Many people voicing their concerns, hitting the streets, demanding that every vote be counted. Good evening, everyone, thanks for joining us. Im jessica aguirre. And im raj mathai. Emotions are running high as President Trump is fighting for his political life. As we approach the midnight hour, heres where we stand. Joe biden has a narrow lead with 253 electoral votes. President trump with 214. 270 is the magic number. Biden can outright win this election if he holds on to his leads in arizona and nevada. The other battleground states were tracking tonight, georgia, North Carolina and pennsylvania. You see all the five states highlighted in purple. Election crews are still counting ballots. All right. Lets take a look at the popular vote. Biden at 50 . 71 million americans voted for the biden harris ticket. Thats the most votes for president in u. S. History. This election is still hanging in the balance. Lets begin tonight with Nbcs Alice Barr from the white house. Reporter tonight Democrat Joe Biden pulling within striking distance as a handful of states continue to count millions of vote. Im not here to declare that weve won, but i am here to report when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners. Reporter for President Trump, there are still paths to a second term, but some may lead through a courtroom. His campaign launching a barrage of battleground legal challenges, demanding a recount in wisconsin, where biden is the apparent winner if current results hold, and trying to halt vote counting in georgia, michigan, and pennsylvania, making baseless accusations of fraud. Theyre trying to make a mockery of the election of this country. Reporter while President Trump used partial results to try to claim victory overnight, today his public presence was limited to a handful of tweets as biden ran up his lead before the democrat was projected the winner in michigan, selfproclaimed poll watchers tried to storm a vote counting facility in detroit but were rebuffed by police. Where are the votes . Reporter hours later a similar scene in Maricopa County, arizona. And tonight that tension and anxiety on display in several American Cities as demonstrators demand a fair count and an answer on who will sit in the white house for the next four years. Both campaigns are now in a new phase of fundraising, asking supporters for donations to pay for the legal challenges ahead. From the white house, alice barr, nbc news. Alice, thank you. So what about those lawsuits . The trump camp says it wants these battleground states to stop counting ballots. This election could eventually be decided by the Supreme Court, and weve gone down that road before. Its happened 20 years ago, if you remember. We didnt have an answer about our president until december. Here is nbc bay area terry mcsweeney. No more voting, lots more lawsuits. So we are going to continue the lawsuit here. Were going bring a second one, and then were going to bring a federal lawsuit. Reporter the biden camp says trump attorneys are filing mountains of lawsuits in contested states, hoping to the nations highest court. The next couple of days you will see a case that will be filed in the u. S. Supreme Court Similar to gore versus bush to stop all counting before it gets to the electoral college. Reporter in 2000, in gore versus bush, the Supreme Court stopped a recount in florida, giving the election to george w. Bush over democrat al gore. The trump attitude is to do anything to stay focused. I would like to see all legally cast ballots be counted, whether theyre for my side or the other side. Reporter harmeed dillon is a national cochair of lawyers by trump. She said she has seen evidence of fraud by democrats. That ballots received after election day not be counted. The ballots that are being received today through friday are being segregated out. Thats an issue if somebody tries to count those, that would potentially go back up. Hopefully there will be a decision there one way or another. Reporter but with the popular vote strongly in bidens favor, one thinks the newest Justice Amy Coney barrett might side with the democrats. It will make the court seem less legitimate if she weighs in at this point in favor of trump in a 54 decision. Reporter terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. New at 11 tonight, the National Guard now activated in portland, oregon. Several guard trucks seen driving into the city after the Sheriffs Office declared a demonstration a riot. There are reports of protesters smashing windows in downtown portland, and that at least nine people have been arrested. Earlier today, there was a peaceful count the vote rally there. One of several held across the nation. Tonight the president s criticism of the electoral process sparking demonstrations in several major cities. Youre looking at boston, new york, philadelphia, and durham, North Carolina. Protesters calling for a Fair Election demanding that every legal vote be counted. Back here in the bay area, demonstrators blaming twitter for allowing the president to spread misinformation. This was the scene outside of twitter headquarters in San Francisco. A lot of concern and a lot of emotion. Here is nbcs jean elle in the city. Reporter concerned about the outcome of the president ial election, peaceful but loud protesters gathered outside twitter headquarters tonight with Police Standing by, a group called refuse fascism is calling on twitter to ban the president from the platform