experience a breakfast sandwich made for bacon lovers. america runs on dunkin'. and 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, donald trump is closing in on the 270 electoral votes he needs. 244 to hillary clinton's 215. 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

house, because he's also leading in the state of arizona. and cecilia vega, at clinton 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 hillary clinton is in that hotel, and we're told he'll be making an announcement here to say the race is too close to call right now. 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

a little while longer after that. we don't know for how much longer. the crowd in here seems to think something's going to happen. 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 >> they have to win all three of the big states, pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. right now, big problems in at least two of them. 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

been a long campaign, but i can say can wait longer. they are 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 we'll have more to say tomorrow. i want you to know, i want every person in this hall to know, and 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.

she's done an amazing job, and 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 you have you have done. you are in all of our hearts. thank you. >> the clinton campaign, saying every vote deserves to be 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?

john, you pointed out, like john k k kerry, in 2004, watching the 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 win the race. she's behind in all three of the big states. pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. >> another state came in, it's not the big one, but the state 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

there's a dwindling number of votes left. >> i think we have cecila back now. people are packing up, not what they expected tonight. >> 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 >> not giving up yet, but their back is up against a wall as we said all night long here, 244 electoral votes for donald 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,

after every single one of them. >> and she won the organizational infrastructure game that we all talked about. she had 40 offices in north 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 hillary clinton, and when you have that dynamic, it didn't seem -- didn't seem like looking at the map, he needed an 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

in the country who gave a great sports analogy that like in sports, i think it was paul 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 people people are anxious tonight, george. i mean, i think people are, as 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

about the beginning of the night, the history of our country, and we prove as a nation no matter what, we survived the civil war, 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 kate, and there is, certainly, thank god, no issues like slavery to separate us and send us to war, but there is a 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

waiting for this day their whole life thinking they would die finally seeing a woman 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 presiden temperament to be president, she still even with that couldn't be legislated pre 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,

noncollege educated white people believe trump spoke for them. we have to come up with a new 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 the e-mails. he sharply criticized the fi directorment what's that relationship going to be? he also said he would seek 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"

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. >> i think a lot is riding on her speech here. she's gone out and told the country throughout the last weeks of the campaign he's dangerous an dangerous and tempunsound. now people are crying, sobbing, seeing someone described that united states, i look back to al gore when democrats felt the presidency was stolen from them. stolen from them by the supreme 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

unity and unifying this country. i want 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 peopl if he is the president-elect, he has to be the big person to give a speech and brepg the country back together. 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

visiting communities, bringing certain people in the white house. i was not a fans of barack obama 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 and culture in crisis. you say, i grew up poor in the rust belt in a town that's been 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?

they want a change of direction. now, if you give specific policies, a lot of voters are not voting very much on specific policies as much as they want 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 everything going in the wrong direction continues to, people will wake up and be frustrated. i think folks feel vindicated. 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

home, and that anger comets as we're hearing chants, "lock her up, lock her up," comes in and out of the crowd. 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 to that 270, no one is leaving, but they are angry and shouting. of the trump campaign was impatient? >> they are headed, from what we hear, they are heading down now for the mo 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

in indiana, he thanked ted cruz, said nice things about him. he was generous to marco rubio. 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 ea pugilistic president if he becomes president since harry 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

thicken his hyde, or is he going to be donald trump that we have 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, let's remember why he got this avalanche of support tonight. there is a sense in this country that the biggest inequality gap is not income, but justice. 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

it's not about hillary clinton, but justice for everybody. >> i know this election was not about policy details. i realize that. i understand that. 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 well, but if not, the e elites say, trust us, if you vote 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

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. it's well beyond that as matt says, you know, it's the entire 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 spendingd $150 and getting the vote, and moving on to hillary clinton's advanced treasure chest and apparently losing this re-examined, and we say, wait, lot of these p 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 a 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

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 long time. we have not had, i mean, the whc 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 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

he wants to fight for it. couple years from now, what do you see? we advance free trade because someone fought for it. 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 there are real policy things in a trump agenda that can actually 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

to himself? >> he said, the only thing that's long with washington is losers and morons are running 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 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

>> and that's an interesting point there, and we just heard a tweet saying donald trump will take the stage soon. 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. books with that? >> i saw a tweet from donald trump jr. two hours ago, and it was so intense, so surreal, and i thought the same thing. 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.

candidate. they all do it. it's simple. we're on the plane to ensure everything is okay and do you 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 many decades. i think the message that, of millions of americans tonight said it's not the kind of issue 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. is complete. >> no glass ceiling shattered, but -- >> donald trump campaign in his apparent, not yet, but apparent

of candidacies in the country? does it normalize it? >> i think you've seen both, all 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 having privileges that others don't, and that this has been a rebellion against that. i can't imagine that there are 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

>> we talked about this earlier, but we didn't have jp here. how does someone who's lived a life pretty far from the kind of voters he's got, you know the voters. what's the basis even though he doesn't necess 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 tang direction, even if he's not specific about it, but there's a matter of tone and norms of political discourse, so what donald trump has done is effect 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.

