just for you right here on "mad i'm jicramer. . >> overnight, streets in cities across america to protest donald trump as the nation's 45th president. >> bitter rivals come together as they come face-to-face at the white house today, all to plan the transition of power. >> setting the agenda, trump will meet with a speaker as the enemies try to turn the page of working together.

some working the separate the union. >> "early today" starts right now. >> good thursday morning. >> here we are with many in the country having time to let it sink in, but some people are having more trouble with it than not. less than 24 hours after donald trump was elected, the 45th president of the united states, americans are making their voices we heard in major cities across the country. it's mostly quiet. protests have united from coast-to-coast against trump's the streets in boston, seattle, cleveland, tempe, boston, chicago and right here in new york city. they marched, blocked traffic, chanted and protested at the top of their lungs. >> reporter: hi, guy, we are standing on 5th avenue in mid-town, manhattan, the shopping trick, prada, luis vuitton, thousands of new yorkers headed in the southern

of trump tower, i remind you, the secret service said this will be a security issue. tonight is the first really demonstration of that. this is where donald trump is currently living, where his campaign offices were, where tonight they were holding transition meetings. thousands saying hillary clinton won the popular vote, chanting, we reject the president-elect. it was spontaneous over social media, people talking about it at work, they have said they came ge down 5th avenue, 6th avenue. it's not the only city from philadelphia, chicago, portland, new mexico, arizona, here in manhattan where donald trump is tonight, this is ground zero for the 1st. back to you, guys. >> protests were also big on social media. one new york subway stop was riddled with hundreds of post-its lining the wall with

millions reacted to the election result in protests, silent or otherwise, millions celebrated trump's stunning win. they asked house speaker paul ryan, look ahead to passing their own agenda. key among them, their repeal of the obamacaring a, while an emotional hillary clinton told trump story e supporters, trump deserved a chance to lead. >> i want you to know that nothing has made to be your champion. donald trump is going to be our president. we owe him an open mind and the chance to lead. this loss hurts, but please never stop believing that fighting for what's right is worth it. >> now, president obama also pledged a smooth and peaceful

>> 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. so i have instructed by team to follow the example that president bush's team set eight years ago and work as hard as we can to make sure this is a successful transition for the president-elect. but because we are now all rooting for a success in uniting and >> however, the peaceful transition wasn't carried through all of washington. bernie sanders issued a biting statement which read, in part, quote, donald trump tapped into the anger of a declining middle class that is sick and tired of establishment economic, establishment politics and the establishment media. to that degree that mr. trump is serious about pursuing policies that improve the lives of working families in this

that he pursues racist, sexist and xenophobic policies, we will vigorously oppose him. >> trump met with transport elect pence and they will meet with house speaker paul ryan to begin working on their republican agenda. the mexican president also said he plans to meet with trump during the transition period. we soon begin to receive the same top security briefings as president obama. >> as this continues to settle the most divisive presidential election, we are getting new information on just who came out to vote. in this presidential election, an astonishing 46.9% of eligible voters did not vote. voters did not vote.

in five elections a candidate has lost the popular vote but won the election. in the end, he won with 279 to 228 of hillary clinton's electoral college votes. speaking at the world is justish congress gala last night in new york city, biden said administration will continue the country's support for israel, adding if they wanted to rediscuss support, congress would never let it happen. the american people would never let it happen afternoon. a series of firsts for women in the u.s. senate in the his thoir-making election. kamel la harris becomes the first african-american woman to represent the state and the second african-american woman elected to the senate. iraq war veteran tally duckworth

to work in the senate and the first latina and who him to represent the state and maggie hassan is representing new hampshire. she along with fellow new hampshire gene shaheen. the 117th congress will now have 21 female senators. an anti-trump protest sent five to the hospital two, in alled police presence was already downtown for the post-election rally, with crews managing to reach the scene within minutes. officials don't believe the shooting is connected to those demonstrations. police say an argument took place outside a 7-eleven store with the suspect firing at a crowd of believed to be innocent bystanders. police are still searching for the suspect who ran on foot. a worry that donald trump's victim could lead to bullying in

see-monkey do scenario. first, rafael miranda has a great weather day for most of us? >> a very quiet day among much of the nation. it will be cooler in the northeast. lots of sunshine in boston. mild in the mid-west, 66 in st. louis. that's a look at the big story of the day. now a closer look at the weather where you live. enjoying sunshine,temperatures on the cool side in the 50s, relatively quiet across the southeast. low '80s in south florida. and that's a look at your thursday forecast. frances, eamon. >> rafael, thank you very much. just ahead, the trump elections sent stocks soaring. will it continue? we'll have that for you next.

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i seen one or two elections in this time. i have never seen 800 points before the market turned around to a positive move later on in the actual session. it was quite extraordinary. we had so many experts telling us how bad a trump market took the half glass full approach, caterpillar, which was up around about seven, u.s. steals was up double digits. look the real peace came from health care stocks, because fought only the repeal of obamacare, actually, what they haven't gotten now is concerns the draconian hillary clinton presidency would slap heavy regulations on the health care stocks, so we could see big games. for instance, pfizer was up 7%.

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presidency. one teacher said she overwe heard her students of building a wall of friend of mexican dissent. >> a lot of conversations with kid to be had. >> some are take lack they hear literally. >> to be younger and the more they know. the fact remains is the north americans h the cafes to the classrooms as well. >> reporter: on the streets of raleigh there was excitement. >> i'm just happy. >> reporter: and apprehension. >> i'm concerned with the supreme court. >> reporter: there was also shock. what were your thoughts when you woke up and saw the news? >> i broke into tears. i was horrified. i can't even starting to entertain the possibility. >> reporter: but there were protests across the country.

mothers took to social media, wondering how to guide their kids. >> i cannot for the live of me figure out how to explain this to them. but in scranton, pennsylvania, it was high 5s. >> knowing that we have a new president, a new vice president, we have one of the best marriages that we could ever wish for in this country. >> reporter: back in north carolina at cary, elementary, they had cast for president important that they still honor the other children in our class and respect their decisions and their opinions. >> reporter: what opportunity from your president? zpli want him to be nice and kind. >> reporter: what advice would you give on your president? >> i'd say don't be selfish, because of certain problems, you will work with other leaders. you have to listen to other people's ideas.

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country when things get rough here. being an american citizen, you are family. are you in it whether you like it or not. at thanksgiving when uncle ernie says racist things about the health, you don't storm off the table and move next door. you stay and elect him commander-in-chief. >> donald trump won the presidential i lex and out of habit, kelly anne conway said, no, he didn't. no, he didn't, ander. >> for the millions disappointed for hillary, remember, america has the place for people that lose, obviously, it's the cast of "intit apprentice. >> those hats look like they were printed in a kiosk in the middle of a westfield mall. it turns out they were magic like frosty the snowman. >> we can spill the whole show. >> we will need those guys for the next couple of years, a it

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strike president-elect donald trump is headed to the white house today for the high- profile meeting is having mixed feelings about our relationship with cuba appear quite some bay area people are worried about our future. plus worry about women this shopping season. police caught them in doing in a bay area shopping mall. good morning, thank you for being with us on this thursday morning. let's get a check of the weather.>> reporter: right now i am tracking a cold front. it