>> i love this country. >> pelley: triumph. >> i pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all americans. >> pelley: and tribulation. >> it's just, quite frankly, frightening. he is not a reflection of the country. >> they ain't whooped us yet. >> i know we have still not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling, but some day someone will, and hopefully sooner than we might think. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: for those of you just joining us, this is a special expanded edition. hillary clinton's concession today was perhaps the best

speech of her presidential campaign. it was certainly the most poignant. >> and to all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to persued and achieve your own dreams. >> pelley: republican house speaker paul ryan called trump's victory the most incredible political feat he has seen in his lifetime. >> but now, as we do every four years, we have to work to heal the divisions of a long campaign. i think president-elect donald trump set the perfect tone last night for doing just this. >> pelley: and here is what speaker ryan is talking about. >> now it's time for america to bind the wounds of divisions, is have to get together.

to all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation, i say it is time for us to come together as one united people. ( cheers and applause ) it's time. i pledge to every citizen of our land they will be president for all americans, and this is so important to me. ( cheers ) for those who have chosen not to support me in the past-- of which there were a few people-- ( laughter ) i'm reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we can work together and unify our great country. >> pelley: president obama echoed those sentiments. margaret brennan is at the white house. >> the peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of

our democracy, and over the next few months, we are going to show that to the world. >> reporter: president obama called for all americans to unite behind president-elect trump, even though his unexpected victory is a sharp repudiation of mr. obama's progressive agenda. >> we will renegotiate nafta, stand up to china, and stop the job-killing trans-pacific partnership. >> reporter: mr. trump has vowed to withdraw the u.s. from free trade agreements, scrap the iranian nuclear deal, and immediately repeal obamacare, the president's signature achievement. >> we doll it very, very quickly. it is a catastrophe. >> reporter: he'll also attempt to reverse several executive action, including president obama's move to ease deportation of undocumented migrants and regulation of power plants. yet, president obama said he is still proud of what his administration accomplished. >> that remarkable work has left the next president with a

stronger, better country than the one that existed eight years ago. >> reporter: surrounded by a crowd of visibly disappointed staff, the president tried to be gracious in defeat. >> that's the way politics works sometimes. we-- we try really hard to persuade people that we're rig right, and then people vote. and then if we lose, we learn from our mistakes, we do some reflection, we lick our wounds, we brush ourselves off, we get back in the arena. >> reporter: tomorrow, president obama will do something else he never imagined-- welcome donald trump to the oval office. the first lady will also meet with melania trump. an image of unity, scott, in a divided america. >> pelley: margaret brennan at the white house, changing hands at noon on january 20. margaret, thank you very much. if one state saw the bombshell

coming, it was ohio, a bellwether. that's an old term for the sheep with a bell around its neck leading the flock. well, around 10:30 last night, we saw which direction the flock was heading when we projected trump had won ohio, which has picked all but two presidents since 1904. dean reynolds is there. ( applause ) >> reporter: across ohio, as the news took hold, donald trump's supporters exulted in their man's nine-point win in the buckeye state. from cleveland to columbus to cincinnati, they felt the earthquake. sherry lamorcha finally recalled when she first climbed aboard the billionaire's bandwagon. >> once i heard him in person, i looked him in the eye and he said everything i always dreamed someone would say. >> reporter: are you guys considered the oddballs? >> on campus? >> reporter: yeah. >> absolutely, 100%. >> amanda tidwell was a student volunteer for trump at ohio

state university. how do you feel this morning gifeel great. i feel like our country is back on track and where we need to be going. >> reporter: did you go into last night thinking this would be the outcome? >> i did. >> freshman jason goldsteen said trump's allure to millennials was simple. >> i just liked the fact that trump was an outsider. i think that's what appealed to most people. >> cheers, everybody. >> cheers. >> reporter: in trumpbull county, trucking company owner bought pizza for his workers in celebration of trump's win. four years ago, president obama won the county by 22 points. last night, hillary clinton lost it by six. >> there is not a frown in this entire building or in any of my truck drivers this morning, that's for sure. it seems like the working class of this country came together last evening to make a clear-cut statement of what-- how they want our country run. >> reporter: we're with

celebrating trump supporters tonight. scott, one republican who is not celebrating, though, is john kasich, the governor of ohio, who opposed trump in the primaries and who never endorsed him. before yesterday's election results came in, kasich had announced plans to give a big speech on thursday. but now, scott, those plans have been canceled. >> pelley: dean reynolds listening to ohio tonight. dean, thank you. pennsylvania had voted democratic in six straight presidential elections. with philadelphia, the state's largest city, in the driver's seat. when jericka duncan was there at 3:00 this morning when the keystone state became the last domino to fall in hillary clinton's blue wall. ( cheers ) >> reporter: here at city diner, election night excitement turned to disbelief and cries of defeat. this clinton supporter was stunned. >> it's just, quite frankly, frightening. he is not a reflection of the country that i was raised in. >> reporter: democrat greg

