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&gt;&gt; Holt: TONIGHT,

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SHOCKWAVES ACROSS AMERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD

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AS DONALD TRUMP DEFIES THE POLLS AND THE PUNDITS AGAIN.

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A DRAMATIC TRIUMPH AS THE BRASH BILLIONAIRE TURNED REALITY STAR

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IS ELECTED THE 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

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&gt;&gt; Trump: I SAY IT IS TIME

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FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE UNITED PEOPLE.

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&gt;&gt; Holt: FOR HILLARY CLINTON,

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ONE OF THE MOST STUNNING DEFEATS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY.

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&gt;&gt; Clinton: LAST NIGHT, I CONGRATULATED DONALD TRUMP

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AND OFFERED TO WORK WITH HIM ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNTRY.

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&gt;&gt; Holt: THE CANDIDATE AND HER CAMPAIGN

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SO CONFIDENT VICTORY WAS IN THEIR GRASP.

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WHAT HAPPENED?

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WE HAVE EXCLUSIVE DETAILS INSIDE TRUMP´S PLANNING.

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PLUS, THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT OF HIS POLICIES AT HOME AND ABROAD.

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TONIGHT, AMERICANS DIVIDED, FROM EUPHORIA TO OUTRIGHT FEAR.

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HOW DOES THIS COUNTRY COME TOGETHER?

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"NIGHTLY NEWS" BEGINS RIGHT NOW.

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&gt;&gt; Announcer: FROM NBC NEWS WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK,

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THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT.

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&gt;&gt; Holt: GOOD EVENING.

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WE´VE LEARNED

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THAT EVEN AS THE FIRST POLLS WERE CLOSING LAST NIGHT

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NOT EVEN THE TRUMP CAMP SAW WHAT WAS COMING --

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THE STUNNING VICTORY

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THAT SLOWLY UNFOLDED BEFORE THE EYES OF THE WORLD,

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STARTING WITH FLORIDA,

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AND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS,

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OVERWHELMING HILLARY CLINTON´S BLUE WALL.

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THE LATEST VOTE TOTALS SHOW TRUMP WINNING

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WITH 279 ELECTORAL VOTES TO HILLARY CLINTON´S 228.

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THOUGH CLINTON HOLDS A NARROW LEAD IN THE POPULAR VOTE.

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TRUMP DELIVERED HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

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IN THE WEE HOURS OF THIS MORNING,

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FOLLOWED LATE THIS MORNING BY HILLARY CLINTON,

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WHO PUBLICLY CONCEDED THE RACE AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE PAIN

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AS SHE WISHED TRUMP WELL.

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TONIGHT, INSIDE VICTORY AND LOSS

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AND WHAT COMES NOW 71 DAYS BEFORE DONALD TRUMP IS SWORN IN

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AS THIS COUNTRY´S 45th PRESIDENT.

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OUR EXPANDED COVERAGE BEGINS WITH NBC´s KATY TUR.

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&gt;&gt; Pence: I INTRODUCE TO YOU

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THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

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DONALD TRUMP.

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&gt;&gt; Tur: AT 2:50 THIS MORNING,

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DONALD TRUMP DID WHAT SO MANY SAID COULD NEVER HAPPEN.

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&gt;&gt; Trump: I´VE JUST RECEIVED A CALL FROM SECRETARY CLINTON.

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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

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SHE CONGRATULATED US --

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IT´S ABOUT US -- ON OUR VICTORY.

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AND I CONGRATULATED HER AND HER FAMILY

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ON A VERY, VERY HARD-FOUGHT CAMPAIGN.

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&gt;&gt; Tur: HIS PROTEST CANDIDACY IS NOW A PROTEST PRESIDENCY,

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THE BILLIONAIRE GIVING VOICE TO THOSE WHO FELT VOICELESS.

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SUPPRESSED FRUSTRATION

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WITH GLOBALIZATION, IMMIGRATION, AND THE OTHER

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UNLEASHING ITSELF IN A ROAR

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THAT TURNED THIS COUNTRY´S ELECTORAL MAP FROM BLUE TO RED.

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&gt;&gt; Trump: WE HAVE THE GREATEST MOVEMENT

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EVER PUT TOGETHER IN THIS COUNTRY.

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&gt;&gt; Tur: PROPELLED BY TURNOUT IN WHITE RURAL AMERICA

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BREAKING CLINTON´S BLUE WALL IN THE UPPER MIDWEST,

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TRUMP PROVING ENTHUSIASM WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GROUND GAME,

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POLITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MONEY.

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&gt;&gt; Trump: U.S.A.!

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&gt;&gt; Tur: WINNING BECAUSE OF, NOT DESPITE,

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HIS OFTEN CRASS HONESTY.

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STILL, THE VICTORY CAME AS SURPRISE EVEN TO THE CAMPAIGN.

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GOING INTO ELECTION DAY,

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NBC NEWS HAS LEARNED FROM CAMPAIGN SOURCES

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TEAM TRUMP´S INTERNAL DATA HAD HIM LOSING.

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BUT THAT CHANGED.

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AT 10:59, CHEERS FROM THE SOON-TO-BE VICTORY PARTY.

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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

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FOX NEWS CALLED FLORIDA.

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TRUMP´S CAMPAIGN SEEING THE MOMENTUM SHIFT

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RIGHT ALONGSIDE THE NATION.

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BY 1:36 A.M.,

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WHEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CALLED PENNSYLVANIA,

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&gt;&gt; Conway: 85,000 PEOPLE THERE AT A COUNTY FAIR

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AND THE BIG QUESTION FOR THE MEDIA SOMETIMES,

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"BUT WILL THEY VOTE?

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THEY VOTED.

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&gt;&gt; Tur: TODAY, THE NOW PRESIDENT-ELECT

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WAS HOLED UP AT TRUMP TOWER, PLANNING.

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TRUMP WAS TOO SUPERSTITIOUS TO TALK TRANSITION BEFORE HE WON,

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LEAVING HIS AIDES TO MUSE ABOUT CABINET POSITIONS --

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RUDY GIULIANI AS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

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NEWT GINGRICH, SECRETARY OF STATE.

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REINCE PRIEBUS, CHIEF OF STAFF.

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A TRUMP CAMPAIGN SOURCE CAUTIONS

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ROLES COULD CHANGE ONCE TRUMP HAS HIS SAY.

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&gt;&gt; Woman: ACTUALLY ASSAULTED WOMEN!

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&gt;&gt; Tur: GOING FORWARD,

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THE HARD WORK OF COMING TOGETHER.

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&gt;&gt; Crowd: NOT MY PRESIDENT!

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&gt;&gt; Tur: THE COUNTRY IS SHARPLY DIVIDED,

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MANY WONDERING IF THE TRUMP THEY SAW ON STAGE LAST NIGHT...

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&gt;&gt; Trump: NOW IT´S TIME

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FOR AMERICA TO BIND THE WOUNDS OF DIVISION.

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&gt;&gt; Tur: ...THE PRESIDENTIAL TRUMP

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HE PROMISED LESTER HOLT IS THE PRESIDENT TRUMP

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AMERICA WILL GET FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

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&gt;&gt; Trump: I WANT TO BE DIFFERENT.

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WHEN YOU´RE PRESIDENT, YOU ACT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

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THERE´S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

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AND I WOULD DO THAT.

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&gt;&gt; Tur: TOMORROW, DONALD TRUMP GOES TO THE WHITE HOUSE

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TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT.

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THE TWO MEN HAVE A LOT TO OVERCOME.

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PERHAPS A MIRROR, LESTER,

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FOR WHAT IS TO COME FOR THIS COUNTRY.

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&gt;&gt; Holt: KATY TUR. KATY, THANKS VERY MUCH.

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AND FOR HILLARY CLINTON AND HER CAMPAIGN,

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IT WAS AN OUTCOME SO UNEXPECTED, SO SHOCKING,

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SHE DIDN´T COME OUT OVERNIGHT,

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INSTEAD CALLING DONALD TRUMP TO CONCEDE.

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THEN WAITING UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING

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BEFORE ADDRESSING HER SUPPORTERS AND THE NATION.

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WE GET MORE ON THAT FROM NBC´s ANDREA MITCHELL.

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&gt;&gt; Mitchell: AFTER WEEKS OF SPECULATION

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IT WAS CLINTON THIS MORNING DELIVERING THE SPEECH

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SHE NEVER THOUGHT SHE´D HAVE TO GIVE.

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&gt;&gt; Clinton: DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO BE OUR PRESIDENT.

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WE OWE HIM AN OPEN MIND AND THE CHANCE TO LEAD.

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SURROUNDED BY STAFF AND SUPPORTERS,

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&gt;&gt; Clinton: I´M SORRY THAT WE DID NOT WIN THIS ELECTION

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FOR THE VALUES WE SHARE

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&gt;&gt; Mitchell: THIS WAS CLEARLY THE MOST DIFFICULT MOMENT

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OF HILLARY CLINTON´S POLITICAL LIFE,

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NOT ONLY CONCEDING BUT CONCEDING TO DONALD TRUMP.

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DIFFICULT FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA, TOO,

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FOR WHOM DEFEATING TRUMP WAS SO PERSONAL.

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HIS STAFF WATCHING IN SHOCK.

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&gt;&gt; President Obama: THE PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER

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IS ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF OUR DEMOCRACY.

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WE ARE GOING TO SHOW THAT TO THE WORLD.

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&gt;&gt; Mitchell: TONIGHT,

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THE CANDIDATE AND HER CAMPAIGN REELING.

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UP UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT, THEY THOUGHT THEY´D WIN.

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6:00 P.M. ELECTION NIGHT,

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AIDES DESCRIBING THE MOOD AS CONFIDENT.

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SUPPORTERS WATCHING IT ALL SLIP AWAY IN DISBELIEF.

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AT 2:00 A.M., THIS AWKWARD MOMENT --

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CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN JOHN PODESTA

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TELLING SUPPORTERS NOT TO GIVE UP HOPE.

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&gt;&gt; Podesta: WE CAN WAIT A LITTLE LONGER, CAN´T WE?

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&gt;&gt; Mitchell: WHILE ONLY MINUTES LATER,

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CLINTON CALLED TRUMP TO CONCEDE.

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TONIGHT THE QUESTION FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE DEMOCRATS --

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WITH THE CLINTON MACHINE´S ADVANTAGES

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OF MONEY, GROUND GAME, AND STAR POWER,

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ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACKS BLAMING

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CLINTON´S USE OF THAT PERSONAL SERVER,

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THOSE EMBARRASSING HACKED E-MAILS,

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AND THE FBI DIRECTOR´S OCTOBER SURPRISE.

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TODAY, CLINTON´S MESSAGE TO YOUNG PEOPLE --

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&gt;&gt; Clinton: YOU WILL HAVE SUCCESSES AND SETBACKS, TOO.

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THIS LOSS HURTS.

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THAT FIGHTING FOR WHAT´S RIGHT IS WORTH IT.

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THAT HIGHEST AND HARDEST GLASS CEILING,

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COMFORTING STAFF AND FRIENDS,

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EVEN AS BILL CLINTON PUT ON A BRAVE FACE.

