cheering yes, he's back. jubiliant scenes as donald trump is re—elected to the white house one more time. it wasn't the close race some had predicted — in fact, he cruised to victory with wins across the key battleground states. as the results rolled in, disappointed kamala harris supporters left a victory rally early. in the last few minutes, she's been speaking about her defeat. while i concede this election, i do not concede the fight that fuelled this campaign. cheering.

we're in one of the key swing states to find out where it all went right for donald trump. getting down to business — tonight sir keir starmer has a call with the president—elect to congratulate him on his victory. iron in west palm beach from where donald trump has been speaking on the phone to both kamala harris and joe biden —— i'm in west palm beach. throughout the programme, we'll have reaction and analysis from across america, and the world. what does a donald trump presidency mean for us all? and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world.

good evening from washington, where donald trump has comfortably won the race to become this country's 47th president in what's been described as one of the most dramatic comebacks in american political history. the polls had suggested a close race and that perhaps there'd be days�* of legal wrangling over the result. none of that came to pass. not only did mr trump sweep the crucial swing states he needed, but he also won the popular vote, describing his victory as "magnificent." and in the last half hour, mr trump's democratic opponent, kamala harris, thanked her supporters in her concession speech and said the fight to make the world a better place would continue. she said she was proud of the race she ran and that the results needed to be respected with a peaceful transfer of power. president biden will address the nation tomorrow, while president—elect trump has already been speaking to world leaders. this is what the us electoral map

looked like back in 2020, whenjoe biden won the white house. the blue represents democrat states, red republican. and this is what it looks like tonight. even though three states are still to declare, donald trump has already comfortably won the race, reaching the magic number in the electoral college system of 270. he's also won the popular vote, by 51%, to kamala harris�* 47%. in this specially extended programme, we'll take a look at donald trump's path to victory, from convicted felon to becoming, once again, the most powerful man in the world. we'll also analyse what went wrong for kamala harris�*s campaign, and what donald trump's victory could mean for the rest of the world. our first report tonight, is from gary 0'donoghue, who was at donald trump's campaign headquarters last night, as the results came in. cheering

as the results rolled in, they began to believe bit by bit that they could win. what do you think? i think it is freakin�* awesome! whoo! when the key swing state of pennsylvania was called for the former president, they could barely contain themselves. we did it, man. i'm notjust happy, i am ecstatic. we are so back! we're so back. this country's saved. this is an extraordinary political comeback. the former president and now future president has overcome scandal, court cases, even a brush with death from an assassin�*s bullet. and the country has sent him back to washington and the white house for another four years. he's promising a new golden age for america. the party atmosphere grew and grew as the alcohol flowed. please welcome president elect donald] trump.

but it wasn't until after 2am that they got the chance to see their next president in the flesh, flanked by his whole family and his key lieutenants. many people have told me that god spurred my wife for a reason. cheering —— that god spared my life. the reason was to save the country and restore american greatness. we will fulfil that mission together. for hisiubilant _ fulfil that mission together. for hisjubilant supporters fulfil that mission together. for his jubilant supporters that means mass deportation of migrants, huge tariffs on foreign goods and ending the war in ukraine and the middle east. i will not let you down.

america's feature will be safer and stronger than it has ever been before. god bless you, and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. tonight has become a very different night to the one we expected. donald trump victorious without dispute. the result came quicker than anyone or the polls had expected. while they partied hard in florida, in washington, a very different mood among kamala harris�*s supporters as the reality of their defeats in pain. —— their defeat sunk in. so you won't hear from the vice president tonight... i was later both kamala harris and joe biden called the president—elect to congratulate him on his victory, and president spoke to her supporters. and president spoke to her sweden-— and president spoke to her supporters. and president spoke to her su--orters. ~ , . , supporters. whilst i concede this election, i— supporters. whilst i concede this election. i do _ supporters. whilst i concede this election, i do not— supporters. whilst i concede this election, i do not concede - supporters. whilst i concede this election, i do not concede this i election, i do not concede this fight that fuelled this campaign. the outcome of this election is not

what we wanted, not what we fought for, but hear me when i say... hear me when i say the light of america's promise will always burn bright. donald trump won this campaign by hugely improving his support among hispanic voters and a significant rise among black voters too, especially men in both communities. while president failed to matchjoe biden�*s support among women in 2020 and was held responsible by voters for years of rising prices in the shops and the highest levels of illegal migration at the southern border in decades. donald trump celebrated his victory would some key supporters such as the world's richest man, elon musk. the scale of the victory was underlined by the man who will be president. i thank

