No unemployment benefits. Today in the bays tracie potts is live in washington vote no on the deceptive watching all of this for us to uber, lyft, explain what will happen there doordash prop 22. And on the campaign trail. One ride california doesnt want to take. Good morning, tracie. Reporter hi, kris and laura, good morning, everyone. Lets start inside the hearing room. The hearing just about to get under way. This is a languager ro larger r normal. Senator thom tillis who came down with covid19 and appeared virtually yesterday will appear in person today after getting clearance from his doctor and weve also learns that there will be a number of questions that could take until 10 00 or 11 00 tonight. Its expected to be a really long day. A long day from President Trump. Moving to pennsylvania today getting back on the campaign trail in full swing after being hospitalized with covid19. The president talks about that saying he feels great. He thinks hes immune now. There have been medical experts questioning that. He is back on the campaign trail talking about what normal will look like if hes reelected. Now they say im immune. I feel so powerful. Ill walk into that audience. Ill walk in there. Ill kiss everyone in that audience. His reckless personal conducted since his diagnosis has been unconscionable. The longer donald trump is president the more reckless he seems to get. Reporter so we are watching the hearing very closely today and, by the way, biden back in florida today so weve had President Trump and biden backtoback for the last couple of days with now 10 Million People in the u. S. , more than 10 million have cast their ballots. This election well under way. We are live this morning. Im tracie potts, today in the bay. Thank you, tracie. Right now 6 30. Counties around the bay area the federal judge being questioned by senators as her are also opening their registrars and vote centers to confirmation hearings continue. Observers who can track the democrats say they will fight processing of all of those her nomination every step of the mailin ballots and the process way. The third hour of today in the bay continues right now. Will continue until all the votes are counted. Leaders got a cease and desist a very good tuesday morning. Order from the state. Thank you for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im kris sanchez in for gop hiresup say the ballot Marcus Washington who has a couple days off. Boxes that popped up are legal some nice weather for that kind of thing, kari. But secretary of state alex padilla says, no, theyre not. Absolutely. So let me be clear. Its always nice weather to be off. But we are going to see some of unofficial, unauthorized ballot our coolest temperatures early drop boxes are not permitted by in the day. If youre about to step out the state law. Door in oakland maybe heading to the gop is citing a bill that the b. A. R. T. Station, low 60s. Became law four years ago and then as those temperatures climb they plan to take the case to later today youll be taking off court. That jacket, well have a warm however, state leaders say afternoon. Some low 80s there. Ballot drop boxes have to be approved by both the county and mid80s for the south bay and low 90s for the inland east bay the state in order to ensure down to the trivalley. They are collected and counted. Well continue to monitor this attorney general Xavier Becerra as well as the high fire danger. Is already threatening mike, how is it looking now for prosecution. Join us tonight for our special the morning commute . Kari, overall exactly what decision 2020 california votes. We will cover everything from how to vote to the safety of we would expect. As we look at the map you can probably pick it out in the your mailin ballot and what our local propositions mean. Trivalley talking about highway 84. Now theres a crash westbound were not just deciding the weve been tracking there out of pleasanton and livermore. President ial race. Live now to san jose and Santa Clara County restaurants hope to get some good news from both directions are jamming up. State Health Leaders on whether they can get back inside to work i believe crews arrived on scene making things really slow there. And you can go back inside to thats a tougher drive. Dine. Sharon katsuda joins us live use the dublin interchange. This morning. The bay bridge toll plaza has more access. A lot of anticipation with what well show you the backup coming they might say today. Up. Reporter there really is, thank you very much, mike. Laura. Its 6 31 and happening now you can see the Outdoor Dining with the cement barriers behind senators getting their first it. Chance to question Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Santa clara county is hoping to get to the orange tier today. These are live pictures right some have allowed Indoor Dining now. California senator Dianne Feinstein speaking. At the redra county is dining. This is live inside the capitol. Todays session is going to be a long one. It is expected to last up to 12 hours. Its almost time to welcome prior to this we were checking in and republican senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina started out the morning guests back inside for the first session with praise for the nominee. Time in almost 200 days. Customers have been waiting for that. We find judge barrett to be i think were done with the highly qualified. Lockup. You are one of the greatest picks President Trump could make. And from the conservative side a little cabin fever. Of the aisle you are one of the this will be refreshing. Most qualified people of your reporter they say its time generation. Democrats say they will focus to loosen restrictions since the their questions on health care and abortion rights. County has such low rates. A vote on judge barrett could it will allow Indoor