an estimated 153,000 uncounted ballots here in santa clara county alone. that's affecting several races including one race for the san jose city council. of course, the race everybody is watching, the 11th congressional district race where incumbent jerry mcnerney is just 121 votes ahead of his republican challenger david harmer. this congressional district spans four counties including santa clara, contra costa, alameda and san joaquin. but exactly how many uncounted ballots there are in each of those counties and what potential impact that could have on this race at this point remains a mystery. both candidate, though, say they are gearing up for a long fight. >> when it's a close outcome like this the state mandates a certain what they call recanvassing. it's a lot like a recount. >> i think it's inevitable and i think the voters probably want that. everyone wants to be sure who won. >> reporter: here in santa clara county smudges on ballots are to blame for many of the uncounted ballots. optical scanners cannot read the smudged ballots, that were put t

. >> tremendous of the uncounted balance is where we are strong.>>reporter: nobody knows where the uncounted vote are come from because the county election office don't break out the ballot by congressional district. contra costa county clerk gave us a guess that in his county the number of uncounted 11th district ballot is somewhere around 20,000. >> we won't know the result until wednesday of next week. if item close after thanks giving. >> both candidate in limbo would. >> frustrating but you have to stay strong and have faith and it comes through. >> uncomfortable. you would rather be up or down. look, our view is f we will grea greatfully accept the verdict of the voters. >>reporter: yesterday david harmer sent this e-mail to supporters saying as of 4:09 civic time with 99 percent of the precinct reporting we led by 23 votes. then in the preliminary final count the incumbent suddenly jumped ahead. if that sounds suspicious, it is. we have wren for serious concerns about the integrity of the count and security of the ballot in some areas f.what

there simply around enough uncounted votes to make up that statsal difference. she limestone county the -- she will become the first woman and first minority to serve as attorney general. >>> democratic incumbent jerry -- has been reelected to a third term. he holds a lead over the challenger. >>> it seems most traveler decided to opt out of a stand, taking a stand at the airport today. there was a small handful of protestors this morning, a movement on the web called on passengers to opt out of the full body scan and choose the patdown. one protester went through the security in his underwear. there was another colorful protest in phoenix as well. in atlanta, one got an ear full when she suggested that a terror threat had passed. >> look how long we've gone since something happened. >> then you will be out here saying the federal government didn't do enough to protect us. have a blessed day. i don't understand it. >> there was no more con injections than in -- congestion than in previous years on the day before thanksgiving. >>> people using the stuff to make f

that story is in just a moment >>> new at 6:00 thousands of uncounted ballots remain from tuesday's election. the once bay area congressional races hangs in the balance. and who will take over when san francisco's mayor becomes california's lieutenant governor is in the battle lines being drawn at city hall. and why the valuable player of the world series may not be return together giants dugout next year. it's coming up in half an hour on the news at 6:00. >> that is great. thank you. >> and a group of kids discovered a long-abandoned gold mine in sierra foot hils about. >> by nearly falling into the thing saying they started to give way while they're playing baseball. >> the grounds keeper uncovered a mine shaft. >> experts say it could go down hundreds of feet. >> it's goinging to be dug up and plugged with concrete and the kids are

it was not clear to us whether love systems gets permission from these women to use these uncounters as instructional material, which is why we blurred her face. aren't you on touchy legal ground? >> no, there's -- we're filming in a public place. we're not talking about violating anybody's privacy. >> reporter: well, a nightclub -- >> i know that we consult pretty closely with our attorneys before we do anything like this. >> reporter: but there came a moment when our camera crew was asked to leave the seminar room. >> abc guys still here? i'm going to have to ask you to leave. >> that's me, i'm leaving. >> who else? >> three of us. >> thanks for coming, guys. our last segment -- >> reporter: whatever they saw, the students went out to the clubs to put it in play. by the end of the night, kevin had learned a few things. >> you've got to, you know, physically -- you've got to be touchy-feely. >> reporter: and met a girl he liked. >> about 4:00, there's a bachelorette party, so they came as a group, they left as a group. so it was just one of those logistical things that kill it but s

