and we're back now, 2:00 a.m. on the east coast. 11:00 p.m. on the best coast. and we're still here, because donald trump is closing in on the 270 electoral votes he needs. 244 to hillary clinton's he's also leading in the states up in the midwest. michigan, leading in the state of michigan. he's leading right now in the state of wisconsin. you see it there, as well. 49% to 46% over clinton. leading now in the state of pennsylvania. a win in any one will almost certainly give him the white house, because he's also leading in the state of arizona.

headquarters, boy, what a different scene there right now. >> and what a bizarre scene unfolding. the music playing behind me, bruce i want to tell you george, the campaign chair is leaving the hotel where he's been watching. hillary clinton is in that hotel, and we're told he'll be making an announcement here to say theac that's coming in at this moment. we have not heard from hillary clinton herself. the last tweet from her and her twitter account was over four hours ago when she said, whatever happens tonight, thank you for everything. i want to note this arena was to shut down at 2:05 eastern, five minutes from now. we're told it will be kept open a little while longer after that. we don't know for how much longer.

there's a number of staffers coming down an escalator where the vip section was filing into this room now, george. >> all right. we may be hearing that at the top with the campaign chair, but when you go through this, state by state by at a time state, i can't see where the clinton team finds hope in this? >> they have to win all three of the big states, pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. right n the -- >> hold on, john is showing up now. clinton campaign chair, let's listen to what he has to say. >> thank you. we've been here a long time, and it's been a long night, and it's been a long campaign, but i can

they are still counting votes, and every vote should count. several states are too close to call, so we're not going to have anything more to say tonight. so, listen, listen to me, everybody should head home. you should get some sleep. we'll have more to say tomorrow. i want you to know, i want every person i want every person across the country that supported hillary to know that your voices and your enthusiasm means so much to her and to him and to all of us. we are so proud of you. and we are so proud of her!

she is not done yet. so thank you for being with her. she has always been with you. i have to say this tonight, good night, we will be back. we'll have more to say. let's get those votes counted, and let's bring this home. thank you so much for all that you have done. you are in all of our hearts. thank you. >> the clinton campaign, counted. they're got going to have anything more to say. likely because they have nothing good to say right now. donald trump with 244 electoral votes, and we see the people getting up, starting to leave. can you hear me there? okay. we lost her there.

votes in ohio, didn't concede until the next morning. >> interesting whether donald trump would concede, it's clear we won't have a hillary clinton concession speech no matter what happens. it's not over. we have not called the race, but, george, looking at the way the vote is coming in, it's really hard to see how it's possible for hillary clinton to win the race. she's behind in all three of the big states. pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. >> another state came of maine. that's going to be a split. three electoral votes in the state of maine go to hillary clinton, and donald trump wins that second congressional district getting more from the state of maine. >> he probably does not need because all he has to do is win one of three states where he currently has a lead, and there's a dwindling number of votes left. >> i think we have cecila back

>> reporter: not at all what they expected tonight, george, but defiant from the hillary clinton campaign. going back to the debate that donald trump and hillary clinton had where the one thing he complimented her on was she's a fighter. you're seeing that from the campaign, not going down tonight, but going down swinging and not giving up on this one. >> not giving up yet, but their back is up against a wall as we said all night long here, trump, and, you know, you brought up the debates , and ths was the point you made, you look at if campaigns are supposed to matter, and maybe they just don't. hillary clinton won the conventions, the three debates, the polls coming out afterwards, and seemed to gape strength after every single one of them. >> and she won the organizational infrastructure

carolina. he had three. she had 80 offices in florida, he had whatever, five or whatever. she won that game. the staff game. i think when you look at this race, what happened in the primaries, this was a perpalty driven race, a gut -- on both sides in many ways, a gut driven race, voters that loved donald trump, and voters that hated hillary clinton, and when you have that dynamic, it didn't seem -- dt infrastructure, either that loved him or hated her. >> pretty clear, and let me bring this to you as we've been talking about a lot of people upset by donald trump, a lot of people fearful of donald trump. how do they come to terms with the idea of him in the white house? >> well, george, not easily. i have to say, because i got an e e-mail from a person of note in the country who gave a great

brown, a great coach said, winners say nothing, losers say less, but you expect losers to be graeshcious, and part of the healing process, a lot is said about what donald trump may have to say or do to heal the gap. there's app expectation of what hillary clinton may have to say and do to heal the gap. people are anxious tonight, george. was reported earlier, there's a number of people, certainly, hispani hispanics, who are fearful about being deported. people of color who are fearful that some of the tension we saw from the trump rallies, you may see on the streets of america, that people may feel end bombolo act a certain way. george, i have to say, we talked about the beginning of the night, the history of our country, and we prove as a nation no matter what, we

survive two world wars, the civil rights era, and that whatever happens tomorrow, our history suggests that we always rise to the occasion, and so i have no doubt that we'll rise to this one. >> well, we survived the civil war, but almost 600,000 americans were killed, so it's not a period that we want to reprep kate, and there is, certainly, thank god, no issues like slavery to separate us and send us to tremendous sense of disappointment. keep in mind, there were people lining up at susan b. anthony, the great sufferist's grave today by the hundreds. 3,000 people came to watch the return assuming she would be elected president. women who were in their 90s waiting for this day their whole

president. there were little girls all over the country who thought that this was going to be a day where they would see a woman president, and they could aspire to that. there's going to be a sense of enormous disappointment, and, really, a sense of really, again, we can't do it, even though the majority of voters said she was better qualified to be president, had a better temperament to be president, she still even with legislated president. >> one of the things i think we have to think about is the country has become much more diverse. a lot of people of color tonight are sitting at home wondering what happened here? also, i think, having grown up in a working class community, when i recently drove down through virginia, the area i grew up in, central virginia, trump signs, working class, noncollege educated white people believe trump spoke for them.

term, front democrats, that applies as well, but i think there are a lot of big issues that trump will have to face if he becomes the president of the united states. normally, mainly, race and policing. all these issues are out there. also, what will his relationship be with the fbi director who, you know, recently just said that the e-mails, nevermind on the e-mails. he sharply criticized the fi directorment what's that relationship going to be? prosecution of hillary clinton. >> he did say in the debates he would bring up a special prosecutor to look at hillary clinton as well. >> showing me an e-mail that the crowd at the trump rally tonight began shouting "lock her up" when he finished his statement. i don't know how you heal this. i don't know what he can say, i don't know what anyone can do to heal this.