because he is misleading his 88 million followers about the electoral process. Called for suppressing, stopping the counting of the votes. I mean, if he can say that kind of stuff, he can say anything. It shouldnt be allowed. Reporter twitter is flagging the president s tweets saying the content may be disputed or misleading. In a stock market it says it will continue to enforce its rules and partially to protect the integrity of the conversation around this election. Stop trump reporter protesters say its not enough. He shouldnt be spreading around information thats false, especially if he doesnt really know all the facts to it. So i really think twitter should ban donald trump. Reporter in the south bay, Silicon Valley faith leaders organized a vigil demanding vote counting in battleground states continue as the president calls for counts to stop. North carolina. We have hundreds of millions of people who had to stay home and who had to cast their votes by mail, and we need to count all the votes. Reporter faith leaders in the south bay are vowing to continue to hold peaceful protests as long as the electoral process is being challenged. In San Francisco, protesters say they will gather here again at twitter headquarters and tomorrow. Jean elle, nbc bay area news. Thank you. A similar situation at franco gallo plaza. It was held with hundreds of people, some Holding Signs that read count every vote and protect democracy. Organizers suspect there will be more post election demonstrations. You can expect escalating protests throughout the bay area. As we monitor the vote count, there was a hiccup in Santa Clara County because of the coronavirus. This is the way it looked today as crews processed a Record Number of ballots. Now the Public HealthDepartment Confirms a worker tested positive for covid19, and it required some safety sanitation measures. That person was last in the office on saturday. 751,000 ballots were counted as of last night. Thats almost 30,000 more than the previous president ial election. The registrar hopes that the county can set a record for voter turnout, which is 86 , set back in 2008. Our projection right now looks like well probably come in to about 890,000 or so ballots. Thats out of the 1,25,000 registered voters. Its definitely high 80s. Santa clara county is the bay areas most populous county. They expect another 30,000 ballots to arrive. Those ballots were put in the mail on or before election day. Our election coverage continues online, nbcbayarea. Com. There youll find local and state election results. We are continuously updating the numbers for you. The results are also scrolling at the bottom of the screen. Are you feeling stressed about all this . Youre not alone. The election anxiety that so many of us are feeling, and what you can do to cope with it. Plus, one step forward, two steps back. The bay area county that just tightened its covid restrictions again, and what that means for so many struggling businesses. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri tracking that major change in temperature, and also the possibility of rain, thunderstorms, and sierra snow. Ill get you everything you need to know about this, coming up in about eight minutes. Who is usaa made for . Its made for this guy a veteran who honorably served and its made for her shes serving now we made it for all branches and all ranks whether they served one tour or made a career of it. We also made usaa for military spouses and their kids usaa is easy to work with and can save you money on auto, home and renters insurance. Become a member today. 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The moment we get results, we will bring them to you. Now all this electoral turbulence has the anxiety of this ongoing election mounting. As each hour passes, people are checking in, watching the results, waiting for updates. Many other people are on the streets making their voices heard. Here is nbc bay areas sergio quintana. Reporter a few dozen people took over this intersection in Mountain View for a couple of hours and got some support from drivers honking their horns. This demonstration is an effort to call on the continued counts g of ballots in other states. But for the participant, its also cathartic after days of anxiety. It makes me feel like im doing something for it, something positive. Reporter Mountain View resident tracy says the last few days have been rough. She is a joe biden supporter, so his improvement in the elections map helped ease what has been a stressful few days. Im pretty much in terror mode, but i have made myself kind of numb so that i dont feel it on a daytoday basis. Reporter anxiety is a recurring theme here. My nerves are completely reporter erica points out that anxiety has been accumulating for months. This has been a very different year compared to others. Not only because we are in the middle of a global pandemic, were facing political changes, Natural Disaster and all this lead us to experience collective mourning for the lives we used to have. Reporter and unfortunately, it may continue for a while longer if president Donald Trumps campaign files lawsuits over some of the results. So whats the best way to manage election 2020 anxiety . I recommend practicing selfcare by exploring different activities that make us feel good. Reporter a hike, a run, yoga, anything to give your body and brain and pause from the continued deluge of uncertainty in this election. Sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. Anxiety about the election. Anxiety about the pandemic. Tonight a troubling new number there it is. More than 100,000 new cases of covid19 confirmed in the United States just today. That sets a singleday record. California still not experiencing the surge that so many other states are seeing, but new cases continue to increase, as do hospitalization rates. The Positivity Rate is up a fraction over the past couple weeks. Currently 3. 