i'm alison kosik in new york. we have team coverage with reporters in the bay area and across the country on this election day. good afternoon. i'm karina nova. the polls opened this morning and we should start getting some national results in less than an hour. voters across the bay area headed to the polls today with some big decisions from mayors to recalls to a number of propositions and, of course, a president. we have that team coverage for you this election day. julian glover is live at howard university in washington, d.c, where vice president harris will be watching the results. dionne lim is catching up with voters in san francisco, but we begin in contra costa county with leslie brinkley. >> hi there. we just got brand new numbers from the registrar of voters here. it seems like it's a big day here in contra costa county. 25, 29,000 people plus have voted so far in person today, 347,000 vote by mail in drop box ballots that were received before today are being tabulated right now. upstairs in the buildi

abc news reporter alison kosik shows us the dangerous conditions.crews in new york and new jersey are battling several dangerous wildfires amid extremely dry conditions. some areas in the northeast haven't seen in weeks with the dryness. >> i'm concerned about embers flying over into my house. >> the jennings creek fire in rural west milford has turned deadly. officials say 18 year old dariel vazquez, a new york state parks and recreation aide, was killed battling that fire on saturday. >> it's heartbreaking. it's very unfortunate. you know, wildland firefighting is one of the most dangerous jobs someone can have. >> so far, about 3000 acres have burned. as of sunday evening, the jennings creek fire is at least 10% contained. crews are building control lines around the fire. officials say firefighters are making progress battling two other blazes in pompton lakes and englewood cliffs, but say the drought conditions have kept them busy since october 1st. >> the new jersey forest fire service has responded to 537 wildfires here in the state. >> in sou

alison kosik, abc news, new york. >> an update on the wildfire burning in southern california.d. homes destroyed. evacuations are in effect. several schools are closed tomorrow, and some friday as well. this is a live look at what's called the mountain fire burning near camarillo in ventura county. the fire is 0% contained. a strike team of firefighters from the bay area is on their way right now to help out in the firefight. >> locally, we are keeping an eye on windy weather and potential fir ♪ jardiance! -it's a little pill with a ♪ ♪ big story to tell. ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance ♪ ♪ at each day's staaart. ♪ ♪ as time went on it was easy to seeee, ♪ ♪ i'm lowering my a1c! ♪ jardiance works twenty-four seven in your body to flush out some sugar. and for adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease, jardiance can lower the risk of cardiovascular death, too. serious side effects may include ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration that can lead to sudden worsening of kidney function, and genital yeast or urinary tract infections. a rare, life-threatening bacterial

alison kosik and andrew dymburt here for you on this veterans day morning. we're going to begin this morning with president-elect trump announcing a border czar to oversee mass deportations. >> former ice director tom homan will join the new administration after implementing one of the most controversial border policies during trump's first term. >> and trump also wants to be empowered to push through some of his nominees. without senate approval. abc's christiane cordero has more. >> overnight, president elect trump announcing he's hiring former immigration and customs enforcement director tom homan to the position of border czar. homan will be in charge of deporting undocumented immigrants. he recently spoke to 60 minutes. >> i hear a lot of people say, you know, the talk of a mass deportation is racist. it's threatening to the immigrant community. it's not threatening to the immigrant community. it should be threatening to the illegal immigrant community. but on the heels of historic illegal immigration crisis, that has to be done, homan led ice during th