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Those are battleground states states. Those are the states our decision desk is looking at. Hil chairman said go to sleep. Donald trump will have Something Else to say about that shortly. But these are the states why we are still sitting here at 2 35 in the morning. So interesting, how, how evenly and closely divided our country is you. Saw that, popular vote. It really hasnt changed. In terms of the difference all night long. Donald trump has been ahead by 1 million votes out of 100 million cast. Round numbers. In other word he has been ahead by 1 and that has really been the case over the last several hours. It hasnt changed much at all. I remember scott when we assembled here at 5. 30. Seemed like a long time ago. Yesterday, we looked for the word to describe. The word we used and decided on was tight. It could not be any tighter. The other thing we notice, charlie. You will remember in the early exit polls. That a large percentage of voters. Almost 40 . Said the most important thing to them was change. And, the single most important thing. Early, early in the evening. That gave us a clue about which way this was headed. But it was also a little bit of a fooler. Then on judgment and who you thought could handle the office, added up to the balance of change. So, all of which were attributes that Hillary Clinton has the. We have had an Incredible Team of reporters that spoke with people as they voted. We polled those who voted early. We have a sense of the mood of the electorate that has been these exit polls. If you look at sort of what happened with clinton tonight. She underperformed obama four years ago amongst a number of groups. 1829yearolds. Got 54 of the vote. Obama got 60 of the vote. It goes on. Even among black voters. She got 88 of the black vote. Obama got 93 . When she underperformed did he overperform. Did all the people go to him . Is that what happened here . Yes. Also the case may be too that the Third Party Candidate took part of see where the Third Party Candidate would make a difference in some of the battleground states. His turnout in republican counties was, was very shy. Thats right. She may have turned out in some places but just not enough. Florida again. The best example. He turned out high. And then she turned out, and she turned out and then he turned out even higher. She just never seemed to generate excitement. I think that is the thing we havent talked about here. From the start of her campaign it did not seem spontaneous. It did not seem it seemed almost rehearsed. Everything that she did. And i mean, the fact is in the beginning, any way, she was just simply not a very good candidate. I mean, she just didnt seem to stir up a lot of excitement. Especially among young people. They were going for bernie sanders. They were getting excite add but bernie sanders. Young women. Young women. You never really thaw that in the Clinton Campaign. I had a chance to talk to millenials, two hours, group of 30 recently. One of the things gary johnson supporter said about Hillary Clinton is that people dont talk about the fact that she is part of the 1 . For him, that was a big issue. Because he felt as the though both candidates, Major Party Candidates could not identify with his own economic struggles. That was something that was a deciding factor for him. This evening is not turning out the way most people thought it would. Other than, unless a member of the Trump Campaign. Have to think that even they john have to be ape little surprised by, that it has come done to this close. Of a margin. Well, i i do know the conversations. They have always been very bullish. Always confident. Always saying, you know, look at the rallies. Look at our, we have a different way of trying to tap into the country, the real country. Not the country as political operators in washington see it. I must say the political operators in washington in the republican establishment, thought that donald trump was not going to win. So, he knew something that they didnt. Live pictures of the trump watch party. Donald trump is there. We are told. We understand he will be taking the stage at any moment. And we will switch to him immediately when hat happens. But we will first go to Major Garrett who is there at campaign headquarters. Major. Well there is a roar of approval here. You can hear behind me. We have been told, i believe, i can confirm, that Hillary Clinton has called donald trump to concede. We expect donald trump to come out at any moment and announce that to the throng of supporters at the hilton hotel in midtown. And this moment, long sought by donald trump, long disbelieved by some in the Republican Party, everyone in the democratic party, and a the good number of the American People still unsure about donald trump. Apparently has the come. Trump, if in fact Hillary Clinton, as we are led to believe called to concede, will tell supporters that. Tell the country that and be ginlt procegin the process of moving from republican nominee to president elect of the United States. The atmosphere as you can imagine here is elated. Enthusiastic beyond belief. And a roar just went up right before high went on air, scott, norah. Ear splitting, the kind i have been hearing on the campaign trail when donald trump appeared to rallies where thousands and thousands of supporters hoping this moment might come. In fact it appears it has. We want to emphasize, major, of course, that though word there is that Hillary Clinton has called donald trump to concede, we do not have confirmation of that from the Clinton Campaign. And of course, the way the vote totals are right now, donald trump has not quite won the presidency tonight. He is at 245 electoral votes. He needs 270. The states that are remaining, certainly are leaning his way. There is no question about that. But we were told earlier that Hillary Clintons people were going to take the rest of this morning and wait until tomorrow morning to have any more to say about all of this. We are waiting for donald trump to come out on to the stage. And the moment he does, we will be sure to go to him. And sure would look to know when she called. Arizona, we are now calling for donald trump, cbs news estimates that when all of the votes are counted, donald trump will be the winner in arizona. 