ifill: i m gwen eiffel. woodruff: welcome to this pbs newshour special coverage of the vice presidential debate between republican mike pence and democrat tim kaine. the stage is said at longwood, university in farmville, virginia, with the level of anticipation pales in comparison to last week s showdown between hillary clinton and donald trump there is still a lot on the line. . ifill: there s. it s a chance for to introduce themselves to the nation but more important, to bolster the top of the respective ticket. elaine quijano of cbs news will moderate. joining us are regular contributors, syndicated columnist mark shields, from the cook political report amy walter and washington post columnist mike it gerson. welcome all. here is the question of the night. why does the vice presidential debate matter? michael gerson? well, i think republicans need some good news after historic trouncing. there s morale issue here. and they need a good night. woodruff: am
united states of america, donald trump. the crowd roared as donald trump made his entrance in his campaign easy lex night headquarters. i pledge to every citizen of la that i ll be president for all americans. trump pulled off wins in key battleground states tuesday night including florida, ohio, and north carolina. the trump campaign says hillary clinton called to concede. she congratulated us. about us on our victory, and i congratulated her and her family on a very, very hard fort campaign. stunned clinton supporters wiped away tears after the democrats multiple pass to victory disappeared by one by one. trump failed to carry the battleground states that obama won in 2012. trump they saw him as a washington outsiders. what i voted for. ballots are being counted, but trump is looking forward to taking the orthopedic of office. jaime yuccas, cbs news new york we have not yet heard from hillary clinton, the only mention thus far has been what trump said in his
congratulated her and her family on a very, very hard fort campaign. stunned, clinton supporters wiped away tears after the democrats multiple pass to victory disappeared one by one. clinton failed to carry many of the battleground states president obama won in 2012. trump s popular message resonated with working class americans who saw him as a washington outsider. i m hoping for change. ballots are being counted, but trump is looking forward to taking the oath of office. jaime yuccas, cbs news, new york. as we were just mentioning, we have not heard from hillary clinton this morning. the only mention of her is what trump had said in his speech last night. late last night, clinton campaign chair john padesta did tell clinton supporters to go we did find out that clinton did not have the numbers to get elected. some supporters are looking ahead to what this all means for the future of our country. i think it went from hopeful to anxious so just surprising really. i
congratulate him and con therefore after, he ll be the 45th president to take the stage. hillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period of time. and we owe her an or debt of gratitude for her service to our country and i mean that sincerely. now it s time we have t and independence across this nation, i say it is time for us to come together as one united people. clinton supporters at their headquarters in new york city were not too far from trump headquarters. this morning, as you can see, clinton fans are in shock. and disbelief. some could not hold back tears as trump was announced the winner. clinton did not address the crowd overnight. we have not heard from her this morning. the chairman of her campaign john podesta took the statementing before trump was announced the president elect. i want everyone who supported clinton to know that your voices and your enthusiasm means so much to her and to tim a we re so proud of you. clinton is expected
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