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

all right, that's the, the, the chief international editor, richard walker in west palm beach. thank you very much richard. and here's a reminder of our top stories. germany's governing coalition has collapsed after chance. not what else shall inspired his finance minister. sholtes has called a confidence vote for mid january and early elections could be held by the end of march. before the current crisis, germany was due to elect a new government. in september 2025 vice president cumberland harris has addressed supporters for the 1st time since losing to donald trump. and tuesday's elections. harris promised a smooth transition to the new administration of a peaceful handle for power. your up to date will be back soon. soon with more headlines. the meantime check is on line w dot com, but also the 200 to 2 different types of periods. amberlynn among the many was around the world, the conflict ensued on is distinguished by its level of savagery. the master goes to the ethnic cleansing, and the salvation is for many of its victims. my guest in brussels is for my prime minister,

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

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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

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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,

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

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

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

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

by his historic, when donald trump arrived on stage with his family to republican watch polity in west palm beach, florida, the america has given us an unprecedented the and powerful mandate. we have taken back control of the set as well. the the and this is raises the mountain, nevada, texas, ohio, michigan, wisconsin. the great commonwealth of pennsylvania were all one by the mag. i move it, they have silver. it is an unprecedented come back. full use of to he was voted out of the white house from supporters across the united states. the jubilant spirits were high from the streets of manhattan, the 2 a dinah in the battleground states as north carolina. right. right. man was southern border economy and the overseas of 3. thanks. and that's it. there's nothing else to be said about the trucks going to fix all 3 of it right away. use of trump. victory gave little street to boost. the dow searched by 3.2 percent at the start of trading the morning off to the election. there is a political chasm between the 2 big 10 parties in the united states. georgia is a crucial swing states that from man

let's go to florida, west palm beach. helena humphrey is at mar—a—lago in florida.da for donald trump is trying to decide who will be part of his government injanuary. it is a tricky task because a lot of people who said in his last government ended up turning on him. that is a good _ ended up turning on him. that is a good point. _ ended up turning on him. that is a good point. day _ ended up turning on him. that is a good point. day one, - ended up turning on him. twat is a good point. day one, the trump vans campaign has already said they are working hard to make sure the promises they made in the campaign for what they say are the working men and women of america can be enacted from day one. as you point out there, this country has picked its president, half of the country roughly, disappointed in that pic, but for those people who have chosen donald trump they have also interested in him picking also interested in him picking a cabinet. what will that look like and when will we start to know some of those pics? potentially in the coming days. we already have so

nada tawfik, speaking to us from west palm beach in florida.s. let's look at some other stories making news. more than 10,000 people have been ordered to evacuate in california, as wildfires rage in the south of the state. the national weather service warns that fires are expected to affect 27 million people in southern california and the greater san francisco bay area, issuing a red flag warning. flames have already burned more than 111,000 acres. australian breakdancer rachael gunn says she will retire from competition, after her performance at the 2024 paris olympics was ridiculed on social media. the athlete, also known as raygun, failed to get on the scoreboard in all three of her competition rounds in august. her unorthodox moves included the "sprinkler" and "kangaroo hop". the prince of wales says the last year has been the hardest of his life. speaking to reporters at the end of his visit to south africa for his earthshot environmental awards, prince william talked about how he's coped after both his wife and his father were diagnosed w

sarah smith, bbc news, west palm beach. who could be in the new cabinet?nd a convicted felon fresh out ofjail could be in the frame. tom bateman has this report. the road to the white house forged its way through this key swing state of pennsylvania. so now the voters have made their choice, who might be in donald trump's top team? elon musk, the owner of x, spacex and tesla, and the richest man in the world, is tipped for an official position. let me tell you, we havel a new star, a star is born. elon! we have liftoff. the elevation of musk, whose rockets are used by nasa, would give him extraordinary levels of power at the heart of government and business. he wants to oversee what he calls government waste. take over, elon! critics think that could lead to sacking large numbers of federal workers. during the campaign, he launched a $1 million a day giveaway to find likely republicans in swing states and register them to vote. i'm notjust maga, i'm dark, gothic maga. when trump won, musk posted a meme, putting himself in the oval office. "let that sink in