11. Give him two more electoral votes. So that now brings our vote totals to Hillary Clinton, 218, donald trump, 256. He only needs to get to 270. And there are a few more states like pennsylvania, wisconsin, and michigan. That are still outstanding. But donald trump is leading in those states. So, it may just be a matter of time. Maybe just a few more minutes now before this is all done. All he needs is 14, right . To get to 270. Thats right, bob. Thats, thats all he needs is 14. Pennsylvania, alone would do that for him. Michigan alone would do that for him. Here comes donald trump. Sound look they just introduced mike pence. There is mike pence. Mike pence. And his family. We would expect donald trump next. And probably pandemonium to follow him on to the stage. Cnn projecting trump wins wisconsin. They need to be don to four. Then he would be down to four. They have reason to celebrate. At this headquarters tonight. This is an historic night. The American People have spoken and the American People have elected their new champion. America has elected a new president. And it is almost hard for me to express the honor that i and my family feel that we will have the privilege to serve as your Vice President of the United States of america. Usa usa usa usa i come to this moment, i come to this moment, deeply humbled. Grateful to god for his amazing grace. Grateful to my family, my wonderful wife karen, our son michael and his fiancee sarah. Our daughter audry, far away and our daughter charlotte. I could not be here without them. And i am i am deeply grateful to the American People. For placing their confidence in this team and giving us this opportunity to serve. And i am mostly grateful to our president elect, whose leadership and vision will make America Great again so let me say it is my high honor, and distinct privilege to introduce to you the president elect of the United States of america, donald trump donald trump, not having officially won yet, just shy of the 270 electoral votes necessary. But certainly the states that he needs to go over the top, are all leaning in his direction. And the Trump Campaign claiming victory. Cbs news has just projected the state of wisconsin will also go trumps way. No big surprise there. That brings him to 266. Four short of what he needs to win the election. But, certainly as we said before, many of these outstanding states are, leaning his way. There doesnt seem to be any mystery in this any more. As donald trump takes the stage in front of his fans and all of his Campaign Workers there. At his watch potter in manhattan. Cbs news has not yet called the election as we are waiting for vote to come in, in a number of states. But, mike pence has just declared victory and introduced what he said is the next president of the United States. Donald trump who has never run for political office. And in his first bid for office. Has managed to capture 266 electoral votes. And is on his way to winning the presidency. He became a republican in 2012. Here is donald trump. Yes. Thank you. Thank you very much, everybody. Sorry to keep you waiting, complicated business. Complicated. Thank you very much. I just received a call from secretary clinton. She congratulated us, it is about us on our victory. And i congratulated her and her family on a very, very hard fought campaign. I mean she, she fought very hard. Hillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period of time. And we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country. I mean that very sincerely. Now its time for america to bind the wound of division. We have to get together. To all republicans, and democrats, and independents across this nation, i say, it is time for us to come together as one united people. Its time. I pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all of americans. And this is so important to me. For those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were a few people i am reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we can Work Together and unify our great country. As i have said from the beginning, ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and Great Movement made up of millions of hard working men and women who love their country and want a better, Brighter Future for themselves and for their family. It is a Movement Come the prized of americans from all races, religions, backgrounds and believes, who want and expect our government to serve the people and serve the people it will. Working together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American Dream. I have spent my entire life in business, looking at the Untapped Potential in projects and in people all over the world. That is now what i want to do for our country. Tremendous potential. I have gotten to know our country so well, tremendous potential. It is going to be a beautiful thing. Every single american will have the opportunity to realize his or her fullest potential. