in palm beach and neighboring west palm beach just across the water from mar-a-lago.a steady stream of limousines ferrying prominent republicans. world leaders and others around the area. >> we've seen the president of argentina was in the city. >> we've seen you know, nato dignitaries. we've seen fortune 500 ceos. >> bernardo neto is the general manager at the ben hotel, which sits just about two miles from mar-a-lago. these days, it's a popular spot for media dignitaries and anyone hoping to get access to trump or a job with the new administration. i think having any president elect two miles away but absolutely since the election, we've seen a big uptake of reservations, but we've seen an increase at least 15%. >> the airports are filled, the hotels are filled, the restaurants impossible to get a reservation. it's a very exciting time. >> exciting for some but stressful too. security around palm beach is tighter than ever, especially along what's known as billionaires row. that's the area of south ocean boulevard where mar-a-lago is located. it's now closed to traf

out lots of sales in palm beach how would you assess the market today.me. i mean our market has been very strong, i think postelection there is a trump bump, you know leading up to any elections, sometimes there is a bit of a pause or people want clarity to understand, what is happening, but now with election clarity trump in office we've seen you know, in even the last week, since the election, we've seen a hundred million properties go pending put another 25 million pending yesterday. so market has been strong, and specifically last week strong. maria: you say trump mar-a-lago property between one billion and 1.5 billion dollars could getch up to two million dollars with religious of deed restrictions, trump bought that property for about 10 million dollars in 1985, put millions into renovations, you list this had in the past also listed a property across the veto for rent i want you to tell us more about trump's florida listings, mark tepper talking about this in commercial comraek this was the question for an defect on president trump by letitia jame

adjacent lake in west palm beach, florida. robert kovacik raj, let's go back to you, robert. thank you. alligators, as part of what we go through here, of course, as long as it's just alligators. so we will have coverage damian trujillo with the harris campaign. robert kovacik with the trump campaign tomorrow. larry gerston is here with us. so much of this is just kind of what to expect. it's kind of exciting. it's kind of anxious for a lot of people. we know the election is tomorrow. that's all we know. we don't quite know when things will be official, who our next president will be, manage our expectations. what are the range of possibilities here? well, we'll know something as early as tomorrow night. we'll know something. georgia, north carolina closed early at 7:00. those are both. swing states. and that's eastern time. that's 4:00. 4:00. here, there. there. there, there. swing states. so that's important because we know those are the delicate ones. and that'll tell us a lot about pennsylvania closes right after. but the

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beach and palm beach. the that's where trump has been celebrating this, this huge victory that he has won, and that is thinking in so many people around the country and you're right, it is a pretty significant victory. the pulse was suggesting this was going to be very, very tight. but it turns out that trump looks like sweeping all of those wing states are 7 states that have been looked at very closely behind about one or 2 of them in the report that and also for the 1st time was wondering 3 of these presidential elections for the 1st time he's over 50 percent of the vote and the current tally of the popular vote. he said almost 51 percent of divide. that is, um, that is significantly more almost 4 percentage points higher than he was in either of these previous runs at the presidency either in 2016 or 2020. so clearly something quite substantial going on with donald trump in him managing to drop more support and to consolidate more of the american public behind him. and a significant part of that is that

in palm beach and neighboring west palm beach, just across the water from mar-a-lago, there has been a steady stream of limousines ferrying prominent republicans, world leaders and others around the area. >> we've seen the president of argentina was in the city. we've seen you know, nato dignitaries. we've seen fortune 500 ceos. >> bernardo neto is the general manager at the ben hotel, which sits just about two miles from mar-a-lago. these days, it's a popular spot for media, dignitaries and anyone hoping to get access to trump or a job with the new administration. >> i think having any president elect two miles away but absolutely, since the election, we've seen a big uptake of reservations, but we've seen an increase at least 15%. >> the airports are filled, the hotels are filled. the restaurants impossible to get a reservation. it's a very exciting time. >> exciting for some. but stressful too. security around palm beach is tighter than ever especially along what's known as billionaires row. that's the area of south ocean boulevard where mar-a-lago is located. it's now closed to t

