an important win for vice president al gore. nbc news projects that he wins the 25 electoral votes in the state of florida. that is a very, very, very important state for al gore, and now the pressure is on george w. bush. florida is called for vice president al gore and gore s march to the white house picks up momentum. that sent a little bit of a shock wave of panic through the headquarters. karl rove to his credit recognized that there was something wrong with the results. and i d also suggest that florida has been prematurely called. first of all, i thought it was a little bit irresponsible of the networks to call it before the polls closed in the western part of florida. as the day progressed on november 7th, you got nothing but good news. florida, pennsylvania, and michigan in his column. vice presidential gore projected
suspense program. the election of 2000 was something more than that because in addition to the suspense and the suspense was enormous, maybe more than we ve ever had before on television because of how close the race was. we re going to now project an important win for vice president al gore. nbc news projects that he wins the 25 electoral votes in the state of florida. it s really hard to cover an election that close and feel the pressure of, a, getting it on quickly, and, b, getting it right.
elect of the united states. he has won the state of florida. that was an incredible moment for us. a lot of hugging, a lot of high-fives, a lot of tears. we went back up to the state capitol, which was beautifully back-lit. it was 40 degrees and raining and a miserable night. nobody cared. just won the presidency of the united states. al gore stood up and said let s get this thing over with. i m going to go down, put my suit on, we re going to the war memorial, and i m conceding. that began a bit of a comedy of errors. brian, we are expecting the vice president to show up any moment. the vice president called bush and conceded before he left for the war memorial. we did see some dejected types walk away, but the vast majority of people stayed here.
history. in a country of more than 275 million people, the presidency may be settled by a few hundred votes and no one is just sure when. these voters want a new election. election day headlines of voter fraud, hanging chads, and dubious results will continue to dominate the news for weeks to come. we knew there were issues in florida. i don t think at the time we had any idea the u.s. supreme court would determine who the president was going to be. i, george walker bush, do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. what happened to al gore is a once in a million kind of thing. thank you, thank you, thank you, and god bless you all. thank you and good night. hillary s success in 2000 was clearly to many, many, many
after all of the shouting and all of the scandal, we can begin again. drive into the future with the democrats going in the right direction. by this time tomorrow, the candidates will be back in their home states waiting for the results, but until then it is a nonstop day campaigning the battleground states. it was becoming clearer and clearer that this was going to be a close race. pushing signs rapidly. they re going out in truckloads. let s not forget it wasn t just bush and gore. let s have affordable tax cuts for middle-class working families. hillary clinton was running for u.s. senate. it s been an emotional day here for the folks that live here. another headline would have been the death of a senate candidate, a governor, three weeks before the election. there s just so much going on. your vote is going to make a difference. one of the things i ve seen in over 30 years in this business is things move so fast. both sides have been put under the microscope