and in new york, protesters marched to trump tower shouting trump must go. at least 65 people were arrested. >>> this morning, the president-elect will meet with president obama in the oval office. mr. obama says he wants to make the transition to the trump administration as smooth as possible. president-elect mike pence meet with speaker of the house paul ryan. >>> from shock in the u.s. to international shock waves. mark phillips shows us how the world reacted to news of donald trump's historic election victory. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: overseas, the reaction to the trump victory was somewhere between shock. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: and fear. most western leaders did what protocol requires. >> well, i congratulate donald trump. >> reporter: like britain's theresa may offers pledges. of but several did so with some of donald trump's campaign statements, still ringing in their ears. >> to nato, we are paying a tremendous amount of money. and it's not fair, folks. it's not fair. >> reporter: that's frightening talk in

donald trump wins those three. donald trump wins some more states. three more, he will carry north dakota, with its three electoral votes, and south dakota with its three electoral votes. donald trump carries those states as well. donald trump carrying some more states. let's take a look at the states where it's too early to call right now. these are the states where the polls have closed, but we're not able to make any projections. arizona, colorado, louisiana, michigan, minnesota, new mexico, texas, and wisconsin. no projections yet. here's the electoral map, as it stands right now. and hillary clinton has 97 electoral votes. donald trump has 84 electoral votes. remember, 270, that's the magic number you need to be elected president of the united states. you can see the map over there, the blue states are the states that hillary clinton has won. the red states are the states that donald trump has won. all those yellow states, all those yellow states are states where the polls have closed, but we're not yet able to make -- not yet able to make a pro

trump. >> donald trump: thank you. >> stahl: you're president- elect. >> trump: thank you. >> stahl: how surprised were you? >> trump: well, i really felt we were doing well. i was on a string of about 21 straight days of speeches, sometimes many a day and the last two days i really-- i really had a pretty wild time. i did six speeches and then i did seven and-- >> stahl: but everyone thought you were going to lose. speech in michigan at 1:00 in the morning and we had 31,000 people, many people outside of the arena. and i felt-- when i left, i said, "how are we going to lose?" we set it up a day before. and we had all of these people. and it was literally at 1:00 in the morning and i said, "this doesn't look like second place." so we were really happy, i mean, it was-- these are great people. >> stahl: on election night, i was it a sort of realization of the enormity of this thing for you? >> trump: i think so, it's enormous. i've done a lot of big things, i've never done anything like this. it is-- it is so big, it is so-- it's so enormous, it's so amazing. >> stahl: it kind of just

trump fights back. sources tell cnn there is infights is and chaos and trump insiders didn't care because known thought they were going to win. and steve bannonen on tape coaxing trump. and melania trump's hometown. wait till you hear what they are saying about her husband. we're live on the ground. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight a troubled transition. donald trump fighting back against reports that his transition team is racked by infighting and disarray. trump firing off a list of tweets. also, i have spoken to many foreign leaders. o to be clear the times never questioned whether trump spoken to foreign leaders. the paper does report that some allies are having trouble reaching trump. some calling the switchboard at trump tower in an effort to get through to him. source admitting to cnn the source has been disorganized and no one cared because no one thought they were going to win. pence and his wife met with the bidens today. the vice president giving his

and in new york, protesters marched to trump tower shouting trump must go. at least 65 people were arrested. >>> this morning, the president-elect will meet with president obama in the oval office. mr. obama says he wants to make the transition to the trump administration as smooth as possible. later, trump and vice president-elect mike pence speak with speaker of the house paul ryan. >>> from shock in the u.s. to world reacted to news of donald trump's historic election victory. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: overseas, the reaction to the trump victory was somewhere between shock. and fear. most western leaders did what protocol requires. >> well, i congratulate donald trump. >> reporter: like britain's teresa may . still ringing in their ears. >> to nato, we are paying a tremendous amount of money. and it's not fair, folks. it's not fair. >> reporter: that's frightening talk in places like the former soviet republics where nato exercises are held to thwart the perceived ambition of vladimir putin to take them back. donald trump has been mock

embracing the trump agenda. so the party really trying to showcase unity, heading into the opening day of a trump administration which is one reason why even people who don't like paul ryan, in the conservative side, they're not willing to put up a challenge for the speaker because they know overwhelmingly they would lose. and the party wants to show some unity heading into the opening days of the trump administration. >> house democrats meanwhile have decided to delay their leadership elections until after thanksgiving. it's a sign longtime leader nancy pelosi, she could be in trouble. no normal challenger to pelosi has emerged so far. one supporter said they just need time to recalibrate and decide how to move forward. >> sources say that dave berman who ran the claire. urban is awe long time lobbyist. he said to have the trust of trump and his children and senior staff. win in pennsylvania by trump was more impressive by urban to pull that off. barbara boxer, a strong supporter of hillary clinton has introduc