like hannah is live in west palm beach, florida. mike, you're gonna have to walk us through this because this is really quite remarkable before the election. donald trump is convicted, convicted in this case, right? convicted felon. and they say we're going to wait until after the election for the sentencing. he wasn't, he risk a jail sentence and now that he's actually one, they're saying, well, there's no sentencing of the well, it's a shimmy. wouldn't blow you here in west palm beach, but there's a sense of home tomorrow law got behind me that because trump and his father's believe that this is another step towards what they really want to miss case. and that is a complete to dismissal all the charges and the conviction now where we all at the moment is that the judge has said, okay, he's going to freeze the sentencing proceeding. however, he will give the defense until december, the 2nd to put in a motivation for what should happen next. he then says that the prosecution has 7 days in which to reply to the defenses affidavit. no

sarah smith, bbc news, west palm beach.arden for president biden�*s address and we can speak to her now. one wonders what the mood was like as he was speaking.— as he was speaking. well, clive, it was packed _ as he was speaking. well, clive, it was packed in _ as he was speaking. well, clive, it was packed in the _ as he was speaking. well, clive, it was packed in the rose _ as he was speaking. well, clive, it was packed in the rose garden - as he was speaking. well, clive, it| was packed in the rose garden and when president biden walked out into the bright sunshine i think he was talking to two distinct audiences. one was the group of white house staff members who were right in front of him filling the chairs that the press normally would and at times his voice really softened as he thanked them for their service, told them not to give up, and behind that on the rise as you had the assembled press, they were shouting questions at the end of that speech about what went wrong with the democratic campaign, why kamala harris

mark meredith in west palm beach tonight with that story. >> reporter: good evening, the plane we were just showing you touchdown it west palm beach international about 25 minutes ago, indications that top canadian leaders will be meeting with the president-elect at his mar-a-lago club this evening. the prime minister's office is not officially commenting on the trip. canadian media though reporting that this was something that was in the works just today and we are waiting to see. we will see the trudeau motorcade make its way into mar-a-lago. that could happen within the next few minutes. this is in response to the latest back-and-forth the president-elect started with canada and mexico after he bowed to impose sweeping tariffs as soon as next year. but both countries say they are doing all they can to avert a trade war. president-elect trump spent black friday at his golf club as his advisors defended plans to impose sweeping tariffs on canada, mexico and china, that is unless the countries do more to prevent drugs from reaching the u.s. >> i think this is an appropriate tool to sav

who is in west palm beach in florida. so for what us 12 actually saying he's going to do here to read what was, what was told by that was it true? you know, as you said, it was this post that was made by commentator on truth social, which is the president elect, social media networks, where we often find out about policy. always musings where he said that he was hearing that the trump administration was planning to involve some kind of national emergency that. busy allowing the ministry to be used to be getting these must be for patients. donald trump simply set that one was true, but that was enough face support system feel that they already justified in the support of him. and for those who oppose him to feel absolutely horrified of what could be coming. they put a look at how he's been building out his team, have festival go to look at some of the names because tom hartman, who was announced last week, a full my acting director of ice, which is the body, the rounds up, those who are here illegally he's been named the b

that's just party registration. >> let's go to vaughn hillyard in west palm beach. h. >> reporter: right. there's another really important part there. 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 cabre

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cnn's alayna treene is in west palm beach near mar-a-lago. so alana, canada is one of the united states biggest trading partners. has this meeting with trudeau and trump in any way impacted things i think that's still to be determined, fredricka, but i think it's very clear that justin trudeau took that tariff threat very seriously. >> he actually said as much yesterday morning, just hours before that surprise visit to florida and to meet with donald trump for dinner at mar-a-lago. trudeau addressed reporters and essentially said that not only does he believe that when trump makes statements like this, they we have to take them seriously, but also tried to argue that such a tariff threat and imposing a 25% tariff on canada and all products coming from canada would hurt americans and american businesses as well. listen to how he put it one of the things that is really important to understand is that, you know donald trump, when he makes statements like that, he plans on carrying them out. >> there is no question about it. our responsibility is

steve contorno in west palm beach. thank you very much. our panel joins us now for more on everything going on with the trump transition. scott jennings, cnn political commentator, former special assistant to president george w. bush, bakari sellers cnn political commentator, former south carolina state representative and leah wright rigueur cnn political historian and associate professor of history at johns hopkins university. guys, thanks so much for being with us. happy thanksgiving. bakari, let me start with you. last night, senator markwayne mullin of oklahoma reacted to these threats. seemed to blame the biden administration. let's listen to what he had to say it's extremely concerning. >> and at the same time, president biden and vice president kamala harris, they're going to have to come forth and tell their group to calm down, to not take it this far, because they're the ones that fed the fire, and they're also the ones that can kill the fire bakari, what do you think about that? >> i mean, it's ignorance is more ignorance coming