>> he needs to drop it. >> and drop it kbquickly and re 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 the last rally in grand rapids, michigan. corrupt politicians and special interests rule over this country 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.

walking around among them over the past year and seeing the voters and what they want, so while some people are disappointed tonight and young 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 markets around the worldment we have, you know, his talk on trade, could lead to a trade war. he has to now deliver. it's no longer talk and railing 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

continues, but a lot of people and economists believe the recovery was on the last legs 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 correctness, of how to conduct a campaign. he will be a bull in the china 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

disciplin disciplined than he had been. before, how much do you believe from watching him close up he's 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 he went through three campaign staffs, but in the beginning, he wanted to do it by himself, didn't want to hire people or have a lot of people. when he becomes president, he 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.

electoral votes needed to take the white house. just 25 votes away right now. we'll be back.

we're 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 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, cannot project a victory. 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

yet, but there's a mathematical chance. harder to see, but they have 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 believes it's over. in fact, they are saying it's an 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

address the supporters, we're told, shortly, told he's close by now preparing to address. we'll see what tone he strikes 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 what's the tone? the ton is i won? is it a brash way he walks all over people, it's done, let's go 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

comoderated, martha, when the question was asked, what can you say positive about hillary clinton. >> it was tough. >> 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 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 does. when you criticize him, when you 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

blocks from here in times square. you see his supporters, they are anxiously waiting, antiis on the 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 our reporter says he likes one song in particular, "proud to be an american," waiting to see if we hear that as well, and there's a lot of rumors swirling 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

trump to head to the stage. >> there's going to be a lot of waiting. we'll see what hillary clinton will do. we heard john come out saying 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 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 media left in 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.

of democrats and people pretty stunned right now, but is it starting to settle in? do they realize what happened? >> i think they definitely 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. certainly not one we expected to have tonight. >> i'm thinking about the fact when you have something like this, something that's so up 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

before we figure out how to heal the country and move forward. >> a lot of processing going on and elation there at the donald trump campaign headquarters. 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 political upset in american histo 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

him bringing the plane to new hampshire and said if this guy runs for president, it will be the wildest ride ever, and they were all right. >> this campaign has been the 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 have control of the white house, republicans in the senate and house, who's got the balance of 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 campaign was an expression outrage against a republican establishment that voters thought had failed so he has all

i think republicans are going to have to figure out how to help donald trump donald trump carry the ball and 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 of the united states -- >> there you heard it. they are not waiting. announcing the president elect, mike pence coming on stage with his family. followed shortly behind, no doubt, donald trump and his family.

right right there. and and tom llamas, we're know 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 first from the vice president elect of the united states. we can't call it yet, but we heard that hillary clinton has called donald trump, and let's listen to mike pence. >> this is a historic night. the american the american people have spoken, and the american people have

america has america has elected a new president. it's almost hard for me to express the ho 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 i come to this moment -- i come to this moment deeply humbled. grateful to god for his amazing grace. grateful to my family. my wonderful wife, and our son, michael, and his fiance, sarah,

daughter daughter charlotte, i could not be here without them. i'm deeply grateful to the 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. honort me say it is my high 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.

the man who just pulled off the most stunning, unbelievable upset in american political history, the man who will be the 45th president of the united states, donald j. trump. matthew matthew dowd. >> reporter: i'm taking in the 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 the president-elect of the united 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

he said he could do it, but they were there every step of the way. >> this was a family campaign. he didn't have the big 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 thought this day would come. i asked him that many times, and, you as surprised as we are. >> you can see, as i said, 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

tower or goes to the white house. >> let's listen. >> thank you. thank you very much. sorry to keep you waiting. complicated business. complicated. thank you very much. i just secretary secretary clinton. she congratul 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

very hard over a long period of time, and we owe her a major 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 to come together as one united . people. 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.

support me in the past, because there were a few people, i'm reaching out to you, for your guidance and your help so that 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 loved their country and wanted a better, brighter future for themselves and for their family. it's a movemen it's a movement compromised of americans from all races, religions, backgrounds, and beli beliefs who want and expect our government to government to receiver the people and serve the people it

working together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the 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 tremendous potential. so well. tremendous potential. it's going to be a beautiful thing. every single american will have the opportunity to realize his or her fullest potential. the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.

bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals. we're going to rebuild our infrastructure. which will become, by the way, second to none, and we will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild it. we 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 spent with them 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.

