>>> SUPER TUESDAY IS HERE AND VOTERS ARE MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL CRIMEAN U.S. SENATE RACE THERE IS A LOT ON THE BALLOT.

IF YOU HAVEN'T CAST YOUR VOTE YET THERE IS STILL LITTLE BIT OF TIME KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL JOINS US NOW TO KICK OFF OUR ELECTION COVERAGE.

JOHN.

>> Reporter: I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE ABOUT 230 AND I CAN TELL YOU IT HAS BEEN A FAIRLY STREAM OF CARS COMING IN FOR PEOPLE TO DROP OFF THEIR BALLOT IN THE DROPBOX IS HERE OUTSIDE AS WELL AS PEOPLE WALKING INSIDE TO THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE AND DROPPING OFF THEIR BALLOTS IN PERSON RIGHT THERE.

SPEAKING OF INSIDE WE GOT A LOOK ABOUT 90 MINUTES AGO AT THE PROCESS OF COUNTING THE BALLOTS.

IT BEGINS IN THIS ROOM WHERE THEY ARE EXTRACTED FROM THEIR ENVELOPE AND IT MOVES ON TO THE TABULATION STAGE.

THERE IS ONE ROOM WHERE VOTES SENT IN BY MAIL ARE TABULATED AND ANOTHER WERE BALLOTS FROM VOTING CENTERS ARE COUNTED.

THE POLLS CLOSED AT 8:00 TONIGHT AND REGISTRAR SO SHORTLY AFTER IS WHEN HE WILL GET THE FIRST BUNCH OF VOTES.

THEY'RE NOT TOTALLY IN THE DARK RIGHT NOW.

FROM THE VOTES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TABULATED IT LOOKS LIKE SAN DIEGANS ARE VOTING NUMBERS ABOVE AVERAGE.

>> VOTERS ARE SHOWING UP TODAY.

IT IS TRIPLED.

WE ARE ALREADY OVER 18,000 VOTERS HAVE VOTED TODAY AT OUR TO 17 VOTE CENTERS.

SO FAR WE HAVE OVER THREE 90,000 MAIL-IN BALLOTS THAT ARE PROCESSED AND READY TO GO INTO TONIGHT'S COUNT.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN VOTE HERE AT THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE OR AT ANY OF THE MORE 200 VOTE CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY UNTIL 8:00 TONIGHT.

LIVE AT THE VOTER REGISTRAR'S OFFICE IN KEARNY MESA, JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>> DID YOU GET IT CHANCE TO ASK HOW THINGS ARE GOING?

IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY PROBLEMS.

>> Reporter: FOR SURE I ASKED ABOUT THAT AND SHE SAID ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE EMPLOYED USUALLY TEMPORARILY TO WORK IN THE VOTING CENTERS ARE TRAINED IN DE-ESCALATION.

SO THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO IF THERE IS A PROBLEM AND SHE SAYS SO FAR, ALL SEEMS GOOD.

SO LET'S HOPE THAT HOLD UNTIL 8:00 TONIGHT.

WILL BE BACK AT 10:00 TO GIVE YOU A FURTHER UPDATE ON EVERYTHING.

>> THAT IS GREAT NEWS.

THANK YOU JOHN.

MEANWHILE CHULA VISTA RESIDENT WEIGH IN ON SOME ISSUES THAT CAUSE CONTROVERSY.

PLEADING GUILTY TO FELONY CHARGES OF GRAND THEFT AFTER ABUSING COVID-19 LOANS.

HER NAME IS STILL ON THE BALLOT.

CHULA VISTA NATIVE SAYS HE IS NOT VOTING IN THAT RACE.

>> I THINK PEOPLE WILL ELECT SOMEONE WHO IS QUALIFIED AND WILL DO A GOOD JOB.

>> THE CITY HAS GROWN A TON AND NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE KEEPING AN EYE ON HOW WE GROW AND GROWING IN PLACES WE HAVE NEED FOR.

>> IN ADDITION VOTERS CAN CAST ABOUT FOR THE DISTRICT 3 CITY COUNCIL SEAT AND FOR CITY ATTORNEY.

