Coming into the area, some rain. Were excited to see rain coming in. Its falling on the weekend but it is great to see at any point. It will be moving into the bay area this afternoon. Storm ranger is powered up and ready to catch that rain on the radar. Of course more updates throughout the morning. Mike, whats the update now on the morning commute . We look at the map, the bay bridge as well as the san mateo both are east west bridges and get caught by the wind. Really thats it so far this early friday morning. No other problems on the roadway. Thank you, mike. Still no winner in the race for president with five states still hanging in the balance. Joe biden appears to be inching closer with the former Vice President looking at paths to victory. Biden took the lead in georgia but it is the slimmest of margins. Hes now ahead by about 1,000 votes with more ballots to be counted. And the last time georgia went democrat in the president ial election was 28 years ago. A live look in pennsylvania, still counting ballots this morning. There are hopes of a break through this morning in at least one of the five battleground states still not called. If biden can take pennsylvania it would put him over the top. The remainder is primarily from blue counties which may help bring him closer. Tracie potts with reaction from both sides. Were all watching and waiting, tracie. Reporter we certainly are and so are the campaigns. Were talking razor thin margins in the last five battleground states. The focus on the last five states that we are waiting for the count, a live look at the white house where the president was tweeting, some flagged by twitter as he talked about the Supreme Court looking into what he called illegal ballots. We want to reemphasize there is nothing illegal about ballots that were postmarked or arrived before the polls closed or postmarked on that day and are arriving within state guidelines. The president says they are eroding his lead in the key states. We were winning in all the key locations by a lot actually and then our numbers started miraculously getting whittled away. Reporter again, no evidence of fraud. No evidence if theres anything wrong with these ballots other than there are a lot of them and thats why in places like pennsylvania especially its taking a long time to count. Georgia just about wrapped up with theirs on their final numbers. Meantime joe biden is urging people to be patient and let this process play out. We have no doubt that when the count is finished senator harris and i will be declared the winners. Reporter so in georgia volunteers are now going doortodoor to get signatures for people who forgot to sign their ballot. Again, that is a normal part of the process. In arizona biden is still leading. They have protests going on. In nevada they say theyre not worried about doing it quickly. They want to do it accurately. Both western states say it could be this weekend before we see their initial count done. A disturbing new development in philadelphia. Police arrested two virginia men they say threatened the Convention Center where poll workers are counting ballots. The men were reportedly driving a vehicle that had qanon stickers. But the two have not yet been charged and its still not clear if they were armed. Coming up at 5 30 our decision 2020 coverage continues. Today in the bays kris sanchez is looking deemer into californias record turnout. Breaking down big changes to this years election may impact california elections for years to come. And following today in the bay, a special edition of today in the bay or the today show coming up, more analysis, and, of course, updated results from the battleground states. As the first storm system of the season is set to move into the bay area starting later, some Restaurant Owners are about to face one of the biggest concerns yet during the pandemic. The cold weather. Today in the bays crei today in the bays Cierra Johnson to explain what theyre going to do. Reporter good morning. Many Business Owners knew this time of year was inevitably going to come. Its going to get chillier and have people weighing whether or not they want to eat inside. Here in contra costa a similar stare. New restrictions are going to affect in contra costa because the infection rate is going up. The county will move from the orange tier to the more restrictive red tier. Health director anna ross says so far those cases from 5. 1 per 100,000. That coming up from 3. 17 cases. Indoor dining has been allowed to be up to 50 . Indoor Movie Theater capacity with that 50 is now back to 25 or 100 people. The same restrictions for those religious services. For local Business Owners the pandemic has been difficult to navigate, as you can imagine. The owner of one restaurant says fewer customers, more restrictions and navigating has been difficult. She does have Outdoor Dining both in the front and the back of her business. Keeping up with all of this has really just been a challenge. Take a listen. Its very hard. People are completely open again. When do you have specials and im happy that people are showing us their gratitude. For the staff and everybody, its hard. Reporter the county Health Director says the greatest infection rate is coming from those in the 19 to 50 age group. Many are essential workers, many of them on the front lines, health care workers, and first responders. With cases going up and temperatures falling across the bay area businesses have a lot to grapple with as we move forward. Cierra johnson for today in the bay. Cierra, thank you. San francisco leaders have cleared the way for dropping reform measures. A vote was declined yesterday. It will freeze looming pay hikes and save the city money in the short term. Opponents say the city is yielding the fight to implement reform. The measure now moves to the full board for a vote 11 days from now. The examiner says leaders may sign off on a oneyear tax break for cannabis related businesses. It would delay a move two years ago. Supervisors are trying to help struggling Small Businesses and this past tuesday San Francisco voters approved three new tax measures that would offset those cannabis revenue losses. Without a reprieve that tax hike is set to take effect january 1st. 5 0 on this friday morning. A look at the forecast for you. We need to be mindful there is some rain in the forecast but when will it hit certain parts of the bay area, kari . Thats the question. Of course, because were trying to make some week plans, and