a trump campaign source cautions roles could change once trump has his say. >> assaulted women! >> reporter: goi >> not my president! >> reporter: the country is divided, wondering if the trump they saw on stage last night -- >> now it's time for america to bind the wounds of division. >> reporter: -- the presidential trump he promised lester holt is the president trump america will get for the next four years. >> i want to be different. when you're president, you act in a different way, there's no question about that. and i would do that. >> reporter: tomorrow donald trump goes to the white house to meet with the perhaps a mirror, lester, for what is to come for this country. >> thank you, katy. >>> for hillary clinton and her campaign, it was an outcome so unexpected, so shocking she didn't come out overnight, instead calling donald trump to concede. then waiting until late this morning before addressing her supporters and the nation. we get more on that from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: after weeks of speculation over whether donald trump would concede to hillary clint

clinton 54%, trump 42%. many were saying the gap would be bigger than that. >> many did say the gap would be bigger. it was still a gap but it wasn't as big as people were saying it was going to be. and i think, you know, when you look at all of these little pieces it's going to add up to why people were so wrong about this. although, when you look at the polls, the biggest surprise is really wisconsin. so many of the other states were too close to call and trump was ahead in a lot of them. >> we say people said that. not the trump supporters. the trump supporters all along said if he did have more support from women, than what was being reported. >> and they told me, when i would say, we have polls and it says there's a 20 point gap, people would come on twitter and say hey i am a woman for trump and they corrected and they were right. >> so the independents. we talked about this extensively in how the independents would swing the vote. and looking at this, 48% went for trump. 42% for trump i should say and

trump. >> donald trump: thank you. >> stahl: you're president- elect. >> trump: thank you. >> stahl: how surprised were you? >> trump: well, i really felt we were doing well. i was on a string of about 21 straight days of speeches, sometimes many a day and the last two days i really-- i really had a pretty wild time. i did six speeches and then i did seven and-- >> stahl: but everyone thought you were going to lose. >> trump: i know, i did my final speech in michigan at 1:00 in the morning and we had 31,000 people, many people outside of the arena. and i felt-- when i left, i said, "how are we going to lose?" we set it up a day before. and we had all of these people. and it was literally at 1:00 in the morning and i said, "this doesn't look like second place." so we were really happy, i mean, it was-- these are great people. >> stahl: on election night, i heard you went completely silent. was it a sort of realization of the enormity of this thing for you? >> trump: i think so, it's enormous. i've done a lot of big things, i've never done anything like this. it is-- it is so big, it i

the trumps. >> donald trump marches to the beat of his own drum. surrounded by a small band of intimates, many of whom he's related to. he thanked them last night. >> i love you and i thank you. this was tough. this was tough. >> and while they're not a traditional family, melania is his third wife and the kids have three history. there is clearly a deep bond between them. >> you can't fake good kids. how about his amazing children? aren't they something? >> the glamorous mrs. trump speaks five languages, grew up behind the iron curtain and will be the only second first lady to be born abroad since louisa adams. she's not the first model to fill the role of first lady. pat nixon and ford were models, too. what does history tell bus the role that melania trump might play. >> history usually says a first lady comes into this job, by the time she's leaves she's a very different person doing things she never imagined. >> and mr. trump said many times he'll turn over his business to the three oldest children while he's in the white house. but he's also

trump as they blocked the entrance of trump tower where the president-elect was set to be home at the time. >> i'm a republican. i'm a woman. protest and i've never felt so passionately about anything being wrong in my life. as a hispanic woman i don't feel safe in this country anymore. >> reporter: in california demonstrators gathered on the 101 in los angeles shutting down the freeway, and in oakland people set multiple fires on city streets forcing police in riot gear to move in and use tear gear. >> i don't want a president that represents everything that's negative about this world. i would rather have a president that's positive and peaceful. >> reporter: and in the nation's capital. [ chanting >> reporter: people gathered in washington, d.c. and marched outside the newly opened trump hotel. >> i come from a family of political refugees from cuba and i'm very grateful to this country for having accepted us. and i'm terrified. >> the raw emotions there, more than 24 hours after those election results and president obama today is welcoming president-elect donald trump to the white

once trump takes office. the president elect took criticism for praising putin on the campaign trail, and the russian leader is looking the two nations have been at odds over russia's role in the syria conflict. me mexico's conflict and the president-elect agreed to meet in the transition period. donald trump promised to build a wall along the border and make men mexico pay for it. they'll discuss the relationship of the two nations, and they spoke in august as trump made a surprise visit to mexico city. >> the election subplot of local kid makes good is playing out thousands of miles away. celebrating melania trump and her new roll come january 20th as first lady. the prime minister tweeted congratulations, and she's the second first lady born outside of north america. louisa adams, wife of john quincey adams, was the first. >> trivia. >> and he's the youngest was in the white house in 1963. >> wow, somebody had presidential facts all lined up. >> maybe. just dropping a little knowledge on you. did i say tha