in palm beach and neighboring west palm beach, just across the water from mar-a-lago, there has beenmousines ferrying prominent republicans, world leaders and others around the area. >> we've seen the president of argentina was in the city. >> we've seen you know, nato dignitaries we've seen fortune 500 ceos. >> bernardo neto is the general manager at the ben hotel, which sits just about two miles from mar-a-lago. these days, it's a popular spot for media, dignitaries and anyone hoping to get access to trump or a job with the new administration. >> i think having any president elect two miles away but absolutely the since the election, we've seen a big uptake of reservations, but we've seen an increase at least 15%. >> the airports are filled, the hotels are filled, the restaurants impossible to get a reservation. >> it's a very exciting time. >> exciting for some, but stressful too. security around palm beach is tighter than ever, especially along what's known as billionaires row. that's the area of south ocean boulevard where mar-a-lago is located. it's now closed to traffic, which

in palm beach and neighboring west palm beach, just across the water from mar-a-lago. there has been a steady stream of limousines ferrying prominent republicans world leaders and others around the area. >> we've seen the president of argentina was in the city. we've seen, you know, nato dignitaries. >> we've seen fortune 500 ceos. >> bernardo neto is the general manager at the ben hotel, which sits just about two miles from mar-a-lago. these days, it's a popular spot for media, dignitaries and anyone hoping to get access to trump or a job with the new administration. >> i think having any president elect two miles away but absolutely, since the election, we've seen a big uptake of reservations, but we've seen an increase at least 15%. >> the airports are filled, the hotels are filled, the restaurants impossible to get a reservation. >> it's a very exciting time. exciting for some but stressful too. security around palm beach is tighter than ever, especially along what's known as billionaires row. that's the area of south ocean boulevard where mar-a-lago is located. it

, the palm trees, the people.e looking forward to the people the most. >> and the people are excited to see them, especially the staff of the westin golf resort and spa in rancho mirage. >> with all the incredible locations that the team scouted, that they chose our beautiful westin rancho mirage resort just has our whole team stoked and ready to go.e team stoked and >> we can't wait to kelly and mark get on on site. they'll be enjoying this site right here from the beautiful 18th fairway of the pete dye. we'll have 2500 chairs out there for the guests that are going, and we can't wait to their arrival. >> we really thrive on tourism and hospitality, and so this will bring a lot of attention and a national audience to our destination, and we're beyond thrilled about it. >> kelly and mark are happy to shine the national spotlight on the palm springs area. >> the best shopping in palm springs is in the downtown palm springs area. that place that you like so much? >> the card place. >> oh. >> just fabulous. fabulous.

he is palm springs' greatest achiever. >> reporter: but as albert frey was becoming the father of palm many buildings, including city hall and this gas station, which is now a welcome center, back in new york state, his first big project, iluminare house had fallen into disrepair and eventually into the hands of francis and her partner, michael schwarting in 1987. >> it's amazingly designed by albert frey, which we discovered partly in the process of taking it apart and put:00 it back together. >> reporter: they used it as a learning tool for architecture students. but by 2012, it was homeless again. disassembled, packed into a trailer, and put in storage. a constant worry for campani, wherever she happened to be. >> it was february, and the ice was on the plane, and they de-iced it three times. and i thought we're going to be killed. and no one is going to pay the bill for the storage, and the people at the storage yard are going to say what's this pile of aluminum. and they're just going to throw it away. >> reporter: thankfully, that didn't happen. what did, though, was the seed of

to palm springs.ns out kelly and mark have an endless list of reasons to be excited about this working vacation. here's reporter george pennacchio with our sister station in los angeles. >> the vistas, the warmth, the not being cold. the fire all the time. >> the palm springs fire starting monday. >> kelly ripa and mark consuelos will call the california desert home. the daytime duo will be recording four episodes of live with kelly and mark in greater palm springs. between shows, they will make time to enjoy their visit. >> we love a morning walk for sure. >> i go out and i marvel at all the fruit trees on everybody's lawns. that's my favorite thing. >> their list of reasons to escape to palm springs goes on and on. >> the weather, the palm trees. >> the people. the people. we are looking forward to the people the most. >> and the people are excited to see them, especially the staff of the westin golf resort and spa in rancho mirage. >> with all the incredible locations that the team scouted, that th

these chief international edits are richard walker is in florida in palm beach. in fact, where donald trump will hold his election night party. i asked him earlier if either candidate had more momentum entering election day yet. so is steven, i'm just gonna explain a little bit 1st of all where we uh so yeah, we're in see in palm beach and we've come to a flag waving. and this, you can see everybody's got their flags out. this is with a local republican party group and this town has come down to this intersection to show that support for donald trump. and you couldn't hear the whole thing of a pothole into the background. they've definitely been getting a lot of support from a lot of the coast, driving costs here. one car even sucking around twice to keep hooking is one further. so a lot of enthusiasm on this very street corner for donald trump. and if you look back this way, 5 minutes drive, just stand. there is mar logo. that is donald trump's famous club, where he will be holding his own celebration tomorrow. what, what he hopes will be a celebration on electi

