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When will Kamala Harris give her concession speech?
Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to address the nation Wednesday to officially concede the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump.
Harris is expected to deliver a speech to the country and her supporters at Howard University in Washington D.C., her alma mater, a campaign co-chair confirmed to NBC News. The timing of Harris’ speech was not immediately known. Three campaign sources tell NBC News it will be later in the day.
“We still have votes to count. We still have states that have not been called yet. We will continue overnight to try to make sure that every vote is counted, that every voice has spoken,” campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond said. “So you won’t hear from the vice president tonight. But you will hear from her tomorrow, because she will be back here tomorrow to address not only the HU family, not only to address her supporters, but to address the nation.”
The school had served as her election night headquarters where Harris had hoped to deliver a victory speech Tuesday night. But as midnight approached on the East Coast and election results trickled in showing victories for Donald Trump, the cheers in the crowd became silent and the Harris campaign turned off its projected broadcasts of CNN. Instead, the DJ blared music from speakers to hype the crowd.
Harris’ surest way to 270 electoral votes was through Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, states Trump won in 2016 and President Joe Biden captured narrowly in 2020. But in state after state, including North Carolina and Georgia, Trump outperformed what he did in the 2020 election while Harris failed to do as well as Biden did in winning the presidency four years ago.
Trump’s win against Harris, the first woman of color to lead a major party ticket, marks the second time he has defeated a female rival in a general election.
Harris rose to the top of the ticket after Biden exited the race with less than 100 days until Election day after a disastrous debate with the Republican nominee raised questions about his age and ability. Despite an initial surge of energy and excitement around her campaign, she struggled during a compressed timeline to convince disillusioned voters that she represented a break from an unpopular administration.
Harris focused particularly on reproductive rights, an issue that drew women to her candidacy after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision and states began implementing restrictions on abortions. And while abortion rights measures won in seven states, it wasn’t enough get Harris the win.
Some states have added abortion rights to their Constitution, while two have rejected measures.
Trump, meanwhile, sought to court male voters with a hypermasculine approach. At the ballot box, Trump trounced Harris among men while about half of women backed Harris.
Trump ultimately won over voters with grand promises to improve the economy, block the flow of immigrants on the Southern border and his siren call to “make America great again.”
Overall, about half of Trump voters said inflation was the biggest issue factoring into their election decisions, according to evidence from the NBC News Exit Poll.
Nearly half — 45% — of all voters said they were worse off financially than they were four years ago. That was a higher level of dissatisfaction than what registered in exit polls in any recent election going back to 2008, when the election took place amid the financial crisis that propelled Barack Obama to victory. And though the economy is growing, with a low jobless rate and a booming stock market, 2 in 3 voters rated the U.S. economy poorly, a level higher than in 2020, when the country struggled to get in gear during the Covid pandemic.
Harris and Trump ran very different campaigns, with Harris promising to work with people who disagreed with her, while Trump warned about “the enemy within.” Besides abortion rights, she emphasized preserving democratic norms and tackling housing costs and other bread-and-butter economic issues.
Harris refused to be drawn into spats with Trump, when for example he questioned whether she had downplayed her identity as a Black woman. Harris’ mother came to the United States from India while her father is from Jamaica.
Trump characterized Harris as a socialist, though she has a more centrist record, and insulted her intelligence and her qualifications. Harris was San Francisco’s district attorney and California’s attorney general before becoming a U.S. senator. Biden tapped her as his running mate after she ended her own campaign for president in 2020.
But as part of the Biden administration, Harris struggled with other issues — the war in Gaza was the main one — over which she alienated many traditional Democratic voters.
By contrast, Trump presented a dark vision of America, and one that fact checkers found filled with exaggerations and inaccuracies. He called migrants “vermin” and charged they were committing violent crimes, made wild accusations about schools helping transgender schools transition without their parents’ consent, and repeated his false claims that he, not Biden, had won the 2020 presidential election. Late in the campaign, a comedian at his Madison Square Garden rally insulted Puerto Ricans with a “floating island of garbage” punchline.
Trump has been found guilty of illegally influencing the 2016 election by making hush payments to a porn actress. He faces federal charges over his efforts to remain in the White House after the 2020 election and state charges in Georgia.
Here is a look at candidates marking firsts after the 2024 election.
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CIF Central Coast Section 2024 girls volleyball playoff brackets: Updated scores, matchups, game times (11-2-2024)
The San Diego Section girls high school volleyball player brackets are in and the action is well underway.
Semifinal play in all seven divisions continues on Tuesday and Wednesday, including Open Division play between fifth-seed San Marcos at No. 1 Cathedral Catholic and No. 7 Francis Parker at No. 6 Torrey Pines.
In the Division 1 semifinals, No. 9 Rancho Bernardo, coming off a 3-1 upset over No. 1 Sage Creek, travels to fourth seed El Capitan; while second seed Eastlake hosts No. 11 Point Loma, which upset No. 3 Christian.
In D2 on Wednesday, No. 1 Coronado hosts fifth-seed University City and Scripps Ranch travels to La Jolla Country Day.
In D3 on Tuesday, top seed High Tech San Diego hosts No. 5 Santana, while No. 11 Olympian plays at No. 2 Brawley.
In D4 on Wednesday, Lincoln-San Diego (25-7) hosts Canyon Hills (9-12).
In D5 on Wednesday, fifth seed Kearny (14-16) travels to top seed Southwest San Diego (14-16) while Orange Glen (14-13) hosts San Ysidro (21-13).