trump. record high in number and percentage. the reason is because it was a combination. they knew donald trump respected them. they didn't expect him to sit in the church pew with them. whether they're catholic or evangelical. they consider them a basket of deplorable is. >> remember, mr. trump is not a mormon and that's a big issue for the evangelicals. he doesn't speak to them within a sanctimony. governor huckabee would agree with me. these prayer sessions and prayer meetings and is a compassionate guy, donald trump. for me, i wasn't surprised by that give the thing i was a little surprised by is the inaccuracy of the polling. someone is going to have to answer for that in terms of the sampling and biases that tape placed. maria: you were with him all night. dagen: -- anthony: he was very concerned about that speech. he went through a five or six times. trying to capture the right image of unity of the whole thing. dread every let me point out one thing about hillary clinton who did not

if trump loses tonight, it's not the end of trump. may be the end of the beginning of the trump phenomenon, but the implications will ripple through the republican party. >> it may not be the end of trump, but the question for the republican party is, how do they grab onto those growing voter >> you're right. i have a feeling tonight, as we're looking at the exit polls, we're going to be looking at the cleavages in the electoral along race lines, generational lines, college lines. and republicans tried to draw for votes in shrinking groups of voters. >> okay, thank you all. be coming back to you, as well. got to take another quick break. when we come back, the polls close in north carolina and >>> this is abc news live coverage of election night 2016. here again, george stephanopoulos. >> and we are back now. 7:30 in the east and polls have just closed in three more states. 38 electoral votes in the three states. let's look at the board right now. donald trump has 24 electoral votes clinton, because he's just won the state of west vir

, trump, trump name on it. he's going to really distance himself? >> i don't know he doesn't care about his businesses but i do know he has extraordinarily qualified children. we've seen that. he has extraordinarily qualified executives in his organization. >> but skip, hold on. his children and his executives clearly have the same motivations donald does in terms of the profitability of their businesses so if he were president of the united states and as the american people need him to put the country before himself, how is having your kids and the people who work and get paid for you doing that? >> again, it's priorities. there's no question. everyone that moknows him and knows him well and saying, my priority now is to fix america. that's why i said, i wouldn't suggest that he doesn't care about his businesses but he's had long conversations with the people in his organization. he's anticipated this and right now, he wants to fix america. from day one, that has been sort of the tenet of his campaign. the man

tower, where donald trump lives. the crowd shouted "not my president," while workers in uniform cheered on the marchers. this is one of the protesters in new york city. >> i think it's fixed to the disenfranchisement of the people that somebody like him could he seen as offering anything to the masses. i think hillary is no savior, either. i think she's a very dangerous candidate, but i think donald trump's ability to mobilize perhaps racist is incredibly terrifying. amy: crowds also gathered for anti-trump protests in britain and the philippines. students across the country also staged walk outs wednesday to protest donald trump's election. in california, thousands of students poured out of high schools across the bay area. hundreds of high school and college students also walked out of classes in seattle, phoenix, new york city, portland, oregon, boulder, colorado pittsburgh, , pennsylvania, and on the campuses of the university of connecticut and the university of texas. the protests come as donald trump heads to

donald trump, they came out with venom against donald trump. it's a terrible analogy, but i'm going to give it, anyway. i don't know if you've seen "almost famous," the plane is crashing, everybody says things they didn't want to admit, and all of a sudden it starts to level off and they have to get along. that's how the republican party feels right now, that they have to suddenly get along after saying terrible things about each other in this election, mitt romney being one of them. so having donald trump meet with him is a very big deal. it's a signal to the establishment that they're going to, at least on the surface, try to find a way to get along. will mitt romney actually be considered in a serious way for secretary of state? that's very unclear at the moment. he is a name that's only coming up right now, and we have in the past been in the situation where a lot of names come out, a lot of high-profile names that get a lot of people talking, only for them to fall by the wayside and donald trump to choose someone who had been more of a loy

. >> why'd you vote trump? >> because the way this country's been going is disastrous. >> how do you feel about donald trump being elected? >> i am hopeful, because what i saw over the past few days is a lot different than what i saw the months before hand. >> reporter: exit polls show 61% of the veterans in this country voted for donald trump, yet some here aren't sold on the president-elect. that's despite trump's promise to increase funding for the military and improve medical care at v.a. hospitals. >> donald trump has made a lot of promises to veterans. can he deliver? >> no, he's not going to deliver. he know it and i know it. >> the only thing i'm looking at, are we going to have the money to fund all these programs. >> has he overpromised or do you believe he can deliver? >> i believe he can deliver. he's got a republican congress. if they get off their lazy butt. >> reporter: this air force veteran fears trump pandered to veterans just to get elected. >> he never provided details on how he was going to

