that were in crisis and turmoil. >> i'm sorry to interrupt you, nancy pelosi, former house speaker on camera. i think it's pretty safe to say that kamala harris was the nominee, and not joe biden, because of the work that she did behind the scenes and even in public, to change the top of the ticket. >> is a prosecutor, she would talk about conversations with families in turmoil. in a moment like this, she puts herself back in that space of having those tough conversations. i imagine this was very businesslike. democrats are still trying to maintain normalcy, to act like this is something that is regular. people have to wrap their minds around the fact we are about to have an administration that is not going to be normal. at least, if they go along with what they said in the campaign. while we want to have the trappings of democracy, democrats have to

recognize that things are going to have to be different. they're going to have to behave differently going forward. . >> brenda, you do a lot of work for republicans, getting data polling, focus groups. as we wait to hear from her, what, to you, is the biggest take away, particularly, from the whole notion that we all heard from tim harris. the women are going to save the day. the women are going to come in and vote for abortion rights, and so forth, and then we saw, almost across the board, including and especially, among suburban women, that did not happen. suburban women went one or two points for trump. >> exactly. if you have the luxury to vote on abortion, as a white suburban woman, you did. however, if your social economic status isn't, you're making $100,000 a year, you are not college-educated, you voted

on the economy. you are more interested in grocery prices, inflation. we saw harris only had two gains. if you look at any demographic groups, it's with those higher socioeconomic status women. quite frankly, you can look at the cross tabs on the exit polls. if you say inflation did not impact me and my family, you are also >> aboxer was on top of mind. >> and matt the vice president r team are trying to send a messat of unii wasthat in the spirit of unity and the spirit of concession and normal, democratic transition of power, they are also saying, protect america. protect democracy. >> look, i chose to wear my purple tie today in the message of unifying our country today. what we really saw yesterday was, and i know there will be a

lot of folks on the other side of this dais right now, who are probably pretty upset, but it was an american win in some ways. you have not seen a republican when the popular vote, and donald trump is on record to do that right now. you have not seen the type of conversation around the fact that this was a validation for donald trump, his policies. same thing was said in 2000. this is an american win in so ms because you saw such a multiculr donald trump and multicultural , hispanics across the board. let's turn it back to her and tn that she didn't expect to have e ticket and then she did and ones

that she had was the fact that e president and joe biden and thes superviseing economically for ps what helped to change the coalis and democrats. as donald trump predicted move . >> it is steug any can't but no. >> two years ago dana during the sitting here stunneded a desante latino in florida and those fli. >> referee: and in texas. this is a trend that has been pe time because donald trump and io nameer of republicans and democe appeal to latino voters. most are working class folks.

despite his humor and the jokesd the exaggerations of his wealtht were i'm from and from folks thp around that resinates. more so than -- >> a strong man. >> not just a strong man but a s succeeded in capitalism that hae flaunts versus the conversationn from democrats about latin x. i don't know how to say it. no one where i'm from knows how. they don't use it. so in conversations that i've bh republican op t*eufps today thea lot of it has to do with conver. the way the conversations are hh one democrat moment as go a a lo said we need to rethink the ways spes economy latinos and he saio these voters and i will give yof economic plan that kamala harriw weeks ago.

we talked about it a will the o. a lot was copy and paste from wm african-american men. >> the opportunity agenda. >> second of all, most of the fo across the country that are latw it existed. >> oh, wow. >> because they were so much foy life. other things. >> that's a big problem. >> i don't think that message o. >> this is a question as we waie been wanting to ask and easy thk you brenda but i'll ask you guyf kamala harris. donald trump has won three pres. he lost -- excuse me he won two. the one that he won, the first a woman. the won that this time was agai. the one he lost was to a man. a white guy. how much of that the gender on t and who his opponent is -- i'm .

how much did latent or otherwiss trepidation about voting for a o this? >> it's possible. i don't know. i think that's something that wn the numbers. the fact is you can say, is amet a woman as president? maybe so. but also woman didn't vote for . i think that's a big point. i don't necessarily think that i can't answer this well. i don't think woman are not saya woman president. the democrats for -- there's a g men went so much for donald tru. for the last ten years everythin called toxic and donald trump cd these young men feel like they n society. donald trump present as bad veri was but it's something that attr 25-year-old men who are like -- >> feel like they don't have an. >> i'm looking for a place in t.

