and donald trump ahead, 49% to 48%. that would get him just about there. 20 electoral votes in the state of pennsylvania alone. and up by about 60,000 votes. tom llamas, take us inside the trump high command. >> they're excited, and they want the there's a little bit of frustration, because they feel they have won this race. that being said, donald trump got a promising sign, mary bruce reports that paul ryan congratulated donald trump and mike pence. speaker ryan up close. what do you think is going through his mind? hope you heard the question. go ahead. >> george, we know that speaker ryan did have that conversation with donald trump, this is clearly a warming-up we're donald trump and paul ryan have had this very contentious relationship throughout the election. we've seen paul ryan over the last few days, saying he'd be willing to campaign with donald trump but it never ended up happening. we've heard paul ryan saying donald trump's name, the t-word, something he was reluctant to do throughout much of the campaign.

donald trump has clinton. it's getting close. >> and in the war room in trump tower, they're getting very excited. we said conventional wisdom was wrong, and so is political science. everyone said they weren't ready for prime time, but they made people criticized them for that, but seems to have been smart. the visit to michigan, seems like a smart play. and the supporters still there, they put up with a lot, and now they're there. >> a small state, iowa, six electoral votes, last republican voted for, bush in 2004. it's gone to donald trump. and jon karl, now hillary clinton has one path? >> she basically she needs to win all of those states we just mentioned in that industrial midwest. pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, minnesota, and she needs to hang on to the state of nevada. if she does that, she narrowly wins. let's look at it on the possibilities board. so, here's where we are. if she wins michigan, new hampshire, nevada, pennsylvania, she still needs to win the state >> so, donald trump has many, many

donald trump is leading here right now. a vote-rich area. ea though goes back and forth in close races. trump is out-performing romney in that particular part of the state. that's what's keeping him more competitive and in the lead. and you come back down here and keep checking. still at 53%, a lot of votes here still to come in and so far they've been going clinton's way. this is the one to 16%. we'll check our lead in just a second. but to watch as we start going from 16 to 13 to 20 to 30, does it stay 69-30. if it stays in that margin -- >> that broward county where ft. lauderdale is, 9.3% of the whole population of the state. >> so as you move up, if you're looking at that big of a population center, as you move up through the county, miami-dade still stuck at 93. this is the big one we're waiting on. there'll be some adjustments in the margins, but when we get more of this, when we get from 16 to 30 to 40, we'll see if this holds up and we'll get a better sense of the turnout. we'll see how much of the math, but you imagine, 16%, you're

>> no. >> no, donald trump. >> donald trump only needs 26 votes. so-- >> therefore wisconsin is 10, arizona is 21, and new hampshire would be-- >> arizona is 11. >> that's 21, and he would need new hampshire on top of that. >> which is. >> four. so 25. it's still-- he's still got to rack up a number of votes there, and that's why pennsylvania is so key because prize. it's a big vote prize of 20 electoral votes. but interestingly, as you know, we have shown you multiple times throughout the night our decision desk. we have a team of people over there that right now that are crunching every single number, and we are trying to be so careful. this because it this election is so close. we don't want to make a call without making sure all of the counties come in at the same time. remember, people vote-- the vote being extremely meticulous about that. we take this responsibility very seriously he were at cbs news. and so we've got the best people working on it. you wouldn't believe the amount of numbers on these screens that they are crunching to making s

things are shaping up for donald trump. garrett, let's go to wusa live at trump headquarters where i suppose the mood got a lot lighter a short time ago. >> i have to imagine there's a crescendo of excitement there. >> people are absolutely fired up. it's amazing. it's just been a real shocker, a lot of polls, exempt maybe the los angeles times said that hill into this race. but that is not turning out like a lot of pollsters thought. donald trump showing surprising strength all over the place. and fox news, they are watching fox news here, fox news called north carolina for donald trump and the crowd here just went absolutely crazy. take a look down at them and with the make america great slog on that donald trump that built his candidacy around. and up there on the stage there are 2 red hats in glass cases with make america great on them. donald trump is hoping, still hoping because this race is way too far to call so far, to come out and celebrate those hots. i want to show you a ph trump tweeted out of him watching the r

