donald trump has just won. he has now taken the lead. donald trump has 128 electoral votes. hillary clinton has 97 electoral votes. remember, 270 are needed to win the white house. so let's go back over to john king. john, he's taken the lead in the electoral college count, which is significant right now. there's still plenty of other states out there. >> i was just doing some experimenting while you were over there, just trying to do some math. if you look at this map right now, as you look at the map fill in. and i'm sorry for those who have been with us all night, i'm being repetitive, but these are live results feeding in. these are not states we've called in many cases. you see nebraska, new mexico, and missouri. we haven't called those states. they're blue at the moment, very early results. if you look at the map right now, if you're donald trump, you're leading in florida, leading in virginia, we have some votes to be count there had in the d.c. suburbs, but you just pulled ahead in ohio, michigan, and wisconsin, a

around trump tower? >>> now "inside edition" with deborah norville. >> deborah: hello everybody and thank you for joining us. it is the most stunning upset in modern political history, donald trump confounding the the pundits to become the 45th president of the united states. as the billionaire business man

and all of a sudden now donald trump takes lead. almost 30 vothousand over hilla clinton. donald trump now takes a slight lead over hillary clinton. >> i suspect this is going to go pack and forth all night.

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against every piece of data, private data i've been privy to, we better start calling him president trump now because something strange is going on. >> let's listen to elizabeth warren tonight talking about joe hex and donald trump. joe hex is a republican candidate for senate out there. and elizabeth warren is appearing for hillary clinton and for catherine korto masto. >> have i had it. i have had it with the donald trumps and joe hexes of the world. donald trump is now the leader of the republican party. they got to own that one, baby. there is none of them, i'm with him, i'm not, i'm with him, i'm not. no. they got to own this. >> how does the senate race look? >> this is a real toss-up race, lawrence. it has been for a long time. that cnn poll that you mentioned showed heck up by a couple of points. it's within the margin of error, i think both campaigns agree. what i understand is in the early voting with the democrats having a fairly sizable lead in clark county, i don't think heck is getting much separation from trump. his separation is around las vegas. so they expect him to do bette

now. blue for hillary clinton, red for donald trump. as you can see, of the battleground states, there are only four of them that we have been able to estimate because the race is so tight in all of the others. the polls are now closed in all of the 50 states save one, and that is alaska which will be closing very late tonight. >> i think we're going to be here very late tonight. >> we may be waiting for alaska. the popular vote as everyone knows doesn't count for anything. it is the electoral vote that kowndzcounts but it is interesto note that donald trump at this point in the popular vote is ahead by more than two million votes. he has 49% of the popular vote to hillary clinton's 46%. >> let's take a look at the state of new hampshire. new hampshire had al gore one, new hampshire he would have won the presidency. new hampshire is a small number of electoral votes that could be critical tonight. look at this. we're calling this a toss up state 47 to 47%. there is just 67 percent percent of the vote there. >> we need to interrupt becaus

trump will now be briefed on the most highly classified aspects of u.s. intelligence for so-called crowned jewels of top secret spying operations abroad. >>> and the fortress, trump's tower, the home and headquarters has now urn to sbd a skyscraper struggle. ringed by tight security right in the middle of new york city. new restrictions are in place for people, cars, and even aircraft. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news, donald trump may already be willing to compromise on one of the top items of his agenda hit list, obamacare. in an interview with the "wall street journal" trump now says after conferring with president obama, he'd consider leaving in place certain parts of the health care law. the president-elect is now suggesting the law could be amended, rather than just repealed and replaced. trump has just reshuffled his transition team at the same time with vice president-electric mike pence taking over the leadership from chris christie. trump's children have joined the staff of advisors,

president-elect trump now has the trump tower. >>> stay tuned for this special guest, rnc chairman reinc now. >>> it's thursday. meet the new boss. not at all the same as the old one. tonight, meet the trumps. the obamas host the next first family as the 2017 transition team kicks it into high gear. >> i very much look forward to dealing with the president in the future, including counsel. >> i'll talk to rnc chairman reince preibus. plus, the trumps contend with their new public reality. >>>nd