there are still a lot of ballots left uncounted and they are hoping for solid results and maybe we will know who is probably the mayor of oakland at 4:00 this afternoon. >> mark, thank you. >>> the today, the too close to call race in the 11th congressional district landed in a courtroom. as the ballot counting continues, gerri mcnerny has a small amount of a lead over the republican. and they have concerns about signature verifications on some of the mail-in ballots. >>> other news around the bay area today, charges are expected to be filed this afternoon, against the man police say posed as a utility worker and then robbed and killed a san francisco woman. police say that 46-year-old business woman kathleen moran was found dead in her russian hill apartment. they arrested gary holland over the weekend in sutrow heights park and they say he is suspected of killing moran when he went door to door last week in a russian hill apartment building pretending to check for a gas leak. >>> it cost $1 million to fix a 10-inch crack under the san mateo bridge, discovered in a support beam during

but a cooley spokesman says there aren't enough uncounted votes to make up the difference. harris will become the first woman and first minority to serve as california's attorney general. experts are saying it's an important step towards restoring faith in the criminal justice system. >> when young people of color look up and decide, is there anyone in this state that's the looking out for me and they see someone who looks like them they are more likely to believe that they will receive justice in the system. >> kamala harris will replace incoming governor jerry brown. it's not yet clear who will take over as san francisco district attorney. >>> democratic representative jerry mcnerney has been re- elected to a third term. mcnerney holds a lead of 2500 votes over republican challenger david harmer. mcnerney as re-election means no california congressional seat changed party hands even as republicans took back control of the house of representatives on election day. >>> a car with a boot on it for unpaid parking tickets usually that's not big news unless the car belongs to o

but harris' campaign says the uncounted balance will put her in the lead. >>> the political landscapewashington has changed. there is a shift in power. republicans are back in control of the house of representatives. they also picked up a handful of seats in the senate. now president obama will have to find a way to work with republican congressman john boehner, the next speaker of the house. the two did talk on the phone last night. >> we agreed that we needed to listen to the american people. need toed to work together on behalf of the american people. >> what yesterday also told us is that no one party will be able to dictate where we go from here. that we must find common ground in order to set -- in order to make progress on some uncommonly difficult challenges. >> during a news conference this morning, the president said that he believes the two parties can work together in some areas including energy and education. >>> as for house speaker nancy pelosi, she will surrender the gavel in january. today, she urged democrats and republicans to find common ground by supporting the mi

it basically allows for the creation of brand new generations of hydrogen bombs dozens and dozens uncounted new facilities for manufacturing hydrogen bombs more some. marines more air power and they've changed the accounting methods for the nuclear warheads in such a way that actually united states doesn't really have to reduce their stockpile of nuclear weapons hardly at all so they've turned what ought to be the most important issue in the world the. mutual. reduction of american russia's nuclear weapon stockpiles towards zero and turned it into a farce turned it into a way for republican congressmen to get bankrolled so that they can run again next time and keep the companies that manufacture nuclear weapons and or make the parts for the manufacture nuclear weapons in business at the expense of the rest of us and at the risk of our entire species in fact and with russian lawmakers now saying they want to reconsider their support for the strategic arms reduction treaty the landmark agreement could be hanging in the balance state duma foreign affairs committee has recalled in earlier recom

it basically allows for the creation of brand new generations of hydrogen bombs dozens and dozens uncounted new facilities for manufacturing hydrogen bombs more submarines more air power and they've changed the accounting methods for the nuclear warheads in such a way that actually united states doesn't really have to reduce their stockpile of nuclear weapons hardly at all so they've turned what ought to be the most important issue in the world the mutual reduction of american russia's nuclear weapons stockpiles and turned it into a farce mid-term elections in the us dealt a serious blow to president obama's administration republicans wrote a wave of public frustration with the pace of economic recovery to win a majority in the house of representatives but experts say it's not regular voters but big business cash that determined the outcome. this was a special election year in the us for the first time corporations were allowed to funnel as much money as they wanted into political campaigns and they definitely did not miss out on the chance to buy influence on capitol hill we've come to tak

