Angst and frustration of job holders. What caused clintons defeat . The director of the fbi said two letters breach of protocol. Plus the biggest surprises this was the most overhyped story in the history of american politics. Including trumps access hollywood tape. That incident affected trumps numbers significantly. A deep dive with the man and woman running the campaigns. Our exclusive interviews on a special state of the Union Starting right now. Hello, im jake taper in washington where the state of our union is still quite divided almost one month after donald trump defeated Hillary Clinton. Officials are still raw and emotional. Bitter. And angry. More offended than its. Donald trump easily surpassed the 170 electoral votes. So today, were going to bring you something rarely seen. Both major president ial Campaign Managers sitting together, doing a joint interview discussing how we got here. A conversation both enlightening and contentious. Trumps Kellyanne Conway and clintons rob by mook each dedicated their lives to the singular task of seeing the other have a bad night in november. I sat down with them at Harvard Universitys institute of politics to go behind the scenes of one of the most unprecedented and ugly campaigns in modern history. Rob by, i know there are a lot of people here, especially here at harvard who are wondering, what happened . What went wrong . Obviously Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and she won more votes for president than any white man in history, but this is obviously a race to 270, and she came up short in states like michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin. She told donors not long after the election that she thought the letter from fbi director james comey was really the nail in the coffin for her. Do you agree . Look, we are really proud of her margin in the popular vote. And, but as youve said, this was about Electoral College votes. And we did come up short. We felt very good about where we were going into the last 10, 20 days of the election. I think it is hard to imagine the kind of impact that that letter had. You know, most of the Public Holdings showed a distinct drop. We certainly saw that in our internal numbers. And particularly because the letter didnt really seem to have much of a purpose. He hadnt seen them, didnt know what they were. So, look, when you look across those three states that you mentioned, were talking about 100,000 votes, anything could have made a difference with such small margins, less than 1 in each of those states. We do think that was an incredibly powerful force in the race. The other reality is, you know, we were hoping for stronger performance in some sectors and a lot of the data was very off in this race. We have to reflect on all of those reasons. What sectors . Well, we were expecting to perform better with suburban women in particular. We saw those numbers a lot stronger than what happened on election day. We think that was because of the comey letter. We saw a lot of young people go to third party candidates. I think the letter had a lot to do with that as well. There were a number of reasons for this. But that would be the letter. You said that the shift, the Movement Towards donald trump and away from Hillary Clinton among undecided voters in key demographic groups started before the comey letter. Yes. You can see the polls internally, jake, for example, abc news released a poll on sunday that said 50 38. We didnt believe she was at 50, we knew we were not under 40. Everybody had to live with the poll because people held it up as evidence that the race was over. That there was no way Hillary Clinton could lose. No way donald trump could win. And by friday of the same week, it was a onepoint race. And that was before the comey letter. Also secretary clinton herself, the night of the day that comey letter was released on october 28th said at her rally, that she it didnt matter because americans had already decided what they thought about the emails. And that it was already baked in the cake. And this was a messaging point from her campaign. So at the time they said that, maybe it was wishful thinks. Maybe they werent being completely truthful, and now its supposed to be the comey letter, and i have to say, donald trump turned over 200 counties that went for president obama in 2012 to donald trump 2016. Thats because of messages that connect with people in those areas. Not because of a letter late in the game. I do think that it probably had an affect on some voters, but if you want to reach suburban women and the question is youre the first female president running for first female running for president as party nominee, then why is the message not nearly connected to them . I want to get to messaging in a little bit. Lets back up to june 2015, donald trump comes down the escalator at trump tower, announces that hes going to run for president. It seemed back in the primaries that many people in your campaign, robby wanted donald trump to be in there saying hed be easier to beat than marco rubio. Is that true and why . Many democrats did believe that. I think obviously our opinions on that changed as he progressed through the primary and was very successful by any standard in that primary. And kellyanne, youve been critical of the polls, let me give you an opportunity to weigh in on a rare moment of agreement here. Why were the polls so wrong . Critical the polls just because they were wrong. I never want to practice law again. I cant be that critical of the polls. But the polls are wrong for a couple of reasons. And when i say the polls, these are mostly the public polls. I think joel is worked the internal polls, our polling work, we had five different polling firms working on including my firm. Those dont really see the light of day. Were using those for strategic positioning. Were not trying to get clicks or make head lionels or call the rice over before it is one way or the other. I think a few things happened, one is presuming that the 