>> Holt: TONIGHT,
SHOCKWAVES ACROSS AMERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD
AS DONALD TRUMP DEFIES THE POLLS AND THE PUNDITS AGAIN.
A DRAMATIC TRIUMPH AS THE BRASH BILLIONAIRE TURNED REALITY STAR
IS ELECTED THE 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> Trump: I SAY IT IS TIME
FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE UNITED PEOPLE.
>> Holt: FOR HILLARY CLINTON,
ONE OF THE MOST STUNNING DEFEATS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY.
>> Clinton: LAST NIGHT, I CONGRATULATED DONALD TRUMP
AND OFFERED TO WORK WITH HIM ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNTRY.
>> Holt: THE CANDIDATE AND HER CAMPAIGN
SO CONFIDENT VICTORY WAS IN THEIR GRASP.
WHAT HAPPENED?
WE HAVE EXCLUSIVE DETAILS INSIDE TRUMP´S PLANNING.
PLUS, THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT OF HIS POLICIES AT HOME AND ABROAD.
TONIGHT, AMERICANS DIVIDED, FROM EUPHORIA TO OUTRIGHT FEAR.
HOW DOES THIS COUNTRY COME TOGETHER?
"NIGHTLY NEWS" BEGINS RIGHT NOW.
>> Announcer: FROM NBC NEWS WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK,
THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT.
>> Holt: GOOD EVENING.
WE´VE LEARNED
THAT EVEN AS THE FIRST POLLS WERE CLOSING LAST NIGHT
NOT EVEN THE TRUMP CAMP SAW WHAT WAS COMING --
THE STUNNING VICTORY
THAT SLOWLY UNFOLDED BEFORE THE EYES OF THE WORLD,
STARTING WITH FLORIDA,
AND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS,
OVERWHELMING HILLARY CLINTON´S BLUE WALL.
THE LATEST VOTE TOTALS SHOW TRUMP WINNING
WITH 279 ELECTORAL VOTES TO HILLARY CLINTON´S 228.
THOUGH CLINTON HOLDS A NARROW LEAD IN THE POPULAR VOTE.
TRUMP DELIVERED HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
IN THE WEE HOURS OF THIS MORNING,
FOLLOWED LATE THIS MORNING BY HILLARY CLINTON,
WHO PUBLICLY CONCEDED THE RACE AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE PAIN
AS SHE WISHED TRUMP WELL.
TONIGHT, INSIDE VICTORY AND LOSS
AND WHAT COMES NOW 71 DAYS BEFORE DONALD TRUMP IS SWORN IN
AS THIS COUNTRY´S 45th PRESIDENT.
OUR EXPANDED COVERAGE BEGINS WITH NBC´s KATY TUR.
>> Pence: I INTRODUCE TO YOU
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
DONALD TRUMP.
>> Tur: AT 2:50 THIS MORNING,
DONALD TRUMP DID WHAT SO MANY SAID COULD NEVER HAPPEN.
>> Trump: I´VE JUST RECEIVED A CALL FROM SECRETARY CLINTON.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
SHE CONGRATULATED US --
IT´S ABOUT US -- ON OUR VICTORY.
AND I CONGRATULATED HER AND HER FAMILY
ON A VERY, VERY HARD-FOUGHT CAMPAIGN.
>> Tur: HIS PROTEST CANDIDACY IS NOW A PROTEST PRESIDENCY,
THE BILLIONAIRE GIVING VOICE TO THOSE WHO FELT VOICELESS.
SUPPRESSED FRUSTRATION
WITH GLOBALIZATION, IMMIGRATION, AND THE OTHER
UNLEASHING ITSELF IN A ROAR
THAT TURNED THIS COUNTRY´S ELECTORAL MAP FROM BLUE TO RED.
>> Trump: WE HAVE THE GREATEST MOVEMENT
EVER PUT TOGETHER IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> Tur: PROPELLED BY TURNOUT IN WHITE RURAL AMERICA
BREAKING CLINTON´S BLUE WALL IN THE UPPER MIDWEST,
TRUMP PROVING ENTHUSIASM WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GROUND GAME,
POLITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MONEY.
>> Trump: U.S.A.!
>> Tur: WINNING BECAUSE OF, NOT DESPITE,
HIS OFTEN CRASS HONESTY.
STILL, THE VICTORY CAME AS SURPRISE EVEN TO THE CAMPAIGN.
GOING INTO ELECTION DAY,
NBC NEWS HAS LEARNED FROM CAMPAIGN SOURCES
TEAM TRUMP´S INTERNAL DATA HAD HIM LOSING.
BUT THAT CHANGED.
AT 10:59, CHEERS FROM THE SOON-TO-BE VICTORY PARTY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
FOX NEWS CALLED FLORIDA.
TRUMP´S CAMPAIGN SEEING THE MOMENTUM SHIFT
RIGHT ALONGSIDE THE NATION.
BY 1:36 A.M.,
WHEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CALLED PENNSYLVANIA,
THEY KNEW THEY HAD IT.