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. We are going to fix our inner cities, and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals. We are going to rebuild our infrastructure. Which will become, by the way, second to none. And we will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild it. We will also finally, take care of our great veterans. We have been so loyal, and i have gotten to know so many over this 18 month journey. The time i spent with them during this campaign has been among my greatest honors. Our veterans are incredible people. We will embark upon a project of national growth, and renewal. I will harness the creative talents of our people. And we will call upon the best and brightest to leverage their tremendous talent for the benefit of all. It is going to happen. We have a great economic plan. We will double our growth, and have the strongest economy anywhere in the world. At the same time, we will get along with all other nations. Willing to get along with us. We will be. We will have great relationships. We expect to have great, great relationships. No dream is too big, no challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach. America will no longer settle for anything less than the best. We must reclaim our countrys 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. I want to tell the World Community that while wailable is a put americas interest first, we will deal fairly with everyone. With everyone. All people and all other nations. We will seek common ground, not hostility. Partnership not conflict. And now, i would look to take this moment to thank some of the people who really helped me with this, what they are calling tonight, very, very historic victory. First i want to thank my parents, who i know are looking down on me right now. Great people. I have learned so much from them. They were wonderful in every regard. I had truly great parents. I also want to thank my sisters, mary ann and elizabeth, who are here with us tonight. Where are they . Theyre here some place. Theyre very shy, actually. And my brother, robert, my great friend, where is robert. Where is robert. My brother robert. And they should all be on this stage. But thats okay. They are great. And also my late brother fred, great guy. Fantastic guy. Fantastic family. I was very lucky. Great, brothers, sisters, great unbelievable parents. To melania and don and ivanka and eric and tiffany and baron i love you and i thank you and especially for putting up with all of those hours. This was tough. This was tough. This political stuff is nasty and its tough. So i want to thank my family very much. Really, fantastic. Thank you all. Thank you all. And laura, unbelievable job. Unbelievable, vanessa. Thank you. Thank you very much. What a great group. You have all given me such incredible support and i will tell you that we have a large group of people. You know they kept saying we have a small staff. Not so small. Look at all the people we have. Look at all of these people. And kellyann and chris and rudy and steve and david. We have got, we have got tremendously talented people up here. I will tell you it has been very, very special. I want to give a very special thanks to, our former mayor, rudy giuliani. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. He traveled with us and he went through meetings and rudy never changes. Where is rudy . Where is he . Rudy. Governor chris christie, folks, was unbelievable. Thank you, chris. The first man, first senator, first major, major politician, let me tell you he is highly respected in washington because he is as smart as you get, senator jeff sessions. Where is jeff . A great man. Another great man, tough competitor. He was not easy. He was not easy. Who is that . Is that the mayor that showed up . Is that rudy . Rudy got up here. Another great man who has been really a friend to me, but i will tell you, i got to know him as a competitor, because he was one of the folks that was negotiating to go against those democrats. Dr. Ben carson. Where is ben . Where is ben . And by the way, Mike Huckabee is here some place, he is fantastic. Mike and his family, sarah. Thank you very much. General mike flynn. Where is mike . And general kellogg. We have over 200 generals and admirals that have endorsed our campaign. And theyre special people. It is really an honor the we have 22 congressional medal of honor recipients. Just tremendous people. A very special person, who believed me and, you know i would read reports that i wasnt getting along with him. I never had a bad second with him. He is an unbelievable star. He is, thats right, how did you possibly guess . So, let me tell you about reince. I have said this. I said, reince, i know it. I know it. Look at all the people over there. I know it. Reince is a superstar. But i said, they cant call you a superstar, reince, unless we win. You cant be called a superstar, like secretariat, if secretariat came in second, secretariat would not have that big beautiful, bronze bust at the track. At belmont. I will tell you reince is really a star. He is the hardest working guy. And in a certain way i did this, reince, come up here. Get over here, reince, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy. Its about time you did this, reince. My god. Say a few words. No, come on. Say something. Ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the United States, donald trump thank you it has been an honor. God bless. Thank god. You bet. Amazing guy. Our partnership with the rnc was so important to the success in what we have done. So i also have to say. I have got in to know some incredible uh people. The secret service people. Theyre tough and theyre smart. And theyre sharp. And i dont want to mess around with them. I can tell you. And when i want to go and wave to a beg group of people and they rip me down and put me back down. But they are fantastic people. So i want to thank the secret service. And Law Enforcement in new york city. Theyre here tonight. These are spectacular people. Some times underappreciated unfortunately. But we appreciate them. We know what they go through. So, its been what they call an historic event. But to be really historic, we have to do a great job. And i promise you that i will not let you down. We will do a great job. We will do a great job. I look very much forward to being your president. And hopefully at the end of two years or three years or four years or maybe even eight years, you will say, so many of you worked so hard for us. But you will say that you will say that that was something that you were really very proud to do. And i can, thank you very much. And i can only say that while the campaign is over, our work on this movement is now really just beginning. We are going to got to work immediately for the American People. And we are going to be doing a job that hopefully you will be so proud of your president you will be so proud. Again. Its my honor. It is an amazing evening, an amazing two year period. And i love this country. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you to mike pence, thank you, everybody. Congratulations, mr. President. And that was donald trump, the 45th president of the United States. Giving a conciliatory speech tonight. Thanking his supporters. Thanking his family. Talking about the need to bind the wounds of division in this country. And saying, our work is really just now beginning. Thanking Hillary Clinton. In a way that we havent heard before that we owe her a debt of atitude. And the time to heal has come. That he wants to be the uniter of all people. And he made a point of saying, i am the president of all people. It was a very untrumplike speech from what we have heard throughout the campaign. Well we will ask him whether he could be conciliatory, and magnanimous in defeat. We found out that he can be magnanimous in victory. I can be politically correct, so absolutely politically correct when the moment calls for it. The moment called for a speech like that. He gave it. Bob, talk about now, the challenges for sum within as they transition from booing a candidate to trying to govern and becoming filling that office, the awesomeness of the office and the responsibilities that go with it. I think we are kind of in unchartered territory now. We, really dont know. This is this is a totally new and different group. Than we have seen arrive in washington before. And i dont think we can predict where this goes from here. I mean it is different. Its this was a different campaign. And what happens now is different as well. I think it is encouraging to say he wants to reach out to all americans. Campaign is over. The work is just beginning. That he wants to do a good job for everybody. We havent heard him speak that way before. Because he said he wanted partnership, not conflict. Which was also something that, that he you hadnt heard before. The first person to become president of the United States without having held Previous Elected Office since dwight eisenhower. He did it without the advantage of having won world war ii. Here is the immediate challenge for him. The rhetoric was basically about as good as we have heard from him and you could deliver. He will have a Supreme Court seat to fill right away. Hillary clinton would probably not have. Talking to republicans in the senate. They would have voted him through. So he has a Supreme Court. Supreme court fights get nasty pretty fast. There is that. Plus, the, dismantling of obama care. The building of the wall. His policy agenda. Right away. Is is one that, that is going to require some, some massaging. So that will be interesting. Where he puts his marker as he starts to talk about. But we didnt have a divided government. We have a republican senate. And a republican congress. There is a filibuster in the senate. They filibuster the senate. His Supreme Court nominee. Which will return the court to being a conservative majority. Then you are going to have a fight in washington. You dont know where the other part its. This is going to be. I dont care what you see. This is going to be greet with surprise. Around the world. Maybe, maybe, russias pleased with it. As as we were hearing. From, from our reporter. In moscow earlier this evening. I dont know how the rest of the world is going to react with, to this, except with surprise. Theyre going to find it hard to believe. I think. Theyll probably react depending on how he maintains a sense that he did in this speech or in terms of the people that he chooses, selects to be in his cabinet. That will be an indication of what kind of government he wants to have. Major garrett is at the Trump Campaign headquarters. Major. Well a couple of things, scott, everyone else on the panel. Talking governing. My sources within the Trump Transition Team tell me that, as of last thursday, all of the work set before that Transition Team had been completed. Meaning they put together all of the policy binders. Put together all the binders on possible cabinet and subcabinet nominations apin theees. Put together all of the bindings on other political appointis that a future Trump Presidency should it occur might have to have ready