two different ways of reading trump. now we are all trying to adjust to what president trump would be like. do we take him seriously and not

now of course if ivanka is not recruited for her father's administration, she will help run the trump organization with her brothers. now having the kidsun the company would not constitute a blind trust, but that is perfectly legal. the president is not obliged like some members of the cabinet, the treasury secretary by way of example, to separate himself from his company. >> just to reiterate your point, if the kids run the company, anything to do in an administration, is that correct? >> that's probably what the law is. this is new territory, but the president is not obliged to separate himself so they couldn't be treasury secretary, that much we know. >> cynthia, thank you very much. >>> coming up, how the rest of the world is reacting this morning to one of the biggest political stunners in history. but first these messages. this holiday... ...one store is the store ...to get your romantic on. get your appreciation on. kay jewelers. where right now, you'll save up to 30% on select ...diamonds in rhythm... stunning diamond fashions. ...and this charmed memories gift set. so go to k

trump is ahead in new hampshire right now. more votes coming in. wisconsin, 28% of the vote is in, trump is ahead in wisconsin right now by more than 15,000 votes. ten electoral votes the steak in wisconsin. in pennsylvania, third of the vote is in, hillary clinton has an impressive lead. 250,000 vote lead over donald trump, 20 electoral votes in pennsylvania. votes just beginning to come n in arizona, only 2% of the vote is in. donald trump has a lead of 6,600 votes over hillary clinton ey 11 electoral votes in arizona. let's take a look and see nationwide where the popular vote stands right now. u.s. popular vote, donald trump has 48.9%, hillary clinton has 47%. he's ahead. nationally by 1,153,000 votes in -- nationwide, that's the popular vote. he's ahead by more than 1,100,000 over hillary clinton, in the all important electoral vote, donald trump is ahead there with 139 electoral votes to hillary clinton's 104 electoral votes. 270, i have to remind you that's the magic number. the magic number needed to win the white house. let's go back over t

two different ways of reading trump. nowresident trump would be like. do we take him seriously and not literally? we don't know yet. zach, thank you. >>> new remarks overnight from hillary clinton in her first public speech since she conceded to donald trump last week. she spoke at the children's defense fund. the organization where she started her career in the early '70s. the former presidential candidate said it wasn't the easiest thing to come to the event, but urged her supporters to stay strong in the face of the trump administration. cnn's joe johns was there. >> reporter: christine and george, hillary clinton going back to her roots with a speech before the children's defense fund in washington, d.c. the first speech she has given since her concession speech at the new yorker hotel after the crushing defeat by donald trump. she did not mention the president-elect by name. it was intended to be an encouragement for her supporters to stay the course in public life. >> i know this isn't easy. i know that over the past w

donald trump has now taken the lead. nald trump is ahead of hillary clinton by 8,000 votes. 29 electoral votes are at stake in florida. 88% of the vote is in. donald trump has now taken an 8,000 plus vote lead. in north carolina more than half of the vote is. hillary clinton may n hillary clinton maintains a lead over donald trump. 15 electoral volts at stake in north carolina. >> ohio almost a third is in. hillary clinton maintains her lead over donald trump. 18 electoral votes are at stake in ohio right now. take a look at this. you see hillary clinton with 68 electoral votes to donald trump's 48. you need 270 to win the white house. remember the blue states, those are states we've projected that hillary clinton will win. the red states are states we've projected donald trump will win. the yellow states are states where it is too early to call. we have not yet be able to make a projection in those states and you see all of those states, including florida, where donald trump has just pulled ahead. let's go and show the v