2012 electorate would be the 2016 electorate. And that presumed implicitly, jake, that secretary clinton would be able to attract and knit together and keep together whats called the obama coalition. So, a Critical Mass of voters of color, millennials, and maybe even her running up the totals a little bit among women since shes the first female candidate and she was running a decidedly reach out to women as an antitrump Message Campaign until the very end. So i think that was a fail. And the other failing is in presuming that people who had voted democratic in the past would do so here. Which is slightly different than the obama coalition. We thought in our modelling that the 2016 electorate had a better chance of loosely resembling the 2014 electorate in the states and counties. Then it would resemble the 2012 election. And so we talked i talked very publicly, very early on under a hail of criticism about the undercover trump voter. And it was very real. And the undercover trump voter, this is not somebody who is afraid to say theyre voting for donald trump. Its somebody who doesnt look like a trump voter. Its a Union Household thats voted democratic for years. Its a single mom who couldnt possibly dream of voting for donald trump. Why would she do that when she can vote for Hillary Clinton who is fighting for women and children. So we just took an approach where we were a little bit more openminded about who the lek tort may be and allowed them to tell us who they were. Look, turnout wasnt what we wanted it to be in some places. And there were different stories across different states. Philadelphia didnt turn out the way we would have liked. Other states werent. But one thing i think we did see across the country, i think kellyanne would agree with this, was we did see record hispanic turnout in a number of communities. I think that was important to our win in nevada and colorado. And thats why texas was a lot closer than many anticipated. Obviously that wasnt, you know, enough for us to win the election. But i think that is something to be celebrated and lifted up. That was unprecedented. And you know, i hope that those voters continue to turn out. Coming up next, the future of Donald Trumps tweets. Will he retain control of his account while in the oval office . Thats next. Per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50 longer than the leading ordinary brand. So you get more life per roll. Bounty, the quicker picker upper welcome back to state of the union im jake tapper. Donald trump took the republican primaries by storm using his celebrity and business background to propel him to the top of the polls. Almost from the start, but it was his Controversial Campaign promises that made the headlines. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States. Until our countrys representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. Kellyanne conway was allied with ted cruz during the primaries, but in july joined the Trump Campaign. By august, campaign manager. She and chair steve bannon seemed to get trump to be more focussed, to be more disciplined. The campaign seemed to scale back some of the most provocative proposals. How did they do it . How important that was to his ultimate victory . I asked her to take us behind the scenes. Campaign manager, august 17th, same day that steve bannon was named campaign ceo, it seemed as though, from the outside, you and steve bannon were able to convince donald trump to be more disciplined in a way that previous Campaign Managers had not convinced him to do. Had not succeeded in getting through to him. Please stay on message. Stick with your teleprompter. Not that he only stuck with his teleprompter, but the kind of one might call selfinflicted wounds. Some of the gaffes, some of the more controversial statements he made. Most took place disproportionately before steve bannon took over. Im wondering, what did you and steve bannon say to him to convince him we will take over, but you really need to listen to us in terms of staying more on message. When we came on board, there were a couple of things, i said i dont divulge private conversations, i feel confident in telling you that i said to mr. Trump, youre running against one of the most joy list president ial kpaends in history it seems. Why dont we find a way to be the happy warrior again. He loved doing the rallies. He loved connecting with people that way. You have to know who your candidate is, and there is no substitute for a qualify, compelling candidate and work with his or her gifts. And i think in the case of the donald trump, he gets his oxygen with being with the voters. One thing i take issue with, i think what happened and weve discussed this early on. At the very end of the race, there were probably more undecideds than in a lot of races before. And we do think because the director of the fbi sent two letters in what was an unprecedented intervention in the election. Total breach of protocol. Yes, i think a lot of those undecideds broke against us. I dont think that was an inherent problem and i would argue without those letters we would have won those. And thats why we would have won the election. The other thing id say, kellyanne said it was a joyless campaign. I contest that. We youre joyful. Im joyful, hill have i joyful. We did you struggle, everybody who knows Hillary Clinton says that the person you see on stage is not the person that you see behind the scenes. That behind the scenes, shes much warmer person, a much more amusing person. Did you struggle to get that person from behind the scenes out into the crowd . Look there were a lot of head winds in this race. We were trying to make history. Shes the first woman to be the nominee of a major party, but also the why is that a head wind . Why is her bag woman well, i think you know, having worked for a few women candidates now, i think that they sometimes face certain scrutiny that male candidates dont. You know, sometimes people would talk about the way hillary spoke during a