sean: now at noon, granite state voters react to donald trumps victory in the race for the white house, and breaking outcome of the first comments from challenger hillary clinton. erin: we now know within next governor of new hampshire will be. the overnight call giving chris sununu the win. sean: closest and most watched races. maggie hassan declares victory the new hampshire senate race that kelly ayotte is not admitting defeat. kevin: cooler air moving in. all the latest with future cast, i had. -- a head. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 at noon. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.

ms. clinton: i know how disappointed you feel, because i feel it, too, and so do tens of millions of americans who invested their hopes and dreams in this effort. this is painful, and it will be for a long time, but i want you to remember this -- our campaign was never about one person or even one election. it was about the country we love , and about building an america that is bighearted. we have seen that our nation is more deeply divided than we thought. but i still believe in america, and i always will. erin: welcome to news 9 at noon. we have breaking news. hillary clinton has publicly conceded the election to donald trump, expressing her hope that the country will move forward. president obama is expected to

surprises and controversy, donald trump is now the president-elect. good afternoon. i am erin fehlau. sean: and i'm sean mcdonald. we'll bring you more on that in a moment but more breaking first, news in the new hampshire senate race. wmur's ray brewer is live from the state house in concord with the latest. ray: it was just over an hour ago the governor maggie hassan claimed a victory against incumbent u.s. senator kelly ayotte. behind the statehouse where she served as governor and surrounded by her supporters, maggie hassan says she is ready for the next challenge that awaits her in washington. the race was among the most hotly contested in the country, with millions of dollars of special interest money spent on both sides. in the end, though, the governor says she is convinced that listening to the people of new hampshire is what carried her to victory.

after that i've been working on for the last 4 years as governor and during this campaign we heard about those priorities over and over and over again. we also heard about -- ray: the governor pledged that where possible, she would work with president-elect trump, but repeated that the interests of granite stater's is her priority. senator kelly ayotte has released a statement that says ray: now, the final margin of victory for governor hassan, with all the votes counted, is a little over 700 votes did that leaves open the possibility of a recount. there is no word yet on whether senator ayotte will request one. reporting live outside the state house in concord, ray brewer, wmur news 9. erin: and you just heard a next

the election to donald trump. sean: nikole killion is out the white house with the message that clinton is sending to supporters. nikole: hillary clinton anquan supporters and urged a divided nation to heal. ms. clinton: this is not the outcome that we wanted and i'm sorry we did not win this election for the values we share in the vision we hold for our country. nikole: onstage by her husband, bill, and daughter, chelsea, as well as vice presidential running mate tim kaine. she says the election results were painful and she was disappointed. however, she acknowledged that she congratulated donald trump on his election day victory and vowed to work with him, telling her supporters to keep an open mind. at the white house, i am nikole killion reporting. erin: all right, nikole .

trump will be the 45th president. sean: granite state voters had a front seat to the action and are relieved that the excitement is over for now. reporter: good afternoon. for the most part new hampshire voters are used to all of the attention our state gets during the political season, and some people are leaving aside relief knowing that things will start to come down. as far as the results ago, many went to bed last night not ow will be. >> when i got up, first thing i did come up with the tv on, and trump won. i was very, very happy. siobhan: voters talking politics over breakfast at the red arrow diner in manchester just hours after donald trump was named president-elect. the spirit of politics, not everyone agrees. >> not to bum out all you trump fans, but i am disappointed. siobhan: some who fought to stay

victory. many we spoke with agree -- they weren't thrilled with either candidate. >> i think it is crazy how split everything is good like, people -- what did i said today, 50% of people just don't like hillary. >> i had to pick between the lesser of the two evils and i thought she was the lesser ofpt. >> i thought he was voting against somebody rather than voting's for somebody. siobhan: a canadian journalist called the pss canada. our immigration website crashed several times when the results were coming in. siobhan: but some voters who are not excited about who was elected are still optimistic. >> he has some good ideas and hopefully they will work out. >> it is done and he had a great victory speech and said gracious things towards her. so, you have -- so, yeah.

spoke with, the entire state with virtually split on who they wanted to be the next president . sean: a lot of people talking about it this morning. after fears of the markets plummeting overnight, the new york stock exchange opened to study this morning. erin: overnight, the dow jones plummeted nearly 900 points, but a live look at the stock exchange of shows the markets on the rise. marc hebert joins us live in the newsroom now. happened that i got to stay up late like a lot of people are looking forward to a good nights sleep and watching tv without those commercials. it is truly amazing, what has gone on good to have a -900 on the doubt, to death on the dow , to open the market and be a bit positive. the market has already reacted. sean: speech last night, things seemed to calm down a little bit. do you expect it to stay calm the next few days?