what are you hearing from within trump tower right now, where things stand? >> you kind of have to look at this as if there's two camps. what's going on inside trump tower, what donald trump is tweeting about, what you are hearing from his innermost circle is not necessarily wrong. they believe this is a process that's happening at least in their eyes in orderly fashion. but that's different inside donald trump's offices right now than what's going on on the outside. there's a transition team with dozens of staffers right now and we have all seen over the course of the last two, three, four days that is anything but calm, anything but orderly. i think the problem right now and the issue they are having is trying to merge those two camps together. a key point i'm reminded of regularly when i talk to folks, donald trump did not pay attention to this process during the campaign. he made it very clear he didn't want to start looking at these things until he was actually elected. that means he's late to the game here. mike pence taking over the transition, also fai

their shoes in protest after new balance executive made comments backing president- elect donald trump. now the website, the daily stormer has declared the shoes the official shoes of white people. it's an endorsement the company doesn't want. they say they don't tolerate any kind >>> this morning wildlife officials have new hope for the long-term survival of our state animal, the florida panther. for the first time in over 40 years a female panther has been spotted north of the coo lieu is a ha chi river. that's the river that divides fort myers from cape coral. earlier this month, the camera recorded these pictures of the panther. its footprint confirms it's a female and they hope they will expand the florida panther population. >>> right now it is peak

, florida, florida, now they're saying president trump, president trump. shouting, smiling, people taking pictures. i think there's even a group singing right now. this is a very unexpected turn. and now this crowd won't stop cheering for the man they came to support. anything but that. >> and washington, coming in, 11 electoral votes, it's going to hillary clinton. now, she has 209 electoral votes to his 222. donald trump doing very well across the middle, hillary clinton on the east coast. jon? >> hillary clinton has to win all these states in the industrial midwest, and hang on to nevada. hillary clinton has to run the table to become president. donald trump in the lead. >>> those pictures tell the story. that's the hillary clinton campaign, you see tears at the clinton campaign. now, at the trump headquarters, you hear the cheers, you see the votes to 209 for hillary 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 were

trump is certainly feeling the love. this has been a difficult period since the cold war from syria, hacking allegations, ukraine, now things are going to change. that's the hope at least from the kremlin. president putin this morning, sending donald trump his congratulations via telegram saying he expects now what he relations to finally come to an end. on the streets of moscow, cautious optimism. this election was front and center in the state-controlled media. most russians sort of see clintons a being a potential threat to russia. someone who lectured the country. donald trump may be unpredictable, they say, at least he will, they see, or believe at least that he will let russia do what it wants to do. so a lot of optimism here. a lot of uncertainty around the world. >> nbc's lucie cavanaugh live in moscow. we'll be right back with lots more. stay with us. more. stay with us. from leaving me at a higher risk of stroke. that'd be devastating. i took warfarin for over 15 years until i learned more about once-daily xarelto... a latest generation blood thinner. then i made the switch. xarelto? significantly lowers the risk

now. one president-elect, that's donald trump right now. that changes on january 20th. sha sean, thanks for joining us. >>> as the president-elect is working to select his future administration, president obama is meeting today with his closest global ally, the german chancellor angela merkel. the two leaders held a very long joint news conference where they faced questions other the transition of power to donald trump. and what lies ahead for the relationship between the u.s. and germany. with respect to america's future with russia, president obama issued a warning to his successor. >> and my hope is the president-elect coming in takes a similarly constructive approach, finding areas where we can cooperate with russia, where our values and interests align, but that the president elect also is willing to stand up to russia where they are deviating from our values and international norms. >> all eyes on trump tower in new york city as it's turned into the epicenter of the presidential transition. looking at live pictures from the lobby inside trump tower. also, drama un

and apparently, he is now donald trump, now practically gushing up. obama seems to change the way he talks about him. maybe got him to reconsider some of what he's been saying about obamacare. an accurate assessment. is he one of those guys, we've seen leaders before, the last person who gets to them before they have to make a decision, on him the most. that will have the most influence in shaping where he finally come down on something. >> that's certainly a trait that has defined trump throughout much of his life. it is more than just echoing, the president-elect didn't run as part of the movement right or the traditional republican party. and so there is this pragmatism at the core of what he's doing in the transition, in these interviews. it is part of the chaos. undefined pragmatism that is in that's why "the new york times" takes away that impression from their conversation. and they wonder corks their own agenda be trump's if the cards are played right? his son-in-law jared kushner may have in the administration despite accusations of nepotism.