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

ahora pasamos con claudia uceda que estÁ en vivo desde west palm beach, claudia, bienvenida.p ya votÓ y estuvo al lado de su esposa melania trump, estÁ confiado, se le ve sereno y tranquilo, dice que va a ganar y dijo tambiÉn que fue esta la mejor campaÑa de todas, hablÓ tambiÉn de fraude electoral, aunque como se sabe no hay pruebas de ello, tambiÉn hablÓ la posibilidad de no tener los resultados pronto y que esto se puede demorar, se reporta extensamente sobre esto debido a que como se sabe el muchos estados que no tendrÍan los resultados, pero se la vio sereno, confiado y algo interesante porque su campaÑa se estÁ centrando el dÍa de hoy en motivar a los votantes a las urnas y parece ser que la mente del expresidente tambiÉn estÁ con esto, en su red social mando este mensaje antes de venir a la urna, ya es oficial el dÍa de las elecciones, serÁ el dÍa mÁs importante de la historia de los estados unidos con entusiasmo a los no tanques que estÁ por las nubes, necesito que entregues tu votos sin importar que el tiempo que tomes permanezcas en las filas, insta a los votantes p

former president trump will attend a watch party here in west palm beach this evening.nd and vice president kamala harris will attend a watch party of her own at howard university, her alma mater, in the nation's capital. back to you guys. >> all right, doug luzader, thank you so much for that. we will of course, check in with you. and then also over there at howard university throughout the day. thank you for that update. >> and at 635, there is one rare congressional seat up for grabs. this election. that's district 16, representing parts of the south bay held by representative anna eschew for more than 30 years. now, two new democrats are vying for the chance to represent silicon valley in congress and ktvu. james torres live in campbell. that's part of the district where the candidates are whipping up last-minute votes. good morning to you, james. >> andre, good morning to you. well, because of how rare that open seat is, it actually attracted a lot of prominent bay area candidates. and it even led to a three way tie for the top two spots during the primary. but now

speaking of storms, storming ahead in west palm beach, florida, see what i did there, a segway.re donald trump donald trump is assembling his cabinet, moving pretty quickly on that. some disappointments and now a key position up for grabs. was the latest? was go to rich rich edson in west palm beach. >> good afternoon, neil, state, commerce, homeland security, two for attorney general, but still no call yet from the president-elect when it comes to a treasury secretary. this report in "the wall street journal" says that trump has floated the idea of nominating armor fed kevin warsh with the understand trump could later choose him to leave lead the federal reserve when chairman jerome powell's term ends in 2026. you also have apollo global management executive mark roan, tennessee senator bill hagerty, investor scott besson's in the mix. some of the hold-up treasury nominee who can ease financial markets and also embrace trump's plans to raise tariffs on products coming into the united states. >> donald trump is the most sophisticated leader on economics that i met, and he's also

bill melugin in west palm beach, florida.lipside of the aggressive reporting is you are in west palm beach, florida. let's call a spade a spade here. tom emmer, at lot of important roles, a key mare for the republicans. you have -- player for the republicans. congressman, very good of you. some of your fellow members have expressed concern even though you won't vote yea or nay on these to appointments, that's the senate's job, but some of your fellow republicans are saying at least when it comes to the gaetz nomination that that's not going to go anywhere. do you feel that's true? enter well,s, let's face it, neil, donald trump was given a huge mandate by the american people. a little bit more than a week ago. to shake things up here in washington d.c. and there's no question that he's doing that. and when it comes to matt gaetz, let's keep in mind that biden's attorney general, merrick garland, prosecuted his political opponents and went after parents who were peacefully protesting at school board meeting. look, again, donal

ilia: gracias a claudia uceda por esos detalles en vivo desde west palm beach, florida.r cuÁl partido se queda con la mayorÍa. satcha: borja voces nos muestra en realidad aumentada cÓmo se perfila el balance de poder en el congreso y borra, queremos saber en los Últimos minutos se confirma nuevos triunfos para el partido republicano. borda: seguimos mostrando muy de cerca el dÍa, consigue con la mayorÍa popular el que es ya presidente electo nuestra naciÓn, donald trump, se les parece vamos a ver como estÁ la composiciÓn y vamos a comenzar en la cÁmara alta, buena, a juzgar por estos datos, el titular estÁ claro, los republicanos toman el control del senado con esta amplia victoria, 52 para republicanos, 41 para los demÓcratas, quiero que me acompaÑen haber esencia de color verde, corresponde a bernie sanders el ganador de vermont, Ésta es interesante, quedan seis asientos de color blanco, es decir, no estÁn asignados pero que sÓlo serÍa apuntar a los que ya votan los republicanos, sino vamos a la cÁmara baja, en la cÁmara representantes puede ser el Único rayo de espera