going to be watching to see what president-elect trump is going to say and do. they are going to look at who he takes for the cabinet, and will react to each little piece of news. i would be calm as an investor. this is good news that this thing just didn't crash and people are taking a wait-and-see attitude. erin: how do you think this is going to impact the economy? marc: well, i think we are going to have to wait and see. i hope things to turn arnd we need to invest in the united states. going to push for that could hopefully we can get back to the 3%, 4% gross domestic product. if we get to to percent, we are not in good shape. sean: all right, thank you very much, sir. erin: the governor's race went right down to the wire and granite state voters have selected a new governor. sean: republican chris sununu was declared the winner of the gubernatorial race early this morning. chris sununu will become the

he is also the first republican to win the corner office in concord since craig benson won back in 2002. he has served the last 3 terms on the executive council and his father, you will remember, served three terms as governor during the 1980's. erin: this morning colin van ostern issued a statement conceding the race, saying sean: hampshire's first congressional district was decided around 4:00 this morning. erin: and carol shea porter is headed back to washington. she defeated republican incumbent frank guinta in the fourth matchup for these two. shawn o'connor was a distant third. shea porter has already served three terms in the past representing the first c.d. >> at any given point in the night, it looked like it was

what the last 2 cycles have been. sean: also headed back to the nation's capitol, congresswoman annie kuster for a third term representing new hampshire's second congressional district. she narrowly defeated republican challenger jim lawrence. kuster is the first woman to serve three terms in the district that serves the western and northern parts of the state. >> the thing about new hampshire is we know how to bring people together. it's just like the work that i've done on the heroin epidemic . heroin doesn't choose rs or ds . there's so many issues where we have common ground. >> we did everything we could to win this race. everyone talked about this district as a tough district for a republican to run in. we were under resourced come we didn't have the backing of washington, d.c. but we still ran a tough race. erin: and remember, you can get complete results on our newly designed website.

team as well. it is all on the politics page in the drop-down menu on wmur.com or by clicking in the bar at the top of the home page. sean: once again, new hampshire representatives in washington, all women. coming up bill belichick and tom , brady face questions over their relationships with the president-elect. kevin: winds turn to the

erin: after big wins across the nation, republicans now control both chambers of congress. sean: that's right. in the senate you can see the gop with 51 on the republican side and democrat side. and in the house, the democrats gained a few seats, but still not enough to take over, with republicans extending their six-year lock on that chamber. erin: there were some interesting referendums on the ballot across new england. voters in massachusetts voted to allow people 21 years and older to possess, grow, and use small amounts of marijuana for recreational use. but the bay state rejected a proposal to allow new charter schools to expand enrollment in existing ones. maine is also voting on legalizing recreational marijuana, but right now the

maine has decided to raise the minimum wage, though, to $12 an hour by the year 2020. sean: bill belichick says he did write a note to president-elect donald trump. he said you a letter at a rally monday night. belichick said he writes hundreds of letters every month and it was not political in nature. >> inquiries relative to the note i wrote to donald on monday. our friendship goes back many years, and i think anybody that has spent more than five minutes with me knows i'm not a political person. >> yeah, i talked to my wife. she says i can't talk about politics anymore. i think that is a good decision made for our family.

about this. at the same rally, the quarterbacks -- trump said the cornerback was voting for him. they are mum about it for now. erin: a little less than an hour from now, we will break down all those election results in a facebook live with analyst scott spradling. that starts at 1:00 p.m. on wmur's facebook page. sean: there is a lot to talk about after yesterday. the weather is gorgeous. cooler today. kevin: temperature wise and a air mass for the weekend as well. erin: still ahead, the forecast, and our u local hot shot. beautiful sunset on pemigewasset lake. we love this year pictures and video. join the thousands of u local members by logging onto

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again right now because president obama is about to appear in the rose garden presumably to congratulate donald trump and talk about the peaceful transition of power to the 45th president. he has set to meet with donald trump tomorrow at the white house. he called him last night to congratulate him. they have moved this outside to the rose garden. he will be appearing with joe biden as well. we heard from hillary clinton, and she co we have to wish donald trump is a successful president. we should expect to hear similar words from president obama. president obama and michelle obama worked so hard in these months to elect hillary clinton as his successor. the accomplishments he believed he has made could continue. >> president obama campaigned as if he were on the ballot in the final weeks of this campaign, and in a way, he was. donald trump will act quickly to

repealing obamacare, undo executive orders that president obama has put in place on climate change, on immigration. undo the trade deal that he has done. the trans-pacific partnership. the iran deal he has talked about undoing. his legacy was on the ballot. >> here he comes. >> good afternoon, everybody. yesterday, before votes were some of you may have seen, in which i said to the american people, regardless of which side you are on in the election, regardless of whether your candidate won or lost, the sun would come up in the morning, and that is one bit of prognosticating that actually came true. the sun is up. and i know that everybody had a long night.