donald trump now losing that group to hillary clinton by four points. the flip side, though, look at this. noncollege whites in pennsylvania, a 25-point lead for donald trump. he's basically doubled the 13-point advantage that mitt romney had four years ago. so those two groups of white voters moving apart in pennsylvania. again, you still see hillary clinton cleaning up with black voters in pennsylvania, getting very close there to what barack obama got. remember that rally in philadelphia last night. quickly we'll take you through new hampshire. hillary clinton with a 20-point advantage among white college graduates in new hampshire. four years ago, this was 10 for obama. so this was already a group democrats had won over, but more. now doubling it. the democratic advantage among noncollege whites in new hampshire, for donald trump. >> we have another projection. right there next to steve on the big board, marco rubio. and nicolle wallace, i'm looking at you, will get to be one of the republicans from the long process you guys went through who gets to

now. blue for hillary clinton, red for donald trump. as you can see, of the battleground states, there are only four of them that we have been able to estimate because the race i the others. the polls are now closed in all of the 50 states save one, and that is alaska which will be closing very late tonight. >> i think we're going to be here very late tonight. >> we may be waiting for alaska. the popular vote as everyone knows doesn't count for anything. it is the electoral vote that note that donald trump at this point in the popular vote is ahead by more than two million votes. he has 49% of the popular vote to hillary clinton's 46%. >> let's take a look at the state of new hampshire. new hampshire had al gore one, new hampshire he would have won the presidency. new hampshire is a small number of electoral votes that could be critical tonight. look at this. we're calling this a toss up state 47 to 47%. there of the vote there. >> we need to interrupt because cbs news is estimating that in the state of utah, donald trump is the winner.

now. hillary clinton, 218. donald trump, 244. now that hasn't changed in a very long time. because we are waiting for these states in white. the vote totals are so close in those states that we have been unable to estimate now in pennsylvania -- that is the largest state in terms of electoral votes. still in play. pennsylvania has 20 electoral votes. have a look at this. donald trump 2,# # 6. hillary clinton 2,810. so, he has a -- he has a lead, pennsylvania that has the yet to be counted. and if you look at the -- third party candidate. gary johnson. 141,000 votes. had those swung hillary clinton's way, she would be winning pennsylvania. and that would perhaps save her chances to become the 45th president of the united states. but that is not the way it has worked out. donald trump now has slender numerical majorities in all five of the swing states that are outstanding. he only needs to win, depending on the state, two or three of these. hillary clinton would have to win nearly all of them. and with donald trump leading in those states, that seems very unlikely. >> are we

you are saying donald trump will now do that i wanted to play you a clip. because one of the biggest promises donald trump has made is that he is going to build that wall. and my colleague, bret baier last night. pressed the speaker of the house, very powerful individual, paul ryan, are you going to build the wall? here is what he said. are you in favor of building a wall. >> i'm in favor of securing the border. i do believe you have to have physical barriers on the border. i will defer to the experts on the border as to what is the right way to actually secure the border. >> not a clear answer on whether it will be built. and then newt gingrich who is very important as well obviously to this transition says, quote: he will spend a lot of time controlling the border. he may not spend very much trying to get mexico to pay for it but it was a great campaign device. my question, governor, isn't that maybe kind of cynicism that got people so upset about the elites and now new government coming to power and saying that was just a campaign device. we might not mak