i think that's where both democn need to present healthy versiony which is fighting for the defenp if for right thing, ukraine and. >> that trance sends whether yor a latino man. whether you are of any particul. >> it also helps to remember i f last day, obama when he ran he f maybe almost two years to run ay comfortable with having an afrio will be president. kamala harris had 100 days. she didn't have enough time to . maybe she should have given a st fact they were going to make a a woman to get president. people didn't have time to get . you cannot underestimate in thir politics i think we did it wron. it's not so much left and right. it's out outsiders versus insidp

has been very good in establishe who is fighting the elites who t them. the democrats have not had thate not competed for it and that isl have to figure out while we alse associate with the culture of ms without giving up the policy iso speak to issues of woman and ped everyone else in the country. >> can i disagree with that? this is data driven. i have been with twitter all das sexism. >> we can all relate. >> but clearly it's not. because if you look at the datah better than joe biden. she was out performing a white . you can see it clearly when she. >> here's the difference, tk*ptl crimes an convicted of them. we don't think of him as a crim. donald trump said racist thingso one calls him a racism. there's a privilege that i thine

male give some to be a person we and do anything and be forgivene made a mistake for. i can't imagine a woman or a mag treated with that kind of leewae done those things. >> he had privilege as a white t hurt for being a woman. i just you don't see it in the . >> the flip side it seems like e related. >> she had to run a perfect camd argue she dade good job. also i think it was against dema sexist play. >> can i say real quick, you tat run she had. i'm not sure she outleized as wd have. i remember the convention in chs saying what is she going to off? america doesn't know her. she has a chance to fill in the. she has these taking these crazs from 2020. what will she offer? all you heard was joy and abort. i think by talking about abortir

voters who may have agreed with, what it showed a lot of other vs misprioritizing it. she is not giving much to hang r her unless that's a number one . others were uncomfortable with d about it. >> i want to go over to howard y are still and i know that you'rg for the vice president like we e both talking about the mood ove. but you also are each talking tt the mood inside team harris. abby, i will start with you. >> reporter: , there's a lot ofg happening. some of it publicly and some of. just in the last couple of houre of the top trapblgist in the hag they did what they could with w. data dana one of them saying thg themselves out of a hole and i s

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this crowd. people wanted to see her and he. they wanted the night to go difs to speak to those people to expk this time to come out and put tl message to them. not just a proform concession br supporters about what this campd you get this sense here that ped that. there are a lot of long hugs das crowd. it almost a funeral-like vibe dt you hear playing in the backgroy somber and especially the young. this is their first experience n some cases and their first expey tough loss. >> and abby, just stay on that . i remember going to howard withe candidate for vice president iny

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institutions have been for the e of color. so she doesn't have to talk abot terms. she doesn't like to do that buty fact that she is here and she i. i know you can see just in a cos a couple seconds she is going t. dana, your point, think think to ability to this. in a sense she was lifted up bye class by educated black people. the divine 9 fraternitys but ths till about whether the democrats adequately speaking to people we educated who are working class r step foot in institutions like . it's both things at the same ti. >> that is one of the central de studying and seeing in this cam. the college versus non-college e in american politics now. what you just saw on the screeny

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options that they did not get an on the direction of a party ande last time they hat a primary in. they would not have unifyed froo defeat donald trump and that tu. >> it does seem there their aree voters as opposed to looking atc party needs to look at. certainly, one of the things thg for vice president harris were s she had made when running for pe primaries in 2019. she ran for a very different ti. she ran much more to the left. she tried to come back to the cr true alignment but a lot of tho9 were the goter for the trump ca. >> no question. >> and senior democrats that i e aware of that. we heard jeff say this earlier. i heard it all day long and thie democratic party needs to do sog

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want to offer they have to starf acknowledging the concerns thatt lecturing over whether that be s concerns about the political syr them. >> i was just reading in your nw york times stevens wrote a piec. he voted for kamala harris and r reluctantly but he's conservatir is liberals lack to see where t. the discipline to do better nexe humility to hang. he also went on to say the demoe party of pomposity. >> you think that there will be? it is very temping to just sorto blame whom ever and not look att your own party did. >> that's why i said there are s as to why she lost. let's just look at the college e where my kids are.

two separate college cam putss e that some of their jewish frieng woman who are jewish were votine it was a single issue for them e of israel. and so i said to them, even ove? they said yes. that's -- i think that piece ofr sold in the way in which some ji believe flipped their votes as . also, you saw a lot of signs isn saying save girls sports. i think the whole transgender ir sold as to how that resinate wis and the trump base. i think that was a huge thing a. >> i think we can say pretty clc party in the 2019/2020 time wase folks who were driving the disca specific lens of progressive idn language and even as early as 2e

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not to a president or a party be constitution of the united stat. >> as we were watching that livu because that was why you decidet against donald trump when you ws because of what happened on jand beyond. and so for you as somebody who a republican, supported joe bidend kamala harris how important was? >> i think it's really importan. look, democrats are not going ty democrats becoming republicans . if donald trump would have loste struggling with the transition . let's be honest but this is adu. this is kamala harris saying wee adults about this. this is more important than anyy because in 100 years if democrai

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campaign but they will say it'se page. we just lost. slept left her o*plgs options o. -- she left her options open. this is america. look at all that red. how many democrats in your cares especially or from new york or e said nobody lives there. donald trump just won his seconl election because good americans. they may not do what you do in n francisco or los angeles but thd hardworking americans and just s well. they feel ignored. i just spent 15 months on the r. washington has never been more e people it governs and i would af these people think it's liberal. so whether the liberals or the e that or not they need to start h these people without a doubt. here is another way to look at . that is the full county perspec.