trainer said he wanted a primary do-over. >> none of this would have happened with bernie sanders. >> reporter: at andy's diner in ambler, 20 miles north of philadelphia, reality is just starting to set in for jerry axeler, and herp 45-year-old daughter, lauren cassyellow. >> i mean, i was shocked. i was watching it roll in and was kind of, like a bigger hole, you know, inside, just deep down. >> reporter: laurie wright says she was equally as hurt by trump's win. >> but i just can't believe the things that he has said, especially about women, that so many women voted for him, and i feel kind of betrayed about that. >> reporter: pennsylvania voters were supposed to be parent of a clinton blue wall. in her final push, 40,000 people joined her at independence mall the night before the election. >> i already had my motel in d.c. rented for the inauguration. >> reporter: mother of two, jennifer stomsky volunteered for

the clinton campaign. >> i i think i shed my first tears when i had to wake up my 10-year-old son and he was upset and he started to cry. >> reporter: as signs for clinton-kaine get tossed aside, those who put them up say they will never forget her story is still history. >> i take today and i cry and i mourn, and then tomorrow we start over again. >> reporter: small towns bhmingly here in pennsylvania voted for donald trump, but, scott, when you look at the numbers from 20012's presidential election here in pennsylvania, you'll see that clinton lost more than 100,000 votes while her opponent gained 232,000. >> pelley: jericka duncan for us tonight. jericka, thank you. well, it turns out the obituary for the republican party was premature, to say the least. not only did they take the white house. the g.o.p. held on to the house of representatives and beat back a democratic challenge in the

senate. here's julianna goldman. >> i hope you're having as good a day as i am. >> reporter: taking their victory laps, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan celebrated their party's clean sweep. >> donald trump provided the kind of coattails that got a lot of people over the finish line so that we could maintain our strong house and senate majorities. now we have important work to do. >> reporter: the two republican leaders have struggled to forge a relationship with the controversial president-elect burkts now their agenda goes hand in hand from repealing obamacare to confirming a conservative justice to the supreme court. and they aren't the only g.o.p. converts. john mccain said he looked forward to working with trump to address national security challenges and lindsey graham, who just yesterday tweeted that he did not vote for trump said, "to the extent they can help president-elect trump, i will do so." >>iment to thank the people of this extraordinary state for giving me another opportunity to continue to serve them in the united states senate.

>> drain the swamp! >> reporter: republicans weren't expecting to do as well as they did last night, but several tight races in states like pennsylvania, missouri, and wisconsin, broke their way. one bright spot for democrats was congresswoman john dickerson, an iraq war veteran and double amputee who defeated illinois senator mark kirk. >> i unbelievable america that doesn't give up on anyone who hasn't given up on themselves. >> duckworth will be among 21 women serving in the senate one woman joining her maggie hassan. today, her opponent, kelly ayotte, conceded. >> pelley: the burning question on several state ballots was weather to legalize pot. four states did, including the one with the highest population, california. john blackstone is there. >> reporter: at an election-night party at a

medical marijuana dispensary in san francisco, the overwhelming passage of california's proposition 64 means adults over 21 can now legally spoke marijuana for recreational use. >> it's done, right. >> reporter: the campaign was backed by california's lieutenant governor gavin newsom, who of with the goal of both raising revenues through sales taxes and ending prosecution for minor drug offenses. >> in california, now has sent that message powerfully to the rest of the nation. that is a point of pride from my perspective. >> reporter: voters approved similar measures yesterday in massachusetts and nevada of course bringing to seven the number of states, plus the district of columnia, where the recreational use of marijuana is legal, an area that includes 20% of the u.s. population. but, under federal law, marijuana remains illegal everywhere. >> people at the grass-roots level in states across the country are saying, you know, nuts to that." >> reporter: zev yaroslavsky

is with u.c.l.a. school of public affairs. >> the federal government is going to have to come to the table and work this out. >> critics worry that legalization says to young people that it is not dangerous. in colorado, marijuana-laced candy got into the hands of children. you have four children. are you afraid this will make marijuana more available to them? >> no, because it's ubiquitous today. teenagers find it easier to get marijuana than alcohol. survey after survey bears that out. >> reporter: as of today it's legal for anyone over 21 to possess marijuana in california, but it's not yet throl buy texcept at a dispensary like this, for medical marijuana. the retail sale of recreational marijuana, scott, the rules for that may not be finalized for more than a year. >> elliott: john blackstone, thanks. coming up next on this expanded edition of the cbs evening news, how the trump victory is playing in europe. and later, a bad night for pollsters.

