welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is 1:00 a.m. here in new york. i'm poppy harlow live with you this evening. we have cnn coverage of the most spectacular, stunning shake-up in modern history. tonight, mass demonstrations in new york, oakland and portland and other major cities across the country. the fallout from an election shocker. the democrats, not to mention

many republicans thought was impossible and the polls said was improbable. crowds chanting donald trump is not our president, staging sit ins and in some cases burning images of the images of the president elect. tonight, we have live team coverage. jean casarez and ryan young are following demonstrations in new york and chicago. paul vercammen is on the west coast and set the scene for us. what are the protesters doing and saying tonight? >> well, there's about 1200 protesters. they scattered throughout downtown. if you look over here, they are basically chanting all kinds of things including -- excuse me, love trumps hate. now they are chanting one person, one vote. many people in this crowd had

expressed to us they fear that some of their relatives or friends might be deported under a trump presidency. also tonight, many people expressed to us, as californians, they feel that their votes didn't matter in this election because the electoral college. some went so far as to say they thought that california shouece from the union. earlier, by the way, they burned a trump effigy and now they are chanting "not our president." listen. [ chanting "not our president" ] >> all right, poppy. it will be difficult if you try

to fire me a question. so i will toss back to you. the scene from los angeles has been peaceful. the lapd has been taken a hands off approach and one protester thanked them for their hands off approach and protecting them. they are again, chanting "not our president." >> paul vercammen live in los angeles. let's look at what paul was talking about and pull that up for our viewers to see. one thing burned tonight, earlier tonight. jean casarez is in new york city. jean, you are with a crowd of protesters. past 1:00 a.m. in the morning. they are what are the protesters saying about what they want to see happen. i hear their frustration. what's the action they would like to see? >> it is anger and it's hatred. ironically they are saying the same thing we just heard in los angeles that paul vercammen was

telling us they were saying. the crowd is dispersed as you can see behind me. a lot of new york police officers started to tell people through a recorded message they were beginning to block the sidewalk and if they didn't disperse they would be arrested for disorderly conduct. as you said 15 were arrested throughout the evening. at this height of this today -- remember, we started in union square and walked 40 blocks with them here. what they are saying is it is hatred. it is hatred against donald trump. it's hatred against mike pence. it's hatred against the system in general with some of them. signs saying america has never been great. at the height of this, the new york police department said there were approximately 5,000 people. i want you to listen to what one protester said to me at the height of everything tonight. listen. >> part of it was a deep fear of a racist reaction that donald trump will reenact harsher stop

and frisk laws that will wind up putting so many people back in prison. also deep fear at the sexism will be that will be bubbling up in the united states. because you saw this incredibly qualified woman to be president being superseded by a man who has no qualifications at all for the office. >> so what it got to tonight before they dispersed was they just started to chant different things and clapping their hands. one was "pay your taxes." one was talking saying "new york hates trump." they said that a lot. i think anything that got their message across. a message of hatred, not only upset that he was elected last night as our next president of the united states but a passion, just a passion, too,er as you can see. there's some volatile people here. >> i'm going to send it back to

you. >> jean casarez reporting for us. thank you very much, jean. ryan young, to you in chicago, you are at the protests there. i wonder if you are hearing anything from the protesters there in terms of what they want to see happen now? are there any solutions or any talk of unity? >> no solutions so far. a lot of people were hoping for a last-ditch effort where somehow trump doesn't become president. i can tell you the group split in to three groups and walked down the street. and i heard a police radio say a group of 200 left. this is the scene where everybody was, outside of a trump building in chicago. we had several thousand people marching since 5:00. this blockade they have here. this is what they had so no one could get across the bridge to the hotel and residences of trump tower. we heard a lot of people wanting

to scream vulgarity and getting on top of city buses, as well. we talked to one man about what he would like to see happen in the next few days. >> they are blocking the streets, burning flags, standing on buses, writing swear words all over buses. this is not helping. i wanted hillary to win more than anyone. and to stand out here and not have a call to action and be specific is why we are here where we are now. because we haven't been talking about policy and being specific. because we have been talking about things that don't matter. >> so you heard that anger. you can hear his frustration. a lot of people were upset with the idea people were blocking streets. some were saying it is too late for this. i want to show you the destruction about what he talked about what he didn't want to see anymore of. people were spray painting, jumping on city buses. he was like let's channel the anger and move it to a different direction. maybe get more people mobilized