about 3:30 in the morning i think it was. to congratulate him on winning the election, and i had a chance to invite him to come to the white house tomorrow to talk about making sure that there is a successful transition between our presidencies. now, it is no secret that the president-elect and i have some pretty significant differences. but remember, eight years ago, president bush and i had some pretty significant differences. but president bush's team could or more gracious in making sure we had a smooth transition so that we could hit the ground running. and one thing you realize quickly in this job is that the presidency and the vice presidency is bigger than any of us. so i have instructed my team to follow the example that president bush's team set eight years ago, and to work as hard

president-elect because we are now all rooting for his success. in uniting and leading the country. 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. i also had a chance last night to speak with secretary clinton, and i just had a chance to hear her remarks. i could not be prouder of her. she has lived an e she was a great first lady. she was an outstanding senator for the state of new york, and she could not have been a better secretary of state. i'm proud of her. a lot of americans look up to her. her candidacy and nomination was historic and sends a message to our daughters all across the country that they can achieve at the highest levels of politics,

that she and president clinton will continue to do great work for people here in the united states, and all around the world. now everybody is sad when their side loses an election. but the day after, we have to remember that we're actually all on one team. this is an intermural scrimmage. we're not democrats first. we're in the republicans we're patriots first. we all want what's best for this country. that's what i heard in mr. trump's remarks last night. that's what i heard when i spoke to him directly. and i was hardened by that. that's what the country needs. a sense of unity, a sense of

institutions, our way of life, rule of law and a respect for each other. i hope that he maintains that spirit throughout this transition, and i certainly hope that's how his presidency has a chance to begin. i also told my team today to keep their heads up. because the they have done day in and day out, often without a lot of fanfare, often with a lot of, a lot of attention, work in agencies. work in obscure areas of policy that make government run better and make it more responsive, and make it more efficient. and make it more service-friendly so that it's

the next president with a stronger, better country. than the one that existed eight years ago. so win or lose in this election, that was always our mission. that was our mission from day one. and everyone on my team should be extraordinarily proud of everything that they have done. and so should all the americans that i have had a chance to meet all across who do the hard work of building on that progress every single day. teachers in schools, doctors in e.r. clinic, small businesses, putting their all into starting something up, making sure they are treating their employees well. all the important work that's dope done by moms and dads and

every work and state, the work of perfecting this union. this was a long and hard fought campaign. a lot of our fellow americans are exalted today. a lot of our partners are less so. it is hard and sometimes contentious and noisy. it's not always inspiring. but into politics for the first time and may be disappointed by the results, i just want you to know, you have to stay encouraged. don't get cynical. don't ever think you can't make a difference. secretary clinton said this morning, fighting for what is

sometimes you lose an election. the path that this country has taken has never been a straight line. we zig and zag, and sometimes we move in ways that some people think is forward, and others think is moving back. and that's okay. i have lost elections before. but, you know. so i have been -- i have been -- >> you beat me badly. [ laughter ] >> that's the way politics works sometimes. we try really hard to persuade people that we're right. and then people vote. and if we lose, we learn from

we brush ourselves off, we get back in the arena. we go at it. we try even harder the next time. the point though is that we all go forward. with a presumption of good faith in our fellow citizens. because that presumption of good faith is essential to a vibrant and functioning democracy. that's how this country has moved forward for 240 boundaries and promoted freedom around the world. that's how we have expanded the rights of our founding to reach all of our citizens. it's how we have come this far. and that's why i'm confident that this incredible journey that we are on as americans will go on. and i'm looking forward to doing everything that i can to make sure that the next president is

this job as being a relay runner. you take the baton, you run your best race and hopefully by the time you hand it off, you're a little further ahead. you made a little progress, and i can say we have done that, and i want to make sure that handoff is well-executed because ultimately, we're all on the same team. all right. thank you very much, everybody. [ applause ] >> president obama saying he told his team to keep their heads up and lead by example. leaving with a spring in his step. might have been forced, but there's rooted and respect for the peaceful transition, and for our institutions he said for the rule of law, his respect ffr democracy. we are all on the same team now, we must all root for the success

shuc sugar coat the differences, we we have to go forward in the spirit together. >> there are people that are very, very distressed today. people who supported him and hillary clinton who really are wor worried about the country where they just can't imagine a trump presidency, and he is trying to make it seem as normal as humanly possible. this is the way it works. democracy is messy. you lose some elections, you win some elections. you take the baton and go forward, and this is not the end of the world, but i think that was -- that's why he is doing that because he knows that some of their followers are really in a state of true distress. >> he knows it's what he must say. and he said from one baton to another, the metaphor might break down based on what you