look at that forecast for us. starting out nice and cool thisern moithis morning, kari. >> a great morning and a very nice and comfortable afternoon. we're starting out with some chilly temperatures, even saw some upper 30s in the north bay and overall we have a quiet weather pattern with some warmer than normal afternoons. this weekend we're going to have a nice one as daylight-saving time ends and we celebrate halloween. we're looking at temperatures that will be in the upper 70s and low 80s today across the bay area. we'll take a closer look at this as well as the rest of the forecast coming up in a few minutes. mike, any issues right now for the morning commute? >> well, you know, the last ten minutes has been very active for chp and that usually means, well, i'll show you the map. we have over on the right side of your map a very smooth drive on the, i'm sorry, a crash except for a crash a very smooth drive. let me just zoom in to what i'm talking about. a crash south 80 and just moved to the shoulder. the bay bridge toll plaza on the

right moving westbound at the toll plaza. theic b ibackup there and the er fire on the side of the road has been put out and now that there is a three-car crash in the same area barakilocking a cup lanes. back over to you. >> thank you very much, mike. we have been following breaking news all morning long because a deadly terror attack in france. this is a live look this morning. heavily guarded and a lot of police out and remain on the street. this is because three people died when someone with a knife attacked people in a church. the victims we know include a woman and a man that were inside the church and a woman who ran from the church to seek help. but the attacker hunted down. we understand several other people were hurt. authorities arrested the suspect after the attack. took him to the hospital. police are not searching, we're told, for any other attackers. now, this happened in nice, but in a separate attack, not

believed to be linked, a security guard was stabbed at the french consulate in mecca in saudi arabia. the two big stories that we're following for you. five days from the 2020 presidential election and voter enthusiasm is at an all-time high. americans have now cast more than 76 million ballots. and with president trump and joe biden both in their final push, a new nbc poll shows biden on top but barely with 51% among likely supporters. both will try to get the upper hand in the battleground state of florida. tracie potts joins us live in washington, d.c. she has a preview for us. tracie? >> hey, good morning. yeah, our poll now shows only separated by four points in florida and that is within the margin of error and that is why both candidates are in tampa today. dueling rallies again today, this time in florida where joe biden has a slight lead.

>> this lead is going to be taken over, i think, very, very quickly. >> reporter: president trump headed home to the sunshine state from arizona. now a toss-up according to nbc along with texas. a record rise in coronavirus cases continues to haunt the president. joe biden slamming the white house for a press release that lists ending the covid-19 pandemic as one of president trump's top accomplishments. >> an insult to every single person suffering from covid-19 and every family who has lost a loved one. >> reporter: the white house admits it was poorly worded. biden honing in on the pandemic and 30 people needing medical attention when thousands were stuck in freezing temperatures after a trump rally in omaha. >> it's an image that captured president trump's whole approach to this crisis. he takes a lot of big pronouncements and he makes a lot of big pronouncements but they don't hold up. >> reporter: the president is predicting a big, red wave. >> voters are going to vote

early, but they're really going to vote on tuesday. >> reporter: suggesting republicans are holding their votes until election day. and there's actually some evidence to back that up. when you take a look at the 21 states that report early voting by party, not all of them do, but some do. what we find is a break down showing mail ballots, democrats outnumber republicans 2-1. in-person voting is about but republicans have a slight edge. more republicans than democrats showing up in person in early voting to cast their votes. >> we'll see how it all plays out, tracie potts live from washington, thank you. 6:04 right now. developing this morning, there's a warning for health care facility everywhere as the pandemic rages on. u.s. cybersecurity ecperts say hackers are using ransomware to lock up hospital information. >> "today in the bay" cierra

johnson live in san francisco. cierra, the fbi says an imminent threat. >> good morning. yes, the imminent threat in the midst of a pandemic within the last 24 hours that statement was released essentially a heads up for health care and hospital providers. so far five u.s. hospitals have already experienced cyber attacks. it targets hospital datas and scrambles it forcing users to have a key to unlock it. that key is only obtained after the users pay the ransom and hence the name ransomware. that company operates more than 250 hospitals across the nation with 90,000 employees and one of those hospitals is right here in fremont. some of those locations, the u.s. locations were forced to rely on paper backup systems and have longer emergency room rates during their attacks in

