kevin paffrath, kevin faulk there and kevin kiley. >> we have live team coverage all across california tonight from the state capitol to the central valley and all the way down to san diego. kron 4 is your local election headquarters. so stay with us all night long as we provide you with all the latest results. so first let's go and pick up our team coverage with proffers dan thorn who is live for us in sacramento tonight where governor newsom is also spending the evening as he awaits the results. dan. what's the latest? >> well, vicki, the newsome camp is probably feeling pretty good considering those recent polling numbers that you mentioned. but of course this race is not over yet. the biggest threat to getting the governor out of working out of the state capitol here in sacramento would be the conservative talk show host larry elder. and because of that threat, democrats have been asking people to get out and to vote because of all of this that's been happening. the big reasons for this

go ahead kevin paffrath. >> no worries there so much excitement over solutions. t do. i appreciate kevin kiley also relates we need a governor who needs to do something or we have a failed leader. my opinion gavin newsom is fly too. there's a pile of poop he doesn't want to pick up buddies catching a few flies say he's cap solving problems what we need massive state white action from a governor to solve the homeless crisis by the sheriff's corrective got to deal the mental health problem by providing services, providing drug services, providing places where homeless can go so they do not have to wait six months to get it mental health evaluation. they get services today and that we need a governor to lead that change not sit around trying to fear monger larry elder. kennedy: so, just let me ask you this. because there is plenty of a revenue in california paid the surplus. i'm sorry $20 billion. just got $80 billion from the federal government with the covid money. so they have got enough money but they are obviously misspending it. how has gavin newsom mismanaged

democrat kevin paffrath came in second with 11%. evin faulconer and democrat brandon ross with 6%. >> also with us, larry elder got off the stage in orange county a few minutes ago. we both listened tom speech. it is not like this is the end. >> this was not a regular election so this was not a traditional concession speech. larry elder as we said, just got off the stage a few minutes ago. elder did not congratulate the governor. he did admit though that they lost the battle but immediately followed it with, we will certainly win the war. >> we are forcing them now to pay attention to the problems. we are forcing them to do a better job on schools. we are forcing them to do a better job on clearing our forests. we're forcing them to do a better job with energy. to pay attention to what they should have paid attention on two years ago. >> elder who made claim of unsubstantiated fraud before the campaign began made no mention of that in his speech. with a hint of a possible run in the next election, he finished his speech by saying sta

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expected, leading the charge of those who are against gavin newsom with 6500 votes or so followed by kevin paffrath who is a democrat and kevin faulkner, the former mayor of san diego. so already some interest building on this recall election day. despite the polling numbers that have been showing governor newsome keeping his job. a number of republicans say they are feeling optimistic about the outcome of today's recall election kron 4 shot the call live for us at the grant green saloon in san francisco were bay area. republicans are watching the results come in and he has somebody to talk to about that. jon, isn't. >> yeah. joining us right now to talk about those numbers as well the republican angle of this recall election is john did is he is the chairman. >> of the san francisco bay area republican john, thanks so much for joining us. first you saw those first early numbers rolling believe it was 72% in favor of keeping the governor in office. your thoughts early on seeing those numbers. and are you cautiously optimistic about the night ahead. well, i i think we have a long and we may have lon

nobody else even close to that democratic candidates, john drake and kevin paffrath follow with 6% eachublicans, kevin faulkner, john and caitlyn jenner are all at or near the bottom of the polling. >> and it's challenge they are hitting the campaign trail today as well, trying to make their final pleas to the voters today businessman john. he was in the north bay where he spoke outside the french laundry restaurant in youngsville. these are pictures his campaign posted to the twitter account. governor newsome, of course, came under fire when he attended a birthday gatherings. the upscale restaurant with several other families last year during a time that the public was banned to do the same because of covid-19 restrictions. meantime, the front runner among nuisance, challengers. larry elder will complete his bus tour with several stops in southern california today. he is scheduled to visit monterey park. a deli in downtown la and in san pedro near long beach. well, elder has a big lead among other candidates on the ballot to replace newsom if he's recalled polls show the majority of re

democratic candidates, john drake and kevin paffrath follow with 6% each republicans, kevin faulkner, john, caitlin jenner are all at or near the very bottom and we should note that these polls, of course not always on target mchugh and adds that he'll be watching any margin of victory for new some very closely tonight. is he just squeaking by or does he convincingly win. the queue and says a margin of 14 points or more would be considered a solid landslide in his mind if it's be even bigger than that. it could certainly boost newsom's national standing here. this is a guy who's been on a bit of a roller coaster was no touted for his initial handling of the pandemic. california had great numbers. that of course, multiple shutdowns. some business leaders didn't like that. the i think the french laundry bit the wildfire, a controversy homelessness is still raging problem. so if he can overcome all that. stay in office. who knows what his political future could be. we'll say for sure. won't be long now thanks a grant. you bet. >> to try to replace newsom. we've talked conservative radio