>> Conway: 85,000 PEOPLE THERE AT A COUNTY FAIR
AND THE BIG QUESTION FOR THE MEDIA SOMETIMES,
"BUT WILL THEY VOTE?
THEY VOTED.
>> Tur: TODAY, THE NOW PRESIDENT-ELECT
WAS HOLED UP AT TRUMP TOWER, PLANNING.
CAMPAIGN SOURCES SAY
TRUMP WAS TOO SUPERSTITIOUS TO TALK TRANSITION BEFORE HE WON,
LEAVING HIS AIDES TO MUSE ABOUT CABINET POSITIONS --
RUDY GIULIANI AS ATTORNEY GENERAL.
NEWT GINGRICH, SECRETARY OF STATE.
REINCE PRIEBUS, CHIEF OF STAFF.
A TRUMP CAMPAIGN SOURCE CAUTIONS
ROLES COULD CHANGE ONCE TRUMP HAS HIS SAY.
>> Woman: ACTUALLY ASSAULTED WOMEN!
>> Tur: GOING FORWARD,
THE HARD WORK OF COMING TOGETHER.
>> Crowd: NOT MY PRESIDENT!
>> Tur: THE COUNTRY IS SHARPLY DIVIDED,
MANY WONDERING IF THE TRUMP THEY SAW ON STAGE LAST NIGHT...
>> Trump: NOW IT´S TIME
FOR AMERICA TO BIND THE WOUNDS OF DIVISION.
>> Tur: ...THE PRESIDENTIAL TRUMP
HE PROMISED LESTER HOLT IS THE PRESIDENT TRUMP
AMERICA WILL GET FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
>> Trump: I WANT TO BE DIFFERENT.
WHEN YOU´RE PRESIDENT, YOU ACT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
THERE´S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
AND I WOULD DO THAT.
>> Tur: TOMORROW, DONALD TRUMP GOES TO THE WHITE HOUSE
TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT.
THE TWO MEN HAVE A LOT TO OVERCOME.
PERHAPS A MIRROR, LESTER,
FOR WHAT IS TO COME FOR THIS COUNTRY.
>> Holt: KATY TUR. KATY, THANKS VERY MUCH.
AND FOR HILLARY CLINTON AND HER CAMPAIGN,
IT WAS AN OUTCOME SO UNEXPECTED, SO SHOCKING,
SHE DIDN´T COME OUT OVERNIGHT,
INSTEAD CALLING DONALD TRUMP TO CONCEDE.
THEN WAITING UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING
BEFORE ADDRESSING HER SUPPORTERS AND THE NATION.
WE GET MORE ON THAT FROM NBC´s ANDREA MITCHELL.
>> Mitchell: AFTER WEEKS OF SPECULATION
OVER WHETHER DONALD TRUMP WOULD CONCEDE TO HILLARY CLINTON,
IT WAS CLINTON THIS MORNING DELIVERING THE SPEECH
SHE NEVER THOUGHT SHE´D HAVE TO GIVE.
>> Clinton: DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO BE OUR PRESIDENT.
WE OWE HIM AN OPEN MIND AND THE CHANCE TO LEAD.
SURROUNDED BY STAFF AND SUPPORTERS,
SOME IN TEARS, INCLUDING HUMA ABEDIN,
CLINTON FIGHTING TO KEEP HER OWN EMOTIONS IN CHECK.
>> Clinton: I´M SORRY THAT WE DID NOT WIN THIS ELECTION
FOR THE VALUES WE SHARE
AND THE VISION WE HOLD FOR OUR COUNTRY.
>> Mitchell: THIS WAS CLEARLY THE MOST DIFFICULT MOMENT
OF HILLARY CLINTON´S POLITICAL LIFE,
NOT ONLY CONCEDING BUT CONCEDING TO DONALD TRUMP.
DIFFICULT FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA, TOO,
FOR WHOM DEFEATING TRUMP WAS SO PERSONAL.
HIS STAFF WATCHING IN SHOCK.
>> President Obama: THE PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER
IS ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
AND OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS,
WE ARE GOING TO SHOW THAT TO THE WORLD.
>> Mitchell: TONIGHT,
THE CANDIDATE AND HER CAMPAIGN REELING.
UP UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT, THEY THOUGHT THEY´D WIN.
6:00 P.M. ELECTION NIGHT,
POISED FOR A VICTORY CELEBRATION,
AIDES DESCRIBING THE MOOD AS CONFIDENT.
BY MIDNIGHT, THE CAMPAIGN NO LONGER RETURNING CALLS,
SUPPORTERS WATCHING IT ALL SLIP AWAY IN DISBELIEF.
AT 2:00 A.M., THIS AWKWARD MOMENT --
CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN JOHN PODESTA
TELLING SUPPORTERS NOT TO GIVE UP HOPE.
>> Podesta: WE CAN WAIT A LITTLE LONGER, CAN´T WE?
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THEY´RE STILL COUNTING VOTES, AND EVERY COUNT SHOULD COUNT.
>> Mitchell: WHILE ONLY MINUTES LATER,
CLINTON CALLED TRUMP TO CONCEDE.