CALIFORNIA IS ONE OF 15'S DATE AND ONE U.S.

TERRITORY TAKING PART IN SUPER TUESDAY.

JULIA BENBROOK REPORTS, THE VIEW OF THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS GETTING CLEARER.

>> Reporter: SUPER TUESDAY, LIKELY SETTING THE STAGE FOR A WHITE HOUSE REMATCH BETWEEN PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

>> WE WILL HAVE A UNIFIED PARTY BECAUSE OUR REAL OPPONENT HAPPENS TO BE NAMED BIDEN.

>> Reporter: PERFORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY THIS IS HER LAST CHANCE TO SLOW TRUMP ON HIS WAY TO THE GOP NOMINATION.

>> WE LOST IN 2018, HE LOST IN 2022.

HOW MUCH MORE LOSING TO WE HAVE TO DO TO REALIZE MAYBE DONALD TRUMP IS A PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSOR SAYS HALEY'S LEVEL OF SUPPORT ON SUPER TUESDAY WILL SAY A LOT ABOUT THE LONG-TERM FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

>> LOOKS LIKE IT'LL TAKE IN YOUR MIRACLE IS NOT A SERIES OF NEAR MIRACLES FOR NIKKI HALEY TO COME BACK AND CLAIM THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.

>> Reporter: WANTING PLEDGE TO SUPPORT HER PARTY'S EVENTUAL NOMINEE BUT SUGGESTING SHE IS NO LONGER BOUND BY THAT PROMISE.

>> I THINK I WILL MAKE WHAT DECISION I WANT TO MAKE BUT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING I AM THINKING ABOUT.

>> Reporter: NOT JUST THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES THAT WILL CHART THE POLITICAL FUTURE.

VOTERS WILL ALSO BE CHOOSING CANDIDATES IN CRITICAL RACES.

IN ALABAMA A NEWLY DRAWN DISTRICT IS EXPECTED TO CHOOSE ITS REPRESENTATIVES.

NORTH CAROLINA'S HOTLY CONTESTED GOVERNOR RACE COULD END UP MIRRORING THE LIKELY TRUMP IN BIDEN REMATCH AND IN CALIFORNIA, A MARQUEE SENATE RACE TO TELL THE LATE DIANNE FEINSTEIN'S FORMER SEAT.

REPORTING IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, JULIA BENBROOK.

>> JOINED KPBS TONIGHT AT 10:00 FOR A LIVE ELECTION RESULTS AND ANALYSIS HOSTED BY MYSELF COMING UP WE WILL HAVE A PREVIEW OF WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT.

>> A LITTLE FURTHER AHEAD TONIGHT WE'RE DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW OF 52 DEGREES PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND I WILL NOT RULE OUT ANY LOW CLOUD COVER.

JUST MAKE SURE IF YOU DO HAVE TO TRAVEL LATE OR EVEN EARLY TOMORROW MORNING YOU ARE TAKING IT EASY ON THE ROAD.

YOU MAY RUN INTO SOME LOW VISIBILITY.

WE ARE TRACKING SOME RECIPROCATION CHANCES.

WE WILL BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU COMING UP.

>> MORE THAN A MONTH AFTER A LANDSLIDE , EMERGENCY WORK CONTINUES THE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SAYS LIMITED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CAN RESUME.

FOR NOW JUST TWO PACIFIC SURF LINER TRAINS WILL PASS THROUGH AND TWO MORE IN THE EVENING.

CONSTRUCTION CREWS EXPECTED TO FINISH LATER THIS MONTH.

>> A NEW RAPID BUS LINE HAS ABOUT A CAMPAIGN TO GET RID OF IT.

KPBS SOUTH BAY REPORTER SAYS THE ROUTE JUST WENT INTO SERVICE A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IMPERIAL BEACH.

>> Reporter: THE RAPID 227 ROUTE WAS MEANT TO MAKE IT EASIER TO COMMUTE BETWEEN IMPERIAL BEACH AND THE PORT OF ENTRY.