donald trump retweeted one. what proof do you have that donald trump did not suffer from fraud votes. all day we have been asking transition sources here, what sort of evidence does donald trump have. they have not supplied any evidence to back up those claims. >> the tirade started over the weekend when donald trump alleged massive voter fraud in an election that he won, correct? >> absolutely right. he's are baseless allegations, he launched a series of tweets over the weekend saying he is the victim of voting fraud, including this in addition to winning the electoral college in a landslide, i won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally. even though hillary clinton does lead by over 2 million votes in the popular vote, that he believes he should have won and claiming again, without evidence that there are people who voted illegally. he continued serious voter fraud in virginia, new hampshire and california, why isn't the media reporting on this? serious big problem. and again,

so, donald trump is outperfo outperforming mitt romney. if you go back and you look at eaton county, just outside of lanci lansing, trump has a big lead. points. and then, finally, historically we know, we talk a lot about macomb county. only 1% is in. but this is the county that gave us the reagan democrats. the very early counting there, donald trump with a lead in macomb. >> michigan, very, very close right now. a lot of vote yet to come in in the state of michigan. let's pull up the state of north carolina right now. that is another one of the core four for donald trump. and in the state of north carolina, what are you seeing? >> state of again, trump expanding his lead. this has been close all night. but trump is expanding his lead in north carolina. 83% in. he's got a 3 percentage point lead. >> matthew dowd? >> it's an amazing unfolding of the map, as we watch this tonight. i mean, i had thought, as the national polls were moving, all this was going in the direction, but what we're seeing is a diver jens. between sort of the national

why donald trump is hanging in in florida? >> well, the clinton campaign looking at women voters in florida, zeroing in on the exit polls. clinton getting 51% of the women voters with voters with trump's 44%. in in florida, of all the battlegrounds, is where she's surpassing this level in every other battleground. >> and stephanie, there was a sign of nervousness in the democratic camp in michigan. take us through the states they're worried about in the midwest? >> in michigan, they do think it's going to be much closer than 2012. they think white, college educated white women will bring vote is down a little bit in michigan, and the rural vote is significantly higher than it was in 2012. so, it's going to be very tight. in ohio, much of their early vote was very good in ohio, outperforming where president obama was. some bellwethers are not in yet. much of is areas outside of cleveland and cincinnati. and in pennsylvania, they feel very good from all signs, traditional republican counties outside of philadelphia are going for

trump's sons also will be making the case for their father with donald j. paigning in arizona and new mexico and eric trump scheduled to make several stops in michigan. >> eric trump already said some stuff that got a lot of attention. he suggested former ku klux klan leader david duke should be shot. eric trump was on a denver radio station thursday. the interviewer actually suggested that david duke, who is running for senate in louisiana, deserves a bullet to the head. listen to eric trump's response. >>> if i said exactly what you said i'd get killed for it, but i think -- i think i'll say it anyway. the guy does deserve a bullet. i mean these aren't good people. these are horrible people. >> all right. david duke, who by the way endorsed donald trump although the trump campaign doesn't want his endorsement. duke was asked to respond to eric trump's comment. all he would say to cnn is, that's a good one. >> in pennsylvania there's still the strong aroma of irony after one of the more surprising speeches of this campaign. trump on the stage and said we're