september. and just to give you an idea of how common these attacks are, in 2019, there were 750 health care providers, health care systems that were victimized by these attacks. so that joint statement sent out by the fbi and some of those cybersecurity experts really a heads up for the hospital systems to check, double check and lock down their cyber networks. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thanks so much. this as another surge happens in covid cases. the u.s. reporting more than 80,000 new infections yesterday alone. a new record for daily cases breaking the previous record set on friday. another nearly 1,000 people died. in the meantime, in california confirmed infections are now past 900,000. more than 17,000 people have died. at least 12 healdsburg district hospital workers.

staff workers were infected over the past ten days but the hospital is not considering it an outbreak. that's because the 12 cases are isolated from each other and each person contracted the virus outside the hospital. well, for the duration of the outbreak, older californians will now be able to skip a trip to the dmv if they have to get their license renewed. thanks to an executive order by governor newsom allowing them to renew by mail, instead. the order applies to people over 70. 860,000 seniors every year have to apply in person for updated licenses. the new order will stay in effect until the state of emergency is lifted. 6:07 right now. thursday already. and we want to check the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. another cool start. certainly you can feel fall in the air, i think, finally. >> yeah. finally. it feels like fall out there, especially early in the morning as we take a live look outside

in san jose. 50 degrees and clear as you head out the door here and morgan hill a little bit cooler. so, if you're home schooling and want to let the kids run around before schooling really gets under way, it's going to be mostly in the low 50s and then much nicer for the afternoon as we reach into the upper 70s here. sunshine and a light wind. we'll talk about what's ahead for the halloween weekend forecast. that's coming up. mike, what's going on right now for the commute? >> kari, upper east shore freeway continues to have issues and maybe two crashes. we'll just give you the one we have detail for. as we look at the map, westbound 80 approaching san pablo down the road and we have a lot of slowing. the crash in the middle or the right lane as you're getting through the area. again, maybe two separate crashes and no major injuries but this is causing enough of a backup and it's holding the traffic up from getting through berkeley and the bay bridge. no metering lights there yet at the bay bridge. just some slowing up the incline. other side of the bay. southbound 101 heading to the

marin city exit and a crash blocking one lane there, as well. that is holding folks up heading past sausalito but then the golden gate bridge into san francisco just fine. the rest of the bay, not a major issue. the earlier crash 880 has cleared and just mild slowing south of san mateo bridge. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. 6:09 right now. who remembers tupperware parties? maybe we'll get you ready for some virtual ones. tupperware is actually making a huge comeback. put a lid on it already. we'll talk aboutthe sky rocketing demand, next. plus -- >> a really tough day on the markets yesterday. we got some decent economic news that may help. taking a look at the futures. at least we're not going to see more losses on the open. ♪ the late whitney houston does it again. the new record she just set

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we've seen these temperatures dipping into the mid 40s to start and then a nice warm up for today. we'll go from heater on to windows down as we go into the late morning, early afternoon. we'll talk about all of our microclimates and what's ahead in the forecast coming up. kari, we have a traffic alert official now southbound 101 at the marin city exit. four of your five lanes affected by a traffic break and move some cars to the shoulder holding folks up from the golden gate bridge and another crash hold folks up from the bay bridge. a live look at the toll plaza shows you no metering lights or backup. people are held up in san pablo coming off the carquinez bridge. good morning, very happy thursday to you. the stock market plunged wednesday as america hit yet another daily record in coronavirus cases. the dow fell nearly 1,000 points. its worst performance in months. down 3% on all major indices.

now, there is a lot happening financially today. we just got the latest gdp numbers showing the economy turned upwards in the third quarter by 7.4%. now, there's also an annualized number 33.1% but as we talked about in the 5:00 hour, that is not a useful number whatsoever. annualized numbers project where the performance is going to go in the economy based on the last three months over the full course of the year. but we are undergoing such irregular ups and downs that is absolutely not a dependable projection. also first-time jobless claims. that number is straight forward and it's good. 751,000 people applied for first-time jobless claims last week. fuch fewer than expected. you also have silicon valley companies reporting profits today. facebook and google and apple among them. apple is the most valuable company in silicon valley and indeed in the entire u.s. and