her speech here. she's gone out and told the country throughout the last weeks of the campaign he's dangerous and tempunsound. now people are crying, sobbing, seeing someone described that way elected president of the united states, i look back to al gore when democrats felt the presidency was stolen from them. stolen from them by t court, al gore came out and gave one of the greatest speech, maybe the greatest of his career to bring the country back. maybe as important as his. >> i think that is one point, president obama as well. what does he say? >> to bring the country together, everybody has to do their part, and talking about

i want to go back to what john said. trump's speech matters most here. he's the one using the divisive language, lodging threats against his opponent and threatening revenge for people against him. if he is the president-elect, he has to be the big person to give a speech and brepg the cry he bears that responsibility. ? he's threatened his accusers, of sexual assault, threatened to accuse them. i assume that's one of the first things he'll have to drop. >> i'd think so. drop the threats, and it would be nice if he dropped a lot. i think he has a big burden and needs to reach out in lots of symbolic ways, whether it's visiting communities, bringing certain people in the white

in the white house, but had a certain bipartisanship, met with people who didn't vote with him. it's important that trump and advisers, whichever he listens to, sit back and think seriously what do we do in the next few weeks and months. the president-elect period here is important for the country. >> no question about it. i want to bring in an author of the book "hill billy," a family and culture in crisis. you say, i grew hemorrhaging jobs in hope for as long as i can remember. i'm sure that's how voters feel as well. i have to put the question to you i asked others tonight, what are they looking for from donald trump? what do they want tangibly to come out of this election? >> well, i think that tangibly they want a change of direction. now, if you give specific policies, a lot of voters are

something different than what's been offered in the past two or three decades. >> if that doesn't come or can't come? >> well, i definitely think there's a medium on long period term of reck ping if donald trump doesn't deliver the promises. if the jobs crisis is there everything going in the wrong direction continues to, people will wake up and be frustrated. i thinkol they believed in their man, the media did not, and right now they are euphoric. >> the victory could be enough? >> for now. the question is whether it will be enough two or three years from now. >> let's go back to trump headquarters right now. amy? >> that's right, george. there was some angered reaction to john telling the folks to go home, and that anger comets as we're hearing chants, "lock her

they are also yelling, call it, call it. a lot of people here want a result tonight, and no one has left this ballroom as of yet. they are waiting to hear if trump will come, if he will get to that 270, no one is leaving, but they are angry and shouting. >> as you said the high command of the trump campaign was impatient? >> they are headed, from what we hear, they are heading for the m mori motorcade, so we expect him to reach a victory party where we saw amaine at. there's a question, what will he say? what will the tone be? if history is a listen in the primaries, any time he wins a state and a competitor dropped out, whether it's ted cruz and there was a bitter and ugly race in indiana, he thanked ted cruz, said nice things about him.

if history taught us anything, we'll see a gracious winner, and he'll thank his staff. he will thank his sport e supporters and offer an optimistic look towards the future to unite the country. whether he delivers on that, we'll wait and see. >> the problem is not the speech, but the actions in the days and weeks ahead. >> and this is the most pugilistic president if he becomes tro truman for a long, long time. he has a thin skin, and a president should have a thick hyde, and one of the tests for donald trump as he represents all of the people, as he represents all of their hopes, he is the vessel of the hopes of millions of people and destinies of all of us, does he rise to that occasion? thicken his hyde, or is he going

come to know so well? >> that comes to this question, others can chime in, how much can a 70-year-old man change? >> boy, that's a great question. we have not seen that happen much, have we? but in terms of hillary clinton and this angry donald trump that's out there, remember, let's remember why he got this avalanche of support tonight. there is a sense in this country that the biggest inequality g that there are people at the top of the pyramid who get breaks and treated differently and get away with things that regular folks don't get awe with, and i think there's a sense that those people should not be able to get away with that, and i think when you hear trump supporters shouting, "lock her up", but it's not about hillary clinton, but justice for everybody. >> i know this election was not about policy details.

clearly, that's not the case. when they find out, wait a second, when they find out that donald trump's tax plan gives a tax break, a huge tax break to e elites that alex talked about, what are they going to think? >> well, they may not feel positive about it, but you have to ask, what's the alternative, right? for a very long time, the elites have been telling them that things are maybe going pretty well, but if not, the e elites say, trust us, trump, it's a disaster. they said, we already had the disaster. we lived it. can't get any worse. >> can't get any worse, and that gets to the point where everyone has been so wrong about this, all the elites tarnished by all of this, and coming out of this with almost zero credibility on any issue. >> that's absolutely right, and i suspect we'll feel it for a good while to come. it's not just polls.

infrastructure of -- i mean, tv ads, you know, think about it, the hundreds of millions of dollars that was spent, yo know, starting with jeb bush spending $150 and getting the vote, and moving on to hillary clinton's advanced treasure chest and apparently losing this election. i think that all of that gets re-examined, and we say, lot of these people who think they are smart are not so smart and see where do we go from there? >> happy to engage in elite conversation as anyone else, and things can get worse. the tax plan, they won't love it, the tax plan will change. that's not going to make a difference. in the world, things could get a lot worse than they are that are not in great shape right now, very fast, and, you know, we have not had a trade war for a

degree to which i believe, if i were donald trump, i would urge him, do whatever you want, domestic policy stuff, negotiate with congress. in terms of foreign policy, step back, i think, and think about the challenge of what he inherits, and president obama was, who i disagreed with, who he brings in the cabinet, review failed policies by george w. bush, bob gates, hillary clinton. >> what you're saying is donald trump should not do what he said he was going to do? >> correct. correct. at least go slow. >> no. >> you could cause a lot of damage in three months that you can't make up in years. >> look at donald trump on free trade. he says he's a free trader. difference from donald trump and republicans, he's a free trader with keith. he wants to fight for it. couple years from now, what do you see?

see someone on education, republican policy, trump policy, which is open it up. every parent can choose the best school for their kids. that will help. the economy? it's sporadic with regulation. the old economy is dying, a new one with little regulation is growing. reduce the regulations. these things have a real impact. there are real policy things in a trump agenda that can open up education, all of this stuff. >> i don't know that donald trump is necessarily talking about devolving power back to the people. he's very focused on how he as a central leader, he, alone, can do these things. that's a disconnect. where people want to go is power to the people, but is donald trump actually about power to the people, or is he about power to himself? >> he said, the only thing that's long with washington is

it, and i'll do a better job. look at the agenda throughout the course of the campaign. it is a raided, open up the economy that a lot of republicans are comfortable with. >> i think that one of the things that he has to come to terms with, is does he tell the truth to the american economy. we are in a global economy. the voters who voted for him don't like that. the global economy lowered the standard of living in ours, but raised it across the globe. his message is, pull the drawbridges in, function on our own, improve our own thing, and the question, and somebody that's not operate like that in the world, donald trump has been a globalist until he ran for president, and so will he tell the american public the truth and voters the truth, is that we have a choice. we are part of a global economy or we're not. >> and that's an interesting point there, and we just heard a

donald trump also runs a pretty large business in dozens of countries all around the world. says he'll have his children continue to run the business. now, the president's not bound by conflict of interest rules, but there's an offer that he would be entangled, business would be entangle with a lot of interesting foreign leaders who seek influence. >> what are the laws on the books with that? >> i saw a tweet from donald trump jr. two hours ago, and it was so intens just inherited his father's company, and now he and eric trump run this with ivanka. is there a law donald trump can't have hand in his business? he plays by his own rules. he did that with his campaign. there's a rule, and it's not a law, but it's for transparency. the press traveled with the candidate. they all do it.