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MARKING WHAT COULD BE THE END OF THE CLINTONS IN POLITICS.

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AND NOW CLINTON SHARES A SAD LEGACY WITH AL GORE,

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WHO WAS JUST CAMPAIGNING WITH HILLARY CLINTON IN FLORIDA.

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THE TWO DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES WHO WON THE POPULAR VOTE

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BUT NOT THE PRESIDENCY.

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LESTER?

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&gt;&gt; Holt: ANDREA MITCHELL. ANDREA, THANKS VERY MUCH.

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WE WANT TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK NOW

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AT ONE OF THE MAJOR DECIDING FACTORS IN TRUMP´S VICTORY --

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THE WHITE VOTE IN RURAL AMERICA,

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A SLICE OF THE COUNTRY WHOSE STRENGTH MANY UNDERESTIMATED

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AS THEY MADE A MOCKERY OF THE POLLS,

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FUELING THIS INCREDIBLE UPSET.

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WITH MORE ON THAT,

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WE TURN TO NBC´s KEVIN TIBBLES IN MICHIGAN.

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&gt;&gt; Tibbles: IN THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND,

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FARMERS LIKE AARON CATE ARE BACK AT WORK,

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JUST ONE DAY AFTER THEY SAY

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THEIR VOICE AND THEIR VOTE WAS FINALLY HEARD.

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WHAT´S THE MESSAGE PEOPLE LIKE YOU SENT?

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&gt;&gt; Cate: I SENSE WE´VE BEEN FORGOTTEN

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HIS FINAL CAMPAIGN EVENT WAS A RAUCOUS GATHERING OF 4,000

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LAST NIGHT, LOCAL REPUBLICANS

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LOOK BACK IN HISTORY,

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OF STATES LIKE MICHIGAN AND PENNSYLVANIA

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THAT HELPED PUSH TRUMP OVER THE TOP

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WITH ISSUES LIKE JOBS, HEALTHCARE, AND BIG GOVERNMENT.

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MORE WHITE VOTERS IN RURAL MICHIGAN,

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PENNSYLVANIA, AND WISCONSIN WENT FOR TRUMP

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THAN THEY DID FOR MITT ROMNEY FOUR YEARS AGO.

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THIS COUPLED WITH THE FACT

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THAT HILLARY SUPPORTERS IN CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS

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DID NOT TURN OUT IN THE SAME WAY THEY DID FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA.

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LIKE WE´RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

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&gt;&gt; Woman: SMALLER GOVERNMENT, LESS REGULATIONS.

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THAT MEANS MORE JOBS

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&gt;&gt; Tibbles: AARON CATE SEES HIMSELF

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AS HELPING TO FEED THE COUNTRY.

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HE SAYS HE DOESN´T NEED ANY MORE BAGGAGE FROM WASHINGTON.

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IS WE CAN GET THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF OUR LIVES

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AND LET US DO WHAT WE DO BEST.

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&gt;&gt; Tibbles: YOU THINK TRUMP WILL DO THAT.

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&gt;&gt; Cate: I THINK HE´S A GOOD START.

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&gt;&gt; Tibbles: VOTERS IN RURAL AMERICA SAY

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THEY´RE READY TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES.

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KEVIN TIBBLES, NBC NEWS, SARANAC, MICHIGAN.

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THE IMPACT OF THE AMERICAN ELECTION

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THERE ARE CONCERNS AMONG SOME FOREIGN LEADERS

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PLENTY OF CONGRATULATIONS BEING EXTENDED TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT,

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RICHARD ENGEL.

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HEADLINES "TRUMPOCALYPSE" AND "DISUNITED STATES."

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THERE ARE ECHOES OF THE BREXIT VOTE, TOO,

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AGAINST THE EUROPEAN UNION ESTABLISHMENT.

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THAT THE WORLD´S SHINING LIGHT OF DEMOCRACY HAS GONE DARK.

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&gt;&gt; Bremmer: YOU CANNOT LOOK AT PRESIDENT TRUMP

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AND CALL THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD,

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BECAUSE AMERICA HAS INCREASINGLY ABDICATED

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ITS LEGITIMACY TO THAT TITLE.

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&gt;&gt; Engel: THOSE WELCOMING THE MOST

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WERE RIGHT-WING PARTIES

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WHO RUSHED TO EMBRACE TRUMP AS THEIR NEW HERO.

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"HE´S LIKE ME," JOKED THE FILIPINO PRESIDENT,

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"ACCUSED OF TURNING HIS POLICE INTO ANTI-NARCO DEATH SQUADS."

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EGYPT´S GENERAL SISI, WHO CAME TO POWER IN A COUP,

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BRAGGED THAT HE WAS THE FIRST FOREIGN LEADER

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TO CONGRATULATE TRUMP.

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AND HUNGARY´S VIKTOR ORBÁN,

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WHO DID WALL OFF HIS COUNTRY TO KEEP OUT REFUGEES,

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CALLED TRUMP GREAT NEWS.

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AND OF COURSE, RUSSIA´S VLADIMIR PUTIN.

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A VERY, VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH PUTIN,

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AND I THINK I WOULD HAVE

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A VERY, VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA.

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&gt;&gt; Engel: PUTIN SAID TODAY

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HE´S READY TO OPEN A NEW CHAPTER WITH THE U.S.

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&gt;&gt; McFaul: THEY SEE IN PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP

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SOMEBODY THAT THEY CAN DO BUSINESS WITH.

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THERE WILL BE A HONEYMOON PERIOD FOR SURE.

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&gt;&gt; Engel: ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS,

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TRUMP IS CONSIDERED UNPREDICTABLE,

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STOKING FEARS THAT, AT LEAST INITIALLY,

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HIS PRESIDENCY COULD USHER IN GLOBAL INSTABILITY.

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LESTER?

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&gt;&gt; Holt: RICHARD ENGEL TONIGHT. RICHARD, THANKS.

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LET´S BRING IN OUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR,

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THE MODERATOR OF "MEET THE PRESS," CHUCK TODD.

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CHUCK, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE,

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PEOPLE SAYING THEY WANT CHANGE IN WASHINGTON.

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SOME HAVE PUT IT "WE WANT TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK."

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DEFINE -- DRILL DOWN FOR ME.

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&gt;&gt; Todd: LOOK, WHAT THIS REALLY IS

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IS THIS IS ECONOMIC INSECURITY THAT´S HAPPENED OUT THERE.

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THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT FEEL A BIT LEFT BEHIND.

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THEY FEEL AS IF GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING OUT

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FOR THE FAMILIES OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS,

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BUT THEY´RE NOT LOOKING OUT FOR THEM,

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WHO FEEL AS IF THEIR JOBS HAVE DISAPPEARED.

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SO IT´S THIS FEELING OF

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THEY DON´T FEEL THEY´VE BEEN PRIORITIZED

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BY THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT IN WASHINGTON.

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THE QUESTION´S GOING TO BE, CAN TRUMP DELIVER FOR THEM?

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YOU KNOW, THEY LEFT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN PART

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BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE

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THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIDN´T DELIVER.

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TRUMP´S MADE A LOT OF PROMISES. CAN HE DELIVER?

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THE ONUS AND THE BURDEN IS ON THEM.

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BUT THAT´S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT ULTIMATELY.

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THEY FEEL AS IF THEY´VE BEEN GLOSSED OVER.

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LOOK AT THE WAY WE SOMETIMES DESCRIBE IT OURSELVES.

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"FLYOVER COUNTRY."

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AS IF THEY´RE JUST SORT OF IN THE WAY,

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ON OUR WAY TO THE WEST COAST TYPE OF THING.

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I THINK THAT WHOLE FEELING

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THAT THEY WERE JUST DISRESPECTED AND NOT PRIORITIZED.

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&gt;&gt; Holt: AND YOU TALK ABOUT FULFILLING THE PROMISES,

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WHAT WE´RE GOING TO GO TO NEXT.

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STILL AHEAD, TRUMP´S AGENDA,

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HIS FIRST ORDERS OF BUSINESS WHEN HE ENTERS THE WHITE HOUSE,

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THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON EVERYTHING

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FROM THE SUPREME COURT TO OBAMACARE

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TO HIS LONG-PROMISED BORDER WALL.

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ALSO, AFTER SUCH A BITTERLY DIVIDED ELECTION,

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CAN AMERICA COME TOGETHER AND STAND UNITED?

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&gt;&gt; Holt: WE´RE BACK NOW

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WITH A LOOK AT PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP´S AGENDA.

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AFTER RAISING EXPECTATIONS OF DRAMATIC CHANGE IN WASHINGTON,

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MILLIONS OF SUPPORTERS ARE EXPECTING ACTION AND QUICKLY.

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NBC´s HALLIE JACKSON HAS A LOOK

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AT THE POTENTIAL SWEEPING CHANGES AHEAD.

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&gt;&gt; Trump: IT´S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL THING.

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&gt;&gt; Jackson: SO DONALD TRUMP WON. NOW WHAT?

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PROPELLED BY THE POWER OF A REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED CONGRESS,

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HIS VICTORY ALL BUT ASSURES

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A MORE CONSERVATIVE SUPREME COURT.

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&gt;&gt; Trump: THE SUPREME COURT, IT´S WHAT IT´S ALL ABOUT.

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&gt;&gt; Jackson: AND HIS PRESIDENCY GUARANTEES

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THE BIGGEST BATTLE YET OVER OBAMACARE.

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&gt;&gt; Trump: REAL CHANGE BEGINS

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WITH IMMEDIATELY REPEALING AND REPLACING OBAMACARE.

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IT´S A DISASTER.

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&gt;&gt; Jackson: THOSE CAMPAIGN PROMISES REALISTIC.

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OTHERS, NOT SO MUCH.

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&gt;&gt; Trump: WE WILL BUILD A GREAT WALL

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ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

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&gt;&gt; Jackson: HIS MEXICAN-FUNDED BORDER WALL UNLIKELY.

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HIS TEMPORARY PROPOSED MUSLIM BAN, UNPOPULAR.

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TRUMP ALREADY SIGNALING

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HE WON´T TAKE SUCH A HARDLINE STANCE ON IT,

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BUT SOME OF HIS PROMISES SHOW A SERIOUS SPLIT

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WITH HIS OWN PARTY ON POLICY,

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DISAGREEMENTS ON TRADE AND ON RUSSIA.

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&gt;&gt; Man: [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]

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&gt;&gt; Jackson: THE PARLIAMENT IN MOSCOW TODAY

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CELEBRATING TRUMP´S ELECTION.

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VLADIMIR PUTIN SENDING A CONGRATULATORY TELEGRAM.

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DESPITE THE DIVIDE,

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EVIDENCE ALREADY TODAY OF REPUBLICANS COMING TOGETHER.

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&gt;&gt; Ryan: HE JUST EARNED A MANDATE,

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AND WE NOW JUST HAVE A UNIFIED REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT.

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&gt;&gt; Jackson: SUPPORT? SURE.

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BUT NOT A SLAM DUNK.