And in D5-AA on Tuesday, fifth seed Escondido Adventist Academy travels to top seed Rock Academy, and second-seed Monarch hos Preuss UCSD.
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It's the last day to vote in San Diego County. Here's what to know
Decision 2024: What to Know
Tuesday is the 2024 Presidential Election and the last day to cast your ballot in San Diego County.
All Vote Centers or ballot drop boxes will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Any voter who is in line at a vote center or an official ballot drop box at 8 p.m. will be allowed to vote. However, no one can join the line after the 8 p.m. deadline. For those voting by mail, ensure your ballot will be postmarked by Nov. 5 for your vote to count.
So far, about 830,000 people have returned their mail-in ballots and another 42,000 voters have cast their ballots early and in person.
If you’re not registered to vote and want to participate in the election, you may visit any vote center to conditionally register and vote provisionally through Nov. 5.
We have what you need to know below:
When is the 2024 General Election in San Diego County?
Election Day for the 2024 General Election is on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. All polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day. San Diego County voters had the option of submitting their ballots early by either using drop boxes across the county or by voting at an official Vote Center.
Where can I find a vote center?
San Diego County has hundreds of locations across San Diego County. It is not necessary to go to a specific polling place. Instead, voters can head to the location most convenient for them to vote in person, drop off their completed mail ballots, or register to vote as a conditional voter.
Voters can check whether they are registered here.
Find a vote center near you with this map or this list
When are ballots due in San Diego County?
Ballots are due when the polls close at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.
Anyone in line at a vote center by 8 p.m. on Election Day will be able to cast their ballot in person.
For those mailing their ballots through the USPS, ensure yours will be postmarked on Tuesday. If you’re unsure, drop your ballot at a secure drop box location before 8 p.m.
Can I vote by mail this year?
Yes, voting by mail is encouraged. Every registered voter in California will receive a vote-by-mail ballot for the 2024 General Election.
First, make sure your ballot is ready to go by signing and dating your return envelope and sealing your ballot inside.
Then, find a ballot-box dropoff location near you or return to any U.S. Postal Service blue box starting on Oct. 8.
Your return envelope must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by the Registrar’s office within seven days following Election Day.
Can I vote online in San Diego County?
No, California does not allow online voting.
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City to clear San Diego Riverbed homeless encampments
The city of San Diego is set to clear homeless encampments at the San Diego Riverbed, posting notices early Monday to tell people who live there that they have to collect their belongings and leave by 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.
It’s a coordinated effort with multiple agencies — the first of its kind at the riverbed, the culmination of months of outreach efforts paid for by millions of dollars in state funding.
The bright green notices posted early Monday indicate the city plans to perform the abatement within 24 hours.
Outreach workers from People Assisting the Homeless have been in the riverbed for months, working to find housing and offer supportive services to those living there.
“The abatement is going to happen no matter what, like it was going to happen. So it was: Do they abate and keep doing the same thing that they’ve been doing, abating ticketing, arresting and throwing people’s stuff away so we have to start over?” said Autumn McCann, of PATH. “Or do we partner together and provide the case management services first and try to get people everything that they need?”
San Diego Riverpark Foundation’s latest census numbers, released last month, show an estimated 423 people were believed to be living along the riverbed.
San Diego’s homeless crisis only continues to grow. Now, we have new numbers highlighting one local hotspot — the San Diego Riverbed. NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer explains.
McCann spent all Monday in the riverbed near where Interstate 5 and Interstate 8 intersect to try and get those remaining there into some form of shelter, like to the city’s safe sleeping sites or into temporary housing.
She said MTS, lifeguards, Caltrans and the city will all be involved in the abatement Tuesday morning, with a lifeguard boat brought in as well as a crane that will lift loads of debris from the riverbed.
“I really don’t want to see any of my clients being ticketed or arrested,” McCann said. “I don’t want that to happen, so I’m a little stressed and pressed, but I am feeling confident that we can help the majority of the people that are still left out there.”
“It gets depressing, and I’m already depressed, so it just makes it more worse,” said Joseph Miller. He’s been living on the streets for six years and came to the San Diego Riverbed about a month before the notices went up.
“I didn’t think this was going to happen, you know?” he said. “They’re washing us out.”
“This is about providing assistance, providing resources and then going in and doing the abatement, doing the cleanup, restoring this area back to what it was,” said city spokesman Matt Hoffman.
The effort is paid for with $3.6 million in state grants awarded the city of San Diego from California’s Encampment Resolution Funds. That’s part of a total of $17 million in grants awarded the city, San Diego County and the city of Santee under those funds last June.
The funding used to clear the riverbed can be spent on rental subsidies, outreach work, supportive services and more.
“This is about building and providing resources that people need to get out of homelessness and not return to homelessness,” Hoffman said. “That’s part of the benefit of this grant. These funds are flexible so that somebody something doesn’t work for someone, we can try something else.”
The city said, after months of outreach, individuals still in the riverbed Tuesday morning will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
Officials said the timing of the abatement process – beginning on Election Day – was a coincidence, put into motion when the city applied for the Encampment Resolution Fund grants in 2023. The abatement process will continue all week as the city looks to get ahead of the king time and the upcoming rainy season.
Miller said he planned to take the offer to go to O Lot, one of the city’s safe sleeping sites. He said he plans to take care of some medical issues then look for work — still hopeful he can get back on his feet.
“I couldn’t pass up this, you know? Land of opportunities out here,” Miller said. “There’s a lot of things to do out here in San Diego.”
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