to vote for the next election. we heard from people walking by. about 200 protesters left. at one point, this swelled to about 3,000 people. a big difference in the last few hours. poppy? >> ryan young, thank you so much for that. jean and paul, as well. i want to take you on the west coast to oakland, california, where police say 6,000 protesters are on the streets there. our affiliate in oakland kron. what do the streets of oakland look like this evening? >> i can tell you the message, first off, from the streets of oakland and the protesters is simply dump trump. that's a phrase we have heard over and over again. you see the streets in oakland. right now the crowds have dissipated, but more than 6,000 people were on those streets at some point this evening. we are talking about fires that were in the streets, and i think we have video of that, as well.

at one point, within the last 45 minutes, police actually moved in. tear gas was used. at one point, some of the protesters began to send and throw throw bottles and rocks toward police officers. fire broke out inside the chamber of commerce building, a small fire at that. certainly have had a busy night. multiple agencies have responded to this. we heard a lot of phrases out there. we heard the quote "not my president." we heard "trump says go back, we say fight back." we have heard "yes we can" in spanish. at one point there were two groups in the city. we might be in the hundreds right now. now back to you this studio. >> j.r. with us live in oakland.

thank you very much. just to go through some of what he was saying, some of what is trending on social media, #not my president, number one on twitter. he's not my president number one on twitter in the united states and around the world and i still with her also trending tonight on twitter. let's talk to historian and professor at princeton, former lieutenant governor of south carolina. alice stewart, former communications director for ted cruz who supports donald trump. senior media correspondent brian stelter and a hillary clinton supporter. listening to donald trump in the wee early-morning hours, he said i pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all americans. now, what should he say or do to you know nooift the people we saw. >> i would sit down with bernie

sanders and say what can we do to find common ground? the first things i would pass as president would be things that unite the different factions that can bring them together. >> it is an interesting proposal. like what? >> infrastructure. creating bridges and roads. everybody can unite about that. cheap time to borrow money. >> that's an interesting point. the immediate thing that most people would think of with trump is build the wall. a repeal completely of obamacare and, you know, deport millions of undocumented people in this country. do you agree with andre that if he wants to be the president for all americans perhaps he should start with something that both sides agree on like a big infrastructure project? >> that would be a good first step for sure. especially out in california,

the big concern is what he will do about immigration. we heard some say their friends or family will be deported. that's a big concern. others, we know some protests are the lgbt community. they are concerned about what appointments he will make to the supreme court. then again he will have conservative justices to the supreme court. one sign said they tried to keep us silent but little did they know we were seeds. they were saying we have a voice and want to speak. listen to us. maybe it is a matter of bernie sanders and these leaders of these organizations getting them together, giving them an opportunity to say what's on their mind and letting them speak. >> infrastructure on screen -- >> to alice's point that we have a voice, hear us. one thing that donald trump has tweeted since becoming president that those men and women unheard in america and i'm paraphrasing here have been hurt. >> the forgotten men and women will never be forgotten again.

most repeated comment he has ever had and we know he is a twitter pro. jean talked about people hating trump and pence but i am hearing fear of different kinds. infrastructure spending will not solve that fear. it maybe the important beginning of now occupy. >> there was no specific agenda to occupy. it was about being present and seen. i wonder if we will see encampments near trump buildings. that would be a way to get his attention. he has an opportunity to speak and talk about this. try to speak to the protesters. >> hilary rosen, to you. we are seeing pictures on the screen of protesters hanging an effigy of the president elect in front of trump tower. one is this hanging model of trump above a sign that says "love trumps hate." clinton called for unity today.

