41 years. later tweeting, as an elector from my home state of new york, i have never been more proud to cast my vote than my vote today for hillary clinton. but clinton had more to say about the election, speaking with a reporter outside the chamber. you know, i have watched her work for years. i watched her battle through that bogus e-mail deal. be vindicated at the end when the secretary came out. she fought through that, fought through everything and prevailed against it all, but you know, then at the end we had to ru russians and the fbi. and she couldn t prevail against that. she still won by 2 million votes. more recent venting from the former president earlier this month. bill clinton spoke with the record review, a small weekly newspaper near the clintons home in chappaqua. while the former president browsed at a local book store.
president they wanted to vote today, but they won t be able to heal the political wounds still raw. and on display at state houses across the nation. one of those electors in new york, former president bill clinton, cast his vote for hillary clinton, smiling but candid about the forces he saw conspiring against his wife. i watched her battle through that bogus e-mail deal, saw her through everything. she prevailed through it all, but in the end, we had the russians and the fbi deal that she couldn t prevail against that. she got through everything else and still won many of the votes. reporter: donald trump railed against the idea that electors revolt and throw the election to the house of representatives, tweeting, if my many supporters acted and threatened people like those who lost the election are doing, they would be scorned and called terrible names. trump now defends the electoral college, a system he once slammed as unfair.
clinton couldn t overcome. he prevailed against it all, but, you know, in tend, we had the russians and the fbi deal, which she couldn t prevail against that. she did everything else and still won by 2.8 million votes. reporter: trump tweeting sunday, if my many supporters accuseded and threatened people, they would be scorned and called terrible names. republicans, like senator john mccain, expressing alarm to jake tapper on state of the union about russia s attempts to meddle in the u.s. elections. this is serious business. if they re able to harm the electoral process, then they destroy democracy, which is based on free and fair elections. reporter: trump s top aides continue shrugging this off u.s. intelligence agency assessment that russia interfered,
and struggle from 1933 on, through it all, and until today, this place, lusco s, was a beloved institution. once a grocery store, it turned restaurant to the moneyed class, served them in discrete quarters in the back, where one could enjoy an alcoholic beverage in what was then a dry state. still going after all these years, and unchanged. why? this place is like a reliquary of like indiscretions past, you know? but maybe to really tell the story of this place, you have to start with a story of its most famous employee, booker wright. he had been working at lusco s as a waiter since he was 14 years old. we don t have a red menu. i d be glad to tell you what they re going to serve tonight. in 1965 nbc news came to town, making a documentary on race relations. booker s entertaining recitation of the menu at lusco s was famous around town, so they
they re very relieved that isis is being driven out but, at the same time, they remain quite wary. this is not necessarily a population that has full trust and confidence in the capabilities of the iraqi security forces, but despite the hardships of it all, we re still seeing a lot of smiles. for some, the memory of isis and what they endured is going to continue no matter what. one woman we met, a mother, told us of how isis took her prisoner for about a year and a half, enslaved her. she said she was raped. she bore a son, and she says she can only pray that he will never find out who his father is, jake. arwa damon, thank you so much. please stay safe. what happens to donald trump supporters if he does not win the white house? that story next. crohn s disease. severe i didn t think there was anything else to talk about. but then i realized there was.