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AT LEAST EIGHT REPUBLICAN SENATORS

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SAID THEY VOTED AGAINST TRUMP.

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ON ONE HAND, HIS PROMISE TO END CORRUPTION IN CONGRESS.

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ON THE OTHER, AN AGENDA THAT NEEDS HELP

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FROM THE VERY SYSTEM HE SAYS HE HATES.

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TO GET ANYTHING DONE, HE NEEDS TO HAVE THEM SUPPORT HIM.

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&gt;&gt; Zelizer: HE DOES.

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HE´S GOING TO NEED THE CONGRESS AND THE REPUBLICANS

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WHO HE BLASTED AGAIN AND AGAIN.

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THEY ARE NOW GOING TO BE HIS MOST IMPORTANT ALLIES.

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&gt;&gt; Jackson: THERE IS PLENTY

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THAT DONALD TRUMP CAN DO ALL ON HIS OWN.

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HE´S ALREADY PROMISED

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TO ROLL BACK PRESIDENT OBAMA´S EXECUTIVE ACTIONS

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ON IMMIGRATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

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NO NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL THERE, LESTER.

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&gt;&gt; Holt: ALL RIGHT. HALLIE, THANK YOU.

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WHEN WE COME BACK HERE TONIGHT,

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THEY´RE GOING FROM THE PENTHOUSE TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

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GETTING TO KNOW AMERICA´S NEW FIRST FAMILY.

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&gt;&gt; Holt: IN JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS,

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THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE HOME TO A FIRST FAMILY

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PERHAPS UNLIKE ANY THAT HAS EVER LIVED THERE.

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NBC´s CYNTHIA McFADDEN HAS A LOOK

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AT THE SOON TO BE OCCUPANTS OF 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,

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THE TRUMPS.

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&gt;&gt; McFadden: DONALD TRUMP

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MARCHES TO THE BEAT OF HIS OWN DRUM

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SURROUNDED BY A SMALL BAND OF INTIMATES,

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MANY OF WHOM HE´S RELATED TO.

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HE THANKED THEM LAST NIGHT.

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&gt;&gt; Trump: I LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU.

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THIS WAS TOUGH.

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THIS WAS TOUGH.

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&gt;&gt; McFadden: AND WHILE THEY´RE NOT A TRADITIONAL FAMILY --

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MELANIA IS HIS THIRD WIFE

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AND THE KIDS HAVE THREE DIFFERENT MOTHERS,

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A FIRST IN PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY --

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THERE IS CLEARLY A DEEP BOND BETWEEN THEM.

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&gt;&gt; Pence: YOU CAN´T FAKE GOOD KIDS.

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HOW ABOUT HIS AMAZING CHILDREN?

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AREN´T THEY SOMETHING?

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&gt;&gt; McFadden: THE GLAMOROUS MRS. TRUMP

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SPEAKS FIVE LANGUAGES,

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GREW UP BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN,

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AND WILL ONLY BE THE SECOND FIRST LADY TO BE BORN ABROAD

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SINCE LOUISA ADAMS.

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SHE IS NOT THE FIRST MODEL TO FILL THE ROLE OF FIRST LADY.

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BOTH PAT NIXON AND BETTY FORD WERE MODELS, TOO,

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THOUGH MORE DEMURE.

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WHAT DOES HISTORY TELL US

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ABOUT THE ROLE THAT MELANIA TRUMP MIGHT PLAY?

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&gt;&gt; Beschloss: HISTORY USUALLY SAYS

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THAT A FIRST LADY COMES INTO THIS JOB

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AND BY THE TIME SHE LEAVES,

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SHE´S A VERY DIFFERENT PERSON

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DOING THINGS THAT SHE NEVER IMAGINED.

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&gt;&gt; McFadden: AND MR. TRUMP HAS SAID MANY TIMES

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HE WILL TURN OVER HIS BUSINESS TO HIS THREE OLDEST CHILDREN

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WHILE HE´S IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

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&gt;&gt; Trump: I HAVE IVANKA AND ERIC AND DON SITTING THERE.

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RUN THE COMPANY, KIDS. HAVE A GOOD TIME.

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&gt;&gt; McFadden: BUT HE´S ALSO IMPLIED

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HE MIGHT CALL ON THEM FOR HIS ADMINISTRATION.

429
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&gt;&gt; Trump: EVERYBODY WOULD SAY, "PUT IVANKA IN, PUT IVANKA IN."

430
00:17:14.734 --> 00:17:16.867
&gt;&gt; McFadden: BUT FAMILY APPOINTMENTS ARE TRICKY.

431
00:17:16.867 --> 00:17:20.200
A 1967 LAW PROHIBITING NEPOTISM WAS PASSED

432
00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:21.767
AFTER ROBERT KENNEDY SERVED

433
00:17:21.767 --> 00:17:24.133
AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR HIS BROTHER.

434
00:17:24.133 --> 00:17:27.767
THE WHITE HOUSE WILL, AGAIN, HAVE A CHILD IN RESIDENCE,

435
00:17:27.767 --> 00:17:29.200
10-YEAR-OLD BARRON,

436
00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:31.834
WHO IS THE SAME AGE AS MALIA OBAMA WAS

437
00:17:31.834 --> 00:17:33.100
WHEN SHE MOVED IN.

438
00:17:33.100 --> 00:17:36.567
SO GOODBYE, THREE-STORY PENTHOUSE IN TRUMP TOWER

439
00:17:36.567 --> 00:17:38.667
AND HELLO, WHITE HOUSE.

440
00:17:38.667 --> 00:17:42.567
CYNTHIA McFADDEN, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK.

441
00:17:42.567 --> 00:17:44.033
&gt;&gt; Holt: WHEN WE COME BACK,

442
00:17:44.033 --> 00:17:46.800
AMERICA HAS COME TOGETHER AFTER TURBULENT ELECTIONS IN THE PAST.

443
00:17:46.800 --> 00:17:48.667
CAN IT DO IT AGAIN?

444
00:17:53.233 --> 00:17:55.800
&gt;&gt; Holt: IN THEIR SPEECHES AFTER THE VOTES WERE COUNTED

445
00:17:55.800 --> 00:17:57.667
BOTH DONALD TRUMP AND HILLARY CLINTON

446
00:17:57.667 --> 00:17:59.467
SAID IT´S TIME TO UNITE THE COUNTRY.

447
00:17:59.467 --> 00:18:01.767
BUT THAT MAY BE EASIER SAID THAN DONE

448
00:18:01.767 --> 00:18:03.200
AFTER THIS LONG CAMPAIGN

449
00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:06.066
LEFT SO MANY FEELING ANGRY AND DIVIDED.

450
00:18:06.066 --> 00:18:09.700
OUR HARRY SMITH TAKES A LOOK AT HOW AMERICA CAN BEGIN TO HEAL

451
00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:13.800
AFTER THE MOST CONTENTIOUS ELECTION OF OUR TIME.

452
00:18:13.800 --> 00:18:15.967
&gt;&gt; Smith: SO MUCH FOR POLLS AND PUNDITS.

453
00:18:15.967 --> 00:18:17.500
FUNNY THINGS HAPPEN SOMETIMES

454
00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:20.500
IN BIG GAMES AND ELECTIONS AND REAL LIFE.

455
00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:22.633
THERE IS A MOMENTUM SHIFT.

456
00:18:22.633 --> 00:18:25.533
SO TODAY, HALF THE ELECTORATE IS ELATED

457
00:18:25.533 --> 00:18:27.900
AND THE OTHER HALF IS ON EDGE.

458
00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:30.934
WE´VE ENDURED 18 MONTHS OF PARTISAN RANCOR,

459
00:18:30.934 --> 00:18:32.800
BUT TODAY PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID

460
00:18:32.800 --> 00:18:35.400
IT´S TIME TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE.

461
00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:37.567
&gt;&gt; President Obama: WE´RE ACTUALLY ALL ON ONE TEAM.

462
00:18:37.567 --> 00:18:41.500
WE´RE NOT DEMOCRATS FIRST. WE´RE NOT REPUBLICANS FIRST.

463
00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:43.333
WE ARE AMERICANS FIRST.

464
00:18:43.333 --> 00:18:45.834
&gt;&gt; Smith: BACK IN 2000, AFTER MORE THAN A MONTH

465
00:18:45.834 --> 00:18:48.200
OF HANGING CHADS AND LEGAL WRANGLING,

466
00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:51.367
AL GORE CONCEDED THE ELECTION TO GEORGE BUSH.

467
00:18:51.367 --> 00:18:54.967
&gt;&gt; Gore: THIS IS AMERICA, AND WE PUT COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY.

468
00:18:54.967 --> 00:18:58.233
WE WILL STAND TOGETHER BEHIND OUR NEW PRESIDENT.

469
00:18:58.233 --> 00:19:01.567
&gt;&gt; Smith: WHAT´S BEST FOR THE COUNTRY CAN BE A BITTER PILL.

470
00:19:01.567 --> 00:19:04.600
YESTERDAY, PEOPLE WAITED IN LINE FOR HOURS TO VOTE.

471
00:19:04.600 --> 00:19:06.734
THERE WAS A BUZZ IN POLLING PLACES.

472
00:19:06.734 --> 00:19:08.633
THAT´S HOW IT´S SUPPOSED TO BE.

473
00:19:08.633 --> 00:19:10.567
AND WHILE DONALD TRUMP SCORCHED THE EARTH

474
00:19:10.567 --> 00:19:12.767
WITH HIS RHETORIC ON HIS WAY TO VICTORY,

475
00:19:12.767 --> 00:19:16.066
THERE WAS NONE OF THAT EARLY THIS MORNING.

476
00:19:16.066 --> 00:19:18.000
&gt;&gt; Trump: IT IS TIME FOR US

477
00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:22.000
TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE UNITED PEOPLE.

478
00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:23.600
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

479
00:19:23.600 --> 00:19:26.266
&gt;&gt; Smith: IN FACT, THERE WAS A VERY DIFFERENT TONE.

480
00:19:26.266 --> 00:19:30.834
&gt;&gt; Trump: HILLARY HAS WORKED VERY LONG AND VERY HARD

481
00:19:30.834 --> 00:19:32.867
OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME,

482
00:19:32.867 --> 00:19:36.400
AND WE OWE HER A MAJOR DEBT OF GRATITUDE

483
00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:39.767
FOR HER SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.

484
00:19:39.767 --> 00:19:41.467
&gt;&gt; Smith: THIS WAS A DIFFERENT TRUMP --

485
00:19:41.467 --> 00:19:43.500
HUMBLED PERHAPS, AWED MAYBE,

486
00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:45.800
BY THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT LIES AHEAD.

487
00:19:45.800 --> 00:19:47.934
THIS PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER

488
00:19:47.934 --> 00:19:50.000
GOES BACK TO OUR EARLIEST HISTORY.

489
00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:52.767
WE CHANGE GOVERNMENTS WITH BALLOTS, NOT BULLETS.

490
00:19:52.767 --> 00:19:55.133
WE, THE PEOPLE, DECIDE.

491
00:19:55.133 --> 00:19:58.600
AND WHEN THE COUNTING IS DONE, WE MOVE FORWARD.

