and we start with a fox news alert, the 2016 election shocking the system and now the world is responding. welcome to the second hour of "happening now" today. i am jon scott in ohio's capital city, columbus. >> and hi, jon. i am in raliegh, north carolina. and the next president of the united states donald trump winning the last night's election in one of the political surprises of the modern history. president elect trump heads to white house to meet with president obama. and trump spoke with supporters with a unifying home. >> hillary has very long and

very hard over a long period of time and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country. and i mean that very sincerely. i pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all american and this is so important to me. [applause] to those who have chosen not to support me of which there were a few people. i am reaching out to be you for your guidance and your help so that we can work together and unify your great country. i've spent my entire life in business, looking at the untapped potential in project and people all over the world. that is now what i want to do for our country. [applause] [cheering]

tremendous potential. i have gotten to know our country so well. tremendous potential and it is going to be a beautiful thing. every single american will have an opportunity to realize his or her fullest potential. the forgotten men and women of our country, will be forgotten no longer. [cheering]. [applause] >> and hillary clinton addressed supporters just a short time ago saying that we all owe mr. trump an open mind and a chance to lead. in was not enough with mr. trump winning crucial swing states. we have an hour of jam-packed analysis and predictions from reporters and guests following the historic outcome. mike emmanuel is live with more. mike. >> hi, jenna. it was a chance for hillary

clinton to thank her sdpeem trying to make history electing her to the white house until a shocking upset. clinton and her aides were are very emotional and looking stunned and plentiy of tears after being convinced they had done enough to win the election. she expressed pride and gratitude in the campaign they built and clinton noted it is pain excel would be for a long time. >> this loss hurts, but we never stop believing that fighting for what is right is worth it. [applause] >> reporter: after a brutal campaign against president elect donald trump, clinton signalled it was time for healing to begin. clinton congratulated mr. trump and offered to work with him on behalf of her country and said her supporters should give the next president a chance. >> donald trump is going to be

our president. we owe him an open mind and a chance to lead. our constitutional democracy enshrines the peaceful transfer of power and we don't just respect that, we cherish it. >> reporter: clinton noted the highest glass ceiling in terms of electing a woman president was not shattered, but said some day, someone will, jenna? >> mike, thank you. jon? >> well, what is the take away from the surprising involvement we'll bring in our panel. cots. and center of fordam university. and james holman national political correspondent of the author of post daily 202 news letter. james dthe 202, ever see donald trump's victory coming? >> there was a lot of signs.

i spent two years traveling the country and i think back to all of the times in ohio not far from where you are and where i talked to steel workers who lost their job and didn't know anybody who was supporting hillary clinton and in raliegh, where jenna is and i talked to african-american voters that told me they supportedded clinton but didn't want to wait in the long lines to vote. but there is a lot of things, we should have put the dots together, and realized that hillary clinton did not have it sewn up. we look at polls, and confirmation bias by the media. you expect someone to win and you validate that preexisting view of what you expected to it happen upon and a lot of people in washington fell in that trap.

>> costa s she went in two or throw points ahead and she is the president elect. how dew explain it? >> we got it wrong. many people assumed she would win upon and that may have had something to do with turn out the election. he was the underdog in this race and that may have allowed him to mobilized constitiency that may have not voteded. we underestimated donald trump ands his supporters. we may have overestimated hillary clinton and her supporters and their enthusiasm for her candidacy in terms of getting out and voting and making their voices heard. >> james, give us a sense from washington. so many people are stunned at

the result. and not only does the republican party take the white house but hold on to at this time senate and barely lost any societies in the house, that is going to it realign things in the nation's capital. >> it is a huge, huge thing. it is hard to overstate because republicans department have hearing saying the next president should choose the supreme court replace sxment that means donald trump will decide who will be on the supreme court. and republicans will control all three branches of government and allow donald trump to push an ambitious agenda because of what president obama did was executive order. that means that trump can undo the executive orders and obama care can be undone in a dramatic way using budget reconciliation. republicans don't have a 60 seat majority in the house, but there

