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>> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, tuesday, november 5, 2024. today is the day. millions of voters from coast to coast are casting their ballots on this election day. this presidential race could be one of the closest in u.s. history. how both candidates are spending their days before the returns come in. vote to watch. we have our team fanned out across must-win states. what they're seeing and hearing from voters on the ground. protecting voters. law enforcement officials nationwide are on high alert today. the biggest threats they're monitoring and from whom. beyond our borders. the result of today's vote in the u.s. will impact way more than the united states. the consequences it could have on our closest allies and our adversaries. well, it is so good to be with you and in a different location today. >> yeah, we're at studio 1a

today for you. welcome. >> yes, so good to be with you, and we're going to start our coverage of election day 2024, somehow it's finally here. >> somehow. the presidential campaigns are over, and now it is up to the american people. voters have been lining up from coast to coast all day long. the first polls will close in a matter of hours. former president donald trump voted this morning in florida. the former president spoke to reporters after casting his ballot. >> i ran a great campaign. i think it was maybe the best of the three. we did great in the first one. we did much better in the second one. >> trump's running mate, senator j.d. vance, also voting this morning in ohio. >> vice president kamala harris is in washington, d.c. today. she voted by mail over the weekend. her running mate, governor tim walz, voted early last month. the vice president is urging everyone to get out and vote. >> that's what my focus is right now today, i must admit, which is making sure everybody knows the power of their voice through

their vote. >> it is important to note we may not know the winner of the presidential race tonight especially if it's close. election officials around the country are urging patience as all of the votes are counted. our decision 2024 coverage kicks off with the candidates. nbc news senior white house correspondent gabe gutierrez at howard university. and dasha burns at trump headquarters in west palm beach, florida. howard university a historically black university is the vice president's alma mater. she's expected to hold a to watch party there tonight. so how is the harris campaign feeling helping into these final hours? >> reporter: hi there. the harris campaign is cautiously optimistic at this point, but they're being careful not to be too optimistic. they're saying this is an extremely close race among the seven battlegrounds, but they are encouraged by some signs including the early vote, which they say in places like south

carolina has been predominantly for women, and they feel they're performing better with that demographic. vice president harris was in washington today and spent the morning calling it radio sessions, trying to get the message out and has stressed moment is on her side. that's what she told voters at a rally yesterday in pennsylvania. and howard university, her alma mater and a lost of history for her back in 2019 where she announced her presidential bid and told our interviewer today the first time she ever ran for elected office was here at howard university. so if she were to win, it would all come full circle. >> dasha, let me go to you. we also heard from the former president today. he's holding a to watch party in west palm beach. what's the feeling from trump insiders right now? >> reporter: well, look, they're projecting confidence internally similar to what gabe is, it's

cautious optimism. the former president at his rallies yesterday said he believes he has a 95% chance of winning. of course we've all been seeing the polls. it's very, very tight. 95% is overshooting it by quite a lot. but one of the things that his allies are pointing to is he has always done better than the polls set expectations for. and the fact that it is so close right now, they feel like is a really good sign for them. but the former president has also repeatedly cast doubt on the potential results of this election. he did that throughout his rallies yesterday, and he basically had this message out there that his supporters we talked to are very bought into, which is the only way he can lose is if there is cheating. he's especially sowing doubt about a process that could take a long time. if it takes longer than just tonight, which is very well could because let's be clear election laws in these states that are part of the process,

there's nothing nefarious there. but he's been sowing doubt about these things taking a long time. this morning, though, he was asked by our great jake trailer if he would concede if he lost, and he did say he would if it was fair and says he foals like so far it has been fair. so this mix of confidence but also sticking to that pattern of sowing some doubt without evidence, of course, there has been any cheating, which of course there's not been any evidence of, guys. >> we'll be heading to polling sites later this hour. appreciate all of that analysis. >> one of it most watched counties tonight will be maricopa county, arizona. >> just ache a look at these long lines in scottsdale, which is in that county. it's a similar scene we've been witnessing all day across the u.s. >> nbc's liz kreutz is in scottsdale for us.