Dining at happen as early as this week. Democrats acknowledge they dont 25 capacity. Have the votes to stop the when it is official museums and zoos could resume at 50 onfirmation. Capacity, places of worship, hearing going on now. More indepth analysis in about movie theaters and even gyms up ten minutes. So lets talk about decision to 25 . So if this all does go through 2020 also this morning and today to the orange tier this making sure your vote counts. Could go into effect starting as of right now san mateo tomorrow. County is processing its first mailin ballots and in the south im Sharon Katsuda, today in the bay. It could bring a boost to a bay will show off its new voting lot of businesses and restaurants. Equipment. Lets get rye to today in the in San Francisco theyre bays Sharon Katsuda with so trying to help businesses stay much happening when it comes to early voting. Wed like for you to break it afloat thin the mission distric. Down for us. Good morning, sharon. They blocked off part of the reporter good morning, kris. The California Republican party valencia street as part of shared Businesses Program to has received a cease and desist allow businesses to operate order from the state gop outdoors. Those permits expired this week. Higherups claiming the the chronicle is reporting the unauthorized ballot boxes that city is extending the program popped up in three counties through december. Including fresno are legal. Businesses say it will help them get through the holiday season. Secretary of state alex padilla says no way. So let me be clear. Lets take a look at the unofficial, unauthorized ballot forecast right now with meteorologist kari hall. Dropoff boxes are not permitted hard to talk holidays when were still feeling like its summer. By state law. Reporter the gop is citing a right. Ballot collection bill that and i guess one of the other became law four years ago. Thing that kept people inside, the air quality, it is looking they plan to take their case to pretty good this morning. Court. Leaders say ballot drop boxes if youre planning to head out must be approved by the county and state to make sure they are for a walk we are seeing green collected and counted and the sensors. San jose the exception where we state attorney general is are seeing some lightly more threatening prosecution with a unhealthy air quality. Little more than three weeks to well watch that as we go go until election day thousands throughout the day and as far as our temperatures its going to of poll workers across the bay be heating up mid to upper 80s. Area are getting the training they need. Some upper 80s for much of the according to Alameda CountyElection Officials 4,800 people have volunteered for 1,700 spots north bay. At polling stations and with San Francisco will warm up into the upper 70s and low 80s. Voting already under way many it just stays hot and then we have high winds. Volunteers are already sorting and going through ballots and br details on the fire danger coming up. Mike has details on how the is not just abo morning commute looks right now. Pandemic prevention volunteers. Facemask and plastic gloves will things are improving. Be handed out to voters who want during this quarantine, the to cast their ballots in person covid shelter at home process and modifications will be made weve seen the commute creep on a casebycase basis for any earlier in the morning. As we look at the bay bridge voter not wanting to wear a mask while casting a ballot. From emeryville, we had a delay kicking in. That voter will be asked until staff can set up a booth safely should be moving more smoothly away from others and young as we see here live. The crash at treasure island, a voluntee volunteers. Its amazing, inspiring to vehicle was there in lane and watch. I think one of the most pushed to the fremont exit so clear from the span. Remarkable things about it is they have been able to harness well check on the toll plaza the tools they are comfortable coming up. We do have more slowing for west with and use them to make a really substantial difference in how our democracy functions. 84 right around ruby hill a crash. A little slowing remains. Reporter and on the today the slowing cleared as that crew show coming up youll hear more about the need for young volunteers this election. Is clearing right now. Back to you. Reporting live in santa clara thank you, mike. Its 6 08. County im Sharon Katsuda, some serious upgrades are today in the bay. All right, thank you, sharon. Coming. Thats the word from teslas this election is like no other elon musk. Before, so we put together a up next what those upgrades special airing tonight decision could mean for the future of 2020 california votes. Selfdriving cars and who is going to receive the perks we will cover everything from first. How to vote, in case you havent done it before, to the safety of the journal of american your mailin ballots to what all medicine tries to calculate the true cost of coronavirus. Of the propositions at the local lets take you out to the level mean. Futures this morning. Watch tonight at 7 00 right theyre lower as johnson and after nbc bay area news at 6 00. Johnson says it will temporarily suspend one of its vaccine its 6 36 in the morning trials. Plus right now. Temperatures again set to climb across the bay area. No and in a year where theres no go away already been record wildfire please go away. Damage, not the thing people at least hes polite about want to hear right now. It. He says please. But pg e is already preparing the Mountain Lion stalks and for some of the worst case scare as hiker during his walks. Scenarios. The tactics the hiker used to today in the bays Cierra Johnson joins us in calistoga keep himself safe in a video you have to see this morning. Which we all recall the entire you wont believe how long this went on. Town