BUT JUST WEEKS AFTER THE BUSES STARTED RUNNING A GROUP OF RESIDENTS AND IMPERIAL BEACH STARTED SHARING FRUSTRATION.

THEY SAID THE NEW BUSES WERE MAKING THE QUIET STREET NOISY AND BUSY AT NIGHT.

>> I CAN HEAR THE BUSES.

I CAN SEE THE BUSES.

THERE ARE MANY, MANY MUCH TOO MANY.

>> Reporter: THE DEBATE CAME TO HEAD LAST MONTH.

HERE IS RESIDENT DENISE.

>> WE HAVE TWO ROUTES ALREADY THAT I THINK SERVICE IMPERIAL BEACH ARE SMALL FOUR SQUARE- MILE CITIES AND I THINK THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE.

>> THE CAMPAIGN TO GET RID OF THE RAPID 227 ROUTE WAS MET BY PEOPLE WHO SPOKE PASSIONATELY.

RESIDENT DENISE SAID MANY RESIDENTS HAVE TO CROSS THE BORDER FOR WORK BUT DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A CAR.

>> THE CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDED THAT MTS LOOK AT MOVING PART OF THE ROUTE TO A LESS RESIDENTIAL STREET.

BUT THEY SAID THE BUS LINE WOULD STAY AND THEY WOULD NOT RECOMMEND GETTING RID OF IT COMPLETELY.

>> MAJOR CHANGES TO VA HEALTH BENEFITS KICK INTO EFFECT EXPANDING ACCESS FOR MILLIONS OF VETERANS.

IT COVERED BY THE PACKED ACT WHICH AIMS TO EXPAND SERVICES FOR SERVICES MEMBERS EXPOSED TO OTHER TOXICS UP AND SAYS.

IT LAID OUT A PLAN TO PHASE ELIGIBILITY FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF VETERANS EXPOSED UNTIL FULL IMPLEMENTATION BUT THE BAS ACCELERATING THE TIMELINE.

>> IF YOUR DOCTOR OUT IN THE CIVILIAN SECTOR DOES NOT KNOW TO ASK IF YOU WERE IN THE MILITARY ALONE EXPOSED TO TOXINS THEN BEING IN THE CARE OF ABA PRACTITIONER IS REALLY A GOOD THING >> ALL VETERANS EXPOSED TO TOXINS WHILE SERVING OVERSEAS OR AT HOME CAN APPLY FOR BENEFITS NOW.

SCIENTIST AT THE SALK INSTITUTE HAVE CREATED A BETTER BRAIN.

IS A HUMAN BRAIN BUT IT IS VERY SMALL AND USED FOR RESEARCH.

KPBS REPORTER TELL US ABOUT ORGANOIDS AND HOW THEY HAVE CHANGED LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH.

>> Reporter: IN THE TISSUE CULTURE LAB AT THE SALK INSTITUTE INSTITUTE DEAR GROWING ORGANS MADE OF BRAIN CELLS.

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE AND WHEN THEY ARE DONE THEY WILL BE ABOUT FIVE MILLIMETERS ACROSS.

WHEN COMBINED WITH OTHER CELL CONSTRUCTION THEY WILL BE LIKE A TINY HUMAN BRAIN.

PROFESSOR RUSTY GAGE SAYS THEY ARE CALLED ORGANOIDS.

>> THE INTERESTING THING IS I AM TALKING ABOUT THE NEURAL PART OF IT.

THERE ARE LIVER ORGANOIDS THERE ARE GOT ORGANOIDS AND THEY ARE ORGANOIDS OF ALMOST ANY ORGAN IN THE BODY.

>> Reporter: IT BEGINS WITH A SKIN SO THAT TURNED INTO A POTENT STEM CELL AND THROW A FEW MOLECULAR SWITCHES AND IT BECOMES A BRAIN CELL OR ANY OTHER CELL IN THE BODY.

MEIYAN WANG IS A PROFESSOR AND WAS THE FIRST AUTHOR OF THE PAPER ABOUT THE SALK INSTITUTE BRAIN RESEARCH AND SHE SAYS STUDYING ORGANOIDS IS A GREAT FIRST STEP IN LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH.