492
00:19:58.600 --> 00:20:01.433
HARRY SMITH, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK.

493
00:20:01.433 --> 00:20:03.867
THAT WILL DO IT FOR US ON THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

494
00:20:03.867 --> 00:20:05.266
"NIGHTLY NEWS" CONTINUES NOW

495
00:20:05.266 --> 00:20:07.066
WITH ANOTHER HALF-HOUR OF COVERAGE

496
00:20:07.066 --> 00:20:08.700
ON MOST OF OUR STATIONS.

497
00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:11.934
FOR OTHERS, IT WILL BE STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE.

498
00:20:13.133 --> 00:20:16.133
&gt;&gt; Holt: WE ARE BACK NOW WITH MORE OF OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE

499
00:20:16.133 --> 00:20:18.133
OF DONALD TRUMP´S STUNNING UPSET VICTORY

500
00:20:18.133 --> 00:20:21.033
TO MAKE HIM THE 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,

501
00:20:21.033 --> 00:20:24.300
ONE OF THE MOST IMPROBABLE AND INCREDIBLE ELECTION DRAMAS

502
00:20:24.300 --> 00:20:25.767
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

503
00:20:25.767 --> 00:20:28.133
IN THE HOURS SINCE TRUMP CLAIMED VICTORY,

504
00:20:28.133 --> 00:20:30.500
WE´VE LEARNED THE OUTCOME CAME AS A SHOCK

505
00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:32.633
EVEN TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN THEMSELVES.

506
00:20:32.633 --> 00:20:34.266
HIS RIVAL, HILLARY CLINTON,

507
00:20:34.266 --> 00:20:36.333
PUBLICLY CONCEDING THE RACE TODAY,

508
00:20:36.333 --> 00:20:39.533
ADMITTING TO A PAINFUL LOSS OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE

509
00:20:39.533 --> 00:20:42.500
EVEN AS SHE HOLDS A NARROW LEAD IN THE POPULAR VOTE.

510
00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:45.233
WE´VE GOT MUCH MORE ON PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP

511
00:20:45.233 --> 00:20:47.734
HOW HIS VICTORY IS IMPACTING THE COUNTRY

512
00:20:47.734 --> 00:20:50.400
STARTING WITH NBC´s PETER ALEXANDER.

513
00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:53.533
&gt;&gt; Alexander: TONIGHT A STUNNING NEW REALITY,

514
00:20:53.533 --> 00:20:55.500
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP.

515
00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:57.734
&gt;&gt; Trump: SORRY TO KEEP YOU WAITING.

516
00:20:57.734 --> 00:20:59.867
COMPLICATED BUSINESS. COMPLICATED.

517
00:20:59.867 --> 00:21:01.500
&gt;&gt; Alexander: THE GREAT DISRUPTER

518
00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:03.100
PULLING OFF AN IMPROBABLE TRIUMPH

519
00:21:03.100 --> 00:21:05.834
THAT EVEN HIS CLOSEST AIDES SAY THEY DIDN´T SEE COMING.

520
00:21:05.834 --> 00:21:08.967
&gt;&gt; Trump: I SAY IT IS TIME FOR US

521
00:21:08.967 --> 00:21:13.066
TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE UNITED PEOPLE.

522
00:21:13.066 --> 00:21:15.567
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

523
00:21:15.567 --> 00:21:16.867
IT´S TIME.

524
00:21:16.867 --> 00:21:18.000
&gt;&gt; Alexander: FOR HOURS,

525
00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:20.066
AMERICANS WATCHED IN SUSPENSE AND DISBELIEF

526
00:21:20.066 --> 00:21:22.367
AS TRUMP´S RED STATE VICTORIES GREW.

527
00:21:22.367 --> 00:21:25.233
INSIDE HILLARY CLINTON´S HEADQUARTERS, HEARTBREAK.

528
00:21:25.233 --> 00:21:27.934
BUT AT THE WAR ROOM ON TRUMP TOWERS 14th FLOOR,

529
00:21:27.934 --> 00:21:29.533
EUPHORIA.

530
00:21:29.533 --> 00:21:32.200
JUST SHY OF 2:30 A.M., A PRIVATE PHONE CALL TO TRUMP.

531
00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:34.200
CLINTON CONCEDED,

532
00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:36.133
ONLY LATER REVEALING HER PAIN IN PUBLIC

533
00:21:36.133 --> 00:21:38.567
WITH A PERSONAL PLEA TO YOUNG PEOPLE.

534
00:21:38.567 --> 00:21:40.800
&gt;&gt; Clinton: THIS LOSS HURTS.

535
00:21:40.800 --> 00:21:43.967
BUT PLEASE, NEVER STOP BELIEVING

536
00:21:43.967 --> 00:21:47.633
THAT FIGHTING FOR WHAT´S RIGHT IS WORTH IT.

537
00:21:47.633 --> 00:21:50.700
TRUMP AIDES PRAISED IT AS A VERY CLASSY SPEECH.

538
00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:52.200
SO WHAT HAPPENED?

539
00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:54.100
ONE TOP REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST CALLS IT

540
00:21:54.100 --> 00:21:56.100
"THE REVENGE OF THE RURAL, WHITE VOTERS,"

541
00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:58.734
WITH HIGHER TURNOUT THAN MITT ROMNEY FOUR YEARS AGO.

542
00:21:58.734 --> 00:22:03.066
TRUMP WON WHITES WITHOUT COLLEGE DEGREES BY 39 POINTS.

543
00:22:03.066 --> 00:22:04.734
&gt;&gt; Sykes: HE WAS ABLE TO TAP IN TO THIS NOTION

544
00:22:04.734 --> 00:22:07.734
THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE POLITICAL ELITES

545
00:22:07.734 --> 00:22:11.567
WERE INDIFFERENT AND DISDAINFUL OF THEIR INTERESTS.

546
00:22:11.567 --> 00:22:13.533
AND I THINK THAT THEY RESENTED IT.

547
00:22:13.533 --> 00:22:14.900
&gt;&gt; Alexander: ANOTHER FACTOR --

548
00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:17.300
HILLARY CLINTON´S FAILURE TO MATCH THE OBAMA COALITION,

549
00:22:17.300 --> 00:22:19.300
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND MILLENNIALS.

550
00:22:19.300 --> 00:22:21.800
DESPITE A REPUDIATION OF HIS POLICIES,

551
00:22:21.800 --> 00:22:24.066
PRESIDENT OBAMA PROMOTED UNITY.

552
00:22:24.066 --> 00:22:25.700
&gt;&gt; President Obama: EVERYBODY IS SAD

553
00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:29.133
WHEN THEIR SIDE LOSES AN ELECTION.

554
00:22:29.133 --> 00:22:32.100
BUT THE DAY AFTER, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER

555
00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:35.033
THAT WE´RE ACTUALLY ALL ON ONE TEAM.

556
00:22:35.033 --> 00:22:37.867
&gt;&gt; Alexander: TOMORROW, PRESIDENTS 44 AND 45

557
00:22:37.867 --> 00:22:40.667
WILL MEET AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO DISCUSS A SMOOTH TRANSITION.

558
00:22:40.667 --> 00:22:43.300
FOR TRUMP, THE HARD PART IS JUST BEGINNING,

559
00:22:43.300 --> 00:22:45.500
PIVOTING FROM CAMPAIGNING TO GOVERNING.

560
00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.967
TODAY VISITING WITH STAFF

561
00:22:46.967 --> 00:22:49.567
AND THE NEXT VICE PRESIDENT, MIKE PENCE.

562
00:22:49.567 --> 00:22:52.066
TRUMP´S ONLY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY ON TWITTER,

563
00:22:52.066 --> 00:22:54.533
WHERE HE CHANGED HIS BIO TO READ PRESIDENT-ELECT.

564
00:22:54.533 --> 00:22:56.500
THAT´S NOT ALL THAT´S CHANGING.

565
00:22:56.500 --> 00:23:00.133
TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE NYPD´s 171-YEAR HISTORY,

566
00:23:00.133 --> 00:23:01.800
THE DEPARTMENT IS SETTING UP SECURITY

567
00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:04.467
FOR A PRESIDENT-ELECT HERE IN NEW YORK CITY,

568
00:23:04.467 --> 00:23:07.100
SOME ALREADY REFERRING TO TRUMP TOWER

569
00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:08.834
AS WHITE HOUSE NORTH.

570
00:23:08.834 --> 00:23:11.533
PETER ALEXANDER, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK.

571
00:23:11.533 --> 00:23:14.500
&gt;&gt; Holt: ONE OF THE MOST CLOSELY WATCHED FACTORS IN THIS ELECTION

572
00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:16.400
WAS THE ROLE LATINO VOTERS WOULD PLAY.

573
00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:18.867
AND WHILE TRUMP DID END UP GETTING

574
00:23:18.867 --> 00:23:20.734
SOME 29% OF THE LATINO VOTE,

575
00:23:20.734 --> 00:23:23.233
HIS RHETORIC ON IMMIGRATION SINCE DAY ONE

576
00:23:23.233 --> 00:23:26.133
IS STILL CAUSE FOR CONCERN AMONG MANY IN THAT COMMUNITY.

577
00:23:26.133 --> 00:23:29.800
WE GET MORE ON THAT FROM NBC´s MIGUEL ALMAGUER.

578
00:23:29.800 --> 00:23:33.700
&gt;&gt; Almaguer: AT WATCH PARTIES FROM FLORIDA TO CALIFORNIA,

579
00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:37.300
THIS WAS THE MOMENT MANY LATINO VOTERS WERE AFRAID OF.

580
00:23:37.300 --> 00:23:40.767
SHOCK AND TEARS TURNED TO FEAR.

581
00:23:40.767 --> 00:23:45.700
&gt;&gt; Woman: THEY´RE STILL SCARED OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO US.

582
00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:47.734
&gt;&gt; Man: WE´RE STUCK IN LIMBO AGAIN,

583
00:23:47.734 --> 00:23:49.100
SO IT´S REALLY SCARY.

584
00:23:49.100 --> 00:23:51.633
&gt;&gt; Woman: I THINK IT´S MORE SURREAL,

585
00:23:51.633 --> 00:23:54.934
MORE DISBELIEF, MORE SADNESS THAT AMERICA DIDN´T GET IT.

586
00:23:54.934 --> 00:23:56.734
&gt;&gt; Almaguer: FOR MANY OF THE 11 MILLION

587
00:23:56.734 --> 00:23:59.333
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY,

588
00:23:59.333 --> 00:24:02.166
THE FUTURE BECAME MORE UNCERTAIN.

589
00:24:02.166 --> 00:24:03.967
&gt;&gt; Woman: IT´S GOING TO BE AWAKENING,

590
00:24:03.967 --> 00:24:07.233
A CALL FOR ALL THE HISPANICS,

591
00:24:07.233 --> 00:24:11.000
WHETHER YOU´RE MEXICAN, PUERTO RICAN, CUBAN.

