kr >> in the media army right now that scattered in costa mesa for larry elder's victory party tonight. yes, larry elder is holding a victory party ktla is chris wolfe been covering the front running challenger hoping to unseat gavin newsom and he joins us now live from the hilton hotel in costa mesa. chris. >> hey, vicki and grant. that's right. larry elder is so optimistic he's planning this victory party already right here at this hotel. he hit the campaign trail all day yesterday making stops across southern california. this was his final stop last night where he actually had a rally last night. we were here. take a look. take a listen. good. our one on one with california gubernatorial candidate larry elder was interrupted when a supporter so excited to see him tripped on a curb and felt. >> he embraced her and made sure she was ok and both forged ahead with a rally at a hotel in costa mesa. the 2 of them serving as examples of determination really, really the reason i'm bringing in the heavy lumber. obama. >> bernie sanders, senator warren of all to commercials for him coming her

we're still waiting for larry elder to address his supporters in costa mesa tonight. there's a. >> fall room full of folks waiting for him to come out as all of us are to hear what he has to say about the election results. once he steps out, we will take that live. the results were called about 45 minutes after the polls closed is really fast. our grant lodes is here to. >> breakdown. the returns were used to seeing red and blue. this time we have green and yellow for no apparent that they made this map. but it is interactive and it is bit by minute second by second. so. >> we've seen the numbers change. >> talking a lot about, you know, the bay area, of southern california where a lot of people think that this race is decided it you look at way up north, right. this this bloc of of yellow. all these people. >> voted yes, they do want to recall governor newsom. but. >> just for perspective here, right. modoc county. i mean, look 75%. one news i'm out of there. but how many how many people, how many votes are we talking about fewer than 2000 right across the way by the

for now, reporting live in costa mesa. i'm chris wolfe. pam and ken, back to you. chris. thank you for that live from orange county. >> and now we want to check in live with john addressing his supporters not to run people's lives. >> the atmosphere to create the foundation for people to succeed on their own. i really believe that's the best role to the republican party. i i think what the republican party needs to do is focus on the quality of life issues that i talked about this right raisa making sure that we can build housing at an affordable price, making sure that we fix homelessness by getting people treat it, making sure that we have enough water and electricity that we have a variety of sources that we have diversity of sources. actually stop crime by keeping people who would commit. >> jack. >> and we stopped buyers by applying overwhelming force once a fire starts. so it doesn't turn into an inferno. any these are common sense ideas. i think the republican party stands for common sense ideas that that's all problems. and i i hope will be able to appeal to indep

reporting live in costa mesa. i'm chris wolfe. catherine. >> that new restore just a quick question before you go, of course, is a lot of buzz about what should be major republican candidates might run next year, assuming that newsome does prevail. if that happens, what is older saying, if anything, about that. >> he i think he would make a run for it. in fact, a lot of people are saying don't count him out. certainly if he does not. when the recall election tonight, this. a lot of people believe a lot of pundits, a lot of analysts lot of republicans are saying that he is building of movement win or lose tonight. he's building this movement, this groundswell of support and he's just going to keep going with this momentum. he's started to build right now. and i wouldn't be surprised if he continues to run for office after this. >> all right. christopher, thank you very much. we'll be talking to you later tonight. >> governor newsome, as we've been saying, probably delighted to find the perfect for oil in the form of larry elder new

here in orange county, in this ballroom in costa mesa is where larry elder is expected. and they say that they count on southern california two-thirds of the vote in the state will come from southern california. but this is what the campaign manager had to say just about an hour ago about the bay area. >> the bay area is the epicenter for all of the disasters that gavin newsom has created in california, whether it's public safety or homelessness or, you name it or economics. a lot of people are hurting. >> okay, back and forth. >> reporter: there was an issue today that a website -- >> robert, go ahead. >> reporter: go ahead, pry friend. >> pick up your thought. >> reporter: there was an issue today about a website that came out that was partially funded by the larry elder campaign, and at that website already questioned the election results. and already pointed fingers at possible election fraud. we specifically asked the campaign about that. they said this election is all about voter integrity. and that's all that they're counting on right now. they had no other commen