and liz, voters are not only weighing in on the president but remind us what else is on that 2-page long ballot you've got? >> reporter: hey, guys, it's a very long ballot which is leading to long lines here at this polling location. we're at a very popular location here. you can see all these folks who have come out trying to make their last pitches to voters as they walk into this polling centerch the presidency obviously is something voters are voting on. biden won this state by just 10,000 votes in 2020. people are saying it could be just that tight this time around. voters are voting for senate. republican kari lake showed up at this location a couple of hours ago and she is running against ruben gallego. this is one of ten states nationwide where abortion is literally on the ballot, and time and time again we're hearing from voters who are saying that is the number one issue driving them to the polls.

where we are in scottsdale this is conservative area and voters time and time again say immigration is bringing them out to the polls as well, so oats expected to be very tight, guys. it. >> yeah a long ballot part of the reason of that long line you describe. i hear a party bus what's it looking like? >> this is a bus that has rented out a bachelorette style bus where they're shuttling people to and from the polling location. the trump train, that's what they've dubbed it, getting people and bringing them somewhere else. and they're allowing anybody on it. take a listen to this guy. he said he joined and he's not even voting for trump. you decided to hop on the bus? >> yeah, it was a free ride and in the spirit of just getting along with everybody's, i'm a kamala supporter but here i am on the trump train. >> reporter: just why? >> well, i'm with someone that

sees things differently than me, and we didn't want to get separated. >> reporter: now, this gentleman did say once he got taken to this other location, that location ended up having some printer problems. the printer ran out of ink and then it broke down, so it ended up taking just as long as if he had waited here, but, again, guys, all of these creative efforts in this creative battleground state and county. people say so goes maricopa county, so goes the state. all of these efforts to try to get every single vote out. >> and got a nice ride with some music from what i heard. >> it did look fun. >> and snacks. >> let's head now to another key battleground state, nevada. both presidential campaigns have spent time and money courting voters there especially latino voters. >> nbc correspondent joins us. you are the largest polling place in the largest county in nevada. how are things going there? >> reporter: yeah, this is a

pretty unusual polling place. by the way, the secretary of state and clark county put a lot of effort into making this a kind of destination polling place for people. there's music, activities. we're right off the las vegas strip, and it works. more than 1,000 people have voted here so far today, that's more than any other polling place in the county. and of course clark county has most of the population of las vegas. now, it's really been a mix of voters here the people i've been talking to. i've talked toachiual numbers of trump and harris supporters, which reflects how split this state is. i want to play you a little bit of sound from folks i've spoken to. take a listen. >> i kind of didn't want to vote for either, but i'm like we need change. i just feel like everything's getting so expensive, the cost of living. we have to work two jobs to make a living, and we don't think that's right. >> harris at least when it comes

to palestine and -- >> that's a major issue for you? >> definitely. >> reporter: registered republicans are a little bit ahead of registered democrats right now in turnout, but a big black box is independents. there's a plural altale of registered independents in nevada and we don't know at this point where they're going to vote. guys? >> david noriega, thanks so much. >> be sure to join us tonight for complete 2024 coverage. i want to remind you it starts at 5:00 p.m. eastern, 2:00 p.m. pacific. and picks up on your local state at 7:00 p.m. eastern time, 4:00 p.m. walgreens is paying $100 million to resolve a lawsuit.

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federal and local law enforcement officials are preparing the possibility of political violence. >> already the fbi says bomb threats have been made to polling locations in several different states, and the agencies also debunking a fake news clip that claimed the fbi was telling people to, quote, vote remotely due to terror threats. joining us now nbc news law enforcement and intelligence correspondent tom winter alongside nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley. tom, i'll start with you. what dee we know about these bomb threats? i think we're calling them noncredible bomb threats in georgia. >> that's right, kate, that's because it's been investigated by the fbi and officials in georgia. they put out a statement from the fbi atlanta field office which we can show you effectively saying they're aware of bomb threats to polling locations not only in georgia but different locations these threats as well people reporting them, and they all appear to originate from russian e-mail

domains. it's possible for people to spoof where they're coming from. i think for the fbi to say that they have to have done investigation that they believe in their eyes perhaps it's credibly from those demesnes and perhaps from russia itself. >> tom just mentioned this threat in georgia seems to have come from a russian e-mail domape. what are we seeing in term of foreign adversaries ini think of russia in this election versus years prior. >> i just heard that exact same question, zinhle, to a senior advisor at sisa. they're the chief security agency overseeing national threats to our elections. i said, look, you called russia the chief adversary threat in this election. remember we hadeds of this going back to the 2016 election that russia tries to meddle, sow chaos, distrust in the election in order to sow chaos in the united states. they said, yes, right now russia what they're doing, this meddling is on a greater scope