john kasich very pointedly did not endorse donald trump. the senate candidate, rob portman, the gop senate candidate, endorsed him and after those remarks, recorded on the bus that came out, about a month ago, portman withdrew his endorsement of trump. also, the get out the vote effort here by the trump campaign considered weak. a schism in the gop party here do very well here. the last polls we saw in the recent days showing him slightly ahead of hillary clinton. >> martha raddatz, you were there this weekend. >> ohio, just like pennsylvania. it is that divided america. there are parts of ohio that none of us would recognize as america. there is absolute blight. there are people who are desperate. and those are people who have turned to donald trump. and what they hear from him, i can ask voters, say, do you believe that he'll make a change, do you believe hillary believe either of them, but donald trump gave them some sort of hope. they didn't believe he could really make change, but it gave them hope. he said what they wanted to hear. >>

a good sign for donald trump. look at these other counties here. this is where melania trump gave her speech when she went to berwyn, pennsylvania, chester county is about 4% of the state population. this used to be rock-solid republican suburbs. but democrats have been more successful, especially with suburban women. we'll watch chester county. >> let's check in virginia now and then north carolina. >> see the red? at the moment, it's staying. you keep thinking, every time you look, are these states going to change? we're up to 76% in virginia. 60,000 votes. >> 61,000 votes ahead in virginia for donald trump right now. >> so the question is, you start going, where are the republican votes? you check these smaller rural counties and so you're going through these and you see all the 100%. if so if you're in the trump campaign, you know in this rock-solid conservative area, you've pretty much -- >> this is the state of senator tim kaine, the vice presidential running mate. she was one the governor of virginia. >> thi

jim acosta, you're over there at donald trump head quarters. they're pretty excited right now. >> reporter: wolf, it certainly feels like a victory party now. they are just jubilant here at trump campaign head quarters. i talked to a trump campaign official a few moments ago and asked whether or not donald trump will address what john podesta said earlier this evening. and this official said no. donald trump will address the american people. so we are waiting for that to happen. any moment now we understand he's in the building and from talking to a number of campaign trump fisheofficials, they are responding to the same reaction. they're just as shocked as everybody else. you'll talk to some people in the inner circle who say we knew it all along, but i've talked to a number of senior trump campaign officials down to the advanced staffers on the campaign trail on an everyday basis. they are shocked. they, themselves, cannot believe the upset we're not witnessing which is one of the most stunning political upsets in recent american history. now,

donald trump 81 percent. to 16 percent. >> this is absolutely record numbers voting for trump. everybody said there's no way evangelicals will vote for trump. we want conservative values and we want the supreme court back. >> abortion in the last debate anything had a a lot to do or everything to do with it. now let's talk about hispanics. this was the story. early voting. then we heard early voting hispanics strong and first time voters hispanics 23 percent of the hispanic vote was first time that was the death blow to the trump candidacy ended up 65 to 29. >> people said the hispanic vote was going to go for hillary clinton. trump might not even get 5 percent. he got 29 percent. it carried him. i bet this is the reason he won florida. >> is that more or where romney was? >> he might be a little bit more. >> first time voters hillary clinton got the bulk of first time voters by a number of 56 to 40. that is some what surprising. a 16 point advantage. >> it is, except that includes millennials and the younger

donald trump is ahead. we projected 167 electoral, compared to hillary clinton's 109. 270 needed to win the white house. trump ahead right now. let's go over to john king. you're studying a lot of these battleground states. let's start in wisconsin. >> start in wisconsin right now, it's gotten a little bit tighter, 48 to 46, round that up to 49 if you want. number one, in a few places, milwaukee, this is a danger sign for the clinton campaign in the sense 17% of the state's population, the democratic base center and they're up to 82% of the votes. more votes to be counted, most of them, we see 65-30. most of them we presume will go to secretary clinton. you're getting close. you're getting close to the end there. you start to look out here. you see the o'claire. tiny, 1.7% of the population. you're looking for rural places. president obama ran healthy margins where there are democratic votes. they exist. the question is does she. we're waiting for the votes to be counted here. otherwise you look at this map