TONIGHT THE QUESTION FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE DEMOCRATS --
WITH THE CLINTON MACHINE´S ADVANTAGES
OF MONEY, GROUND GAME, AND STAR POWER,
HOW DID THEY LOSE AN ELECTION THEY THOUGHT WAS A SURE THING?
ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACKS BLAMING
CLINTON´S USE OF THAT PERSONAL SERVER,
THOSE EMBARRASSING HACKED E-MAILS,
AND THE FBI DIRECTOR´S OCTOBER SURPRISE.
TODAY, CLINTON´S MESSAGE TO YOUNG PEOPLE --
>> Clinton: YOU WILL HAVE SUCCESSES AND SETBACKS, TOO.
THIS LOSS HURTS.
BUT PLEASE, NEVER STOP BELIEVING
THAT FIGHTING FOR WHAT´S RIGHT IS WORTH IT.
I KNOW WE HAVE STILL NOT SHATTERED
THAT HIGHEST AND HARDEST GLASS CEILING,
BUT SOMEDAY, SOMEONE WILL,
AND HOPEFULLY SOONER THAN WE MIGHT THINK RIGHT NOW.
COMFORTING STAFF AND FRIENDS,
EVEN AS BILL CLINTON PUT ON A BRAVE FACE.
BEFORE HEADING HOME,
MARKING WHAT COULD BE THE END OF THE CLINTONS IN POLITICS.
AND NOW CLINTON SHARES A SAD LEGACY WITH AL GORE,
WHO WAS JUST CAMPAIGNING WITH HILLARY CLINTON IN FLORIDA.
THE TWO DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES WHO WON THE POPULAR VOTE
BUT NOT THE PRESIDENCY.
LESTER?
>> Holt: ANDREA MITCHELL. ANDREA, THANKS VERY MUCH.
WE WANT TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK NOW
AT ONE OF THE MAJOR DECIDING FACTORS IN TRUMP´S VICTORY --
THE WHITE VOTE IN RURAL AMERICA,
A SLICE OF THE COUNTRY WHOSE STRENGTH MANY UNDERESTIMATED
AS THEY MADE A MOCKERY OF THE POLLS,
FUELING THIS INCREDIBLE UPSET.
WITH MORE ON THAT,
WE TURN TO NBC´s KEVIN TIBBLES IN MICHIGAN.
>> Tibbles: IN THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND,
FARMERS LIKE AARON CATE ARE BACK AT WORK,
JUST ONE DAY AFTER THEY SAY
THEIR VOICE AND THEIR VOTE WAS FINALLY HEARD.
WHAT´S THE MESSAGE PEOPLE LIKE YOU SENT?
>> Cate: I SENSE WE´VE BEEN FORGOTTEN
IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
>> Tibbles: SO IMPORTANT WAS MIDDLE AMERICA TO TRUMP,
HIS FINAL CAMPAIGN EVENT WAS A RAUCOUS GATHERING OF 4,000
IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.
LAST NIGHT, LOCAL REPUBLICANS
IN THIS COUNTY OF CITY AND COUNTRY CELEBRATED.
>> Man: I THINK WE´RE GOING TO LOOK BACK IN THE RECORDS,
LOOK BACK IN HISTORY,
AND SAY HISTORY WAS MADE TONIGHT.
>> Tibbles: IT WAS THE RURAL VOTE IN THE SMALL TOWNS
OF STATES LIKE MICHIGAN AND PENNSYLVANIA
THAT HELPED PUSH TRUMP OVER THE TOP
WITH ISSUES LIKE JOBS, HEALTHCARE, AND BIG GOVERNMENT.
MORE WHITE VOTERS IN RURAL MICHIGAN,
PENNSYLVANIA, AND WISCONSIN WENT FOR TRUMP
THAN THEY DID FOR MITT ROMNEY FOUR YEARS AGO.
THIS COUPLED WITH THE FACT
THAT HILLARY SUPPORTERS IN CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS
DID NOT TURN OUT IN THE SAME WAY THEY DID FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA.
>> Man: I´D LIKE TO SEE US GET BACK INTO BUSINESS
LIKE WE´RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
>> Woman: SMALLER GOVERNMENT, LESS REGULATIONS.
THAT MEANS MORE JOBS
AND MORE MONEY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SPEND.
>> Tibbles: AARON CATE SEES HIMSELF
AS HELPING TO FEED THE COUNTRY.
HE SAYS HE DOESN´T NEED ANY MORE BAGGAGE FROM WASHINGTON.
>> Cate: THAT´S ONE THING I DO HOPE
IS WE CAN GET THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF OUR LIVES
AND LET US DO WHAT WE DO BEST.
>> Tibbles: YOU THINK TRUMP WILL DO THAT.
>> Cate: I THINK HE´S A GOOD START.
>> Tibbles: VOTERS IN RURAL AMERICA SAY
THEY´RE READY TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES.
KEVIN TIBBLES, NBC NEWS, SARANAC, MICHIGAN.
>> Holt: AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT,
THE IMPACT OF THE AMERICAN ELECTION
IS REVERBERATING AROUND THE WORLD TONIGHT.
