today we have the president of the california voter association, to explain how to load properly given this is not a typical election, and when results might come in. also joining us, uc davis dr. and member of the covid-19 task force. he will discuss your at home tests and how to do it properly. but first, where the recall election stands and governor newsom's chances. the biggest name to stump for him is here in california, president biden. joining us right now to discuss the recall is the vice president of political data inc. paul mitchell. thank you for joining us. paul: thanks for having me. kristen: the latest poll was from uc berkeley and it showed him beating the recall by a big margin. what are the latest numbers and how confident are we about them? paul: the latest numbers to show him beating the recall by approximately 20 points, a wide gap considering six weeks ago without this was a race in a single digits. the poll by berkeley showed that the no side was at 40 -- the yes side was at 47% and the north side was that 51%. so it looked like it was going to be pretty narrow. b

it is important to remember that the demographics of california have changed a lot since the last time voters recall the governor, the associated press as california now has more democrats and independents as well as fewer republicans. the state also has more latino and younger voters. all of those factors tend to favor democratic governor gavin newsome. there are now 22 million voters in the state compared to 15 million back in 2000, 3 over that time. democrats have added 3 million to their ranks. republican numbers have remained flat. one of the key demographic groups that all of the candidates are trying to sway is the latin x voter. but recent polls show that most latinx voters oppose getting rid of news. i'm not so fast, though. some political strategists say newsome shouldn't take the latino vote for granted. >> recent campaign stops in heavily hispanic areas show that winning the latino vote is key for either party. california is home to 15 million latinos making up roughly 40% of the state's population. one poll from u c berkeley shows 56% of likely latino voters keeping newsom as governor exit polling shows set lower t

it is important to remember that the demographics of california have changed a lot since the last time voters recall the governor, the associatedia now has more democrats and independents as well as fewer republicans. the state also has more latino and younger voters. all of those factors tend to favor democratic governor gavin newsome. there are now 22 million voters in the state compared to 15 million back in 2000, 3 over that time. democrats have added 3 million to their ranks. republican numbers have remained flat. one of the key demographic groups that all of the candidates are trying to sway is the latin

voters had in the elections process is is about done. uh johnston is the president of the california association of clerks and elections officials. she's also the clerk of centre county which uses dominion voting systems. she says installing the election software is a very secure process. she says all counties. those using dominion or not must physically pick up the software from the secretary of state's office. only certain individuals can get it that we take that put it on to you. >> our system. but verify that system is indeed there. correct system is working properly and everything we have in walk is a goal location. california has done risk-limiting audits. but the secretary of state's office noted state law currently does not provide for one for this recall election. it's unclear if that can change with less than 2 weeks left until the election date and with less than one week left in the legislative session. the secretary of health. the state office is really good with communicating with all elections officials and letting us know what's going on. leaders of the state senate and assembly elections committees would not comm

vice president kamala harris will plenty has changed since california voters removed a democratic governor from office 18 years ago. >> the associated press says that the golden state now has more. democrats and independents and far fewer republicans. the state also has more latino and younger voters. all those factors tend to favor democratic governor gavin newsome. there are now 22 million voters in california compared to 15 million back in 2000, 3 over that time. democrats have also added 3 million dollars to their ranks while republicans numbers have remained flat. >> polls are showing most latino voters oppose, getting rid of governor newsom. but some political strategists say newsom should not take the latino vote for granted. >> most that little cold. >> recent campaign stops in heavily hispanic populated area show that winning the latino vote is key for both parties. california is home to 15 million latinos making up roughly 40% of the state's population. one poll from u c berkeley has about 56% of likely latino voters keeping newsom as governor. that's lower than the 64% of latinos who supported the governor's initial bid i

voters had in the elections process is is about done. uh johnston is the president of the california association of clerks and elections officials. she's also the clerk of centre county which uses dominion voting systems. she says installing the election software is a very secure process. she says all counties. those using dominion or not must physically pick up the software from the secretary of state's office. only certain individuals can get it that we take that put it on to you. >> our system. but verify that system is indeed there. correct system is working properly and everything we have in walk is a goal location. california has done risk-limiting audits. but the secretary of state's office noted state law currently does not provide for one for this recall election. it's unclear if that can change with less than 2 weeks left until the election date and with less than one week left in the legislative session. the secretary of health, the state office is really good with communicating with all elections officials and letting us know what's going on. leaders of the state senate and assembly elections committees would not comm

