Headquarters, boy, what a different scene there right now. And what a bizarre scene unfolding. The music playing behind me, bruce i want to tell you george, the Campaign Chair is leaving the hotel where hes been watching. Hillary clinton is in that hotel, and were told hell be making an announcement here to say the race is too close to call right now. Thats coming in at this moment. We have not heard from Hillary Clinton herself. The last tweet from her and her twitter account was over four hours ago when she said, whatever happens tonight, thank you for everything. I want to note this arena was to shut down at 2 05 eastern, five minutes from now. Were told it will be kept open a little while longer after that. We dont know for how much longer. The crowd in here seems to think somethings going to happen. Theres a number of staffers coming down an escalator where the vip section was filing into this room now, george. All right. We may be hearing that at the top with the Campaign Chair,
Abroad. 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 nightly news nbc nightly news with lester holt. Even as the first polls were closed last night not even the trump camp saw what was coming, the stunning victory that slowly unfolded before the eyes of the world starring 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 this morning, followed later in the morning by Hillary Clinton who publicly 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 katy tur. I introduce to you the president elect of the United States of america, don
His own message of unity. While the campaign is over, our work on this movement is now really just beginning. Our Powerhouse Political Team is here on the day after breaking down this historic surprise. Answering the question, where do we go from here . I love this country. Thank you. Thank you very much. A special edition of Good Morning America starts now. Good morning, america. What a night, what a campaign. The experts said he couldnt do it. His critics said he wasnt qualified. But donald j. Trump proffered them all wrong pulling offer the most stunning upset in political history. He wabs up this morning the next president of the United States. All of america waking up to this political shocker and there he was last night watching just a few hours ago, donald trump surrounded by his family taking the stage to address his many supporters after that concession call from Hillary Clinton. And another moment from last night, donald trump took a little time to help his son barron with hi
To 245 for donald trump. Neither still in reach of the 270 needed to secure the presidency. All right. Steve smith, you just popped in next to me. I didnt see you. A campaign veteran, how will, how will democrats assuming Hillary Clinton loses here, where will the finger pointing be . Well, you know, you dont know where to begin. I mean first off, you will have the Democratic Party out power with all three, you know, all three houses, senate, congress, very weak bench. A massive repudiation personally of secretary clinton by the lek tort. It will have been a close election. For republicans will have 100 of the political power here. And right away, theyre going to have the votes to repeal and replace obamacare to dismantle dodd frank. Really fast action. Youll see donald trump on day one dismantle the architecture. Yes, he is going to speak. We understand that this is not going to be a final statement. The friends, the donors, the supporters have all reassembled. The other people here,
The billionaire businessman and reality tv star, who vowed to shake things up, has. Hes set to take over the nations highest office, today, wednesday, november 9th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today decision 2016, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live and good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. The nation is waking up to a stunning upset. Donald trump is the president elect of the United States. Anything new happen in your political world overnight . The voters have spoken and done so in resounding fashion. The political world remade the map, remade every assumption people make about politics undone. People have called it a political earthquake, id say, scale. You really could just see this happening gradually throughout the evening. It finally culminated in the wee hours of the morning. Hillary clinton conceded the presidency to donald trump in a phone call. That came at about 2 30 a. M. But in a surprising move, she did no