>> FIRST OF ALL WE CAN GROW THEM AND EXPAND A LOT OF ORGANOIDS FOR A LOT OF SCREENING AND STUDIES .

SO WE CAN IDENTIFY A MOLECULAR PATHWAY AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO THE ANIMAL MODELS TO TEST THIS SO WE CAN ALREADY HAVE A THEORY BEFORE WE GO TO DO THE STUDIES.

>> Reporter: THE RESEARCH PAPER PUBLISHED IN MOTHER NATURE JOURNALS SHOWS HOW THE LAB DEVISE A WAY TO DEVELOP A BRAIN CELL CALLED ASTROCYTES.

THEY WERE POORLY REPRESENTED IN EARLY BRAIN ORGANOIDS FOR THE STUDY FAIRLY SHOWED HOW SOME ASTROCYTES WERE PROMOTING BRAIN INFLAMMATION.

MEIYAN WANG SAYS THAT IS INVOLVED IN LOTS OF WELL-KNOWN DISEASES.

>> FOR EXAMPLE ALZHEIMER'S, PARKINSON'S, AS WELL AS ALS HERE THESE ARE ALL THE POSSIBLE , THE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES WE CAN STUDY.

>> Reporter: IS THE USE OF ORGANOIDS BECOMES MORE COMMON RUSTY GAGE SAYS HER CLINICAL USE COULD MEAN CREATING A ORGANOIDS TO SERVE AN INDIVIDUAL PATIENT.

>> EPITOMIZES WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING PERSONALIZED MEDICINE.

WE HAVE YOUR CELLS HERE AND THEY CAN BE TEST WITH TREATMENTS AND UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISM BUT IT IS OF YOUR CELLS, NOT OF A MODEL SYSTEM OR ANIMAL SYSTEM.

>> Reporter: COULD IT REPLACE TEST ANIMALS IN THE LAB?

MAYBE NOT BUT THERE IS VALUE TO USING AN ACTUAL CREATURE BUT THEY SAY IT IS A SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION.

>> THIS IS A DEBATE THAT IS BEING HAD RIGHT NOW IN THE FDA.

HOW MUCH WORK DO YOU NEED TO DO AND HOW MUCH CAN WE DO ALONE?

HE ADDS A DEBATE THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN SETTLED.

THOMAS PLACE, KPBS NEWS.

>> Reporter: TO NORTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOWING WORTHEN ONE PATHWAY TO A SUCCESSFUL CAREER AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER WINN HAS A STORY.

>> Reporter: THE STUDENTS ARE DEMONSTRATING WHAT THEY LEARNED THIS YEAR.

THIS IS A VIRTUAL WELDING STATION BUT THERE ARE ALSO CONSTRUCTION, MODEL TECH, AND CULINARY ARTS TO NAME A FEW.

THE SHOWCASE IS PART OF THE TYPICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

>> WE OFFER 21 UNIQUE CAREER PATHWAYS.

>> Reporter: THE CAREER PATHWAYS COORDINATOR FOR VISTA UNIFIED.

HE SAYS THESE CLASSES ARE NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER'S WORKSHOP OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS.

THE STUDENTS ARE TECHNICAL SKILLS AND THE SCIENCE AND MATH BEHIND IT.

>> WE ARE REALLY ACADEMIC AND CHALLENGING OUR STUDENTS.

THEY COME OUT WITH A VARIETY OF CERTIFICATIONS AND EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT.

>> Reporter: A SENIOR IN THE CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM SAYS TAKING THE CLASS IGNITED A PASSION AND SHE WANTS TO PURSUE A CAREER IN HOSPITALITY.

>> I WANTED TO DO MORE THINGS WITH MY HANDS.

SOMETHING IN THE CORNER, RESTAURANT, HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT.

>> IT IS A FUN CLASS.

>> Reporter: HE PLANS ON STUDYING MARINE BIOLOGY BUT HIS FRIENDS WANT TO PURSUE WELDING AS A CAREER.