speech. I didnt hear them remark about male candidatings that way, look, i think the bigger issue is that russian intelligence, our intelligence agencies all confirmed that russian intelligence stole emails from our Campaign Chair and the dnc and selectively leaked them out over months. Explicitly for the purpose of intervening in the election. Hurting Hillary Clinton and helping donald trump. I think was the exact quote. And a Deportation Force to round up 11 to 12 million undocumented immigrants and remove them from the country. Those change. He never repudiated them, but they changed in the way that he talked them the way that governor pence talked about them, the way that you talked about them. Was that part of the reset for the general election . I think its part of explaining what you meant by what you said. And putting it in policy, prescription, type of language. And thats what he did. So for example, the same day, jake, that mr. Trump flew down to next to meet with the mexican president , he chose to accept the invitation, secretary clinton did not. He then flew to arizona and gave, again, a tenpoint plan on how to reform our immigration system. People may say they dont like it, at least they can read it. They can examine it. He has won. Its there. He delivered it over about 45, 60 minutes, and im sure its on the website somewhere. So in that regard, he explained how he would approach the immigration system if he were to be elected. President elect trump without question offended many minority groups and women who are a majority, during this election. Whether it is mocking a disabled reporter or seeming to question whether the judge could do his job because of his heritage. Did he ever, in private, express any regret about that . Because we heard from him on election night, a desire to bring the country together. Yes. But that job will be tougher because of some of the things he said, mostly before you came on board. So, i wont divulge private conversations, but shortly after i came on board, mr. Trump was in North Carolina and gave a speech. And some people in the media refer to it as the regret speech. Toward the middle or the end, he expressed regret, he expressed regret for having offended anyone. He said particularly with my words. And thats a leader. You know, showing humility and inclusiveness and regret to use his word, but i want to say this to you also, if youre talking about just the numbers alone, donald trump did better among hispanics and African Americans than did mitt romney, john mccain, for example, the last two republican president ial nominees, jake. And he did much better among women than almost everybody. Certainly everybody publicly predicted. Weve got the first female president ial candidate, on the cusp of being the first female president. Where are all these women . Where the marches of women saying we must have the first female i didnt see them on fifth avenue or in washington, d. C. They were volunteering for the campaign. But they didnt vote for her though. Lets go to harvard for a question for kellyanne. My question has to do with President Trump communication strategy, specifically if hes going to continue to use his twitter account. It breeds authenticity, hes been known to tweet out falsehoods and liabilities. Is that something he plans to do after being inaugurated. Thats going to be up to him, the secret service, and others who have to help decide those issues. I will tell you that president elect looks at his social media accounts, combined 25 million or probably more at this point, users on twitter and facebook as a very Good Platform through which to convey his messages. I can tell you firsthand that there are posts that he makes that otherwise would not be heard or seen by those 25 million people, but for him posting it. Hes a unique person whose been following his instincts and his judgment from the beginning. I think one of the points that i think wed all be interested hearing is in the last week, he tweeted that there were millions of fraudulent votes. Theres no evidence that there were millions of fraudulent votes. I dont doubt there were some, there always are, but the idea that the only idea that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote is because of millions of fraudulent votes is not true. And then when cnn reported on that, he retweeted people, criticized jeff zelny, including a 16yearold boy. And i think the question arises in a roomful of people who want president elect trump to succeed, who want him to realize a vision where there are more jobs coming into this country. Where you do achieve so much of what you wanted to achieve, is that really president ial behavior . Well, hes the president elect, so thats president ial behavior, yes. So the things that bill clinton did in the oval office that you criticized, those were president ial. Are you comparing what bill clinton did in the oval office to a twitter feed. Shall we review for those who werent born then what he did . Doesnt make it president ial. Yes, i wasnt saying otherwise, but the fact is this man is now president of the United States, and hes tackling very big issues. The ones that he campaigned on and the ones that you execute through his first 100 day plan. I know him very well. Im a trusted a visor. He committed to making good on the promises and on the frankly the plans and hes going to be focus on the that. We need to move on and support the president and the issues that hes going to make. I didnt like i dont like a lot of things that people in leadership do, but theyre there. And that should be respected. I mean, i was raised to respect the office of the president , and its current occupant know matter who he or she is. I just hope moving forward from this campaign, you know, kellyanne is right, the campaigns over. Its time to move on. I just hope the truth doesnt get lost or sacrificed. Hillary Clintons Campaign blames fbi director james comey for her loss, but it was the revelations of the email scandal that behind the scenes split her top advisors. Well have more on that next. Will your business be ready when growth presents itself . American express open cards can help you take on a new job, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. Find out how American Express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open. Com. Find out how American Express cards and services cough doesnt sound so good. Take mucinex dm. Ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. Looks like im good all night some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Lets end this. Welcome back. Clinton Campaign Officials point to two things they say were out of their control that hurt her campaign. Fbi director comeys investigation into her private email server during her time at the state department and the hacks that exposed by a wikileaks private emails of her Campaign Chairman and officials at the Democratic National committee. But did clinton or any top aids bear any responsibility for any of this . Hillary clintons email server came to light in 2015. We learned from one of the hacked emails published by wikileaks that john podesta sent you an email saying did you have any idea the depth of the story. You answered nope, we brought up the existence in research this summer, but were told that everything was taken care of. In other emails, it comes out very clearly that there was a divide between the new guard, you, and some others, and the old guard. And im wondering if you feel that some of the actions and activities that the old guard either allowed to happen, did themselves, or enabled, whether it was giving speeches to Goldman Sachs or setting up the private email server or the decision to become multimillionaires, did the decisions by those individuals, the old guard, make your job close to impossible . Well, no. Not at all. We came before close to winning this campaign. And as i said, you know, we won the popular vote. Look, hillary said she regretted that email setup. That it was a mistake. She took responsibility for it. And she apologized for it i get it. But it happened and youre talking about james comey, james comey is in the conversation because of the email server. Sure, but i think, again, if any of us on the campaign could have gone back on the time machine, including Hillary Clinton and changed this, absolutely. We would have. But i think despite that, this was the most overhyped, overreported, overlitigated story in the history of american politics. Full stop. It was. And particularly because of what james comey did. You know, there were protocols at the Justice Department that they are not to intervene in electoral races. Theyre not to report out on investigations, you know, two, three, four months before an election. This was a total breach of that protocol. And totally unnecessary, particularly to write a letter saying we have emails, i havent looked at them. Its mind boggling why he did this. Kellyanne, one of the things that came out that has come up in conversations after the election is that james comey might not have felt empowered to do anything he did had the attorney general Loretta Lynch not recused herself from decisionmaking because bill clinton had that meeting with her on an airplane on a tarmac. Do you agree that bill clinton empowered james comey . Yes. That is true. That meeting between the attorney general and president clinton bothered voters because it just played right into the culture of corruption the different set of rules for them than for the rest of us. Who in the world can do that . Walk across and go on and pretend youre talking about the grandchildren for, i dont know, 40, 45, 50 minutes, but i want to say to lest james comey be the scapegoat in fairness, Hillary Clinton had a very bad time convincing americans, very tough time convincing americans she was honest and trust worthy. That was long before the fbi investigation. Youve referred to this as a postfactual election where facts dont matter. And you were taking issue with something that donald trump said. And there were other things, so thecalled fake news, disinformation out there. Stories there was a crazy story towards the end of the campaign in which the nypd was supposedly about to throw Hillary Clinton and her whole gang in jail because of stuff found on Anthony Weiners computer that led to sex trafficking that interestingly enough, general flen retweeted at one point. How much of a problem was this postfactual election in your view . I think it was a huge problem. Look jake, i think theres a lot of things we need to examine. Congress has got to investigate what happened with russia here. We cannot have foreign and foreign aggressors i would argue intervening in our elections. And we know the elections were prom investigating fake news through other outlets, but look, we also had and this is with all do respect to kellyanne and her colleagues, this isnt personal, but, you know, steve bannon ran breitbart news, which was notorious for pedaling stories like this. Im not attacking him personally, but they pedalled a lot of stories on that website. That are just false. Theyre just not true. And that reinforced sexist, racist, antisemitic notions in people. Headlines that just make your that, you know, are shocking. And insulting. And shouldnt be part of our public discourse. Kellyanne. I think the biggest piece of fake news was that donald trump couldnt win. So theres that. And that was pedalled probably for weeks and months before the campaign, definitely in the closing days. If you look at major newspapers and major cable stations, networks, jake, its unmistakable never said he couldnt win well, there was a motion. No, no, im saying that particularly in print stories. We have colleagues whom we all respect, some of whom are in this room that represent outlets literally if you go back we have them, and you pull the whole front page theres a lot of stuff out there, absolutely. Thats fake because its based on things that are not true. They have no path, shes got more