scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> we are just two days away from election day. more than 91 million americans already have cast their ballots, more than two-thirds of the total ballots cast in the 2016 election. as we told you yesterday morning president trump and former vice president joe biden are making their last ditch efforts, hitting crucial battleground states. yesterday the president was in pennsylvania while joe biden was in michigan. president trump was delivering his final push with four stops in the keystone state and his focus is keeping supporters fired up. the president continued to express his mistrust about election results and the wait for those results. as he delivered a stunning rebuke of the supreme court that he helped shape, this after the court decided that in pennsylvania's case the commonwealth gets three days beyond election day to count all the mail-in ballots. >> of course now that our united states supreme court has delayed everything, a very interesting evening, and i wonder what happens during that perpd of io delay with the ballo

nbc bay area's scott budman is there live with the details. scott, is this a political power play? >> reporter: yeah, this is -- you could call it that, janelle. this could last a little while. let me give i just one example of what the team says it's concerned about here at the arena. over here is santa clara street. this is the street that runs in front of the arena. and right now it runs four lanes strong, but one of the plans would shrink that to just two lanes. the team says it's concerned that would leave many fans frozen in gridlock. as work progresses around san jose's deer adon station, the looming google development has one nearby tenant feeling left out -- the sharks. >> we were born here. we grew up here. we'd love to stay here. >> reporter: born in san jose, the arena's original tenant says the plan for a google village with tens of thousands of tech workers expected threatens to choke off access to the tank. >> so we're worried that the viability for those that don't live nearby, that drive from the peninsula or south bay of los gatos will be that they can no longer u

in san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you. not just pfizer. big news from moderna as well about its vaccine. dr. anthony fauci said moderna will have phase three results within a week. moderna's vaccine is similar to pfizer's. dr. fauci says he is optimistic that the data from the moderna trial will reveal similar early success. >>> more than a week after election day and california's prop 15 has finally been called. nearly 52% of voters defeated the prop. prop 15 was the state's biggest real estate tax proposal in more than 40 years. it would have removed property tax protections for commercial properties. supporters claim the increase would make large corporations pay their fair share but more than half of cal yans voted it down. >>> another election that has been called, the race for president. still people in danville gathered to show support for president trump and his efforts to fight the results. sky ranger overhead seeing a few dozen people holding signs and waving flags. >>> today president trump made his first public appearance since

scott budman is with us at san jose's. what are the restaurants saying tonight? >> reporter: they are getting ready, raj. al fresco dining has really saved a lot of businesses in the bay area because of the pandemic. because of california's weather, we've been able to do this into november. but winter is coming. covid is staying. and now businesses are going to have to adjust. this business got an abrupt reminder that winter is coming when the wind turned over its tent today. and with most restaurants and gyms limited to no more than 25% capacity indoors -- >> i definitely won't be eating outside for sure. i definitely will be going inside. >> our choice was to go in because of the weather. >> reporter: adjustments are already being made to keep outdoor options alive. >> i went out and purchased about ten patio heaters. that was a challenge because there's been a shortage in the bay area of patio heaters. >> reporter: jack holder's restaurant also planning to buy a new, more durable tent to repel wind and rain while bay area salons prepare to adjust appointments

here's business and tech reporter scott budman. >> reporter: it's down to the wire for the presidential campaigns and their social media feeds, which is significant because millions of people now use social media to get their political news. >> a lot of people get it from social media. that's all i see. >> reporter: even knowing a lot of it is flat out wrong. >> anything you hear, you sit there and you're like, huh? >> reporter: the company admits they're fighting election day information. twitter says they'll rule out false claims as well as bots that spread lies. it will also wait for confirmation from at least two respected news outlets before declaring a winner. facebook says it has a virtual war room where employees will fight efforts to destabilize the election and will also wait to declare a winner. not everyone is convinced it's enough. >> despite their best efforts, social media companies cannot protect us from misinformation. >> reporter: and we know it. >> there are so many different followers and people who are able to kind of manipulate that information. >> reporter: expert

business and tech reporter scott budman shows us there are some restrictions. >> reporter: after months of long lines to get a covid test, a potential game-changer. >> it's really getting lab-quality testing at home. >> reporter: an at-home nasal test promising to give you results right there in 30 minutes. developed by emeryville-based lucira in connection with sutter health. it's aimed at both worried customers and doctors, both of whom want easier, faster results. >> faster testing, getting results quicker will help you be able to determine where people should be and help us get the pandemic under control. >> reporter: the fda approved test will cost $50 and you'll have to get a prescription from your health care provider. sutter health patients will be first to get them. doctors can also perform the tests on their patients. some say it's what they've been waiting for. others say they'll wait and see. >> i think that would be fantastic. assuming it's reliable. >> personally, i wouldn't trust it. >> simply because? >> simply because it's not a professional administering it and i would

our business and tech reporter scott budman caught up with him on what it's been like. >> reporter: among the 44,000 people around the world who participated in the pfizer covid vaccine trial -- >> i'm a guinea pig. >> reporter: bay area attorney daniel horowitz, who was injected twice in september and october in walnut creek. he says he felt a little sore. >> it wasn't so bad that i needed even an asprin. >> reporter: now feeling great and convinced he's one of the test subjects who got the actual vaccine. pfizer says early results of the study show their vaccine to be 90% effective at preventing covid-19. giving horowitz a newfound confidence when he's in public places where he used to worry. >> and all of a sudden i said to myself, wait a minute, this is literally what i said, you have superpowers, you're like in one of these movies. just turn on your superpower. >> reporter: but while the rest of the world waits for a vaccine, horowitz says patience and safety are still paramount as covid cases spike again. >> don't give up. there's hope. don't kill yourself for someone you love. >> r

in san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> anyway halloween this year not only different because of the pandemic but also because of the rare blue moon. check out this time lapse of the moon rising tonight over san jose. beautiful. a blue moon means it's a second full moon in a single calender month. also this weekend daylight-saving time ends. that's like tonighto our clocks going to go back an hour. >> we're three days away from election night. 34 millions of voters have already cast their ballots making sure they're voices are heard. >> president trump and democratic challenger joe biden have been chris crossing the country in a final effort to get peoples votes. >> his focus, keeping his supporters fired up. the president showed anger and anxiety about the wait for election results. he also delivered a striking rebuke to the supreme court that he helped shape. this is after the court decided that in pennsylvania's case the commonwealth gets three days beyond election day to count mail-in ballots. >> of course now that our united states supreme court has delayed everything, it

business and tech reporter scott budman shows us there are some restrictions. >> reporter: after months of long lines to

scott budman shows us, the disinformation effort is still going on. >> reporter: the fbi working google, facebook and twitter sees 27 domain names they say were used by iran to spread disinformation as america prepared to vote in the presidential election. >> definitely an escalation of this kind of activity. >> reporter: shades of 2016 now with even faster technology and better reach. in some cases, posing as legislate news sites. the cyber security professionals say between the government and social media companies, most efforts to hurt our electoral process were beaten back. >> we are better prepared. i think the agencies, the companies are doing a better job. >> reporter: twitter flagging multiple tweets, spreading disinformation including some from our president. facebook, shutting down a group called stop the steal. aimed at delegitimizing the election process. >> we're not talking about recounts. we're talking about the legally tasked votes being counted. and the effort to stop that. >> reporter: votes that were counted but a warning that fraud didn't end with the election. >> wh