rich in west palm, thanks.rs for the marine veteran accused of killing a homeless man threatening passengers on subway train say the chokehold he used was not the cause of death. tonight they believe they have severely undercut the prosecution's manslaughter case against daniel penny. correspondent c.b. cotton is in new york tonight with the latest. good evening, c.b. >> good evening, bret. jurors now have the entire thanksgiving week off to think about the evidence in this case. jordan neely's family says that evidence proved daniel penny choked out neely's life. penny's defense proved otherwig to final defense expert who testified and later maintained his findings on cross-examination that the effects of neely's blood condition, synthetic marijuana use and schizophrenia combined with the struggle and restraint from penny all killed neely. the marine veteran did not testify in his own defense. but, penny's defense team says the 25-minute taped interview played for jurors of penny is enough showing penny waivin

but this is the scene at trump headquarters in west palm beach as donald j. trump once again will assume the presidency on january 20th. the united states senate will be in republican hands. democrats have lost control of the senate and the fate of the house of representatives currently in republican hands. also in question. democrats just need four seats to pick up to get control of the house. that would be the one check on republican power, but it may well be that they sweep the house as well. so we have set the scene for you this long campaign is over, and we await the former president to make his remarks, to be clear, how does he get to 270 now? he's at 266. yeah. so right now he's at 266. if we fill in and let me see, because sometimes when we get to a certain point, you can no longer fill in some, some holes here. but he wins alaska and then we go back. oh in maine there's a congressional district in maine that we're still waiting on. you can see maine does not filled out yet. there's a congressional district in maine. once he gets there, he'll get past

secret service as well as local law enforcement here in west palm beach. now there's huge barricade, a fencing surrounding the convention center as well as people having to go through tsa style security that's being done by the secret service as well as tsa agents. >> reshad hudson, thank you so much. and for california voters, a key race is the open spot for u.s.. senate democrat adam schiff is facing off against republican steve garvey shift voted in person at his local polling center in burbank. he said feeling confident about his prospects. >> i don't feel very good about the campaign we've run. we've been up and down the state from east to west north to south look, people want their senator to be able to do a couple of things simultaneously. they want to make sure. that we can get things done. but they also want a senator who can stand up to a knows how to take on the big fights. but feinstein, it gave them both. and i hope to emulate. but she was able to do in the senate in some small way. >> a campaign spokesperson for garvey confirms that he voted

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'

our panel is standing by, live it from the transition central in west palm beach, florida,, hello. >>k, the president-elect clearly surrounding him selves was allies, who helped him prep for that debate with kamala harris, and senator marco rubio following the official, president-elect on marco rubio he said he would be his strong advocate for our nation, and a fearless warrior who will never back down to our adversaries. he was asked about this earlier on the hill by our producers, dodging and panting the transition team, i am sure he will now put out a statement. he is an interesting one because he is probably the one to get the most bipartisan support through the confirmation hearing this, he is well liked and respected by both republicans and democrats on the hill. a couple more announcements to go through while trump was actually in washington, here in palm beach, now returning as assistant to the president and his deputy chief of staff, stephen miller, couple of days ago we knew this, it is official now, he is the deputy chief of staff and homeland security advisor, james blair,

. >> the former president addressed supporters in west palm beach, florida, surrounded by his family and team in the early hours of wednesday morning. he's only the second person in u.s. history to return to the white house after losing reelection. >> we're going to help our country heal. we're going to help our country heal. we have a country that needs help, and it needs help very badly. we're going to fix our borders. we're going to fix everything. >> i think that we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the united states of america. >> mr. trump's return to the oval office caps a tumultuous comeback that saw him impeached twice. the january 6th capitol riot, convicted on felony charges and two assassination attempts. >> i want to thank the millions of hard working americans across the nation who have always been the heart and soul of this really great movement. >> he made inroads into other voter subsets latinos, the bro vote, certainly. how well he did in suburban areas. you already know he's going to run up the numbers in rural areas, but he's carving

