this is bbc news. i'm anna foster live in washington. and i'm matthew amroliwala here in london. donald trump wins the us presidential election, saying his second term in office will be a new golden age for america. this is a magnificent victory for the _ this is a magnificent victory for the american _ this is a magnificent victory for the american people - this is a magnificent victoryl for the american people that will allow_ for the american people that will allow us _ for the american people that will allow us to _ for the american people that will allow us to make - for the american people thatl will allow us to make america great — will allow us to make america great again _ jubilant supporters celebrate. trump will be only the second person in history to serve as president for two non—consecutive terms. a crushing night for kamala harris and her supporters, who left her campaign headquarters in washington after the party was cancelled. over the next few hours, we'll hear from voters,

we'll talk to democrats and republicans, we'll assess how donald trump might govern — what he might do. we'll have international reaction from ukraine, the middle east, russia, china and the uk. and we'll show you how donald trump got to the white house. are republicans going to win a clean sweep with control of the senate and the house? donald trump has won the us presidential election. he'll return to the white house — an extraordinary political comeback — four years after he was voted out of office. talking tojubilant suporters, he promised a new "golden age" for america. his rival, the democrat candidate, kamala harris, hasn't spoken publically yet — but she's expected to address her supporters, in the coming hours. let's go straight to

washington and my coleague anna foster. it isa it is a stunning ring for donald trump, is there? absolutely. it came far more quickly than many people expected. people notjust here in washington but right around the country. they were settling in for a few days of counting and wrangling one way or the other, of a potentially very tight result. that is what the polls does —— predicted. people thought this might rival the last election in 2020 when there wasn't the result until there wasn't the result until the saturday. and yet america wakes up this morning, it's just after 10am in washington, they are expecting record—breaking temperatures today, and donald trump will be looking at the records that he has potentially broken. just in terms of the turnout. he didn't expect what is looking at now, a clean sweep potentially of those battleground states. becoming only the second person

to serve to nonconsecutive terms as president. and the first convicted criminal to take to the white house as well. let's look back at the story of a night which will be remembered for a very long time by both republicans and democrats. forvery by both republicans and democrats. for very different reasons. donald trump's re—entry onto the centre stage of us politics is now complete. we overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible. and it is now clear that we have achieved the most incredible political thing. look what happened. is this crazy? four years after being ejected from the white house, he is on his way back in, to thejubilation of these crowds in florida. it is a political victory that our country has never seen before, nothing like this. i want to thank the american people for the extraordinary honour of being elected your

47th president and your 45th president. his running mate was among those invited to absorb the adulation. i think that we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the united states of america. we are off to the races, we i have our first foreclosures... the countdown began overnight. at first the results were predictable, but then swing states started falling to the republican. north carolina projected for donald trump. - one by one... we are now in a position to protect georgia. pennsylvania for donald trump. then the big call. donald trump will be the 47th president of the united states, winning what had been expected to be a razor tight and historic race.

the democratic candidate kamala harris met volunteers on election day, but on election night at her campaign watch party, there was no victory speech. she didn't even appear. we will continue overnight to fight to make sure that every vote is counted, that every voice has spoken, so you won't hear from the vice president tonight. this is the machinery of democracy in america, said by the votes of millions. including in erie pennsylvania, eastman county any battleground state within a divided nation. darlene, though, cannot wait for a donald trump return. we don't need another four more years of high inflation, gas prices, lying, cross—border murder. america comes first. but others dread it.

i don't want an autocrat, i don't want someone who is convicted of a felon to be the number one person in our political environment. donald trump was convicted in may for falsifying business records. we will never give up, we will never concede. other ongoing criminal cases include allegations he tried to overturn the 2020 election in the run—up to the capitol riot. he denies wrongdoing. the sun is coming up after a long night, leading to this country's next chapter. for donald trump as my critics, he is nothing less than an outright threat to democracy. someone totally unsuited to america's highest office. even so, he tapped into many people's concerns about the economy and immigration. once again proving to be a divisive but effective campaigner.