592
00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:14.100
&gt;&gt; Almaguer: FOR 16-YEAR-OLD VALERIE TRAVI,

593
00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:15.867
WHO WAS BORN IN THE U.S.,

594
00:24:15.867 --> 00:24:18.900
THIS ELECTION SEEMS MORE LIKE AN EVICTION.

595
00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:20.600
HER UNDOCUMENTED PARENTS

596
00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:23.834
WERE DEPORTED BACK TO COLOMBIA TEN MONTHS AGO.

597
00:24:23.834 --> 00:24:25.867
WITH CLINTON, SHE SAW HOPE.

598
00:24:25.867 --> 00:24:28.533
WITH TRUMP, HELPLESSNESS.

599
00:24:28.533 --> 00:24:30.467
&gt;&gt; Travi: RIGHT NOW, I´M SCARED.

600
00:24:30.467 --> 00:24:32.967
I REALLY DON´T KNOW WHAT TO THINK,

601
00:24:32.967 --> 00:24:35.400
´CAUSE I DON´T KNOW WHEN I´M GOING TO SEE MY PARENTS AGAIN.

602
00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:37.700
&gt;&gt; Almaguer: CLEAR IN HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE

603
00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:39.867
TO CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION...

604
00:24:39.867 --> 00:24:42.500
&gt;&gt; Trump: WE WILL STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION,

605
00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:44.667
DEPORT ALL CRIMINAL ALIENS,

606
00:24:44.667 --> 00:24:48.000
AND DISMANTLE EVERY LAST CRIMINAL GANG AND CARTEL

607
00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:49.700
THREATENING OUR CITIZENS.

608
00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:52.700
JANETH NUÑEZ WORKS IN LAS VEGAS,

609
00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:56.934
A HOSPITALITY WORKER WHOSE SISTER IS UNDOCUMENTED.

610
00:24:56.934 --> 00:24:58.200
HOW WORRIED ARE YOU

611
00:24:58.200 --> 00:25:00.133
THAT YOUR SISTER WILL BE SEPARATED FROM HER CHILDREN?

612
00:25:05.767 --> 00:25:08.533
TONIGHT, THIS IS A COUNTRY DIVIDED.

613
00:25:08.533 --> 00:25:09.967
AND FOR SOME,

614
00:25:09.967 --> 00:25:14.867
THERE IS FEAR THEIR FAMILIES MAY SOON BE SPLIT APART, TOO.

615
00:25:14.867 --> 00:25:17.700
HERE IN WHAT WAS THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF NEVADA,

616
00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:19.734
THOUSANDS OF LATINO UNION WORKERS

617
00:25:19.734 --> 00:25:21.867
HAVE CANVASSED THIS AREA FOR WEEKS,

618
00:25:21.867 --> 00:25:24.033
HOPING TO TURN THIS PURPLE STATE BLUE.

619
00:25:24.033 --> 00:25:25.900
THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THAT.

620
00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:28.934
NOW THEY SAY THEY WILL BATTLE DONALD TRUMP´S POLICIES

621
00:25:28.934 --> 00:25:31.166
SO THEY DON´T BECOME LEGISLATION.

622
00:25:31.166 --> 00:25:31.734
LESTER?

623
00:25:31.734 --> 00:25:34.000
&gt;&gt; Holt: MIGUEL ALMAGUER TONIGHT IN LAS VEGAS. THANK YOU.

624
00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:35.633
FROM NOW UNTIL THE INAUGURATION,

625
00:25:35.633 --> 00:25:37.600
DONALD TRUMP HAS SOME BIG DECISIONS TO MAKE,

626
00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:38.767
INCLUDING A BIG ONE --

627
00:25:38.767 --> 00:25:40.834
FILLING A VACANCY ON THE SUPREME COURT

628
00:25:40.834 --> 00:25:43.133
WHICH IS LIKELY TO BECOME ONE OF THE BIGGEST BATTLES

629
00:25:43.133 --> 00:25:45.266
IN THE EARLY DAYS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION.

630
00:25:45.266 --> 00:25:48.200
A REPUBLICAN BLOCKADE PREVENTED PRESIDENT OBAMA

631
00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:51.100
FROM FILLING THE VACANCY IN HIS FINAL YEARS IN OFFICE.

632
00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:54.300
AND AS OUR JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT PETE WILLIAMS REPORTS,

633
00:25:54.300 --> 00:25:56.867
THIS FIGHT COULD BE JUST THE BEGINNING.

634
00:25:56.867 --> 00:26:00.367
&gt;&gt; Williams: IT´S A PRESSING ISSUE FOR THE NEW PRESIDENT --

635
00:26:00.367 --> 00:26:02.667
NOMINATING A REPLACEMENT FOR ANTONIN SCALIA

636
00:26:02.667 --> 00:26:04.066
ON THE SUPREME COURT.

637
00:26:04.066 --> 00:26:06.667
WITH REPUBLICANS KEEPING CONTROL OF THE SENATE,

638
00:26:06.667 --> 00:26:09.400
PRESIDENT OBAMA´S NOMINATION OF JUDGE MERRICK GARLAND,

639
00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:11.800
WHICH LANGUISHED FOR EIGHT MONTHS, IS NOW DEAD.

640
00:26:11.800 --> 00:26:15.233
TRUMP EARLIER RELEASED TWO LISTS OF POTENTIAL NOMINEES --

641
00:26:15.233 --> 00:26:19.000
MOSTLY FEDERAL JUDGES, MANY IN THE CONSERVATIVE MAINSTREAM.

642
00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:21.633
REPLACING JUSTICE SCALIA WITH ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE

643
00:26:21.633 --> 00:26:23.333
WON´T CHANGE THE MAKEUP OF THE COURT,

644
00:26:23.333 --> 00:26:25.834
BUT THERE COULD BE OTHER VACANCIES COMING.

645
00:26:25.834 --> 00:26:27.533
RUTH BADER GINSBURG IS 83.

646
00:26:27.533 --> 00:26:30.867
SHE TURNS 84 IN MARCH, THOUGH SHE WILL LIKELY REMAIN

647
00:26:30.867 --> 00:26:34.066
IN A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AS LONG AS HER HEALTH PERMITS.

648
00:26:34.066 --> 00:26:36.233
BUT ANTHONY KENNEDY, A REAGAN APPOINTEE

649
00:26:36.233 --> 00:26:38.834
WHO HAS VOTED WITH THE LIBERALS ON GAY RIGHTS AND ABORTION,

650
00:26:38.834 --> 00:26:40.200
IS 80.

651
00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:43.667
AND STEPHEN BREYER, APPOINTED BY BILL CLINTON, IS 78.

652
00:26:43.667 --> 00:26:46.667
IF EITHER OF THEM WERE TO BE REPLACED BY DONALD TRUMP,

653
00:26:46.667 --> 00:26:48.400
THE COURT WOULD BE MORE CONSERVATIVE

654
00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:50.333
AND MIGHT REVISIT RECENT RULINGS

655
00:26:50.333 --> 00:26:52.633
AGAINST RESTRICTING ACCESS TO ABORTION

656
00:26:52.633 --> 00:26:54.200
AND FAVORING GAY RIGHTS.

657
00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:55.800
&gt;&gt; Howe: WITH EACH OF THOSE,

658
00:26:55.800 --> 00:26:57.967
WE HAVE RELATIVELY RECENT DECISIONS,

659
00:26:57.967 --> 00:27:03.100
AND SO THE COURT WOULD HAVE TO REVERSE ITS EARLIER RULINGS,

660
00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:05.266
BUT IF THEY HAD THE VOTES TO DO THAT,

661
00:27:05.266 --> 00:27:06.834
I´M NOT SURE THAT THEY WOULDN´T.

662
00:27:06.834 --> 00:27:08.133
&gt;&gt; Williams: TRUMP HAS SAID

663
00:27:08.133 --> 00:27:09.800
HE THINKS THE CORE ABORTION-RIGHTS RULING,

664
00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:11.867
ROE v. WADE, SHOULD BE OVERTURNED,

665
00:27:11.867 --> 00:27:13.767
BUT HE MIGHT NEED TWO MORE APPOINTEES

666
00:27:13.767 --> 00:27:17.000
BEYOND FILLING SCALIA´S VACANCY TO HAVE A CHANCE AT THAT.

667
00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:18.700
STILL, ABORTION-RIGHTS ADVOCATES

668
00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:20.667
ARE WORRIED ABOUT MORE RESTRICTIONS.

669
00:27:20.667 --> 00:27:22.667
&gt;&gt; Wydra: WHILE WOMEN MIGHT TECHNICALLY HAVE THE RIGHT

670
00:27:22.667 --> 00:27:24.867
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION TO CHOOSE AN ABORTION,

671
00:27:24.867 --> 00:27:27.800
THEY WOULDN´T REALLY BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THAT RIGHT.

672
00:27:27.800 --> 00:27:29.066
&gt;&gt; Williams: TRUMP WAS RIGHT

673
00:27:29.066 --> 00:27:30.700
WHEN HE SAID THAT OVERTURNING ROE

674
00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:32.467
WOULDN´T END ABORTION IN AMERICA,

675
00:27:32.467 --> 00:27:34.900
THOUGH IT WOULD FREE UP THE STATES TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL,

676
00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:36.700
AND ABOUT HALF OF THEM PROBABLY WOULD.

677
00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:39.934
BUT IT´S BEEN 43 YEARS SINCE THAT CASE WAS DECIDED.

678
00:27:39.934 --> 00:27:41.700
AND DESPITE MANY ATTEMPTS TO OVERTURN IT,

679
00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:43.166
IT´S STILL ON THE BOOKS. LESTER?

680
00:27:43.166 --> 00:27:45.567
&gt;&gt; Holt: PETE WILLIAMS AT THE SUPREME COURT FOR US TONIGHT.

681
00:27:45.567 --> 00:27:46.767
PETE, THANKS.

682
00:27:46.767 --> 00:27:48.266
IT WAS A BIG NIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS

683
00:27:48.266 --> 00:27:49.734
NOT ONLY IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

684
00:27:49.734 --> 00:27:52.367
BUT ALSO IN THE BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS --

685
00:27:52.367 --> 00:27:55.967
THE GOP HOLDING CONTROL OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.

686
00:27:55.967 --> 00:27:57.934
NBC´s KASIE HUNT HAS A LOOK

687
00:27:57.934 --> 00:28:01.100
AT THE NEW FACES ABOUT TO MAKE WAVES.

688
00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:04.667
&gt;&gt; Hunt: BEFORE TUESDAY, IT WAS HARD FOR DONALD TRUMP

689
00:28:04.667 --> 00:28:08.133
TO FIND A FRIEND IN WASHINGTON, EVEN IN HIS OWN PARTY.

690
00:28:08.133 --> 00:28:10.834
&gt;&gt; McConnell: BECAUSE I CHOOSE NOT TO.

691
00:28:10.834 --> 00:28:13.900
&gt;&gt; Hunt: BUT NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS MOVING IN DOWN THE STREET

692
00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:15.266
FROM SPEAKER PAUL RYAN

693
00:28:15.266 --> 00:28:17.500
AND SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL.

694
00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:19.667
ON WEDNESDAY, THEY STARTED TO COME AROUND.