are very, big changes donald trump can make if he pursued them. >> if you are going to make changes, make them with the help and the blessing of the other party. the american people want both parties to come together to get things done. and ramrodding stuff through the branch of government or one party is not a lasting accomplishment. >> that is absolutely right. and let's face it, one thing that the election does show how divided and polarized the country is with hillary clinton inching up donald trump in the popular vote. this is a divided country. and there are also going to be held accountable. and they are going to be held singly accountsable and they

have to look ahead and ask themselves. what is the prospects for the party moving forward even after the election and down the road if they pursue a very polarized agenda rather than compromise and get things done in a bipartisan way. >> i think james, you have to hand it to both candidate and even the president for being mag nammous and calm and kind, i guess, in the speeches they have given in the last 18 hours or so. >> absolutely. hillary clinton's speech was gracious and tim kaine's speech was gracious and donald trump gave a magnam musspeechch out t hillary clinton saying give him a chance.

obama saying i lost an election, i know what it's like. it is surreal to watch in some ways because of how naeft and divisive the campaign was. but it makes america great. >> that's how our country does it. we change governments in a very peaceful and civilized way. costas and james, we thank you both. >> thank you, jon. the gop not only winning the white house but both house was of congress. they are live in capitol hill hill. >> the marge and i know the republican majority on the senate side is razor thing given the fact that kelli a yotte is up in the air. that will require a recount and another seat held by david

vitter slated for a run off election on december 10th. the republicans are going to wield tremendous power and after the start of the new year. and speaker of the house paul ryan, saying that the moment donald trump's hand comes off of the bible in inauguration day is the moment they get to work. >> the opportunity is now here and go big and bold and get things done for the people of this country. >> we can assume repealing and replacing obama care or a mending it to something that is easier said than done given the 60 vote threshold and filibusters in the senate. >> it would be a tragedy and i will not cooperate or work with an effort to take health insurance away from 20 million american and going back to the days of a preexisting condition you can't upon get health care. >> with a republican president there is a possibility and there

is a lot of bad things p obama care should end. >> and renegotiating trade deals. they slated a 1:00 p.m. conference call today. it is all hands on deck and cautioned fellow members to come back to washington in the next week, bring their sleeping bags because there will be a lot of late nights. >> i think the president will rethink his decision to send the small cars to mexico. >> i don't believe it will happen. we are going to get our jobs back. >> and renegotiating the iran- nuclear deal and reconstructing the tax code and confirmation of supreme court nominees and analyst said there could be three over the trump administration. it is in that regard that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is facing the unknowing this.

will it be a nuclear option for the confirmation of executive jobs and judicial appointmentes? a lot of it has to do with how much the minority tries to stifle mitch mcconnell's agenda. he holds the card close to it his vest. >> a lot to watch for, doug. thank you. jon? >> the buck eye state comes up big for donald trump and senator rob portman. the senator easily winning reelection in his bid to represent ohio. his bid one of many republicans that will help the party keep control of the senate. republicans will be in charge of the white house and both chambers of congress. what is ahead for the new congress? i asked newly reelected senator

rob portman. >> senator, congratulations. your race will be the temp plate that republicans will be marching to your door to how you came from a ten point deficit when it started out and won big. >> won because of the work we did it for the people of ohio. i am proud of the campaign and ultimately getting the business done for the sxeem we were able to talk about our accomplishments and on the jobs front to it protect ohio job and passed legislation that is it adding more steel jobs in ohio and scientificly on the heroin and prescription drug issue that is an efrm demic that hit ohio hard. and so we are talking about what we have done to help people in their lives. so i hope that when people lookality the race, they don't think it is infrastructure or

fund-raising, people are smart. they support based on what you have done for them and vision for the future. >> i know you have spoken with mike pence. what was that conversation like? >> it is terrific. he is a good friend and fellow midwesterner and we talked about specific issues that we will work on together. i am excited about it and we'll have an opportunity to break through the grid lock and rise above the dysfunction that envelopes washington. the middle-class squeeze is real. and wages are flat and expenses are up. we can get the economy moving to help on the wage's side and reduce the cost of health care through reforming obama care and replacing something that is better. same thing with electricity costs. we can deal with that and things to do to help deal with the middle-class squeeze. deal with the other issues like