THERE ARE CONCERNS AMONG SOME FOREIGN LEADERS
ABOUT HOW DONALD TRUMP MIGHT VIEW
AMERICA´S TRADITIONAL ROLE IN WORLD AFFAIRS.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO
PLENTY OF CONGRATULATIONS BEING EXTENDED TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT,
INCLUDING THOSE OF VLADIMIR PUTIN.
WE GET DETAILS FROM OUR CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT,
RICHARD ENGEL.
>> Man: DONALD TRUMP
IS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> Engel: THERE WERE GASPS AROUND THE WORLD,
HEADLINES "TRUMPOCALYPSE" AND "DISUNITED STATES."
THERE ARE ECHOES OF THE BREXIT VOTE, TOO,
AGAINST THE EUROPEAN UNION ESTABLISHMENT.
BUT DEEPER CONCERNS TONIGHT
THAT THE WORLD´S SHINING LIGHT OF DEMOCRACY HAS GONE DARK.
>> Bremmer: YOU CANNOT LOOK AT PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND CALL THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD,
BECAUSE AMERICA HAS INCREASINGLY ABDICATED
ITS LEGITIMACY TO THAT TITLE.
>> Engel: THOSE WELCOMING THE MOST
WERE RIGHT-WING PARTIES
WHO RUSHED TO EMBRACE TRUMP AS THEIR NEW HERO.
"HE´S LIKE ME," JOKED THE FILIPINO PRESIDENT,
"ACCUSED OF TURNING HIS POLICE INTO ANTI-NARCO DEATH SQUADS."
EGYPT´S GENERAL SISI, WHO CAME TO POWER IN A COUP,
BRAGGED THAT HE WAS THE FIRST FOREIGN LEADER
TO CONGRATULATE TRUMP.
AND HUNGARY´S VIKTOR ORBÁN,
WHO DID WALL OFF HIS COUNTRY TO KEEP OUT REFUGEES,
CALLED TRUMP GREAT NEWS.
AND OF COURSE, RUSSIA´S VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> Trump: I WOULD HAVE
A VERY, VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH PUTIN,
AND I THINK I WOULD HAVE
A VERY, VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA.
>> Putin: [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]
>> Engel: PUTIN SAID TODAY
HE´S READY TO OPEN A NEW CHAPTER WITH THE U.S.
>> McFaul: THEY SEE IN PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP
SOMEBODY THAT THEY CAN DO BUSINESS WITH.
THERE WILL BE A HONEYMOON PERIOD FOR SURE.
>> Engel: ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
TRUMP IS CONSIDERED UNPREDICTABLE,
STOKING FEARS THAT, AT LEAST INITIALLY,
HIS PRESIDENCY COULD USHER IN GLOBAL INSTABILITY.
LESTER?
>> Holt: RICHARD ENGEL TONIGHT. RICHARD, THANKS.
LET´S BRING IN OUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR,
THE MODERATOR OF "MEET THE PRESS," CHUCK TODD.
CHUCK, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE,
PEOPLE SAYING THEY WANT CHANGE IN WASHINGTON.
SOME HAVE PUT IT "WE WANT TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK."
DEFINE -- DRILL DOWN FOR ME.
>> Todd: LOOK, WHAT THIS REALLY IS
IS THIS IS ECONOMIC INSECURITY THAT´S HAPPENED OUT THERE.
THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT FEEL A BIT LEFT BEHIND.
THEY FEEL AS IF GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING OUT
FOR THE FAMILIES OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS,
BUT THEY´RE NOT LOOKING OUT FOR THEM,
WHO FEEL AS IF THEIR JOBS HAVE DISAPPEARED.
SO IT´S THIS FEELING OF
THEY DON´T FEEL THEY´VE BEEN PRIORITIZED
BY THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT IN WASHINGTON.
THE QUESTION´S GOING TO BE, CAN TRUMP DELIVER FOR THEM?
YOU KNOW, THEY LEFT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN PART
BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIDN´T DELIVER.
TRUMP´S MADE A LOT OF PROMISES. CAN HE DELIVER?
THE ONUS AND THE BURDEN IS ON THEM.
BUT THAT´S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT ULTIMATELY.
THEY FEEL AS IF THEY´VE BEEN GLOSSED OVER.
LOOK AT THE WAY WE SOMETIMES DESCRIBE IT OURSELVES.
"FLYOVER COUNTRY."
AS IF THEY´RE JUST SORT OF IN THE WAY,
ON OUR WAY TO THE WEST COAST TYPE OF THING.
I THINK THAT WHOLE FEELING
THAT THEY WERE JUST DISRESPECTED AND NOT PRIORITIZED.
>> Holt: AND YOU TALK ABOUT FULFILLING THE PROMISES,
WHAT WE´RE GOING TO GO TO NEXT.
STILL AHEAD, TRUMP´S AGENDA,
HIS FIRST ORDERS OF BUSINESS WHEN HE ENTERS THE WHITE HOUSE,
THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON EVERYTHING
FROM THE SUPREME COURT TO OBAMACARE
TO HIS LONG-PROMISED BORDER WALL.