just announced new iphones. although those won't be included in the financial reports today. >> obviously, a bit of a delay in terms of launching the iphone this year around for obvious reasons. only launching a couple weeks ago and we won't have the normal days at the end of that quarter. the trump administration will propose changing h1b visas from a lottery like it is now to a system where the highest paying jobs get picked first and filled first. h1b visas are filled with foreign workers with special skills and often used by silicon valley companies. a judge in san francisco says uber can keep sending messages supporting prop 22 on its app. exempts uber and lyft and doordash from ab5 which would force the services to categorize drivers as full employees. you know, we are now just days away from finding out whether

we're going to pass prop 22 and 23 and 24 and all of those offices, including the presidency. >> we've seen a lot of ads on all of them. >> yeah. >> all right, thanks, scott. 6:15 for you this morning. trending for you, whitney houston continuing to make history. her 1987 album, whitney, just reached diamond status exceeding 10 million records sold. that makes houston the first black artist to have three diamond certified albums. >> such a talented singer. lost too soon. okay. so, guess what's making a comeback. tupperware of all things. with so many people cooking at home, there's been a huge demand to store all those leftovers. in just the last three months, profits for tupperware brands incorporated have quadrupled to $34 million after years of declining sales. the stock is up 40% before the

bell this morning. let those virtual tupperware parties begin. by the way, the first tupperware party happened in 1948. >> look at that. a little history. >> there you have it. >> first lid was lost about a half a day later. >> somewhere in the cabinet. >> i don't know where they go. >> all right. look, 6:17 for you right now. of course, when this nice weather, we have to talk about playing outside. meteorologist kari hall has a look at that forecast. the park forecast. that's a new one for us. >> yeah, that's going to be a nice one for today as we head out in burlingame. of course, a lot of our parks and playgrounds have been closed and nice to get out there finally and have them open and get in some fresh air. let's get a look at our forecast for today as we head through late morning, it is going to be in the low 60s and still jacket weather and later on this afternoon as you get out there for a walk you'll see the

temperatures in the low 70s here. and across the bay area, we're enjoying a nice day with san francisco reaching 69 and we have some mid 70s for oakland and some upper 70s for martinez and napa. san jose will reach 80 degrees and 82 degrees in morgan hill and santa rosa also looking at the low 80s. but this weekend we'll be celebrating halloween and it's going to be a full moon out there making it a little bit more spooky. this will also be a blue moon a and it won't actually appear blue but the second full moon of the month and we call it a blue moon and the first blue moon we had on halloween since 2001. nice to see that happening this weekend as we celebrate. we're looking at still some nice, quiet weather. nothing to change our pattern over the next few days. all of those stormist is is sys we see for the pacific northwest will stay well to the north and maybe not even cooling off until the midd adal to end of next we. these temperatures are warmer than normal as we will see our

highs reaching to the upper 70s and low 80s and even getting warmer for early next week. of course, this sunday we'll remind you to set your clock back one hour as we fall back. but then next week, we're up to 84 degrees as we bring in november and, yes, it will be feeling more like summer at that time. let's head over to you, mike. how is it looking right now for the commute? >> well, you know, kari, we do have a traffic alert that has been called to the north bay and southbound 101 in marin city exit. actually just south of the exit there. that's where they're starting a traffic break because right now vehicles are spread across four of your five lanes. that will be hopefully short lived and they'll restore traffic flow. doesn't sound like major injuries, but that is the alert right now. the other issue in the east bay holding up traffic on the upper east shore and keeping the bay bridge toll plaza pretty clear right now. toll plaza has no metering lights and no backup there. the backup over here and westbound 80 heading towards san pablo and a crash blocked at least one lane and perhaps one

of your middle lanes and that's why it's having troubles getting those vehicles cleared. a lot of slowing right there from sunol but clear by the time you get through richmond and the rest of the bay moves nicely and slowing through san jose for north 101 has also cleared from our sensors and we just have the build out of the altamo in, t pass and westbound 84 coming to fremont and livermore. the peninsula looking really good and the earlier disabled vehicle through los gatos cleared down across to the santa cruz mountains. we'll send it right back to you guys. >> thanks, mike. look, with the world series behind us, all eyes now on the super bowl. up next for you, the new covid rules for the big game that may make the ticket the hardest to ever get. hey, marcus, you ready to go fishing? up next, the big one that did not get awai. bringing up memories of a catch made a lifetime ago.