the epidemic of prescription drugs. >> the senate always had a reputation of being a collegial place. harry reid will be gone and a number of senators won squeaker races. pat toume and richard bird and john mccain. >> i think keeping the republican majority is helpful in terms of the trump administration and congress working together. i know paul ryan spoke about this earlier today. and i said last night. i assume every senator cares as much about our country and you have to have respect to it. you can get things done. new leadership on the democratic side will be helpful. and any time there is a fresh start and new conversation and new administration, hopes are high and folks want to get

things done. i think we will move quickly to it address long lingering problems. >> there are fractures in the republican party, and you had your own issues with donald trump during the campaign season, does all of that become water under the bridge when you go back to washington. >> i think it does when you focus on what you ought to the people. the cause is america and how do we solve the problems and get the economy back to home and opportunity. and how do we deal with prescription drug and heroin issue. and insure that america's place in the world is reinstated to protect our country better? and there is an interest not only in the trump administration and republicans in congress but everyone including democrats to make things happen. >> that's what people want you guys to get something done in washington. you are telling us that you can do that? >> i am hope excel some day naive. and given what just happened,

the message is chlor. people are tired of business as usual. i believe that is true. they don't want a replay of the last 4 or 8 years. they want to see two parties working together in a common sense way to solve problem and i am hopeful that is what we will see here,ine unfolding now you see that. i thought donald trump's speech was inclusive speech. he wants to reach out to every american. and that's what we need to do in the country. >> we wish you well. senator, thank you. >> thank you you for being here in columbus. >> rob portman started out ten points behind ted strickland. he won the race by 20 point and why so many republicans will pay attention to how he accomplished that, jenna? >> what a great conversation and something to follow-up with senator are portman.

and analyst predicted that the ground game is a turning point in north carolina. how did the ground game differ and how did the republicans pull it off in north carolina. we have dallas wood which the house executive director of the north carolina republican party. dallas, what worked? >> for one thing, we had better candidate and that matters and we had an extremely well developed and well prepared and underappreciated ground game that included a massive turn out of republican voters who were less inclined to vote early. when early voting closed, compared to 2012, democrats were down 20000 votes. republicans were up 150,000 votes. it was an incredible turn around. >> you know the democrats say. the republicans had no ground game compareed to hillary

clinton. that's the conversation. >> asked her how that worked out. it seemed like it was buried in north carolina. >> what is your ground game look like? it looked different than their ground game. >> it worked. people have to want to go vote and they have to be inspired and she's not inspiring candidate and that's the bottom line. but we have a great partnership with the republican national committee and the key to our ground game started several years ago with the rnc focusing on voter registration. we gained 150,000 earlier votes for the republicans. we have closed the gap, registration wise, 150 since election day four years ago. and the increase in registration was important. >> how did that work? standing outside of grocery stores and knocking on door and how do you get registered voers? >> the democrats lost a lot of

the voters. they left their party and went to ours or went to unaffiliated and yeah, we have had teams of people, terry brown who runs our histories program and other folks, they got dozens of people out all of the time and talking to voters and talking to it them one by one. it is a comparison about the ground game. they would say well, hillary clinton has more offices. brick and mortar does not win elections. people do when they have inspiring candidates. >> as you watch the kids walk behind you. the young vote. they are not old enough to vote. but the young vote, going to talk to you about going into the election. there are those that donald trump would damage the race for republicans. you say in north carolina that was not the case. we'll talk about that coming up in "happening now". picking up for kyle.

