>> live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. one day after the election, two of the bay area's biggest

cities are counting votes for their next mayor. we have an idea on who was leading, and who's not giving up yet. and the balance of power of u.s. congress is still up in the air. what both parties are saying about election night >> continue with several high-profile races. kpix 5's anne makovec is tracking those races. >> we are talking big, mayoral races, and we may not get a nursing pick stopped by the election services in santa clara county where workers are still hard at work counting. san jose city council matt mahan is leading, and the next

update is coming in about two hours pick both candidates are preaching unity as they await results. spirit >> mayor ricardo spent $1 million telling people that destroyed record, that something we need to discuss pick we don't want to discourage people from running for office. >> we will have to come together after the selection to solve problems. whichever one of us is ultimately mayor is going to have to bring people together and put forward pragmatic solutions and be accountable for results. spot oakland, meanwhile, still counting votes to see which of the 10 candidates will replace mayor libby schaaf. taylor is leading with councilmember chen thao . next results not

coming until 5:00 p.m. this afternoon pick in a statement, she says she is optimistic for the final outcome. she has been proud about how the campaign has been run. >> jenkins is declaring victory to remain san francisco's da, although there are a lot of votes left to be counted. after three rounds of ranked choice voting and the voting process, jenkins has more than an 56% of the vote pick we saw her on the streets today, she and mayor london breed were in chinatown, this morning, they were out to promote business in the area. and though the race is not over yet, jenkins says the early returns really show that voters approve of her reforms. >> they truly understand, i think, that we can have both. we can have somebody who has the necessary reforms we need to to make the system more

fair, but ensure there is accountability for those who choose to commit crimes in our city. specked the city's election department says it will be releasing the next round of results around 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. we will be there. two , prop 26 in prop 27 lost, and lost big. one would have expanded gambling options, the other would have allowed you to make a bet on your phone. prop 26 lost by a 40% margin . that would have allowed sports betting and casinos of certain racetracks, it would have also offered well and i schemes. its companion, prop 27, would have taken it a step further and legalized online sports betting for both tribes and online gambling companies. it also would have allowed gamblers to that bet on award shows. supporters of

prop 30 included oakland mayor libby schaaf , and they said it would have funded much needed climate projects. that was the sell to you the voter pick governor gavin newsom posted, saying it would have funneled money to lyft that would have let it buy more electric cars. a ban the california legislature dealt with in 2020. let's talk about first california , and michigan, and vermont pick we all approved measures aimed at protecting abortion rights. kentucky voters rejected an initiative to change their state constitution to say there is no right to abortion pick they tried, it failed pick the state is bannon almost all abortions, but this vote is a victory for abortion rights groups . in montana, where abortion is

legal, voters considered criminal charges for healthcare workers that do not try and save an infant or fetus we so far there is no projection on that one, so we are watching it closely . let's talk about the balance of power in congress, and right now at this hour, it remains to be settled. we are watching us control of the house and senate are still up for grabs as of 3:00. natalie brand is live with where they pulled off games, but no red wave like they talked about. >> that's right, reed. it is something president biden noted in his remarks this afternoon, that democrats had a strong night, and republicans did not have the sweeping victory set they expected, but the president did acknowledge that americans are frustrated, particularly with the economy, and he vowed to work across

the aisle and would soon be inviting congressional leaders to the white house. election workers continue to count ballots at some of the nation's closest races. democrats are touting a better than expected election night. >> you guys were talking us losing about 30-50 seats we that's nowhere near, that's not going to happen. >> john fetterman winning in a democratic pickup, but other key senate races are still considered tall subs, including nevada and georgia. election officials in the peach state say that race will be decided in a december 6th runoff pick >> ballots are being built and counties are making preparations. specs senate republican ron johnson will projected lay hold onto his seat. it leans democratic with votes still being counted. cbs news projects the u.s. house

is leaning republican with some of the most competitive races not yet called. >> we will be in the majority and nancy pelosi will be in the minority. republicans were expecting a red wave, but that did not materialize, and joe gop candidates backed by former president trump had mixed results. >> people are frustrated from the baggage in the cloud that surrounds any type of term campaign. spike exit polling said their vote was to oppose trump, who is announcing a 2024 run next week. >> and during the question/answer portion of the quest president's remarks, he intends to run again in 2024 regardless of what the outcome of the midterms are, but he also said he doesn't feel any hurry despite what his predecessor does, reed. >> it's been a night of