for the work to begin rather. So that work, by the Transition Team, has been completed. And is ready for donald trump, now president elect of the United States. So when donald trump told the country tonight, he is going to got to work. He has plenty of binders and plenty of staffers on that Transition Team. Who have done the work for him. To begin that process. Couple of other observations. Donald trump has said from the very beginning of this campaign, that he saw something in america in terms of Untapped Potential and in terms of people who wanted to be a part of a rejuvenated American Dream but felt that was no longer open to them. He tried to speak to those people. Before he spoke to anyone else. In a way. That they fundamentally understood without any filtering from any other source. And even when controversies would arise. And trumps poll numbers would dip or there would be some defections from the Republican Party over something that trump said. Those people, who heard trump first. Never left his side. Trump was speaking to them tonight when he talked about a country to be proud in. A country that will aim for the best. Never accept anything less than the best. Those word always rez nated with his supporters. One last historical analogy that i have never forgotten since newt gingrich. Long term trump supporter put before me several months ago. To understand donald trump, you have to understand three american figures. Andrew jackson. A populist president who toppled the existing order in washington. Teddy roosevelt. A republican president who challenged the existing republican approach to business. And was a person of strength and projected strength. And pt barnum. Some one who marketed himself for the benefit of his business and image of himself. Newt gingrich told me, donald trump is a combination of all three of those figures. And his upside potential is enormous. And Downside Risk is also rather sizable. Even in the last days of the campaign, gingrich fretted openly if trump, the downside would undercut the potential upside. It did not. The upside now lays before the country. Lays before trump. And his Transition Team. Guys back to you. And, nancy cordes is over at the Jacob Javits Center in new york where Hillary Clintons watch party broke up about an hour ago. Nancy . Scott, the lights are out here the they have already brought out the heavy equipment to start tearing this whole set apart. What is so fascinating is that for all of the talk over the past many weeks about the possibility of donald trump not accepting the outcome of this election, in the end, it was Hillary Clinton and her campaign chair, john podesta speaking for her who came out after 2 00 eastern time and told everyone to go home because things were still up in the air. Yet a short time later, we can now confirm, Hillary Clinton did call donald trump to concede. So, at the end of the day, she is the one who has not delivered a concession speech at least on election night. I am told that there are number of Clinton Campaign officials still at brooklyn headquarters, crunching the numbers. Trying to figuree out what went wrong. Trying to figuree out if there are any voting irregularities that, they should examine or call attention to. Every Single Campaign aide i have seen here tonight, scott, has been shell shocked. Theyre stunned by this news. They werent just confident at the beginning of the night that she was going to win, they were sure of it. There was no other possible outcome. In their mind. Not because they were cocky or being fanciful but because all of the data that they were looking at was telling them that she was going to win. And that may be part of the reason that you never saw her here tonight. Which is, just like her campaign aides, it was very difficult for Hillary Clinton to accept the news as well. Nancy cordes, thank you. An interesting point she makes there. About as much data, polling, money, consultants, the whole obama analytics team, could not fend off what has been an incredible uprising for change in this country and for the unique person that donald trump is. You know it will be fascinating when he starts to govern. Because a lot of times when people would say, well you know you are supposed to do it this way. Not doing it that way. Doing it the other way. Create a certain sense of chaos. He thrived in chaos. In fact when things were too calm he some times would create chaos to turn the conversation on his turf. What does that look like when you govern it . May be the route to new success in a number of parts of washington that have been clotted. But it is going to be an exciting ride. And there are going to be a lot of people who need to join in the team who may not know how to work or need to learn how to work in an environment where you have got a leader who leads in that way. That will be, we have never seen a, a chief executive, who has led like that. In part because the office constrains you, you cant do it. But on the other hand we thought there was a lot in politics that constrained him. Nothing did. Guys, he said all along from the very beginning. This was not a campaign. This was a movement. He made, made reference to that again tonight. A movement he says of hard working people who love their country. And at least from the numbers we are looking at right now. Close to 58 million people, agreed with him. That this is a movement. But it was also a reaction. A reaction to a washington that has ceased to work. The purpose of government is to improve the lives of citizens. Our government has been just gridlocked. Its been unable to do anything. I said