her words were that americans owe donald trump a open mind and a chance to lead. what do you want to see tonight as a clinton supporter? >> i know what i'd like to see but i don't expect much. i think trump has never been particularly open and interested in protesters. so i can't imagine he will be this time again. we've seen the most aggressive actions against the protesters in new york city. right in front of trump tower. you can see the police force of hundreds of new york city cops going in there to clear the streets. i don't think he is particularly interested in these voices. i guess i would hope his supporters hear is real fear among people about what he does with this social compact that many people feel the u.s. has turned in to, this coalition of minorities and women looking for

a recognition of equality. i think what's happened is the effort that he has made has kind of conflated in to an economic protest, an economic agenda. i do agree with brian that i don't think these two things are going to collapse easily together. i don't think bernie sanders is the leader, andre, of the community that doesn't want to be assured this they are not going to be deported. that they are going to want to feel that the supreme court will continue to recognize their rights. it's not -- that's not it. i think you will see president obama be more aggressive in that area, but i think that, look, donald trump has already said he's going to erase president obama's executive orders on deportation. that is scary to families.

yes, he doesn't -- he's not an anti-gay person. i believe it. people think that. i haven't seen that. but he has promised to support supreme court justices that are anti-gay and have a proven record of it. i think the problem now is we have empowered in this election and he will empower a very, very conservative congress, who will be in charge. mitch mcconnell today has already poo-pooed donald trump's drain the swamp agenda. he's not moving term limits. he's not going to create restrictions on lobbying on former federal officials. they have already said "sorry, that agenda's not happening. we're now in charge and we're going to pass our economic agenda." >> julian, to you, hillary brings up an interesting point. is there going to be a difference between rhetoric and reality? the rhetoric of the campaign, the reality of the governing. how will donald trump actually

govern? will he actually carry through on all of the drastic measures that he has put forward, which, by the way, much of the country supports and made that very, very clear. this, as we are seeing, democracy play out in this streets of america tonight. you are looking at pictures from earlier in new york city. right now those are live pictures from the streets of los angeles tonight where it is just past 10:00 a p.m. in the evening. julian, to you. you wrote about this and said what trump taught us is you need to speak directly to the people. he did that in his massive rallies. he did that on twitter. how does this change american politics going forward? what are the lessons from history that were missed here? >> he's obviously broken some of the traditional forms of communication and opened new ones. i think you could make comparisons with fdr and fire side chats or the way that newt gingrich used television and cable television to communicate

directly. he has some of that. i don't know how he will use it in the governing process. the governing process. the governing process is different than the campaign. it requires different rhetoric, different negotiations and new kinds of restraints imposed on him. what he has, though, is a united congress. so the incentives will not be toward bipartisanship, or to work with bernie sanders, in my opinion. the incentives will be to please a republican majority that is very conservative and that now sees an opportunity to do what obama did in 2009 and 2010. i don't know how long these will last. the only issue so far is electoral college reform that i have heard people talk about. i don't think that will go far. >> it is interesting in 2012, after mitt romney lost, trump said that the elector at college was "a disaster for a democracy." the final vote tally isn't in, but right now hillary clinton

analysis is leading when it comes to the popular vote. if that continues he will have only one because of an institution that he called the disaster for democracy. >> that's been around since the founding fathers put in the constitution. right now you are correct, hillary is .2% ahead in the popular vote and trump won the electoral college. they want to have the will of the electorate and the popular people vote to elect our president and it has worked for all of these years. similar situation in 2000 as we had al gore winning the popular vote and bush winning the electoral college. we didn't see this type of activity. but there are going to be flaws with all aspects of this but it is part of the process and worked well for many years. i don't see any changes. >> my panel will be with me the next two hours. before we go to break, look at what you are seeing play out on the screen.

this is live footage from the streets of los angeles tonight, chanting, burning some trump -- burning effigies of the president elect. you see tossing around like a pinata. profanity written on the signs here. people voicing their displeasure with what has happened through the process that this country goes by. much more of this ahead. donald trump spent the past year slamming president obama. later today, these two men will meet together at the white house to talk about that peaceful transfer of power. we will look at the extraordinary meeting that is ahead. also, could rudy giuliani be the next attorney general? what about newt gingrich as the next secretary of state? new details about what the trump administration could look like. election night triggered a wild ride for world financial markets. we will look ahead for what it means for global exchanges. you are live in the cnn exchange