and the associated press is california now has more democrats and independents as well as fewer republicans. will. the state also has more latino and younger voters all those factors tend favor democratic governor gavin newsome. there are now 22 million voters in the state compared to 15 million back in 2000, 3 over that time. democrats have added 3 million to their ranks while republicans numbers have remained flat. we're switching gears, a large wildfire burning homes is prompting evacuations in mendocino county that fire. it's called the hopkins fire. it started yesterday afternoon just north of ukiah. this is video we're going to show you from alert, wildfire camera network according to cal fire's burned 275 acres since it started and it's only 10% contained right now. no word yet on how many buildings have been destroyed or threaten. another fires burning in the north bay just above sausalito and marine city. the marin county sheriff's office tweeted this picture of that fire marin county fire crews were able to stop for progress of the fire. the fire is 4 to 5 acres in size. and the dixie fire continues to burn in parts of 5 counties. nearl

newsom may survive recall, california across the state have been casting their vote ahead of the election. 40% of registered voters have already cast ballots. the associated press is reporting as of sunday 8.1 million recall ballots returned and accepted but republicans remain hopeful as many plan to vote in person. >> a lot of republicans -- they will be turning in their ballots as we speak. will be a surge of voters coming in so there won't be any question who wins and that will be me. jillian: the republican party hasn't won a statewide election since 2006. democratic voters outnumber republicans by 2 to 1 and because of early voting it is unclear when we will know the official results whether newsom will keep his job. carley: thank you. todd: national intelligence director rick grenell way a vittorio run for his -- they are making gains regardless of the outcome. >> we are he won, we have already won. we are putting to the vote of the people whether or not the governor is qualified and there is a healthy debate and we know we have terrible voter rolls in california. it will take us a couple of elections if we don't do an immediate turnaround with the

voters had in the elections process is is about done. uh johnston is the president of the california association of clerks and elections officials.he's also the clerk of centre county which uses dominion voting systems. she says installing the election software is a very secure process. she says all counties. those using dominion or not must physically pick up the software from the secretary of state's office only certain individuals can get it that we take that put it on to you. >> our system. but verify that system is indeed there. correct system is working properly and everything we have in walk is a goal location. california has done risk-limiting audits. but the secretary of state's office noted state law currently does not provide for one for this recall election. it's unclear if that can change with less than 2 weeks left until the election date. >> and with less than one week left in the legislative session. the secretary of health, the state office is really good with communicating with all elections officials and letting us know what's going on. leaders of the state senate and assembly elections committees would not com

anything that erodes the confidence voters had in the elections process is is about donna johnston is the president of the california associations and elections officials. she's also the clerk of centre county, which uses dominion voting systems. she says installing the election software is a very secure process. she says all counties. those using dominion or not must physically pick up the software from the secretary of state's office only certain individuals can get it that we take that put it on to you. >> our system. but verify that system is indeed there. correct system is working properly and everything we have in walk is a goal location. california has done risk-limiting audits. but the secretary of state's office noted state law currently does not provide for one for this recall election. it's unclear if that can change with less than 2 weeks left until the election date and with less than one week left in the legislative session. the secretary of health. the state office is really good with communicating with all elections officials and letting us know what's going on. leaders of the state senate and assembly elections

voters had in the elections process is is about done. uh johnston is the president of the california association of clerks and elections officials.he's also the clerk of centre county which uses dominion voting systems. she says installing the election software is a very secure process. she says all counties. those using dominion or not must physically pick up the software from the secretary of state's office. only certain individuals can get it that we take that put it on to you. >> our system. but verify that system is indeed there. correct system is working properly and everything we have in walk is a location. california has done risk-limiting audits. but the secretary of state's office noted state law currently does not provide for one for this recall election. it's unclear if that can change with less than 2 weeks left until the election date. >> and with less than one week left in the legislative session. the secretary of health, the state office is really good with communicating with all elections officials and letting us know what's going on. leaders of the state senate and assembly elections committees would not comment

california voters said no, he should remain in office 2 point. almost 6 million said he should a resounding victory for governor newsome tonight. associated press among many of the major networks and news agencies now declaring that newsome will survive this recall effort. >> early on. it was, you know, remember there were moments where it was. he was losing. it wasn't looking good for him. it's kind of a surprise to see such a large margin at this stage. >> you know, it covid really that probably got on the recall and maybe it's covid that propelled him to victory. when you think about what has happened with delta recently in the handling of covid in places like florida and texas and how california. with the mandates has basically been able to continue on and keep kids in school and the map here is is really telling the story, especially you look up and down the coast. right. and that's going to be green green here, by the way, indicates that people voted no, they do not want to recall newsom. yellow means they voted yes, they do want to recall, but he takes the whole coast, which is not surprising, but it's these inland empire counties