money, more personnel, she cant lose, then of course, the growing narratives, im not going to repeat here, but they essentially boil down to donald trump takes the wings off of butterflies. And that, you know america said theres a difference between who may offend me and what absolutely affects me. And i as a voter am going that way. Are you at all concerned by the fact that intelligence agencies saying that russians were hacking into the email accounts and the email servers of the dnc and john podesta and that it may have i just dont know it to be true. Somebody has. People have been gone on tv saying that the Trump Campaign knew this, the Trump Campaign im not saying that, intelligence agencies have testified to that fact. It is a fact mike rogers who president elect trump is interviewing for a potential job has said it as well. Clearly a foreign actor was doing it. Assuming that its true i dont to want assume its true, i dont know it. Youre asking me a hypothetical. Youre the one that quoted from wikileaks, i didnt. 17 National Security agencies have said this is true. Its true. I dont understand why youre reluctant to acknowledge that the intelligence agencies are saying it. Im not reluctant. Thats not what youre asking me. Were not proforeign government interference. I got to they, its weighing on my conscious, it is outrageous that a foreign aggressor got involved in our election. It has got to be investigated and it should never, ever happen again in our history. Boston globe ran an oped by a woman, she was hired by your campaign to study undecided voters and battleground states to talk to them and find out what they were think pg. She wrote that there was one moment more than any other where she saw undecided voters shift to donald trump. It was not the comey letter, it was when Hillary Clinton referred to the basket of deplorables. She made that comment on september 9th. Did you realize at that time that that comment she made was as potentially damaging as this one study by somebody who worked for your Campaign Says it was . First of all, hillary apologized right away after that. And said that she misspoke. And that she regretted the comment. Thats something that donald trump wouldnt do. You know she didnt say that. She regretted putting a number on it. She regretted her choice of words. But, donald trump never apologized to im talking about Hillary Clinton right now. Sure. Thats what they do. You both do it. Yes, but we won. True. But, i think look, youre talking about one instance where Hillary Clinton said one thing, she immediately explains that she regretted you dont think it had an affect i think she regretted being caught. It could have alienated voters. Thats why she got out there right away. Heres what i will say, i was proud that Hillary Clinton said in her speech that donald trump is the president elect, and that he deserves the benefit of the doubt and the chance to lead. We all need to give hem that. The Harvard Kennedy school has a question for you. Thank you both for being here tonight. I wanted to ask you a question about whether the Clinton Campaign was too confident or in some might say arrogant throughout this election cycle in the way that might have led to come play san si. We know that young people in particular were voting for third party candidates. And if those votes had gone a different way, the election could have turned out in a different way. Its their choice where to put their votes. Im not criticizing or blaming them. I was very frustrated at times when and i think kellyanne would agree when they say it was a fore gone conclusion or this were this happens that i think some news korgs organizations got into signing a percentage likelihood to win and so on. I think we have to reevaluate that system. Do you think that the Clinton Campaign bears any of the responsibility for that impression . That this was a forgone conclusion . Yeah, i do think theres some responsibility because when they were opening up the leads in the public media polling, things were said like, election day will be over the election will be over before election day we said about specific states. In the press that do voter id. It was the truth without fact check organize verifying. The most shocking moment and how donald trump responded. What happened behind the scenes when that access Hollywood Video came out. Thats next. Y pause to take a pill . Or stop to find a bathroom . 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We were in debate prep. And one of the members of the team came in and took some of us, a few of us out and showed us. We didnt have the tape at the time, we had a transcript. Anyway, you know the rest. Donald trump decided he would like to put out a video apology and he did that night. And two days later was the less than two days letter was the second debate in st. Louis. And he carried forward with that. I will tell you if you look at the polling. That incident affected Donald Trumps numbers much more significantly than the james comey letters. Thats a fact. You can look at the data. And there was not early voting under way on october 7th as opposed to what had already been banked by october 28th. A lot of folks had voted already by the time the comey letter came out three weeks to the day. Hillary clinton popping a bottle of champagne. That was ridiculous. That was your reaction . Did you think oh my god, this is done, this is over. Not at all. Naft, i remember the meeting i was in because we were dealing with wikileaks. And that was something that our campaign that stolen emails that the russians were leaking outs. We had to deal with that every day and we stayed focussed on that. I thought people saying popping champagne bottles was just wrong. In fact again, i remember we put out a video two weeks out from election days we can lose this race. I want to move on to the Vice President ial decisions. At what point was Bernie Sanders stricken from the list . And the reason i ask is because we know that he was on the list of 39 