It says traffic break heading southbound 880 to alvarado heading down through union city into fremont. That break, chp says just cleared. No major problems there. We do have the backup at the toll plaza. No surprises but its waiting for you, marcus. Laura . Thanks so much. Its 6 01. Those polls already open in other u. S. Time zones and were waiting at the top of the hour. Lets bring in tracie potts in delaware. I think its safe to say finally arrived, all eyes on the president ial race. Reporter absolutely. Its going to be a busy day, marcus and laura. We are tracking the polls as they open here on the east coast and tracking the votes including the millions of early votes and today we are tracking the candidates. Lets take a look at the president who has been out talking this morning. Last night he was wrapping things up at a final rally in michigan, a state he narrowly won four years ago. The president claiming that he will easily win michigan this time around. It was one of five states that the president visited on his last full day of campaigning, logging nearly 2,500 miles from florida, North Carolina, pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin on that final day. The president , while in pennsylvania, talked about a Supreme Court ruling that will allow that battleground state to accept ballots, mailin ballots, after election day. What a ruling. What a ruling. What a horrible thing that theyve done. Do you know that puts our country in danger . Reporter meantime we saw joe biden going to church. Hes off to scranton, pennsylvania, and then a couple of stops in philadelphia trying to get some lastminute votes in another state that was a narrow Trump Victory four years ago. Joe biden in his final event will rally in pittsburgh talking about the balloting and how its important for people to protect the vote and make sure all the votes are counted. I dont care how hard donald trump tries, theres nothing, nothing he can do to stop the people of this nation from voting no matter how he tries. Reporter so we will be watching what happens tonight as the polls close. We know the president is going to be spending Election Night at the white house. Joe biden will be back here in wilmington at some point, this is his Election Night headquarters, but we dont know what time hell be back here. We certainly dont know what time this election will be called, if it happens tonight at all. We are live in wilmington. Im tracie potts, today in the bay. A lot of long days for all these candidates, thank you, tracie. So now lets go to today in the bays Cierra Johnson live with a look at the key ballot measures hanging in the balance today. Cierra . Reporter yes, good morning. I want to start by setting the scene. Ive been here now for about an hour and a half and in that time weve seen folks coming and going, some of them poll workers getting their assignments for the day, others inside of the plastic tents putting the final touches on what could be a pretty busy day for this inperson Voting Center in downtown. There are several issues on the ballot. Starting with proposition 16. This is a hot state issue and requires a majority vote. Now if passed public universities and state and local governments would be allowed to consider race in government and admission. Government agencies could give preference to businesses owned by women and people of color when awarding contracts. This would repeal prop 209 that was passed in 1996 which banned affirmative action at public universities. Now opponents argue passage would lead to quotas on asian americans. They say those quotas would, in effect, punish excellent students because of their race. The next issue, prop 21, this proposition also requires a majority vote and focuses on rent control, hot issue here throughout the state. If passed it would allow local governments to establish rent control on Residential Properties that are more than 15 years old. Statewide 45 of the population are winners and that percentage is larger in San Francisco and oakland at 62 and 60 respectively. Opponents say this act could discourage from the private sector. In Contra Costa County voters are deciding on measure x. This deals with the general sales tax. If passed the sales tax would increase from 8. 25 to 8. 75 . The half percent increase in sales tax would generate an additional 81 million in fund. The additional revenue would help support the regional hospital, Emergency Services and Early Childhood services. This, of course, a lot to remember. Well be here all morning popping in, breaking down some of the hot ballot issues. Things here a little quiet but come 7 00 a. M. It will be quite a different scene. Live in San Francisco, Cierra Johnson for today in the bay. Thats right. As everyone wakes up on the west coast. Thanks, cierra. Bay area democrats and republicans doing their best to rally support right up until the last minute. Democratic volunteers took time last night to work the phones at mannys cafe and Community Center in San Francisco. Just a few hours earlier Trump Supporters held a rally in danville. Both sides say they feel excited and confident heading into today. It feels like its the night before my bar mitzvah and youve been preparing for it and youve done your studies and the day of you really cant turn back. You can see by my sign i love trump and i love free throw dom. You see all sides there. Speaking of mannys, volunteers not done manning the phones just yet. Theyre getting big name support. Video of Governor Newsom campaigning for joe biden in reno over the week. But hes one of several politicians expected to make an appearance at mannys today. And if you