according to one poll, the frontrunner is 29-year-old youtube influencer kevin paffrath. ( as youtuber do you wanna see me enact? hit me up in the comments! like and subscribe! byeee!" ( laughter ) paffrath is a democrat, but last night, there was a republican debate, which featured an interesting moment for former gubernatorial nominee and man who's somehow whiter than his shirt, john cox. in the middle of the debate, cox was interrupted: >> i want to give a shoutout first to my fellow-- >> john cox, you've been served, san diego superior court. >> stephen: he was served legal papers while he was debating. it's the most embarrassing delivery-- ( cheers and applause ) it's the most embarrassing delivery in a debate since abraham lincoln ordered takeout. ( as pizza delivery guy ) "uh, abe? got a pizza for abe lincoln, and crazy bread for mary?" really? really! mary lincoln fans. i didn't know. i'm sorry. ( laughter ) in other right-wing nut-job news, the feds are still in hot pursuit of the insurrectionists of january 6. and i'll tell you all about in tonight's "seditionist round-up rou

everybody else except undecided john drake, kevin paffrath. they have 6%. kevin faulconer, john, caitlyn jenner there at the very bottom of the poll with very little support. >> and today is the final day for governor newsom and the republican candidates now to get their message out to voters. yeah, they've been kind of go into different areas over the last week or so. president biden is actually going to be here. >> in california to campaign for governor newsome. later today. kron 4 sarah stinson joins us live with the very latest from the newsroom. good morning, sarah. yeah, good morning. less than 24 hours until election day. and the campaign efforts from both governor newsom and other candidates are only getting stronger and more intense. governor newsome was in oakland on saturday. >> and he's in southern california today. slowly but surely he's gained more and more support from voters and you just hurt saw that in that poll, the strategy for newsom has been to gain major democratic support with leaders like former president barack obama and us senator

61% of the votes have been counted it as they're going up in real time here coming in second kevin paffrathemocrat, a youtuber, a money guy who, you know, i i don't think a lot of mainstream folks maybe knew about before we enter this recall election season. kevin faulconer, the former san diego mayor. he is coming in 3rd and he is someone who almost assuredly will be running for governor next year when there is a traditional every 4 year election and he is a moderate and he's someone that if maybe larry elder wasn't an option. the republicans may have rallied around and he may have presented a much bigger challenge to governor newsome. when you consider state lies yeah. his politics are, you know, much down the middle. then certainly elders and certainly then a lot of the gop party right now. he, you know, depending on who you ask. did a good job as mayor of san diego are a decent job, at least. he was here in the crowd for studios for that debate. and we see some of the others, john. he you know, he and his bear coming 5th. here he was the only other person that he was the rub of get on t

john cox and democrat kevin paffrath are a distant second. >>> developing right now at least four deaths in the south are being attributed to the devastation from hurricane ida. we are learning at least some people are starting to get their power back. many more are still in the dark. louisiana's governor is urging people to stay put in shelters and not return to their homes until basic essential services can be restored. >>> this morning we want to take a live look outside for you at the golden gate bridge as we get started with the day. still a very foggy start to the morning there. cooler temperatures as well. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking all of what we can expect there as well as what's going on with ida. i know that rain heading up north. >> yeah. so a lot of people along the east coast will be talking about this today, as a lot more of that heavy rain extends through palo alto and new jersey and new york as well as connecticut. here at home we've seen some rain closer to home as well in southern california with some flash flooding possible with the remnants of a tropic

john drake and kevin paffrath. each follow with 6%. many counties have already received 10's of thousands of ballots either by mail or in early voting kron four's amanda hari caught up with the santa clara county office of registrar to see how things are going there. amanda. >> she tells me so far things are going very smoothly and that she anticipates this is going to be high turnout for a special election. >> we're predicting about a 50 to 60% turnout overall for the election and with things going so far in the returns we may actually surpassed that 60% original estimate that's on par with the 2020 march primary election. according to santa clara county registar voters. shannon if you compare it to my one prior recall election in 2000, 3 where there was a 60.1% turnout. >> so we may very well surpass that with this selection. tells me some special elections only see about 30% turn out. so she anticipates a lot of participation. >> under the circumstances election day is the biggest. >> day that we receive ballots. but it's from the m

school choice is education -- >> martha: i tried to get kevin paffrath to say are you in favor of schoolhat the not in favor of school choice? >> no. we believe we have to fully fund the education system because what will happen if you allow that money to be taken out of the public education system, we already have a difficulty with the amount of funds available. if you pull that -- >> martha: being stuck in underperforming schools. >> let me be clear. i believe there needs to be more choice in the school districts. lausd does a great job of that with charter schools in the district so they're funded publicly. still run by la -- >> martha: you know and well as i do, they don't want to fund more charter schools. the teachers know oh. >> you have to be honest. ly challenge any democrat -- i do it on my radio show. i asked for one democratic to come on and do two things. support school choice. not one has come on in 17 months. you know why? it's political suicide. they don't want choice outside of the public schools. >> depend how you define choice. >> charter schools, religious schools. >>

john cox and democrat kevin paffrath are in second. >>> if you have any questions about our recall ballot have some answers for you. scott mcgrew putting together that explainer to show you how to complete out that ballot. you can find it at nbcbayarea.com/recall or you can click on newsom recall in the trending bar at the top of our home page. >>> president biden says that the u.s. military will turn its focus to russia and china. >> all this comes as the afghan war comes to an end. >> it's over. the president announcing that yesterday. we'll get to that speech in a moment, but as for china and particularly russia, as you mentioned, we're going to see evidence of that today as president biden meets with ukrainian president zelensky at the white house. ukraine, of course, in a shooting war with troops who say they're not russian, but they're russians. russia has taken territory in ukraine. zelensky is the same person that president donald trump called to demand ukraine investigate joe biden and withheld military assistance until zelensky didn't do it. he didn't do it and trump got caught

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