donald trump is winning. we haven't called pennsylvania, it's relatively close. there are people in the trump would be room who think they can still pull out pennsylvania. number one, we're up to 94% in philadelphia. now again we are still have to count and see what comes left that. number could jump quite substantially, but she needed 150,000 even though she's at 420,000 votes right there, that's a pretty healthy lead out of philadelphia, but donald trump is keeping it closish in the suburban areas but erie county, blue collar erie county, look at that. that's supposed to be -- if you're a democrat accident that's supposed to be blue. this is scranton, pennsylvania. joe biden's hometown. president obama got 63%. with joe biden on the ticket, the scrappy kid from scranton, 50%. donald trump's -- >> and 100% of the vote is in and donald trump is getting 47% in this part of the state. give props to the guy across the room, jeffrey. he talked about the margins would be smaller than normal and you start coming into these areas and looking, 51%, lehigh county, go back

donald trump jr., eric trump, ivanka trump. one of the reasons this is notable.ing to hand his company off to his children. we haven't seen his tax returns, we don't know a lot about his business. we don't know a lot about what conflicts are presented there. and the notion that you're gng to have his children intimately involved in selecting who is going to be in these top powerful slots in government and turn the page and move back into the trump organization. i have to imagine it's a little bit troubling -- >> let me ask rebecca on that. some have suggested there's a potential conflict there. >> sure. and there is actually a law that forbids federal government officials from hiring family members in salaried positions. this is a little different, there's no salary, it's an unofficial position at this point. but it raises the question of exactly what sarah is saying. is there a conflict of interest here? the reason that slaw in place is to prevent that. and then, there is also the question moving forward of what role will they play in a trump administration? bec

donald trump. in addition, the decision desk has called kentucky, the bluegrass state, reliably republican, and republican again tonight as donald trump, we project, will win the state of kentucky. and the state of vermont, fox news projects hillary clinton will win vermont and vermont three electoral votes will go to hillary clinton. fox news also projects donald trump will win the state of west virginia. west virginia and its five electoral votes to go to donald trump. the decision desk has also calledou south carolina with its nine electoral votes. those all will go to donald trump. and here's a look at the states each candidate has won so far. this is all the polls that closed at 7:00 eastern, 7:30 eastern and 8:00 eastern. all the ones that have now been called. mississippi, south carolina, tennessee, oklahoma, missouri, kentucky, west virginia, and indiana, all of those to donald trump. for hillary clinton, illinois in the northeast. massachusetts and vermont, maryland and new jersey, all of

aides to donald trump say he'll be going on a thank america tour. they're not calling it a victory tour. calling it a thank america tour, wolf. >> interesting indeed. jim acosta at trump tower. thank you. >>> more on the surprising news about the upcoming trump/romney meeting this weekend. our politics executive editor mark preston, he broke the story earlier today here on cnn. what else are you hearing, mark? >> well, wolf, we know that this weekend mitt romney and donald trump will sit down and discuss amongst other things how to govern, how to move forward and also the idea of the potential of mitt romney joining donald trump's cabinet. what does that mean? there are only two positions really when you talk to republicans that they think romney would actually be interested in. one would be secretary of state. the second one would be treasury secretary. although i have to hedge and say that it seems as though mitt romney would be more interested in the secretary of state. now, what's interesting, too, about romney, as when people were talking about

do, only donald trump. >> maybe not even donald trump at this point. tom llamas working hard covering this campaign, thank you very republican strategist who is very clearly vocally came out saying you would not vote for donald trump. in fact, you voted for hillary clinton. >> i did. >> your reaction to the bomb shell tonight? >> well, i don't like donald trump as a perp. the division and hostility in this debate, and that being said, i'm an american first. at this point, his success is i wish him success. i think he struck a good note tonight. i hope that he can continue to go with that. i think he needs to recognize we're an absolutely divided country. i would be saying the same thing had hillary clinton won. we need to come together as a country. what we saw tonight is that we are two americas. we are a white america. we are educated america. we are non-educated america. we have to bridge that gap, unite the country, and move forward. what he does from now on will be a very important precedent on setting tone. also, yes, he will have a republican ho

