He says on the first day in office a lot will happen. To talk about moving forward he is ready. Defeating Hillary Clintonon in stunning upset now vowing to unite a deeply divided nation. Were going to get to work immediately for the American People. And we will do a job that hopefully, youll be p your president , he claimed victory and the battleground states, his appeal across the midwest seal the victory that defied election polls and every expectation of the political establishment. Y took in 289 and Hillary Clinton 218 the winner only needed 270. And a victory speech he said must now come together, pledging to every citizen, that he will be present for all americans. Paul ryan congratulated him on his victory this morning. Spoke moments ago, congratulating him again and said thata seven out of ten americans do not like the direction our country was going from one donald trump heard a voice in this country that nobody else or connecting with people in ways that nobody else did head.
Wants to be president. In the final hours before election day Hillary Clinton chose the nations birthplace for one of her final rallies and donald trump is making it very late night as well. Good evening, im lucy noland. Believe it or not the big day is finally and i think many would say great physical almost here. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Chris oh com covering the final round of the political sparring. But we begin with Shawnette Wilson on what tonights huge rally means for this city. Shawnette. Reporter lucy, it is cleanup time. Thats whats happening right now behind me here on mark street. Most of Hillary Clintons supporters have gone home for the night after spending an evening getting energized before voting tomorrow. We went from well go to the event event is the line. Reporter she and her family set out this evening to try and get to Independence Mall. Its where Hillary Clinton with president obama and first Lady Michelle at her side rallied on election eve in philade
Wants to be president. In the final hours before election day Hillary Clinton chose the nations birthplace for one of her final rallies and donald trump is making it very late night as well. Good evening, im lucy noland. Believe it or not the big day is finally and i think many would say great physical almost here. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Chris oh com covering the final round of the political sparring. But we begin with Shawnette Wilson on what tonights huge rally means for this city. Shawnette. Reporter lucy, it is cleanup time. Thats whats happening right now behind me here on mark street. Most of Hillary Clintons supporters have gone home for the night after spending an evening getting energized before voting tomorrow. We went from well go to the event event is the line. Reporter she and her family set out this evening to try and get to Independence Mall. Its where Hillary Clinton with president obama and first Lady Michelle at her side rallied on election eve in philade
About the ways in which experience transforms attitudes. So lincoln grew but so did so many other americans. In my last book i wrote about a lot of soldiers. And one of the important elements of the emancipation proclamation can is when the army becomes an army of liberation, it changes their mind. The enslaved are an abstraction for the vast majority of northerners. So what does it mean when youre marching south and youre able to humanize african americans. The soldiers that medford talked about, very important, 179,000 men serving. So in all of these ways its not just lincoln. Its parts of a society thats trying to move ahead to solve what for them is lets pose it has a problem. The problem of freedom in the age of slavery. Thats a complicated problem. And on one hand vast strides are made. On the other hand 150 years later its a problem that the nation continues to have to address. I think for lincoln its that basic sense of allowing individuals to rise or fall on their own merits a
Mr. President , my name is bob willard. Ive been president of the Abraham Lincoln institute in the past. Im delighted to be at this, the 17th symposium of the Abraham Lincoln institute. Ive attended almost every one. But its a little more challenging now after living in and around washington, my wife and i are now happily e sconced in california. As america said goodbye to first lady nancy reagan, two yule gists, secretary jam baker and her son ron jr. Both claimed that without mrs. Reagan there would have been no president reagan. Im not a fan of the counter fak churl history discussions but i realize that for as long as i remember, i expressed that same view regarding mary lincoln. And it was underscored this morning by sydney blumenthal. Ive heard many presentations on mrs. Lincoln from friends and foes of this controversial first lady. Love her or hate her, theres little doubt in any mind that abraham and mayry loved each other deeply and supported each other for better and worse,