springs area. >> the best shopping in palm springs is in the downtown palm springs area. place. >> oh. >> just fabulous. fabulous. the best card or books or a gift? o, it's a great shop. >> phylum. >> phylum? >> yes. phylum. best design store. >> episodes of live with kelly and mark from palm springs air beginning monday. kelly and mark can't wait to get there. >> oh my gosh. oh, i can just get me there right now. >> george pennacchio for abc seven news. >> all right, let's get you outside. good morning. lisa. >> hey, stephanie, good morning to you. we are dry. and not only that, it's cold again in our inland valleys. how about mid 30s up towards petaluma? santa rosa. cloud cover will be with us today, but still looking at some sun and mild afternoon readings. but each and every day adding to some cloud cover. eventually we'll be adding up the rain totals on monday. i'll have all the details in just a few minutes. >> all right, lisa, thank you. also next a salute to klay thompson. the former warrior returns to chase center next week. and we have a look at the fan giveaway

beach and neighboring west palm beach. just across the water from mar-a-lago. there has been a steady stream of limousines ferrying prominent republicans world leaders and others around the area. >> we've seen the president of argentina was in the city. we've seen you know, nato dignitaries. we've seen fortune 500 ceos. >> bernardo netto is the general manager at the ben hotel, which sits just about two miles from mar-a-lago. these days, it's a popular spot for media, dignitaries and anyone hoping to get access to trump or a job with the new administration. >> i think having any president elect two miles away but absolutely, since the election, we've seen a big uptake of reservations, but we've seen an increase at least 15%. >> the airports are filled, the hotels are filled, the restaurants impossible to get a reservation. it's a very exciting time. >> very exciting for some but stressful too. security around palm beach is tighter than ever, especially along what's known as billionaires row. that's the area of south ocean

you're looking at a live picture of trump's watch party in west palm beach.here's a podium in front of a row of american flags there in the center of your screen. a room full of dozens, hundreds of supporters. there gathered waiting to hear him speak. any minute now, san francisco voters right now deciding on whether or not to reelect mayor london breed for a second term. >> let's give you a look at the latest results. remember, this is ranked choice voting in san francisco. so nothing final here. just a look at who's on top at this hour. daniel lurie with 29% of the vote, followed by the mayor herself london breed with 25% of the vote. aaron peskin, a supervisor in san francisco with 21%. mark farrell, the former interim mayor and former supervisor with 18% of the vote, followed by supervisor asha safai. ktvu is amber lee live tonight at the london breed watch party south of market. amber, the mayor right now sitting in second place as she must be happy with her return. so far. >> she she remains upbeat. like you said, we're at victory hall in the south of m

let's get right to elena in west palm beach. tell us about trump's latest pick, lee zeldin. >> reporter: yeah, lee zeldin has remained close to donald trump over the years. particularly throughout the election. he's been at mar-a- lago a lot in the lead up to last week's election. and has advised and helped donald trump with his campaign and now, he is being rewarded. that is a common theme you're seeing through all of these latest picks that donald trump has announced. which was loyalty. all of these different people from zeldin, miller, wiles, homan, stefanik, have been there by donald trump. a big difference, those who were with him since after he departed the white house had tried to distance themselves from the former president versus those who kind of are coming into the fold now and jockeying for these roles. now, zeldin, he was a former congressman. he also ran in 2022 for the new york governor's race. he actually came surprisingly close for a republican in new york against kathy hochul, but lost that election and now he

donald trump voting with former first lady melania trump, visiting his campaign headquarters in west palm beach, reporters asking if he has any regrets about the race he's run, and what the former president said about that. mary bruce, rachel scott, and rick klein at the big board. they're all here tonight. >>> seven critical battleground states at the center of the election, perhaps none more crucial than pennsylvania, the state considered a must-win state for kamala harris and donald trump. supporters on both sides tonight calling this the most important election of their lifetime. >>> the georgia battleground, president biden winning that state by just 11,000 votes just four years ago. tonight the fake bomb threat sent to poll workers coming from russian email accounts. tonight the state insisting voting has not been interrupted. and how soon we could know as a country the results from georgia and the other battlegrounds. steve osunsami in georgia. rick at the big board. he'll take us right through the times of the night. >>> nearly 86 million americans voting early this year. what we'