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protests spreading through the country tonight. live pictures from los angeles. that's where paul vercammen is. paul, obviously a big group gathered where you are. where exactly are these protesters tonight? >> reporter: i will set the scene for you. this is l.a. city hall and they are on the steps of city hall. they set up here quite a few different protests merged throughout the course of the night. since you were speaking with me, it seems like it grew to another, i'd say maybe 1,000, 1200 protesters. you can see they are not only on the steps of city hall, but there's one protester who climbed on top of this light signal and he's holding up what is a common sentiment here which is "not my president." we have heard it said and chanted over and over tonight. also in front of me they are chanting "not my president." it has been a peaceful protest.

we haven't seen any fights or arrests. the los angeles police department has taken a rather california laid back approach. they are allowing the protesters do what they want and not interfering for the most part. they shut down the street in front of city hall and they shut down other streets as some of the traffic tonight. again, i'll let you listen to them chant for a moment here, poppy [ chanting "not my president" ] >> reporter: all right, poppy. you can try to venture a question at me. i'm not guaranteeing i will be able to hear it but as i said before it has been peaceful here on the streets of los angeles. i'm going to toss back to you before it gets out of hand. >> on the other side of screen you are seeing more pictures.

it looks like a number of protesters going in to the highway there. that shot from the helicopter. not sure what highway it is s. we will get more information as soon as we can. as we watch it unfold across the country, we remember what president obama said yesterday in the rose garden. "no matter what happens, the sun will rise." today when the sun comes up we will get our first picture of donald trump at his future home at the white house. he will be there today to meet with president obama. let's bring in sunlan where she is in washington. what have we learned about what the president will say? it's extraordinary . >> to say they have had a rocky

relationship would be an understatement. not only because donald trump's role in the birther movement but keep in mind president obama has been one of donald trump's chief critics over the last year, as well. this will be the first meeting the two will have. the last time they were in a room together was three years ago at the white house correspondents dinner. you will remember then, president obama took aim at donald trump from the podium in the brunt of a joke. that said, a white house officials admit it will be a challenging meeting for him. they say it won't be an easy meeting but he said that president obama is very sincere about making sure it is a smooth transition of power. that, in large part, starts today with the tone of their meeting. soming that president obama spoke about yesterday in the rose garden. >> now, it's no secret that the president elect and i have some pretty significant differences. but remember, eight years ago, president bush and i had some pretty significant differences.

president bush's team could not have been more professional or more gracious in making sure we had a smooth transition so that we could hit the ground running. one thing you realize quickly in this job is that the presidency and the vice presidency is bigger than any of us. so i have instructed my team to follow the example that president bush's team set eight years ago and work as hard as we can to make sure this is a successful transition for the president elect. >> now melania trump will be meeting with first lady michelle obama in the white house residence. that's a private meeting and trump and pence will have a slew of other meetings as well. pence will meet with biden and sit down with congressional leadership. later in the day, trump and pence, will meet with paul ryan a slew of important meetings. transition starting right now.

>> we heard the words from paul ryan today. basically saying what donald trump pulled off the most stunning political fete he's ever witnessed and talking about how how much he will get done with the president elect. donald trump is already getting briefings, daily briefings of the country's most important intelligence. what can you tell us? >> this is something that president obama, the white house announced yesterday that he would extend the same presidential daily briefings to donald trump. this is something that starts the president's day every morning. often times you see the vice president there, as well. giving them a rundown of intelligence, national security issues, everything that's going on. this was a courtesy that president obama extended to trump. if he wants those daily briefings, the white house is making that available to him. >> thank you so much. just for our viewers, again,

this is the 101. this is a major thorough fare in los angeles. part of it appearing to be, from my vantage point, shut down from protesters tonight. it is 10:30 p.m. live in los angeles. you are looking at the 101, a major, major highway in los angeles. part of it blocked least by protesters. as we monitor protests across the country, donald trump is not turning to the same crowd of washington insiders. it appears to help him make cabinet election selections. he may look to the private sector to fill certain spots and go to established politicians to fill others. let's bring back our panel andre bauer, former lieutenant governor of south carolina and alice stewart, republican strategist, ted cruz, communications director and trump supporter. thank you, guys. transition happens immediately. there's a lot of work to do in the next 70 days. let's talk about the position of treasury secretary. when you look at the names