>> AIDAN IS GOING TO DO I BELIEVE HE SAYS PIPE WELDING AND I BELIEVE ANOTHER ONE WHO SAYS HE IS ALSO GOING TO DO PIPE WELDING.

>> Reporter: LAST MONTH VISTA UNIFIED OPENED A NEW CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BUILDING DEDICATED TO CONSTRUCTION AND WELDING.

THE 9000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IS A DISTRICT INVESTMENT IN CAREER TRAINING FOR IN DEMAND JOBS.

THEY SAY THE STARTING PAY -- >> A GENERATION AGO CONGRESS PASSED THE SO-CALLED MOTOR VOTER LAW AS A WAY TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO VOTING.

FAST FORWARD TO TODAY AND WHILE VOTER REGISTRATION HAS STEADILY INCREASED IT REMAINS UNEVEN.

KPBS EXAMINES THE IMPACT OF MOTOR VOTER.

>> DOES HAD TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND SAY I WANT TO REGISTER TO VOTE OR IF I DIDN'T I SAID WHY NOT.

>> Reporter: RAYMOND HAS LIVED IN SAN DIEGO FOR 2 1/2 YEARS.

HE WENT TO THE HILLCREST DMV OFFICE FOR LATE -- IN LATE FEBRUARY AND THAT IS REGISTERED VOTER THANKS TO STATE AND FEDERAL MOTOR VOTER LAWS.

>> SKIPS A STEP FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON THAT WOULD NOT NORMALLY SIGN THEMSELVES UP TO VOTE I THINK THAT IS A GOOD THING.

>> Reporter: THESE LAWS HAVE BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR GENERATIONS.

THE IDEA IS TO MAKE REGISTRATION MORE ACCESSIBLE WITH THE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY GO OUT AND VOTE.

A PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT UC SAN DIEGO IS >> THE BIG PICTURE HERE WHY ONE OF THE UNITED STATES LAGS BEHIND IN VOTER TURNOUT IS WE HAVE THE EXTRA STEP OF VOTER REGISTRATION.

>> THREE DECADES AFTER THE FIRST MOTOR VOTER ACT SOME ARE GRATEFUL AND SOME SAY IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN MATERIALIZED.

>> Reporter: THE EFFORTS IN THE 1990s WENT BEYOND THE DMV AND INCLUDED THE MTV GENERATION.

IN 1992, A SOPHOMORE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, RUNNING A NEW VOTER REGISTRATION PROGRAM.

>> TRADITIONALLY IT WAS STUDENTS UP TO THAT POINT, AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN GENERAL.

THE UNDER 24 POPULATIONS DID NOT TURN OUT TO VOTE.

YET SO MANY LEGISLATIVE DECISIONS ARE MADE EVERY DAY THAT A FACT THAT POPULATION.

>> Reporter: ARI -- ALSO A REM FAN.

ON THE BACK OF THE ALBUM WAS A PETITION FOR THE VOTER BILL.

THE IDEA WAS FOR CELEBRITY VOLUNTEERS TO INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE.

HE WROTE A LETTER TO ROCK THE VOTE AND AFTER THERE WAS WANTED, EVERYTHING CHANGED.

>> I REMEMBER GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR WITH SARAH JESSICA PARKER AND SHE WAS SO NICE.

SHE SAID, OH MY GOSH, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT WROTE THE LETTER.

SHE WAS SO EXCITED AND WOULD STOP AND JUST TALK TO STUDENTS.

UNTIL THEY FINALLY AGREED TO SIGN UP AND VOTE.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE ABLE TO REGISTER 10,000 NEW VOTERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ALONE.

HE SAYS YOUNG VOTERS WERE MOBILIZED TO TURNOUT FOR THE ELECTION TOO.

>> MANY PEOPLE CHALLENGE THE NUMBER OF UNREGISTERED WAS DUE TO APATHY.

MY EXPERIENCE TELLS ME SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

MUCH OF THE PROBLEM IS TWO OBSTACLES TO REGISTRATION.

>>> EVEN WITH OBSTACLES THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE PEAKS AND VALLEYS.