or so possible contenders. He obviously generated a great deal of enthusiasm. He obviously reached out to a lot of groups that you didnt find easy to reach out, millennials, White Working Class voters. He won the michigan primary. He won the wisconsin primary, two states you ultimately did not win. Why not put him on the ticket . What did tim kaine offer that Bernie Sanders didnt . Thats a great question. Bernie sanders is a really important part of our campaign no matter what. We would not have had the successful convention that we did without Bernie Sanders help. We would not have had as many people support us as did without Bernie Sanders help. He was an enormous part of our presence on the ground in october, in particular, and were really grateful for him for that. The decision, i think kellyanne would agree with this. The decision about who should be your Vice President should be a decision about who you think is ready to do the job and who you can see as a partner. Someone down the hall you can call on to work with you. And thats how hillary approached this. And i assume thats how donald trump would approach this as well. And that and he was on that list because he deserved to be on that list and he was considered fully along with over 30 other people. But at the end of the day, she felt like tim kaine would represent her views and values if god forbid he had to become president that he had the background and preparation to do the job. But also that that partnership and that chemistry was the right one. Do you think that Bernie Sanders might have made it a tougher race . Yes. And Bernie Sanders id also like to publicly thank Bernie Sanders for his affect on our campaign because he softened up Hillary Clinton. He won 22 states in 13 million voters, and that aint nothing. And worked hard to deliver them for Hillary Clinton i will add. He did, but i was at the same convention in philadelphia, the democratic convention, the fact is his supporters were protesting her. He was in the hall being a soldier, but his supporters were not. And you saw on election day, you if you read the polls, still many were upset by the way he was treated and the fact that the views they took to the table were never really fully assimilated into the Clinton Kaine campaign. I assumed her choice of tim kaine had something to do with virginia, but not being overshadowed. I thought that he was not a particularly effective pick in the end. Or at the beginning. And certainly not the Vice President ial debate which was not even close. He interrupted the female moderator a 30 times, that was not a great moment. Somebody was involved in the Vice President ial election process suggestions anyway. I work with mike pence for probably ten years. And he had been in congress for 12 years, ten which have he sat on the Foreign Affairs committee. We always thought if we were going to bust that blue wall. Itd be with the help of a running mate who comes from that area and really allies himself with the concerns of the working class voters. After the break, Hillary Clinton called donald trump to concede the election, but why did we not see her afterwards . Thats next. I won this 55 inch tv for less than 30 on dealdash. Com. Visit dealdash. Com for great deals. And start bidding today welcome back. After Hillary Clinton conceded the race to donald trump on the phone, we did not see her give a speech shortly thereafter. She waited until the next day for her public concession. Why did she wait . I asked Clinton Campaign manager robby mook about the moment that ended Hillary Clintons bid to become the first woman president. John podesta spoke to supporters saying that Hillary Clinton was not going to have any comments that evening. A lot of people were surprised that there wouldnt be any closure given the fact that it was apparent that donald trump had won. We now know that president obama said you need to concede. She did. The next morning, she was going to give her concession speech. Took a couple hours before she gave a speech. Much celebrated speech praised by everyone. What was going on behind the scenes . Well, little factchecking there yeah, please. We set the time for that speech the night before. We wanted to give our people time to show up and be there. Its not as if that speech was delayed. We the impression was boy, shes having a tough time with this. Like kellyanne, im not going to get into private conversations she had. She made the decision to call donald trump. She didnt do that president obama told her . She made that decision on her own before she spoke to the president. And she made it because she believed and she had said during the campaign that it is important to our democracy that whoever wins that their opponent concede the election and be supportive of them becoming president elect. And she acted in good faith with that. And that is true. We arranged a time. You had talked before the election. Emailed and agreed. Email from robby mook. And its an email from robby. Im excited. You two negotiated. Yes. And we had a little plan. And we executed on that plan. I looked down on my phone, huma alababedin and handed it t donald trump. Secretary clinton was gracious, but she congratulated donald trump and conceded. And thats an important point to make here because now you have people participating in a recount. Asked the person asked on television, jake, will he respect the Election Results i only asked you twice. Will his supporters moved on . Id like to pose the question to her supporters. Hes your president too. And i think that right questions were being asked about the wrong candidate and supporters. I am glad robby mentioned that. The combination of telling the American People the next day lets have a peaceful im pa paraphrasing. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks for watching this special edition of state of the union. You can catch me here every sunday and week days on the lead at 4 00 p. M. Eastern. Go to cnn. 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