interesting results. for our viewers, the election deniers, questioning the validity of that election. how did they perform last night? >> well we know that dozens of these gop candidates, who questioned the 2020 election results won their races, but there are a number of races that are still being counted that have not yet been projected. and there were also some very high profile losses, particularly at the statewide level, when you are looking at some of these gubernatorial candidates, one of the gubernatorial races we have been closely watching is the one in arizona, where you had a very outspoken gop candidate, who is a trump loyalist, and also known as an election denier, kari lake. katie

hobbs has a slight edge , and we have been saying it was leaning democratic at this hour, it's considered a tossup . so we will have to continue to keep a close eye on that one. >> we know that lake has cast concerns on whether the election was run properly there or not. but pizza unites us all . we wish you great rest after such a hard night of work. thank you so much from san francisco, natalie. let's move on. we brought you six hours of election coverage last night on-air and on-line. local races on to 11 and our streaming service, cbs news bay area , national races on kpix 5 . and we are watching oakland, we are watching other races around the country. find updates right here on cbs news bay area, cbs

news bay area, and on kpix.com. still had, thousands of bay area tech workers are out of a job. the layoffs at meta, and how the company ceo is shouldering the blame . plus new numbers on plastic pollution and how much of it affects northern california wales . in the wake of the rain the past couple days, still some lingering clouds at their on this wednesday afternoon, but also, bright blue skies, just no pollution in the atmosphere right now

more tech layoffs to report, today. menlo park based meta cutting more than 11,000 workers, that's 13% of their workforce . in a letter to employees released overnight, mark zuckerberg takes responsibility for the job cuts, telling employees he boosted staffing and investment because he anticipated higher revenue growth at the start of the pandemic," , i got this wrong, this , not afton after even a week of twitter cutting employees. >> meta is just kind of the latest victim here. the revenue outlook is lower than expected, and like a lot of other tech companies they are looking to operate more efficiently. so meta really is the latest victim in this trend we've seen with a lot of tech companies like twitter.

>> that was a tech expert by the way. salesforce also cutting jobs on a smaller scale . that company confirmed laid off fewer than 10,000 workers on monday. and we have a look at how the stock market fared today, a day after elections. down all around. the dow dropped 646 points. the nasdaq fell 262, s&p 500, 79. we are learning more about how plastic pollution affects ocean life. a new stanford study shows how much has been eaten by our worlds largest creatures. john ray must looks at how 10 million pieces of micro plastics per day may be ending up in the bellies of blue wales in monterey bay. >> creating plastic pollution can be as innocent as doing a load of laundry, throw some synthetic fabrics into the washing machine, and some of the fibers will get washed down the drain and out into the

ocean. it is those tiny specks grove . spike the thing that surprised me is there was no information out there from living animals, from living wales, as to how much water they filter or how much they eat, and both of those things are absolutely critical to get at this question of how much plastic the wales are eating. >> so they began following the blue and humpback wales in monterey bay. they used drones and high tech sensors to track movements and eating patterns of the wales, and they are truly world-class eaters . >> they eat hundreds of millions of tons of food in the ocean, more than our entire global marine fisheries catch for all the seafood we eat the blue wales ate more than that. >> blue wales are consuming as much is 95 pounds of plastic each day, perhaps 1 billion pieces in the courses of one

feeding season. but, much of that is coming from the wales main food supply, the tiny sea creatures that are, themselves, ingesting plastics on a microscopic level . another member of the research team, dr. f. said he was stunned by the contrast in scales. >> that is what was surprising, these krill and things ti particles are getting enough in them that can magnify in these wales to get these extraordinary numbers. it's amazing. all of this is so new that no one knows how it's affecting the wales , if at all . so for the whale population worldwide is doing pretty well come about whether they will pay a future price for man's absorption and obsession of plastic , remains to be answered. >> if you have a charismatic animal that is ingesting a lot

of this pollution, it possibly could be affected by it. we don't know to what degree, that might galvanize people as saying we care about this, and we are going to do something about it. >> john ramose, kpix 5. >> first alert weather now, it's like a postcard at soda springs. the conditions have calmed down for now. and we know that melts and may contribute to water, for us, paul. meanwhile it's something which theyarhave s as well ow on the grou before thanksgiviin erraect to ofow and tw fe at e ridg viously we are hoping there is much more on the way to help to build up that snowpack as we go in terms of rain around the bay we hit the ball must 3 inches