chris wolfe reporting live for us from costa mesa tonight. thank you for that. of course, 2 of the other republicans hoping to unseat governor newsom spoke tonight after the race was called. let's listen in on what they had to say starting with businessman john. >> what the republican party needs to do is focus on the quality of life issues that i've talked about this right raisa making sure that we can build housing at an affordable price, making sure that we fix homelessness by getting people treated, making sure that we have enough water and electricity that we have a variety of sources that we have diversity of sources. >> my life, catherine, my entire family who is here. everybody across this great state, the bottom of my heart. thank you for being a part of this campaign thank you for believing in california. i will leave you with this. tonight was round one. there's more to come. >> again, just 2 of the 46 people who are on the recall candidate list tonight of speaking out after the race was called for governor newsome. some voters in the north. they cast

lucy kafanov live for us in costa mesa. appreciate it. joining me now is ron brownstein, cnn's senior political analyst and senior editor at "the atlantic." we have caroline heldman, democratic strategist and professor of critical theory and social justice. also with us, lonnie chen, former public policy director for the republican mitt romney's 2012 presidential campaign. thanks to awful you for being with us. a bit like the old days. ron, i'll start with you. in this margin of neuse tomb win, if it's as big as those exit polls now suggest, when he sits down at his desk on wednesday to write out thank you cards, should the first one be to donald trump for giving him something to run against and the second one to larry elder for making that possible by claiming to be further to the right of donald trump? >> maybe reverse. maybe reverse the order. look, the recall got on the ballot by mobilizing discontent in the most conservative parts of the state, particularly to governor newsom's tough measures on lockdowns in response to covid last ye

conservative radio talk show host addressed supporters last night in costa mesa. as he did during the campaign, he attacked the governor, blaming him for crime, homelessness and housing prices. in california elder received almost 40% of the yes vote on the recall, according to the latest numbers from the secretary of state. and statewide election officials are still processing ballots. mail in ballots were sent to all california registered voters about 22 million in all, many people sent in those ballots ahead of the election, while others waited until election day to drop off the ballot at polling sites. maybe it's just inter paranoia. but i just like to make sure i come in in and i know where the vote is and where it goes in. i just feel more confident that i can actually physically vote and then turn it in and that it'll count. contra costa county's clerk says 52% of the county's voters turned their ballots in early, but turnout does appear to be about 10% lower than last year's presidential election. new at noon, a new effort in san francisco to support small

laura anthony is in costa mesa, following larry elder's campaign. reporter: larry elder will hold his election night event here at a hilton in orange county. we don't expect to see him until well after the 7:00 start time for the event. the conservative radio talk show host spent all day yesterday down in southern california, hammering away at his primary talking parts -- points. thaliforni familield be allowed school choicentende'f that he entered the race two months ago. win or lose, he has raised his public profile substantially and has become especially memorable for his aggressive campaign style aimed directly at governor newsom. >> we've got rising crime, rising homelessness, outrageous rise in the cost of living, declining public school standards, five seasons in california. the fifth one is the fire season. that's because of the court -- poor management of our forests. gavin newsom wants to blame it on climate change. climate change has little to do with it. jerry brown left a plan to clear dry at -- vegetation. he did not mention climate ch

. >> larry elder in costa mesa tonight said he is ready to lead california in a different direction. >> if you can tell me where this man has made life in california better in the last two years, i would love to hear it. >> his case during the final push, tomorrow is the last day to vote for or against the recall. >>> okay. tomorrow is the big day. our weather should be cooperating for most everyone around the state. >> it looks like the weather will really help you get going. tomorrow you have to drop off that ballot. you can see, mostly sunny skies to start and we're looking at some chilly 50s here. nothing we can't handle. the south bay at 54. we'll continue with those 50s over the east bay, san francisco in the north bay and we'll see a little bit of patchy fog. daytime highs tomorrow, i don't see any big changes. we'll have some isolated heat inland. the water. will be morgan hill at 90. right near the bay, a warm day at 83. head to the east bay hills. we have more mid 90s over concord, antioch and livermore. san mateo, 78. san francisco, a few 70s, and right through the mission

a costa mesa man used a drone to deliver various drugs to his friend over the jail walls on sunday. the man piloting the drone was arrested on various charges. >>> back to that breaking news out of pleasanton this afternoon. chopper 5 is live over that grass fire that was triggering some evacuations in alameda county. this is happening near interstate 680 and pleasanton. as a precaution among people living in that nearby neighborhood were told to evacuate. alameda county fire and pleasanton fire are on the scene, and it appears the smoke is down, and it appears from this location that the fire is not progressing. we will keep you updated. >>> let's check in with paul heggen right now. would be nice if we got a ton of rain to put all of these fire fears that of everyone's mind. >>> i'm a bit jealous of northern california since the northern coast is going to get over an inch of rain. but we will take whatever we can get. the rain will move in late tomorrow, mainly saturday night into the first half of the day on sunday. it will warm up again early next week, and the offshore wind wil