trump is going to get doers. he always hires the best of the best. >> okay, lets kristen finish her thoughts. >> i think it is important to talk about betsy devos, he wants to bring prosperity to the city. the way you do that is bringing schools choice to this inner city. that's one way he's going to mark his candidacy and lifting all americans up. i think that was a good move. >> an interesting distinct here. ben carson, you had armstrong william the other say saying ben carson is not ready with many agencies now. >> he thought he was ready for president. >> if you look at betsy devos, this is an area that she's been interested in. >> she's such an educational extremist and the idea that she's going to preside over a public education is terrifying. >> how is full choice extreme? f >> that's apart. >> she would be a pick. she would be a pick, probably any republican party. >> so i am sorry, we are in the process of normalizing. >> she's not just about school's choice. she's about using public funds for private sc

and donald trump jr. and eric and ivanka trump on the transition team. he puts the children on the inside of the transition team where they will be helping shape policy and appointments. interesting. >> a lot of questions there. we will talk about that in the next hour of "early start" which begins right now. >>> a storm of criticism for president-elect trump's new right hand man. a controversial figure. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm victor blackwell in for john berman. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. the fierce push back of the first white house hire. the republican named reince priebus as chief of staff and steve bannon as chief strategist. it is the second appointment which has people in the uproar. he was head of the breitbart news network. all of this comes as we are hearing from trump on a number of top particulars. including the protests against him. in the first sit-down tv interview since election day. for latest on the man who will run the trump white house, let's bring in chris frates from washington. >> rep

donald trump. the billionaire outsider behind one of the biggest upsets in political history. and the swell of support that carried him through the battlegrounds. >> the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. >> tonight, his phone call with president obama. his first trip to the white house coming next. >>> and hillary clinton. ahead in the popular vote, but still unable to break that glass ceiling. among her first words today to her supporters, "i'm sorry we did not win." >> this is painful. and it will be for a long time. >> tonight, clinton's message to the country about president-elect donald trump. >>> and we ask, who could be in trump's cabinet? leaders, vladimir putin. >>> and melania trump. when will she meet with first lady michelle obama? >>> and tonight, a divided america. the triumph for trump supporters, and the heartbreak for those that wanted history. how and when does the healing begin? >>> good evening on this wednesday night. and it's great to have you

tower, where donald trump lives. the crowd shouted "n"not my president," while workers in uniform cheered on the marchers. this is one of the protesters in new york c city. >> i think it's fixed to the disenfranchisement of the people that somebody like him could he seen as offering anything to the masses. i think hillary is no savior, either. i think she's a very dangerous candidate, but i think donald trump's ability to mobilize perhaps racist is incredibly terrifying. amy: crowds also gathered for anti-trump protests in britain and the philippines. students across the country also staged walk outs wednesday to protest donald trump's election. in california, thousands of students poured out of high schools across the bay area. hundreds of high school and college students also walked out of classes in seattle, phoenix, new york city, portland, oregon, boulder, colorado pittsburgh, , pennsylvania, and on the campuses of ththe university of connecticut and the university of texas. the protests come as donald trump hea

and in new york, protesters marched to trump tower shouting trump must go. at least 65 people were arrested. >>> this morning, the president-elect will meet with president obama in the oval office. mr. obama says he wants to make the transition to the trump administration as smooth as possible. ryan. >>> from shock in the u.s. to international shock waves. mark phillips shows us how the world reacted to news of donald trump's historic election victory. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: overseas, the reaction to the trump victory was somewhere between shock. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: and fear. most western leaders did what protocol requires. >> well, i congratulate donald trump. >> reporter: like britain's theresa may offers pledges. of cooperation. donald trump's campaign statements, still ringing in their ears. >> to nato, we are paying a tremendous amount of money. and it's not fair, folks. it's not fair. >> reporter: that's frightening talk in places like the former soviet republics of latvia, lithunia and estonia, where vl

trump saw that. he gave voice to it. >> donald also reached across lines that republican candidates haven't reached across before. he made a direct appeal to the african-american community. he made a direct appeal to a whole group of voters. those in the inner cities that have been left behind. he took his message to them and said i feel your pain and i'm going to be there. >> listen, we're going to have to hold hands now. this is going to be tough. we'll have to look and see if those people heard it the way you heard it and if they voted for him. the problem that we have is that there is real pain in the country. look, hillary clinton had to put down a rebellion in her own party. there was a rebellion in her own party along these lines, the bernie sanders rebellion. she was able to put that rebellion down, but there was still heart burn and rug burn there. there's healing that has to happen in the democratic party. there has to be a real conversation about what happened in that primary. there's pain