695
00:28:19.667 --> 00:28:22.200
&gt;&gt; Ryan: I THINK WHAT DONALD TRUMP JUST PULLED OFF

696
00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:23.600
IS AN ENORMOUS POLITICAL FEAT.

697
00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:26.000
IT´S AN ENORMOUS FEAT IN THAT HE HEARD THOSE VOICES

698
00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:28.033
THAT WERE OUT THERE THAT OTHER PEOPLE WEREN´T HEARING,

699
00:28:28.033 --> 00:28:30.100
AND HE JUST EARNED A MANDATE.

700
00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:31.700
&gt;&gt; McConnell: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.

701
00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:34.433
&gt;&gt; Hunt: REPUBLICAN LEADERS WERE ALSO PRIVATELY SURPRISED

702
00:28:34.433 --> 00:28:36.033
THEIR VULNERABLE SENATE INCUMBENTS

703
00:28:36.033 --> 00:28:37.567
HUNG ON ACROSS THE MAP,

704
00:28:37.567 --> 00:28:40.233
WINNING AT LEAST A 51-SEAT MAJORITY...

705
00:28:40.233 --> 00:28:41.734
&gt;&gt; Rubio: GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.

706
00:28:41.734 --> 00:28:44.900
AND GOD BLESS FLORIDA. THANK YOU! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

707
00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:47.367
&gt;&gt; Hunt: ...AND EXPECTED TO WIN A 47-SEAT MAJORITY

708
00:28:47.367 --> 00:28:48.734
IN THE HOUSE, AS WELL.

709
00:28:48.734 --> 00:28:51.667
WITH CONTROL OF BOTH THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS,

710
00:28:51.667 --> 00:28:53.166
REPUBLICANS HAVE A CHANCE

711
00:28:53.166 --> 00:28:56.266
TO SHRED PRESIDENT OBAMA´S SIGNATURE HEALTHCARE LAW.

712
00:28:56.266 --> 00:28:59.066
&gt;&gt; Ryan: THIS HEALTHCARE LAW IS COLLAPSING UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT.

713
00:28:59.066 --> 00:29:01.467
NOW WE HAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP COMING,

714
00:29:01.467 --> 00:29:03.500
WHO IS ASKING US TO DO THIS.

715
00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:06.934
SO WITH UNIFIED REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT, WE CAN FIX THIS.

716
00:29:06.934 --> 00:29:09.467
&gt;&gt; Hunt: STILL, REPUBLICANS NEED 60 VOTES IN THE SENATE

717
00:29:09.467 --> 00:29:11.533
TO PASS CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATION,

718
00:29:11.533 --> 00:29:14.734
WHICH MEANS THEY´LL HAVE TO WORK WITH DEMOCRATS.

719
00:29:14.734 --> 00:29:17.233
ANOTHER QUESTION -- WHETHER SOME REPUBLICANS

720
00:29:17.233 --> 00:29:20.433
MIGHT REFUSE TO VOTE WITH TRUMP ON PARTS OF HIS AGENDA.

721
00:29:20.433 --> 00:29:22.200
NEBRASKA SENATOR BEN SASSE

722
00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:25.000
ONCE CALLED TRUMP´S CAMPAIGN A DUMPSTER FIRE.

723
00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:27.367
AND THEN THERE´S SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM.

724
00:29:27.367 --> 00:29:29.300
&gt;&gt; Graham: HE´S BECOMING A JACKASS

725
00:29:29.300 --> 00:29:32.400
AT A TIME WHEN WE NEED TO HAVE A SERIOUS DEBATE

726
00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:34.667
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE PARTY AND THE COUNTRY.

727
00:29:34.667 --> 00:29:37.367
&gt;&gt; Hunt: GRAHAM TELLING NBC NEWS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT

728
00:29:37.367 --> 00:29:39.700
HE WAS "SHOCKED" BY TRUMP´S WIN

729
00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:43.400
BUT NOW IS WILLING TO AT LEAST TRY TO FIND SOME COMMON GROUND.

730
00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:45.734
AS THAT SHOCK WEARS OFF, DEMOCRATS ARE GRAPPLING

731
00:29:45.734 --> 00:29:47.934
WITH WHETHER OR NOT THEY´RE GOING TO BE ABLE

732
00:29:47.934 --> 00:29:49.533
TO WORK WITH DONALD TRUMP.

733
00:29:49.533 --> 00:29:51.500
NANCY PELOSI TALKING TO TRUMP TODAY

734
00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:53.433
ABOUT WHETHER THEY COULD WORK TOGETHER

735
00:29:53.433 --> 00:29:55.333
TO BUILD ROADS AND BRIDGES.

736
00:29:55.333 --> 00:29:57.367
AND PROGRESSIVES LIKE ELIZABETH WARREN

737
00:29:57.367 --> 00:29:59.066
AND, NOW TONIGHT, BERNIE SANDERS

738
00:29:59.066 --> 00:30:01.400
TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY WORKING WITH HIM

739
00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:04.300
TO HELP WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES. LESTER.

740
00:30:04.300 --> 00:30:06.066
&gt;&gt; Holt: KASIE HUNT TONIGHT. THANK YOU.

741
00:30:06.066 --> 00:30:07.834
WHILE DONALD TRUMP´S MANY SUPPORTERS

742
00:30:07.834 --> 00:30:10.533
ARE BASKING IN HIS VICTORY, MAY OTHERS WOKE UP THIS MORNING

743
00:30:10.533 --> 00:30:12.934
FEELING DISILLUSIONED BY THE HEADLINES.

744
00:30:12.934 --> 00:30:15.266
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, CRITICS ACCUSED TRUMP

745
00:30:15.266 --> 00:30:18.033
OF RUNNING A CAMPAIGN WITH UNDERCURRENTS OF RACISM.

746
00:30:18.033 --> 00:30:19.800
AND THOSE CONCERNS PERSIST

747
00:30:19.800 --> 00:30:23.200
NOW THAT THE ELECTION RESULTS SHOW A SHARP RACIAL DIVIDE.

748
00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:26.133
NBC´s RON ALLEN WITH MORE ON THAT.

749
00:30:26.133 --> 00:30:29.900
&gt;&gt; Allen: OUTSIDE THE NATION´S AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM,

750
00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:31.166
THERE´S DEEP WORRY ABOUT

751
00:30:31.166 --> 00:30:33.166
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP´S VICTORY

752
00:30:33.166 --> 00:30:36.734
AND THE HUGE TURNOUT BY RURAL WORKING-CLASS WHITE VOTERS.

753
00:30:36.734 --> 00:30:38.233
&gt;&gt; Woman: HOW MUCH IS IT ABOUT RACE?

754
00:30:38.233 --> 00:30:40.734
I MEAN, TRUMP HAS MADE THE WHOLE ELECTION ABOUT RACE,

755
00:30:40.734 --> 00:30:42.433
SO ABOUT 100% OF IT.

756
00:30:42.433 --> 00:30:46.600
&gt;&gt; Man: I´M NOT ANGRY. YOU KNOW, I´M HURT.

757
00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:49.934
I´M HURT BECAUSE IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT AMERICA.

758
00:30:49.934 --> 00:30:52.567
&gt;&gt; Allen: THEY SEE WHAT´S BEEN CALLED A WHITE-LASH --

759
00:30:52.567 --> 00:30:55.266
WHITE AMERICANS FEELING LEFT OUT AND DEEP RESENTMENT

760
00:30:55.266 --> 00:30:57.166
AS THE NATION GROWS MORE DIVERSE,

761
00:30:57.166 --> 00:31:00.266
RALLIED BY A CANDIDATE WHO PROMISED TO BAN MUSLIMS,

762
00:31:00.266 --> 00:31:01.633
WALL OUT MEXICANS,

763
00:31:01.633 --> 00:31:03.533
AND WHO CHALLENGED THE VERY LEGITIMACY

764
00:31:03.533 --> 00:31:05.767
OF THE NATION´S FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT.

765
00:31:05.767 --> 00:31:08.133
HOW MUCH OF THIS IS ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA,

766
00:31:08.133 --> 00:31:09.734
A BACKLASH AGAINST HIM?

767
00:31:09.734 --> 00:31:12.000
&gt;&gt; Man: FOLKS JUST DIDN´T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

768
00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:14.834
WHEN HE WON THE FIRST TIME, THEY WERE CONFUSED AND UPSET.

769
00:31:14.834 --> 00:31:16.133
WHEN HE WON THE SECOND TIME,

770
00:31:16.133 --> 00:31:18.300
THAT JUST REALLY SENT THEM OVER THE RAIL.

771
00:31:18.300 --> 00:31:19.667
&gt;&gt; Allen: SOME ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY

772
00:31:19.667 --> 00:31:22.233
USING THE HASHTAG "NotMyPresident".

773
00:31:22.233 --> 00:31:24.300
&gt;&gt; Woman: [ Crying ] I THINK, FOR FAMILY, YOU´RE CONCERNED,

774
00:31:24.300 --> 00:31:26.667
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE

775
00:31:26.667 --> 00:31:29.100
ARE TRYING TO FIT IN.

776
00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:31.333
&gt;&gt; Allen: DESPITE THE TAUNTING WRITTEN ON THE WALL,

777
00:31:31.333 --> 00:31:34.400
CONSERVATIVES PUSHING BACK AT THE CHARGE OF RACISM.

778
00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:36.967
&gt;&gt; Limbaugh: PEOPLE WHO DEFINE THE CHARACTER

779
00:31:36.967 --> 00:31:39.533
AND WHO DEFINE THE VALUES OF OUR COUNTRY

780
00:31:39.533 --> 00:31:43.166
WERE THE WINNERS IN WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.

781
00:31:43.166 --> 00:31:44.800
&gt;&gt; Morial: I THINK THE NEW PRESIDENT

782
00:31:44.800 --> 00:31:46.800
HAS AN IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY

783
00:31:46.800 --> 00:31:50.633
TO LEAD AND ALSO TO WORK TO UNIFY.

784
00:31:50.633 --> 00:31:53.233
&gt;&gt; Allen: STILL TODAY, WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP,

785
00:31:53.233 --> 00:31:56.200
SOME WORRY THEIR COUNTRY HAS TURNED AGAINST THEM.

786
00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:59.233
&gt;&gt; Woman: AS A BLACK PERSON, I FEEL LIKE I´M TAKEN AS NOTHING.

787
00:31:59.233 --> 00:32:01.000
&gt;&gt; Allen: DEEP DOUBTS ABOUT WHETHER MR. TRUMP,

788
00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:04.100
WHO SAID HE INTENDS TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS,

789
00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:06.567
CAN HEAL A VERY DIVIDED NATION.

790
00:32:06.567 --> 00:32:09.333
RON ALLEN, NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON.

791
00:32:09.333 --> 00:32:11.467
&gt;&gt; Holt: NBC´s TOM BROKAW JOINS US NOW.

792
00:32:11.467 --> 00:32:13.066
TOM, YOU JUST SAW THAT STORY THERE.