floated out there right now. karl carl icahn's name is being floated, steve minution. >> it is hard for them to take the pay cut but i hope they will see an opportunity to make their country bert, stronger and greater using their talents and they will answer the call for their country. >> i think carl icahn has said he is not interested. who do you think makes sense for that spot? here you have a businessman, a billionaire businessman. who does he think would be better than him would be treasury secretary? >> i'm hearing in different circles that minution would be good. and it is good to have people in the private sector will whether depend of defense or economy or

surgeon general those types of positions. for people to have real-world experience opposed to those who have been in politics. >> you ran ted cruz's communications, of course i will no love loss between the two for a long time but ted cruz came around an endorsed him. would he want any sort of role in a trump administration at any point in time? >> there's talk, for a little while. of course ted is an attorney and there's talk about, some kind of appointment. but ted loves what he is doing, being a senator in texas. he is looking to run for re-election an he loves to serve the people of texas. who knows what the plan is come 2020, but he is keeping a close eye. one thing ted is committed to doing, he has had conversations with donald trump and expressed his interest in making sure he does appoint conservatives to that position. he suggested his good friend senator mike lee from utah. >> one of the two lists that trump has put forward of potential justices.

"the daily beast" is out with a report. let me read you part of it. team trump didn't expect to win until internal campaigning signalled a possible victory and now they are scrambling to fill senior level national security jobs because so many republicans swore they would never work for trump. keep this in mind, there was a letter from 100 former security leaders, republicans vowing to never support or work with donald trump. former cia and nsa director, michael hayden called him a tool of the russian government a few weeks ago. how does trump take those strained relations and work with people in the intelligence community? you had omarosa, former apprentice contestant say he is keeping a long list of enemies. there's no progress from doing that. >> newt gingrich, i can't think of anyone i admire more in

politics more than him. he is a level-headed guy that will work with him and show him how to get it done. and switching gears in meeting with the president tomorrow, i thought back to when president obama and hillary clinton had such a divisive primary and president obama, the faults i have with him. i do admire him in certain ways and i think he will handle this quick lip as well. >> that 2008 heated primary was not to the level that this general election was, nor -- >> you go back to south carolina, my home state and it got very personal and very nasty. >> do you think donald trump questioning the legitimacy. >> yes, hillary clinton's folks did it in the primary before donald trump. it happened in my home state so i remember it. but nonetheless, i think he was humble and bridged that as he will tomorrow with donald trump. >> what about attorney general. you have rudy giuliani, former mayor of new york city, huge

surrogate for him and chris christie also attorney, first person of the 17 republicans who were running to come and support trump. >> he was stellar out there early on. more and more i'm hearing rudy giuliani. i think that would be a great way to go, certainly with his experience and the way that new york really embraced him after 9/11. he has an ability to bring people together. he has a tremendously great legal mind. i think chris christie, unfortunately, i think he is phenomenal but will have a few issues, bridge gate, to the point of the military people that have come out and saying they are not supportive. donald trump has michael flynn, who is on board. >> he was in the running for the vp slot. >> i think there's a position for him at a high level. and what trump did i think phenomenally, he had a lot of members of congress that were not with him. he got mike pence who is beloved

and great bringing people together. >> he got to bring people in. i think mike flynn can do that with the military people. >> secretary of state. >> newt gingrich. >> no question? >> i haven't heard any women named. >> i haven't either. >> when you look at the trouble that donald trump has had with women in terms of what he has said, et cetera, it didn't really play out in the voting. the exit polls show that white women went for trump by 10 points. we are in 2016. should there be women in his cabinet? >> absolutely. and i think there should be more african-americans. there was one list where we saw ben carson which i think he would be phenomenal at some high-level positions. but i think some of the names coming to the surface are on folks top of the mind. but i'm confident he will bring in some women in to the top-level positions, african-americans and hispanics and all types of people to bring

in different mindsets. another person that is talked about for some position would be reince priebus. >> he was very, you know, he was very, very celebratory of the job reince priebus did in his remarks last night. so much he brought him to the podium to speak. thank you guys, very much. >> mary fallon, governor of oklahoma, i'd love to see her in the cabinet. >> you are looking at live protests out of los angeles tonight and portland, oregon. we are going to take a break and be back in a moment. who says i shouldn't have a soda everyday? my doctor. my dentist. definitely my wife. wait, i know what i want. make sparkling water at home. and drink 43% more water every day. sodastream. love your water.