donald trump. and jon karl, now hillary clinton has one path? >> she she needs to win all of those states we just mentioned in that industrial midwest. pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, minnesota, and she needs to hang on to the state of nevada. if she does that, she narrowly wins. let's look at it on the possibilities board. so, here's where we are. if she wins michigan, new hampshire, nevada, pennsylvania, of wisconsin to get over 270. >> so, donald trump has many, many more paths. he's still leading. let's go through the states, he's still leading in most of those states. >> let's go back to the map. running out of states that are still open. pennsylvania, clinton now up slightly. but donald trump is up in new hampshire, michigan, donald trump leading. wisconsin, donald trump is up three points, 70% remaining. minnesota, clinton has the lead. but right now, she has to win in three states where donald trump is leading. >> and wisconsin, a fairly healthy lead, three points? >> yes. and here's one

ivanka trump and tiffany trump donald trump. message fits with so many people in pennsylvania what they're telling pollsters. so, it's not until you see you're actually leading a state that no poll had you win thawing realize i can actually do this. >> and there were many people who thought he could actually do it inside the campaign, the supporters themselves. but actually seeing the map that night, dave, that's where it just kind of came together that this was a change election. your point to the popular vote. hillary clinton is likely to win the popular vote. woe are a split country. it doesn't diminish his win in any way, shape, or form. >> no, i didn't say. >> no i know you didn't. i'm just saying it. >> your point was about a mandate. my point is so what does he do first? he has got to decide all these different -- i mean, steve mentioned obamacare. there is a wide bit of agreement on. a lot of things trump proposed very controversial. what about what he's to do about immigration wants to have deportation units go around t

trump. a democrat said she talked syria with donald trump and who may be in line for united nations ambassadorship. but it's another old show. let's make a deal that comes to mind, and growing concerns that trump's global business operations could leave conflicts of interest at home and abroad, especially after the president-elect's recent meeting with businessmen tied to a trump tower deal in india. could trump already be violating the u.s. constitution? >>> and a man already picked by trump to be his chief white house strategist claims he's an anti-semite. he headed breitbart news which has been the platform for some fringe groups on the so-called all right. now some latest comments that set off a new wave of criticism. i'll speak with republican congressman shawn duffy and our correspondents, analysts and guests that have full coverage of today's top stories. let's go to will ripley monitoring the tsunami warning after that magnitude 6.9 earthquake off of japan. what are you hearing, will

beginning of the end of donald trump. >> it is likely to be the beginning of the end of donald trump sitting atop the gop ticket. >> you wrote this is the beginning of the end for donald trump. >> there's in way to win if you over half of the population doesn't support you. >> talk about the biggest loser, isn't that a show on nbc? he could end up being the biggest loser. >> there's a possibility, nancy, that he could win. >> no, he's not going to win rnl it's impossible. >> he's not going to win. don't worry about that. >> hillary clinton only two away from 270 electoral votes. let's say the clinton campaign is saying fantastic about nevada. let's give her that. you heard jeff zeleny say they're feeling good about florida. this is where we stood tonight. clearly an advantage for secretary clinton. >> donald trump has won the state of arkansas. fox can project the donald trump will win the states of kansas, north dakota, south dakota, texas and wyoming. and we are about to make a major call. fox news decision desk is projecting that donald trump has won the state of north carolina. p

went upstairs in trump tower to talk to melania trump. and she was in philadelphia, a lot of people said, that speech? and she spoke about cutting down on bullying, to get at, among the criticisms of donald trump, what he's done on twitter, the comments made about women. that was perhaps the first sign they have to do some healing. >> i think we have a sense of what a potential trump white house would look like. he can't stand professionals. propositionals. jeb bush got four delegates, spent $110 million. he goes into the general election, the most massive infrastructure of hillary clinton, 50 times more headquarters, outspent donald trump 5 to one. won all the debates, and he's a somali pirate, and this is a time of large tanker ships, and donald trump will go into the white house thinking, i did this. >> and people voted for him. it's not just him. there are millions of americans who voted for donald trump. this country does rest on the consent of the governed. you may disagree with them, but they voted for donald trump, and they believ

. >>> the man who might out trump trump, this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. a billionaire real estate mogul, a huge success in television, tough talking political outsider promising to take down the system and make us rich, multiple wives, multiple scandals. no, sir donald trump. it is italy. from broadway to "snl," celebrities bashing donald trump, but are they adding fuel to the fire for his supporters? let's discuss now with cnn senior white house correspondent mr. jim acosta and cnn senior correspondent brian stelter. how does it feel to be inside? >> it feels great. i'm always with a bus behind me when the life shot comes up. anyway, i digress. >> good to see you inside. then, wait, did the election happen? >> think we pushed it back to cember. >> it is still happening. i want to talk about the meeting today with donald trump. he backed away from promises to prosecute hillary clinton. he denounced the neo-nazi movement hailing his victory, and he even indicated that he has an open mind when it comes to climate change. are we seeing -- who is this donald