his road back to the white house has been dramatic, even dangerous. injuly, donald trump survived an assassination attempt. beat covid. .. the same month, joe biden dropped out of the race for the democrats after that disastrous debate performance. i accept your nomination to be president. - kamala harris taking her boss's place as the candidate. now the question for the democrats, what went wrong? where kamala harris went wrong is going to be a question with a huge amount of introspection for the democratic party. but i do think her decisions in the closing weeks of the campaign to focus very heavily on all the things she thought were wrong with a donald trump and not as heavily on why she could rebuild the us economy, that could be one area. this man's journey has

infused, appalled and fascinated onlookers. but whatever feelings he inspires, this fact remains. donald trump will soon once again take charge of the most powerful nation on earth. jessica parker, bbc news, in washington dc. let's bring you some immediate reaction to those extraordinary events. joining me now is winnie brinks, democratic senator and majority leader of the michigan senate. when you saw these results unfold overnight, what were you thinking? unfold overnight, what were you thinkin: ? . , �*, unfold overnight, what were you thinkinu? . , �*, , ., thinking? clearly it's been a very deeply _ thinking? clearly it's been a very deeply disappointing i very deeply disappointing result for democrats across the nation. it is incredibly disappointing that we have returned to a president who sews chaos and other

difficulties for the people of our country. so we have some challenges ahead of us. it our country. so we have some challenges ahead of us. it was a definitive _ challenges ahead of us. it was a definitive rejection _ challenges ahead of us. it was a definitive rejection of- challenges ahead of us. it was a definitive rejection of your . a definitive rejection of your message. obviously time and effort will be spent looking into went went wrong but what should democrats have done differently? i should democrats have done differently?— differently? i think there will be a lot of— differently? i think there will be a lot of soul-searching. i | be a lot of soul—searching. i think it's appropriate that we take a very hard luck at what happened and way and what issues seemed to resonate and what we should be talking about more. they will be time for that as we get data and i am sure we will dig into that and i think internally there is a strong desire among democrats to do a postmortem on bass and figure out what we need to do to be better. i would also say

there are things that went well last night for us in various ways. i am last night for us in various ways. iam happy last night for us in various ways. i am happy to talk about those as well. please do. here in michigan we saw the election of a congresswoman to the us congress. we have still not called the us senedd race here. but that is a toss up. we will continue to look at that. we did see movement towards democrats in certain parts of the state so we will want to dig into that and see what that means for us. we elected to supreme courtjustices to our highest court in the state that were nominated by the democratic party and those are state—wide races. so there are some bright spots. i also think you saw unprecedented participation from voters in

michigan. we took great efforts to expand access to the ballot box to improve early voting and showed up how things are counted and by all accounts we have had a very secure and fair election and i think that is progress over what we had seen previously with so much disarray and too much opportunity for people to cast out on things. i opportunity for people to cast out on things.— opportunity for people to cast out on things. i 'ust wanted to take a moment — out on things. i just wanted to take a moment to _ out on things. i just wanted to take a moment to ask - out on things. i just wanted to take a moment to ask you - out on things. i just wanted to take a moment to ask you as. take a moment to ask you as well about the wider legislative picture here as well and the impact on congress and the fact republicans are going to be dominant when it comes to lawmaking. this country could look very different very soon and that is what the voters have chosen. that is a good observation. from my position it's very important that states understand their role and that they exert their ability to

have a positive impact on people because my daily lives. here in michigan we have taken measures with democrats in the last two years to secure the rights of women for reproductive health, to skewer the rights of lgbt huw foulkes. as those things become issues for the state and as donald trump has said they are, i think it's going to be very important that state legislators take those jobs very seriously and do everything they can to shore up those things for the people they represent.— those things for the people they represent. thank you for bein: they represent. thank you for being with — they represent. thank you for being with us. _ joining me now is matthew lamorgese, chairman of philadelphia young republicans. just tell me a bit more about what you think will —— will happen injanuary when donald trump takes office? how will the country change? it is

the country change? it is morning _ the country change? it is morning in _ the country change? it is morning in america, - the country change? it is morning in america, we | the country change? it is i morning in america, we can start— morning in america, we can start to _ morning in america, we can start to correct all of the disasters which have been caused _ disasters which have been caused by the previous administration, the kamala harris — administration, the kamala harris and joe biden administration. we will start to administration. we will start lo gel— administration. we will start to get our economy back on track — to get our economy back on track we _ to get our economy back on track. we will begin to cut out some — track. we will begin to cut out some burdens from regulations and things such as energy. here in pennsylvania we have an abundance of natural gas but the red — abundance of natural gas but the red literary environment has affected drilling for that natural _ has affected drilling for that natural gas. we will begin to -et natural gas. we will begin to get the — natural gas. we will begin to get the broader economy back on track _ get the broader economy back on track we — get the broader economy back on track. we will secure our southern _ track. we will secure our southern border and take care of the — southern border and take care of the things that frankly the people — of the things that frankly the people really wanted. obviously we had — people really wanted. obviously we had two very different versions of american presented here _ versions of american presented here one — versions of american presented here. one presented by kamala harris _ here. one presented by kamala harris which your previous guest _ harris which your previous guest talked about under one presented by donald trump and it shows — presented by donald trump and it shows his vision for america. so that what —— that