now. if donald trump can get florida, this could be a very long night, and he is leading right now. 91% of precincts reporting in florida and not surprising it is as close as it can be. that donald trump has said he has to have, no republican has gotten to the white house without first winning ohio. donald trump is leading right now with 40% of all precincts in. about a 2.5 point spread. ohio is too close to call. north carolina, hillary clinton has called it the state that will put her over. if she wins north carolina, he cannot win it. hillary clinton is trailing right now by the slimmest of margins. would you look at these numbers, state of north carolina are reporting in. remember this is the charlotte, mecklenburg county area. those are heavily democratic. more rural areas more solidly republican, the balance is on. it is .1 of a point separating. if you're donald trump, you've got to have florida, north carolina and ohio. he could get all of them. then you have to go out west and blue states with small electoral counts. ladies and gentlemen, this is not over. two hours ago, the exit

now. >> they stay red. forget about it. >> trump is back on top in pennsylvania. at least right now. 92% of the vote is in. look at how slight that lead is in pennsylvania out of more than 5 million that have been cast. >> 48.2 to 48.2. it also tells you something in these very close states somebody is going to wake up tomorrow with a giant governing challenge. again, this is just a fundamental rewriting of the map, wolf. in our lifetime, pennsylvania has been a democratic state. george h.w. bush, 1988, the last republican to win that state. that also happens to be the last time a party that had a two-term presidency held office. >> new hampshire went red again. donald trump has now taken the lead. he's up by, what, 15 votes. >> we're laughing about this. the presidency could hinge on this. you're going through a lot of these small towns where there's a small, tiny amount of votes. we still have nothing here. it's 150-99. we're going to count the rest of this one. this is just stunning. it is stunning. a lot of people laughed at the trump campaign when they said ou

taking action for you, this is abc action news. >> now, it's time for america to >> it has been a long and tumultuous road to victory, but donald trump pulled off a major upset overnight. >> now, the president-elect is promising to change america, and what hillary clinton said to him. good morning and thanks for waking up with us. i'm dia riley. >> i'm dan shaffer. here is a breakdown this morning from the associated press. there are sill some votes left to count, but mr. trump has already hit that 270 electoral vote mark oval office. a few of the gray states you see there, minnesota and michigan, specifically, have already declared red by other media outlets. >> president-elect trump addressed the nation just before 3:00 this morning after sweeping most of the country's battleground states. he acknowledged the deep divide in our country. hear what he had to say about that coming up in just a moment. >>> first, let's get an update on your forecast.

she's ahead by 21, almost 22,000 votes over donald trump right now. 49.7% to 48%. h carolina. he's also behind in florida. let's go to john king at the wall. >> significantly the votes coming in quick. 72%. when you look at the map, wolf, not to sound repetitive but this looks a lot like the 2012 map so far. and hillary clinton has to be very happy with the votes she's pulling out down here. >> donald trump, collier county. a little under romney there. still not is a lot of the votes there yet. these are the swing counties across here. the tampa area. hillsboro county. ten points right there. back in time. seven points there. she's overperforming the president there. this one has been closer, where you have essentially two points there. if you look at it. that went -- >> let's look at north carolina john. all of a sudden in north carolina she's ahead. she's ahead in north carolina by a little more than a hundred thousand votes with 36% of the vote? >> 36% of the vote. but one thing to watch especially when the lead swings is where the votes come from. what came in m

trump, the republican nominee is now our president elect. tully is live now in tampa. good morning, james. >> dia, good morning. as you wait for some kind of morning breeze to start flowing the trump flag behind me, the giant flag along i-275 here in tampa. i can tell you about how our president-elect in his victory speech last night emphasized his plans to unite our country. to be a president for all americans. now that his campaign is over, he says his work is just beginning. we spent some time last night at a local trump party. as you can see here, his supporters, many jubilant and emotional. no question, one of his most important decisions will be filling vacant seats on the supreme court. late last month, jump released a list comprised of 21 conservative junls, including justice of the supreme court of florida, charles canady. >> trump supporters and campaign volunteers telling us they do trust him to fulfill his much through this whole election prosays. just how he has changed in the beginning and the way he spoke to the way he is handling himself now. >> it's lik

there's the national vote based on property jexs now. trump leading 48 to 47%. that's the pop electoral vote. the race to 270 which is what we're witnessing right now. trump sitting at 244, clinton at 209 with a number of states here still too close to call. that will turn this election before we all walk out of here. we're going to go to howie jackson right now. among the many things we're watching as this seems to be tilting toward donald trump, the markets around the world are reacting. she has more on that.