and scale than they've seen in previous elections. and out of all the foreign adversaries when you look at russia, china, and iran, that russia shows the greatest degree of sophistication. they say they're doing things like reaching out on messaging apps to specifically target certain demographics of americans with false information, creating fake news websites. they have lists that go on and on and dozens of domains that are created by russia to try to appear as if they're real news organizations, sometimes even being very local to try to target voters to make them think that they're seeing something that isn't actually true like those videos. >> and, tom, as you scan the country right now, what other potential threats are law enforcement officials monitoring? >> there's been political violence this year. as we all well know the two attempts on donald trump but there's been a lot of political violence we've seen around the globe. we've seen it in both hemispheres. we've seen it in europe, seen it in africa. i think the big question here as

we move forward is what can we expect in the next 24 hours? and i think there's two things going on right now. one, an awful lot of threats that continue to come in and arrests made in the last 24 hours people threatening polling workers or polling locations and that's been high. my colleague knows that all too well crisscrossing the country and having to protect themselves from the anticipated violence they could get. and that leads us really to the second component, which is this idea if we go forward if there's some sort of question where it takes time for results to come in, takes time for news organizations or states to call those the disinformation julia talked about whether it be from foreign actors such as russia or in the united states, that could ramp up and push people to violence. that's something we're going to be watching going forward. >> julia, briefly, this can all feel so existential. what can an individual do if

they see something online they're not sure about or at a polling station? >> i asked that question to a sisa director just last wook and she said we should look to our polling officials. about those bomb threats that allegedly which from russia, he was able to get out before it far before because they want to leave this stoostate and locals. that is what they believe will give the most trust to voters, there's no federal overreach here in terms of deciding what's true and what's not true about elections. >> okay, julia ainsley and tom winter, thank you for your reporting. we appreciate it. still ahead why hasn't america put a woman in the white use? use? anhod [achoo!] needs, alka seltzer plus cold & flu when speed is what you need, bounce back fast with alka seltzer plus. also try the new chewable fizzy chews.

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the day is in oakland. the good news is, every california voter gets a ballot in the mail, and you could use any ballot drop box in the state and the polls across the bay area will stay open until 8:00 tonight. nbc bay area's bob redell continues our coverage in san jose at the santa clara registrar of voters. the polls are officially open this election day. you can see a small line of voters here at the office of the registrar of voters in santa clara county. this is their main headquarters in san jose. we got evelyn mendez here with the office. good morning to you. happy election day. you were saying that you were expecting to see more in-person voting? yes this year compared to the last major election. why is that? i think people are excited to be part of the process and to actually go into a vote center and experience all of it. so, yeah. does this have anything to do with the fact that we're not in covid anymore? i mean, i think that's a that's a factor because people are getting their ballots. you know, faster during covid and they were mailing them in. but they want to experience this historic election very

important for us to get our vote in. obviously, it's maybe the most consequential election that i can think of in my lifetime. so i want to make sure that we get our votes in today. first time i vote as a citizen, we have been here for ten years, and then i could vote for a woman who hopefully will be the president. and there is a lot going on in california as well. so even locally that meant a lot. what are you feeling this morning? i think relief, i honestly think it's relief. i think i think the people are kind of feeling bombarded. so i think it'll be nice to get it over with. my last question, what do you say to somebody who is eligible to vote but isn't registered or is registered and for whatever reason, isn't coming out to vote? what would you say to that person? our message is if you're 18 or if you're 100, your vote counts just equally. so make sure that you make your voice heard. evelyn, thank you very much. polls stay open until 8:00 tonight here in san jose, bob redell nbc bay area news. thank you. a red flag warning is in effect because of the high winds and dry conditions. meteorologist kari hall has the details. our high temperatures

today will be nice and mild in the low to mid 70s with a mix of sun and clouds, but the main concern we have will be the high winds that we will see picking up going into tomorrow. and it starts out at 11 a.m. so overnight into early tomorrow morning, that's when we will see the peak of these winds that will gust over 50mph. and some of the hills and mountains, even in the valleys. we're looking at about 25 to 45 mile per hour winds coming in from the north and extremely low humidity. so we will continue with this concern and this threat across the bay area. and we're talking about the impacts and when we will see conditions improve in our 7-day forecast coming up next. all right kari, thanks so much. and election history will be made today in the east bay. it's the first time some students under 18 will be eligible to vote. 16 and 17 year olds in the oakland and berkeley unified school districts can vote in their school board elections. about 1200 teens have registered to vote. we did talk