election according to the associated press, california now has more democrats and independents and back in 2000, 3 there are also fewer republicans. california also has more latino votersnd younger voters. those are factors that tend to favor governor newsome. there are now 22 million voters in california compared to 15 million back in 2000, 3. one of the key demographic groups that all candidates are trying to sway is latinx voters. that's right. many say winning that group. >> really will be the victory deciding factor. california is home to 15 million latinos making up roughly 40% of the state's population. a poll from u c berkeley has 56% of likely to tina voters keeping newsom as their governor. that is lower. however, than the 64% of latinos who supported the governor's initial bid in 2018. >> so we've been hearing and reporting that news. newsome is expected to defeat this recall and we're going to talk more about that later in this newscast. >> all right. so let's move on. while we wait for an interview that we're going to have here momentarily and we're going to check in on what's going on with the weather because a tropical storm has now just turned back into

. >> the associated press, meanwhile, says california now has more democrats and independents and fewer republicans. the state also has more latino and younger voters right now, all those factors tend to favor democratic governor gavin newsome. as long as they get out and vote. there are now 22 million voters in the state compared to 15 million back in 2003 over this time. democrats have added 3 million to their ranks while republican numbers have remained flat. of course we are your election headquarters. will have full team coverage on election night starting at 05:00pm our crews here at kron. 4 will be all over the state as results come in. we're also have special edition of inside bay area, politics with our panel of political experts. be sure to look for live reports from candidate headquarters all over the state as well. again, tune in here kron 4 election night. that's tomorrow. tuesday. september 14 5. '08, is the time. and still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news president biden wants to spend trillions of dollars on things like climate change and childcare. >> but not all democrats are on board. we have the details coming up. a live r

the associated press says that california is now has more democrats and independents as well as fewer republicans. the state also has more latino and younger voters. all those factors tend to favor democratic governor gavin newsome. there are now 22 million vote voters in the state compared to 15 million back in 2000, 3 over that time. democrats have added 3 million to their ranks while republicans, their numbers have remained flat. in other news, wmur in municipal water district now reminding all of its residents to save water. they tweeted today reservoirs are at about 36% of capacity with water use nearly double during the summer. now is the time to make the most water savings water district officials say that you can save water by replacing your lawn picking up or cycle water to use in your garden or installing a gray water laundry to landscape system that reclaimed water from your clothes washer for your landscape. the san francisco public utilities commission and other agencies are buckling down to repair restoration efforts for stern grove. this after a main water break force a festival to cancel its final concert late last month. 700,000

association, thank you very much for your time. >> thank you, william. >> woodruff: should he stay or should he go? that's the big question facing california's 22 million voters their governor, democrat gavin newsom, in the recall election next tuesday. vice president kamala harris, who previously served as senator from the golden state, was in oakland campaigning for newsom today where she talked about the stakes for california and the rest of the country. >> this recall campaign is about california and it's about a whole lot more. they're thinking if they can get this done in california they can go around the country and do this. you've got to understand what's happening right now. what's happening in texas. what's happening in georgia. what's happening around our country. with these policies that are about attacking women's rights, reproductive rights, voting rights, worker rights. they think if they can win in california, they can do this anywhere. well we will show them you are not going to get this done. t here, never. >> woodruff: to sort out what's at stake for newsom and the 46 candidates vying to replace him, we turn to scott shafer. he is the polit

have white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire, katty kay is with us and co-founder of punch bowl news, jake sherman. today is the day. california votersvernor. president joe biden was in california last night campaigning alongside newsom. biden encouraged residents to vote no in the gubernatorial recall. and battling a bit of a cough, connected the newsom's top opponent in the recall with donald trump. >> you either keep gavin newsom as your governor or -- you'll get donald trump. it's not a joke. republican governor blocking progress on covid-19 who is also anti-woman, anti-worker, climate denier who doesn't believe in choice. the choice should be absolutely clear. gavin newsom. you have a governor who has the courage to lead and gavin, you have a governor who shares the state's values. in gavin you have a governor who makes sure donald trump's dark, destructive, divisive politics never finds a place in california. >> we may have defeated donald trump, but we have not defeated trumpism. trumpism is still on the ballot in california, and that's why it's so important not just for all of us here, 40 million americans strong in the natio