ALSO, AFTER SUCH A BITTERLY DIVIDED ELECTION,
CAN AMERICA COME TOGETHER AND STAND UNITED?
>> Holt: WE´RE BACK NOW
WITH A LOOK AT PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP´S AGENDA.
AFTER RAISING EXPECTATIONS OF DRAMATIC CHANGE IN WASHINGTON,
MILLIONS OF SUPPORTERS ARE EXPECTING ACTION AND QUICKLY.
NBC´s HALLIE JACKSON HAS A LOOK
AT THE POTENTIAL SWEEPING CHANGES AHEAD.
>> Trump: IT´S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL THING.
>> Jackson: SO DONALD TRUMP WON. NOW WHAT?
PROPELLED BY THE POWER OF A REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED CONGRESS,
HIS VICTORY ALL BUT ASSURES
A MORE CONSERVATIVE SUPREME COURT.
>> Trump: THE SUPREME COURT, IT´S WHAT IT´S ALL ABOUT.
>> Jackson: AND HIS PRESIDENCY GUARANTEES
THE BIGGEST BATTLE YET OVER OBAMACARE.
>> Trump: REAL CHANGE BEGINS
WITH IMMEDIATELY REPEALING AND REPLACING OBAMACARE.
IT´S A DISASTER.
>> Jackson: THOSE CAMPAIGN PROMISES REALISTIC.
OTHERS, NOT SO MUCH.
>> Trump: WE WILL BUILD A GREAT WALL
ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
>> Jackson: HIS MEXICAN-FUNDED BORDER WALL UNLIKELY.
HIS TEMPORARY PROPOSED MUSLIM BAN, UNPOPULAR.
TRUMP ALREADY SIGNALING
HE WON´T TAKE SUCH A HARDLINE STANCE ON IT,
BUT SOME OF HIS PROMISES SHOW A SERIOUS SPLIT
WITH HIS OWN PARTY ON POLICY,
DISAGREEMENTS ON TRADE AND ON RUSSIA.
>> Man: [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ]
>> Jackson: THE PARLIAMENT IN MOSCOW TODAY
CELEBRATING TRUMP´S ELECTION.
VLADIMIR PUTIN SENDING A CONGRATULATORY TELEGRAM.
DESPITE THE DIVIDE,
EVIDENCE ALREADY TODAY OF REPUBLICANS COMING TOGETHER.
>> Ryan: HE JUST EARNED A MANDATE,
AND WE NOW JUST HAVE A UNIFIED REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT.
>> Jackson: SUPPORT? SURE.
BUT NOT A SLAM DUNK.
AT LEAST EIGHT REPUBLICAN SENATORS
SAID THEY VOTED AGAINST TRUMP.
ON ONE HAND, HIS PROMISE TO END CORRUPTION IN CONGRESS.
ON THE OTHER, AN AGENDA THAT NEEDS HELP
FROM THE VERY SYSTEM HE SAYS HE HATES.
TO GET ANYTHING DONE, HE NEEDS TO HAVE THEM SUPPORT HIM.
>> Zelizer: HE DOES.
HE´S GOING TO NEED THE CONGRESS AND THE REPUBLICANS
WHO HE BLASTED AGAIN AND AGAIN.
THEY ARE NOW GOING TO BE HIS MOST IMPORTANT ALLIES.
>> Jackson: THERE IS PLENTY
THAT DONALD TRUMP CAN DO ALL ON HIS OWN.
HE´S ALREADY PROMISED
TO ROLL BACK PRESIDENT OBAMA´S EXECUTIVE ACTIONS
ON IMMIGRATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
NO NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL THERE, LESTER.
>> Holt: ALL RIGHT. HALLIE, THANK YOU.
WHEN WE COME BACK HERE TONIGHT,
THEY´RE GOING FROM THE PENTHOUSE TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
GETTING TO KNOW AMERICA´S NEW FIRST FAMILY.
>> Holt: IN JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS,
THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE HOME TO A FIRST FAMILY
PERHAPS UNLIKE ANY THAT HAS EVER LIVED THERE.
NBC´s CYNTHIA McFADDEN HAS A LOOK
AT THE SOON TO BE OCCUPANTS OF 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
THE TRUMPS.
>> McFadden: DONALD TRUMP
MARCHES TO THE BEAT OF HIS OWN DRUM
SURROUNDED BY A SMALL BAND OF INTIMATES,
MANY OF WHOM HE´S RELATED TO.
HE THANKED THEM LAST NIGHT.
>> Trump: I LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU.
THIS WAS TOUGH.
>> McFadden: AND WHILE THEY´RE NOT A TRADITIONAL FAMILY --
MELANIA IS HIS THIRD WIFE
AND THE KIDS HAVE THREE DIFFERENT MOTHERS,
A FIRST IN PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY --
THERE IS CLEARLY A DEEP BOND BETWEEN THEM.
>> Pence: YOU CAN´T FAKE GOOD KIDS.