had to evacuate, cierra. Youre watching today in the bay. Woman 1 get your votebymail ballot . Now theyre back but they have to get ready for possible rolling blackouts. Reporter yes, good morning. I was just mentioning ive been in calistoga several times this month alone but it was when the town was evacuated so to see moving cars is impressive. I havent ever seen this many cars in calistoga. Things appearing to get back to normal right now but theres still some cleanup going on from the glass fire. Just as folks are getting back into the routine another warning with the higher temperatures expected in the next couple of days. Pg e making that announcement that they will be on stand by to energize the lines. They plan to deenergize as many lines as 21 counties including alameda, san mateo and santa clara counties that could impact as many as 50,000 customers in all 21 counties. The statement says customers in the north bay mountains near st. Helena, the Oakland Hills and milpitas were at the greatest risk for a psps. If impacted youll receive a text message, an automated phone call or email beginning today to let you know that you are, in fact, in that impacted area. The goal as it has been the last couple of months is to have them woman 2 you can stay healthy and fill it out from the safety of home. Turned back on within 12 surfer or you can fill it out anywhere. Daylight hours after that event. Man 1 its easy to mail it back. Pg e preparing to deenergize you dont even need a stamp. Man 2 or you can use an official drop box. Lines in as many as 21 counties. Several here in the bay area woman 3 you can even drop it off at the polls. Including napa and sonoma man 3 then, track it to confirm your county got it. Counties for that fire watch that is expected to begin see . They got it wednesday. I did want to give you an update woman 4 mail ballots are the simple, safe, and secure way on the glass fire that sent so many of these folks out of town. To ensure that your vote is counted. Right now the glass fire is at 95 containment. Good news on that event. It did destroy 67,000 acres including several homes and businesses so hopefully things stay calm. I know folks have had a wild ride the last couple of weeks. Cierra johnson for today in the bay. Thank you very much, cierra. Well take a look at the fire forecast up next. Thats right. Well also lock at how to safely possibly open californias theme parks where Governor Newsom is looking for inspiration to do just that. Plus Supreme Court nomination plus President Trump says he just wants to start kissing peop people. Not a lot going on on wall street. Some concern over Vaccine Development but a fairly flat day. Reporter halloween during this pandemic, the restrictions bay area counties have put in place to stop the spread of covid19. Youre watching today in the right now at 6 11 we will bay. Have a fire weather watch possibly getting upgraded to a red flag warning for all of these areas shaded in orange which includes our north bay hills, east bay and the santa cruz mountains. We will keep tabs on this and give you updates on what to expect as those high winds kick in. Thats in the forecast in a few minutes. And with the crash on the bay bridge westbound cleared now into San Francisco. We should see the metering lights move faster. We see the lights starting Better Movement already. Looking on the peninsula side. The volume Holding Steady but a good volume there. This is 101 through palo alto. Well show you the bigger view of your drives coming up. Good morning and acloser lo coronavirus in the United States financially and determined the pandemic has set us back 16 trillion for the year. That covers everything from lost productivity because were not at jobs to the cost of hospitalizing our sick and mourning or dead. 16 trillion works out to 90 gdp. The report monday shows not only do we have the highest number of deaths here in the United States but highest proportion compared to other developed countries. Now johnson and johnson says it will discontinue or temporarily suspend a Clinical Trial of a vaccine as one of the patients in the test fell ill. That has markets moving lower this morning. Other News Facebook says itll start deleting posts that deny the holocaust happened, a reversal for the social media giant a. Few years ago Mark Zuckerberg specifically mentioned Holocaust Denial as something he thinks should be allowed on the site saying facebook would not be able to divine peoples intent. Maybe they were just mismanufactured he said in the podcast. I think as important some of those examples are i think the reality is also that i get things wrong when i speak publicly. Im sure you do. Im sure a lot of leaders and public figures we respect do, too. I dont think it is the right thing to say we are going to take someone off the platform if they get things wrong even multiple times. He has since changed that thinking writing in a post monday saying, quote, drawing the right lines between what is and isnt acceptable speech good tuesday morning. Right now at 6 41 such a beautiful start to our morning isnt straight forward but with as we take a live look outside the current state of the world i believe this is the right in the south bay. As the sun rises we have cool balance. Lets talk about something temperatures but its going to heat up quickly today. Happier. Iphone has its event today where well have those temperatures we expect it will show off. Reaching into the mid80s in the south bay and some 90s the phone in your pocket no matn elsewhere. Well also have a high fire danger. More on that coming up in a few minutes. And, kari, the good news the says. It will start at 10 00 this crash on 84 near the ge plant morning. And southwest says it will start cleared for lanes. Flying into big airports, the traffic flow is better here. Big airports, i