trump. adding to the pile today was under elizabeth warren, sending a letter to the president-elect accusing him of how many -- accusing him of having too many wall street insiders and lobbyists on his team and potential cabinet list. that is mild compared to what harry reid has done. his statement called trump a sexual predator who lost the popular vote and fueled his campaign with bigotry and hate. harry reid was at it again today on the senate floor, railing against trump's pick for white house chief strategist, steve bannon. >> if trump is serious about seeking unity, he should rescind his appointment of steve bannon. don't do it. think about this. don't do it. rasulg as a champion of the vision is -- a champion of racial division is in the oval office, it is impossible to take his efforts at unity seriously. i say to donald trump, take the responsibility seriously. rise to the office of the president. step out from behind your twitter account and show americans that racism, bullying, an

donald trump's character. >> i think what has been one of the most interesting things that has happened in the last day, shows how much oxygen the hillary clinton e-mail stuff has taken, but it's been a bad 24 hour news cycle for donald trump. if you see all the stories about him. the story about the legally dubious maneuver to not pay any taxes. story in "the washington post" about charitable donations or lack and story about erased e-mails and information during depositions of court dates and reason why a lot of the court dates haven't happened. you have a lot of these news focuses for donald trump that could certainly be made an issue and what hillary clinton is going to do is package all of that up and focus on the unfitness of donald trump to be commander in chief. >> but if those stories were so powerful, bringing out alicia machdo again. >> that's most powerful of course. >> the very fact that she is attacking the fbi, this is like ken starring of -- >> wait a minute. donald trump has been attacking the

. >> at trump university we teach success. >> his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> president-elect agreeing to pay $25 million to settle three lawsuits. >> it really is a great result. >> those students going to get half their money back. >> retired army michael flynn offered the role of national security adviser. >> i have confidence in general flynn. he is considered to be a brilliant mind. >> he has called islam itself, not radical versions of it a threat. >> having the world lens that he should have as a general he should know better. ♪ >>> and good morning. thanks for joining us. >> good to have you this morning. this morning president-elect starts a busy weekend of filling his cabinet after cleerg away some legal trouble. >> donald trump is agreeing to pay $25 million to settle three laults against his now defunct for profit business school trump university. more on that in a moment. >>> also today, donald trump is set to meet with a full roster of prospective cabinet appointees including mitt romney, a man who earlier this year called him a phony and a

trump. looking at scenes at a number of zis around the country. meanwhile the white house today another extraordinary image. the images you are seeing right now are chicago, denver, baltimore as well. at the white house, extraordinary images. president obama after a meeting with president elect donald trump, trump as you remember tried hard to delegacy president obama or obama's presidency claiming for years that he wasn't born in the united states. on the campaign trail the president said that donald trump was unqualified and trump said the president was to blame for isis. today though it was all about the future. jim acosta reports. >> reporter: it was an image design designed to calm a nervous world t president and president elect fresh off the political battle field sitting together in the oval office calling on a divided nation to come together. >> most of all i want to emphasize to you, mr. president elect, that -- that we now are gonna want to do everything we can to help you succeed.

donald trump didn't need that. he was the attraction of the campaign trail but that was campaigning and as you say now it comes time for leading. he has never held political office. the first u.s. president to never have served in the military in general or held political office. how is he going to work with other people? it's the essential question. >> they got it wrong, didn't pay this man attracting support across all layers of american society. >> yes, even 42% of the female vote according to an exit poll by "the new york times" that despite the claims of sexual harassment or remarks you heard on the campaign trail, donald trump, you could say the writing was on the wall and a lot of people refuse to see it. what he did differently was he energize people on the campaign trail and what this was, this is important, it was a protest vote. he is not -- he says he's leading a movement. he is not the carrier of a great ideology like ronald reagan was at the turn of the 1980s. donald trump was tapping into the rage ag

trump 45, clinton 43. i want to know, this is not designed to be critical in any way of the jobs they did. >> you are sitting here, the deeper dive in this, about what voters told you. >> i am not certain the polls you cited are the most accurate, but told us the most about the electorate. i think the other polls, the ones people are criticizing, showed clinton in the lead, clinton at 45, the last fox news poll had clinton at 48 and trump at 44, i think those are the most informative polls in the electorate. if you go into the election and plain vanilla candidate, no one thinks cannot do the job, floating at 45 points, and another candidate who is a maverick, and floats around 38 and 40, what was going on in the selection for all time. that is telling you something, and the outcome of this election reminds us what that is telling you the public is not embracing the old established candidates, hillary clinton at 45. bill: what you do is as much art as science. how do you then gauge the level of enthusiasm o

we have the vice president-elect mike pence and donald trump hovering at trump tower. sources telling nbc news that trump's transition team is purging people close to governor chris christie. meanwhile, house republicans are standing solidly by trump. now we have the newly re-elected paul ryan refusing earlier today to criticize the controversial choice of steve bannon as chief strategist of a trump white house. >> i'm not looking backwards. i'm looking forward. i'm looking to the future and how we make this work for the american people, how we help president-elect trump be the most successful president in our lifetime. >> meanwhile, president obama fighting to preserve what's left of his legacy as he takes to the world stage for one last time. he told nbc's can chris jansing he doesn't feel donald trump's election is a referendum on his own world view. >> a pretty healthy of the majority people agree with my world view on a majority of things. it may not always win the day in the short term, in any particular political circumstance, but i'm confident it will win the d