. >> i'm kaitlan collins live from west palm beach where we got a burst of breaking news as president- elect donald trump has announced picks for cabinet positions including television host pete hegseth as next secretary of defense. he served overseas in iraq and afghanistan and earned two bronze stars. though some of my sources are noting tonight when asked about this pick right off the bat he has no prior government experience. he's now been chosen to head one of the most sprawling and critical positions in the federal government. hegseth is someone you may remember as an outspoken voice who was eventually noticed by trump according to my sources years ago when he was on fox news. >> we're not going to let the left come over, control and destroy our country. >> these charges were crafted to completely disable trump. >> that's exactly why all of the indictments are happening now. make trump look like a criminal, then next year in 2024 trap the leading republican in court. >> when i was reporting for "fox & friends" yesterday morning on the ground i said a couple of times, you know, t

beyond that, things are kind of as usual here in west palm beach, west palm beach. >> all right. doug lusader reporting for us live there where things are going to be picking up the president. i expect to be voting at some point right now. doug, thank you so much. and coming up at 9:00, we'll get back to washington, dc to check in with our reporter covering the harris campaign. that's happening right now. just outside of howard university, the vice president's alma mater. she will be going there tonight after a dinner. reporter she's going to have a dinner with some folks before she heads over to howard university. we'll have an update on that. all right. polls are now open in california. it's your final chance to get your vote counted for this election cycle. >> you have until 8:00 tonight. ktvu james torres live in south san jose. you're talking to voters who i'm guessing made a point of voting before heading off to work and school and all that. right? >> that's exactly right. garcia and andre. good morning to you hear a lot of voters i spoke to here say that that's exactly why

>> reporter: it has been a busy two hours or so here in palm beach. i expect that we could get more announcements, potentially as soon as tonight or tomorrow, as donald trump is making these choices. he has been taking about for some time, certainly at least steffanik as the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. her example is one of those that he can today she has accepted that position. but we know, he wants his administration to start working on day one, once you take that oath of office. we are seeing those return to the west wing in two very significant roles, for those watching to see what that will look like. obviously, stephen miller, someone who was a policy advisor to donald trump in his first term, often doing a lot of speechwriting for him. he has been with him essentially ever since then. wild voice on fox news arguing for his strict immigration policies, and also, i should note, wolf was a part of drafting that muslim majority been met and acted in the first days of the early trump term and the family separation policy, something even m

dw as chief international editor, richard walker is in palm beach, florida. we are, donald trump, will hold his election night party. i asked him earlier of either candidate had more momentum going into election day. yes, so this is stephen. i'm just going to explain a little bit 1st of all, where we uh so yeah, we're in see in palm beach and we've come to a flag waving in this, you can see everybody's got their flags out. this is where the local republican party group in this town has come down to this intersection, to show that support for donald trump. and you couldn't hear the whole thing of a tahoe into in the background. they've definitely been getting a lot of support from a lot of the cost driving costs here. um one kind of even sucking around twice to keep talking is one further. so low to use as him, on this very street corner for donald trump. and if you look back this way, um 5 minutes drive this down, there is mar logo, that is donor becomes famous club where he will be holding his own um, celebration uh tomorrow what, what the hopes will be a ce

so yeah, we're in state, in palm beach and we've come to a flag waving in this. you can see everybody's got their flags out. this is where the local republican party group in this town has come down to this intersection, to show that support for donald trump. and you couldn't hear the whole king of, of tahoe into in the background. they've definitely green getting a lot of support from a lot of the cost driving costs here. um one car even suckling around twice to keep hooking is one further. so a lot of enthusiasm on this very street corner for donald trump. and if you look back this way, um 5 minutes drive just down there is mar logo, that is donor becomes famous club where he will be holding his own um, celebration tomorrow. what, what he hopes will be a celebration on election night. so talking to the people here, these trump support, this is jose say the mentioned may sound from the side. sent you a receipt. and the last couple of weeks that the, the polls have been narrow language. trump catching up on a national level with comma harrison overtaking hiring s