ou for man who will be president. i thank you for the — man who will be president. i thank you for the trust _ man who will be president. i thank you for the trust you _ man who will be president. i thank you for the trust you have - man who will be president. i thank you for the trust you have placed l man who will be president. i thank| you for the trust you have placed in me and i think we havejust witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the usa. despite what the polls had indicated this was no narrow victory. donald trump goes back to the white house for a second time having won big. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, florida. as we've been hearing, kamala harris has addressed her supporters here in washington. samira hussain was watching. a difficult moment, no doubt. what did she have to say? this a difficult moment, no doubt. what did she have to say?— did she have to say? this was a seech did she have to say? this was a speech that _ did she have to say? this was a speech that absolutely - did she have to say? this was a speech that absolutely no - did she have to say? this was a - speech that absolutely no politician wants to give, but kamala harris was delivered a resounding defeat. democrats can't even claim they won the popular vote. perhaps, democrats can't even claim they won the popularvote. perhaps, harris deserved to speak to her audiences last night, her supporters, deserved to speak to her audiences last night, hersupporters, but deserved to speak to her audiences last night, her supporters, but she certainly needed to speak to the

country and concede this election. in this speech she made it very clear she is committed to a peaceful transfer of power. she was able to strike an optimistic tone while still accepting defeat. her historic run for the white house has come to an end but the democrats will have to look at this crushing defeat and look inwards and really examined what went wrong and how the country and rather how the party comes back from this. ., , and rather how the party comes back from this. . from this. samira hussain, reporting live, thank from this. samira hussain, reporting live. thank yom _ it's four years since donald trump left the white house, with many suggesting his political career was over. just a few months ago, he was convicted of business fraud over payments to the adult film star stormy daniels, and he's still facing several other possible prosecutions. but despite all of that, donald trump is now set to be sworn in again as president, on inauguration day, january 20th next year. so who voted for him? well, the data suggests more women

opted for kamala harris, but not by the margins she'd hoped. at least 5a%, compared with 44% for donald trump. he leads among white voters, the biggest single group, with ms harris ahead among black voters. 86% chose the democrats. let's get more from sarah smith in florida, who's followed every twist and turn of this election. sarah. those numbers you mentioned are really important for control of congress too which matters if donald trump is to get any legislation passed. republicans have already taken control of the senate and it looks like they will keep control of the house of representatives, a remarkable victory for donald trump and his republican party. we have had a statement from former president barack 0bama saying he congratulates donald trump that he

is obviously disappointed given his profound disagreements with the republican ticket, but living in a democracy is recognising you will not always win and you have to respect the peaceful transfer of power, a slight dig at donald trump. from the mutinous glare in this infamous mugshot, an iconic image of defiance, to the bold, clenched fist thrust in the air showing that nothing could hold him back, it was all leading to this. the most dramatic comeback in american political history. four years ago, refusing to accept defeat, he summoned his supporters to washington and sent them to the capitol. we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country any more. the january the 6th riot destroyed donald trump's reputation. it could have exiled him to permanent ignominy. appearing in court charged with a felony crime might then have killed his political career. but it resurrected it instead. his supporters believed he was being victimised by the biden administration. they're not after me,

they're after you. ijust happen to be standing in their way, and i always will stand in their way. the breaking news, donald trump guilty. his conviction only further cemented his support. he's now the first criminal felon to be elected president. are you better off now than you were four years ago? one simple question got right to the heart of the matter for all the people who felt much better off when he was in charge. no matter how you spin it, some of us are working two to three jobs and not getting a lot of that family time because we have to put food on the table. 0n immigration, he captured — as well as stoked — fears over the record levels of illegal immigrants streaming into america. in one sentence, he demolished joe biden's candidacy... ..on the total initiative relative to what we're going to do with more border patrol

and more asylum officers. president trump? i really don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. i don't think he knows what he said, either. ..and defied death when he could so easily have been killed at a campaign rally, but came up fighting, driven by raw political instinct. he was then worshipped by supporters who saw divine intervention at work. to elect donaldj trump... he looked utterly unstoppable. but not unflappable. people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom. calculated jibes from his new opponent knocked him off script. in springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the cats, they're eating... they're eating the pets of the people that live there. but voters seem uniquely willing to forgive outrageous statements when they come from donaldj trump. does donald trump say some crazy stuff? - absolutely.

and does that bother you? well, it does, but it doesn't. i don't know if it would be the more outrageous things he says, but i think people like that he's honest. he's a showman in a way, right? so he's a funny guy. don't get me wrong, are some of his jokes a little on the edge? certainly. that everybody enjoys a good laugh. his bizarre and erratic behaviour... so play ymca, go ahead, let's go, nice and loud. ..dancing, not speaking, for a0 minutes on stage... is that better?! ..or crass gestures when the mic wouldn't work all formed part of the transfixing trump show — and it worked. he performed his way right back into the white house. sarah smith, bbc news, west palm beach. in the run—up to polling day, all the focus was on the seven key swing states. this is where the election would be decided, with speculation the race would be so close, it might take days before a winner's declared.