793
00:32:13.066 --> 00:32:14.900
WE KNEW THERE WAS A DIVIDE IN THIS COUNTRY

794
00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:18.333
EVEN BEFORE YESTERDAY, BUT NOW WE SEE EXACTLY WHERE IT LIES.

795
00:32:18.333 --> 00:32:20.367
IS IT MORE WORRISOME THAN WE KNEW?

796
00:32:20.367 --> 00:32:23.133
&gt;&gt; Brokaw: I THINK AT THIS POINT PEOPLE ARE STILL IN KIND OF A DAZE,

797
00:32:23.133 --> 00:32:25.000
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH, LESTER,

798
00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:27.000
AND THEY´RE TRYING TO WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH IT.

799
00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:29.200
I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THE PRESIDENT-ELECT

800
00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.500
TO FIND A WAY TO SAY

801
00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:32.700
THAT HE WANTS TO REPRESENT ALL THE PEOPLE,

802
00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:35.400
AND HE NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT THEIR INTERESTS ARE, AS WELL.

803
00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.700
YOU KNOW, I´VE SEEN A LOT.

804
00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:38.500
PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED

805
00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.867
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG REPORTER.

806
00:32:39.867 --> 00:32:42.667
THEN 1968 CAME ALONG, WITH THE TERRIFIC TRAUMA

807
00:32:42.667 --> 00:32:44.533
AT THAT TIME, THAT FALL.

808
00:32:44.533 --> 00:32:46.166
AND THEN RICHARD NIXON

809
00:32:46.166 --> 00:32:48.033
WAS FORCED TO RESIGN DURING WATERGATE.

810
00:32:48.033 --> 00:32:49.166
THIS COUNTRY´S BEEN THROUGH

811
00:32:49.166 --> 00:32:50.734
A NUMBER OF THESE TRAUMATIC EVENTS.

812
00:32:50.734 --> 00:32:52.900
AND WE ONLY GET PULLED BACK TOGETHER

813
00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:54.300
WHEN THE LEADERSHIP SAYS

814
00:32:54.300 --> 00:32:56.867
THAT WE´VE GOT TO GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.

815
00:32:56.867 --> 00:32:59.100
SO I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGES

816
00:32:59.100 --> 00:33:01.233
THAT THE NEW PRESIDENT-ELECT CAN PROVIDE

817
00:33:01.233 --> 00:33:02.934
FOR THE COUNTRY GOING FORWARD

818
00:33:02.934 --> 00:33:04.667
IS TO SAY, "I´M HERE FOR ALL OF YOU."

819
00:33:04.667 --> 00:33:07.867
HE DID SAY EARLIER IN THE CAMPAIGN,

820
00:33:07.867 --> 00:33:10.367
"I CAN DO MORE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS

821
00:33:10.367 --> 00:33:11.767
THAN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS DONE.

822
00:33:11.767 --> 00:33:14.467
WE NEED TO FIND MORE WAYS TO GET YOU GOOD JOBS."

823
00:33:14.467 --> 00:33:16.934
SO I THINK HE HAS TO CONTINUE THAT THEME.

824
00:33:16.934 --> 00:33:19.567
BUT AT THIS POINT, LESTER, AS YOU KNOW,

825
00:33:19.567 --> 00:33:21.400
WE´RE STILL KIND OF IN NEVER-NEVER LAND

826
00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:23.633
BECAUSE YESTERDAY AT THIS HOUR, THE DEMOCRATS THOUGHT

827
00:33:23.633 --> 00:33:25.834
THEY WERE GOING TO GET THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE SENATE

828
00:33:25.834 --> 00:33:27.633
AND MAYBE EVEN THE CONGRESS.

829
00:33:27.633 --> 00:33:30.133
24 HOURS LATER, THEY´RE A MINORITY PARTY,

830
00:33:30.133 --> 00:33:31.967
AND THEY´RE REELING FROM WHAT THEY´VE BEEN THROUGH.

831
00:33:31.967 --> 00:33:33.100
&gt;&gt; Holt: LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

832
00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:34.800
WHEN WE SAW DONALD TRUMP COME OUT LAST NIGHT,

833
00:33:34.800 --> 00:33:37.266
HE WAS VERY HUMBLE, HE WAS VERY PRESIDENT-LIKE.

834
00:33:37.266 --> 00:33:39.166
DOES THE JOB CHANGE THE MAN TYPICALLY?

835
00:33:39.166 --> 00:33:41.166
YOU´VE COVERED A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIONS.

836
00:33:41.166 --> 00:33:43.567
&gt;&gt; Brokaw: WELL, IT´S A COMBINATION OF THE TWO.

837
00:33:43.567 --> 00:33:45.166
THAT WAS A DONALD TRUMP LAST NIGHT

838
00:33:45.166 --> 00:33:47.266
THAT WE HAD NOT SEEN MUCH DURING THIS CAMPAIGN,

839
00:33:47.266 --> 00:33:48.700
EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE IN HIS OWN PARTY

840
00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:50.567
SAID HE HAD TO BEHAVE LIKE THAT MORE.

841
00:33:50.567 --> 00:33:53.800
I DO THINK WHEN YOU ARE SUDDENLY THE PRESIDENT-ELECT,

842
00:33:53.800 --> 00:33:55.266
YOU´RE A FIGURE IN HISTORY.

843
00:33:55.266 --> 00:33:57.734
YOU´RE THE LEADER OF THE MOST POWERFUL NATION IN THE WORLD,

844
00:33:57.734 --> 00:33:59.567
THE GREATEST EXPERIMENT IN DEMOCRACY.

845
00:33:59.567 --> 00:34:01.233
YOU´RE GOING TO BE LIVING IN THE WHITE HOUSE

846
00:34:01.233 --> 00:34:02.767
AND REPRESENTING ALL OF US.

847
00:34:02.767 --> 00:34:05.667
IT HAS TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON ANYONE AT THAT POINT,

848
00:34:05.667 --> 00:34:06.834
OR AT LEAST I HOPE THAT IT DOES.

849
00:34:06.834 --> 00:34:08.166
&gt;&gt; Holt: ALL RIGHT, TOM, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

850
00:34:08.166 --> 00:34:09.800
GREAT HAVING YOU WITH OUR COVERAGE LAST NIGHT, AS WELL.

851
00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:11.200
&gt;&gt; Brokaw: OKAY, LESTER. &gt;&gt; Holt: ALL RIGHT.

852
00:34:11.200 --> 00:34:12.934
STILL AHEAD, TRUMP´S VICTORY.

853
00:34:12.934 --> 00:34:14.734
MANY ARE CALLING IT A STINGING BLOW

854
00:34:14.734 --> 00:34:16.533
TO PRESIDENT OBAMA´S LEGACY.

855
00:34:16.533 --> 00:34:19.533
HOW MUCH CAN PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP UNDO?

856
00:34:19.533 --> 00:34:21.834
ALSO, FROM HIGH FIVES TO PROTESTS --

857
00:34:21.834 --> 00:34:26.967
HOW AMERICA IS REACTING TO THIS MOMENTOUS ELECTION.

858
00:34:26.967 --> 00:34:29.266
WE´RE BACK NOW WITH MORE OF THE RIPPLE EFFECT

859
00:34:29.266 --> 00:34:31.734
FROM THE DRAMATIC CHANGE ABOUT TO OCCUR IN WASHINGTON.

860
00:34:31.734 --> 00:34:33.533
WITH THE REPUBLICANS ABOUT TO CONTROL

861
00:34:33.533 --> 00:34:36.300
THE WHITE HOUSE AND BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS,

862
00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:40.200
PRESIDENT OBAMA COULD SEE MANY PARTS OF HIS LEGACY UNDONE.

863
00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:43.166
NBC´s KRISTEN WELKER NOW WITH MORE ON THAT.

864
00:34:43.166 --> 00:34:45.900
&gt;&gt; Welker: GRANT PARK, 2008.

865
00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:47.834
PRESIDENT OBAMA SWEPT INTO OFFICE

866
00:34:47.834 --> 00:34:50.133
ON A MESSAGE OF HOPE AND CHANGE.

867
00:34:50.133 --> 00:34:52.800
&gt;&gt; President Obama: WE HAVE SEEN SO MUCH,

868
00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:54.800
BUT THERE´S SO MUCH MORE TO DO.

869
00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:56.266
&gt;&gt; Welker: NOW EIGHT YEARS LATER,

870
00:34:56.266 --> 00:34:59.633
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE´S THE CHANGE AGENT,

871
00:34:59.633 --> 00:35:02.700
VOWING TO UNRAVEL THE OBAMA LEGACY PIECE...

872
00:35:02.700 --> 00:35:05.500
&gt;&gt; Trump: REAL CHANGE BEGINS

873
00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:11.500
WITH IMMEDIATELY REPEALING AND REPLACING OBAMACARE.

874
00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.834
&gt;&gt; Welker: ...BY PIECE.

875
00:35:12.834 --> 00:35:14.367
&gt;&gt; Trump: MY NUMBER-ONE PRIORITY

876
00:35:14.367 --> 00:35:18.600
IS TO DISMANTLE THE DISASTROUS DEAL WITH IRAN.

877
00:35:18.600 --> 00:35:22.367
&gt;&gt; Welker: ALL THAT FIRING UP PRESIDENT OBAMA ONE LAST TIME.

878
00:35:22.367 --> 00:35:25.400
THE PRESIDENT HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRIAL LIKE HE WAS ON THE BALLOT.

879
00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:27.667
19 EVENTS FOR HILLARY CLINTON.

880
00:35:27.667 --> 00:35:31.467
&gt;&gt; President Obama: THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MAN OR A WOMAN --

881
00:35:31.467 --> 00:35:34.567
NOT ME, NOT BILL, NOBODY --

882
00:35:34.567 --> 00:35:38.300
MORE QUALIFIED THAN HILLARY CLINTON.

883
00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:40.333
&gt;&gt; Goodwin: HE´S BEEN THE MOST ACTIVE PRESIDENT

884
00:35:40.333 --> 00:35:42.133
LOOKING FOR A SUCCESSOR TO WIN

885
00:35:42.133 --> 00:35:44.934
THAN ANYBODY SINCE TEDDY ROOSEVELT IN 1908.

886
00:35:44.934 --> 00:35:46.467
&gt;&gt; Welker: MUCH OF IT PERSONAL,

887
00:35:46.467 --> 00:35:48.767
AFTER TRUMP PUSHED THE BIRTHER CONSPIRACY,

888
00:35:48.767 --> 00:35:50.333
THE PRESIDENT ROASTING TRUMP

889
00:35:50.333 --> 00:35:51.633
AT THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS´ DINNER

890
00:35:51.633 --> 00:35:53.033
FIVE YEARS AGO.

891
00:35:53.033 --> 00:35:55.900
&gt;&gt; President Obama: NO ONE IS HAPPIER, NO ONE IS PROUDER

892
00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:58.700
TO PUT THIS BIRTH-CERTIFICATE MATTER TO REST

893
00:35:58.700 --> 00:36:00.600
THAN THE DONALD.

894
00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:02.667
AND THAT´S BECAUSE HE CAN FINALLY GET BACK

895
00:36:02.667 --> 00:36:06.100
TO FOCUSING ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER

896
00:36:06.100 --> 00:36:10.266
LIKE DID WE FAKE THE MOON LANDING?