want plop over. he said, forget that, you take the small plane, and many times he started events without us being there, and so it's a small thing, but it shows he plays by his own rules. you don't know what he'll do with his business. >> look at the tax returns, issue of the tax returns, first president-elect if this happens, to not release tax returns in many decades. i think the message that, of millions of americans tonight said it's not the kind that you all believe it is in the media and establishment. it is a question asked in the debates, a question when we asked sitting down with donald trump. he said he will when the audit is complete. >> no glass ceiling shattered, but -- >> donald trump campaign in his apparent, not yet, but apparent election, normalize a totally different standard of leadership of candidacies in the country?

men so far, entering the white house, you see the white house, the pressures of the white house enhance individuals, but also enables them at times and it's a big unanswered question for donald trump. >> it's the $64 question in this case. you know, talking about the elites, alex, you talked about what the elites may be seen as having privileges that others don't, and that this has been a rebellion again not some concerns about e elites who didn't pay taxes and take a billion dollar deduction, but not pay taxes for 20 years, apparently that doesn't matterment i would hope, you hope this will be noble, you hope the president-elect will do it. when i say we're in unchartered waters, i don't think we have a clue how this affects us. >> we talked about this earlier, but we didn't have jp here.

life pretty far from the kind of voters he's got, you know the voters. what's the basis doesn't necessarily share my values, he's my guy. >> well, i think it's two things. one is the substance. that he's actually talking about taking the country in a new direction, even if he's not specific about it, but there's a matter of tone and norms of political discourse, so what donald tmp evidencely blow up every norm that we thought everybody had to follow, and for folks who don't like the norms in the first place, didn't think it was in the service of their interest, it's a pretty good deal for them. >> for example, a president cannot appoint a special prosecutor on his own whim to go after the candidate he just defeated in the election. whether or not she's an impeccable record dr. >> he needs to drop it.

out to the groups insulted in an unprecedented way and personally end it, and reassure that. we'll see what he does over the next weeks, months, and years, but he has to start with that. >> like everybody running for white house who realizes governing is a little harder than running for office. i want to read something from the last rally in grand rapids, michigan. corrupt politicians andpe for a very long time. today is our independence day. today, the american working class is going to strike back finally. that's a thing to realize. people don't understand the working class. bringing the country together, e elites have to understand what they don't know as well. they have to -- i know it from walking around among them over the past year and seeing the

women, eventually that glass ceiling will be broken, and eventually it will, but there's a lot of voters tonight who are seep right there who are celebrating this, who look at it as a victory for regular americans. >> question is whether or not trump delivers on this working against head winds of his own creation, talking about the markets around the worldment we have, you know, his talk on trade, could lead to a trade war. he h against the elites in washington. he has to deliver, and he's going to be going against an economy that is reacting against the very thing he's proposing. >> an economy that's reacting is what he's proposing, perhaps, but an economy that is, you know, the growth is continued over the last four or five years, and job growth is continues, but a lot of people

anyway. >> longest sustained job growth in american history, and that gives out by the nature of the business cycling, so he's already complained the fed has been rigging interest rates to prop up the economy. but he's a wild card on all these questions. we're assuming he'll govern as a normal president. he's been a bull in a china shop of this campaign of political correctness, of how to conduct a campaign. he will be a bul shop for the white house. there's powers lying all around the presidency including the power to appoint -- >> and tom llamas, you talked about the speeches he gave, and we saw in the last ten, 12 days of the campaign, more disciplin disciplined than he had been.

capable of changing the way he does business because the white house, it's hard to accommodate the way he's done business up until now. >> won't change at all. i agree with people who say it like you, he's 70 years old, how much can he change? he didn't change from the moment he came down to the escalator to font. it was hard for him to hire and fire people at times. he went through three campaign staffs, but in the beginning, he wanted to do it by himself, didn't want to hire people or ha l has to hire hundreds of people to run the country. i don't want to be that sheaf of staff going through the names to becky's people because that's not how he works. >> a name we'll talk about later, not vet have evening, his son-in-law a quiet force in the campaign and could play a role in the white house as well. we're standing by expecting to hear from donald trump soon. he's closing in on the 270 electoral votes needed to take the white house.

we'll be back. we'll show you donald trump when

we're back a little after 2:30 in the east with donald trump closing in on what would be a stunning and historic victory if he gets final electoral votes. i want to explain to the viewers rights now, we can't call the states where he's in the lead right now, i want to bring in our political director to talk about what else is out there. >> well, right now, we are looking at the urban areas, and the clinton campaign sees a mathematical chance, even if it's not practical to overcome the gap. in pennsylvania, it's philadelphia, allegany county is another one, numbers are not in yet, but there's a mathematical chance.

data people making the argument, but, frankly, it's not compelling right now. >> pennsylvania and wisconsin. >> and wisconsin and michigan, i think in michigan, they're pointing to the detroit area, oakland county, areas they see votes still outstanding, but, again, as the night goes on, it's a more and more attainable position for them cling to overcome the gap. the trump campaign believess example of them claiming it's a rigged election. they are saying, look, if it was us doing it, there would be outrage over the fact it's not a done deal. there was not a concession speech, pressure on the campaign to recognize the mathematical realities. >> clinton campaign is not saying anything tonight, the white house is not saying anything tonight, and we're waiting to hear from donald trump who is supposed to come address the supporters, we're told, shortly, told he's close

even before he gets that phone call from hillary clinton, even before he formally has the 270 electoral votes. this is the point where he can begin to reach out to voters, both who supported and those who didn't. >> i'm curious. hillary clinton has not conceded, and we have not called in, nobody else called it yet, what's the tone? the ton is i won? is it a brash way he walks all er down to pennsylvania avenue? i mean, i think it's really curious or play humble and said we've done it, it's time, i'm waiting on her, but congratulate ourselves? i don't know. will he exercise humility tonight? he needs humility before his opponent conceded. >> you know -- >> graciousness stood out for me, and it was in the debate you comoderated, martha, when the question was asked, what can you say positive about hillary