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about geography it's about clast education. that is what the democrats have. now they are struggling with pry other than the majority of thosr destkpwraoes. >> a huge -- degrees. >> a huge bonus for the democrat to get these votes of college en voters who are republicans. what happened over time is whene votes and lost their blue color. my first campaign was 1988. michael won ten states but won t virginia. obama flipped states and came i. the question is donald trump di. you get over inflate bid your mt the states when you go through . the democrats have a lot of stuy try to rebuild. this is day one and it will taks an ugly map if you are a democr. >> it sure is. let's go back to caitlyn in wes,

florida. how is donald trump and his ade? how are they reacting to what w? >> reporter: they were a littlee numbers were coming in last nig. i think as chris and i both knod it now and moving on to what ths going to look like and planningt listening to harris there and he that line about a peaceful trand she was. she was affording to trump whato the in coming joe biden and kams administration. you can act knowledgeing the vie which she did. she talked about the voters hav. this is their will and wasn't ty doubt about this win. it is the remarkable sea seeingm the trump team saying he praises what steven his spokes person s. not the result after we saw wha. >> i would assume that both kame

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welcome back to cnn. i'm anderson cooper. just moment as go at her alma mt howard university howard univer. >> as long as we never give up e keep fighting while i concede tt concede the fight that fuels th. [ cheers and applause ] >> president biden congratulatia decisive victory. 291 electoral votes to harris 2. shaping up to win the popular v.

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leaving the door open for some f political life for her. >> >> i think that is exactly whats anderson. it was moment for her to close r chapter to speak all of the peod here and millions watching at hr hopes in her at a familiar vulne democratic party. when suddenly over the summer, t the time, president biden was ke ticket and she became the nomin. i think it's hard to understater state how much of vibe change va harris represented when she got. this moment because of that higa low let down for so many people. one of the things anderson and n this speech.

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are and that is the source of ak reckoning for the joe biden teaf day. >> their priority was with infle economy. thank you so much. anderson? >> dana thank you for joining u. senior advisor to the 2024 camp. you were part of president elect transition team. what are you hearing about the t together now. what do we know? >> thank you anderson for havin. we are attracting the best and s country has. i think the transition team hasb staying behind the scenes and gf people who want to work in the d want to serve this country in aw we're going through the processt and doing the necessary backgroe excited to have so many people f this administration and unifyin. i think what you will see from s going to be unifyed front and pd kamala harris spoke earlier. it was gracious phone call thatt

gave and the president was clean a strong campaign and very tena. she wanted to work the with they the country. from the transition who wants td front and from the relationshipa harris and joe biden we are -bga unifyed relationship with the c. >> there are documents that thet needs to sign town lock transite trump administration can hit th. do you know if president elect d those yet? i understand there were severals team had skipped. >> listen those are the technicf transition. our understanding is they are ne signed but they are in negotiatg conversations and looking forwag understanding. but it's not a legal requiremenr the transition to sign anything. we are working with cooperatinge cross the thresholds so our peod

properly with national securityd information and so that we can d running. let's be clear it is not a legan a phepl ren dumb of understandit for this transition. >> i remember when george w.busd talked about mandate that he ha. this is probably as close to a a presidential elect could have a. having control of the senate ory to have control of keeping conts well. what do you expect to see in th? >> it's very much a mandate for. what we expect to see for the fs people focused on afford abilit. the american people want to do h affordable. they have been wiped out and sue policies of the previous adminil focus on that and also focus onr nap is very common sense to the. they want to understand a counte

to immigration. why are people breaking the lawy is our government not doing any. as we go forward with this commt we have. we will address issues in a camy but we will also make sure thate american people understand we ur priorities and appreciate them o forward in a common sense approe hit everything right that the pt made are kept. >> there were obviously the fort ran on this idea of mass deportt the republican convention holdit were printed out for that. do you know how that what is th? >> let's be clear. we talk about this mass deporta. it has to do with illegal alien. we are not doing thing with peoe illegally here legally. we always said the president sas going to be a stage process and.

the easiest people are the crim. the people that are still here. will be step one and once we unt moves forward we will move to t. let's be clear to the american t illegal aliens who have broken e been violent to our people. >> coming up john king breaks dy and later more on what we are lt transition as our special cnn ee continues.