897
00:36:10.266 --> 00:36:12.934
&gt;&gt; Welker: TRUMP WATCHED STONE-FACED, FUMING.

898
00:36:12.934 --> 00:36:16.033
MANY SAYING THAT MOMENT MAY HAVE HELPED PUSH HIM INTO RUNNING.

899
00:36:16.033 --> 00:36:17.900
TONIGHT WHITE HOUSE SOURCES SAY

900
00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:20.300
THEIR ENTIRE TEAM STUNNED AND DEVASTATED.

901
00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:21.600
SOME SOBBING,

902
00:36:21.600 --> 00:36:24.266
WORRIED ALL THEY´VE WORKED FOR COULD BE UNDONE.

903
00:36:24.266 --> 00:36:27.500
KRISTEN WELKER, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK.

904
00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:29.500
&gt;&gt; Holt: WE´RE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH THE WILD RIDE

905
00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:30.934
ON WALL STREET AFTER THIS ELECTION

906
00:36:30.934 --> 00:36:33.667
TOOK SO MANY BY SURPRISE.

907
00:36:35.667 --> 00:36:37.367
ON WALL STREET, THE MARKETS FINISHED

908
00:36:37.367 --> 00:36:39.033
NEAR A RECORD HIGH TODAY

909
00:36:39.033 --> 00:36:42.367
AFTER THE DOW FUTURES DROPPED 800 POINTS OVERNIGHT

910
00:36:42.367 --> 00:36:44.834
AS THIS ELECTION DRAMA PLAYED OUT,

911
00:36:44.834 --> 00:36:47.000
THEN SURGING BACK THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

912
00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:49.200
MSNBC ANCHOR AND BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT

913
00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:50.433
ALI VELSHI IS HERE WITH US.

914
00:36:50.433 --> 00:36:52.633
ALI, HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS EXTREME VOLATILITY?

915
00:36:52.633 --> 00:36:54.800
&gt;&gt; Velshi: LESTER, WHILE WE WERE HERE LAST NIGHT

916
00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:56.800
AND IT STARTED TO LOOK LIKE A TRUMP VICTORY,

917
00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:58.767
THE ONLY MARKETS THAT WERE OPEN FOR TRADING

918
00:36:58.767 --> 00:37:00.100
WERE OVERSEAS IN ASIA.

919
00:37:00.100 --> 00:37:01.333
SO WHAT INVESTORS DO

920
00:37:01.333 --> 00:37:03.233
WHEN SOMETHING SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED HAPPENS,

921
00:37:03.233 --> 00:37:05.033
IS THEY DUMP THE STOCK, THEY SELL IT.

922
00:37:05.033 --> 00:37:07.367
THEY FIGURE IT OUT LATER. SO THEY SOLD THAT STOCK.

923
00:37:07.367 --> 00:37:10.066
THAT´S WHAT CAUSED THE JAPANESE AND THE SOUTH KOREAN MARKETS

924
00:37:10.066 --> 00:37:11.934
TO GO DOWN ABOUT 5%.

925
00:37:11.934 --> 00:37:16.300
AS TIME WENT BY AND THE TRUMP VICTORY BECAME A CERTAINTY,

926
00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:19.367
ANALYSTS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE STOCKS THAT WOULD GAIN,

927
00:37:19.367 --> 00:37:22.166
THE INDUSTRIES THAT WOULD GAIN FROM A TRUMP PRESIDENCY,

928
00:37:22.166 --> 00:37:23.967
AND THE LOSSES GOT SMALLER AND SMALLER

929
00:37:23.967 --> 00:37:26.467
AS THEY WENT ACROSS EUROPE TO THE POINT THAT BY THE TIME

930
00:37:26.467 --> 00:37:28.333
THE MARKETS OPENED IN THE UNITED STATES,

931
00:37:28.333 --> 00:37:31.667
THE LOSSES HAD BEEN ERASED AND THERE WAS A SMALL GAIN.

932
00:37:31.667 --> 00:37:33.200
AND THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY,

933
00:37:33.200 --> 00:37:35.066
INVESTORS JUST FERRETED OUT THOSE INDUSTRIES

934
00:37:35.066 --> 00:37:37.767
LIKE TELECOM, LIKE UTILITIES, LIKE COAL,

935
00:37:37.767 --> 00:37:40.033
LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILDING COMPANIES

936
00:37:40.033 --> 00:37:42.333
THAT WOULD DO WELL UNDER A TRUMP PRESIDENCY,

937
00:37:42.333 --> 00:37:43.667
BOUGHT LOTS AND LOTS OF THEM,

938
00:37:43.667 --> 00:37:45.567
AND YOU ENDED UP WITH A 257-POINT GAIN.

939
00:37:45.567 --> 00:37:48.266
&gt;&gt; Holt: ALL RIGHT. ALI VELSHI, GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU.

940
00:37:48.266 --> 00:37:50.500
WHEN WE COME BACK, AMERICA´S FUTURE VOTERS --

941
00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:54.800
THE BIG LESSONS THEY LEARNED IN THIS RACE FOR PRESIDENT.

942
00:37:56.066 --> 00:37:57.467
FINALLY TONIGHT, AS A COUNTRY,

943
00:37:57.467 --> 00:37:59.900
WE´VE ALL COME TO THE END OF A VERY LONG JOURNEY.

944
00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:01.500
AND WHILE NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY

945
00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:03.467
WITH HOW THIS ELECTION HAS TURNED OUT,

946
00:38:03.467 --> 00:38:05.767
THE FACT REMAINS AMERICA HAS SPOKEN.

947
00:38:05.767 --> 00:38:09.100
OUR REHEMA ELLIS IS IN THE BATTLEGROUND OF NORTH CAROLINA

948
00:38:09.100 --> 00:38:10.867
TO SEE HOW IT´S IMPACTING AMERICANS

949
00:38:10.867 --> 00:38:13.367
FROM CAFES TO CLASSROOMS.

950
00:38:13.367 --> 00:38:16.400
&gt;&gt; Ellis: ON THE STREETS OF RALEIGH TODAY, THERE WAS EXCITEMENT...

951
00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:18.834
&gt;&gt; Woman: I´M JUST HAPPY. [ LAUGHS ]

952
00:38:18.834 --> 00:38:20.166
&gt;&gt; Ellis: ...AND APPREHENSION.

953
00:38:20.166 --> 00:38:22.266
&gt;&gt; Man: I´M CONCERNED WITH THE SUPREME COURT.

954
00:38:22.266 --> 00:38:23.633
&gt;&gt; Ellis: THERE WAS ALSO SHOCK.

955
00:38:23.633 --> 00:38:25.567
WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS WHEN YOU WOKE UP THIS MORNING

956
00:38:25.567 --> 00:38:26.734
AND SAW THE NEWS?

957
00:38:26.734 --> 00:38:29.033
&gt;&gt; Woman: I BURST INTO TEARS. I WAS HORRIFIED.

958
00:38:29.033 --> 00:38:33.467
I HADN´T EVEN STARTED TO ENTERTAIN THE POSSIBILITY.

959
00:38:33.467 --> 00:38:35.734
&gt;&gt; Ellis: KELLY ROSINSKI IS DISAPPOINTED

960
00:38:35.734 --> 00:38:37.433
BUT DETERMINED TO LOOK AHEAD.

961
00:38:37.433 --> 00:38:41.367
&gt;&gt; Kelly: I´M A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT WE WILL SURVIVE AS A NATION.

962
00:38:41.367 --> 00:38:43.667
WE ALWAYS DO.

963
00:38:43.667 --> 00:38:46.633
AND WE´LL MAKE THE MOST OF IT. WE´LL COME TOGETHER.

964
00:38:46.633 --> 00:38:48.100
&gt;&gt; DUMP TRUMP!

965
00:38:48.100 --> 00:38:50.367
&gt;&gt; Ellis: BUT THERE WERE PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY.

966
00:38:50.367 --> 00:38:51.567
HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS

967
00:38:51.567 --> 00:38:54.033
IN DES MOINES AND SEATTLE WALKING OUT.

968
00:38:54.033 --> 00:38:55.967
MOTHERS TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA

969
00:38:55.967 --> 00:38:58.633
WONDERING HOW TO GUIDE THEIR KIDS.

970
00:39:02.767 --> 00:39:06.166
BUT IN SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, IT WAS HIGH FIVES.

971
00:39:06.166 --> 00:39:08.633
&gt;&gt; Man: KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT,

972
00:39:08.633 --> 00:39:11.066
A NEW VICE PRESIDENT,

973
00:39:11.066 --> 00:39:12.734
WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST MARRIAGES

974
00:39:12.734 --> 00:39:15.367
THAT WE COULD EVER WISH FOR IN THIS COUNTRY.

975
00:39:15.367 --> 00:39:17.400
&gt;&gt; Cadman: TELL ME, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE...

976
00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:19.300
&gt;&gt; Ellis: BACK IN NORTH CAROLINA AT CARY ELEMENTARY,

977
00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:21.800
THEY HAD CAST THEIR OWN VOTES FOR PRESIDENT.

978
00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:24.166
&gt;&gt; Cadman: IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EVEN THOUGH

979
00:39:24.166 --> 00:39:26.600
THEIR CANDIDATE MAY NOT HAVE WON LAST NIGHT,

980
00:39:26.600 --> 00:39:30.734
THAT THEY STILL HONOR THE OTHER CHILDREN IN OUR CLASS

981
00:39:30.734 --> 00:39:33.900
AND RESPECT THEIR DECISIONS AND THEIR OPINIONS.

982
00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:36.066
&gt;&gt; Ellis: WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM YOUR NEW PRESIDENT?

983
00:39:36.066 --> 00:39:39.066
&gt;&gt; Girl: I WANT HIM TO BE NICE AND KIND.

984
00:39:39.066 --> 00:39:41.800
&gt;&gt; Ellis: WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE OUR NEW PRESIDENT?

985
00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:44.533
&gt;&gt; Girl: I´D SAY DON´T BE SELFISH

986
00:39:44.533 --> 00:39:47.967
BECAUSE IN CERTAIN PROBLEMS YOU´LL WORK WITH OTHER LEADERS.

987
00:39:47.967 --> 00:39:51.367
YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO OTHER PEOPLE´S IDEAS.

988
00:39:51.367 --> 00:39:53.033
&gt;&gt; Ellis: THE NEXT GENERATION

989
00:39:53.033 --> 00:39:56.934
LEARNING AT AN EARLY AGE HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS.

990
00:39:56.934 --> 00:40:01.066
REHEMA ELLIS, NBC NEWS, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA.

991
00:40:01.066 --> 00:40:03.467
&gt;&gt; Holt: AND THAT WILL DO IT FOR US ON THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

992
00:40:03.467 --> 00:40:04.767
I´M LESTER HOLT.

993
00:40:04.767 --> 00:40:06.233
FOR ALL OF US AT NBC NEWS,

994
00:40:06.233 --> 00:40:09.467
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND GOOD NIGHT.