HOW ABOUT HIS AMAZING CHILDREN?
AREN´T THEY SOMETHING?
>> McFadden: THE GLAMOROUS MRS. TRUMP
SPEAKS FIVE LANGUAGES,
GREW UP BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN,
AND WILL ONLY BE THE SECOND FIRST LADY TO BE BORN ABROAD
SINCE LOUISA ADAMS.
SHE IS NOT THE FIRST MODEL TO FILL THE ROLE OF FIRST LADY.
BOTH PAT NIXON AND BETTY FORD WERE MODELS, TOO,
THOUGH MORE DEMURE.
WHAT DOES HISTORY TELL US
ABOUT THE ROLE THAT MELANIA TRUMP MIGHT PLAY?
>> Beschloss: HISTORY USUALLY SAYS
THAT A FIRST LADY COMES INTO THIS JOB
AND BY THE TIME SHE LEAVES,
SHE´S A VERY DIFFERENT PERSON
DOING THINGS THAT SHE NEVER IMAGINED.
>> McFadden: AND MR. TRUMP HAS SAID MANY TIMES
HE WILL TURN OVER HIS BUSINESS TO HIS THREE OLDEST CHILDREN
WHILE HE´S IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> Trump: I HAVE IVANKA AND ERIC AND DON SITTING THERE.
RUN THE COMPANY, KIDS. HAVE A GOOD TIME.
>> McFadden: BUT HE´S ALSO IMPLIED
HE MIGHT CALL ON THEM FOR HIS ADMINISTRATION.
>> Trump: EVERYBODY WOULD SAY, "PUT IVANKA IN, PUT IVANKA IN."
>> McFadden: BUT FAMILY APPOINTMENTS ARE TRICKY.
A 1967 LAW PROHIBITING NEPOTISM WAS PASSED
AFTER ROBERT KENNEDY SERVED
AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR HIS BROTHER.
THE WHITE HOUSE WILL, AGAIN, HAVE A CHILD IN RESIDENCE,
10-YEAR-OLD BARRON,
WHO IS THE SAME AGE AS MALIA OBAMA WAS
WHEN SHE MOVED IN.
SO GOODBYE, THREE-STORY PENTHOUSE IN TRUMP TOWER
AND HELLO, WHITE HOUSE.
CYNTHIA McFADDEN, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK.
>> Holt: WHEN WE COME BACK,
AMERICA HAS COME TOGETHER AFTER TURBULENT ELECTIONS IN THE PAST.
CAN IT DO IT AGAIN?
>> Holt: IN THEIR SPEECHES AFTER THE VOTES WERE COUNTED
BOTH DONALD TRUMP AND HILLARY CLINTON
SAID IT´S TIME TO UNITE THE COUNTRY.
BUT THAT MAY BE EASIER SAID THAN DONE
AFTER THIS LONG CAMPAIGN
LEFT SO MANY FEELING ANGRY AND DIVIDED.
OUR HARRY SMITH TAKES A LOOK AT HOW AMERICA CAN BEGIN TO HEAL
AFTER THE MOST CONTENTIOUS ELECTION OF OUR TIME.
>> Smith: SO MUCH FOR POLLS AND PUNDITS.
FUNNY THINGS HAPPEN SOMETIMES
IN BIG GAMES AND ELECTIONS AND REAL LIFE.
THERE IS A MOMENTUM SHIFT.
SO TODAY, HALF THE ELECTORATE IS ELATED
AND THE OTHER HALF IS ON EDGE.
WE´VE ENDURED 18 MONTHS OF PARTISAN RANCOR,
BUT TODAY PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID
IT´S TIME TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE.
>> President Obama: WE´RE ACTUALLY ALL ON ONE TEAM.
WE´RE NOT DEMOCRATS FIRST. WE´RE NOT REPUBLICANS FIRST.
WE ARE AMERICANS FIRST.
>> Smith: BACK IN 2000, AFTER MORE THAN A MONTH
OF HANGING CHADS AND LEGAL WRANGLING,
AL GORE CONCEDED THE ELECTION TO GEORGE BUSH.
>> Gore: THIS IS AMERICA, AND WE PUT COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY.
WE WILL STAND TOGETHER BEHIND OUR NEW PRESIDENT.
>> Smith: WHAT´S BEST FOR THE COUNTRY CAN BE A BITTER PILL.
YESTERDAY, PEOPLE WAITED IN LINE FOR HOURS TO VOTE.
THERE WAS A BUZZ IN POLLING PLACES.
THAT´S HOW IT´S SUPPOSED TO BE.
AND WHILE DONALD TRUMP SCORCHED THE EARTH
WITH HIS RHETORIC ON HIS WAY TO VICTORY,
THERE WAS NONE OF THAT EARLY THIS MORNING.
>> Trump: IT IS TIME FOR US
TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE UNITED PEOPLE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Smith: IN FACT, THERE WAS A VERY DIFFERENT TONE.