suburban women turned out for donald trump. in michigan he's winning them by ten points over clinton. in wisconsin, trump is winning suburban white women by seven points. in pennsylvania trump is winning suburban white women by two points. in ohio he is winning by ten points. he has managed to keep suburban women in his column in those helps drive him in florida. so that is part of his coalition tonight. >> when you say that, it's a very big surprise considering donald trump's track roar that many people felt that he was insensitive and inappropriate. >> republicans dominate in the suburbs so that part makes sense. witbut bob schieffer some people are sprezzed he is doing so well among women. >> that would be the big surprise of the night if this proves to be the difference if this was sn people thought it would go just the other way. we were very close here and we need to emphasize here, this could still go either way. but donald trump is now by my count 42 votes away from having the 270 he needs. >> and you can see that on the

what do you want to see donald trump do first? ing i would like to see him do is pick a great cab net. he has a big job there. >> dave ogle says the same thing. trump needs to surround himself with the right people. >> i want to see the cabinet. i think he will be a ceo and sit there and let the cabinet do all the work. that's what i think. and then i want to see who they are going to pick for the supreme court. >> reporter: filling the supreme court is also near the top of many wish lists. but it isn't long before we're back to the wall. >> one of the first priorities i would say, secure or borders. i want this to be a country again. >> build a wall? >> build a wall, yes? but that is -- that's -- to me, that's a rhetorical term. building a wall doesn't mean brick and mortar, okay. >> you hear that a lot. the wall trump has spoken so much about to many trump voters is not really a wall at all. the wall. what is that? build it, don't build it, it's a real wall, it's not a real wall? >> i don't know whether a actual physical wall is

>> i think donald trump helps. i think donald trump helps. you know, i think we will find out on wednesday. you know -- >> marco rubio is not embracing donald trump even at this point. he's not. he's keeping his distance from donald trump. wise choice or not? >> i don't think it's a wise trump but he's going to be just fine. i think donald trump helps marco rubio. >> does hillary clinton help patrick murphy? does president barack obama help patrick murphy? >> well, i think president barack obama is a superstar and first lady michelle obama is a superstar and i believe hillary clinton is going to do well in florida and hillsborough county which this is where you pick president. and some of the lift is going to help patrick murphy. if he gets across the finish line, it's a tough line to cross, it will be because of those surrogates. >> and i-4 corridor in another segment. when we come back, are some voters casting more than one ballot? are some voting where they legally cannot vote? there are always questions like this, suspicion, voter fraud?

>> i saw a tweet from donald trump jr. two hours ago, and it was so intens just inherited his father's company, and now he and eric trump run this with ivanka. is there a law donald trump can't have hand in his business? he plays by his own rules. he did that with his campaign. there's a rule, and it's not a law, but it's for transparency. the press traveled with the candidate. they all do it. want plop over. he said, forget that, you take the small plane, and many times he started events without us being there, and so it's a small thing, but it shows he plays by his own rules. you don't know what he'll do with his business. >> look at the tax returns, issue of the tax returns, first president-elect if this happens, to not release tax returns in many decades. i think the message that, of millions of americans tonight said it's not the kind that you all believe it is in the media and establishment. it is a question asked in the debates, a question when we asked sitting down with donald trump. he said he will when the audit i

i think there are two donald trumps. - [as trump] yeah.'s no problem with either of them's penis. [laughter] so even trump says that there are two trumps, but the question is what does the other trump say? - i don't think there are two donald trumps. i think there's one donald trump. [laughter] [cheers and applause] - you know, we laugh, but it's still more likely that there's only one donald trump who's just a cynical, manipulating man, you know, manipulating his followers and his enemies and the media without any concern for what he's doing to the country. that's possible. that's probably the truth. but i do hope--i do hope that there are two donald trumps because that way he could go [bleep] himself. [dramatic music] this artoo unit must be delivered to the rebellion. he could go [bleep] himself. come on artoo! ♪ artoo! welcome to the rebellion. ♪ this is for you. duracell and children's miracle network hospitals are powering imaginations everywhere. your current gel antiperspirant wet ais.sticky now, we're going to show you how degree