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you are looking at live pictures from los angeles. protests throughout the country tonight in least seven different cities reacting to this election. [ chanting "not my president" ] >> you can hear those protesters in dallas chanting earlier tonight "not my president." dallas is not aloanne. we have seen protests in

philadelphia, chicago, boston, thousands of people on the streets tonight. in new york, protesters burned an effigy of the future president there, donald trump. that's from earlier today. we are told from nypd that 50 people a have been arrested. let's talk to senior media correspondent brian stelter host of "reliable sources" and joining us former mitt romney policy director lanhee chen. one thing you said is this is one side we are seeing. people that protest the fair, free election of donald trump as the next president were r. we're not seeing the other half of the country, the ones that supported him. 40 million people that supported him. >> this is a hopefulf day for half of the country. 25% that voted for trump.

this is a joyous, hopeful, optimistic day. there's not cameras because there's not parties and celebrations going on. we haven't seen that spontaneous excitement. we have seen spontaneous protests on college campuses this evening, small towns and big cities. pretty much entirely in liberal areas with a few exceptions. i thought it was notable to see a protest in dallas this evening. concentrate on the west coast where last night in oakland as the votes were counted, we were seeing street fires. of course oakland famous for liberal protesting. to see it in new york, chicago, to see a broad-based protest movement here -- >> stay with me. let's dip in as we keep talking these are live pictures from the 101 from the chopper. protesters are blocking part of

the 101. >> they will start to close in. i would be telling you that. right now all i'm hearing is they are trying to get their guys out here in number and trying to lock it down. because they know if they approach from one direction this crowd is going to run the other. they need to have officers in those areas, as well. this crowd here is one they are looking at. they want to bring the officers down from lapd to join the other officers on the freeway. some of these guys right now sitting down. you can see them on the roadway. what this is all about, they don't like trump. this is something that they should have taken care of in the democratic process earlier on, but, you know, this is south los angeles. we do our things the way we do things out here. right now, lapd has been very lenient with the situation. very hands off, allowing the protesters their second amendment to speak what they want to do, say what they want

to say, take over streets. they have been out here in numbers. right now, though, it is starting to get to the point where you start to shut down the traffic, start to get civilians in harms' way, officers in harms' way. nobody has been injured yet, but nevertheless, it's basically, i believe this crowd crossed the line. we have been hearing tom talk about it. it must be an experience in itself to be down there with these types of crowds running around. that's the thing, it is mob mentality. somebody starts running, everybody starts yelling. nobody knows why. amazing no one has been trampled and no injuries that we know of yet. the crowd so big on the freeway not so much. it is split up. officers are out here right now. we are listening in, trying to figure out what their plan is. they want to stop the movement of the group. they have done that. that's for sure. the small group sitting right

there. like, you know, not moving, sitting on the roadway, holding up their signs. officers from the lapd at this location. some california highway patrol surrounded over to the north. then you have a group of officers right there, basically formulating a plan. i believe that battalion will be used where needed. if somebody happens and they have people running these guys will jump in to action. right now it seems to be a waiting game and almost like chess. you are positioning your pieces on them board trying to get in a way where you might be able to corral this huge crowd that's been so unruly 0u9 here in the los angeles area. >> you were just listening in to our affiliate kcal there. showing ic churs of the 101 basically shut down. a major thoroughfare. it is near downtown l.a. let me bring back my panel.