>> and she doesn't give up, so -- >> he should say -- bring that up again tonight. what a positive thing. >> doesn't sound like that's what they are doing tonight. >> maybe not. >> tom, what else are you hearing? >> excited, they are waiting, on the way over there. i think we'll see a mature donald trump. i don't think he's going to walk over people tonight or slam hillary clinton. he'll be gracious like he was in the question in the debate, like he was in other primaries. donald trump has two sides. he really do ask him critical questions, he goes after you and calls you a sleaze. when he thinks you ask fair questions, he'll tell a thousand people that's a great reporter right there. he has two sides. i think we'll see that other side tonight. >> we'll see if he rises to the moment tonight as well, and we are, as i said, waiting to hear from donald trump here at the new york hilton, about ten blocks from here in times square. you see his supporters, they are

scene as well. amy? >> reporter: that's right, everyone on the edge of their seats, standing here for hours awaiting the outcome. we know donald trump is in the building. we've seen secret service walking along the stage there, preparing to move for him to come in, we're told, there's going to be music before he walks on stage. our reporter says he likes one song in particular, "proud to about what we'll hear from donald trump tonight. will he accept the nomination or state that he's president? will he say let's wait until tomorrow? we don't know what he'll say, but the crowd is ready. there is a real feeling of anticipation. they stopped shouting, and now they are just waiting restle restlessly, truly, for donald trump to head to the stage. >> there's going to be a lot of waiting. we'll see what hillary clinton will do.

they want to hear the votes, but going the way it seems now, she'll have to make the hardest phone call of her life. >> exactly, george, and i've been making hard phone calls throughout the night, and i can't get anybody from the campaign to answer my phone calls. they are literally going to voice mail at this point. i just want to show you the scene here behind me, if you can see it. we saw them pack up the confetti machines they planned to blow out herement the hall is completely empty. it's just the here. a handful of staffers, if you will, and people still scratching their heads, but, again, that tone of defiance we heard from john podesta seems to be the message from on high clinton campaign right now, and i just can't emphasize enough, complete radio silence which tells you what they are thinking right now. >> i know you talked to a lot of of democrats and people pretty stunned right now, but is it starting to settle in?

realize what's happened. you know, i think those that are still finding out the senate races, they are not ready to give up, maggie is up in the ballot count, and there's still some left out. so they are still figuring out how to fight this, and i think that's evidenced by john podesta's speech, but reality is setting in. it's a tough situation, certainly not one we expected to have tonight. >> i'm thinking about the fact when you have something like is expected, it's one of those things you almost have to sit with, so ooem ni'm not surprise secretary clinton is waiting for tomorrow. maybe for her own sake but for the vast majority of the country if it looks like she's going to win the popular vote, sit with this to process what happened before we figure out how to heal the country and move forward. >> a lot of processing going on

they will be having a party, waiting for donald trump to speak. you see the signs there. the new york hilton, donald trump and the campaign, some of them must be shocked as well. this is turning out to be if he can get the final 25 electoral votes hanging out there. as we said, in the most stunning political upset in american history. donald trump started flirting with running for the white house in the late '90s, thinking of a reformed party candidate of the white house. >> my first campaign i covered as a journalist was 2004, and there were veteran campaign journalists there that would tell stories about the donald trump campaign when he was just dabbling with it, and they were so hysterical they talked about him bringing the plane to new hampshire and said if this guy runs for president, it will be the wildest ride ever, and they

wildest ride ever. we may have just begun on a wild ride. donald trump, 25 votes away, electoral votes, from taking the white house, being the 45th president of the united states. and, alex, you have been a supporter for several months of donald trump. when he's in this, and he will have control of the white house, republicans in the senate and house, who's power there right now when it comes to government? >> well, after an election like this, it certainly will be donald trump, i think, and his campaign was an expression outrage against a republican establishment that voters thought had failed so he has all the cards going into this. i think republicans are going to

unify, the burden is on the republican establishment, not trump, but looking at that hillary clinton rally tonight, politics is a tough game. nobody wants to be walter mondale. you don't get a silver medal. it's lose or leave town. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the vice president-elect of the united states -- >> there you heard it. they are not waiting. mike pence coming on stage with his family. followed shortly behind, no doubt, donald trump and his family. we'll see if he -- there he is.

getting reports from the trump campaign from two sources that hillary clinton has called donald trump. >> that's what we are hearing tonight, george, and it is out there in other news reports as well that hillary clinton has, indeed, called donald trump to concede this election. >> so there you have it. in a few minutes you'll hear first from the vice president elect of the united states. we can't call it yet, but we heard that hillary clinton has >> this is a historic night the american people have spoken, and the american people have elected their new champion. america has elected a new

express the honor that me and my family feel that we'll have the privilege to serve as tyour vic president of the united states of america. i come to this moment -- i come to this moment deeply grateful to god for his amazing grace. grateful to my family. my wonderful wife, and our son, michael, and his fiance, sarah, our daughter, audrey, and our daughter charlotte, i could not

american people for placing their confidence in this team and giving us this opportunity to serve. i'm mostly grateful to our president elect whose leadership and vision will make america great again. so let m honor and distinct privilege to introduce to you the president-elect of the united states of america, donald trump. >> there he is. you hear the music. you see the man. you see the family. the man who just pulled off the most stunning, unbelievable

history, the man who will be the 45th president of the united states, donald j. trump. matthew dowd. >> reporter: i'm taking in the moment, and i'm thinking it was not more than a few weeks ago, that a number of people were trying to tell him to get off the ticket, and now he's states, the first time somebody without political experience or served in the military has gotten legislated president of the united states. >> and we can see the emotion in his eyes right there, followed by his son there, his wife melania, and his family, there are his kids by his side this whole campaign. he said he could do it, but they were there every step of the way. >> this was a family campaign.

surrogates. he didn't have the big political supporters, the celebrities. he had trumps. he had his family, his wife, his children. i'll tell ya, i'm not sure he thought this day would come. i asked him that many times, and, you know, i think he may be as surprised as we are. >> you can emotion on his face now, about to take the podium, congratulations mike pence, his wife, and he will be the next president, tom llamas, we talked about that right in the beginning of the night, whether he believed at the beginning, but it's happened now. >> it has. as john spoke, i was wondering where he goes once he becomes president, if he stays in trump tower or goes to the white house. >> let's listen.

thank you very much. sorry to keep you waiting. complicated business. complicated. thank you very much. i just received a call from secretary she congratulated us, us, about our victory, and i congratulated her and her family on a very, very hard fought campaign. i mean, she fought very hard. hillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period of

debt of gratitude for her service to our country. i mean, that very sincerely. now it's time for america to bind the wounds of division. we 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 it's time. i plemg to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all americans, and this is so important to me. for those who have chosen not to support me in the past, because there were a few people, i'm

we can work together and unify our great country. as i've said from the beginning, ours was not a campaign, but rather an incredible and great movement made up of millions of hard working men and women who loved their country and wanted a better, brighter future for themselves and for it's a movement compromised of americans from all races, religions, backgrounds, and beli beliefs who want and expect our government to receiver the people and serve the people it will. working together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding

american dream. i've spent my entire life in business looking at the up tapped potential in projects and in people all over the world. that is now what i want to do for our country. tremendous potential. i've gotten to know our country so well. tremendous potential. it's going to be a beautiful thing. every single american or her fullest potential. the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. we are going to fix our p iner cities and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals.