is what — america. so that what —— that is what we _ america. so that what —— that is what we will begin to see. i think— is what we will begin to see. i think his _ is what we will begin to see. i think his first term in office will— think his first term in office will be _ think his first term in office will be a _ think his first term in office will be a blueprint for what we will be a blueprint for what we will see — will be a blueprint for what we will see i— will be a blueprint for what we will see. ., , will be a blueprint for what we will see. . , ., , ., will see. i was in philadelphia yesterday _ will see. i was in philadelphia yesterday talking _ will see. i was in philadelphia yesterday talking to - will see. i was in philadelphia yesterday talking to voters i will see. i was in philadelphia yesterday talking to voters ofj yesterday talking to voters of different kinds but i spoke to people who were really scared about another donald trump presidency and who feared violence and attacks on the human rights. people who are really unhappy with that result today. to those who are not happy and to see a convicted felon in the white house and feel frightened, what is your message to them? i message to them? i categorically reject your comment that he is a convicted felon — comment that he is a convicted felon he — comment that he is a convicted felon. he has not been sentenced yet and under the laws — sentenced yet and under the laws of— sentenced yet and under the laws of this country you are not — laws of this country you are not a — laws of this country you are not a felon until you are sentenced. i reject that. he sentenced. i re'ect that. he will be sentenced. i reject that. he: will be sentenced in a few weeks. ~ :,

will be sentenced in a few weeks. ~ . :, ~ :, weeks. we are working through that but the _ weeks. we are working through that but the fact _ weeks. we are working through that but the fact is _ weeks. we are working through that but the fact is that - weeks. we are working through that but the fact is that the - that but the fact is that the people _ that but the fact is that the people chose him and the violence you are talking about, the violence was not perpetrated by republicans. it was democrats turned the city down — was democrats turned the city down in — was democrats turned the city down in 2020. it was democrats that rioted — down in 2020. it was democrats that rioted in 2016. our people unhappy— that rioted in 2016. our people unhappy with the results? there are people unhappy the results. what _ are people unhappy the results. what about what happened in the state capital. this is about those people, very close to you in that city, who have these fears and concerns. is your answer to minimise those fears and concerns or to take that message that donald trump said this morning about healing. what i will say is the violence you talk— what i will say is the violence you talk about was perpetrated by the — you talk about was perpetrated by the left. if people are

unhappy with the election result, _ unhappy with the election result, we were happy with many election— result, we were happy with many election results in the last decade _ election results in the last decade and we didn't burn cities _ decade and we didn't burn cities down. i hope they will meet — cities down. i hope they will meet us _ cities down. i hope they will meet us halfway and begin to heal— meet us halfway and begin to heal and _ meet us halfway and begin to heal and we can act upon that message _ heal and we can act upon that message about healing in america. but it does take to and — america. but it does take to and half— america. but it does take to and half of this country has rejected _ and half of this country has rejected donald trump. thank ou for rejected donald trump. thank you foryour— rejected donald trump. thank you for your time _ rejected donald trump. thank you for your time and - rejected donald trump. thank you for your time and for - rejected donald trump. thank| you for your time and for being with us on bbc news. matthew, you hear thejust with us on bbc news. matthew, you hear the just some of the division that still remains and will remain. we have talked about the election campaign and how it's been aggressive at times and the way it has pulled people apart in this country. when donald trump talked this morning and that victory speech when he talked about healing i think there was a bit of a message in the. you have heard

from our last two guests that there is a lot of soul—searching going on but also there is work that needs to be done to bring people back together again. two lines to just bring you up—to—date with the chair of the democrats just saying he will address party workers to talk about the defeat. that will be later today. so the postmortems and recriminations begin. it's also being reported joe biden calls —— plans to call donald trump and talk to him about the election results. let's return to what you are talking about because one of the big questions is going to be how is donald trump going to give in and what is he likely to do. that is a very good question. it wasn't just about the presidential election, they were 3a seats in the senedd up for grabs in the whole of the

house of republicans and it's looking like they will be dominant across congress. that will give donald trump the power as president to advance a lot of the policies and a lot of that agenda he was promising to the american people during the election campaign. we know things like the economy and absolutely at the heart of it. we watched the financial markets open in the us about an hour ago and the sword. economically it has been welcomed here. that is something they will plans to. he will say during the campaign people felt worse off in the joe biden than they did in the donald trump and that has come to pass at the ballot box. we are also expecting big moves on immigration as well. that was a really key pillar of his election campaign. and as we were saying, they were messages during that campaign, donald trump was talking about large—scale deportations and the way he would change the