mesa. meanwhile, republican businessman john cox plans to watch the election returns coming in from long beach. he says that even though larry elder is leading the race among the recall candidate in the polling, john cox says he has what it takes to win. >> i have a different skill set than larry elder. i'm a manager. i'm a builder. i am not just a talker, i am a doer. let's let the voters decide as to who they want to have me to stay. >> meanwhile reality tv star caitlyn jenner cast her vote this morning in beverly hills, where she plans to watch the vote count come in. matter how it goes tonight, she says she does not want to hear talk about voter fraud. >> i don't want to feel, as a voter that, oh, it is not worth voting because it is all a fraud. we can't have that. this is california. this is america. >> and republican kevin faulconer will be watching election results with his supporters in san diego, where he used to be mayor . there are 46 replacement candidates running including man

viene una jornada en que todos los ojos están en california, en el caso de larry la mirada está en costa mesa donde se han reunido cientos de seguidores para apoyar a quien cree que será una figura para apoyar el cambio, dinorah pérez nos cuenta cómo estuvo el ambiente por ella >>> con una duración unida comenzaron el encuentro y concluyeron con las palabras de larry que reconoció que esta noche no lograron destituir al gobernador de california pese a todos los esfuerzos, enfatizó que perdieron la batalla pero no así la guerra, en conferencia en el hotel el condado de orange que tiene capacidad para 6000 personas se lleno entre ellos voluntarios de la campaña que tienen horas haciendo llamadas a los votantes para convencerlos a destituir al gobernador gavin newsom >>> es muy simpático y me gusta cómo habló en el radio y es como una persona que quiere no solo por los ricos, pero toda la gente >>> los presidentes piden una california diferente y no están contentos con la labor de newsom y aún cuando los votos iniciales de la elección inicial mostraban una tendencia a favor de

the conservative talk show host addressed his supporters in costa mesa. tonight he attacked the governor, blaming him for crime, homelessness and high home prices in california, but ultimately i decided to run because i felt. that i could do something about the crime. i could do something about the homelessness. i could do something about the fact that california has now hit $800,000 average price of a home. that's 150% above the national average, outrageous because of the stranglehold the environmental extremists have had over gavin newsom, and it had over. sacramento. love you more. according to the secretary of state elder got over 44% of the vote of those who voted yes. on the recall. former san diego mayor kevin faulconer thank his supporters in his hometown tonight. he campaigned on a law and order platform blessing the governor on crime and homelessness. he's gotten more than 9% of the pro recall vote so far, meantime, businessman john cox said tonight that the recall election has quote put the career politicians and insiders on notice. that we nee

republican front runner larry elder will spend election night at costa mesa, hosting an election party at the hilton hotel. while the polls show governor newsom's lead growing, recall supporters are still confident their voters will show up in big numbers today. >> 20,000 businesses closed their doors permanently. >> recall organizers in fairfield reminded volunteers why they are working to unseat governor gavin newsom. >> i'm feeling good. are voters are turning out later and later in the cycle. election day is critical to us and we are out here mocked -- knocking on doors and sending text messages and turning out voters. >> tamika hamilton arrived with her two young children. >> the main thing for the black community is schools and school choice and not being able to -- zoom was a huge problem for so many kids, including mine. gavin newsom was sending his kids to private schools while my schools were closed. >> gop front runner larry elder spent his day in southern california trying to convince voters, including democrats to vote for him. >> what they are afraid of is that larry elde

cnn's lucy kafanov is at elder campaign headquarters in costa mesa. >> reporter: rosemary, it's been an interesting evening. the campaign has billed this event as a, quote, victory party. all night the band had been playing, the alcohol was flowing. the mood was celebratory up until the news networks began calling the election for current governor gavin newsom. that is when the two tv screens behind me that were playing the election returns turned off, and then started showing the elder signs. that's when the mood shifted. the big question, of course, was whether larry elder was going to concede the election or continue to make baseless claims of possible election fraud. he has mentioned, quote, unquote, election shenanigans in the lead-up to the election. but he did come out speaking to his supporters, acknowledging the loss. take a listen. >> my opponent, governor gavin newsom -- [ crowd booing ] come on. let's -- let's be gracious. let's be gracious in defeat. and by the way, we may have lost the battle, but we are going to win the war. >> reporter: larry elder then went on to rec