it basically allows for the creation of brand new generations of hydrogen bombs dozens and dozens uncounted new facilities for manufacturing hydrogen bombs more submarines more air power and they've changed the accounting methods for the nuclear warheads in such a way that actually the united states doesn't really have to reduce their stockpile of nuclear weapons hardly at all so they've turned what ought to be the most important issue in the world the mutual reduction of american russia's nuclear weapons stockpiles and turned it into a farce. and still ahead for you this hour on r.t. the possible fuel of the future. wars weather story and could become the cheap clean a new energy source that will put and oil few. and russia's prime ministers being thrill seeking again we look at vladimir putin is the latest dream poppy. to iraq now where the war has ravaged the economy with estimates suggesting that a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line many resort to illegal means to make ends meet smuggling spirits into neighboring iran where drinking is banned sebastian follows the tr

and as the count has gone on there were about 2 million ballots uncounted on election night.o they've been slowly getting those ballots counted. and now harris is ahead. the lead reversed during this past week. and as of late this afternoon she had increased her lead to about 43,000 votes. so it's been steadily growing. and they're pretty confident now that they're going to maintain that lead, but they're certainly not going to declare victory anytime soon. >> belva: do you know how many more ballots are still out there and how -- i mean, what is the speed on which this could be resolved? >> well, they're pretty quickly whittling them back down now. there's probably i would say between 300,000 and 400,000 ballots. the counties don't have to report the results until november 30th. some of them have been reporting them on a daily basis. it varies a great deal. the "l.a. times" did an analysis of looking at all the county registrar's websites and seems to think that most of the outstanding ballots are from counties where kamala harris did really well. so that would bode well for

it basically allows for the creation of brand new generations of hydrogen bombs dozens and dozens uncounted new facilities for manufacturing hydrogen bombs more submarines more air power and they've changed accounting methods for the nuclear warheads in such a way that actually united states doesn't really have to reduce their stockpile of nuclear weapons hardly at all so they've turned what ought to be the most important issue in the world the mutual reduction of american russia's nuclear weapons stockpiles and turned it into a farce. a top level police investigation has been launched into a vicious attack on a russian investigative journalist oleg kashin correspondent for the newspaper calm our son who was brutally beaten near his home on friday night he is now in an induced coma with severe injuries investigators say his professional activity was one likely reason behind the assault police obtained c.c.t.v. footage showing to people that hacking the journalist the case has drawn a wide public response with many rallies in support of caution taking place in moscow and some petersburg russ

generations of hydrogen bombs dozens and dozens uncounted new facilities for manufacturing hydrogen bombs more submarines more air power and they've changed the accounting methods for the nuclear warheads in such a way that actually the united states doesn't really have to reduce their stockpile of nuclear weapons hardly at all so they've turned what ought to be the most important issue in the world to the mutual. reduction of american russia's nuclear weapons stockpiles towards zero and turned it into a farce turned it into a way for republican congressmen to get bankrolled so that they can run again next time and keep the companies that manufacture nuclear weapons and or make the parts for the manufacture nuclear weapons in business at the expense of the rest of us and at the risk of our entire species in fact while the u.s. president hopes the senate will approve the historic nuclear reduction deal with moscow by the end of the year. we have negotiated with the russians significant reductions in our nuclear arms this is something that traditionally has received strong bipartisan suppor

it basically allows for the creation of brand new generations of hydrogen bombs dozens and dozens uncounted new facilities for manufacturing hydrogen bombs more submarines more air power and they've changed the accounting methods for the nuclear warheads in such a way that actually the united states doesn't really have to reduce their stockpile of nuclear weapons hardly at all so they've turned what ought to be the most important issue in the world the mutual. reduction of american russia's nuclear weapon stockpiles towards zero and turned it into a farce turned it into a way for republican congressmen to get bankrolled so that they can run again next time and keep the companies that manufacture nuclear weapons and make the parts for the manufacture nuclear weapons in business at the expense of the rest of us and at the risk of our entire species in fact. but a brief look at some of the international news this hour. plus the said bus has been forced to make an emergency landing in singapore on the part of the plane's engine of a fellow flight ninety three eighty plane bound for sydney was c