today he confirmed to nbc news that he will not be in donald trump's comment. he said, i want to focus on strategic planning for the emerging republican majority from local government through the executive branch. translation? newt gingrich will be watching the trump administration from a fox news studio between adventures on the paid lecture circumstance. newt gingrich was reprimanded while he was speaker of the house in 1997, the first speaker of the house to be punished by the house for an ethics violation. newt gingrich taught a course at reinhart college in wleska georgia while he was a member of congress and accepted campaign contributions on the condition that he would teach certain ideas, favored by the industry group that made that contribution. a republican-controlled house of representatives voted overwhelming to reprimand their own republican speaker. the vote was 395-28 to reprimand newt gingrich and fine him $300,000. newt gingrich's marital life has been a repeated cycle of marriage, affairs, divorce, marriage again, then another affair, then anot

katy, lets start with you, donald trump, what is taking place for his day and the days ahead as he's just being president elect trump? >> well, he's in trump tower right now. he's awaiting to find out the results. he's starting the planning for transition in earnest. did not want to get in the planning himself because he was superstitious. he did not want to believe he was going to win until he saw an actual win. that left thomas and a thunumbef the staff to search the number behind the scenes for him. rudy giuliani , and newt gingrich as secretary of state and a number of other names that's being thrown out right now and the list is starting to come into shape. >> you reported that. there were push back. >> there was push back. they did not want to confirm it. i have spoken to more sources today who reiterated of new names which we'll be able to report soon enough. and, basically, donald trump was getting involved for the first time. he's going to potentially change his mind on things. none of these names are set in stones by in means. donald trump values loyalty above all else. who

mitt romney is having a dinner with donald trump. s infighting on trump's top adviser over him, that's kellyanne conway. look at this. >> governor romney in the last four years, has he been around the globe doing something on behalf of the united states of which we're unaware? did he go and intervene in syria, where they're having a massive humanitarian crisis. meaning when i say intervene, like offer to the help? has he been helpful to mr. netanyahu? in other words, what -- i'm all for party unity, i'm not sure we have to pay for that with the secretary of state position. i'm just saying there were -- we don't even know if mitt romney voted for donald trump. he put ed macmullan up in utah. i think there are concerns that those of us who are loyal have, and you want somebody -- you want a secretary of state who's loyal to the president and the president's vision of the world. >> there were a lot of people who criticized donald trump and have shown up at trump tower, being considered for roles in the administration. why would she criti

i don't like donald trump. but i'm going to hold my nose because hillary clinton is just so corrupt. the problem for trump is that he was only at about 79% of republican voters two weeks ago. and he needs to be at like 94 or 95% of republican voters if he is going to be competitive. mitt romney had 93% of republican voters and still lost the election. i don't think donald trump can close that gap. particularly among republican women. we've seen in poll after poll after poll where he is underperforming with republicans. it's largely among republican women. and it may just be that republican women are the ones that prevent donald trump from enteng the white house. >> yeah, that seems to be what we're picking up and certainly there was evidence of that in the florida survey. i just want to take a quick look at the quinnipiac swing state polls out today. they give florida to hillary clinton at this stage by a point. north carolina to hillary clinton by three. donald trump gets ohio by five. pennsylvania, hillary cli

