Tonight americans divided from euphoria to outright fear. How does this country come together . Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Even as the first polls were closing last night, not even the trump camp saw what was coming, a slowly unfolded before the eyes of the world. Starting with florida, and over the next several hours, overwhelming Hillary Clintons blue wall. The latest vote totals show trump winning with 279 electoral votes to Hillary Clintons 228. Though clinton holds a narrow lead in the popular vote. Trump delivered his acceptance speech in the wee hours of this morning followed late this morning by Hillary Clinton. Who publicly conceded the race and acknowledged the pain as she wished Trump Victory and loss and what comes now, 71 days before donald trump is sworn in as this countrys 45th president. Our expanded coverage begins with nbcs katie tur. Introduce to you, the president elect of t
Peter alexander. Tonight a stunning new reality president elect donald trump. Sorry to keep you waiting, complicated business. The great disrupter pulling off an improbable triumph that even his closest aides say they didnt see coming. I say it is time for us to come together as one united people. Its time. For hours, suspense and disbelief as trumps red state victories grew. Inside Hillary Clintons headquarters, heartbreak. But at the war room on trump towers 14th floor, euphoria. Just shy of 2 30 a. M. , a private phone call to trump, clinton conceded. Only later revealing her pain in public with a personal plea to young people. This loss hurts, but please never stop believing that fighting for whats it as a very classy speech. So what happened . One Top Republican strategist calls it the revenge of the rural white voters, with higher turnout than mitt romney four years ago. Trump won whites without College Degrees by 39 points. He was able to tap into this notion that, that the gove
Peter alexander. Tonight a stunning new reality president elect donald trump. Sorry to keep you waiting, complicated business. The great disrupter pulling off an improbable triumph that even his closest aides say they didnt see coming. I say it is time for us to come together as one united people. It as a very classy speech. So what happened . One Top Republican strategist calls it the revenge of the rural white voters, with higher turnout than mitt romney four years ago. Trump won whites without College Degrees by 39 points. He was able to tap into this notion that, that the government and the political elites were indifferent and disdainful of their interests. And i think that they resented it. Another factor . Hillary clintons failure to match the obama coalition, despite a repudiation of his policies, president obama promoted unity. Everybody is sad when their side loses an election. But the day after, we have to remember that were actually all on one team. Tomorrow, president s 44
Peter alexander. Tonight a stunning new reality president elect donald trump. Sorry to keep you waiting, complicated business. The great disrupter pulling off an improbable triumph that even his closest aides say they didnt see coming. I say it is time for us to come together as one united people. It as a very classy speech. So what happened . One Top Republican strategist calls it the revenge of the rural white voters, with higher turnout than mitt romney four years ago. Trump won whites without College Degrees by 39 points. He was able to tap into this notion that, that the government and the political elites were indifferent and disdainful of their interests. And i think that they resented it. Another factor . Hillary clintons failure to match the obama coalition, despite a repudiation of his policies, president obama promoted unity. Everybody is sad when their side loses an election. But the day after, we have to remember that were actually all on one team. Tomorrow, president s 44
Nominee who is now the president elect, offered a very specific and clear and coherent agenda on which direction we should take the country and that is now the direction were going to go. And thats why im excited about working with our president elect, working with our Vice President elect, on the transition to make sure that we hit the ground running. Mr. Speaker, you say you want to unify the country, bring people together. Im hearing a pervasive sense of fear from many people this morning of they dont know what to expect. Theyre worried about Civil Liberties being violated, things mr. Trump has suggested during the campaign. What do you say to that . Paul ryan well, frank, i dont think people should be worried about Civil Liberties being violated because take a look at the judges that hes already said he would choose from to put on the Supreme Court. These are judges that actually respect the bill of rights, that respect the constitution. I think one of the things that one of the bi