people people afor the benefit of all. it's going to happen. we have a great economic plan. we will double our growth and have the strongest economy 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 america will no longer setting for anything less than the best. 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.

community that while we'll always put america's interest first, we'll deal fairly with everyone, with everyone. 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 first, i want to thank my parents who i know are looking down on me right now. great 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 very shy actually. and my brother, robert, my great friend, where is robert? where is robert? my brother, 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 and eric and eric and tiffany and barren, i love i love you and i thank you, and

all of those hours. this was tough. this was tough. this political stuff is nasty, and it's tough. i want to thank my family very much. really fantastic. thank you all, thank you all. unbelievable unbelievable job. unbelievab unbelievable. vanessa, thank you very much. what a great group. you've all given me such incredible support, and i of people. they said we have a small staff. not so small. look at all of these people we have. look at all of these people. and kelly anne and chris and rudy and steve and we have g have got tremendously talented people up here, and i want to tell you it's been very, very

unbelievable, unbelievable. he traveled with us. he went through meetings and, yeah, rudy never changes. where is he? rudy. governor chris christie, folks, was unbelievable. thank thank you, chris. the first first major, major politician, let me tell you, he's highly respected in washington because he's as smart as you get, senator jeff sessions. where is he? great great map. another great man, very tough competitor, he was not easy.

who is that? is that the mayor that showed up? is that rudy? oh, rudy got up here. 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 and, and, by the way, mike huckabee is here 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

it's really an honor. we have 22 congressional medal of honor recipients, just 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, at all those people over there. i know it. reince is a superstar, but i said, they can't call you a superstar unless we win because you can't be called a superstar like if secretariat came second, second, there would be be a big, bronze, but he is the hardest

reince, get over here. boy, oh, boy, oh, boy. 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. our partnersh our partnership with the rnc is 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 they're tough and they're smart and they're sharp, and i don't

go and wave to a big group of people, and they rip me down and put me back down in the seat, but they are fantastic people, so i want to thank the secret service. and and law enforcement in new york city, they are here tonight. these are spectacular people, sometimes under appreciated, 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

you you will say so many of you work 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 to be doing a job that hopefully 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.

president-elect donald j. trump, 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 states, and in those comments, we had some vintage donald trump. he called this a complicated business, a nasty and tough 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.

he thanked everybody. i was struck by two things. he talk about two things that he wanted to do that republicans, democrats, and independents can 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. important job in the world, and one of the jobs as the president is to keep us safe, and donald 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

thanking hillary clinton for her years of service. he said to be really historic, you have to do a great job. 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 g republicans now control, will control the white house, the senate, the house, and the majority of governships, he'll 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

congratulate us. this was a real effort by donald trump to do what many doubted he could do, which was to be gracious, to say something nice 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 hard fought campaign. all night long, we heard the crowd booing hillary clinton. every time her face of shown on one of the big screens, screams "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

seeing donald trump getting help getting out of this ballroom as many people there just wanting 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 the country ridden this night, and, boy, with the clinton campaign, just blind sided. >> that is the only word right 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

what what does hillary clinton do tomorrow and the next day and, you know, we're talking about a woman who is a former senator, 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, 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, and the only person who can take credit for that is 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.

you know, it's a sign he followed the prompter a little bit, the speech was written for him, waved off, and ad libbing, which he likes, and i think 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 world woke up to the news. >> they have. they are already reeling. also beginning to come to grips with the fact this is a new era, 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,

he's going to come to washington. he's going to be america in the world and break some rules. we'll have to see which one. >> he promised to rebuild in the 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 everyo h hopes in him, but we don't know. you know, george, i -- you -- i think we all have seminal 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

one of them. and i, you know, i shook my head, and i think we saw an expression of that on the mass 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 graciousness and some generosity, and be willing to give him a chance. 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,

2015 whether the party was ready to move beyond ideological ideas 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 very much agree, republican and democrat alike, have to try to help him as president-elect. oppose them as a candidate and 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.

administration, and i also saw someone tonight who was self-aware. the show's over. we have serious work to do to 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 aft ago. >> exactly. this is short term and long term political realities coming to a head, and there's a lot of change that's happening in america, but a lot of folks that 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

continue in the vain without the campaign? does he was to find a way to bring in latinos and 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' infrastructure, she would have run into a buzz saw of the republican congress, disagreements how much to spend and how to do it, but donald 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

his rhetoric hostile. >> despite the high approval rating, president obama joins the list of presidents in the modern era who could not elect 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 discussion, start to figure out how we build and transition over. i would hearten to hear that 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

position is very sobering, and what we saw, what i saw was a very sober donald trump who 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 tone, and, you know, 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

try victory, going to be the 45th president of the united states, pulling off what no one believed 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 thank you for watching.