. >> i am at the hilton in costa mesa where larry elder will hold his election night party. that is set to begin about 7:00 tonight. the 69-year-old elder spent the last days leading up to the election here in southern california, where he reinforced his commitment to ending mask mandates and vaccine requirements as well as his strong belief california families should have a choice when it comes to what schools children attend. he has been a frequent critic of governor newsom on issues like climate change and solving the state's homeless crisis. today elder made no public appearances, choosing instead to post a message to voters on his facebook page. >> larry elder here. today is election day. be sure to vote before 8:00. turn your ballot into a voting -- go to get gavin out.com. we are going to change california. we are going to change the world. >> while elder posted a link to a voter fraud website on his website, he also is appearing on a radio show, or just appeared shortly ago down here. he insists he will still win this election. he was asked if he might concede. he sa

john doran from fairfield meanwhile, costa mesa man in southern california has been arrested for trying to use a drone. >> to smuggle drugs into a jail in the city of orange police say the drone landed in an outdoor recreation area of the jail and was carrying heroin methamphetamine, xanax pills and muscle relaxers investigation led detectives to the suspect's home where they found illegal guns fentanyl and a controller for the drone that was being used. the man was charged with suspicion of a number of felony drug and firearms charges. our 4 zone forecast as we give you a live look outside at a rather quiet bay bridge toll plaza. and we've got something in the forecast. we haven't seen or heard about in quite a while can serve some rain. when that be nice. yes, early-season rain. after all the talk of fires. and it's just been a long time been able to see anything like this. not going to be a huge event. >> there's a chance we could see some rain rolling in and that is certainly some good news that some cloudy skies up toward the golden gate bridge right now. overnight tonight. you can

lauren: this is where larry elder will spend his election tonight in costa mesa in orange county. it is a party that will not start until about 7:00 tonight. elder, the 69-year-old, spent st the days leading up to this election here in southern california, where he reinforced his commitment to ending mask mandates and vaccination requirements in california as well as a strong belief that california families should have a choice when it comes to which schools their children attend. he has also been a frequent critic of governor newsom on issues like climate change and sold real estate's climate crisis. today elder made no public appearances, choosing instead to post a message to voters on his facebook page. >> eight. today is election day. be sure to vote before 8:00. and turn your ballot into a voting center. go to getgai we will change california and we will do this together. lauren: while the polls have yet to close, elder has already raised the specter of voter fraud in this election. he has a link to a webpage that encourages people to report any bullying direct -- any voting

. >> campaign headquarters in costa mesa in southern california. we've been waiting for him for about an hour now to come out and address his supporters. larry elder at last count more almost went almost 2 million for him. tonight of the ballroom is still full despite some results. we've already announced knowing that. >> governor newsome will stay in office. it looks like he still has a full of group of supporters waiting to hear what he has to say about what's next for his political career. and as soon as he comes out, we will go live to orange county to hear what larry elder has to say. he's the lone holdout, the last major candidate. >> that has yet to speak. we have live team coverage of tonight's special election. we begin with kron four's dan thorn live in sacramento. the democratic headquarters with the governor spoke a little less than an hour ago. dan. >> that's right, ken and pam, the governor not really in a celebratory or victorious mood tonight. he definitely the demeanor of somebody who was really happy to just have this recall behin

mesa. and we're told john cox will watch the results at a restaurant in rancho santa fe couple falconer set to host a viewing party at his campaign headquarters in san diego. now according to the california secretary of state, roughly 8.6 million ballots have been headed in and accepted so far, and that means 38.3% of california's 22 million voters have already voted in the election back to you. and like you said, just a couple more hours to go and tell those polls closed tonight, andre. thank you. talk of voter fraud has already come up before any votes of even been counted. ktvu is rob roth was in contra costa county today to show us the process and all the safeguards that are in place. on this election day. voters here in martinez have been turning in their ballots at this drive thru, and many are beating a path to this dropbox in front of the contra costa county elections department. others voted in personwhether or not to keep governor gavin newsom or replace him and if so, with whom i

his campaign is calling a victory party tonight in costa mesa and republican recall candidate john cox is holding an election night media availability in the san diego area. it will take place after the polls close at eight p.m. the polls opened at seven o'clock this morning, and they close in just about three hours. ktvu is rob roth has been talking to voters and election officials about election security. he's in contra costa county tonight for us, rob frank rich, the drive through ballot drop off outside the contra costa county elections department. it's slow now. people think it will pick up once, folks start getting off work. election officials say this has been a pretty smooth day so far on this election day. voters here in martinez have been turning in their ballots at this drive thru, and many are beating a path to this dropbox in front of the contra costa county. oths voted in person, whether or not to keep governor gavin newsom or replace him. and if so, with whom i want my vote counts i put it in the box so it doesn't get lost or stolen. inside. this warehouse machines were