which will become, by the way, second to none, and we will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild it. we will also, finally, take care of our great veterans. they have been so loyal, and i've gotten to know so many over this 18-month journey. the time i've during this campaign has been among my greatest honors. our veterans are incredible people. we will embark upon a project of national growth and renewal. i'll harness the tlalents of th people afor the benefit of all. it's going to happen. we have a great economic plan.

anywhere in the world. at the same time, we will get along with all other nations willing to get along with us. we will be. we'll have great relationships. we expect to have great, great relationships. no dream is too big, no challenge is too great. nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach. america will no longer setting for anything less than we must reclaim our country's destiny and dream big and bold and dare iing. we have to do that. we're going to dream of things for our country and beautiful things and successful things once again. i want to tell the world community that while we'll always put america's interest

all people and all other nations. we will seek commonground, not hostility, partnerships, not conflict, and now i'd like to take this moment to thank some of the people who really helped me with this, what nay are calling tonight, very, very historic victory. first, i want to thank my parents who i know are looking down on me great people. i've learned so much from them. they were wonderful in every regard. i had truly great parents. i also want to thank my sisters, maryann and elizabeth who are here with us tonight, and where are they? they are here someplace. they are very shy actually. and my brother, robert, my great friend, where is robert?

and they should all be on this stage, but that's okay. they are great. also, my late brother, fred, great guy, fantastic guy. fantastic family. i was very lucky. great brothers, sisters, great unbelievable parents. to melania and and eric and tiffany and barren i love you and i thank you, and especially for putting up with all of those hours. this was tough. this was tough.

i want to thank my family very much. really fantastic. thank you all, thank you all. unbelievable job. unbelievab unbelievable. vanessa, thank you very much. what a great group. you've all given me such incredible support, and i will tell you we have a large group of people. they said we have a small staff. not so small. look at all of these people we and kelly anne and chris and rudy and steve and david, we have got tremendously talented people up here, and i want to tell you it's been very, very special. i want to give a special thanks to our former mayor who is unbelievable, unbelievable.

yeah, rudy never changes. where is he? rudy. governor chris christie, folks, was unbelievable. thank you, chris. the first man, first senator, first major, major politician, let me tell you, he's highly respected in washington because he's as smart a senator jeff sessions. where is he? great map. another great man, very tough competitor, he was not easy. he was not easy. who is that? is that the mayor that showed up?

another great man who has been really a friend to me, but i'll tell you, i got to know him as a competitor because he was one of the folks that was negotiating to go against those democrats, dr. ben carson. where is ben? where is ben? and, is here someplace, and he is fantastic, mike, his family, sarah, thank you very much. general mike flynn, where is mike? and general keller, we have over 200 generals and admirals that have been in our campaign, and they are special people, and it's really an honor. we have 22 congressional medal

special people. i'd read reports that i was not getting along with him, but i never had a bad second with him. he's an unbelievable star. he is -- that's right, how did you possibly guess? i have to tell you about reince, and i know it, i know it, look at all those people over there. i know it. reince is a superstar, but said, they can't call you a superstar unless we win because you can't be called a superstar like if secretariat came in second, there would be be a big bronze, but he is the hardest working guy, and in -- where is reince, get over here.

it's about time you did this reince, huh? say a few words. >> no. >> say something. >> ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the united states, donald trump! thank you, it's been an honor, god bless. thank god. >> amazing guy. our partnership with the rnc so important to the success in what we've done. i also have to say i've gotten to know some incredible people, the secret service people. they're tough and they're smart and they're sharp, and i don't want to mess around with them, i can tell you, and when i want to go and wave to a big group of people, and they rip me down and put me back down in the seat,

so i want to thank the secret service. and law enforcement in new york city, they are here tonight. these are spectacular people, sometimes under appreciated, unfortunately, but we appreciate them. we know what they go through. so it's been what they call a historic event, but to be really historic, we have to do a great job, and i promise you that i will not let you down. we will do a great job. we will do a great job. i look very much forward to being your president, and hopefully at the end of two years or three years or four years or maybe even eight yeas,

so hard for us, but you will say that that was something that were really proud to do, and i can only say that while the campaign is over, our work on this movement is now really just beginning. we're going to get to work immediately for the american people, and we're going t you'll be so proud of your president, you'll be so proud, again, it's my honor. it's been an amazing evening. it's been an amazing two year period, and i love this country. thank you. thank you very much. >> there he is, the 45th president of the united states,

he has trywon, proving all the doubters wrong, pennsylvania has gone his way, state of wisconsin went his way, received a call from hillary clinton, and he will be the next president of the united states. you can't say it often enough, but he called it amazing, and it is just stunning. he's pulled off something that no one thought was possible two years ago, and he now will be the next president of the united states, and in those comments, we had some vintage donald trump. he called this a complicated business, a nasty business, but he also said it was time to bind the wounds of division, time for this nation to come together, promise to be a president for all americans, and matthew dowd, he seemed moved by the moment. >> he seemed visibly, physically moved, and you can tell it as he walked up in his face. it was a very gracious speech. he thanked everybody. i was struck by two things. he talk about two things that he

agree on, infrastructure i want provements and veteran improvements. if he pushes that first, he'll get cooperation. >> he wants to be the president of all americans. >> all america. he said it's a great moment. we will bring the country together. it's also, george, a sobering moment. this is the hardest, most important job in the world, and one of the jobs as the president is to keep us safe trump has said again and again he's the man to do it. >> he said he was also deeply humbled by this moment. >> he, in fact, did say that, and you could see it on that stage. he talked about making sure this is a country where everyone can live up to his or her own potential, which was interesting begin up who he was up against tonight. he talked about the phone call, thanking hillary clinton for her years of service. he said to be really historic,

that was a real clear signal he knows now the hard tasks lie ahead, and i have to say this is a man who proudly went it alone, especially in the final days, talking about the big names, the celebrities, the president, the first lady out there helping secretary clinton, and it was often donald trump and his surrogates who often had his same last name. >> john, he's not going to be alone in washington. republicans now control, will control the white house, the senate, the house, and the ma get a pick of the supreme court. >> it was a huge day, huge night for republicans across the board, solidly republican senate remains, he will -- garland, president obama's pick is pushed aside, and he'll get his pick for the supreme court. it was notable, george, describing the call he got from hillary clinton. he said that she called to congratulate us. this was a real effort by donald trump to do what many doubted he could do, which was to be

about her, to show some humility, to make it not about him, but now, of course, this is the first step. >> first step inside that hall now, going through the signing of those hats. >> that's right. you know, i was struck as we heard donald trump thank hillary clinton for her service and her her hard fought campaign. all night long, we heard the crowd booing hillary clinton. every time her face of shown on one of the big "lock her up", and the moment he said that, you'll realize, the entire audience clapped, clapped and applauded for hillary clinton, and i thought that was a very poignant moment and a complete tonal shift from the group earlier on in the night, and, certainly, people are hugging, wiping away tears, and it's a joyous moment as we're seeing donald trump getting help