his spokesman says there are not enough uncounted votes for cooley to pull ahead. in a written statement harris says she wants to wait until all the ballots are counted. she plans to hold a press conference on november 30th, that is the deadline for counties to report the final vote. >>> oakland mayor elect jean quan is responding to an awkward situation tonight after parking control put a boot on her car in front of city hall. police say the car is registered to quan's husband and had 12 unpaid targeting -- parking tickets totaling $1400 in fines when it was booted yesterday. quan paid off the fine and the boot was removed. reaction on oakland streets was mixed. >> can't be responsible in the small details, why would you expect them to be responsible about the big details? >> i don't care how much she is busy, the mayor, assistant, doesn't matter. i pay, you pay, everybody pays. >> the soon to be mayor declined an on-camera interview but she issued a statement saying she was busy with her campaign this past year. quote during that time we accumulated several parki

on this amazing week, and we'll see you to >>> tens of thousands of uncounted ballots remain.balance. >> who will take over when san francisco's mayor becomes california's lieutenant governor. the battle lines being drawn tonight at city hall. >> downtown oakland preparing for the possibility of trouble. why many merchants are boarding up business autos why the most-valuable player of the world series may not return to the giants dugout next year. >> good evening, a very close congressional race is still undecided tonight. >> the incumbent has a razor thin lead. here is a look at latest numbers. mcnerny is head of david harmer by just 134 votes. >> abc 7's mark matthews is here with the latest on the continuing and mark, remarkably close vote count. >> we're going to take a look in just a moment. the republican led all night long tuesday night and into wednesday morning. right up until the sun came up. when jerry mcnerny came up as well. there is part of 170,000 votes counted so far the secretary of state

by uncounted thousands and a mass of more people waiting for this procession and it's enry at city hall. >> players emerged one at a time. guys have been unknown before this season. and they came together as a team, now becoming legends. >> there is a great day for a giants fan. ain't it? ain't it? >> there is every day, people felt like giants fan autos there is a reason they won the world series. they would be won it because they're respectful. they were showing great humility. >> you're standing here, not standing alone. you're standing with the person that taught you the great story of the san francisco giants. whether your dad or mom, or a friend. >> this took a while to relearn, but baseball does unify people. it spans generations. it provides memories. in san francisco today they're sweeter than ever for a city waiting so long, and celebrating so hard. >> you've made this an incredible ride. the trophy belongs to you, san francisco. >> couple of other quotes notable out of the day also from bruce bochy. and we certainly live felt knit texas. the experience was poetry, he said. fr

a small lead over coolly in the race for state attorney general nearly 800,000 ballots remained uncounted both campaigns have monitors watching carefully as officials continued to count those votes each side claims the others tried unfairly pressure officials as they decide whether a ballot will be counted or discolored. 49 year-old talented lawyer has been collected as the first openly trans general judge. alameda county has become home to the first transgender trial judge in the country as victoria kolakowski won the race to fill an empty seat on the county's superior court bench.final results from the county registrar of voters show that kolakowski won 50.98 percent of the vote against deputy district attorney john creighton, who won 47.98 percent of the vote. she will be sworn in earlier next year she underwent gender reassignment surgery in 1991. we'll take a break, here's a live look outside san francisco with the blinking transamerica building light on the left. 56 degrees in the city warming up to 64 this afternoon. [ woman on tv ] if you won't let me in, you can't really love me.