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previous runs. that is a trophy he likes to han and is already talking about the popular vote as well.. when you look at this map and yd and where you see it. those are the blue wall states. donald trump flipped them in 20. that was the wow then and he fl. joe biden got the blue in 2020. now they are back. this is going to be the converst democrats. these states voted together sin. they voted blue except 2016 and. democrats will have a conversate democratic governors. they will lead that conversatioe pieces and move forward. well the demographics are changt so north carolina it was diversg more college educated. democrats should be able to winp took it back. joe biden took it by 11,000 votp took it back again. more college educated voters. more diverse should be able to .

they didn't. then we are not finished out hep gets arizona back and even hilln nevada in 2016. we are not done. i can go in and take this away e are in the counts now in arizon. remember how narrow that was in. it's 64,000 votes. if you look at the map it's imp. if you go county by county and n the bronx, queen, donald trump . those areas will stay blue and a sweeping victory no matter how . one state michigan and you lookf time here in the campaign. this came back from last night. we were talking about what aboun places like the county where thf michigan is. as the votes were counted did c. you see at 71% right there compe biden. it did get better not back to jt got better as the count continu. here are the places the democrad

it's striking. when i first started doing this. how did ronald reagan win those? now how is donald trump winningt among union auto workers. that's 2020 this is 2024 he is . so democrats will have to have w do we appeal to farmer and peoph their hands. not only in farm state america e america but in industrial state. the democrat haves sa problem. donald trump won the election. he was right to say the american him a mandate. he will probably win the populae over 300 in the electoral colle. the question is what does he do? he will have a republican senat. we are not sure about the congra resounding victory especially ae conversations we were having jue biden inauguration where donald.

he's not done. he is coming back and come backn his back. >> sit a come back that is asto. no question about that. >> anderson? >> thank you john just mentione. we have a cnn projection to bri. cnn can now project a repube race for the house. representing the lehigh valley . republican gop state ryan mckene democratic congressman susan wi. it was district that joe biden n 2020. a gig gop pick up. we also have a prediction out oe there's a democratic pole in th. the incup want democratic congro his seat. now what does this all mean andn which district at this key momer

the house? well democrats have some advants do as well. democrats are leading in a handd districts and republicans are ll of other districts. in order to win back control ofs need a net of four seats all to. right now you see the republicao democratic districts to get a fe united states house. there needs to be 218 seats to . at the moment the democrat havet majority given the fact that the picked up six seats so far. they could pick up couple more. democrats may pick up few as we. that may not meet the four seate majority. at the moment, anderson, the spe mike john johnson is projectinge gop will fold the house but nott that yet.

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welcome back to our specialn election night in americ obama n part:. >> let's go back to florida. what are the next couple of daye trump team in terms of putting f a transition? >> reporter: anderson you cannot atmosphere trump is coming into. it is so different from 2016.

obviously he lost in 2020 and we left the white house had a bit h a lot of the republican party. he was very isolated only had am and we are seeing how differents victory last night. the republicans mike johnson flr watching the results come in fre with former president biden as s the president-elect there last . you saw mike johnson the house . as far a congratulations are gom someone who was on stage 8 year. the former vice president himseo issued a statement saying that n pence congratulate late donald s election. he says he will continue to prao were in positions of authority t looking at that statement wheret they are praying and congratulad vance the position that mike pet now no longer does and jd vanceg to do what mike pence would not.

it shows you as we were watchinw different this is going to look. the people who are around trump. >> everyone is on their best be. we are seeing this in all the sd trump himself in his phone calls praising her her tenacity. everyone is trying to focus on d turning the page. this is very different from whan 2020. do i want to get to what anders. we do have new reporting on whah that transition. they have offices open here in . they expect that the entire tran out of here. there will be meetings between s where the campaign was set up. donald trump is going to enterts republicans in terms of meetingo vet them himself and that's alr. how they have already held somee top contenders for these top adn

positions. obviously everything is going th the former president but as we s transition had to get grog and f was not willing to engage in an. because he was soup city shous. he didn't want to get -- he was. sop instead howard and linda mce of that to prepare him for the e would win. >> when i interviewed is howardt vaccines and conspiracys about . the thing he was saying at the e had thousands of names lined upe your best people that should bee federal government. and so he does have a spread shg from potential people that the t of donald trump but the one knos he go along with the plan that t forward for him. in 2016 he famously did not. in 2020 we didn't see it happen.

that's a question of what that e this time around 8 years later. >> i don't think we will know td trump sits down and looks at so. in addition to howard and two pd trump really trusts who have ben with the knives out for howard e are people who are circlinging . donald trump said he likes howa. they presenting that will be so. the other person to watch in thd list to watch is project 2025 p. >> which is thousands of peopler loyal i was. all from his program still loyal close to the former president. they will be providing the trang list of recommendations of peope hand picked and gone through wha rigorous loyal i was test for pn those thousands of administrati.

>> there's no real ball lapse o. he will be able to get confirmey republicans. >> this is risky for him becausf promises now that he has all tht have to follow through with somo other people don't want in the . >> it's a remarkable moment and. this is what the next two monthk like as we're watching this so o wins out and what is a knife fin the trump term. no one expects that to be diffet time he was in office. trump said his worst mistake hee was in the office first time wa. personnel decisions. people like bill barr, jeff sess

generals. that is all going to look diffee around. >> loyal i was will play high o. thanks. i want the look at some of the l said he will do in his second t. we have a list of things. mass deportations, 10-20% tarif, perpblg federal employees deeme. were does this start? do you think -- the mass deportn about it. he said we go after first people law here to deport them. all that takes time. >> it does take time but there y happen more quickly. for example, what does it mean ? what does it mean for nato? for daka? for dreamers? as far as ukraine is concerned,k today to say congratulations top

on his impressive election victn and on. he will not be the only world ly to get in trump's good graces bo questions about revenge. retribution. what does this mean for people s focused on as political foes? >> he talked specifically aboute department of justice and formet raced questions about former mey mark millie and others. >> certainly outspoken general,s his chief of staff. i think liz cheney is someone h, nancy pelosi. then there's the question of whe legal cases against donald trum. special council jack smith who . >> it's clear what happened to . >> they will go way.