have any problems while dropping off ballots or voting today, let us know. You can head over to our website, nbcbayarea. Com votingproblems or tweet us using t the weinvestigate. And be sure to stay with us. All your local decision coverage on nbc bay area. We kick things off with a onehour midday newscast. Lester holt and the team will take over in new york. They will pick up the coverage. Well come back every 30 minutes with updates for you and make sure you join our special digital newscast at 8 00 through our stations website, mobile and our apps on roku and apple tv. Special newscasts will also simulcast on cozitv. Maybe you need to take your mind off the election a little bit, some mental health. Why not volunteer, give to others. San jose Sacred Heart Community kicking off their annual holiday drive. Volunteers are gathering donations to make holiday food boxes for more than 7,000 south bay families. Organizers say each bag includes three days worth of groceries and all the fixings for a holiday meal. This program is especially important this year. Covid19 has impacted lowincome essential workers and people of color more than others. It is not just about losing income or getting sick. It is about the fear of getting sick in highrisk jobs. Families will also get gift cards to buy toys. If youd like information on how to volunteer or donate, just head on over to nbcbayarea. Com. One south bay holiday favorite will be back with a twist this year due to the pandemic. The annual fantasy of lights in los gatos is still on track for december 4th. Thats the start date. But instead of being able to walk through the lights, cars will be able to drive through. Those tickets are 20 per car. Nbc bay area is an event sponsor, so it should be a lot of fun, laura. Thats always a nice event. Pile the kids in the car. Staying in the south bay checking out downtown san jose waiting for the suns arrival across the bay area this morning. Kari has a look at our forecast for today. We are starting out cool. Here is another Vantage Point looking out over the south bay as we see a lot of hues in the sky. We have about 20 more minutes until sunrise and were in the upper 40s to start this morning but then look at how we warm up. We go to 62 degrees at 10 00 and at 11 00 were at 71. We only make it into the 70s as we go into this afternoon as we are going to see temperatures cool down quickly again later this evening. Overall very nice across the bay area as we continue to cool off with highs today mostly in the 70s. How is it looking right now, mike . Things are moving smoothly, much smoother than a few minutes ago. I want to point out in the east bay, we had a crash and traffic break south 880 toward fremont and alvarado that has cleared. Now a crash in the northbound side involving a motorcycle. Doesnt sound like there are injuries, but still watching out for someone walking their bike on the northbound side. The bay bridge and san mateo bridge traffic is moving smoothly. The backup, the metering lights are on there. That slowing in hayward may cause more folks to take the san mateo bridge. Back to you. Thank you, mike. It is 6 10 right now. Coming up the big decision by walmart that may provide some relief for walmart workers. The future plans the retailer is now shelving. Plus we had a rough october on the stock market. November so far has been really good. A rally yesterday. Lets go out to the futures and see those big up arrows, a rally again today. Plus as we head to break, check this out. San Francisco City hall all decked out in red, white, and blue. This is our democracy. Hey, if you havent, go out and vote. A little bit of ray charles to inspire you this morning. 6 11. Go out and vote. Youre watching today in the bay. Come experience floor and decors grand opening in san leandro safely shop our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. Discover the perfect floor at the perfect price in whatever way is perfect for you. Floor and decors newest location is now open. Also open in milpitas and burlingame. Right now at 6 14 your election day forecast as you get ready to head out to work on the peninsula, looking pretty good. Starting out at 50 degrees and gradually warming up today as we head through the lunch hour. Expect it to be in the mid60s here. We are going to see some slightly cooler weather, and well talk about the possibility of some sierra snow in the forecast coming up. And tracking the possibility of more slowing across the san mateo bridge because of issues in hayward. Those crashes have cleared. I do see a little slowing on the flat section right here with the taillights. The bay bridge toll plaza has slowing at the toll plaza because the metering lights are on. Theyre supposed to slow you here. Traffic is moving, though. You see the middle lanes, theres visible movement. Traffic filling in off the maze. Well, good morning and a very happy election day tuesday to you. The stock markets are suddenly on a tear after last weeks terrible, terrible losses. Take a look at the futures board this morning where the dow is expected to gain better than 350 points on the open. You can stack that on top of yesterdays big gains where the markets gained 400 points monday as well. Now the stock market honestly doesnt really care which party is in charge, and you could make the argument it prefers republicans. There tend to be fewer regulations, but really, so long as one party is in charge, the markets are happy because things g get done. The focus is on the presidency but analysts over at cnbc say more and more investors are betting on the senate flipping, too. There are Crucial Senate races in arizona and