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coverage coming up, but first we want to check in on some of the other stories making headlines on "nbc news daily." >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has fired his defense minister, yoav gallant. in a statement today netanyahu claimed full trust is needed between the prime minister and the minister of defense. gallant posted on social media saying in part that the security of the state of israel was and will always remain the mission of his life. a new defense minister is already set to take his place. after a strike that lasted more than seven weeks union machinists at boeing have now come to a new deal with boeing. the new contract will give workers a 39% wage increase over the course of four years. the boeing machinists voted 59% in favor of deal. it was the union's third vote since aircraft production had halted back in september. boeing employees must return to work by november 12th. and former nfl star jason

kelce is apologizing for smashing a fan's cellphone. the video was caught on camera shortly after kelce appeared on espn. video showed a fan using a home phobic slur to insult jason's brother, travis, and his relationship with pop star taylor swift. jason kelce responded by grabbing the fan's phone and smashing it onto the ground. kelce later apologized last night on espn saying that he is not prod of what he did. all right, let's get right back to election day. polls are open in all 50 states now and washington, d.c. >> both the former president trump and harris campaigns have spent a lot of time in north carolina with its 16 electoral votes up for grabs. and that's where we find nbc news correspondent antonia hilton outside a polling place in raleigh, north carolina. antonia, a democratic presidential candidate has not won north carolina since 2008. both campaigns have spent a lot of time and resources there. so what are you hearing from voters as they go to cast their

ballots? >> reporter: well, zinhle, there's an immense amount of excitement here and some nerves from voters on all sides, i'll tell you one of the issues that keeps coming up time and again is abortion and women's reproductive recognizes, and this is a state where there is a new restriction in place that the lawmakers put in place not long ago. it is something that is motivating a lot of people, and in a statement there are a lot of unaffiliated middle of the road, moderate voters, people who care about issues like abortion but may not necessarily be -- you know, have an affinity for either of the two major parties. that is going to be a major factor if the democrats end up making history tonight certainly because they brought those people into their coalition. they were able to turn out historic levels of black voters and young voters here. take a listen to some of the conversations we've had with a kamala harris supporter and former president trump supporter. did you think about your kids as you made your decision?

>> yeah, i did. i have a daughter, and i think she should be making decisions for herself and her life just like everybody else. >> still don't know what to look for. and even what all the presidents are for, nobody actually filled whatever they promised completely. it's just like a win-lose situation. >> reporter: a lot of talk no action? >> pretty much. pretty much. >> reporter: the last voter you met there made a late break for former president trump, but i'll say, you know, it's very much mixed here because we've met others who have done the same and gone for harris, zinhle. >> antonia hylton, thank you so much. >> we want to take you to washington, d.c. right now because we have some video coming in of vice president harris visiting a phone bank there, where people are making phone calls on her behalf. it's interesting because we haven't seen her after last night after midnight at that big rally in philadelphia.

now we see it looks like she's making a phone call herself. let's listen in. >> thank you so very much. it's so important that everybody participate, and i thank you because i'm sure you had a lot of other things you could be doing, but taking that time is important. so thank you for that. you enjoy your day, okay? >> appearing to make a stop at the dnc phone bank, and of course we're expecting to see her later today at howard university, her alma mater. >> right, that's where her to watch party will be as results come in. stay with us. now we're going to turnover seas. it's global. >> around the world people are watching, waiting to see who the next leader of the united states will be. americans are voting amid multiple international crises, of course, the consequences of today's vote could reach far beyond our borders from the middle east to russia to ukraine and beyond. nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons joins

us now from dubai. keir, there are two wars raging, international crises going on, our next president will have to deal with all of that. what do you hear from people outside and how they're looking at this election? >> reporter: i will tell you this election to the world may be unlike an american election for a generation. it's not just a difference ipstyles between president trump -- former president trump and vice president harris. she, of course, a west coast lawyer. he very transactional in his foreign affairs. we know that from his last administration. but as you mentioned, it's about what's going on in the world. it's about the conflicts here in the middle east, a conflict in ukraine. we saw in 2019 kim jong-un of north korea standing alongside former president trump. now he's pictured standing alongside nuclear centrifuges.