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>> it was not a length haddy call and did take place very, very late night last night. >> that is the spokesman josh earnest. it is a somber white house this morning. jenna? >> thank you, jon. back in north carolina, executive director of the republican party. josh earnest talked about the obama coalition and explaining he doesn't know why that same coalition didn't show up for hillary clinton. do you have thoughtses to that and what happened in north carolina. >> the obama coalition. it is not hers. votes have to be won and not transferred and in her case, just the stink of corruption all around her, turned off a lot of young voter and urbanite and all

kinds of people. >> did you see those people in the early results that you have and they are just prelimary, did you see those people not only will a not vote for clinton but vote for donald trump. >> based on our research, votes were up with trump were up and latino and a huge swell of new voters. and combined with a strong ground game and registration efforts of our partners in the republican national committee. >> what was the trump affect in the break? there are all theories, trump on the ticket and all of the republicans. >> people need to watch something else. no one knows. they is say clinton ground is great. and he's going to it drag everybody done down. this is your moment. >> donald trump helped us.

we had great candidates to histor aric victories we never had in north carolina. we elected statewide north carolina and picked up a state treasurer's race first time in 140 years and same with the electing the head of the public schools. i don't know if we had that but at least in a hundred years. picked up a state insurance commissioner and picked up the two seats. >> all of this is the trump affect as well. and two state court of appeal's seats and a good ground game. and you have to have all of these things. and you have to ask people for their vote and you have to earn it. you don't get to think that because they were for obama people are going to fall in line. that's not the way it works. >> dallas, nice to have you here. >> welcome to areally and old

time bar-b-que. >> we are starving, thank you. jon? >> fox news alert. in the new hampshire senate race maggie hasan claims victory and kelly a yotte said not so fast. it is coming down to the wire the senate race coming down to several hundred votes. molly line in manchester, new hampshire with the latest. >> we are awaiting the official numberses regarding the hostly contested senate race. as you mention maggie has an claimed victory in the race over incumbent republican kelly a yotte. the hasan campaign claimed they won by 716 vote. has an said it will be my job to it make the best decisions for new hampshire to work with

president elect trump when it is in the best interest of new hampshire and stand up to him when it isn't. >> and senator a yotte is not conceding and saying this is a closely contested race and we'll insure every vote is counted in the race and received a historic level of interest. and party insider say it may not be over and possible likely that we'll see a recount here in the granite state, jon? >> 716 votes that's what you expect. >> pretty tight. >> our next guest predicted it would be a close race in ohio, the day before the election and why the results were not surprising and the battleground

he thought would be a dog fight. and look at fox news headquarters, the city where the next president was born and raised after america cast its vote.

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ohio. buck eye state one of the victories for donald trump to help propel him to the presidency. the front page of the cleveland dealer trump triumphiant and projected president elect. joining me now tom wood. we it said time and again, howe has the best record in picking the winner and voting with the person who wins the presidency and that record is still near perfect after last night. it is fascinating and while we are a presidential bell weather some of the variations in the county level is provocative. there is never been a more devoided set of voting patterns in the state in the last cent years. it is a striking result. >> part of the reason that ohio votes with the country it is

microkas'm. >> you have urban centers and rural and people from the north usouth and east that moved in here. what made the difference yesterday? >> three large urban centers on i- 70 went for clinton but she was not able to turn out the democratic vote in the southeastern staut. and the massesive divide went to trump and turn out was down. and we are still counting votes. clinton was not able to turn them out to upset trump. >> all of the experts say turn out of the rural vote that it no one anticipated and that may have skewed the polls. be >> there is a lot of gnashing of

teeth and beating of chest. >> trump was able to turn out the vote he needed in the state with a minimal intrastructure. he didn't easy much. he didn't have much participation from local county party elite and hillary had high-tech and borrowed the obama insfra stukture and trump mattered way more than the relatives campaign infrastructure. >> it is almost the old fashioned you know, stump campaign. because trump had the big rallies and he would point to those and look how many people are showing up to it my rallies and hillary's rallies are not energized. is this a new form of campaigning or can only work for

donald trump? >> given the success and the order of today's intellectual humility. and delay confirming a new type of campaign methodiology or technology. it might be new media or something that is for donald trump. maybe no other gop nominee will kamenture the magic like he did. >> what will you dive in to with your students as you comb through the voting patterns? >> vital importance is when the secretary of state's office released the voter state file. the folks they managed to turn out and compared it to the previous and figure out did trump manage to tap in new votes or simply maintain loyal support and clinton failed. that will be huge import. and large public polling that comes in and lets us