now his home in palm beach, florida. that's live visuals. are you seeing the from palm beach? this is where the trump campaign has been holding its election watch faulty, as both accounts continue to come in from across the country. and trump has already won 2 of the coastal swing states of georgia and north carolina. u. s. broadcast, as are also saying now that from pres one, the state of pennsylvania. right? but we're still waiting on confirmation from ac before we call it. richard walker, chief, it's less than editor, is at the trump watch spots. let's go across to or richard. you can don't see us yet, but we can hear you. we can hear the excitement behind you. does that. we're going to try and get to richard. i've been told that we are going to be able to decide this is the way that you all reject the we all we can finally see you a side front at the front porch. bossy. is that a fair way to describe it? i've been here on um yeah, so this is basically, this is turned into a huge celebration to face event. so we're in little havana in miami to close the main city in florida

let's check in now where the former president's watch party is also underway in west palm beach, florida. that's where we find kron four's washington correspondent reshad hudson. >> with the very latest from mar-a-lago were shot. >> hey, good evening to supporters of former president trump are starting to pack the room here at the west palm beach convention center. many of the supporters are coming from all over the country and they're excited to be here to watch these results come in. now, as for former president trump, he is at home at mar-a-lago with his family and top campaign advisors. they're crunching the numbers. they're watching these numbers in results come now. some of this top advisors are taking to social media and posting encouraging people that are in line to stay in line. they're also encouraging people that they're going to have a big victory. now, of course, that's left up to the voters, not just a social media posts more people are making their way into this room as i speak. now, those that are making their way into the there's a table set up outside where they can pic

you and donald trump are literally neighbors, from the same road in palm beach.e voted. >> i tried to get there before he got there. couldn't get a parking space. my wife got a drivers license, she waited for me and it is great. liz: if that scenario were to play out, do you think a split government would be negative for what you've seen in the stock market? >> we have a split government now and it is working fine. watching the democrats and kamala harris apologizing in some way for being on the defensive mode. we had the worst pandemic in a century. nobody knows how to treat a pandemic. we overheated the economy, too much fiscal and monetary stimulus. the result, an insane amount of inflation. they landed the ship. inflation is down 203%, unemployment, we almost have full employment and i think the economy is doing great. prices have gone too high and we have to get those down. the policies we have had are working great. liz: you feel joe biden and company have created the atmosphere. and inflation spiked in 22. it stands at 4%. inflation is very high in many ba

he joins us out from palm beach. where'd donald trump will hold his election night party? richard tomorrow is the last day of voting does either these candidates seem to have more momentum as we enter election day yet. so stephen, i'm just gonna explain a little bit 1st of all, where we uh so yeah, we're in the, in palm beach and we've come to a flag waving. and it's, you can see everybody's got their flags out. this is where the local republican party group in this town have come down to this intersection to show that support for donald trump and you couldn't hear the home king of, of tal, hold on to in the background. they've definitely green, getting a lot of support from a lot of the coast, driving costs here. one car even sucking around twice to keep hooking is one further. so a lot of enthusiasm on this very street corner for donald trump. and if you look back this way, um 5 minutes drive this down, there is mar logo, that is donor thomas famous club, where he will be holding his own um, celebration tomorrow. what, what he hopes will be a celebration on election nigh

i am in palm beach were trump has picked two house republicans to serve in the administration.ld that complicate the math for republicans? >> first off let's say that trump in fact did not put anybody in his cabinet and we know he will. right now the gop may have a record small house majority. 222 is tied for the lowest ever since there was 50 states in the union. if it dropped to 221 it will be lowest on record. you mentioned of course he may be selecting two folks from congress, let's take a look, a lease and waltz from florida. for national security advisor and un ambassador, that could end up with the majority at 220 or 219, what a small margin for error. >> yes a small margin for error means basically none. thank you as always for breaking down the math with us. >> thank you and enjoy the weather. >>> my capitol hill sources a new york republican that just took reelection in a competitive district. congressman mike joins us now. given what you just heard from harry, republicans are poised right now to have a trifecta of control in washington. are you worried about the marg

we are on the intracoastal bridge that connects west palm beach to palm beach. and what you are looking there behind me is mar-a-lago. significant because unlike eight years ago, when the transition of power for president elect trump was in new york city and bedminster, new jersey, the transition of power begins there at the florida home of president elect donald trump, who vowed that if you voted for him, you were voting to unleash a golden age. now, raj what exactly a golden age is going to look like remains to be seen. we haven't heard or seen from president trump directly in these daylight hours, but some world leaders, including president zelensky of ukraine, say they have spoken with him on the phone. and the trump campaign releasing this statement that reads president donald j. trump and vice president kamala harris spoke by phone earlier today where she congratulated him on his historic victory. president trump acknowledged vice president harris on her strengt, professionalism and tenacity throughout the campaign, and both leaders agree on the importance