3 . It was about 2. 7 . Well, for Contra Costa County, that uptick means tightening restrictions again. The impact of some indoor activities now has Health Officials scaling back. As nbc bay areas cheryl hurd shows us, all the back and forth is frustrating for business owners. Not utilized, obviously. Reporter 12 years in business recurring Health Orders that change us from one category to the next. Reporter is making it hard for danville Restaurant Owner peter to stay in business during the covid crisis. Very depressing moment. But i would say the bulk of those really came when we were this the shelter in place. Reporter Contra Costa County has gone from sheltering in place to Indoor Dining at 50 capacity. Now the county is tightening restrictions again because of a troubling increase in coronavirus cases. Officials arent saying why, but in downtown danville, weekend street closures had to be canceled because mask wearing and social distancing were not being followed by a handful of establishments. Health officials are tracking four cases per 100,000 people daily. So the county is deciding to get out in front of the problem. Things such as bars are no longer going to be able to serve alcohol unless its with a meal, which takes you back to the red standard. Restaurants are going to need to go back to the 25 capacity rather than the 50 . Reporter that goes for movie theaters and houses of worship. I feel badly that we have to go backwards a little bit, rather than continuing moving forwards. But its understandable given the nature of the infections. Reporter the order will go into effect on friday. In danville, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. With the holidays coming up, San Franciscos considering a preemptive action. Listen to this. Health Officials Say people who live in the city and travel outside the area during the holidays may be asked to quarantine when they get back home. Theyre recommending a twoweek quarantine. It would apply to people who interact with individuals from outside their household at less than six feet of distance and without wearing masks. So maybe a Family Gathering of thanksgiving down in l. A. Officials are also talking with five other bay area counties about a possible regional advisory. All right. Things are about to change for us dramatically. Lets bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Jeff, those warm temperatures are about to go away. They are definitely going to be out the door here once we hit fridays forecast. Big, big changes on the horizon for us. So lets bring you outside to our live High Definition sky camera network. And it is still dry and mostly clear. But we are going to see the chance of even a few spotty showers coming our way. So for tomorrow morning, its cool with patchy fog. A lot of 50s. For most of tomorrow, its going to be mild. So its the last day of these 70s for a while. And that colder storm still on the horizon with the shower chance. Isolated thunderstorms now possible and even some sierra snow. So lets bring it right into tomorrow morning first, and youll be able to see here throughout the bay area. Lots of those 50s and mostly clear skies. I think its a pretty easy start here for us, and we can all use that with everything going on lately. 54 here for the east bay. And if youre headed out the walk the dog tomorrow, do something with the kids early on, youre right here at 50 for the north bay. Daytime highs also looking to cooperate with anything you have to do from the north bay to the south bay. I have 77 in san jose. Relatively light winds throughout our bay area microclimates right here for the east bay. Winds out of the northwest at 7. Mostly sunny, and 78 in martinez. Also, light winds along the peninsula at 6 miles per hour, and 73 in redwood city. Probably some of the best weather there. And right through San Francisco, no big surprises here. Well continue to see those cooler 60s with our ocean breeze at 14 miles per hour. 66 in the mission. And right here through the north bay, 79 in sonoma. 77 in novato. Lets get to the big changes. I really havent seen any big differences in our latest computer model updates that were getting in and all the information that im layering together here. Were looking at this system moving in friday, saturday, and sunday, and yes, while it has a chance of showers, isolated thunderstorms, i think the cold air with this, thats going to be the number one thing that all of us are impacted by. Let me show you why its not going to be a huge rainmaker for us, and its all about the way the storm is moving in. Its coming and dropping down from the north. So its moisturestarved. Its not picking up a lot of that pacific moisture like we would see from a storm moving in from the west. So its a much dryer system, as that moves in friday, well see a spotty chance of some showers. Also into saturday and sunday as well. But really, the big headline might end up being here, the sierra picking up quite a bit of snow. So i dont want you to get caug