earlier today, you know it took him eight months to approve funds to find the vaccine for the zika virus. This is a reaction to what didnt hap men as much as it was a victory for donald trump and his people tonight. And charlie rose has the insights of our political panel. Charlie. Scott, thank you. You can say that everybody who achieved the presidency, somehow it changes them. They cant imagine what it is look to be there and to feel the burd in of the office. And his First Official act, to accept the concession from secretary clinton, donald trump did it with some grace. And, respect for his opponent. Chris christie told me on sunday during an interview that he had been working hard on the transition and that they have reams of books and had thought deeply about what they would do if the opportunity to girch came. I turn next to peggy noonan. Thoughts . I think his victory speech which many people including perhaps he did not know he would be making tonight. Was a very, was one that was worthy to the moment. It showed us a trump who was graver than usual, who was more serious than usual. He said things like, no dream is too big. No challenge is too great. He reached out. I think he was trying very hard, i think he was being sensitive to those he understood he had to reassure the one half of the United States of america that did not vote for him. So i thought it was equal to the moment. And i was glad to see its tone and hear its ring. Michelle . I agree. He spoke in an ok taf that we have not heard thus far in the campaign. And, and with a cadence that we havent heard. This was perhaps his first demonstration of something as, as a leader that we hadnt seen before. He didnt throw an elbow. But he also talked about rebuilding. It will be interesting to know what that means. Is he just talking about infrastructure . Is he just talking about building the economy . Or also talking about unspooling the legacy of barack obama . Barack obamas presidency has been consequential. And for some people they view it as something that has been quite successful. Will he start taking apart key provisions of the obama legacy . And so it sounded quite graceful. But was he also sending a signal. That change is coming. Big change is coming. Charlie, what i keep coming become to and thinking about trumps victory. The implications we will see going forward. His coalition didnt just include working class whites and College Whites on an activist level, it clued steven ban non, identify themselves as white nationalists, parts of American Life that have been suppressed for a very long time. So looking for ward, i think i am a little less interested in the mechanics of a trump government and more interested what does it moon that a candidate in a lot of ways ran with a nod and wink towards those people is now the president of the United States. But whut do what does that mean for africanamericans, muslimamericans, for the groups of people trump targeted in his campaign. I think that is the question that should be driving a lot of us going forward. Because i do not think we should take lightly that, those facts. The question will be will he govern differently than the way he campaigned . Often governing as some one, i think Governor Cuomo said, governing is pros and campaign and poetry. We well now see what the prose is like. I think one of the things that was said that was so important. Governing is one thing. Also the messages that you send. We have this odd moment in america where we are passing the baton from the nations first black president to a candidate who was endorsed by the kkk and did not denuns that. A not denounce that. As president you send a message to the electorate. Governance is one thing. But how people live and reaction on the ground is something different. About action not words. In the end. Yes, of course. But let me you love words. I do indeed. I think we have witnessed tonight something epical and grave. I think it is the beginning of a new era whose shape and form and content are not known to us. And are not clear. Whose personnel and exact direction are unknown. But i think something huge and incalculable has occurred. I want my word to be, god bless our beloved country. It was hand historic night. We all look forward to understanding how it goes from here. Back to scott and norah at the desk. Brilliant conversation there, charlie, and some really interesting points to amplify here. What is barack obama going to say . He has called donald trump unfit. He called him dangerous. And what will this mean for obamas legacy . It means it is in jeopardy . January 20th, president obama is going to be standing next to donald trump at the capitol watching him being sworn in. Well, i mean, one of the first things that donald trump has said he is going to do is, roll back obamacare. Which was the president s main legacy. And what other things are going to happen here . That as you know, and he is going to have to work with congress. And there are priorities here that is going to have to take place. Were looking closer into the numbers about how trump pulled off this historic victory tonight. Anthony mason has those details. Anthony . Thera. Going to look at three pillars of trumps victory. The first was, male voters. Men, he won them 53 to 41 . He also won whites without a college degree, by more than a 2 1 margin. 