we saw some reaction on _ palm of his hand. we saw some reaction on capitol— palm of his hand.ol hill - reaction on capitol hill yesterday when those names began to emerge. some republican lawmakers, their response when they were told, they spoke profanities. do you think we will see a repeat of the indictment days? a lot of hand—wringing hang the scenes but when it came to actual action in public and standing up action in public and standing up to donald trump, it never happened. up to donald trump, it never happened-— up to donald trump, it never ha ened. ., , .,. , ., happened. that is exactly what ou will happened. that is exactly what you will see- — happened. that is exactly what you will see. that _ happened. that is exactly what you will see. that has - happened. that is exactly what you will see. that has been - happened. that is exactly what| you will see. that has been the tale of the type these last nine years. every single republican privately acknowledging what donald trump is an privately saying donald trump needs to be stop. but publicly they bow to him. this wi

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yes, hello from florida, west palm - are the latest ones? of appointments coming from mar—a—lago, nicknamed the winter white house, as donald trump starts making these key appointments. as you were mentioning, one of those is going to be the ambassador to the united nations, an important role in terms of projecting donald trump's thoughts on foreign and security policy, a senior house republican, new york congresswoman and somebody who once upon a time was a trump sceptic but has for many years been a loyal advocate and supporter of donald trump, and there has been all this talk about loyalty potentially being rewarded in the future trump administration. and then as well, tom hoblyn being appointed as this board at sarr —— border tsar role, and homan is somebody who played a role in the previous trump administration, he was known for his views on a zero tolerance approach to immigration policy and the separation of families. he said that families could essentially be deported together, and he is a former border force official and this reflec

throughout the evening and stick with us because coming up at 4.30, we're going to go live to west palm beach, florida for the latest from the trump campaign. meantime, we are getting some election results now from the 6 states where polls have just closed a so let's take a look now at the current results. this is indiana. we it. ok, we went past that super quick there it there we go. indiana. 61% trump harris's 38%. really just a very few numbers that rolling in. but those are the numbers as of this moment. also, we've got some current results for kentucky. let's go ahead and roll that. if we have it there it is. a trump leading 71% to 28% for kamala harris. and let's going take a look at that electoral map. again, the candidates, of course, need 270 a vote to win right now. the way it looks is that trump has 19 to harris's 3 and it is very early in the game. so stick with us. so we're going to be keeping an eye on everything, particularly the 7 swing states, some of which we won't know actually for several days. and let's go ahead and take a look at balance of power for the house. a p

i'm doug luzader in west palm beach, florida.e'll have more on what both trump and harris a doing ghirardelli intense dark. bold... rich... intensely delicious dark chocolate. ghirardelli intense dark. makes life a bite better. the nine. we're looking at the capital of california, sacramento. of course, we have the federal election going on, but there are a lot of state and local issues that are bringing people to the polls. it's interesting because in 2020, i remember thinking, okay, this day in 2020, an election day now starts 2024 campaign. it's been four years and here we are on election day. >> i think a lot of us joke that we've worn out the word unprecedented. you know, you were talking about the 2000 election with the hanging chad and, you know, that was decided in december of, you know, after the election. so let's hope we're not at it until december. i know most analysts, we don't have it in us. we're not that young anymore. i think most experts are saying, if not by tonight, maybe by this weekend. >> so one of our inte

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the former president voting in palm beach. >> reporter: right.here. it was our colleague inside that gymnasium right now who asked donald trump the very specific question that we will be talking about here tonight when the results and when the polls close, results start coming in. that was whether donald trump sees a world and is willing to acknowledge that he may not be able to declare victory tonight and able to say he has secured 20 electoral college votes. in these remarks just now, he did acknowledge, no, maybe it will be later. asked specifically on whether he is sure he would be able to be able to declare victory tonight, he said, no. this is notable for donald trump and a change from four years ago. he is acknowledging this could take a couple days to count. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you for joining us. we know you will be following the trump campaign closely as the night goes into tomorrow morning when we will return. that's going to wrap up our special coverage. i'm ana cabrera, i'm jose diaz-balart. andrea mitchell, chris jansing and k