borders so we will see how much of that is tempered with the responsibility of office and how much he will carry through with some of the big promises that he has made. all of that will come to pass in the next few months once he enters the white house and becomes the 47th president. there was a lot that was promised during that campaign and with congress on his side they will be a lot that donald trump can potentially change. by, that donald trump can potentially change. that donald trump can otentiall chance. : , :, potentially change. a couple of final thoughts, _ potentially change. a couple of final thoughts, is _ potentially change. a couple of final thoughts, is there - potentially change. a couple of final thoughts, is there any - final thoughts, is there any indication we are getting about appointments from donald trump, about the transition team, likely secretary of state? he's talked about rfkjunior having a role in health. let me ask you about those legal cases, we have sentencing in one of those cases in a couple of weeks. three weeks' time. that's an excellent point. there are still cases, criminal and

civil, pending against donald trump and i think a lot of people in the finest legal minds in america will be looking at what happens now because of course as president he has the power to pardon. he has the power to pardon himself. there is a scenario where in three weeks' time when he is sentenced for that felon he is sentenced for that felon he was convicted of, that particular crime holds a prison sentence. you have the scenario where he could in theory go to prison for a period of time while he is the president—elect and then injanuary once he becomes the president he could pardon himself. some people said one of the real driving forces behind his presidential run was to look at those various civil and criminal cases against him and try and sweep some of them away. things like the violence of the us capitol. that has not been resolved one way or another.

and yet in terms of the top team he said if the transition team he said if the transition team in place but i think we can expect to see some interesting names. of course i think we'll have some sort of role. he was speaking very warmly about people like elon musk for example. joe rogan who endorsed him at the last minute. will he start to bring nonpolitical names and as well and give them not those keystone political roles but will he start to do something unconventional? that is something he has always been. it repels his opponents in this country but it's something that his base absolutely love, the fact that he takes these institutions and makes them his own. there is going to be so much for this to talk about in the next few months and so many unknowns. he the next few months and so many unknowns— unknowns. he has been talking about using _ unknowns. he has been talking about using elon _

unknowns. he has been talking about using elon musk - unknowns. he has been talking about using elon musk to - unknowns. he has been talking | about using elon musk to tackle the bureaucracy he sees within the bureaucracy he sees within the american government. anna, we will leave it for now because i want to spend at the next few minutes assessing the result internationally. let's go first to ukraine and our correspondencejames go first to ukraine and our correspondence james ward house. we've had a first official statement from president zelensky but behind the scenes give me a sense of what you are hearing.- what you are hearing. from soldiers to _ what you are hearing. from soldiers to civilians - what you are hearing. from soldiers to civilians and - what you are hearing. from soldiers to civilians and alll soldiers to civilians and all the way to president zelensky plasma cabinet, they are analysing different shades of the unknown. kamala harris victory would have provided some relative certainty. if you look at what she said about giving ukraine support for as long as it took. with donald trump you had his claim of wanting to resolve this conflict in as little as 2a hours. what does that mean? will he visit kyiv or moscow?

is he going to announce a withdrawing of support? is he going to present the police —— these plan to vladimir putin? will the kremlin accept that? or will he step up military support for ukraine? everything is up in the air as a result of this us presidential election, suchis this us presidential election, such is the nature of geopolitics. the pendalar in between isolate that adult... this country needs help from the west is to be able to sustain its fight. when you look at president zelensky, a leader who is going to be a political operator, he has found himself on the world stage with the full—scale invasion, he will no doubt try to turn this into some kind of opportunity to make its case and if you look at the language of his post online this morning to donald trump congratulating

him, describing a great meeting we had when he travelled to new york and laid out why he thinks he should continue supporting ukraine, and he has pitched his country as an opportunity in terms of business and investment as well as military aid. the other side of this is war drives innovation. there are western companies as we speak having equipment used and tested by soldiers who are giving feedback. that will no doubt feed into what he ever try to present to the president—elect in the coming weeks and months but in short there are a lot of unknowns being looked at right now. huge ruestions being looked at right now. huge questions for — being looked at right now. huge questions for nato _ being looked at right now. huge questions for nato now - being looked at right now. huge questions for nato now going forward. huge questions about whether this might assure any sort of change of policy for the biden administration in these last two months about that issue president zelensky has pushed him on and are changing the rules of what is allowed to target using western weapons. if