contra costa county clerk gave us a guess in his county the number of uncounted ballots is somewhere around 20,000. >> we're not going know results for this until at least wednesday of next week. if it's close werns of next week, after thanksgiving. >> so both candidates under limbo. >> this is frustrating. you've got to stay strong and have faith. and this comes through. >> it's uncomfortable. our view is that we will gratefully accept the verdict of the voter autos yesterday, david harmer sent this e mail, saying as a 4:09 a.m. pacific time, we led by 23 votes, then, in the preliminary final count, the incumbents jump add head f that sounds suspicious, it s we have reason for serious concern about the integrity of the count and the security of the ballots in areas. >> what have you heard? what instances can you say that you're concerned about? >> malt functioning voting machines and we've had people to forward those to property authorities. >> beyond that, harmer does not have an example. >> we think there is hanky-panky? of course not that. is not what i said. i said there are con

however several ballots have not yet provided a tally of their uncounted ballots. >>> a statewide raceand one here in the bay area are still too close to call. democrat jerry mcnerney is still too close to call, in fact, they put the difference at just 47 votes. and a recount is a distinct possibility. >>> on wall street today, stocks were way up with the major indexes closing at its highest level in years. the nasdaq gained 37 points. analysts say the surge came in response to the fed's plan to buy $600 million in bond in an effort to stimulate the economy by keeping interest rates low. >>> president obama today expressed his desire to find common ground with republicans in the wake of their huge election night victory which shifted the ball balance of power in congress. >> we can't afford two years of this squabble. what we need to do is make sure that everybody is pulling together. >> reporter: president obama indicated he would be open to considering a republican proposal to temporary extend all of the bush tax cuts which expire at the end of the year. up until now the president ha

however several ballots have not yet provided a tally of their uncounted ballots. >>> a statewide raceand one here in the bay area are still too close to call. democrat jerry mcnerney is still too close to call, in fact, they put the difference at just 47 votes. and a recount is a distinct possibility. >>> on wall street today, stocks were way up with the major indexes closing at its highest level in years. the nasdaq gained 37 points. analysts say the surge came in response to the fed's plan to buy $600 million in bond in an effort to stimulate the economy by keeping interest rates low. >>> president obama today expressed his desire to find common ground with republicans in the wake of their huge election night victory which shifted the ball balance of power in congress. >> we can't afford two years of this squabble. what we need to do is make sure that everybody is pulling together. >> reporter: president obama indicated he would be open to considering a republican proposal to temporary extend all of the bush tax cuts which expire at the end of the year. up until now the president ha

votes over republican david harmer but harmer said in a statement there were still too many sleots uncounted to know the true outcome. and there may not be a final tally in the race until after thanksgiving. >> children had to be rushed to the hospital after a clear even leak. it happened at a swimming school. lisa amin gulezian is there live tonight to explain what happened >> the school was closed as soon as the leak was discovered. staffers spent the night trying to air the place out. hazmat teams gave the all clear sign. the swim center was evacuated after some staffers smelled chlorine and it allowed it to back up and leak. it happened just before 2:00 right as one sex was ending and another was beginning. is several children were affected. many were rushed to area hospitals and treated for chlorine exposure the chemical was in the air and not the water. >> the 16 people were fortunate they have minor exposure of chlorine, minor, irritated to the nose, the throat and the eyes. >> we're obviously how anything could malfunction to that extent. >> reporter: the pump was closer to the showe

the greatest scrutiny is being placed on los angeles county which has 93,000 uncounted ballots. >>> theance abuse and mental health services administration says drug use among young african american teenage girls rose from 7% to 10% between 2008 and 2009. among hispanic teenage boys use rose from 10% to 13%. >> when teens get the right message about staying away from drugs, they really do listen. >> reporter: the obama administration says parents, teachers, coaches, religious leaders and community leaders must all take action to protect those at risk groups from lifelong problems of drug use. >>> the group that has been given thousands of the dollars to create a community farm. they will need every dime when you hear where this farm will be located. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00, he was killed in a hit and run incident earlier this month. the tearful plea from his family, and the one important clue that could turn out to be key for catching whoever is responsible. >>> how many manhole covers do you think there are in all of san francisco? tonight pg & e is in the process of replacing e