we'll tell you all about it. you're watching "today in the bay."

welcome back, everyone. curfew is in effect for philadelphia. authorities struggling to contain looting. police say looters last night broke into a department store and led officers on a brief, high-speed chase before taking off on foot. officers eventually arrested the

suspect. police have made more than 170 arrests over the past three nights. several officers have been injured. friends and family will gather in orinda tonight to remember those killed in last year's air bnb shooting. people are already bringing signs and flowers to orinda. 19-year-old oshana tompkins was one of five people who died when gunfire erupted during a packed party inside a short-term rental unit. four more people were injured. the case still unsolved. her family wants justice. >> that's all we can do is just say forever in our memory oshiana until we get justice and i hope and pray one day we do. >> orinda put together guidelines for homeowners doing short-term rentals. they do not allow one-night bookings for halloween. the nfl is reportedly looking to allow a limited amount of fans to attend the

super bowl. so, for now, the league is planning a 20% capacity crowd. that would mean about 13,000 fans will be able to fill the stands at raymond james stadium in tampa. trending for you this morning a group of southern california county fishermen won't have to lie when they say they caught a fish this big. check this out. a 361-pound tuna. this was caught off the coast of orange county. that big fish was caught on an overnight trip sunday. now, it's being called the largest one to be caught. this is off of newport beach based fishing boat since 1958. i was just at an aquarium museum where they were showing how hard it is to catch these fish and not just your typical, you know, fishing rod. i mean, they're all tricked out and, i mean, they're like the coolest things to catch. these huge fish. 360 something pounds there. 61 pounds. that's a lot of good eating. >> you have to have a special

rod for that. >> you do. >> a little one will just snap. >> oh, my gosh. that's a lot of fish. i wonder if they'll sell it to the restaurants down there. sometimes they do that. >> big bucks. all right. well, coming up next, 6:26 right now. serious news that we're covering this morning. breaking out of france. a knife attack in a church has left three people dead. police are calling it an act of terrorism. we're working with nbc news teams overseas to bring you the very latest. we'll tell you what the gunman, what the man armed with a knife did after going into that church. plus, and hospitals across the nation on high alert after the fbi and federal cyber security experts warn of increased ransom ware attacks. we'll break that down, next. the green light for middle

and high school students to go back to campus here in the east bay. the reason why some kids might have to wait. you're watching "today in the bay." and a live look for you on this thursday morning. downtown look at san jose. a beautiful way to start out the fall day here. nice and crisp out there. have your little jacket ready for the morning. but, you know what, there will be something to smile about once you stick around for the weather. more ahead for you. you're watching "today in the bay." woman: after covid, my hours got cut. so we can't pay our bills. and now our family budget is gonna be hit hard with prop 15. the yes on 15 ads say it only raises taxes on big corporations. that's not true - we're all going to pay. $11 billion in new property taxes

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right now quickly approaching 6:30 for you this morning. there you have it. the opening bell of the new york stock exchange where all eyes on wall street and, of course, your 401(k). this as the dow plunged 900 points yesterday after the worse se selloff in months and we're hoping for some better market news today, laura. >> yeah, so far we're starting dow down not tremendously, though. a live look at the dow jones industrial index down about 16, 19 points so far. but it is early in the game with the markets just opening. we'll continue to watch it as "today in the bay" continues right now. thanks so much for joining us. 6:30 right now. we've been on air since 4:30 this morning. already a couple hours. thanks so much. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. mike has been holding it down getting us through the commute this morning. first, we want to start with

meteorologist kari hall getting us out the door to a nice, cool start this morning. >> yeah, we're getting out the door and already seeing a lot of people who have already left. so, if you're on your way to work, it's chilly as you step out but don't forget that jacket so you don't have to run back in. we're going to have some nice, cool mornings but warm afternoons as we settle into a quiet weather pattern over the next few days and a nice weekend ahead for halloween and daylight-saving time ending. we'll talk about all of that in the forecast coming up. mike, any issues driving to work this morning? >> kari, we actually do have a couple. we'll show you the map and by the look of the map, everything looks just fine and maybe lighter than many thursday and we'll zoom up towards the area and first the north bay where the traffic alert and southbound 101 continues. we have three lanes that are now open but two are still closed because of a crash involving a garbage truck there and that may be why it's difficult to clear all lanes south 101 at the marin