allowed to target using western wea ons. , :, allowed to target using western wea ons. ,, . allowed to target using western weaons. ,, . ~ ., weapons. if you are ukraine, any kind _ weapons. if you are ukraine, any kind of— weapons. if you are ukraine, any kind of change, - weapons. if you are ukraine, any kind of change, they - weapons. if you are ukraine, | any kind of change, they need all western hands to the pump and i think you are right, an outstanding question of whether ukraine will be allowed to use western weapons on targets deep inside rushes to still unanswered. it will be hoped that an outgoing president biden might give that a final sign off especially with hundreds of russian glide bombs targeting cities and defensive positions daily because of the russians being able to launch air strikes almost unchallenged from deep inside russia. on the nato question, it's interesting whether donald trump will put pressure on other members to contribute more to their defence budgets, will america withdraw by any stretch? the argument here in eastern europe is that russia won't stop at ukraine if ukraine was to fall. they are arguing here that the kremlin could well turn on eastern europe. a lot would

need to happen for that to happen. russia has sustained huge losses in this war and you wonder whether vladimir putin would want to challenge the nato alliance in that way but there is indeed that sense of urgency. it's notjust a question of military support for ukraine which donald trump will have to consider. we also have another ingredient, north korea. it's only getting more involved in russia's invasion and there are claims now they are being involved in, it operations here in kyiv so what you do if you are the new us president? you choose to respond to that? and if so how? what president zelensky saying is russia expanding its alliances and we need the west to counter that but at the moment in his words we are getting words and not action. let's head to the middle east. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is injerusalem. take us through the reaction where you are.—

where you are. this is very much the _ where you are. this is very much the result _ where you are. this is very much the result that - where you are. this is very much the result that the l where you are. this is very i much the result that the vast majority of israelis wanted including the prime minister benjamin netanyahu who was one of the first world leaders to congratulate donald trump. and notjust congratulate donald trump. and not just congratulate congratulate donald trump. and notjust congratulate him but send them a warm friendly message. he signed it into friendship from benjamin. that emphasising the deep strong relationship between israel and the united states and it was echoed by all political leaders here from the left to the far right. the far right leader saying god bless trouble. they remember trump when he was in office the first time and basically backed all of israel's long standing demands including moving the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. but just like we had from ukraine, it's like this rubik cube, it's hard to put all the pieces together because you had donald

trump in his victory speech saying i'm the leader who enzo is not stop them. he is reported to have said to benjamin netanyahu that he wants the wars in gaza and lebanon and even the tension with iran wrapped up before he takes office injanuary. he was also reported to have said what you have to do. i think it is real that is is this expectation that israel will get a freer hand but on the other side there is all the arab leaders and very have all congratulated president trump. they have spoken of years of cooperation and all of them have said they hope he will bring peace to the region. that includes saudi arabia and that is the prize for president trump, he wants to have that normalisation with saudi arabia. there are very strong relationship with the kingdom the first time round. there are a lot of pieces to juggle. will he be —— will he give benjamin netanyahu everything he wants or will he be the man who says

i'm going to be the peacemaker in this region. as always, unpredictable.— unpredictable. ben'amin netanyahu�* unpredictable. ben'amin netanyahu met _ unpredictable. benjamin netanyahu met recently| unpredictable. benjamin - netanyahu met recently with donald trump at one of the things to keep an eye on is what israel may do concerning iran because we know in the past donald trump has been really hawkish about iran. indeed. it was president trouble pulled the united states out of the multilateral iran nuclear deal. it was said that was there was a lot of pressure from benjamin netanyahu to do that. during his election campaign donald trump criticised the president biden for restricting the targets that israel hit in its recent salvo of air strikes against the run. it is widely expected that israel will strike again. israeli leaders say they have not forgotten that their ultimate goal is to prevent iran from getting a

nuclear weapon. there is a sense that he may not put done the same kind of rules. don't hit nuclear or oil institutions. and in the most recent attacks on iran israel listened to that but there is a sense now that israel could find itself with a much freer hand. thank you very much. let's turn to russia. the kremlin said it would judge donald trump on his actions and that president putin had no plans to congratulate him. relations between russia and the us are at an all time low, with moscow angered by western support to ukraine. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has more from sochi. well, it feels like the kremlin is going out of its way to give the impression that it's not excited at all by donald trump's victory. a kremlin spokesman, dmitry peskov, said that as far as he knows, vladimir putin has no plans to congratulate

donald trump. he said america is an unfriendly country