to shake his hand and wanting to take that pg wiicture with him, he's enjoying the moment taking the time to be with the crowd here who supported him, even in the early hours when many people did not believe this would be the ending we would see this evening, george. >> what a roller coaster we rode tonight, campaigns rode tonight, the country ridden this night, and, boy, with the clinton campaign, just blind now, george. i mean, blind sided, befuddled, shell shocked, i just can't emphasize enough to you what a complete shock it was. you see the room here behind me. this was supposed to be the party. it's empty right now. i have to tell you after covering hillary clinton for a year and a half, the question i have right now is what next? what does hillary clinton do tomorrow and the next day and, you know, we're talking about a

former first lady, and now a two-time presidential candidate who has lost these races. i don't know what she does tomorrow. i don't know what her husband does tomorrow. i don't know what happens to the clinton dynasty, if you will, after a night like this. >> a great question. one thing we know for sure, tom llamas, you've been with trump's campaign from the start, voted for change. they are going to get it. >> george, so many thoughts, looking at the map of the united states, there's so much red on the map, donald trump. he started this speech coming down to air force one. literally, the theme music from the movie "air force one," reminder that show business is moving into pennsylvania avenue. we'll be covering and following a very different type of president. he loves those rallies. he loves giving speeches. he doesn't love the prompter. you know, it's a sign he followed the prompter a little bit, the speech was written for

donald trump takes the show on the road in the first 100 days. he loves the media, he loves the cameras. i wonder if we'll see a new type of fire side chat with donald trump, but in front of the cameras. no need for trump tv because he is the president, but i wonder if that's theway he explains his policies similar to what fdr did so many years ago. >> europe, asia, rest of the world woke up to the news. >> they have. they are already reeling. also beginning to come to grips not just in the united states, but around the world. people of the united states and other countries are sending a message to their leaders, and when i look at donald trump, bold leaders break the rules, and what the american people have done is elected a bold leader who broke the rules of how to run a political campaign, broke the rules of political correctness. he's going to come to washington. he's going to be america in the world and break some rules.

speech. he's broken everything. he broke the rules. in some ways, he broke the republican party. he broke the democratic party. he's going to the white house. can he start to build up a platform in the country as well? >> i think everybody hopes that that's the case. he is now the president. he's now our president. will be our president as of january 20th, and i think everyone has to invest those hopes in him, but we don't know. you know, george, i -- you -- i think moments in this last few months when something happens, and i was in the locker room, no banter going on in the locker room, but there were two guys in the locker room, and one was extolling donald trump, and the other guy said to him, yeah, but do you listen to what he says? and the first guy said, doesn't matter what he says, he's not one of them. and i, you know, i shook my

scale tonight. >> we know divisions have been revealed, donald trump, like you said, time to bind them together. >> and what he said tonight was entirely graceful and gracious and talking about the nation owing a debt of gratitude to hillary clinton for her service, so now i think the democrats also have to now show some graciousness and some generosity, and be willing to he is, as charlie just said, of course, obviously true, he is our president, and now it is up to all -- everybody -- to come together, not just him and his people. >> and j.d., he promised something tangible. pro promised to rebuild the country, an infrastructure second to none. >> reminds me of a debate in 2015 whether the party was ready

of reaganism, and that's what president obama promised in 2008, and that was policy speech. >> part of the donald trump movement, as you said, he took on your magazine, and he's now the next president of the united states. what's your biggest hope and fear? >> that i thought he shouldn't be president. i hope i'm wrong. i hope he's a good president. i very much agree, republican and democrat alike, have to try to help him as president-elec oppose strongly, but it's different when they are elected or is the president-elect of the united states. >> i thought that was a generous speech, a kind speech, looking out for the little guy, the secret service guys who protect you, using this forum, standing in front of the world to thank the little guy. i hope that characterizes the administration, and i also saw someone tonight who was

make any of this matter. so a lot of promise tonight. a lot of uncertainty, but, hey, that's how the future always works. >> that's how the future works. a victory for the republican party tonight, despite the fact that donald trump did almost exactly the opposite of what the republican party needed him to do after the loss four years ago. >> exactly. this is short term and long term political realities coming to a head, and there's a lot of ch either aren't excited about that change or that change has not fully come in terms of the demographics and the acceptance of globalism and technology and all of that, so i really feel like right now for the republican party, the coalition has changed. instead of the things that the republican autopsy said they should do in 2012, donald trump rewrote the playbook and rewritten the republican party with it. >> but can the republican party continue in the vain without the campaign?

african-americans? >> he absolutely needs to bring in more people. to be historic, we have to do a great job. success is the sort of thing that brings people in, even this they don't like the words you've been using. if your administration grows the economy, create jobs, do repair our infrastructure, i mean, if you think about it, if hillary clinton had given an acceptance speech or said we're going to rebuild the nation's infrastructure, she would have run into a buzz saw of the republican congress, disagreements how much to spend and w trump less constrained by the normal ideological boundaries, a president trump can go to a republican congress, spend this much money on rebuilding the nation's infrastructure, and they are willing to hear it from him. if he's able to accomplish things that have not been able to be accomplished in a washington stuck in gridlock, that may be the sort of thing that brings in folks that finds his rhetoric hostile. >> despite the high approval rating, president obama joins

their successor. a day of reckoning for democrats. >> well, george, as you know, electing someone in the same party as a two-term president is difficult. it's only happened once in the modern era. take history intoing the there. i think the president, if he has not already, will probably invite trump down to the white house this week, and start the discussion, start to figure out how we build and transition over. i would hearten to donald trump said he's going to be the president for all -- for everybody, for all the people. i hope he can back that up, deep in actions. and a campaign largely not run on issues can start to be about issues that will make a difference in people's leaves. >> the mayor of baltimore, democrats have to rebuild now as well. >> we have to, but one thing i can say is that leadership, you know, assuming the leadership position is very sobering, and what we saw, what i saw was a

clearly understands from what i could see the gravity and the importance of the position that he's going to take, and the u.s. conference of mayors, mayors across the country, republican and democrats, screamed for the need to fix our d-plus, d-minus infrastructure, and we wanted to, you know, make sure that the next president focused on our infrastructure investment, and he seems to understand that as well, so i'm optimistic that the tone he struck this evening is the right the democrats will go home and lick our wounds, and many of us are hoping this is all just a strange fantasy, wake up tomorrow, and it's all different but we know that -- we do have a lot of work to do in our party. >> a lot of work to do, but this is the night for donald trump. this is the night, this is his try victory, going to be the 45th

he could do, not looking possible, perhaps only he believed it possible. there on the board there, 278 electoral votes already more than enough to win the presidency of the united states. he's received a phone call from hillary clinton. he will be the next president, the most stunning upset in american political history. stay tuned for a special edition of "nightline," full coverage on "good morning america", and

i mean, she fought very lard. we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country. and i mean that very sincerely,