the rain is still well to the north of us. Were not expecting showers until later on this afternoon. As we time it out for you were starting to see spotty showers making it into parts of sonoma and northern marin at about 2 00 this afternoon. As we go into the rest of the day once again hitormiss showers. You need to have the umbrella handy and be ready. Overall cool and windy and a lot of that rain wont arrive until later on tonight. Well talk more about the timing in a fewer minutes. Mike, how is it looking timing your way to work . Overall nothing to add to the time. You just take your time because you still have the same speed limits out there. Green sensors showing your map all around the bay, a great predictable friday drive. Kari says the rain is coming so make sure the windshield wipers are in good order. We have the option of rain and fire reported as you travel over to the walnut creek area and past pleasant hill. Well get more details soon. Construction around 242 and no problems to the bay bridge right now very light. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. Its 5 10 right now. Holiday cheer. Still ahead at 5 25, the deal when fans can expect a new season to start. The new push to bring fans backcourt side. 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There may be two roadside fires. Looks like an earlier crash with debris. The span there has a wind advisory. Wind advisories, a live look shows you no problems for 92. Back to you. Well, good morning, a very happy friday to you as well. It is jobs friday. We get the october jobs report from the Labor Department today coming up at 5 30 a. M. We do expect to see recovery slowing as america deals with record high infections. Higher, in fact, per day than any other country. New shutouts have hit the retail and Hospitality Industries particularly hard. Women bear the brunt of the layoffs and furloughs. Heres the data scientists. Its clear the majority of us have been in Industries Women work in and are disproportionately affected in retail and salon and spa where 80 or more of the workers are women. They rely heavily on foot traffic and have been hurting especially in the covid restrictions. Women have been 20 more likely to lose their jobs or voluntarily leave their jobs during the pandemic. I mentioned that pandemic is getting worse not better, more than 120 new cases in a single day yesterday. I dont have the overnight data yet but 2,574 americans who were alive when we voted on tuesday have died since. The stock market looks like it will pull back after its best week since april, an election week rally. The nasdaq up 9 just in that week as investors poured money into tech stocks. We hear from companies as they make their Quarterly Financial report. Among them peloton and papa johns pizza both had amazing quarters as so many of us it continue to hang around the house. Peloton says sales tripled in the past three months. Papa johns tells the wall street journal it had its best quarter in eight years. You would think these things would offset each other, you have the pizza and peloton. If anybody has been on a peloton they know after a while, 30, 30 calories in. 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Im not a tequila guy anyway. What . Not really. If people are doing the shots, you know. Its 5 00 but not that 5 00 just yet. Rain drops rain is coming. We are changing our tune because the weather is changing drastically. As we go into today a big cooldown. You will notice the high winds and temperatures. Later today this rain will come on in and well see the spotty showers. The rain further to the north. Storm ranger is powered up. Its ready to track the rain. Notice the red scan and how it only focuses on the bay area. Were able to get it second by second basically as that rain comes in. How gusty its been and why the winds have been picking up over the past couple of hours. Weve seen gusts up to 38 miles an hour. Elsewhere a little bit lighter. As we go into today well start to see the rain coming in the north bay. 2 00 in the afternoon. As we go into the evening most of us are still dry. Into 7 30 some of that rain moves out and down into the south bay. Around midnight we could start to see a couple of isolated thunderstorms popping. They could drop heavy rain and small hail. Well have to watch out for that. Were going to see a break in the showers and then another round of light rain as we head to sunday so it does look like it stays pretty dry tomorrow. Sunday more chilly showers and that will bring in some additional rainfall totals. Some of us may not measure much at all and others could get a quarter inch of rain. Well take any rain we can get. For the sierra winter storm warnings up. Make sure you have the tire chains because we can see up to a foot of snow over the next few days. And if youre like me, obsessed with the radar, look at it anytime if you have the nbc bay area app. You can look at storm ranger, zoom in where you live and get alerts as rain approaches your location. Were getting ready for work this morning. How is the commute looking . Im looking at my traffic map but objesessed with the rad map youve been showing. 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Right now at 5 30 breaking news, major overnight development in the state of georgia as joe biden takes a slim lead over President Trump. The fight for the white house continues. Trying to get all the legal votes counted accurately and get the right result. This morning the mounting legal challenges creating a cloud over the integrity of the election. Plus, from the east coast to the bay area, tensions are rising. The overnight outrage in Contra Costa County. Today in the bay right now. This morning nbc bay area storm ranger scanning the skies as the first storm of the fall season is set to move into the bay area. Finally a little taste of fall. Good morning to you. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Well get to mike in just a bit. A wind advisory ahead of that storm, kari. Yes, thats for the bay area bridges as chp issues that and well watch out for the high winds this morning and its all ahead of this storm system moving in that will bring in some rain later on this afternoon. The rain not here just yet. As we get a closer look we have storm ranger powered up and we will be tracking that later today. Were looking at mostly gusty winds and chilly temperatures, spotty rain by this afternoon. And this weekend well see more rain chances, so il