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country. country. and i mean that very sincerely, and now it's time for america to 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 comes together as one united people. >> donald trump striking tones let's go to the room tonight at trump headquarters, john, you've been following this candidate for more than 500 days now. do you think he saw this coming? >> reporter: you know, tell yo 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

things were going better in their direction. of course, that was in the wake of the fbi reopening the investigation to secretary 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. sure. at the end of the day, this, tonight, this race is the e pit 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.

let's did out to the nightline coanchor in times square 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 t a man from dallas who said it was a sad night for our country, and another man whose grandparents were forced slaves 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

several hours tonight, a political move. >> it was an incredible moment. i have to cut you off. we'll come back to you after a quick break. we'll be right back with much more on this huge story.

edition "nightline, " your voice, your vote, and after a closer than close race to the fin heish donald trump is the president-elect. he will be the next president of the united states. >> i pledge to every citizen in our land that i will be 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.

we're right in the middle of it. tonight, from new york, dan harris and byron latest. 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 she called him to concede, but this is a woman when called nasty, the devil, a pathological liar, and he's promised to put 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

the trump rally say things about hillary clinton that i can't say on "night line" even at this hour because they are so explicit. those who voted for donald trump 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 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 person, and that's himself. he worked as hard as anyone has 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 can tell when he's tired. he gave the speech. he was on the prompter. someone wrote that for him, and at the end, he was off the cuff, 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 of 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

especially at his age with everything he's learned in his life? everything that he believes to be true. he said i'm going to win, this is going to be brexit plus plus. 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 economic boogy economic boogymen. doing trade with the countries, but told the voters, the reason why you are down and out is because of trade. 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.

tom llamas working hard covering this campaign, thank you very much. i want to turn now to our 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 said, i'm an american first. at this point, his success is all of our success. it is our country's 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

we are a white america. we are a notary publn-white ame. 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 some withdrew their support, and if he sees himself, i can assure you that a gra 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.

advice. he's never governed before. he doesn't know government. they do. >> so many americans invested hopes and dreams in donald 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 cong of government with checks and balances. if he wants to build a wall, which requires a huge amount of 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 legislateget i elected is revert back the policy of cuba. the cuban-americans in south

than any other hispanic group, probably delivered florida for him to help him get that state, help him get the presidency, and he promised them over and over 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

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let's start with you, rebecca, covering business and economics for us. how are the marks reactsing to 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 tonight it would have been down 5% if losses had held. >> byron, we all have seen 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,

and now we're in a new place as a nation, an i think there's certainly lots of uncertainty. right now, mindful of something that lincoln said before the 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 uncertaint forward. it may not be quick. it may be ugly. we will move forward. 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

be a patriot and follow along the lines that byron suggested. she is going to do what losing 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 who looked at her candidacy as an opportunity to shatter the glass ceiling that remains firmly in place tonight. >> the results, although her opponent said would not, if she won, but tonight, he did. thank you very much.

? ? ? ? good evening again, i'm dan 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

let's get over to donald trump's election headquarters, and two people covering the race from john,et-go, candice smith, and, 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 to call something. at the beginning of the day, there was cautious optimism, and, of course, once we started to see returns come in, they got 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,

>> john, as you know, so many people have invested so much hope in donald trump. 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 risk? >> reporter: well, look, dan, at the end of the day, look at what the donald trump candidacy has been, right? 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

2015, pearl harbor down, i was down in scarouth carolina. after announcing that initial ban, something that his 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 i don't mean to be tongue in cheek like that, but you've seen this candidate and the way the campaign has gone. 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,

now who are advising trump as he begins over the next couple days here to build a government. >> we hear his son-in-law has 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: know, we have here the off air covering clinton throughout this time. 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

we were at her election night event, and just walking over 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 hillary clinton going to be able to say to soothe hearts and mind of the young women and girls thinking they were going to breakthrough a big glass 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

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business from meals past with easy-off, so the only thing they see is that beautiful bird. go ahead. let 'em judge. back with back with our "nightli new voices. how did the polls miss this? >> because people voted in much 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?

and, i mean, the women's vote, in general, in some states. the gender gap was 30-some points between men and women, 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 be is hurt, wounded, and afraid. they are looking going, what's going to happen to my marriage for same-sex couples, if rudy is 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

conjure about how things go forward in a positive, constructive way. >> throughout our history, we have always proven that we're resilient people. 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 kated, and man kated, and many said, hey, it works. now, it's been a very acid 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

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perience a breakfast sandwich made for bacon lovers. america runs on dunkin'. making news in america this morning, donald trump president-elect. the billionaire businessman pulling off a major beginning, ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and great movement. >> overnight we saw state after state turning red surprising many on both sides of the aisle. but not donald trump or his campaign. >> i've just received a call from secretary clinton. she congratulated us. it's about us. >> hillary clinton conceding a