why should trump pick a fight with paul ryan. it's trump's party. if trump doesn't want something to get passed through congress, it won't get passed through congress. ryan is not going to go home on say i defied donald trump. without much help from paul ryan donald trump won the state. i don't think paul ryan wants to go home and tell his constituents that he defied trump. lou: with both houses of congress, soon the supreme court as he starts moving his justices towardconfirmation, if this is going to be trump's government in its entirety, something we haven't seen, and i have to say, we are two days into a transition period, 70 days away from him being sworn in, but i have to say he's off to one heck of a great start. >> i do. i think the first 100 days of his presidency is going to be chock full of initiatives, rescinding executive actions that were unconstitutional or just outrageous. he will move fast on this oba ware redo. and he's going to move quickly on the immigration priorities that helped get him elected. build that wall. i hope they wil

trump. now, to hit 270 electoral votes and win the presidency, according to cnn's math, donald trump will need to win all six of the states that cnn has labeled tossup states highlighted in yellow, plus five more electoral votes. following the candidates today, both clinton and trump are putting a ton of attention in one particular battleground state, north carolina. cnn political director david chalian joining me at the magic wall. give us the scenarios. what is the path to 270 if trump wins north carolina versus clinton's path. >> starting with what you just said, jake, which is giving donald trump all the remaining battleground states. nevada, utah, arizona, florida, ohio, and as you are saying, north carolina, that still has him short. remember, if he could flip a state like new hampshire and then maybe get that congressional district up in maine he might be able to get to 270 that way. just to show you how important north carolina is, in is that scenario, though, if i gave hillary clint

>> trump: yes. >> stahl: they're talking about a fence in the republican congress, would you accept a fence? >> trump: for certain areas i would, but certain areas, a wall is more appropriate. i'm very good at this, it's called construction. >> stahl: so part wall, part fence? >> trump: yeah, it could be-- it could be some fencing. >> stahl: what about the pledge to deport millions and millions of undocumented immigrants? >> trump: what we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers, we have a lot of these people, probably two million, it could be even three million, we are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate. but we're getting them out of our country, they're here illegally. after the border is secured and after everything gets normalized, we're going to make a determination on the people that you're talking about who terrific people but we are going to make a determination at that. but before we make that dete

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trump. it turns out, it's the clinton campaign. i mean -- >> she can't concede while there are vets on the table. >> no, no, i don't mean that. the irony of what we are seeing unfolding, right? >> i mean, you know. bob, have you ever seen anything like this? >> well, i was the one who said yesterday, you know, the way this thing is going, the next thing that will happen it will rain frogs. well, it's looking like, ribbit. >> 2004, john kerry took a little while to concede. >> i assume what they're doing also is figuring out whether there is a challenge they can make if in fact they're losing and look at it. have a few hours to make that. look at the votes. and say here is a way that we can challenge it if we want to. >> i don't have access, because we are all staring at the numbers whether there has been discussion about legal challenges in some of the states. i have not heard one at this particular point. i think what we are seeing is razor thin. how extraordinary to have -- we are not goin

trump website. i mean, why is it an unreasonable question to ask if the muslim ban is actually going to happen? >> it's not an unreasonable question. but i think there's going to be a time between now and january 20th where he will assemble a team and his priorities of how he's going to get things done. he's got to work with congress. i think those conversations that started the other day have to continue in terms of, this isn't a dictatorship, it's a democracy. we work with the house and the senate. he will continue those discussions with speaker ryan and mcdonnell to lay out the priorities of the sequencing but also the details of the policies. >> congressman, i touched on this at the beginning of the show with speaker ryan, about the fears that many americans feel. you represent a district with a large latino population in california. what are people feeling in your district? >> i've heard everything from kids afraid to go to school because they're not sure their parents will be home when they ge

blacks for trump. that's so nice. >> the guy who himself is most often the person you can see holding that sign, the guy we saw get up there and hold that sign behind trump, he has gone by a few names over the years. he now likes to be known as michael the black man. but he is one of the yahweh ben yahweh cult members who was indicted on the conspiracy to murder charges in miami back in the day. the guy holding the blacks for trump sign who you see, that guy there you see at so many trump rallies who the trump organizers keep putting right behind trump at rallies, he was charged with two murders in the yahweh ben yahweh serial murder trial. ultimately he was not convicted but the miami new times points out this was his past. particularly when he gets personally shouted out by donald trump. and oftentimes held up by the conservative media as a sign of real black support for donald trump. they keep pointing him out, pointing out his signs because it's basically their contention that the miami new times i