but it only took a few hours before georgia and north carolina declared for mr trump, followed by pennsylvania and wisconsin. this evening, michigan was added to that list. we're still waiting for arizona and nevada, but at the moment, he leads in both of those states. the biggest prize was pennsylvania, worth 19 electoral college votes, and won byjoe biden four years ago. from there, tom bateman takes a look at what persuaded voters to this time back donald trump. at the steps where kamala harris made her final pitch, now they're packing up, defeated, and she's going home. i voted for kamala too as well, but i already figured trump was going to win, just due to the campaigns. ijust felt our campaign wasn't strong enough, and also, just seems as though they don't want to see a woman leading, in office. trump outperformed harris, particularly among men.

peter walks coco here every day, and struggled, he says, as inflation surged underjoe biden. yeah, i like being able to afford groceries. i like being able to pay for gas. i like that trump wants to do away with income tax and replace it with tariffs and make us a much better country again. these steps are famous from the movie rocky — a plucky underdog takes on a heavyweight champion. but harris just couldn't break through in this critical swing state, in which her side only scraped a win four years ago. kamala harris was trying to outperform joe biden in this city and, therefore, across the state. but in the end, donald trump ate into those margins, even taking voters from harris here in philadelphia. mostly concerned, just right in this moment, for women, for my lgbt community, for my trans friends. i'm very concerned about

the future for us, you know? i feel like waking up, . especially as a woman. i mean, my husband is distraught, but i was like, can we put it aside fora minute? _ because i need that love and support. . out in the suburbs, they once helped build a world superpower. now people here think trump will focus on america first. if you drive through north philly, they could have used $1 billion to fix that, and that is not even a quarter of what we spent on wars. so i believe if we aren't affected in, like, a personal attack, or anything that affects us, we shouldn't really worry about it. it has improved for me. at this

place _ it has improved for me. at this place right— it has improved for me. at this place right here... 0ur tips won't be taxed. and what do you think about what was said during the campaign, that trump is going to be a dictator? kamala called him a fascist. i don't believe all that. in the end, donald trump built on his base in the rural rust belt, and even advanced in democrat—voting philadelphia, and his fans are now hailing a knockout blow. tom bateman, bbc news, pennsylvania. is the counting took place in pennsylvania and all those other swing states, it came just became clear to the supporters of kamala harris that any chance of victory was slipping away. despite high—profile celebrity endorsements, and a formidable ground operation to try to get their voters to the polls, the harris campaign failed. i'm in washington, dc, a heavily democrat area. in fact, more than 90% of the votes here were cast for kamala harris. but the rest of america had a different idea.

as america wakes up to donald trump's victory, the dream many had of a first woman president is over. a group of early—morning joggers hit the road, one democrat among them shocked by the election result. it's really scary to know what's going to happen next, and i'm feeling just a lot of uncertainty and nervousness about the future. and at the venue for kamala harris�*s overnight election watch party, there's a mournful silence. the morning after, the balloons are still up, the barriers are also in place, because there should have been a victory party here, at her old university, for kamala harris. now it's a wake. i can see you have been crying. i have been crying. i definitely have been crying. we came across student anna wiggins, distraught and bewildered. how awful was it last night? um, i think i found out about the result at about three o'clock in the morning, and i was so crushed, because letting trump win

is a vote for racism, it's a vote against women. i'm so scared. i'm terrified for this country, and i'm so hurt that america let this happen in the first place. so why did america reject kamala harris? welcome to the eras tour. her endorsements were big, and famous. i'm supporting kamala harris for president. every single vote, every one is going to matter. but did any of this speak to the concerns of ordinary americans? from rural areas to urban centres, from the rust belt to the sun belt, millions felt their country was on the wrong track. donald trump felt their pain. my message to americans tonight is simple. - we do not have to live this way. we don't. and we won't. we won't. we do not have to settle - for weakness, incompetence, decline and decay.

i'm sad. we are all sad, but at the end of the day, we don't have time for solace. you have to get up and go work. 0ne democratic strategist admits republicans asked the questions kamala harris didn't. we asked people three things. how do you feel about immigration? how do you feel about crime? and are you better off, is the economy better? people said no to those things. i don't think that's true. but elections are about instincts and feelings as well. i know, clive. i agree, but at the end of the day, at some point, we have to look at some realities. the first decision i made in 2020 was selecting her as my vice president. 0ne reality is that kamala harris was fatally tied to an unpopular president, and during the campaign, she failed to make a decisive break from her boss. would you have done something differently than president biden? there is not a thing that comes to mind. she seemed tin—eared, not only turning off moderate republicans,