67 to 28 . Voters told us the call they they wanted mosten their candidate. A candidate who could bring about change. Among those voters. Donald trump won 83 . So, huge landslide in that category there. The most important quality. And finally there was a lot of talk after the access Hollywood Tape and a lot of leading republicans pulled back their endorsement from donald trump. That republicans might in fact flee from him. Well that didnt turn out to be the case today. He won nine out of ten republican voter. They came home to donald trump. Gail . Certainly did, anthony. Continuing that conversation. According to the exit poll, 7 in ten said they were dissatisfied with the federal government. 58 of those who made that comment with donald trump. 36 of those went with Hillary Clinton. It goes back to what he said, from when he started this campaign, not a campaign, a movement of people. That certainly bore itself out today. Now Everybody Knows it is only the electoral vote that counts. And donald trump has won that decisively tonight. But have a look at how divided the country is. Lets look at the popular vote. 57,600,000 for donald trump. 56,855,000 for Hillary Clinton. Thats the popular vote as it is being counted right now. Donald trump wins in the popular vote. Yes indeed. But its only about 1 difference. Between the two. Yes. You know, we have seen donald trump give a conciliatory sort of the right pitch in his speech. But those 56 million who voted for Hillary Clinton there are a lot of them who believe he came to this position by playing on racial fears, he was for five years the chief advocate of the idea that president obama was illegitimate he wasnt born in the United States. There are people on the other side of this who are not just going to accept this. We will see what the shape of that response will be and whose, who becomes the voice of that response. You mentioned barack obama the he will not be the voice thought of response. But who, who is . Who does . And we have yet to see that part of the story play out. Yeah. Couple things. One this is really an hiss toreic achieve. In america. An historic, nothing like this ever happened. Secondly, you have to give him credit. He has achieved something that no one, from the beginning, ever believed she could do. Elaine . On the point john was making abut racial decisions. David duke tweeted this is one of the most exciting nights of my life. Make no mistake about it. Our people have played a huge role in election trump, make America Great again. Now at the same time, as trump was reaching out tonight, i was reminded of the latinos that i met at the u. S. mexico border when i did a documentary, latinos for trump. Among the most passionate supporters the they felt he was the one who was going to affect change in washington they truly believed in him from the beginning despite all the controversies. Bob, what are you reflection on this morning . I remember when Richard Nixon resigned. Cbs news correspondent, roger mudd was part of the panel. After that happened. I said roger what is your reaction. He said, you know i think i want to go home and sleep a couple hours and ill come back and tell you tomorrow. This was totally unexpected. I think certainly from those of us who have been covering politic politics over the years, i think charlie is right. This is, this is historic. But i dont think we can say right now where this goes from here. Unexpected not because of any interest in politics. But unexpected because of the polling. The polls were telling us, polls done by many different organizations, many different times, they were all pointing in the direction of the clinton victory. The polls and the behavior of the candidate that people said was not fit to be president , of the United States, so many people had found his behavior egregious, at the end of the day it really didnt matter. I take, you know i take some hope in his speech tonight. That he said he wants to reach out. That he wants to build bridges. Stand that he wants us al come together each of think that is a really great way to start in this country. There is a lot of healing that needs to happen today. If you look to your point, gail. On the questions of has the right experience and right judgment. Hillary clinton won those questions by large amounts and numbers. Again not what people wanted. They wanted change over experience and judgment. Theyre fed up. All right. Well yeah. Change is what they will get. And it has been quite a night. We hope rerules by hope rather than fear. Well, his conciliatory victory speech tonight was certainly a very good step in a long, long process over these next four years. We sure are grateful that you stayed here with us. All this time. Yes, who are you people . Some times raunchy election of 2016 now comes to a peaceful if improbable end. 70yearold donald j. Trump. Sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on january 20th. The Trump Presidency begins in 72 days. Fueled by what we know now is record turnout. Election coverage continues now on our streaming news service, cbsn. There will be much more in just a few hours. Really . Yeah. Who is going to be here . Charlie and i right back here. Wearing these same clothes. For Norah Odonnell and our entire campaign 2016 team, im scott pelley. Thank you for being with us on cbs. I am officially running for president of the United States. Im back. When mexico sends it people, theyre not sending their best. Im running to help working families get a raise we will make America Great again. The American People are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails. It is weak to disparage women. A man who can be provoked by a tweet should not be anywhere near the nuclear code. I could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody. I wouldnt lose any voters. Just remember, love trumps hate. I humbly accept your nomination. For president of the United States. Russia if you are listening, i hope you are able to find the 30,000 emails. Im not making excuses. I said it was a mistake. I regret it. This is the single biggest scandal since watergate. There is no pay scale. We are going to win at the border. Mexico is going to pay for the wall. Lock her up you can put half of Trump Supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. She has tremendous hate in her heart. I dont care what he says about me. I care what he says about you. 