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now. if trump's got to decide what kind of a president he's going to be, we're in a weird situation right now. >> i can confirm that we're in a weird situation right now. >> something made me think of the movies, jeremy lerner's line in the candidate. what do we do now? >> what do we do now. >> that might be the situation trump finds himself in. >> robert redford sitting on the edge of the bed. ben ginsburg is here. he's been a lot of things. he's been mr. republican, or at least enjoyed that title about a year ago. he was the former general council to the rnc and now partner with jones day in washington. ben, i want you to free-associate. you've been through this journey. tomorrow morning, an organization bearing the title republican party is going to take an assessment, along with the democrats of what has just happened, which at this hour is not entirely clear. >> absolutely true. i think what it means for the party is that donald trump has over-performed. we didn't think at this hour of the night we'd be talking about donald trump having as many electoral votes as he does, and as many

vote, after losing the electoral college, clinton now has 2 million more popular votes than donald trump. now, a lot of her lead was generated by california where votes are still being counted. former green party presidential candidate jill stein has now raised enough money to pay for recounts in the battleground states of wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. >>> and back to new york state where security is being beefed up here in the city as a thanksgiving tradition takes place near the the macy's thanksgiving day parade moves down manhattan's upper west side passing one avenue away from trump tower. now, in addition to extra patrols, sand-filled sanitation trucks will line the route to guard against a repeat of this summer's truck attack in nice, france. >>> those giant balloons featured in today's parade came to life thanks to the efforts of the inflation crews. this is always a cool thing in new york city. they work late into the evening as plenty of spectators gathered among this year's new balloons, a giant charlie brown and "diary of a wimpy kid." >> it's almost as fun watching them i

a sound bite. >> think about how much paul ryan owes donald trump right now. that's a great position for donald trump. i don't think he wants to move -- would be stupid to move him out of the way. right now paul ryan owes donald trump which wasn't the case before. seems to me would be very strange if he had a target on his back that was from donald trump. i think trump's position vis-a-vis the republicans is extraordinarily strong. >> all right everyone. panel. timothy. certain things you don't say in polite society but we're not so polite. how much of this today is pageantry? i feel like i'm watching a pageant going on. when you go to the white house this is how you act. and whatever. paul ryan saying incredible win. how much of this is pageantry? do you believe all the things coming out of people's mouths today? >> i don't. looks incredibly hypocritical to lot of americans who watched the campaign unfold and now it's almost as though never happened and all of that was to win votes but we see this throughout history. not to this extent but when the reagans won

trump. i don't think so at all. we've been talking now for six months about what is donald trump's path to the presidency. at some point we're going to approach the period where it's a question of does she have a path to the presidency, if -- if she can't win pennsylvania, new hampshire, and michigan, much less wisconsin, brooklyn, we have a problem. >> she's got to win those states. >> on that note i'm just looking at a note from a clinton aide saying they are breathing a slight sigh of relief because of colorado and virginia. they do have to hold the upper midwest, wisconsin and michigan, which as you said, who knew particularly wisconsin was going to be this tight. >> the republicans didn't even think they were going to win. >> totally. absolutely. as i said, donald trump had been going there much to the chagrin of others, and one more thing i just want to say, as far as the clinton path, win pennsylvania and either new hampshire, or nevada. one other thing. look at this picture. this is something that is quite poi pointiant. it says t