i'll just eat a palm beach, florida. the dozens of european leaders, according for new approach to defense, that's less reliance on washington at a summit in budapest, the host, and on getting pregnant to the to order, bunny said you can't wait for american protection. well then, who has maintained friendly ties with preaching? the said he has big plans for the future with trump awesome whole bar reports from the fest. europe and the us have had come on goes for decades, but that's good. no change friends, presidency amount. well, my con gave the strongest reaction so far from a you being leader to terms victory, saying it was time for you to own it's destiny. so it gets to can was, it was a must have boss goods, an appeal he think it don't. the question for us is all we prepared to defend your opinions, guys? this must be a priority. this is a historic moment for us, your opinions. ukraine was high on the agenda. the european political community was established in 2022 to contain the cushions from the war and prevent an

. >> good evening, i'm caitlin collins, live from palm beach, where the announcements where trump will surround himself with are coming in by the minute. we have confirmed from a source that president elect donald trump is expected to pick marco rubio to be the next secretary of state, meaning he will be representing u.s. interests around the world. of course, as i should note, with trump, nothing is final until its final, it's not clear if an offer has been extended yet, but we do know that rubio is in the running to be donald trump's running mate, he made it clear that he is interested in potentially joining trumped cabinet, if it was for the right role. with this pick, he would become the top clement for the united states, and it shows how far donald trump and marco rubio have come in their own relationship from their former days as primary opponents. >> there is no way we are going to allow a con artist to take over the conservative movement, and donald trump is a con artist, wholly unprepared to be president of the united states. it would be a disaster for america, he would split

sumi: our correspondent in west palm beach, florida. thank you for your reporting.e now live is the republican congressman from florida, great to have you back on bbc news. i want to start with the question -- it looks like we do not have the congressman. let's see if we can work on his connection. we will go back to our correspondent. apologies but thank you for standing by. one more question on the transition. we mentioned a few names in the running right now. what are you seeing on the ground? >> west palm beach, we know mar-a-lago in the past has been somewhat of a winter white house. this is an area where close advisers are huddled. the transition team said in the coming days and weeks donald trump will try to pick the best people to keep america safe and secure. essentially, what we know is campaign aides are saying, even donald trump, jr., is saying the focus will be on people who donald trump finds to be loyalists. we can assume that includes past people in the administration and those who have been on the campaign trail with them. sumi: this time for sure,

he just flies back to palm beach.e is leaving it open should they hit it off. >> ainsley: go ahead. >> lawrence: i'm sorry, ainsley, i was going to comment on what brian was talking about, is he going to meet with the republicans. there was a little scuffle with some of the representatives, especially when it comes to the senate, they got that big vote coming up. and they wants -- there are some senators that say they want the vote after the president elect speaks, because he may or may not do an endorsement. >> brian: really? >> lawrence: they think it's critical. he may set a tone. >> ainsley: rick scott is the maga guy. more aligned with mitch mcconnell. also helped elect a lot of these senators. there is that loyalty factor. this is the secret vote. a lot of people in washington are upset about that. they want transparency. they are not going to get it here. we are not going to know who voted for who. >> steve: right now because the public endorsements, anybody who publicly endorses somebody other than rick scott

>> good afternoon to you i can tell you present like donald trump it's back here in palm beach today. back at mar-a-lago huddling with his transition team after that big 90 had at madison square garden last night where he received a hero's welcome at the big ufc fight. take a listen. it is so loud. ♪ hooks you can hear there he walked into an enormous round of applause he ended up seeing joe rogan they had a lengthy exchange together. you will see they eventually shake hands. they kind of hug. they talked for a little bit. remember joe rogan who endorsed him the day before the election. he interviewed trump his youtube channel is 18 million subscribers you can see trump thanking him right there the first time he'd seen them since the election young jon jones ufc fighter wins his fight he does trumps iconic dance, points at him as a thumbs up and then walks over and gives a president-elect trump's championship belt. you can see trump was having a great time taking a victory lap it was his first time there since a bigger rally he had a few weeks ago. now he is back to work. take a look