REGISTRATION OBSTACLES AND DISMAL TURNOUTS PROCESS, ESPECIALLY IN CALIFORNIA.

>> A LOW POINT CAME IN 2014.

MINDY ROMERO IS WITH THE CENTER FOR INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY WHICH STUDIES THE IMPACTS OF MOTOR VOTER LAWS.

>> BACK IN 2014 WE SAW A RECORD LOW TURNOUT IN CALIFORNIA.

THE PRIMARIES AND THE GENERAL ELECTION WAS THE LOWEST TURNOUT WE HAVE EVER SEEN.

>> Reporter: VOTING RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SUED THE CALIFORNIA DMV AND PROMPTED THE EDGES LATER TO PASS A NEW ACT IN 2015.

THIS FURTHER STREAMLINED THE REGISTRATION PROCESS AT THE MBS AND IN 2021 A TASK FORCE WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENSURE DMV OFFICES WERE COMPLYING WITH THE LAW.

REGISTRATION AGAIN IS ON THE RISE IN THE WAKE OF THE UPDATED LAWS, BUT IT IS NOT TRANSLATING INTO HIGHER TURNOUT ACROSS THE BOARD.

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS NEEDS TO BE BACKED UP BY ADDITIONAL MEASURES.

>> I GUESS I WOULD SAY IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T IMMEDIATELY TRANSLATE INTO A HIGH TURNOUT.

FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE WHO REGISTER TO THE ONLINE SYSTEM WHERE THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY PROACTIVE UGLY STICK AT REGISTRATION, THEY TURNOUT AT MUCH BETTER RATES THAN THOSE ON THE DMV.

THAT MEANS IT DISCS IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP TO TRANSLATE NEW REGISTRATIONS INTO ACTUAL VOTES.

>> Reporter: FOR RAYMOND AT THE HILLCREST DMV PARTICIPATING IN A LOCAL ELECTION IS IN A HIGH PRIORITY.

BUT HE SAYS, LEC HAS THE OPTION FOR THE NOVEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

>> IT IS 55th DAY.

I'M NOT DISPUTING ANYTHING LOCAL BECAUSE I'M NOT UP TO DATE AS FAR AS PRESIDENTIAL I WOULD PROBABLY VOTE ON THAT.

TIMES ARE CRAZY.

I WANT MAKE SURE THE RIGHT PERSON WINS.

>> LET'S START YOU OFF OF YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AS WE HAD THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

THE RAIN RETURNS AGAIN.

IS ASHLEY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY.

AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS EVEN POSSIBLE.

MAKE SURE YOU ARE AS BEING ALERT.

IF YOU DO HERE THUNDEROUSLY LIGHTNING, GET INDOORS.

MEANWHILE, WE ARE DRY AND WARM AS WE HAD INTO THE END OF THE WORK WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND.

WE DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS HERE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FORECAST.

TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO BE DROPPING DOWN TO LOWS IN THE 40s.

AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FEW CLOUDS ROLLING THROUGH AND I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE SAW SOME AREAS OF LOW CLOUD COVER.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUT LATE OR TOMORROW GIVE YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME AS YOU MAY WANT -- RUN INTO SOME LORD DID -- LORD VISIBILITY.

THE SENDER STORMS WILL START TO RAMP UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

OCEANSIDE AT 64 IN SAN DIEGO, 65.

YOU'LL EVEN SEE SOME RAIN OR A CHANCE FOR THE RAIN IN THE DESERTS.

MOUNT LAGUNA WITH A HIGH OF 39.

I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW THIS WILL PLAY OUT.

FOR THE MOST PART, WEDNESDAY MORNING IS LOOKING CLEAR.

IS WHEN WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON IS WHEN THINGS START TO PUSH INTO EXTREMES.

SO HEADS UP WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME WET WEATHER AND THAT'LL BE STICKING AROUND.

EVEN LATE WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW SPRINKLES POSSIBLE.

BUT LIKE I SAID, WE ARE TRYING OUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND HERE ALONG THE COAST.