srkss y-- symone, you wrote abot what your party needs to do next time to win. and many of the voices on the street are young voices. what should they hear from donald trump? what would you like to hear donald trump say as our next president? >> i need him to say i'm sorry. to say i'm ready to come together and give us his plan. i want to be clear, president obama he's the president of the united states. it's his job to call for we need to come together and do this. secretary clinton it was her job. for trump it's his job and for senator sanders it's his job to do this. young people don't have to stand up and say we need to call for calm. calm is not how we got here to

be frank. i think what we need to hear is a plan, real policy plans so we can begin to hold donald trump accountable. i have been saying from day one, regardless on november 9th folks need a plan, young people need to have a plan. with secretary clinton the plan was going to be different. but how you work with the next administration and congress will be pivotal. they can't govern, the next congress, president, can't govern without black people, latinos, hispanics and white, young people. we are vital to the democracy of this country and as you can see in the streets they are not feeling it right now. >> >> hillary rosen to you, who in the democratic party do you think can reach out to to protesters right now and convey to them the same message frankly that we heard on wednesday from both president obama and from

hillary clinton? hillary clinton's words were, we owe it to donald trump to give him a chance. >> i don't think it's hillary clinton's responsibility to make people -- to not fear whether or not they are going to be deported. that's donald trump's responsibility. >> i guess what i'm asking, is there anyone in the democratic party who you think could jump in here and help as well. obviously we will hear from -- >> yeah, so i think the signals that donald trump sends -- i think simone is right, the signals that donald trump sends over the next couple of days are going to go a long way to determining whether or not people feel like they need to be afraid. i mean, that's what this is about. you know, people are worried about a rise in racism, worried about a rise in deportations, worried about a supreme court that's going to set us backward. and they don't know how to manage that. i think from a law and order

perfective president obama is going to be thoughtful and work with local law enforcement to make sure people aren't hurt. but donald trump is going to have to make some of these decisions. if he puts rudy giuliani in as the attorney general or tries to get him confirmed that's going to -- you know, that's going to inflame this more. this guy who has laughed at sexual assault charges, screamed at people's concerns about racism, who talked about tee portation as the best thing for dealing with an immigration problem. so much of what he does over the next couple of days is going to be the strong signal to protesters and frankly hillary clinton supporters across the country as to whether he wants a united america or whether he is going to continue a divide. >> stay with me, let's listen to our affiliate in los angeles. see what they are describing playing out here on the 101 in l.a. >> at some point, they have got

to make sure that people's safety really isn't in danger. that was what was happening starting 30 minutes ago when people got back onto the freeway. as we mentioned people did get on the freeway earlier this evening. the protesters got on the 110 freeway. both northbound and southbound lanes. that was stopped by the chp at third street. then they got back onto the streets of downtown los angeles and they were protesting in the intersection there is for a while and then again back on the freeway on the 101 an alameda the northbound and southbound lanes affected. they were knocking over barrels of sands. having confrontations with vehicles. that's dangerous. especially when you have so many people out there trying to get through and then you have these protesters who you don't know what's going to happen with them. you don't know what kind of mentality that they have. and you want to think that they are going to protest peacefully all night but then this happens. >> well, that is no longer the case in downtown l.a. let's update you with social

media. of course social media is such a big part of our news gathering now at this point in time. of course the election as well. this is from matthew barber. he posted this. it says, the nightmare has begun, hashtag not our president. the nightmare has begun. i don't know what that means, maybe they say they going to be extended protests as we head into the inauguration of the new president, donald trump. >> back with me is my panel as you are looking at live pictures here of the 101. part of sit shut down near downtown los angeles, getting close to 11:00 p.m. brine stelter is with me. your thoughts. >> we need to recognize the context for these protesters, mostly young protesters who have taken to the streets in l.a. and other cities. president obama days ago said to the republic the fate of our country rests on your shoulders. president obama, hillary clinton other democrats lead irs made it about the future of the nation. the fate of the republic. donald trump's words and actions

are what caused them to do so. but the stakes were risen so incredibly high. >> they did. and josh earnest when he was asked about that today brian as you know said, you know, the president's words stan. it is a very important point that you make. >> we can understand why these people speak out. one sign said i'm just sad. that's one emotion. but there are other more passionate emotions out there. >> and there is lot of people happy with this outcome and you are not seeing it play out in the streets tonight but it is half of this country. reaction of trump's victory has been coming from around the world. with me andrew stevens is with us. and nic robertson is with us tonight in the middle east, and andrew stevens there in asia. let me begin with rafael. >> poppy, about there has been all kinds of reaction in mexico. let me just give an example.