donald trump can't win pennsylvania without them. and they have gravitated to hillary clinton. >> how does melania trump help him win that group? >> i think she should have been out in front all along. i think a lot of the women are going to hillary just because she is a female and she's a horrible example of what a female should be. >> no question supporters here have a real affection for melania. >> can you awe a woman relate to her? >> without a doubt. that is why i'm here. she is like, i cannot wait to see her and see first of all what she's wearing. >> i like her a lot and think she's quite a lady. she's an asset. >> reporter: this woman still isn't sold on donald trump. she came to see melania speak hoping to be convinced. >> what do you need to hear to vote trump sh. >> i guess i want to hear something that makes me feel positive about putting trump into the white house. >> what would that be? >> to be honest, i'm open to anything. i'm just not sure. >> if melania trump can win over some women she could be the closer her husban

and donald trump. off to the state of illinois, illinois has just been called as well. the fox news decision team projects illinois goes to hillary clinton. the state of illinois and its electoral votes to her. moving on to the state of new jersey, new jersey has just been called as well. a reliably blue state, though for a while a republican governor who few may know, it's 14 electoral votes in the state of new jersey. will now go to hillary clinton. hillary clinton the call for the state massachusetts, as solid blue as they come, hillary clinton now projected to win by the fox news decision team in the state of massachusetts. then there's maryland, maryland which is solid democrat as well, and maryland already able to call, just moments after the polls have closed. the state of maryland and its ten electoral votes go to hillary clinton. the state of connecticut at this moment too close to call. connecticut also reliably democratic. connecticut, but in delaware which is also reliably democratic, only

donald trump will carry that state with five electoral votes. ump gets another state, west virginia. we have a key race alert right now. too early to call in north carolina. and ohio, too early to call in ohio right now. 18 electoral voles in ohio. we're not able to make projections. polls are closed in both states. cannot make projections yet. let's take a look at the electoral college map count. donald trump has a lead. 24 electoral votes right now compared to 3. three for hillary clinton. you need 270 to win the white house. the blue state, that is vermont. that is the state hillary clinton has been projected. red states those for donald trump. the yellow states too early to call. no projections in those state, at least not yet. jake, west virginia not a surprise but we're waiting for ohio and north carolina. >> and florida for a second. the only reason i bring this supervisor because alex conan a senior strategist for marco rubio who's running for reelection there, pointed out just a few minutes ago that marco rubio was outperforming donald t

>> that's up to donald trump. but i think a position that mr. trump would trust him in, working for the american people, he is america's mayor. he served new york city well. i think he would serve the country really well, no matter where donald trump puts him. >> donald trump took to twitter this morning, issuing a series of tweets saying there was no infighting within the transition team. he blamed the "new york times" for bad reporting. do you believe the president-elect of the united states should be tweeting his reactions to these kinds of reports, reports that he doesn't agree with, or should the president-elect let others, some of his aides, do that kind of tweeting? >> you know, wolf, i -- i don't think that it's very presidential to be up at night tweeting out. but i think donald trump, if he -- if he really restructures how he uses twitter, it can be beneficial for him. if he wants to go over the media, if he wants to go over wolf blitzer and talk directly to the people you talk to, he can do that by way of twitter and push back on stori

donald trump is elected president of the united states. trump winning critical states like ohio, florida, and north carolina. >> all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation, i say, it is time for us to come it's time. >> at clinton's gathering tonight in new york city, stunned disbelief. the candidate herself not appearing in public. she is, though, expected to speak later on today. >> trump will take office with one very important asset, his fellow republicans contain control of both houses of >> in one of the most shocking u.s. elections in modern political history, donald trump overcame all the odds and defeated hillary clinton. as the 45th president-elect, trump promised unity after a dark, tumultuous race for the white house. >> we must reclaim our destiny and dream big and bold and daring. we have to do that. we're going to dream of things for our country, and beautiful things, and successful things once again. i want to tell the world community that while we'll always put america's interests first, we'll deal fa