city exit. slow towards sauce leesalitsaus. an earlier crash and roadside fire both complicate things and vehicles in the middle of the roadway and that's why it's very slow. out of sunol clear by richmond and from getting to the bay bridge toll plaza. no backup at the toll plaza, just a little slowing across the span. back to you, laura. >> all right, thank you very much, mike. 6:32 right now. breaking news and a deadly terror attack in france. we have a look at some of the pictures coming into our newsroom all happened in nice. french police say three people died when someone with a knife attacked people in a church. the victims included a woman and a man inside the church and we understand a woman who actually ran from the church to look for help. but the attacker hunted her down. several other people were also hurt. authorities we know arrested the suspect after the attack. he must have had some kind of injuries because he was taken to the hospital.

police are not searching for any other attackers. in a separate attack not believed to be linked, a security guard was stabbed at the french consulate in mecca in saudi arabia. back here in the bay area, more school districts are getting the green light for middle and high school students to return to campus. "today in the bay" bob redell live for us outside of berkeley high school. bob, when can we see the in-person classes resume? >> marcus, the earliest schools like berkeley high behind me is november 9th here. talking about a week and a half. within the past 24 hours the alameda county health services agency gave the all-clear for middle and high schools to reopen as long as they come up with a covid-19 health and safety plan before they reopen. those reopening plans would then have to be posted to the school's website so moms and dads and guardians are aware of the precautions being taken for their students. and by the way, the school does not have to open. that decision will be left up to each school and school district here in alameda county.

the health department recognizes some schools might not have the resources to reopen right away. now, incidentally, berkeley reports middle and high school students in berkeley would not return to campus until january at the earliest. just giving that out as an example. you'll have to check with your local district if and when your student might return. alameda county recently entered the orange tier which is the second least restrictive tier and we saw places like restaurants, movies and churches to allow people inside but at a reduced capacity. reporting in berkeley, bob redell. >> a lot of people think returning to school is a fun thing but some are nervous about it and students, as well. we have to wait and see. hopefully everything works out for the best for everyone. thanks, bob. you know what, counties in the bay area santa cruz businesses just received a big leg up. the state moved the county into the state's less restributive orange tier this week and like

san mateo and marin gyms and wineries extend capacity to 25%. retail stores can operate at full capacity. one industry not bouncing back are bay area hotels. some are starting to feel the weight of the pandemic. that include the club quarters hotel near embarcadero and singled out high-end hotels now in financial distress. according to public disclosures obtained by the merc two hyatt house hotels in pleasant hills and pleasanton. in decision 2020, san jose mayor sam licrardo this morning among those joining calls for a ceo of silicon valley to step down. it follows this political ad you see right here on your screen. some are calling it racist for its depiction of black people.

the silicon valley organization directed the ad at a san jose city council candidate who supports police defunding. posts on the blog suggest the intent was to illustrate the consequences of cutting police budget. naacp leaders are now calling for the firing for the organization's ceo mark mahood. >> the last thing i want is for people to be deceived that low-income families are going to hurt them or are dangerous. >> the photo is not of san jose and unclear where it was taken. the organization is holding a news conference at 10:00 this morning and says mahood is on administration leave and also issued an apology saying in part, we are horrified by this image as it does not represent the values of the organization, the leadership or board of directors or our members.