newspapers in mexico city didn't minutes words. one newspaper used a four letter word in english to describe what the trump victory means to mexico. another says donald trump wins, global uncertainty. the mexican president did call donald trump to congratulate the president-elect. the president struck a more conciliatory tone saying mexico and the u.s. are friends, partners and allies and should work together for the betterment of north america. pena said he agrees to meet with trump during the transition period. on the other hand, they talked about the issue of the wall saying of course mexico will never pay for the expletive wall. mexico and the u.s. are joined at the hip poppy in terms of trade. there is about $583 billion traded every year between the

two quuns. >> rafael, thank you. matthew chance is with us. matthew, joining us from moscow. u.s. intelligence agency say russia has actively tried to influence this election, and vladimir putin was among the first leaders around the world to congratulate donald trump. donald trump for his part has said in this election wouldn't it be a good thing if the united states andt russia, the kremlin got along. now he is the president-elect. what is the reaction on the streets of moscow tonight assuming they are celebrating what one would expect some sanctions lifted under the next president that would help boost their economy. >> well, i mean, obviously this is a potentially pivotal moment between the relationship between russia and the united states. they have been at a low ebb over the last couple of years. we've been talking about a new cold war between these former rivals. donald trump potentially changes all of that. i mean the supposed bromance

between him and vladimir putin the russian president was a big issue in the election campaign. the two figures complimented each other. putin called trump and aa bright and colorful person, trump described putin as a strong leader. you have got the basis for some kind of closer, warmer relationship than existed between obama and putten and obama's predecessors. yes, there is a big opportunity here for that relationship to be built. of course trump comes into office under the shadow of the idea that, you know, the kremlin may have been involved in trying to distort the election campaign. >> matthew chance live for us tonight in moscow thank you very much. nic robertson is in irbil, iraq, when trump becomes our next commander in chief he not only inherits the fight against isis he is obviously now getting intelligence breathe briefings

in the midst of the fight for mosul. >> no previous president has come into a situation in the mooel middle east where the situation is so chaotic and so dangerous -- united states allies, the relationships here are a house of cards built on sand. there is support for donald trump's willingness to take isis head on. he has had congratulatory messages from the president of iraq from the president of the kurdish region here. but there is concern, concern about what donald trump said about muslims. this is a muslim region. concern that trump said perhaps he will hand off tackling of syria to russia. that would deeply trouble united states allies in the region, sunni allies like saudi arabia. this region is an absolute -- is an absolute tinneder box. sectarian tensions at their

highest. pulling any card in that deck is deeply problematic. not touching a card allows your enemies to gain strength over the united states. >> nic robertson live for us in irbeale. now to andrew stevens live for us in asia. obviously stocks in asia took an absolute beating. the nikkei down 5%. some recovery we are seeing now today, right? >> that's right, poppy. it has been a whiplash revision really of donald trump's policies which now means hire growth and hire inflation. that's been picked up here across a. japan up 6%. hong kong up 3%. australia up 3%. it has been a positive reaction after the knee jerk selling yesterday. that coming off of a stronger day on wall street. concerns about if donald trump continues to pivot to asia that's been started by obama,

possibly. >> andrew stevens thank you very much in china for us. also rafael romo, matthew schwan's and nic robertson for the world reaction on the. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is the top of the hour, 2 a.m. eastern time in new york city. i'm live in new york. this is cnn's special coverage of a stunning presidential upset. the election of donald trump is something many didn't predict. even some within the republican party, some within trump's own camp. at this moment massive protests across cities in the country. the fallout from an election that shocked so many people. many people thought it was impossible. and polls said it was improbable at best. hours from now trump will head leer to the white house for aet meeting with president obama as they begin the task of a peaceful transition. >> not