bind the wounds of division, have to get together, and to all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation, i say it is time for us to come together as one united people. >> donald trump striking tones and chords of unity. let's go to the room tonht been following this candidate for more than 500 days now. do you think he saw this coming? >> reporter: you know, tell you, we were talking to folks over in trump tower for most of the night. as you know, this is a late night, we were on the air an hour ago, and now it's after 3:00 in the morning here in new york. you know, trump and his team felt in the last couple weeks things were going better in their direction. of course, that was in the wake

clinton's e-mails, so in the last couple weeks, dan, as he described it, there was a booster shot within the trump campaign. did they think it was enough to get there tonight? i'm not sure honestly. some aides admitted it would be a quick night, get it over with, more planning a bar to go to. i think they invited me, i'm not sure. at the end of the day, this, togh me of what happened. no one saw this coming, not the trump campaign, it's 512 days, dan, and a lot of frequent flier miles. >> indeed. we appreciate your service. it's not over yet, the campaign may be, but the roller coaster ride beginning. let's did out to the nightline

speaking to very dispointed supporters of hillary clinton. good evening to you. >> reporter: dan, you know, tonight was one for the ages here in the wee hours of times square. we hear smatterings of lock her up and usa chants, but for the most part, people here are in stunned silence. this is the cross roads of america, and as i walked the crowds this evening, i talked to a man from dallas who said it was a sad night for our country, and another man in cuba, and he said it feels lick this country is going backwards, and i talked it a british couple because of the tourists here, and he said we had our brexit, so good luck to you. contrast that with the optimism we came into today with, no one saw it coming, as you pointed out. donald trump was not only an underdog, back against the wall, performed over the course of several hours tonight, a political move.

we'll come back to you after a quick break.

this is a special edition of "nightline, " your voice, your vote, and after a closer than close race to the fin heish lin the results are in. donald trump is the president-elect. he will be the next president of the united states. >> i pledge to every citizen i president for all americans. >> hillary clinton not speaking tonight, campaign chairman john podesta in her steps. >> we're still counting votes, and every vote should count. >> as the dust settles, a country divided splintered between rural and urban, decisive and striking. those reactions nationwide, and we're right in the middle of it. tonight, from new york, dan

latest. >> welcome back, i'm dan harris, and we are with tom llamas, covering the campaign for well over a year. you watched this with the rest of us, and my question to you, he, clearly, was outreaching to hillary clinton personally after she called him to concede, but this is a woman when called nasty, the devil, a pathological liar, and he's promi her in jail, so how much of this outreach should we really buy? >> reporter: extended an olive branch, i agree, dan, but at that same victory party, trump supporters chanted "lock her up, lock her up," it is a chant heard for hundreds of days now while covering donald trump. the shirts that are sold outside the trump rally say things about hillary clinton that i can't say on "night line" even at this

have a true passion of hate for hillary clinton. now, will donald trump pursue a prosecution? reinvestigate what's been investigated by the fbi already? i would be surprised if he goes that far. i know he said it and promised it, but it would not make sense for the country at this point. now, he has won with the mandate tonight. you look at the map of the united states of america, and you see a lot of red, and donald trump can only thank one pers ever worked to become president. he gave all the speeches. he had a very small campaign staff. he went through three different campaign management teams, but he was on the plane every single day flying to all the states. if he sounded tired this morning, dan, it's because he's been up from 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. for the last four or five days straight. i know. i've been with him. i can tell when he's tired. he gave the speech. he was on the prompter.

and that was the true trump. the question is, a lot of people were asking, and i said this, you know, during our special, people are asking, you know, what happened tonight? i want to know what's going to happen tomorrow because i truly think we don't know. donald trump is the king of the head bait, says one thing, but does something else, and we truly don't know what he'll do, dan. >> i mean, you followed him this time during the campaign, saw his leadership style. any sense of what kind presidential style this person is likely to have? >> reporter: he's 70 years old, set in his ways, and not only the white house, but senate and house of the representatives as well. power is on his side. he's. doing things his way, so why would he change now? if this was a successful formula, why change now, especially at his age with everything he's learned in his life? everything that he believes to be true.

nobody that has, you know, a sterling reputation as a political analyst believed him, and yet he was right, so that, to me, tells me he's going to do things his way. now, will he go after china? mexico? setting the two countries up a economic boogymen. doing trade with the countries, but told the voters, the reason why you are down and out is because of we'll rip up the trade deals. what happens to the economy then? do we go in another recession? we don't know. is he going to bomb the hell out of isis like he just said? he said he knows more than the generals do. there's a lot of unknowns, danny. we'll see what happens in the white house, but nobody on the planet knows what donald trump's going to do, only donald trump. >> maybe not even donald trump at this point. tom llamas working hard covering this campaign, thank you very much.

republican strategist who is very clearly vocally came out saying you would not vote for donald trump. in fact, you voted for hillary clinton. >> i did. >> your reaction to the bomb shell tonight? >> well, i don't like donald trump as a perp. the division and hostility in this debate, and that being said, i'm an american first. at this point, his success is all of our success. i wish him success. i think he struck a good note tonight. i hope that he can continue to go with that. i think he needs to recognize we're an absolutely divided country. i would be saying the same thing had hillary clinton won. we need to come together as a country. what we saw tonight is that we are two americas. we are a white america.

we are educated america. we are non-educated america. we have to bridge that gap, unite the country, and move forward. what he does from now on will be a very important precedent on setting tone. also, yes, he will have a republican house, and he will have a republican senate, but remember, not every republican senator or house member voted for him or supports him. some stood up to him. some withdrew their support, and if he sees himself, i can assure you that a graham or mccain steps away from him. paul ryan has the moral compass to stan up to him the way he would have to hillary clinton had she conceded the powers. yes, he'll have a republican house and probably republican senate. it's not going to be a rubber stamp. he has to learn to compromise. he should call them in and get advice. he's never governed before. he doesn't know government. they do. >> so many americans invested

trump, and he's promised very specific policy measures including building a wall and getting the mexican government to pay for it, banning muslims, although he dialled that back, a secret plan to defeat isis. can he actually do any of this even though he has a republican congress? >> well, he can't do it without the help of the congress. we know we are coequal branchs of government with checks and balances. if he wants to build a wall, which appropriation, he needs to get an approval from congress. i don't think he can do it. one thing he can do, and he should do immediately upon getting legislate get i elected is revert back the policy of cuba. the cuban-americans in south florida voted for him higher than any other hispanic group, probably delivered florida for him to help him get that state, help him get the presidency, and

again he'd revert back to the previous policy before obama changed it last march. that he can do through an executive order. >> ana, thank you very much. a quick break, and we'll be right back with much more on the big breaking news, donald trump to become the 45th president of the united states.