and that's when this movement begun. [ applause ] [ chanting: trump, trump, trump ] >> donald trump has asked a simple and around important question. what kind of country do we want? do we want a country that's safe with secured borders? >> yes. >> do we want a country where every american gets a fair shot. do we want a country that honors our constitution? do we want a country that honors life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? [ cheers ] do we want a country that respects women and provides them with equal opportunity? do we want a country where every child has access to a good education? [ cheers ] do we want children to be safe and secure and dream big dreams? [ cheers ] do we want a president who's be holden to know one but you, the american people. [ cheers ] yes! [ cheers ] do we want a president who's a fighter for us and will never give up. yes. >> then we want donald trump to be our president. [ cheers ] [ applause ] [ audience chanting: trump, trump, trump ] >> people have asked me if donald is the president, what kind of first lady will be? >> it will be my honor and pri

donald trump. wait until you hear his new prediction for trump's presidency, let's go "out front." >>> good evening i'm erin burnett. trump tower turmoil in fighting among members of president elect donald trump's transition team and a question tonight of who is calling the shots. mike rogers, the former head of the intelligence committee, cnn contributor spent months putting a national security team together for trump part of the transition on the show a few days ago talking about progress and abruptly told he's out and mike pence replacing chris christie unorthodox and calls growing louder for trump to cut chis of steve bannon. today the senate's top democrat harry reid tearing into bannen. >> what message is trump sending a young girl that woke up wednesday morning in rhode island, afraid to be a woman of color in america? it's not a message of healing. if trump is serious about seeking unity, the first thing he should do is resend his appointment steve bannon. resend him, don't do it. >> covera

tonight the celebration for some, the disappointment for donald trump is spending his day at trump tower. the lobby is currently closed to the general public. joyce: the scene outside is chaotic with protestors and supporters milling about. so here's a look at the latest numbers. donald trump defeating hillary clinton 279-228 in the electoral college. just a states are still awaiting three -- just three states are still awaiting results. clinton is narrowly leading in new hampshire, trump in arizona and michigan. donald trump gave his acceptance speech in the middle of the night,y sleeping. here's what he had to say. >> america will no longer settle for anything less than the best. we must reclaim our country's destiny and dream big and bold and daring. we have to do that. we are going to dream of things for our country and beautiful things and successful things once again. . she congratulated us, it's about us, on our victory, and i congratulated her and her family on a very, very hard fought campaign. i mean, she fight very hard. hillary very hard over a long time, and we oh her a majo

trump's picks? just go to facebook or twitter @foxnewssunday, and we may use your question on the air. >>> coming up, president-elect trump makes his first cabinet picks. >> we're very confident it will be a smooth transition. >> with more appointments to come, we'll ask our sunday panel what we've learned so far about the direction of the trump administration, >>> we've got a great number of men and women, great qualifications, to come forward and serve this new administration. i'm humbled to be a part of it. >> vice president-elect mike pence talking about the transition at trump tower this week. and it's time now for our sunday group. laura ingragrahaingraham, fox n political analyst juan williams, and lisa boothe. laura, we got to start this discussion about personnel picks with you about you. as has been widely reported -- i know, you're shaking your head. you are under consideration to be the white house press secretary. two quick questions. have you talked with donald trump since the election

one of the more remarkable meetings donald trump had here at trump tower today. cruz spokeswoman put out a statement after ted cruz left here saying that ted cruz is essentially embraced what they're calling this mandate to drain the swamp in washington. for ted cruz to use that kind of catch phrase from donald trump shows you how far that relationship has come. and i should point out there's a little bit of late breaking news. earlier today we were reporting that the transition process from the obama administration to the new trump administration had frozen because the white house did not have the proper signature on key transition documents. they had chris christie's signature on those documents. i'm now told by a white house official that, yes, mike pence has signed those documents. now that process, which was frozen earlier today, can start moving forward again. so one piece of good news for this new administration. anderson? >> jim, thank you very much. >>> new information from several sources on who is behind the friction inside the transition efforts. phil

donald trump left the war room, went to his penthouse in trump tower, said he needed a moment and trump tower is exploding in a good way. they feel like this is their night. and breaking down, on a simple level, matt doubt a-- dowd had big operation, and donald trump won this race by labeling people. jeb bush, low energy. he had an lying ted, crooked hillary. the night is not over, but think about this. president trump. >> president trump, would be the 45th if he wins. three key states, michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. let's look at them one by one. jon, start out with michigan. >> donald trump clinging to a and next door to wisconsin, donald trump has a larger lead, 76% of the vote in. we zoom back out, to pennsylvania. here's one where we have essentially a tie. about a 4,000-vote lead, out of 5 million votes cast. >> but he does not need pennsylvania, if he wins wisconsin and michigan, he's the next president of the ed the appeal of donald trump was in the rural areas. he gives them hope. they may not believe he can change anything, but he's their hope and change candidate. the