well, some exciting news for you for people in the north bay santa rosa coffey park has reopened. now back in 2017 you may remember the fire storm devastated the neighborhood surrounding the six-acre park. and it means people can, once again, use the big playground and the dog park distancing, of course. a brig crowd came out yesterday during the reopening. many calling it a milestone in the healing process. nearly every single home around that park was destroyed by the fire. well, despite the pandemic, a planned 20-year long development by google in downtown san jose is taking shape. according to "mercury news" city leaders just released their draft report for the project near diridon station and sap center. over the next two decades google plans to build 13,000 homes and 14 million square feet of office space and more than a million square feet of retail and other space. 300 hotel rooms are also in the works. well, we all know that so many events are turning virtual

and here's another one. i get to play a small part joining a woman who had a front seat to some major international events. susan rice will be part of a virtual discussion as part of the ywca inspire luncheon. in addition to her tenure under former president obama, rice also served as an ambassador to the united nations from 2009 to 2013. should be a really fascinating discussion. the live stream gets under way at noon today. you can visit the ywca of silicon valley website to register. all goes to a great cause there. they help out so many women right here in silicon valley. >> they do. major league baseball turning up the heat on justin turner. >> coming up for you, how not following covid rules could land him in some trouble. plus -- >> we know that california

generally goes blue in the general election sending all votes to the democratic candidate. so, why would you show up to vote if you were a conservative? we'll talk about some of the issues on the ballot driving those folks. plus -- >> take a closer look at why it will take so long to get some of those results and why they may be misleading to begin with. let's take you out to the big board this morning where nothing is misleading. relatively good news about the economy not helping stocks. plus. >> some might scare you. we'll take you inside that tunnel of terror and it's not your average car wash. we'll tell you the creative and covid friendly way one business is creating halloween for everyone to enjoy. you're watching "today in the bay." 6:39.

right now at 6:42 as you're heading out the door and wanting to make plans to just enjoy some time in the back yard during recess today and home schooling in morgan hill, going to be a cool start. you will need a jacket for these next couple of hours but a nice warm up is headed our way with sunshine and we'll be in the upper 70s by 1:00 in the afternoon. we'll take a look at all of our microclimates in the forecast coming up. and you'll notice right here coming towards the bay bridge, 880 overcrossing has the backup but everything else is clear. the map shows you a slower

across the incline, but, you know what, no metering lights because everybody is held up at this crash on the upper east shore freeway. still slowing through san pablo. there is also a traffic alert, but i have elected to show you the bigger slow down. we'll talk about the north bay, coming up. all right. we'll check back with you. 6:43 right now. to decision 2020. the supreme court says it will not rehear an argument over ballot counting in pennsylvania. >> scott mcgrew, it was the first decision by the court since amy coney barrett took her seat on the bench. >> that's right. marcus, she didn't participate. she didn't get involved. this is big news for court watchers who wonder if the judge nominated by president trump would immediately get involved in court cases brought by the president's party. and there was no case more pressing than the rehearing of the pennsylvania case which the court had come to a tie on without her. the tie meant pennsylvania could keep counting properly submitted

ballots for days after election day and when republicans ask the new full court to rehear the case, the court said no. at least not before the election. president trump made his case in arizona wednesday. arizona among several traditionally red states. the polls show could flip blue. trump told the crowd about neighboring california where californians wear apparently all the time. >> and in california you have a special mask. you cannot under any circumstances take it off. you have to eat through the mask. right. right, charlie. it's a very complex mechanism. >> both candidates will be in florida today. here's the latest nbc/marist poll. you can read the fine print there. biden is not ahead when you factor in the margin of error. now, as we have been

discussing for weeks now we may know who won the presidency the night of the election and that's perfectly okay. it happens with elections all the time, although fairly rarely with presidential elections. it's also possible that the early results will be misleading. let's take two states as our example. arizona and pennsylvania. two things to know. first, as a general rule and this is a broad brush, democrats are more likely to vote by mail while republicans are more likely to vote in person. here's the president backing me up on that. >> our voters are going to vote early, but they're really going to vote on tuesday. they want to wait until tuesday. that's what the tradition has been. at least the tradition with me happened last time, too. >> so, the second thing is different states have different rules on when their local election offices can start counting ballots. in arizona, it's two weeks before the election. so, they're already counting. at first it may look like

democrats are winning in arizona. that arizona is going to go blue. why? because the mail-in ballots were counted early. but as counties report their in-person voting, the state could then swing towards republicans. nothing suspicious happened, just two different systems of voting. now, in pennsylvania, they can't count until the day of the election. the mail-in ballots and they have hundreds of thousands that count. so, the walk-in vote, if you will, again, will tend to be republican. so, republicans may look like they're winning the state only to have the mail-in ballots finally counted and possible that that would be enough to swing the state towards democrats. just as in our arizona example, these things moving back and forth like this, that's not suspicious. that's just a sign of having two different voting systems. we'll be watching all this very carefully, of course. we'll be talking more about it on twitter. you can find me on twitter. i'm @scottmcgrew. it's all coming so quickly with five days to go until