. >> reporter: we're waiting for remaining uncounted ballots. brady's provisional ballots, absentee ballots, military votes. by the time those get tallied and certified by officials, the state board of elections have until december 3 to call the winner. why the delay? location jurisdictions or counties have two weeks after the election to tally absentee ballots. military ballots must be counted by november 18th or 19th. all must be postmarked by november 1st aero2nd depending on the county to be considered valid. -- checked on 1/3 today. every day that goes by, bill brady's numbers become less real. >> quinn took chicago 80-20. i think the chicago vote is just too overwhelming for brady to overcome at this point. >> reporter: now, a lot of the votes that have yet to be tallied are right here no cook county. 9900 absentee ballots we're told. both candidates have their election lawyers on the case, chicago tribune writers don't think this race will end up in the courts in the end. >> thanks. no change in springfield. both the house and the senate.

miller an army veteran is hoping the still uncounted military votes will add up in his favor. >>> hownie madoff's shoes? thousands of his items went on auction in new york. foot wear, clothes, jewelry and furniture. the proceeds will go to more than 3,000 clients mad off windled in a multibillion dollars ponzi scheme. he is now in prison for life. i'm marianne rafferty. now, back to "geraldo at large." >> geraldo: this is a fox news alert. joining fourteen other states and the district of columbia, arizona voters have approved a measure that will legalize medical marijuana. the victory has been a long time coming because proposition 203 won by a tiny margin of just 4400 votes out of 1.7 million counted. the final tally was 841,346 in favor, 837,005 opposed. given the electoral sweep of the state by conservative republicans like governor january brewer the fact the measure passed in arizona concerns my theory that lots of conservatives smoke pot. this is a fox news alert. president obama is wrapping up his asian tour with a crucial meeting this evening. actually, it is already sunday m

the greatest scrutiny is being placed in los angeles where there are 93,000 uncounted ballots. coolly's campaign has sent three letters complaining that county employees were meeting privately with harris monitors. harris's campaign says coolly's monitors are too aggressive. >> parents in the vallejo school district plan to pack a board meeting to protest a sex education program that includes same sex relationships. parents say they should be allowed to opted out of having to watch videos with stories about gay couples. that's just part of a curriculum for grades k-5 that includes transsexual wallty and gender confusion. >> two more crime scene investigators are expected to take the stand today, the third day of the hearing to determine whether seven suspects should stay on trial on the richmond high school gang rape. yesterday one of the teens accused of gang raping a 16-year-old girl last october claimed the victim was drunk and consented to having sex with them. officers say they captured man well ortega as he ran from the scene of the attack. an officer recalled ortega seem

tears and cheers of joy by uncounted thousands and that a mass of even more people waiting for the glorious procession and its entry at city hall. >> we won two games. we beat cliff lee twice. tim lincecum. >> the players emerged one at a time. 33 curtain calls. guys mostly unknown before the season who came together as a team and have now become legends. >> it is a great day to be a giants fan, ain't it? [ cheers and applause ] >> ain't it? >> on this day, every person in civic center plaza felt like a giant. >> these guys they wanted to win as bad for you as they did for themselves. >> there is a reason they won the world series. they won it because they were respectful, they won it because they were showing great humility. >> you are standing here and you are not standing alone. you are standing with the person that taught you the great story of the san francisco giants whether it be your dad or your mom or a friend. >> it took awhile to relearn the lesson but baseball really does junefy people. it spans generations and provides memories. in san francisco today, they are sweeter than eve

the focus is los angeles where there are 93,000 uncounted ballots.oolly's campaign sent three letters complaining employees were meeting privately. harris's campaign accused coolly's monitors of being too aggressive. >> now not opposing a total ban on leaf blowers despite overwhelming support for the ban at last night's jam-packed council meeting. orinda currently allows leaf blowers to be used only between 8:00 in the morning and 6:00 at night on weekdays and between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekends. one resident told the council the leaf blowers are so noisy they caused his twin three-year-old daughters to run crying into the house. >> my daughters are in the backyard when the assault of the leaf blowers begins. they invariably come running up the back porch, sometimes in tears, begging to be let back into the house. >> gardners say they're concerned a blower ban would hurt business. work that takes minutes with the blower could take hours with rakes and brooms. >> which reminds me this is a good time for you and mike and my husband to get the yard w