. it's going to remain gusty all through the overnight hours into tomorrow morning, and check out tomorrow afternoon. by 1:00 tomorrow afternoon, we'll have wind gusts on the coast up to 40mph. so you can see this pattern can contribute to high fire concerns. and with dangerously low relative humidity. right now, most readings under 40% will have even lower relative humidity by tomorrow afternoon, when many locations will have readings under 20%. that is certainly considered dangerously low humidity. so you add in the winds, the low humidity and the air just getting drier and drier. our vegetation or our fuels as we refer to them getting drier as well, that contributes to high fire danger. now it's not going to be hot over the next few days, but it will be warm, warm enough to continue to dry out those fuels.

with high temperatures in our inland areas and even around the bay ranging from low to lower to upper 70s. so that's what we're looking at over the next few days. and the fire danger is not likely to diminish until around the end of the week. i'll have the complete accuweather seven day forecast in a few minutes. dion. >> okay, we are watching it closely. spencer. thanks. just ahead, a group on an ocean excursion to fish for crab is now the focus of a search and rescue mission. six people went missing off the bodega bay coas. one somehow made it to shore. the big clue searchers just found on the beach and bart station agents step up after a stabbing on a train. one comes to the aid of the victim while another helps police nab their wanted man. how

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people who are missing after a boating accident in bodega bay. the sonoma county sheriff's office says a crabbing boat was reported missing to the coast guard after it didn't return to the dock last night. three minors and three adults were on board. search and rescue teams found an 11 year old alive on a beach this morning, and they were taken to the hospital. a second person was found dead and

debris from the missing boat was also found. sonoma county sheriff's deputy rob dillon says searchers are facing tough conditions. >> the. we have to start with the place that they were last known to be and that's the challenge with something like this, with the currents and the winds so strong that people can drift really quickly. >> planes, boats and drones are all being used to search miles of the bodega bay coastline. new details now on what police call a random stabbing on bart. there's been an arrest, and bart says a station worker spotted the wanted suspect this afternoon at fruitvale station, then told police. he's accused of stabbing a woman on an antioch bound train near the 24th street and mission station at about 8:00 yesterday morning. a bart surveillance camera captured images of the man and a station agent helped the victims until officers arrived. she was then taken to the hospital. an attention grabbing sight for drivers now near the bay bridge this morning. take a look at all

of that black smoke just billowing there. a fire burned around 9 a.m. on frontage road near the toll plaza. when some kind of debris caught fire. and then those flames spread to nearby grass and brush. it was put out quickly. that is the good news. and there was no significant damage. there's a plan to charge us more for bridge tolls. just ahead, we'll learn about an upcoming opportunity to speak up about the proposed toll hike that would impact nearly every bay area bridge. and taking a live look outside where that traffic is looking pretty thick on the bay bridge right now. we do have abc7 news weather anchor spencer christian up next with your accuweather forecast. >> it's sunday, so you know we got to talk some nfl football. if you thought that the race for mayor here in san francisco was crowded, you haven't looked at the nfc west standings. we have these highlights coming up. plus good news for the niners. they're expected to get back some muscle when they return from their bye next

fire conditions. that's absolutely right. all the elements that go into fire weather, we have low humidity, strong gusty wind and drying fuels, as we call them vegetation. so here's what's going on. let me show you the satellite radar composite image. and this is why we have the strong gusty winds right now because of the alignment of weather systems down in the desert southwest, we have a low pressure system that's churning around with its counterclockwise circulation down here. you see that? and then we've got this high pressure system building offshore with its clockwise circulation. so the combined flow here is bringing a strong gusty wind down out of the

north. and when we get these northerly winds we get an offshore flow very often. and those those winds travel down our hills and mountain slopes. the wind, the wind, the air rather dries out, warms up. and of course that contributes to high fire danger. so right now we're looking at breezy conditions. not terribly gusty right now, but we have had gusts this early evening up to about 25mph. and it's a little bit warmer by a few degrees right now than at this time yesterday. five degrees warmer in novato and mountain view, 234 degrees warmer right around the bay shoreline for the most part. so we're warming up. we're drying out and it's quite gusty out there. but it's beautiful. nice view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco, where it's currently 61 degrees. we have 64 in oakland, hayward 6365 at san jose, redwood city, 64 and 55 degrees at half moon bay. and check out this view. this is beautiful from mount tam. clear conditions, no clouds around looking out over the bay. parts of san francisco, the bay bridge, parts of oakland. it is 60 degrees in santa rosa right now. 61 petaluma napa 5965 at