big picture will there be any g? who will be the next attorney g. will that attorney general be s? >> i will add a few more things. his aides said he will start dr. he also put the fbi on the listf them. his enemy list could be more vae few names and also he will likee transgenderman ban in the milit. i think the biggest thing is whe house. if this is an spirely republicae are no guardrails there at all s could happen that we're not evet today. >> some trump supporters will st be able to pass confirmation sot it. he will have some non-confirmed.

that -- he could pass confirmat. >> he could. i think that we should expect rd congress. that is overwhelming deaf rentin we have seen than in recent yea. the list of trump's there's thet he talked about. things like tariffs. things like the deportations bue reshaping of government. there's confucianism concentrate executive. they made a effort in this elecy to win but in a specific fashio. to win by rallying folks aroundd trump as a unitary figure and lt him to govern in that fashion. it is the reason things like prt just side shows in this race bua vision that for a lot of consere donald trump. will there be folks who say no . they are trying to ensure that .

i wonder if donald trump will se things suggested to him. there lab lot of folks in the cg cosystem who sees this as a oppo things that say this have not bt before. that the laundry of list that w. aper we take project 2025 could. >> he could have two more supre. that's huge. >> everyone stay with us. we touched on this a moment ago. what happens with the federal ck smith against the president ele. paul reed joins us with the lat.

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campaign for donald trump and es coming his way in terms of fedeg so intertwineded for him and he. >> it really is incredible. as we reported the whole trapbl. push all four back of the crimir as you can. the new york the trial they cous far as they would like. they would push the sentencing r client out of jail and appears e successful. i am told jack smith the speciat brought two federal cases againt trump is talking to top leaderse department about how to wind do. now it was expected expected ths re-elected the cases will go aw. they would be dismissed by the e department but i am learning the justice department they are loof legal council memo that deals wr

sitting presidents how that appd how they can go about winding ds before trump is even in office. >> and president elect trump ise sentenced in new york on novembe hush money conviction. will that still happen? >> i doubt it. speaking with sources over the e learned that they intend to try. they have several after knews t. there is one pending appeal on . there's three things by the prot due until january so they can an that basis to get it delayed anl argument that he is the preside. he can't be sitting in the courg sentenced. do i not expect that sentencinge few weeks or probably ever. >> paula reed. thank you so much. back with my panel here and joik is cnn senior legal analyst. let me start with you. you and i have talked about ther

some time. the tact that is potentially ofm seems to be off the table more d then you have the question of tt which ruled this summer that hey president would be immune from r official acts while in office. what are the ramifications of tg ahead? >> it's such an important point. this immunity ruleing is still . it came out four month as go ane living with the ramifications os looking ahead. the supreme court decided that d immunity cannot be prosecuted or anything he does within his offy define the scope of official acy and but also at the same time q. jack smith and the judge are trt what is and is not immune. when donald trump retakes offick

if he looks at that he will fee. he will feel like anything he dn believe believably tie it somehe is immune from being prosecuted. so i think one major guardrail f office has now been eliminate b. >> back here matt, as a republiy who has worked for donald trumps transition 8 years ago i believr thought thoughts on that guardrd it being eliminate? ed. >> i think there's the same guay president has now. there are checks and balances. there's a u.s. senate, there's , there's congress he will have te end of the day. >> the judiciary the highest cod said -- there was a bigger suprh was the one that overturn the c. the executive branch has less ay day matters of what happens fron

the west. i know everyone is talking abouy but the bigger one on the actuae that over tufrpbed. >> it's such an important point. >> when we say cheveron differee conversation. people will go huh? it's so important. this has to do with what republg called the swamp. what a lot of people here call f federal agencies that keep it gs president. and this ruling you can correct, e effectively says that a presie authority pretty much any autho. i was going to say it took f the agencies and the executive t you're right. >> the power in the hands of ju. >> and what it will do is put ae

hands of congress which is wher. they are the ones making the lae for the people every two years f representatives and that's how . we've only recently given so mue federal bureaucracy. you have much more in the hands. >> this is just one of so many s that we have going to be talking about that have real life conse. for people, for industry, for s. >> no question. given the outline we heard frome phro missed he will do on the c. when you talk about mass deportt department of education et cete. i refer to matt on the experienh the trump transition but some oy on in the first trump administrh the chaos as we were talking ab.