it's about the competition with china, the continuing crisis around taiwan, the clashes between that american partner, the philippines and china in the ocean there. and i could just go on and on. there are so many issues, and all of them are going to be in the next president's inbox. so the world is watching. frankly, the world is biting its collective fingernails. different parts of the world wants different sides to win even american adversaries like iran, russia, and china we're told have different views, but everybody knows this is important. >> and keir, can we dig into that american adversaries point you brought up i think of russia, china, iran, what are they saying about this election? what have you learned? >> reporter: well, we do have analysis. a company called filter labs, a u.s. company that sifts through social media and state television outputs and uses a.i. and analysts, they say that the

russian side is really leaning towards president trump. the iranian side more towards harris, and china really kind of in the middle but still wanting to -- knowing that this is important, and of course, in china's case there's an interest, honestly, in beijing to see america diminished. so you're right, it is right. and we have been in those countries and we've spoken to people on the street and it's reflected in the opinions of people on the street. it is right that they have different views. but, again, everybody is clear that the vote that america is engaged in today is going to have an impact globally. >> absolutely. keir simmons reporting on the global response to election day in dubai. thank you. >> even before we know the results this election cycle has been historic in a lot of ways. >> one of the biggest, the prospect that america could soon

have its first female president. nbc capitol hill correspondent ali vitali is in studio with us. >> you wrote a book on the topic. it's called "electable why america hasn't put a woman in the white house yet." the yet is important. here we are on election day, and i don't want to be partisan about this. nobody knows who's going to win tonight, but does it feel that there's a possibility there, and why? >> it definitely feels there's a possibility there because it's a 50-50 race, and so it is at this point a toss up of who wins the presidency, and that means that kamala harris is once again potentially within striking distance. i say once again because we saw this same situation in 2016. hillary clinton making history as the first woman to win a major party nomination. here's the difference for kamala harris. she is not the first to ever be in this position. that helps. and there have also been a lot of other women who have vied for the presidency. yes, hillary clinton.

yes, people like elizabeth dole and others before her. but also the fact you had six women running in the 2020 presidential primary letting people imagine what they've never seen before, and she being the vice president, too, has done more work in putting the bricks in that road. >> ali, beyond the record of other women who have run for office before, you're not new to this. you covered harris when she first had her bid for the white house i wonder is he operating differently at all? what have you witnessed? >> she herself is a much more confident candidate. she had a tough road, a lot of criticism for her. some of it was fair, some of it wasn't. as i wrote in my book one of the things people thought about then when you're damned if you do, damned if you don't so often in your career, sometimes it's hard to trust your gut. what has happened in this white house over the course of his presidency, she's learned to trust her gut. there's such an authenticity to

being a woman, talking about abortion care at this moment that allows to be a top issue for her and also an energizing issue around the country. >> let me ask you this. whether she wins or not tonight, could it help a future woman, what she's done so far at this point be sort of a road map for a woman of any party? >> absolutely. for any woman who runs for the presidency or any office they are knowingly putting the bricks in the road for those who come after them. we often talk about the high wire act female candidates have to walk. >> the double standard. >> the double standard. but i will tell you the media is more primed to call this stuff out in a way i didn't necessarily see in 2020 and i don't remember seeing in 2016. so that's a sign of progress in and of itself, the way we're allowing women to run and potentially win by their own merits. and the way she's running leans into that. she's not talking about breaking glass ceilings. she's not talking about being the first. she's just saying, hey, this is my issue set, this is why i

think you should vote for me and why i want to win. still ahead, the road to the white house has been a long and winding one. >> i'll tick you through all the bumps and the turns,

believe it or not, we've officially reached the finish line in campaign season, and sometimes i think it felt like a blur. >> even bewe know the results this election is already shaping america's future. >> we believe in the promise of america. >> our country will be bigger, better, boulder. >> it's an election fight that looks much different than when it began nearly two years ago to the day. >> america's comeback starts right now. >> former president donald trump locked in the republican nomination with ease, defeating a parade of challengers, and battling a slew of legal cases. >> that is 34 felony counts here, all guilty verdicts. >> this unprecedented for a former american president to be criminally convicted. >> this was a rigged, disgraceful trial. >> his supporters undeterred, believing trump could best tackle the economy and immigration. >> i'm the only one in history who got indicted and my numbers went up. >> initially set for a rematch