>> Trump: HILLARY HAS WORKED VERY LONG AND VERY HARD
OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME,
AND WE OWE HER A MAJOR DEBT OF GRATITUDE
FOR HER SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
>> Smith: THIS WAS A DIFFERENT TRUMP --
HUMBLED PERHAPS, AWED MAYBE,
BY THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT LIES AHEAD.
THIS PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER
GOES BACK TO OUR EARLIEST HISTORY.
WE CHANGE GOVERNMENTS WITH BALLOTS, NOT BULLETS.
WE, THE PEOPLE, DECIDE.
AND WHEN THE COUNTING IS DONE, WE MOVE FORWARD.
HARRY SMITH, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK.
THAT WILL DO IT FOR US ON THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
"NIGHTLY NEWS" CONTINUES NOW
WITH ANOTHER HALF-HOUR OF COVERAGE
ON MOST OF OUR STATIONS.
FOR OTHERS, IT WILL BE STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE.
>> Holt: WE ARE BACK NOW WITH MORE OF OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE
OF DONALD TRUMP´S STUNNING UPSET VICTORY
TO MAKE HIM THE 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
ONE OF THE MOST IMPROBABLE AND INCREDIBLE ELECTION DRAMAS
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
IN THE HOURS SINCE TRUMP CLAIMED VICTORY,
WE´VE LEARNED THE OUTCOME CAME AS A SHOCK
EVEN TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN THEMSELVES.
HIS RIVAL, HILLARY CLINTON,
PUBLICLY CONCEDING THE RACE TODAY,
ADMITTING TO A PAINFUL LOSS OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE
EVEN AS SHE HOLDS A NARROW LEAD IN THE POPULAR VOTE.
WE´VE GOT MUCH MORE ON PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP
HOW HIS VICTORY IS IMPACTING THE COUNTRY
STARTING WITH NBC´s PETER ALEXANDER.
>> Alexander: TONIGHT A STUNNING NEW REALITY,
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP.
>> Trump: SORRY TO KEEP YOU WAITING.
COMPLICATED BUSINESS. COMPLICATED.
>> Alexander: THE GREAT DISRUPTER
PULLING OFF AN IMPROBABLE TRIUMPH
THAT EVEN HIS CLOSEST AIDES SAY THEY DIDN´T SEE COMING.
>> Trump: I SAY IT IS TIME FOR US
TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE UNITED PEOPLE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
IT´S TIME.
>> Alexander: FOR HOURS,
AMERICANS WATCHED IN SUSPENSE AND DISBELIEF
AS TRUMP´S RED STATE VICTORIES GREW.
INSIDE HILLARY CLINTON´S HEADQUARTERS, HEARTBREAK.
BUT AT THE WAR ROOM ON TRUMP TOWERS 14th FLOOR,
EUPHORIA.
JUST SHY OF 2:30 A.M., A PRIVATE PHONE CALL TO TRUMP.
CLINTON CONCEDED,
ONLY LATER REVEALING HER PAIN IN PUBLIC
WITH A PERSONAL PLEA TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
>> Clinton: THIS LOSS HURTS.
BUT PLEASE, NEVER STOP BELIEVING
THAT FIGHTING FOR WHAT´S RIGHT IS WORTH IT.
TRUMP AIDES PRAISED IT AS A VERY CLASSY SPEECH.
SO WHAT HAPPENED?
ONE TOP REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST CALLS IT
"THE REVENGE OF THE RURAL, WHITE VOTERS,"
WITH HIGHER TURNOUT THAN MITT ROMNEY FOUR YEARS AGO.
TRUMP WON WHITES WITHOUT COLLEGE DEGREES BY 39 POINTS.
>> Sykes: HE WAS ABLE TO TAP IN TO THIS NOTION
THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE POLITICAL ELITES
WERE INDIFFERENT AND DISDAINFUL OF THEIR INTERESTS.
AND I THINK THAT THEY RESENTED IT.
>> Alexander: ANOTHER FACTOR --
HILLARY CLINTON´S FAILURE TO MATCH THE OBAMA COALITION,
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND MILLENNIALS.
DESPITE A REPUDIATION OF HIS POLICIES,
PRESIDENT OBAMA PROMOTED UNITY.
>> President Obama: EVERYBODY IS SAD
WHEN THEIR SIDE LOSES AN ELECTION.
BUT THE DAY AFTER, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER
THAT WE´RE ACTUALLY ALL ON ONE TEAM.
>> Alexander: TOMORROW, PRESIDENTS 44 AND 45
WILL MEET AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO DISCUSS A SMOOTH TRANSITION.
FOR TRUMP, THE HARD PART IS JUST BEGINNING,
PIVOTING FROM CAMPAIGNING TO GOVERNING.
TODAY VISITING WITH STAFF
AND THE NEXT VICE PRESIDENT, MIKE PENCE.
TRUMP´S ONLY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY ON TWITTER,
WHERE HE CHANGED HIS BIO TO READ PRESIDENT-ELECT.
THAT´S NOT ALL THAT´S CHANGING.
TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE NYPD´s 171-YEAR HISTORY,
THE DEPARTMENT IS SETTING UP SECURITY
FOR A PRESIDENT-ELECT HERE IN NEW YORK CITY,
SOME ALREADY REFERRING TO TRUMP TOWER
AS WHITE HOUSE NORTH.