discriminate in the narratives. >> americans can be proud that we have a peaceful hand over and change of administrations underway. and you grew up in australia, and came here because you are fascinated by the american political system. and got more fascinating last night. >> right, there is really few country s where a native would allow a foreign to talk about it is politics. it is inclusive to the american people. >> tom wood, ohio state university. thank you very much. >> one of the headlines jon, had nothing to do with politics. but there is a lot of theories. the dow futures were down 800 points and that got attention. looking at the dow now. it is a different story. more on the election outcome and what it mean for all of us. liz is joining us with more,

liz? >> fox news decision desk projected that donald trump won the state of north carolina and that is huge for donald trump.

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old ticket splitter voter is an extinct species, but north carolina's election results you can see the down saur marching around. some voters voted for trump and copper. and then voted for byrd the senator who is a republican. north carolina has had in the recent past larger groups of swing voters who voted democrat in one race and republican in another. here it is a factor. >> in north carolina is reflective of where the nation is at and not in love with both political parties? >> i think we have ticket splitters, but it was one of the biggest surprises and north carolina was a part of the success for rump trump.

but in the state races, where there was a compain for attorney general and governor's race ttook a little bit of the national dominance of the campaign away. the republican incumbent goff combof defeated. part ha ticket splitting and hb-two and education and toll road controversy in the governor's home county. the attorney general is right. it played a lot. and republicans did well well, but in specific issues, people were willing to split the ticket. >> for republicans, when you look at this. it is this one of the first waves we have seen like this for the state in a long time? what dew think the republican party should take away? they have had strong

performances in north carolina. and 2016 is more of a mixed bag here and not just the governor's race but also a supreme court race. and north carolina supreme court is republican controlled, not partisan and now will go to it a democratic lean. there were democratic bright spots, but the republicans had a lot of victory and won races they had not run before. and the legislature had has more institutional power than the governor. they had super majority in the legislature for republicans. >> you are you giveing the relbow. >> obviously. it depends. and if the vote holds up the meanings and the they maintain

a sure majority. they didn't make narnl gains. donald trump did well. but it was a split night in the north carolina races. >> i want your thoughts on something that we hear. if you are watching news conference about the election. there are those who say this was a white voter turn out in rural area and someone without a college education that pushed trump over the top. we talked to sources in north carolina, they say it is not just be that for donald trump to win. and one of the areas that they are looking the millennial voter, cast more ballots to it donald trump than expected and that was the difference. >> it could have been. there are counties that have a lot of students in them and did better for donald trump. looking at exit poll and people who graduated from college in north carolina and people who

haven't. that is a 50/50 split. the differences in their preferences between donald trump and hillary clinton are not large. at least in north carolina it is not an education gap where white voters without a college education went for trump and college educated voters went for trump. >> it is not only a race story. >> it is an economic story and rural versus urban story. donald trump didn't do well in urban areas. but the turn out was largeener the rural area and a lot of those voters are white. it is it not mean it is race or not. >> coming back to the central theme. every election we talk about job asks then we go ound sorts of places. >> the governor mccorey ran on

all of the jobs. and donald trump said this is terrible. no one has jobs and conflicting message. . >> how do you explain that. that was mccory's argument for governor. why the split here? >> it is it difficult. and voters often have trouble distinguishing the claims that our state is doing okay but the national economy isn't. they see the national economy. and looking at exit poll in north carolina, the economy was a big issue. and voters thought other issues were going another way. and the voters disagree and voting for trump and i love the state's economy and voting for governor pat mccorey. and that had trouble gelling. >> and nice to see you getting along well. >> i have him trained.