decision 2020. the turnout continues to grow ahead of election day. more than 8 million people have already turned in their ballots. that's more than 36% of the state's registered voters. all this week, we've been bringing you the voices of bay area voters. this morning we're hearing conservative voters and what's driving them to the polls. let's get to "today in the bay" kris sanchez who you have been speaking to voez votethose vote. kris, what are they saying? >> a lot of times we go out on the street to get these interviews and hard to get people to talk about these issues. we had a lot of folks willing to talk with us, including some of the conservative voters. and because california generally sends all 55 of its electoral votes to the democratic candidate, you might wonder why they would show up at the polls during a presidential election. they say, the local issues are getting them talking. so, we are going to show you california by political party.

45% of californian voters are registered democratic. 24% are registered republican. 23% list no party preference. it could go either way. here in the bay area, the highest concentrations of republican voters are in solano and contra costa counties. which might not surprise you. the lowest in san francisco and in alameda counties which also might not surprise you. president trump lost california by 4 million votes in the last election, but he still comes to the bay area to raise money and certainly we see supporters showing up to welcome him. but with several issues on the ballot related to taxes and real estate and social change, republican voters told us that they feel that their voices can be heard at the state and local levels. we asked them and other voters about whether they expect any transfer of power will be peaceful, something that the president did not immediately commit to. >> i don't agree with everything he says but something like that, i think a peaceful transfer.

>> i have a feeling, though, it could be like they say, a week, that we know for sure. >> i do worry a little that, you know, people might not respect the election. >> i think there's going to be a big fallout in our country regardless of how it goes. >> it may not go as peacefully as it should. >> if i dwell on that, i'll get lost in all these conspiracies. >> well, certainly there are a lot of them out there. now, the national guard is already working this election. don't be alarmed. they're working behind the scenes monitoring cyber security and also working in plain clothes in those states that needed more poll workers. some of the states having a hard time because of coronavirus. however, governors can activate the national guard if violence erupts beyond what local law enforcement can handle. tomorrow, we're going to talk about the youth vote and if you need some motivation to finish filling out your ballot and get

it to your local elections office. we have a 19-year-old who voted for the first time. pretty darn cute. he says he felt really powerful. you'll want to hear what he has to say and what advice older voters have for first-time voters, as well. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, kris. if you have any problems while dropping off your ballot or voting on election day, let us know. head to nbcbayarea.com/votingproblems or also tweet us using the #weinvestigate. all right. moving to some sports news with a world series win starting to sink in for dodger fans, so are some of the questions. namely, why was dodgers justin turner allowed to return to the field and celebrate with his teammates sometimes without a mask even after he had tested positive for covid-19. when word came down in the seventh inning, turner was pulled from the game and told to isolate. he is not feeling any symptoms and did not come back on the team plane.

the league already told the union it is investigating and to expect repercussions. well, halloween just around the corner. trick or treating may be taking a back seat this year due to the pandemic. but you can still experience some chills by just hopping in your car. >> yeah, so, laura, look at this. check this out, guys. this is extreme express car wash on west end in san jose. owners transforming that into the tunnel of terror complete with creepy characters and slow dripping red soap. >> people come in not knowing anything and then come back in an hour with a car full of buddies and friends and kids because they are like, we have to show this. >> kids have been seeing this on social media and they really wanted to come and get scared. how did you guys like it? >> i loved it. >> kid approved. all right. the tunnel of terror goes through saturday night from 5:00 to 8:00. and $5 from every wash goes to st. jude's children's research hospital, as well. washing the car all for a good cause.