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Tighten the ribbon and now, it is my honor, with these slippery handled, very pointy, incredibly sharp scissors, i will now cut the ribbon to declare the final match of the 2016 hungry for power games offic oh screaming he did it its the late show with Stephen Colbert tonight stephen welcomes Abbi Jacobson and ilana glazer, Doris Kearns Goodwin and eric andre, featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its time for the 2016 Democratic National convincing death, taxes, hillary. cheers and applause stephen thanks whoo whoo cheers and applause whoo audience chanting Stephen Stephen hey chris, hey tom, paul whats going on, mark whats going on, my man . Hey welcome to the late show. cheers and applause youre right here. Thank you so much, everybody thank you thank you thats nice. Welcome to the late show, everybody. Im proud to be your host, Stephen Colbert, and we are live on night four of the Democratic National convention, where cheers and applause you can all ready feel it in the room, moments ago Hillary Clinton became the first woman to accept a major partys nomination for president of the United States. cheers and applause incredible i mean, however you feel about either of the candidates, i got chills, i got goosebumps, you know . As soon as you see it happen, you say, of course, its so obvious. Why hasnt this happened before . I mean, this is huge, this is the biggest breakthrough for women since they won the right to bust ghosts. laughter cheers and applause also too long denied. Too long denied. And ive got to say did you guys watch the speech . You guys watch the speech in here . cheers and applause it was a great speech, you know. Well get to that in a moment. But, hillary of course wasnt the only one who made history at this convention. Last night, her v. P. Pick, tim kaine, accepted the nomination to become the 48th consecutive white male vicepresident. The Streak Continues cheers and applause way to go but there were some spoilsports who were determined to ruin even this evening. Bernie supporters and i am not making this up scarfed down beans and went to the Convention Center as part of a fartin protest. laughter now, some might question this tactic, but i remind you it is part of a long tradition of political activism. After all, it was Patrick Henry who so famously declared, give me liberty or pull my finger laughter applause now, the theme of the Democratic Convention tonight was stronger together. And nancy pelosi thrilled the crowd by appealing to their shared values. We democrats believe that the future of america should be decided by the voices of the voters, not the pocketbooks of the powerful. A government of the many, not a government of the money. Stephen and that rousing call to get big money out of politics resounded throughout every corner of the wellsfargo arena, from the cnn grill to the Comcast Xfinity live complex cheers and applause now, of course, because this was the democrats, we heard from every conceivable fringe minority group. Im a republican. I knew Ronald Reagan. I worked for Ronald Reagan. Donald trump, you are no Ronald Reagan. cheers stephen whoo whoo cheers and applause whoo whoo were democrats why are we cheering Ronald Reagan . I dont care whoo laughter now, Chelsea Clinton, and this is very touching, this is really a beautiful moment, Chelsea Clinton came out and she introduced her mom. But first, they had one of those big budget biographical introductory videos. Hillary rodham grew up in park ridge, illinois. Stephen im not saying hillary is going to win evangelicals, but youll notice that that was narrated by god. cheers and applause that was good. Whoo in the video, hillary herself was interviewed, and she told the story of the first time she saw her future husband in law school. I said to the person i was with, who is that . And she said, well, thats bill clinton. Hes from arkansas, and that is all he ever talks about. And literally at that moment i heard him say, and not only that, we grow the biggest watermelons in the world. Stephen and thus, thus began a lifetime of bill clinton saying things that would later sound really pervy. laughter cheers and applause really big watermelons now, the video was very lovely, very moving, full of personal anecdotes that reveal a nurturing side of hillary that we dont often see. Hillary quietly attended debbies wedding. Stephen and thats just a little sound bite it was actually, it was a really beautiful and moving story. And it just proves what weve always known about Hillary Clinton. That no matter who you are, she will attend your wedding. laughter cheers and applause happy couple a happy couple mazel tov then hillary made her big entrance looking every inch a president. Or like an angel in a movie, who says you can go back to earth as the family dog, if you want. laughter im not sure what movie that is but i would watch it. Now, early on, secretary clinton talked about americas core values. Our countrys motto is e pluribus unum. Stephen great, now everybodys talking spanish. laughter