georgia. Those may play second fiddle to the president ial race but it is something to watch. Facebook is watching the election very carefully and activated its socalled war room, though theres no room. Everybody is working at home. Theyre working hard trying to get ready if one candidate claims to win the race too early before he really has. Its also ready to paste a warning across any facebook posts that claim somebody has won if that post is made too early. Weve seen Record Numbers of mailin ballots. Some states cannot start counting until today meaning it may be days before we know the winner. President trump said its dangerous and twitter slapped a warning on that. The president s claims, it says, are misleading. Now were going to talk a lot more about the president s claims about pennsylvania as we talk politics at 6 45. Lets end on something nonpolitical. If you voted and just want to sit back and listen to some music, apple hears you and also hears your complaints about its new sound canceling airpods. Some of them crackle and apple says if you make an appointment at one of its stores it will replace them for free. This was a game changer for me as far as walking the dog, not having a cord was huge. I dont know how i would get tangled every time, but every time. Yeah. I love them. Theyre great. They dont stay in my ear so well. And thats why i dont wear them on airplanes. Can you get my oh, is this yours . I need a flashlight. Im wearing mine right now. See . Theyre handy. Very key. Very key for what i do. To be able to hear you, marcus. Can you hear me now . I can. Thanks, scott. 6 18 for you that morning. One job is not going away during the pandemic. Walmart is scrapping plans it use roving robots to scan shelves and keep track of inventory. The move squashs the retailers effort to have the automated task there. Walmart began rolling out the selfscanning robots in 2017. The company is saying now they have more workers walking the aisles to collect online and gather data on inventory issues if real time. New this morning amazon may be ready to change how it handles deliveries in rural areas. Instead of using the post office, amazon would use its own shipping hub to deliver packages. The company is calling the plan wagon wheel. Still no word on when or where it may start. Trending this morning, the boss is back and rocking some new records. In my letters to you i like that. It sounds good. Bruce springsteens new album letter to you debuting at number two on the new billboard 200 charts, and this has become the first artist with top five charting albums in each of the last six decades. So there you have it. Look, when youve got it, youve got it. No kidding. And the boss certainly does. Im so out of it, though, i didnt realize it was the billboard 200. I thought it was the top 100. Those are the singles. Im 100 off. Oh. The singles 100. Ive got you, brother. Ive got you. Thank you, sir. And kari has us covered with the forecast for us today. I know youre tracking whats going on with hurricane eta in the gulf. Yeah, weve seen that happening over the past couple of days really developing and strengthening and so this is, yeah, november and were still talking about hurricanes. Earlier it was a category 5. It is now a category 4 hurricane and expected to move into nicaragua later today as possibly a category 5 hurricane, really unusual to see hurricanes this strong this late in the season. So well continue to monitor that today especially as it moves inland and possibly could move back out over water over the next few days. And if it does so it may redevelop once again. Here at home weather is all nice and quiet, and were going to see more of that over next few days. As that High Pressure moves out of the way, its going to make way for some storm systems to move in. Were keeping our fingers crossed that we can get some rain out of these things because it is so dry. Were in an extreme drought. It looks like a lot of the rain will be limited for us but may be a limb bit better for parts of the sierra. It could bring in some snow this weekend. Let me show you what some of the models are putting down for us in terms of rain this weekend. Not showing a whole lot. A few hundredths of an inch. Well take it. We need every drop we can get. Then much more significant precipitation, the possibility of getting anywhere from 10 to possibly up to 16 inches of snow. It would be really great if we can get this and, headsup if you are going to the sierra this weekend, we are expecting some snow especially on sunday. Let me show your our temperature trend going from the mid70s to that fall drop in temperatures. Take a look at some upper 50s in the forecast that will probably feel more like winter for us and we will see that throughout the weekend into early next week. Our sevenday forecast shows spotty rain chances on sunday. More noticeable will be the return of some muchcooler temperatures. Mike, how is it looking now for the morning commute . Lets take a look out there. Traffic has been smooth. No major problems. The metering lights are on and thats where the arrow is. The span has cleared up and the earlier disabled vehicle cleared. Arrow pointing north, a disabled motorcycle, no injuries reported. I believe everybody has moved safely out of lanes. A little slowing into free mon and sunol, also out of the altamont. Back to you. Thank you, mike. 6 22 for you that morning. Going green. Theres a lot more than just the president ial election happening. Up next for you the latest state hoping to follow in californias footsteps and legalize Recreational Marijuana. 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