john, in terms of that speech that we heard from west palm beach. i mean, i was interested by the tone of that because he was using, i think it will say to you at the beginning. so they prepared it. yeah. it was quite measured compatible compared of course, with some of the things we heard in the final stage of the campaign that lashing out at nancy pelosi some of the language the with is using. do you think other than we've seen sometimes quanch's speech is by donald trump. i do think deliberately a new tone. oh yeah, absolutely. cuz he wants, i mean he was not running for the white house anymore. he was present winter of for the the race. and he wanted to be conciliatory, also wants to think a lot of people in the crowd that helped them. and i think you know, a lot of the same things of what he wants to do while while he's present. but the, i think this tone was much different and you'd expect that in some sort of us speech where he was happy to win. yeah. enjoy. i mean, we know ever thing like that as being said, about donald, we know everything

watch party in west palm beach, florida. good evening shot by side. >> grant, vicki, good evening to you. supporters of former president trump are starting to make their way into the room. the room is in place hacked out just yet, but i'm told it's expected to be as the night goes on. now behind me, they have monitors up. we're live. results are coming in and the crowd is pretty locked in and they're cheering each time. a race is called in the former president's favor. now, we do know as for the former president, he is back at his mar-a-lago estate watching this results come in with his family. we are expected to see him at some point tonight. >> former president donald trump and his running mate, senator jd vance. each cast their ballots in their home states. trump in florida and vance in ohio. i feel very confident. i you know, we went in with a very big lead today. one of the great traditions, of course, the american democracy. >> course, voted for donald trump in myself. >> trump says he believes his messaging on the eco

any minute now we are expecting donald trump to place his vote in palm beach in florida.se are live pictures of the polling station close to his florida home at —— and we will bring you the live pictures when donald trump does show up to cast his ballot. his third ever presidential vote for himself. global investors remain on edge with many unsure which way us economic policy will swing, depending on who wins. kamala harris has pledged to raise corporate taxation from 21% where it stands now up to 28% as part of her plan to make the wealthy pay their fair share. donald trump wants to reduce corporate tax to 15%. it was during his first term that he cut it from 35 to the 21% level it is at now. he also plans to continue the trade war with beijing with tariffs as high as 60% on goods from china. harris says she will stand up for american businesses threatened by unfair trade practices. let's speak to our north american business correspondent who is into —— in new york. these two perspectives on the corporate tax rate are pretty stark divide is between the two candidates.— d

here with me tonight is cnn's kristen holmes in west palm beach. as we're covering all of this coming out here. you know, pete hegseth, those comments were notable tonight because it was really one of the first times we've actually heard from him since he was announced. and since he was facing these, these questions of whether or not he can get confirmed. >> yeah, he's been keeping a really low profile since all of this happened. we know behind the scenes he has had a number of conversations with donald trump, with susie wiles all about the allegations which we had reported. the team was incredibly surprised by because of the fact that pete hegseth had not been vetted. now, donald trump himself has said that he's going to stand by him and not only that, vice president elect jd vance, as you mentioned, is going to the hill with hegseth in tow tomorrow or the next day, the next couple of days with him and matt gaetz to try and get gop senators on board but this was really the first time that we have heard from him at all since this happened. yeah and

as we've been following that here in west palm beach. one of the things that made it clear is he wanted people who carried out their agenda. they're people who are not likely to say no to some of the issues whether it's the head of the security. but obviously stephonic the new ambassador. very much in line with the trump agenda. >> look, any president has the right to put together a team that's going to help and say what needs to be done. the problem with donald trump is his agenda is so extreme, when you're talking about deporting millions and millions of people you're talking about breaking up american families. you're talking about separating families. you're talking about a level of attack against immigrant communities that are horrible and terrible for the economy. you're going to be deporting a lot of low paid workers. if he wants to get people that want to help him that's good. the agenda is extreme. trump wants to break norms, wants to skip over the checks and balances that make for good policymaking and just do stuff. and that c

rajini: thank you for joining us from west palm beach in florida. leaders have congratulated donald trump on his victory. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy said he hoped donald trump's approach could bring peace to his country. benjamin netanyahu praised the win as a new beginning. sumi: that's right. there has been a lot of questions asked about what the victory of donald trump might mean for some of the world's crises including the war in ukraine. we can speak to a former ukraine foreign minister. he is joining us from kyiv. very good to have you with us here on bbc news. what will donald trump's victory mean for your country's war against russia? >> well, first of all, things will have to be done differently with trump than they were with the biden administration. all of the approaches, old approaches are gone, and you have to build a new foreign policy line, the way you interact. it means a change in the way that things will be done. sumi: how will things be done with donald trump? >> donald trump is entrepreneurial in his answers, so it w

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