but also democrats too, black men, latinos, younger voters. there's a problem . with the messaging. some of it has to do with religion. some of it has to do with tradition. some of it has to do with masculinity. i and so i don't know what we do yet, but we've got to figure out - a way to move forward. but i don't think this is a time - for the party to capitulate and move back from the progress - that we want to push forward. that postmortem on the structural realignment of the political map we've alljust witnessed begins now, as donald trump prepares for a second term, given a second chance. i tell you what, they move pretty quick here, just look at this. in the shadow of the white house, they are already building some of the platforms for the inauguration of the president—elect. this platforms for the inauguration of the president-elect.— platforms for the inauguration of the president-elect. as we know, that will be _ the president-elect. as we know, that will be donald _ the president-elect. as we know, that will be donald trump. - the president-elect. as we know, that will be donald trump. that i the president-elect. as we know, l that will be donald trump. that will take place onjanuary that will be donald trump. that will take place on january the that will be donald trump. that will take place onjanuary the 20th, in the new year. let's go straight to sarah smith, who is in florida. such

a resounding victory. what should we expect from a trump second term? well, trump made some controversial and radical proposals on the campaign trailand now and radical proposals on the campaign trail and now he has a mandate to be as bold as he likes. so think —— i think very quickly, you can expect swift and drastic action on the us southern border to close that and try to stop all illegal immigration. he has also pledged to try and expel all undocumented illegal immigrants living in the us. he has even talked about building camps to detain them while they await deportation. and there are other radical plans. not everybody knew how much of what he said to take seriously, but there are some things he is very clear he wants to do. impose 20% tariffs on all imported goods, even higher on some of them. that is one of his very favourite policies. and he also talked a lot about using the justice system to pursue and target his political opponents, who he sees as

his enemies. he wants to see them investigated, prosecuted, even possibly imprisoned. and he has the mandate to do all of this from the voters and permission, thanks to a recent ruling from the supreme court that says he cannot be prosecuted for anything he does in office when he is acting as the president. so i think you are going to see some very radical actions pretty quickly from the second donald trump term. and the second donald trump term. and ou will be the second donald trump term. and you will be reporting on all of it. sarah, thank you. sarah smith, our north america editor. back in the uk, sir keir starmer also congratulated donald trump on his win. downing street said the two men spoke on the phone, and agreed they'd work to ensure the "special relationship" between their countries continued to thrive. in the commons, the new leader of the conservatives, kemi badenoch, asked the prime minister to apologise for previous comments

by his foreign secretary describing mr trump as a "neo—nazi—sympathasising sociopath". chris mason has more. having access to the white house, being heard in washington, a long—standing must—have of uk foreign policy. this, a gathering injuly. president biden inviting the prime minister and others for dinner. can i first of all welcome the leader of the opposition? here at westminster, it was also a day for promotions. kemi badenoch making her commons debut as conservative leader, and the prime minister reacting to this morning's news. mr speaker, can i begin by congratulating president—elect trump on his historic election victory? as the closest of allies, the uk and us will continue to work together. and kemi badenoch's sentiments were similar. and so i would like to start by congratulating president—elect trump on his impressive victory this morning. but hang on, she and others have pointed out, compare and contrast the foreign secretary's gushing congratulations to donald trump

today — "we look forward to working with you in the years ahead" — with what he said in 2017, saying he'd protest on the streets if the president turned up, and saying he was a racist nazi sympathiser. and that's not all. and i quote, "trump is not only a woman—hating, neo—nazi—sympathising sociopath, he is also a profound threat to the international order". the foreign secretary and i did meet president—elect trump just a few weeks ago for dinner, for about a couple of hours, and we discussed a number of issues of global significance. it was a very constructive exercise. sir ed davey. the liberal democrat leader claimed today was a "dark, dark day" for people around the world. president—elect trumpl praised vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. and i quote, he called it "genius". he also said he would encourage | russia "to do whatever the helll they want" to nato allies.

nigel farage's view was rather different — it was of florida. he was at donald trump's victory party. speaking to gb news, where he works as a presenter, he had this offer for the prime minister. clearly, what the labour government need to do is to roll out the red carpet. there is a fantastic opportunity ahead of us. and all i can say — as somebody who is a personal friend of his, has backed him all the way through his career — you know, if i can help broker a little bit of peace between the two, i'd be very happy to help. the moment that keir starmer rolls out the red carpet, - we will be protesting again... welcome to the arguments of the future. this, a protest at the american embassy in london tonight. brash controversy, wild unpredictability, argument, and plenty of it — the new normal, again. the question here tonight is what kind of relationship can the president—elect and the prime minister manage? i am no matchmaker,

but you have a socialist form of human rights lawyer from but you have a socialist form of human rights lawyerfrom north london and a brush real estate billionaire in new york. they don't have character compatibility oozing out of them —— a brush. nonetheless, they have spoken on the phone tonight, the prime minister congratulating donald trump. some pictures released by downing street of that call. the descriptions of these calls are usually bland and anodyne, but a couple of words struck me. talk of the prime minister offering 1471 00:28:3