at ben lomond. almost 1 1/2 inches . high pressure is building in the upper levels of the atmosphere, which means sunshine. still cool, but sunshine overhead on thursday. i keep thinking in my head it's thursday, that throws you off the rest of the week. more clouds and sunshine on veterans day for friday, and approaching cold front is the change in the forecast. we are tracking a chance of better showers that will be heading your way friday night into saturday. tonight, clear skies overheads . it will be chilly out there throughout the day tomorrow. the clouds are going to thicken as we head through tomorrow night. any hint of moisture will be trying to move into the north bay, already, friday evening. as we

wind the clock forward into saturday, another wave of moisture trying to move in from the northwest. this is a new feature in the forecast models. they are forecasting this 12 hours ago. we willconsistent picture. we are trending upward. a mix of clouds and nsghnow, upper 50s arou0s, low normal this time of year. tonight it will be frosty, inland valleys dropping the mid to upper thursday 30s, , all inland parts of the bay area are under a frost adviser. if you have out door vegetation you don't want to lose for the season you want to cover that up or bring it inside and make sure animals have a warm place to snuggle up. that will be necessary to the rest of the winter, just start getting into that habit. we are a good six or seven degrees below average, not much variation. mid-50s,

and everybody else, upper 50s and low 60s. the south bay, inland, and east bay, next to the water in the east bay, golden gate, upper 60s. if you want additional changes you will have to go farther north where we want hit but 50s for much of the area. we have a chance it of showers on saturday, steady temperatures of the next couple days, then we will see more sunshine emerging for the second half of the weekend into early next week. even the warmest days, monday and tuesday , we will still be below average for the middle of ere start thsecond half of their season. vern glenn shows you their standings in the nfc. >> this is the red and gold report . >> 4-4 record, after the bye week , and a top contender for the super bowl. 10-1 odds, currently , according to bet

online, only behind the eagles, bills, and chiefs. eric feels pretty good about their chances. >> we are gelling at the right time. i think our team is made for november and december football. >> with the red and gold report, i am vern glenn. still ahead, together for our neighbors. we will look at this bay area volunteer effort to rebuild homes. remember you can watch us anytime anywhere on our streaming service, cbs news bay area. catch all our live newscasts, plus news and weather updates throughout the

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i say it all the time, we need each other, we've got to come together, and we have examples of that. this is a story of neighbors helping neighbors in the community of daly city, volunteers team up to help senior citizens with repairs . they cleaned up

landscaping and fences and ramps and got to know each other. all of it was maintenance that have been put off because homeowners were living on fixed incomes or had health albums. >> having people to step up and see we are here for you and we are here for the neighborhood, we recognize that prices are going up, and seniors need support. and so this is just amazing to see this is happening. just really amazing. >> for the helpers, since launching rebuilding together, approximately 250 homes were made safer for our neighbors in need. so we know it can be tough to snap a good photo, especially of kids, and in this case, a furry kid. coming up, what's behind these shot

coming up at 5:00, the holidays are fast approaching. problem is, cold and flu season is here already. experts will show you how we can gather safely to celebrate. we've got a story and more with liz cook and ryan yamamoto at 5:00. recently it was picture day for the mountain view police department, and the chief shared a pretty funny series of photos we want to share with you today. for one officer and canine team apparently they had taken away the dogs' favorite toy [ laughter ] i've had that look . that's the result. one of them is smiling. only one. hopefully the dog got his toy back >> they are very attached, so those working dogs, the toys, usually they are a reward for doing whatever it is they're

supposed to do. and they live for that thing. if you take it away, like, why? >> and we want to let you know we are looking at a fire oakland. captioning sponsored s >> o'donnell: tonight, the breaking news, president joe biden declaring the election resultaise good day for democracy, as control of congress still hang in addition the balance. plus our new reporting on republicans blaming donald trump for falling short. president joe biden and his party breathing a sigh of relief tonight. >> the democrats had a strong night. i am so optimistic about the prospects for america. >> o'donnell: cbs' nancy cordes at the white house. will the president run for reelection? >> watch me. >> o'donnell: breaking news-- hurricane nicole barrels towards florida, schools, airports, closed, as the storm gains strength. elise preston is in the sunshine state.

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