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>> pelley: after months of accusations that russian hackers were trying to disrupt the u.s. election, we were surprised to learn today that vladimir putin used a technology from the 1800s to congratulate donald trump. he sent a telegram. the trump win was front-page news all over the world, and here's mark phillips. ♪ ♪ >> donald trump. >> donald trump. >> reporter: overseas, the reaction to the trump victory was somewhere between shock... and fear... most western leaders did what protocol requires. >> well, i congratulate donald trump. >> reporter: like britain's theresa may, they offered pledges of cooperation. but several did so with some of donald trump's campaign statements still ringing in their ears. >> so nato, we are paying a

tremendous amount of money for nato. and it's not fair, folks. it's not fair. >> reporter: that's frightening talk in places like the former soaf republics of latvia, lithuania, and estonia, where nato exercises are held to thwart the perceived ambition of vladimir putin to take them back. donald trump has been mocked here for cozying up to putin and saying nato's u.s.-backed defense guarantee is not automatic. any tampering with the alliance is a frightening prospect, says pulitzer prize-winning columnist ann applebaum. >> people are afraid of another russian incursion into ukraine. people are afraid of russian influence and russian pressure on the baltic states and on central europe. people are afraid of an expansion of the russian influence all over europe. >> reporter: the president-elect sound more statesmanlike since he won. >> we will get along with all other nations willing to get

along with us. we will be. >> reporter: and there are some in europe, like n.y.u. mare lepen of france, and geert wilders of the right wing freedom party in the netherlands who see the trump victory as an inspiration. >> what can happen in america can happen in europe can happen in the netherlands as well. >> reporter: and then there's iran. donald trump has promised to pull out of the deal to halt tehran's nuclear program. he does, scott, that will be another dramatic split with the already-nervous europeans. >> pelley: mark phillips with the vote heard 'round the world. thank you very much, mark. how did the polls get the election so wrong? well, coming up next, our master of maps and keeper of stats

>> pelley: so, how did the polls lead us astray, including our cbs news poll, which is considered to be one of the best in the industry? anthony salvanto is our director

of elections. in other words, he is our polling expert. so, anthony, the polls got the popular vote nearly right, but missed badly on how the states were going to fall in terms of the electoral vote. what went wrong? >> well, if you look at the states that were polled right up until almost election day, they showed the tightening toward donald trump, including our own, very tight in places like ohio and florida. but the states that donald trump flipped that surprised everybody, places like pennsylvania, wisconsin, maybe michigan, those didn't have as much late polling. and i think pollsters may have written them off, figured they were reliably democratic. and what we should have done or can have done is go back and try to pick up any late movements there. >> pelley: there were a lot of undecided voters in this election. and if i understand you correctly, they were moving in those reliably democratic states, and they weren't being polled at that time. >> well, what we saw in much of the polling was this movement

towards donald trump, which in fact ended up continuing right through election day. but there was also a turnout issue. many of the democratic respondents in polls who said they were coming out for hillary clinton, when i looked at those turnout patterns on election night, in place after place, hillary clinton's vote share was going down. so those democrats did not show up, not en mass, but just enough to cost her. >> pelley: they said they were going to go to the polls when the pollster asked them, and then they didn't show. >> exactly. >> pelley: how can polling fix this next time? >> well, i think we could be a little more discriminating about who we ask and who we think is going to show up. if, the of, in fact, there is going to be an enthusiasm gap, if there is going to be people who tell pollsters they are coming and they do not show up, we can do a better job of modeling the electorate in making sure that we keep in only those people who are in fact going to turn out. >> pelley: a science and an

art. sacialg our director of elections, thank you, anthony. >> thank you, scott. >> pelley: after some negative campaigns, we'll end with some

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>> pelley: after an election that reflected how divided this nation, is we'll end the broadcast tonight with calls for unity from president-elect trump and hillary clinton. >> now it's time for america to bind the wounds of division. >> our campaign was never about one person or even one election. it was about the country we love. >> to all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation, i say it is time for us to come together as one united people.

>> people of all races and religions, for men and women, for immigrant, for l.g.b.t. people, and people with disabilities, for every. ( cheers and applause ) >> i pledge that i will be president for all americans, the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. ( cheers and applause ). >> and to all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams. >> no dream is too big, no challenge is too great. nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach. >> pelley: and that's our expanded edition of the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night.

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