>> some of those people have to remember to close the windows, though. >> that is part of the horror. >> and i think we're safe to wash the cars these days, too. no rain in sight, kari? >> no rain in sight, but my kids do not like the car wash so that would make it even worse. i think they would be like basically scarred for life if we did that. let's get a look at our forecast as we get ready to head out and we had the east bay regional parks closed for the past couple of days due to high winds and today is going to be a great day for getting out there for a hike. we're starting out with temperatures in the mid 40s and chilly start and going to be so comfortable during the afternoon as we reach into the upper 70s and we're going to see a few low 80s. palo alto reach 77 degrees and some upper 60s in san francisco. checking out the forecast for this weekend. it's going to be clear. nice view of the moon, which will be a blue moon.

we call it that because it's the second full moon of the month and it's the first time since 2001 that we've had a full moon on halloween. so, that makes it even more spooky for us. let's get a look at this forecast. it will be in the upper 70s and low 80s. very chilly and don't forget to set your clock back one hour on your sunday morning. early next week, going to feel more like summer as we head into november. as we head over to you, mike, how is it looking right now for the morning commute? >> kari, things are looking pretty good. we have the traffic alert in the north bay. let's take you to the map and talk about why i didn't show that just before the last or just after the last commercial break. the traffic alert continues as far as the filed in the report but we have very little slowing towards marin city. i think activity on the shoulder but i think those lanes are clear. not clear here through san pablo west 80 still jammed up there but less flowing. may be just activity on the shoulder and also sounds like a

fire over head on the overpass but that has not been an issue for most of the folks in the area. i think that's out. this will help folks up there. that's why the bay bridge toll plaza looks like what we have here. noic b ibackup and no metering lights. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now for you this morning, some 600 strayed and abandon dogs and cats are now in seattle after being airlifted from hawaii. that move comes as animal shelters in hawaii struggle to adopt the animal s during the pandemic. they will be adopted within a few days. a quick look at the top stories we're following for you, including breaking news out of france. a deadly terror attack. new developments on the attacker and how police say he hunted down one victim. plus, hospitals here are on high alert. the threat the fbi says could bring them to a standstill at the height of fighting a pandemic. you're watching "today in the bay."

welcome back. 6:57 here is a quick look at the top stories we're following. >> it includes breaking news in a deadly terror attack out of nice, france. french police say three people died when someone with a knife attacked people in the church. this is new video into our newsroom. the victims we're told were

inside the church but the attacker hunted down and killed a woman who ran from the church. she was trying to get help. several other people were hurt. authorities arrested the suspect after the attack taking him to the hospital. we don't know the extent of his injuries. police are not searching for any other attackers. developing for you this morning, a warning for health care facilities everywhere as the pandemic rages on. cyber security experts say hackers are using ransom ware to lock up hospital information. cierra johnson is live in san francisco and the fbi calls this an imminent threat. >> good morning, that's exactly what they called it when they issued a joint statement with several other cyber agencies within the last 24 hours. five u.s. hospitals have already been hit by this ransomware. as you mentioned, it locks up the data specifically encrypting it requiring a key to unlock it. that key comes at a price. that's where ransomware comes from. the ap is reporting that

hospital operator ush has already been hit with ransomware and they operate a hospital here in fremont and already had to deal with some paperwork and some longer waits at the emergency room with some of the hospitals in the system. a grave warning for hospitals as we help treat those in the midst of a pandemic. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thank you, cierra. looking at nice weather for today as our highs reach into the low 80s in the inland valleys and nice weather through the weekend. how is it looking for the commute, mike? >> kari, still a little slow on the east shore freeway. 25 minutes at the top of your screen because of slowing through san pablo and much less than before. maybe a road side fire blocking your slowing. meanwhile, we'll look at the bay bridge toll plaza where even the slowing off of the 880 overcrossing hadn't cleared. no metering light there and no problem. good stuff, guys, coming across from oakland to san francisco.

>> there you go. light commute and a beautiful sunrise. that's going to do it for us on this thursday morning. >> yeah, thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. as we say, happy thursday to you. we'll see you back here tomorrow morning. "today" show is next. good morning. breaking overnight, roaring ashore. >> oh, my gosh! >> hurricane zeta racing up the east coast after making landfall in louisiana, causing deaths, damage, and power outages to more than a million people. even more destruction expected today. alill tell us what to expect, and he's now tracking snow in the forecast for the northeast. breaking news. terror in france. at least three people killed, others hurt, in a violent knife attack at a church in nice. the very latest in the live report straight ahead. florida faceff