WEDNESDAY WITH A HIGH OF 64 AND A STRAY SHOWER EVEN BY THURSDAY.

WE WILL RISE TO THE UPPER 60s THERE WAS MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

A MUCH BETTER CONDITION SHAPING UP FOR THE WEEKEND.

AS FOR AREAS FURTHER INLAND THOSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE SAID TO ERUPT WEDNESDAY AND WE ARE GOING TO GRADUALLY START TO DRY OUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

RINSE AND REPEAT FOR THE MOUNTAINS.

HIGHS WRITE ABOUT INTO THE 40s BY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

AS FOR THE DOES OR AN AFTERNOON SHOWER SO POSSIBLE IT'LL BE A LITTLE COOLER BY THURSDAY WITH A HIGH OF 68 MOBILE HAVE SOME SUNSHINE AND A LITTLE WARMER BY THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE 70s.

>> THE FIRST ELECTION RESULTS ARE EXPECTED SHORTLY AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE AT 8:00 TONIGHT AND HE WILL HAVE ALL THE EARLY RESULTS IN A LIVE SPECIAL NEWSCAST AT 10:00 TONIGHT HERE ON KPBS AND IS CO-ANCHORED BY MYSELF AND IT IS CALLED SUPER TUESDAY FOR REASON CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TONIGHT?

>> THE BIG DADDY OF THE ELECTION PRIMARY SEASON.

THIS IS THE DAY WHEN THE MOST VOTERS GO TO THE POLLS.

SO THE DAY WHEN THE MOST ELECTORS ARE ASSIGNED.

SO WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS THAT VOTERS IN 16 STATES FROM ALABAMA TO CALIFORNIA TO NORTH CAROLINA, TO VIRGINIA WILL CAST THEIR BALLOT TODAY AND A THIRD OF ALL THE PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATES WILL BE ASSIGNED.

NOW, YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THAT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT WILL LIKELY BE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, BRIAN A AND ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE IT IS LIKELY TO BE DONALD TRUMP.

THE BIG UNKNOWN TODAY'S WHAT WILL NIKKI HALEY DO.

WHAT WILL SHE WILL SAY SHE IS IN A RACE THROUGH SUPER TUESDAY AS LONG AS SHE IS COMPETITIVE AND HAS RULED OUT RUNNING AS A THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE AND RULED OUT RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT.

>> AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ASIDE IS A LOT TO LOOK AT BUT THE KIND OF LOCAL AND STATE RACES WILL YOU BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT AND FOCUS ON WITH OUR POLITICAL ANALYST.

>> WE WILL LOOK AT THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RACE WHERE DEMOCRAT IS THE INCUMBENT FACING MULTIPLE CHALLENGES IN A DISTRICT WHERE WE WILL LOOK AT THE U.S. SENATE RACE.

IN THAT RACE ONE OF TWO CANDIDATES THAT'LL LIKELY MAKE IT IN.

WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS WILL HE FACE HIS COLLEAGUES.

OR WILL HE FACE OFF WITH THE CANADA OF HIS CHOICE?

SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

WE'LL SEE IF THAT HAPPENS AND WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE SAN DIEGO MAYORAL RACE.

>> JOINED TONIGHT BY TWO POLITICAL ANALYST .

CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY DO?

>> THESE ARE TWO ANALYST THAT ARE VERY FAMILIAR TO OUR AUDIENCE.

ONE IS POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AND THE OTHER IS THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.

>> VERY EXCITING.

I LOOK FORWARD TO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> I CAN'T WAIT.

>> JOIN US FOR ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE ON ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS.

OUR SPECIAL BROADCAST START AT 10:00 TONIGHT YOU CAN WATCH ON KPBS OR STREAM ON THE YOUTUBE PAGE.

SHOUR.

ANALYSIS OF "SUPER TUESDAY" AS VOTERS IN MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES HEAD TO THE POLLS.

THAT IS AT 7:00, AFTER EVENING >>> YOU CAN TUNE INTO KPBS TOMORROW AT NOON AND THEY'LL HAVE A RUNDOWN ON ELECTION RESULT .

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORY ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.