fairfield and livermore. concord at 64 degrees. and notice you can see the camera bouncing a little bit up atop mount tam in the windy conditions there. and here's the view from the east bay hills camera looking out over the bay. another clear view. and these are our forecast headlines. you know it's windy tuesday dry. and that should be well yeah it should be monday i got tuesday on there twice. so bear with me tomorrow. dry and breezy with offshore winds. now we get to tuesday election day. it will be warmer with a mix of sun and clouds. sometimes the fingers type the wrong words in and then wednesday and thursday elevated fire danger once again. we've got it tonight and tomorrow. tuesday. that fire concern eases up just a little bit. but then wednesday, thursday the winds kick up again and we have elevated fire danger all over again. here's our forecast animation for the late night and overnight hours starting at 11 p.m. notice the absence of clouds here. we'll see. maybe one little wave of clouds. try to move in but won't last very long. 6:00 tomorrow

morning as the morning commute is underway, we'll have clear skies already and again, that wind continues to be rather strong down out of the north. overnight. low temperatures will be mainly in the low 50s, a little chillier up in the north bay, where we'll see lows of 39 at lakeport and 42 at santa rosa. highs tomorrow 64 half moon bay, mainly low 70s right around the bay shoreline. inland areas will warm up to mid to upper 70s warmest location will be about 79 degrees at santa rosa. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. so once again we'll skip ahead to tuesday election day a lovely day to get out and vote. if you haven't done so already. wednesday. high fire danger. once again, it will remain windy through thursday. very little change in the temperature range going into the end of the week. that november. warmth holds on, but the winds will ease up just a bit as we get to friday and saturday. a mix of sun and clouds on saturday and sunday we may even have some early morning drizzle up in the north bay. >> the 40 niners, with the week off, enjoying a mid-season bye. san francisco sitting at four

and four on the year. and while we're used to seeing them as the top dogs in the nfc west, the division is extremely congested. the niners headed into the bye on a winning note and are hopeful to get some reinforcements back when they face the tampa bay buccaneers next sunday. running back christian mccaffrey is expected to return after being sidelined all season with an achilles tendinitis. head coach kyle shanahan said he wouldn't be surprised if linebacker dre greenlaw was back as well. he's been out since last year's super bowl with a torn achilles and wide receiver juwan jennings, who missed the last two games with a hip injury, is also likely to return. so a lot of positives going on there. all right, let's go around the nfc west starting with the cardinals and the bears in the first quarter. cardinals in the red zone jet sweep to their tight end. trey mcbride bullies his way in for six to give his team the seven nothing lead. moving to the second now seven six arizona and they're back and knocking trey benson up the gut. and he's in for his first career touchdown 14 six arizona. check this out 12 seconds left in the

half. don't know where chicago's defense was on this play but emari demercado blows straight past him. casual 53 yards to the house. cardinals hold on to the lead and they go on to win this 129 to 9 divisional game between the rams and seahawks early. fourth quarter geno smith going to be picked off by cameron kitchens. he returns it 103 yards for the house call. rams take the seven point lead now under a minute to go in the fourth geno smith with a beauty to jaxon smith-njigba. and we're all knotted up at 20. who doesn't love some free ball right in overtime matthew stafford finds demarcus robinson. check this out. yep end zone touchdown walk off. that's going to do it. the rams win their third straight game 26 to 20. cowboys and falcons may be the touchdown of the week right here. dallas down 11. dak prescott scrambling and check out this throw to rico dowdle. bobble three times before he can

reel it in. unfortunately dak left in the game with a hamstring injury. we'll have to check on him later on. but regardless just too much kirk cousins. this was his third touchdown pass on the day right here. it's cool calm collected. falcons go on to win 2721 atlanta moves to six and three while dallas drops to three and five. some other scores from around the nfl today. the bills continued their dominance over the dolphins thanks to a tyler bass 61 yard field goal late in the game. the eagles handled the jags 28 to 23 behind 199 total yards and two touchdowns from saquon barkley. joe burrow threw for 251 yards and five touchdowns as the bengals handled the raiders 41 to 25. that's vegas fifth straight l, and in a battle between the top two teams in the nfc north, it was the lions over the packers on the road at lambeau 24 to 14. and a quick baseball note. the giants just announced within the hour that third baseman matt

chapman and catcher patrick bailey were named the 2024 gold glove winners. so a big congrats to them. oh so well done. very nice. i like to see it. love to see that for the giants. yeah. sara thanks. thanks, john. well, coming up, veteran's day is about a week away. but really, any time is a good time to show our appreciation. next, we'll head to one of the very first veterans day celebrations in the bay area. and abc news is taking a closer look at the life and untimely death of one direction singer liam payne. you can catch price of fame the liam payne story, a special edition of 2020 starting at 10:00 tonight right here o

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