against president joe biden. >> i'm still the only person that can beat donald trump. >> they made history as the oldest presidential candidates ever in a major election, a concern for voters and whispers about biden's mental fitness soon grew louder. >> the special counsel referred to the president as a, quote, sympatheting, well-meaning, and elderly man with a poor memory. >> my memory's fine. >> but that first presidential debate in june setoff three weeks of unprecedented political upheaval. >> look, if -- we finally beat medicare. >> the night got off to a tough start for president biden. >> i think it's a legitimate question to say is this an episode or is this a condition? >> calls for biden to suspend his re-election campaign were sidelined by an unthinkable twist. >> this is an nbc news special report. >> take a look at what

happened -- [ gunshots ]. >> the 45th president of the united states injured but alive. >> all of this unfolding with republicans gathering to officially nominate donald trump at their convention. >> with his ear bandaged, the remember former president making an emotional entrance just two days after the attempt on his life. >> when donald trump rose to his feet on that pennsylvania field, all of america stood with him. >> i stand before you in this arena only by the grace of almighty god. >> that same week president biden testing positive for covid. >> news broke of different democratic leaders calling for the president to step aside. >> my fellow americans -- >> days later the president ending his re-election bid. >> i love this office but i love my country more. >> upending the race with just over 100 days until the

election. >> we choose freedom. >> democrats quickly energized by their first female nominee of black and indian descent. harris showing strength on the issues of abortion rights and protecting democracy. >> ours is a fight for the future. trump pivoting to his new opponent. >> i didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black. >> a convention coronation in august. >> kamala harris is going to stand up and fight for your freedom to live the life that you want to lead. >> i accept your nomination to be president of the united states of america. >> trump and harris would meet for the first time in their only debate. >> i've never seen a worse period of time. people can't go out and buy cereal or bacon or eggs or anything else.

>> the government and certainly not donald trump should be telling a woman what to do with her body. >> and this famous falsehood. >> they're eating the dogs, the people that came in. they're eating the cats. >> the vice presidential debate striking a different tone. >> i agree with a lot of what senator vance said about what's happening. >> and i think governor walz and i actually probably agree. >> but the dangers of our nation's divisiveness still on display. >> the fbi said there's been another attempt on former president trump's life. >> amid one of the closest presidential races ever. >> i'm a gun owner, too. >> i think the bigger problem is the enemy from within. >> the razor thin margin bringing out bold faced names. >> vice president kamala harris. >> president trump must win. >> podcast interviews taking center stage and trump's dance party going viral. and his madison square garden

rally sparking controversy. >> there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. yeah, i think it's called puerto rico. >> amid the fallout the trump campaign seizing on a biden gaffe. >> the only garbage i see floating out there are his supporters. >> harris on this hot mic moment talking to governor gretchen whitmer about male voters, while trump tries to win over more women. >> whether women like it or not, i've got to protect them. >> after so many firsts, the last days of a campaign season like no other and a reminder of what's most important. >> get everyone you know you have to do it, you have to vote, vote, vote. >> your vote is your voice, and >> your vote is your voice, and your voice is your ( ♪♪ ) asthma. it can make you miss out on those epic hikes with friends. step back out there with fasenra. fasenra is an add-on treatment for eosinophilic asthma that is taken once every 8 weeks.

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mayor has made a case that she has already laid the groundwork for the revitalizing, for revitalizing the city. will everybody come back together and support whoever the mayor is? no, that's not how we do it here. we will continue to fight amongst ourselves. but a good issue can always win the day when somebody you don't like as mayor proposes something you do like as an initiative. in san francisco, we generally get together and support that. okay, so san francisco uses ranked choice voting. that means voters rank the candidates one through ten, with one being their first choice. if a candidate gets more than half of the first choice votes when ballots are counted, we have a winner. but if no one gets a majority, the candidate with the least votes is eliminated, and then election officials look at second choice votes. this process continues until one candidate wins the majority of the vote. well, the bay area is under a red flag warning this week. low humidity and strong winds are causing a high fire danger. here's meteorologist kari hall with the details. on this election day,

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