he is traveling through west palm beach right there.nd he should be there on trump force 1 probably within five minutes. >> brian: i would have to wonder if you are visualizing success this moment for president trump. look, he is not gloating. he hasn't gloated for one minute. >> ainsley: that's true. >> brian: from the day he left, saying i'll be back. >> ainsley: right. >> brian: this is the moment as he leaves mar-a-lago to go check out the white house to fully take the job. >> ainsley: all of that hard work. >> lawrence: i'm so glad that the former president has the military assets now protecting him right now. remember, the two assassination attempt, the lawfare against him, all for this moment for landslide victory. popular vote, electoral college, what a mandate. >> brian: do you think he is getting the security briefings yet, the top level? because i know he wasn't as a candidate. he didn't want to make a big deal of it. >> ainsley: we can find out. i would hope so. >> steve: i don't know that he is getting the presidential dail

however, as cbs' christian benevitez reports from west palm beach, florida, some of those nominees areing an uphill battle. >> reporter: president-elect trump and his team have kept up a steady drumbeat of staffing announcements, some of whom may have a difficult path to confirmation, including his defense secretary pick, former fox news host pete hegseth. >> it's frankly an insult and really troubling that mr. trump would nominate someone who has admitted that he's paid off a victim who has claimed rape allegations against him. >> reporter: but on sunday, trump allies doubled down on their support of hegseth, who faced allegations of sexual assault when he has denied. authorities investigated and did not file charges. >> all these are, as you said, are allegations. it's amazing how this comes out. pete is a very talented individual. >> reporter: a decorated veteran, hegseth also said this about. >> women in combat. >> i'm straight-up saying we should not have women in combat roles. >> pete has his opinions. who ultimately makes that decision is president trump. >> reporter: new cbs po

sarah smith, bbc news, west palm beach.n the white house and president biden�*s remarks today. anna foster was in the rose garden. anna, painta picture anna, paint a picture of the atmosphere surrounding this event today? atmosphere surrounding this event toda ? ., , g ., �* today? clive, even as joe biden talked about _ today? clive, even as joe biden talked about bringing _ today? clive, even as joe biden talked about bringing down - today? clive, even as joe biden talked about bringing down the | talked about bringing down the temperature in america, in the rose garden, the atmosphere was unseasonably sunny here in washington, dc, the opposite of what he was talking about today. he had two audiences that. there white wooden seats in front of the podium that are normally filled with the members of the press were not today. they were white house staff, and when you heard joe biden talking, giving almost a kindly uncle's pep talk, you heard his voice softening and those with a face as he was looking at, the people he has wo

and west palm beach, split screen.your left is the harris headquarters at howard university in washington, d.c.. on your right and west palm beach, florida, at the convention center is the trump crowd and you can see both have supporters milling around. we will go live of course to both if and when they speak to their groups. it is 12:30 on the east coast. two thirds of the states have been called. greta has more results. greta: let's check in on the competitive new york house races. let's start with some called races. firsdistrict in n york, 98% of the votes in, nickalota is seeking his second term do so in the next congress. john avalon was unableo seat him tonight. new york's 18th congressional district, represented by democr ryan who gets another term in the house. new york's 22nd district, republican braillis loses tonight. servg in his first term and lost tonight to his democratichallenger. these are the other new york races that are competitive that we are watching. new york' race, the district is represe a demo

katelyn collins, west palm beach, florida, not far from mar-a-lago. katelyn will be back tonight at 9:00 p.m. and eastern to anchor her program, "the source." we will be watching. >>> let's break all of this down with our experts here in "the situation room." given the list of appointees so far, what do you see going on? statement of the old adage, once burned, twice shy. he does not want to repeat what happened in 2016, when he appointed people he really did not know well, whom some of them turned out to not be loyal to him, he felt. now, he is taking people he knows very well who have worked for him before, like tom homan and stephen miller, for example, and giving them the appointments he wants to give them. he just wants loyalists, and he wants people who are proven loyalists, and that is what these people are. >> it is interesting, michael the republicans touted susie wiles into the newly incoming white house chief of staff, the first woman to be the white house chief of staff at a measured choice. the hardliners, as gloria just was talking about

the senior white house correspondent is live in west palm beach with more on this, culture shift. >> reporter: a lot going on here tonight, in west palm beach, president biden trip to texas tomorrow will >> >> watch, spacex rocket launch. 's broader focus in texas is going to be on the border, he confirmed with a true report, he wrote good news the incoming trump administration is prepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the body invasion through a mass deportation program. the incoming white house stepping chaff -- staff explaining, alongside tom, the border is our. >> it is important to president trump they are able to fulfil their mission that they have tasked them with. so, obviously we will have to see how that shakes out. >> trace: the president-elect got us euros welcome in his hometown, new york city walking into a ufc fight with a crew that included elon musk and kid rock and after the price fight at the end the winner john jones stood in the octagon and did a dance that trump has done a few times and has seemed to been catching on. >>