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donald trump now? we know earlier they were reacting. >> they have come back a libel. post donald trump's speech, stocks had their losses. if you are looking at the dow futures now, they are down 350 points. the s&p 500 down 2%, which means if those hold into tomorrow, it's a 401k down 2%, but earlier tonight it would have been down 5% if losses had held. >> byron, we throughout the course of the campaign, the division in the country based on class, education, race laid bare. where do we go from here? >> you know, that's the million dollar question. i was struck riding out from times square how quiet it was in the streets of new york. i remember when obama won, there was celebrating, euphoria in america, a post-racial society, but we see how that turned out and now we're in a new place as a nation, an i think there's certainly lots of uncertainty.

start of the civil war. let us, at all times remember that all american citizens are brothers of a common country and should dwell together in the bonds of eternal feeling. that reminds me that we're in this uncertain place, certainly, all of us feel uncomfortable with uncertainty, but the story of america is we always move forward. it may not be quick. it may be ugly. we will move i was struck by how there's a ton of donald trump's speech. i think that the donald trump we heard tonight was not a donald trump any of us heard before, and that perhaps he will rise to the occasion. >> less than a minute before i have to hit a break, but one of the big tunes to drop now is we have to hear from hillary clinton. what do you think she is going to do? >> well, i think she is going to be a patriot and follow along the lines that byron suggested.

candidates have always done, which is say it is now our duty as americans to rally behind the president and wish him the best because he needs to succeed so we can succeed. and she also needs to address the crushed hearts and feelings of women and girls around the country in addition to many of the other supporters, but in particular those women and girls who looked at her candidacy as an opportunity to shatter the glass ceiling that remains >> the results, although her opponent said would not, if she won, but tonight, he did. thank you very much.

? ? good harris, or good morning, i'm dan harris, tail end of a long night here covering breaking news, donald trump's apparent victory over hillary clinton. we just learned she'll give a speech in the morning, her campaign chairman came out tonight and said the votes are still being counted, she would not speak, but after that we learned she called donald trump's campaign team. let's get over to donald trump's election headquarters, and two people covering the race from

john, quickly, starting with you candi candice, your reaction, did you see this coming? what was it like in that room? >> reporter: i don't think anyone saw it coming, even up until the point in which it was called. senior aides, texting us, asked us what we were hearing, figuring out if they were going to call something. at the beginning of the day, there was cautious optimism, and, of course, once we star definitely more on the mistake taking on states they thought they could win, but at the point in which it was called, journalists were shocked. supporters had already started to get boisterous and routy, and when it was called, it was just shock. senior aide texted me and said, you got to pinch me, i can't believe this is real. >> john, as you know, so many people have invested so much

do you think he can -- do you think he thinks he can deliver on the proms he made like building a wall and getting the mexican government to pay for it, extreme vetting of muslim refugees, if not an outright ban on muslims coming into the country, a secret map to defeat isis. do you think he sees this, if he doesn't deliver, as a major risk? >> reporter: well, look, dan, at the end of the day, look at what the donald trump candidacy has been, there's been so many ideas, ran through a bunch right there thrown out across the 512 days he's been in candidacy for the white house. but that is the question. can he deliver? can the programs he's talked about go into effect? think about, also, dan, you mentioned the muslim ban. you know, i remember the day it was announced, december 7th, 2015, pearl harbor down, i was down in scarouth carolina.

current -- well, not running mate, but vice president elect mike pence notched at the time, he now backed off the ban, not that it's a total ban, but a ban on territories. how it goes in effect, look, look at a phrase donald trump used over and over and over again. who knows. i don't mean to be tongue in cheek like that, but you've seen this candidate and the way the ca i really think we have to wait and see how this is all going to develop. there's, obviously, work to do to build a transition team. we know that governor chris christie has been sharing that effort. we know the folks around donald trump with him on the trail will be very key in the process, dan, and, obviously, the mayor, obviously senator jeff sessions, nose are going to be the folks now who are advising trump as he begins over the next couple days

been influential as well. thank you very much for your reporting tonight and for the past 500-plus days. let's go back out to my coanchor in times square, talking to very disappointed clinton supporters who will hear from their candidate, we just learned, tomorrow morning. >> reporter: well, dan, you know, we have here the off air covering clinton throughout this josh, they can tell you a little bit about what their candidate is ?expectedtosay in the morning. go ahead, tell dan what you're hearing. >> found out that hillary clinton is speaking tomorrow, we believe in manhattan, but not nailed down a location. she's still in the city. she's in a hotel, and she's not left that hotel, but we were, of course, not at the hotel. we were at her election night

here, it was an incredible scene. people leaving in tears, consoling each other, absolutely shocked. at one point, a reporter asked me, are these people staying for concession speech? i dug around, and everyone in the -- the word i heard was, we're in denial. we think she still has a chance. people were just shocked. >> terry moran said what is hillary clinton going to be able to say to soothe hearts and mind of the young women and girls thinking they were going to ceiling? >> yeah, first from josh, the words cannot explain how shocked the campaign is. i was on the plane with them on the last flight from raleigh to new york, and they were celebrating with champagne bottles. they thought it would be another outcome. hillary clinton prepared two ve versions of a speech, working on the concession speech now and talking about breaking the glass

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let 'em judge. back with our "nightline" brain trust, and we added two new voices. how did the polls miss this? >> because people larger numbers for donald trump in the rural areas than anyone expected, and nonwhite voters did not vote for hillary clinton in as big of margins as they voted for barack obama. >> barack obama did better than hillary clinton did? >> that's right. and, i mean, the women's vote, in general, in some states.

and so it's still a very divide country, but donald trump did better with many groups than anyone expected. >> everybody talking about the divide in the country, and you and i talked about it all night. what can president obama do to play a constructive role here? >> well, i think it would be good for him to also speak because he understands his base is hurt, wounded, and afraid. they are looking going, what's going to happen to my marriage for on the short lest of attorney generals, what happens to the black lives movement? he has to add calm to the base as this transition of power to a new administration begins. >> byron pitts, 60 seconds left here. just, if you would, paint the most on tptimistic picture you conjure about how things go forward in a positive, constructive way. >> throughout our history, we

it's ugly at times. last i can think of as rising in the church in the south, be careful what you pray for. people prayed for change, donald trump, well here it is. let's see what happens. >> you didn't even take up the 60 seconds, over to terry moran. thank you, sir. >> a lot of people feel kated, and many said, hey, it works. now, it's election, and we need to see if we can calm the waters, but for millions of people, this is independence day. >> absolutely. look at this, voters spoke, and that is what the system is supposed to be about. the whole american experiment is the concept to govern, and americans gave their consent to govern. >> it's about them, my thanks to

>> i promise you that i will not let you down. we will do a great job. >> breaking overnight, donald trump is the next president of the united states. reaction from around the world this morning. >> hillary clinton congratulates the president-elect in a phone this morning after what many see as an election upset. what sealed the deal for her opponent. >> recreational marijuana approved in massachusetts. the reaction this morning after a tight race. >> now at 4:00 a.m., morning. thank you for joining us. i'm randy price. >> i'm emily riemer. we're covering a busy night in