love are you and ned ryan who joins us from cpac. was it as electric as it looked to us on tv? it looked like he had the crowd eating out of his hand. the energy, the excitement. multiple standing ovations. he had to tell the crowd to sit down multiple seems. ed the one line that stood out to me is the gop will become the party of the american worker. if trump can do that between now and 2020, he shored up 9 conservative vote with neil gorsuch he will win the next election hands down. charles: last year donald trump was not at cpac. but it s been a long time and and lot has changed. what did you make of what s going on now and not on the reception, but the remaking of the conservative movement? throughout the year president trump stuck to his agenda. he won people like the tea party over to his promises. way saw today as i watched his speech is he s continuing to advocate the same agenda he ran on. he s keeping his promises and we have every reason to believe he will cont
love are you and ned ryan who joins us from cpac. was it as electric as it looked to us on tv? it looked like he had the crowd eating out of his hand. the energy, the excitement. multiple standing ovations. he had to tell the crowd to sit down multiple seems. ed the one line that stood out to me is the gop will become the party of the american worker. if trump can do that between now and 2020, he shored up 9 conservative vote with neil gorsuch he will win the next election hands down. charles: last year donald trump was not at cpac. but it s been a long time and and lot has changed. what did you make of what s going on now and not on the reception, but the remaking of the conservative movement? throughout the year president trump stuck to his agenda. he won people like the tea party over to his promises. way saw today as i watched his speech is he s continuing to advocate the same agenda he ran on. he s keeping his promises and we have every reason to believe he will cont
to 270 electoral votes. here is how it stands based on the calls. trump with 19. clinton with 3. we map it out on the ice for you in democracy plaza. the map will fill in with a lot of red and blue before this night is over. again, 270 its the magic number that will elect our next president. come on inside, we say a big good evening. i m lester holt alongside election night team, savannah guthrie, chuck todd, tom brokaw. savannah, whatever happens tonight. history will be made? we have an unconventional candidate against an unprecedented candidate. this election has changed so much about our politics, it up-ended every assumption, redefined what it means to be a republican or democrat in this country and it will be very exciting to see who turns out tonight. who shows up to vote. what that coalition might look like for hillary clinton or donald trump. i think we are in for a cliffhanger on the senate side. who is going to control the senate by end of the day. chuck, set i
they were very roady and feeling good. the return started coming in, in florida and the mood turned quickly. those supporters are hoping clinton can find another path to the white house. until we know, we re holding out hope. that s all i can say f. it doesn t go our way i m going to be pretty upset. i m victory tonight. reporter: that cheering you heard behind me is really about some of those other states where the polls just grow. the bad news, the associated press calling this race for donald trump. not what these folks wanted to hear. they re holding out hope that hillary clinton can find another path to the white house. thank you, ryan. a shift in political tied tonight in florida. you can see the shift of the map the anchor of the eye corridor has gone red. jake peterson with donald trump winning pinellas county. reporter: we re here at the hilton hotel in st. pete where they re congratulating themselves on a job well done. the chance began almost immediately ch
ads and attacks, they re all done now. the decision in your hands. our whole team is here all through the night. and the first states are in. so, let s get right to it. the polls have now closed in six states, with 60 electoral votes, and abc news can project that donald trump has won the state of kentucky. that was a state won by bill clinton twice in 1992 and 1996. republican ever since then. donald trump, the winner tonight. up in vermont, three electoral votes, hillary clinton wins those. of course, that is the home state of bernie sanders, her rival in the primaries. solid blue state. hillary clinton gets that tonight. and in the state of indiana, right in the middle of the country, donald trump wins that, as well. that was won by barack hussein obama in 2008. it s gone republican ever other time since 1964. and, of course, donald trump s running mate, mike pence, is from the state of indiana, so, right there, we see 19 electoral votes for donald trump, three for hillary