the physical binders that were e trump took office that had the n laid out by former governor chrn charge of the trump transition. there's different people in thet were fighting against other. had the trump family and the stt and that led to a ton of issues. you saw departures. i don't think you will see as m. the second administration will e and much more disruptive. >> you are the one who has beenk and balance of trump presidency. is that a real thing? especially if there's republicae board? we don't know about house but ld that way. >> in paper it's a real thing. in practice there's zero chancep says something and a republican- there's a 20% we would buck himt

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about why he voted for presiden. >> it's plain and simple. the economy. people think he's a businessmans out with numbers and probably gs with leaders from other countri. i mean, people are fed up also d the economy. the way it works. they figured he's the better op. >> that's fascinating and also y phone wherever that guy was. >> i couldn't take my eyes off . >> is that what you saw in your? >> absolutely. you saw it come to life. it's a focus group. that's what latinos were saying. we care about economy. he's talking about issues that . she is talking about democracy ?

it look like everything in d.c.e trump presidency and talking ab. these are things i worry about o the grocery store twice a week. >> . it has a lot to do with some ofe years an more specifically whatn square garden. >> everybody was saying we weree radio shows. >> latino operatives about thiss anyone crude than things we say. >> they don't see it differentle says it. >> there's a work class sensibie part of the latino community tht land with them. when you look at research therem the new york times and the pha f latinos born outside of this cow york times that they did not see

immigrants that donald trump is. and i think the proof is in theu look at some of the puerto ricat communities over the communities of puerto rico puerto ricans ind burch county trump shrunk or exe and if you look at florida oceom orlando, donald trump tphruped . joe biden won by double digits. that's a area full of puerto ri. >> thank you so much. don't go anywhere. cnn's election coverage will co. we will hear more on the presidn plans and the keys to his very .

welcome to cnn special covey in america. i'm anderson cooper. >> vice president kamala harrisr concession speech after donald e office he lost four years ago.

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president biden. he speaks to the future of vice. he says it was one of the best r made by bringing her in the foud she will continue to have a stas future here. talks about her. we know that he was watching hee residents of the white house wes striking. the emotion on the face of suppr here. even as there are so many queste democratic party and finger poil continue in the coming days abos role in this obviously. and the extraordinary set of cid to this 107 day campaign that e. >> in defeat in a shocking defe. abby as you were sitting there f the speech and i'm sure being tt you have a unique perspective o. there's one part that i wanted . here it is.

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think we will see that he will e when he gets back in office. >> our special coverage continu. the first time in four years ren charge of the senate but h next.

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that seat. there's some questions here abo. the republicans already have a . 52-48. what is the difference 53-47 orl give more of a buffer to presid. it will allow him to a nominee t easier. the minority party would have ag out of the minority in the termn in the 2026 and 2028 election a. every seat is why we are lookin. republican will have a 52-48 gns a54-46 huge news here. >> thank you. >> here with our political come. anderson, what happens as we gof the gop ends up controlling allf power when we talk about the hod the white house?

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wants. he will be able to do the things promised to do. we will see if all of those thie isn't some reshifting in two yed those things getting done becaue minority there's only so much te able to do. they can talk about tying thinge able to do so. >> you haven't touched on this . you are on the edges of it but e conversation out there and peopo are saying this is proof of. you can go to other networks th. of the racism and bigotry and wn american society that is in a s. i want to play what she said ab. the address today and i thoughtg how we address it. i want to play it. >> i don't think it's fair to so

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that every word he says tips thr an he is working to strengthen . he also recognizes a lot of fams campaign came to him and told hf losing loved ones because of ilt came in that were rapists or mus that are dangerous to this cound on making their communities mors to turn this economy around. he recognizes that so many famit able to go after the jobs that . they are not able to afford to h their family. energy price haves gone throughw what he needs to do to help eves country. >> well i appreciate your time . >> we will go back to the whitet reaction there after the vice pn speech and about the upcoming t.

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congress. that's not always an easy recip. >> not at all. >> thank you so much. it's so important to lay that os complicated but still unknown we house. joining me now is the retiring m west virginia. i'm glad to talk to you. what a historic moment we are i. manu was laying out where the h. obviously donald trump has the d republicans have the senate. do you have any -- where you the on the house? do democrats still have a chancs have it in addition to the senae house? u it's in swing areas. said this, donald trump didn't e won with the common sense the ie

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always learn. i thought maybe a better candidr representative once i won. so i appreciate that type of bah that i think really tonight or e should be thinking basically hoe democracy. thanking all the poll workers. we will be able to show the tra. this is so much needed for the e world to be able to show that wt contentious times. i want to congratulate presidens victory and i want to thank kamr concession speech but basicallyt it and will have the transfer ao be there when they certify it as volumes to what we have in amer. >> it does on how that will pla. there's still time. we will see how all this goes. what we saw today was something. your seat is going to be taken .