jessica parker in west palm beach, florida.k now to american scholar at the american enterprise institute and co-author of "it's even worse than it looks," a book described as a look at how american constitution -- the american constitutional system collided with the new politics of extremism. norman, good to have you with us on the program. a number of people donald trump is picking have attracted criticism, as you might expect, from democrats, but also within the republican party itself. so is this a loyalty test from donald trump? norman: it absolutely is. think about trump as the cult leader telling others in his coat who the boss really is, and this will be a test, obviously, for the senate, and whether we have any remaining checks and balances. matt gaetz is singularly unqualified for a position that donald trump has already said he wants to weaponize and politicized and used to go after his enemies, and to pick a matt gaetz is a slap at almost everything involved in a process of senate confirmation of checks and balances

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

head down to florida to island fisher, who's been following the trump campaign. 92, outside the west palm beach convention center. we'd be using pictures from there a little bit earlier. if a trump support is awaiting donald trump, whose jews arrive shortly. unofficial joins is on the phone now. so and what are we got for us? i'm getting an indication from the drum campaign that donald trump is going to declare victory. do they think that come a lot is cannot when pennsylvania that the road they are for her is spot to narrow . and the total trump is going to see that he will be the $47.00 president of the united states. so many people were suggesting that donald trump would declare victory no matter what the results would be. but from betty edlio and it seemed that he would skating towards some better performance than 2020, particularly in places like georgia and north carolina. and his team were pleased to perform the and certainly gave them vote from pennsylvania. that would be looking at polls for weeks that told us that the race was incredibly tight. but the trump campaign has been sa

kristen holmes live for us in west palm beach. thank you so much. let's discuss with our panel. we have cnn legal analyst carrie cordero former biden white house director of message planning megan hayes, and republican strategist for acxiom, strategist strategies. i should say, erin perrine. kerry, let's start with you. these are not only some serious allegations against gaetz but also the evidence that's been collected against him that we've reported on leads to the question of why the department of justice, if they had this information, these venmo payments, why didn't they press charges against him? >> well, the justice department obviously conducted an investigation, but they have standards that they have to go to, and those standards are supposed to apply equally to people, and they have to do with the fact of whether or not, in the judgment of the prosecutors, they think that they would be able to actually succeed at trial and a conviction. and that's the standard that they're supposed to apply equitably. and and so in this particular case, they made the decision not to go

cnn's kristen holmes is in west palm beach, florida cnn's manu raju is on capitol hill. let's start with cnn's paula reid. and paula, you were the cnn reporter i was referring to. you had exclusive reporting on the house ethics committee's investigation of gaetz. and right as you were breaking that news gates withdrew his name. tell us about the timing of that and what you learned in your exclusive reporting. >> well, jake, this new reporting that i did with our colleague sarah ferris reveals that a woman who was just 17 years old when she says that she had sex with gates, told the house ethics committee that there was a second sexual encounter with gates that also involved an adult woman. so a threesome. now the alleged underage victim testified that this occurred at the same florida party in 2017 where she had sex with just gates on an air hockey table. now doj investigated allegations that gates had sex with a minor, as well as possible other crimes, and did not charge him. the adult woman here has also denied that she had sex with a minor. but the reason this is so s

nikole killion, cbs news, west palm beach, florida. >>> the menendez brothers, erik and lyle, set to make a virtual appearance in a california court today. the brothers, who are serving life sentences without parole for killing their parents, are hoping new information about their past could set them free. cbs' elise preston spoke with the brothers' attorney. >> reporter: erik and lyle menendez rose to infamy following the gruesome august, 1989, shotgun shooting deaths of their parents, jose and kitty menendez, at the family's beverly hills mansion. following a 1994 mistrial, the pair was convicted in 1996 after a short second trial where the judge wouldn't allow the jury to hear the defense's claim that the brothers acted in self-defense after suffering years of physical and sexual abuse. but now after more than 30 years behind bars, freedom may be near. >> we know that the menendez brothers are trying for clemency or trying for resentencing, and they're trying for a successful habeas petition. >> reporter: on monday the menendez brothers will appear virtually at the hearing that lo