on the republican side, florida is donald trump's response. a massive win for him and 29 electoral college votes. for all the talk of the florida minorities getting together, they didn't. trump took the state. at this point you start to look like he is within range of the white house. 222 electoral college votes. the line at the top of the monument is 270. that is the finishing line. that watch what happened next. some districts coming in the state of maine. some obvious ones are for trump, then some surprises. ous ones are for trump, then some surprises. some obvious ones are for trump, then some surprises. older, white , trump, then some surprises. older, white, male voters in particular are being super motivated by the trump campaign. pennsylvania goes red. watch the columns as the numbers go [mer watch the columns as the numbers go up. now he is within touching distance of the white house. the whole conversation changes. hillary clinton is somewhere back stage at error victory rally and everyone is waiting to hear from trump and waiting to

the three big states that donald trump must have. ida, ohio and north carolina, all up for grabs. and if we wins them, and he could, it's going to be a very long night. trump supporter matt sclapp is with us, chairman of the american conservative union, former political director for george w. bush and has been watching this thing closely. democrats thought they had florida. as it turns out, republicans vote on election day and they're making it up. >> that's exactly right. there's all this talk about the early vote and everything that happens with it. the fact is, until all the ingredients are in the bowl, you don't know how it will turn out. it's very positive for trump. i'm cautiously optimistic about trump. >> very positive for trump. the one downside would probably be broward county. though broward county has an older population that's lived there for a long time. there's also the population west of interstate 95. the affluent counties vote and vote republican and they normally vote day of. your hispanics and older population will

and donald trump is very much in range. the easiest way to look at this is take the number of states that mitt romney won in 2012. he got 206 electoral college votes. trump has surpassed mitt romney's performance at 216. it looks as though he's in good shape to protect all of the red romney states. then he has to come up with another 54 votes. pennsylvania, wisconsin, minnesota all very much enough to make that difference. when trump decided to cancel an event in wisconsin in order to campaign in minnesota, a lot of republicans thought he might have been making a big gamble it appears with michigan and pennsylvania, wisconsin, all still bringing in votes. some of them getting close to the vote in, trump could pull this off if e he picks off michigan. protecting north carolina was very important. but to have notched ohio and florida and the rest of the romney map still looking like it could remain intact, trump could pull this thing off. it's going to be a late night and it's going to be very close. >> thank you. let's g the

in pennsylvania donald trump maintains his lead. st 59,000-vote lead over hillary clinton with 97% of the vote in. trump still ahead in pennsylvania. 20 electoral votes right there. impressive leads in all of those states. let's move on to new hampshire right now. 87% of the vote in. hillary clinton has expanded her lead. she is now up by 3,500 votes over donald trump. once again, four electoral votes in the state of new hampshire. hillary clinton does have the lead also in the state of maine. she's up by 17,000 votes over donald trump. 84% of the vote is in. four electoral votes in maine. in minnesota hillary clinton has the lead there. 66,000-vote lead over donald trump. 85% of the vote is in in the state of minnesota where there's 10 electoral votes. and in alaska the donald trump is building up a lead with 28% of the vote in. 13,500 vote lead over hillary clinton. three electoral votes at stake in alaska. let's take a look at the electoral college map right now. where it stands. donald trump is ahead. he has 244 electoral votes t

donald trump has 254. michigan to 254 and you have 270 ask you're the president of the united states. michigan is too close to call. we're live in michigan, next. you bought a wig, a jersey, and overpriced nachos... don't let sinus symptoms bring you down now. get fast sinus relief with vicks sinex and get back in the game. sinex, the congestion, pressure, pain to clear your head, medicine. >>> michigan leans democratic. michigan has been a blue state for quite some time. president obama won michigan in 2012 with 54.21% of the vote. he beat mitt romney by 10 votes. it leans democratic. it has long leaned democratic. tonight it is a toss up. should donald trump win michigan's 16 electoral votes, his name is then mr. president. matt finn is live in detroit at a hillary clinton watch party. the mood there, how would you describe it? >> right now, it's tepid. perhaps a bit deflated. there are people seated. not a lot of conversation going on. just a few hours ago when this party began, it was much more energy