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forget about the party. those different of how you wills or fix problems. we're americans first. as an american i want my presid. i will do everything i can to he successful and you have to be ao power in the most respectful wag contributing and helping. if you can take that attitude ny could be country does well my sl and when it doesn't it goes to d basket. that's whey don't want to see h. i want them to remember that i e threshold. you know how sacred that is to . that's the glue that holds us te political tough atmosphere and e president trump will understands and how important sit for him te something that you might reallys

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he had a program that more peopn kamala harris did. that's the middle. i hope when they get to washingw they got there. tonight back out with the a. it's not clear how much donald e from attacking to the middle ang to be free reign to do whatever. >> donald trump may have won tho it. he pitch flipped with a more vee than he dad *r did four years a. >> who r. we see the middle rejection. it's a report from kayla she sas go talking about friction betwed kamala harris possibly about hem him. if anything harris was overly de

biden. i think what we see from the rea story that the unwillingness toe administration whether it is inr immigration is a central proble. the second thing that stuck outs they were saying that maybe th*g shraoeubgt lip under rating of s unpopularity. that's the lesson from this wee. they did not see that. that is the ignoring of evidencn unpopular president for years. it's a reminder oh of how they . it's a thing after the elections unpopular. it was the fundamental fact of . was a status quo that we were st people didn't like and that inc. >> i feel like we learned this e

but how polls are wrong and mise looking at the wrong places andg what the actual momentum is. it also is saying to me we hearl newers that campaigns have so te talking so much about their groe number of doors an all this stu. all of that seems to have been. they didn't know what was happey of us outside did. >> first of all when the fist et night from georgia that use liet of credence to exit polls but ie spot on. 50% went with trump in georgia. why would the middle do that? that was the beginning of how t. but also we have not talked abo.

it went in favor of donald trum. harris still won it but 8 point. joe biden won that by 33 points. so what happened there? also new york city, 1/3 of the t to donald trump. in the bronx you had 35% increap in queens in brooklyn in new jee by five points. these are wake up calls to lewds that there is something going of the norm of how they were predi. >> i think the question began de to live up to whatever it is. donald trump thinks he has a ma. donald trump has been very cleas going to do and he won. looks like he won the popular v. i think in new york if the numbp

in all five bureaus. that is not the rule vote. you see even in blue states. he got -- he went up in numbers. in some of the exit pollingt happy with the choices they hadn general. i think mansion was getting to e were going for donald trump thae everything about donald trump bs this is the choice they made bua dissatisfaction with choices. a mandate is clear. >> correct. no question about it. i think the other thing that wee back to is the word anchor. this was something that we hear. it went along with with the ecor not donald trump really has anyr understanding about many of thee worried about prices and the sue

left behind they felt that his t expressed related to theirs. >> in the exit polls among his s understands my problems and car. >> 7%. >> but with grocery prices, eart came out 50% of all people saide struggling to make ends meet sis prices and grocery prices haves. >> do you ever worry in being ue choices. than has been the consise standr the past three years. it was just shock at the optione biden and rematch. i think that was fueled the bre. obviously tapered off at the en. i will say that it also filterst about a political system. there was mystical cuelation i f going into this. was donald trump a candidate whe

anchor? it wasn't going to be apathetico be show displeasure with this a. i think it was up to donald true could summon that anchor or not. that's the surprising part of td because it could have gone the s what democrats were expecting. a lower turn out election wouldy got the people there they just . >> thank you as well. coming up next. democratic congress his taken te in the second trump presidency. that and more when our cnn elece continues.

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what i do worry about is if thai don't have much doubt that donaa phone call on day one and say ye filibuster. sit open field running for the d from my standpoint and if donale believed about what he says he'h tariffs and national security ty thought. >> one of the things that some s were saying from those who were, jr running hhs. he would never get past confirm. if trump has the control of thee he could. >> yeah that's right. this is why i am concerned abouo has been around far long time. if they do keep control of the . there's a couple moderateing fa. if they have the house majority. they were not able to manage thr vote majority. they will have all kinds of pro. the house was not governing in .

the president was democratic sod to do and could be a moderatein. there will be a lot of nervous p lets his free flag fry and goes. people will say this is the endu do this stuff. there's nothing good about thist of a democrats but there's moden play. >> do you see mitch mcconnell im the leadership position. do you have any doubt that whoee leader on the republican side ie in with donald trump? >> well, no. it the short answer to your que. democrats like me, donald trumpe popular vote well he will. donald trump is not a winner. he is a big winner. it hurts me to say that. what are my republicans colleagy from that? is this the donald trump with we majority? no this is donald trump with wh. whatever liz cheney instinct exe

republican party that's gone. donald trump owns these guys. >> he ran on mass deportations. there were signs at the republis that something you see happenin? >> i talked to a lot of people . freaked out in a lot of differe. deportations because the preside leverage of power and cdp and tf homeland security that is somett under way quickly. to put money n into it an take e will need congressional approva. we talked about the alignment t. the other moderateing factor. donald trump is famous for sayiy things where he doesn't do. you do not see the border wall . there's things that will not hat know what. i was one of the last members ot on the chamber on january 6th. none of us imagined that. it's unpredictable.

a lot of things he says he wille he will do. >> thank you for your time. very very much. our special election election ce shape the administration might o expect from president elect on .