>> appreciate your time, thank you. jon? >> what a difference a day makings, gen a. there was a lot of predictions that the stock market would tank if donald trump were elected. futures down 800 point and after jitters, stocks recovered quickly. and the look at the big board. why did he not see a selloff. joining us from fox business network liz. >> liz? >> while you were sleeping. that's when you saw the selloff for a lot of people while they were sleeping. 2:00 a.m. on the fox balance desk. and our eyes were bugging out of our head. dow was selling off in futures and up 207. and more importantly see 18, 540. we are less than 100 points away from an all- time record and the

market is going along and pushing strength in health care and financials. only waengs is utility and tech. who was wrong? the smartest guys in the room on wall street. city group had a reaction to trump election major selloff and barclays is a uk based bank and down 11 to 13 percent. we saw it selloff and the markets tend to moderate before the opening bell of the new york stock exchange. donald trump kept saying this is bigger than brexit. he meant the surprise. it was a surprise when the uk decided to leave the european union. you saw major drops of 873 points for the dow. we have not sewn that today. a gain of 209 at a moment. and people are worried about the

401 ka's overnight. they are not so worried right now. back to you. >> thank you. >> it is getting jenna. john, it's getting a breezy here in north carolina. we're going to do our best to stay where we are. it's endless shrimp at red lobster. with another new flavor you never saw coming... grilled, glazed korean bbq shrimp. and try as much as you want of flavors like new parmesan peppercorn shrimp. just come in before it ends. [vo] a confirmation will be sent when new personal oright. small business checking, savings or credit card accounts are opened. we're taking action and renewing our commitment to you.

hi everyone, i'm heather. defense secretary ash carter just weighed in now on the new president-elect. what he's saying in a memo to pentagon staff about mr. trump and how the transition will work. plus what does a trump presidency mean for the supreme

court? we'll break that one down. and what were some of the key issues from exit polls that could have a big impact on trump's town at 1600 pennsylvania avenue? that and more on "america's news headquarters" join us. fox news alert on several ballot nichives before voters yesterday, including guns, the death penalty, and the legal use of marijuana. adam housely has more from the los angeles bureau, adam. >> reporter: yeah, john, marijuana was one of the hot topics as you mentioned in 35 states, there were 170 measures really that could transform and change the laws for million was of americans across the coordinator. let's start with weed asout mentioned. recreational marijuana got a yes vote in a number of states including massachusetts, california, and nevada while in the valley of the sun, arizona voted no. as for medical marijuana, it's now legal in north dakota, florida, arkansas, and montana. maine is still too close to call. as for gun control and other

very popular topic in the country, it did well. nevada passed expanded background checks, washington approves risk protection orders, california background checks for bullets and outlawed magazines that hold more than ten rounds while maine rejected increased gun control. as for the death penalty, california voters repealed the death penalty and improved a plan to expedite it. voters in nebraska overwhelmingly approved a measure to bring back the death penalty and move a came a year after state legitimators decided to eliminate it. and in oklahoma, the majority of the electorate passed that. around the country seems like a lot, but the numbers are actually down, back in 1998, was the peek year, they had 240 ballot initiatives for that entire year. 162 this year, and this is countening the local ballot measures, john, if you were in california, the voter guide was as thick as some of the

textbooks you got when you were in school because you had all kinds of local measures and local taxes. too many to go through. i'll tell you in california, there are a number of new taxes for many of us who live in the golden state, john. >> oh boy. adam housely, glad it's you living there. adam, thank you. and we'll be back with some final thoughts from ohio and north carolina.

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it's been great fun to be here in columbus, ohio, for this history-making election. i want to thank the crew who's kept us on the air through difficult circumstances. the rain yesterday and a chilly day today. and thanks to the good people of ohio who have been so welcoming and so gracious putting up with our many, many meetings. i'll see you back in new york tomorrow. >> you're not needy, john. i bet they loved it. it was great to be in north carolina as well. and i have to echo all your sentiments for the crew and the people here. it has been historic times to witness and we're privileged to

do so. also we met a young patriot that i think our viewers should meet as well. my facebook page, check it out. i think you'll appreciate it. thank you so much for tuning into "happening now." america's election headquarters starts right now. and safe travels, jenna and john. well the dust has finally settled after a contentious presidential election. america has now chosen, it is a brand new day. so now what? this is the question. hi, i'm heather. president obama speaking a short time ago from the rose garden saying that the country must unite and move forward because in the end, we're all on the same team. >> now, it is 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. but president bush's team could not have been more professional or more gracious in making sure we had a