mesa. republican recall candidate john cox is holding an election night media availability in the san diego area. it will take place after the polls close and recall candidate caitlyn jenner will be holding what's being built as an election night celebration at the los angeles county winery. it's being held as we mentioned at that winery there in los angeles county. well as the candidates make their final appeal to the voters, democratic and republican consultants are weighing in on the state of the race and the strategies that both sides have used in this recall election. our political reporter greg lee joins us now, once again. he's been following the polls, the numbers and the candidates in this recall, and he joins us now in this critical election day. greg heller alex. good afternoon, you will hear the same thing from all the candidates today, including the governor, the polls, the numbers, they don't mean anything on election day. all that matters are the voters. and what they decide

that crowd had gathered in costa mesa tonight, listening to elder about the results. elder received nearly 44% of the vote of those who voted yes, on the recall, according to the latest numbers from the secretary of state, former san diego mayor kevin faulkner. thank and his supporters in his hometown tonight. faulkner campaigned on law and order platform, blasting the governor on crime and homelessness. he was among the top tier of candidates but never reached the level of support that larry larry elder was able to get to this recall showed that if you keep the focus on gavin newsom. he can be beat, but what we clearly saw in this election that the focus of this election turned into national politics and personalities. we need a faulkner said he plans to take time in the coming weeks to look for other ways to serve. the state and businessman john cox also held his election night party and sandy you county in rancho santa fe. he'd called for an end to mask mandates and vaccine and testing requirements for teachers as part of his campaign, but he may have gotten more h

. >> so, shannon, we will keep you updated throughout the night here in costa mesa, california. set it back to you. >> shannon: thanks, matt. we will listen whether larry elder decides to concede or fight tonight. we will let you know. 24 hours after being grilled in a house hearing, secretary of state antony blinken taking heat on the senate foreign relations committee tuesday over the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. white house correspondent kevin corke recapping the fireworks for us. good evening, kevin. >> evening, shannon. if you talk to anyone in this town, they will state is not didn't know, it is what you knew and when you knew it. that is when you can get in trouble. but that has been the case for many in the biden administration, trying to explain what in the world happened in the calamitous exit from afghanistan. by the way, the very latest member of the administration to have to face the music today was secretary of state antony blinken. >> the guy the biden administration droned, was he and aid worker or isis-k operative? >> i don't know because we are reviewin

mesa, dijo: seamos amables a la derrota, perdimos una batalla pero vamos a ganar la guerra. estas elecciones especiales le costarÁn a los contribuyentes alrededor de $25,000,000 y a pesar que no hubo grandes incidentes durante la jornada electoral si hubo quejas de algunos recientes en diferentes partes del estado de fraude, en dos casillas electorales en balleza fernando votantes aseguran que al llegar a ejercer su derecho no les permitieron votar porque supuestamente ya habÍan votado y los que tuvieron suerte les entregaron papeletas especiales para que pudieran votar. ahora, en su discurso sobre el fraude electoral gavin newsom dijo que les elecciones nuestro manipuladas y calificÓ estas acusaciones como una amenaza a la democracia. satcha: gracias por estos detalles desde los Ángeles. >> dÓnde estÁn "nicolÁs"? se mueve lentamente a travÉs del extremo sureste de texas dejando calles inundadas y 150,000 clientes sin electricidad, esta maÑana una madre asegura estar viva de milagro y es que tienen que ver cÓmo queda su auto luego que un Árbol le cae encima y lo m

mesa and all of the hippies started getting saved and really was kind of where the whole thing started. it's really fascinating honestly ainsley: natalie many of us grew up in traditional services where we learned, we would read out of the hymn book and sing traditional church songs and after college i had this experience where i started going to a baptist church and i loved contemporary music and god speaks to me through that music. how has that music really affect ed your life? >> i think from the time i was a little girl, hearing contemporary music with faith- based lyrics, it was a game changer because i was like wait, there's actually something that i can relate to but i think when you think about the power of music, all of us can talk about the sound track of our lives. talk about how adelle makes us cry over heartbreaks we never en had before but when you put hope into the lyric and you're like wait a second this is songs that become anchors so for me, i can go when i was going through postpartum depression i can tell you a song that was an anchor in my life. those moments that

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