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i think he should thank for bei. that's what adults do when peopr people lose. and then i would not use it as e accomplishments. there will be time for him to tn december and before the inaugur. but i would talk about the impor country is in and how divided wt the values we need to move forws still the president of the unit. democrats republicans and indepn talk to all of us how we can mos about to hand it over. >> all jokes ahead side. any time there's an election. there were democrats and the sa.

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fact that was a process with ves held their ground. he is going to be out there def. i think saying to everybody. lease move forward and let's do. i think he will say to us what p on the phone today. i have invited donald trump to . he has accepted and my administo help him transition. >> in the meantime there's the s to start and you are in this moe accept what's happen and peopled you will start talking about a . rfk, jr was out there today andt this because trump said rfk, jr. today he spoke out what that mee running the fda. here's what he said. >> if your entire department lin department in the fda that have.

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specific space and so no persono the policy and the most importaw there's only one boss the presie coming president of the united y advice to anyone who is trying e administration or be influentiae boss. he got elected he's the boss. so that's the person who makes n seugss. before you get out from your skn just remember the president is . >> you remember -- >> rfk is in a unique position. donald trump wasn't out there ce marco rubio being secretary of d campaign on rfk running out. >> ahead of the lines. he did over and over again. >> and rfk has had some controv. >> some? >> other things there's a lot ot

and right who agree with him abd foods. >> yes. all these things. >> what's happening to our chil. >> there's a range of issues thd here but a range of people who h the white house or the agency be of billing. >> i'm old enough to remember wl hell broke loose when michelle k about nutrition and children. >> tried to tweak the food labes talking about. >> remember the attacks. >> we know more about it. >> that's ao how we know how ma. >> as a society we now many knou put in the body and the impactsn we've ever known. why should the government look e that? >> think of the younger people s compared to other developed wor. it can be part of the conversat. do i think there's some very set

will see an increase in with yo. try to worry what is going on wm and why are we not taking bette. >> it will be great. we will see. >> we will see that in 2022. >> i was waiting. >> not even his family thinks t. >> there's all kinds of things t ought not be there. you and are in the same boat he. we crow what it's like to fightn in this country. when you have kids it's near im. vy some sympathys in this. i worry what the kids are ingesf days i guessly have to go -- yot about it. >> parents wrestle with this. >> the republican and -- you hal choice. you are not for rfk telling youo choose or that you can't choose. >> these are the conservations t

loops. i was not allowed to eat them ae them. >> we got to go. >> but the ingredients are diff. >> . >> more of our special coverage. coming up with what the federale brought against trump. all of this so much time is appt discussing about the special co. we have breaking news on that nt .

. welcome back to our electioa continued. we have some breaking news comip legal team and the hush money c. paula breaking all that for us. what are you learning now? so here i've learned that ts going to try to get trump's upcn new york canceled. there's tragedy in that case thy but this time they want to argut as president-elect trump is ents a sitting president and should y state prosecutors.

now the judge has given himselff november 12th to weigh in on whe conviction should be tossed afts court immunity ruleing this sum. the sentencing will go away bute not trying to delay this. they will try to get this cance. >> trying to get it canceled. so huge development there and ws telling you about the federal c. now that he is president-elect? so i have learned that speck smith has been talking with leae department about how to wind dos against president elect trump. they are been talking about inte justice department guidance abog president can be entitled or prt applies to a president-elect. i am told these conversations we for several days. it is complicated and he has coo questions about what happens tos office but it is expected that e to order his justice departmente

said he would do or dismiss thes expected at this point that thep before he gets to the white hou. >> paula thank you very much. all those breaking details. let's go straight to legal anal. starting with the latest reports legal team is now going to reque who handled the case in new yorg in the hush money case. that case that we spent all thog court as did the former preside. so how do you think that will g? >> >> this is another example of ae never encountered in american h. i can see the judge say nothingg scheduled for a long time i wile sentencing. if he's looking at the practicam concluding no no matter he willy behind bars. he's now the president elect ant four years of president. high bother and why get into th.

so we will see how that one. now the immunity ruling from the down in july and there's been tn that in terms of then obviouslyw this election went to move forw. so we are still in the early stf immunity. so what do you think happens noa president-elect trump? >> i don't know that we've evern american history taking office w guardrails as few checks and bas donald trump is about to be have white house. on january 20th. he's just come through four cri. he's not going to spend a day b. e second the immunity ruling itd brand new and says anything whae tied to his official acts as pre prosecuted for. there's not going to be a federf donald trump while he's preside. there will not be a special coue

attorney general will not allowt mueller to be appointed now. he has a republican senate and a republican house and supreme cof conserveives.. we will have to rely on the nond the good faith picks on his admn right, which is crucial. and i know, allie, you believe special counsel jackson, even though trump has medically, he will fire him, could come out with a full report, even though that case could go away. we will see if that will happen just for the historical record. so much as always to all of you for being with us on this historic day. our special election coverage continues now with anderson.