PETER ALEXANDER, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK.
>> Holt: ONE OF THE MOST CLOSELY WATCHED FACTORS IN THIS ELECTION
WAS THE ROLE LATINO VOTERS WOULD PLAY.
AND WHILE TRUMP DID END UP GETTING
SOME 29% OF THE LATINO VOTE,
HIS RHETORIC ON IMMIGRATION SINCE DAY ONE
IS STILL CAUSE FOR CONCERN AMONG MANY IN THAT COMMUNITY.
WE GET MORE ON THAT FROM NBC´s MIGUEL ALMAGUER.
>> Almaguer: AT WATCH PARTIES FROM FLORIDA TO CALIFORNIA,
THIS WAS THE MOMENT MANY LATINO VOTERS WERE AFRAID OF.
SHOCK AND TEARS TURNED TO FEAR.
>> Woman: THEY´RE STILL SCARED OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO US.
>> Man: WE´RE STUCK IN LIMBO AGAIN,
SO IT´S REALLY SCARY.
>> Woman: I THINK IT´S MORE SURREAL,
MORE DISBELIEF, MORE SADNESS THAT AMERICA DIDN´T GET IT.
>> Almaguer: FOR MANY OF THE 11 MILLION
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY,
THE FUTURE BECAME MORE UNCERTAIN.
>> Woman: IT´S GOING TO BE AWAKENING,
A CALL FOR ALL THE HISPANICS,
WHETHER YOU´RE MEXICAN, PUERTO RICAN, CUBAN.
>> Almaguer: FOR 16-YEAR-OLD VALERIE TRAVI,
WHO WAS BORN IN THE U.S.,
THIS ELECTION SEEMS MORE LIKE AN EVICTION.
HER UNDOCUMENTED PARENTS
WERE DEPORTED BACK TO COLOMBIA TEN MONTHS AGO.
WITH CLINTON, SHE SAW HOPE.
WITH TRUMP, HELPLESSNESS.
>> Travi: RIGHT NOW, I´M SCARED.
I REALLY DON´T KNOW WHAT TO THINK,
´CAUSE I DON´T KNOW WHEN I´M GOING TO SEE MY PARENTS AGAIN.
>> Almaguer: CLEAR IN HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE
TO CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION...
>> Trump: WE WILL STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION,
DEPORT ALL CRIMINAL ALIENS,
AND DISMANTLE EVERY LAST CRIMINAL GANG AND CARTEL
THREATENING OUR CITIZENS.
JANETH NUÑEZ WORKS IN LAS VEGAS,
A HOSPITALITY WORKER WHOSE SISTER IS UNDOCUMENTED.
HOW WORRIED ARE YOU
THAT YOUR SISTER WILL BE SEPARATED FROM HER CHILDREN?
TONIGHT, THIS IS A COUNTRY DIVIDED.
AND FOR SOME,
THERE IS FEAR THEIR FAMILIES MAY SOON BE SPLIT APART, TOO.
HERE IN WHAT WAS THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF NEVADA,
THOUSANDS OF LATINO UNION WORKERS
HAVE CANVASSED THIS AREA FOR WEEKS,
HOPING TO TURN THIS PURPLE STATE BLUE.
THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THAT.
NOW THEY SAY THEY WILL BATTLE DONALD TRUMP´S POLICIES
SO THEY DON´T BECOME LEGISLATION.
LESTER?
>> Holt: MIGUEL ALMAGUER TONIGHT IN LAS VEGAS. THANK YOU.
FROM NOW UNTIL THE INAUGURATION,
DONALD TRUMP HAS SOME BIG DECISIONS TO MAKE,
INCLUDING A BIG ONE --
FILLING A VACANCY ON THE SUPREME COURT
WHICH IS LIKELY TO BECOME ONE OF THE BIGGEST BATTLES
IN THE EARLY DAYS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION.
A REPUBLICAN BLOCKADE PREVENTED PRESIDENT OBAMA
FROM FILLING THE VACANCY IN HIS FINAL YEARS IN OFFICE.
AND AS OUR JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT PETE WILLIAMS REPORTS,
THIS FIGHT COULD BE JUST THE BEGINNING.
>> Williams: IT´S A PRESSING ISSUE FOR THE NEW PRESIDENT --
NOMINATING A REPLACEMENT FOR ANTONIN SCALIA
ON THE SUPREME COURT.
WITH REPUBLICANS KEEPING CONTROL OF THE SENATE,
PRESIDENT OBAMA´S NOMINATION OF JUDGE MERRICK GARLAND,
WHICH LANGUISHED FOR EIGHT MONTHS, IS NOW DEAD.
TRUMP EARLIER RELEASED TWO LISTS OF POTENTIAL NOMINEES --
MOSTLY FEDERAL JUDGES, MANY IN THE CONSERVATIVE MAINSTREAM.
REPLACING JUSTICE SCALIA WITH ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE
WON´T CHANGE THE MAKEUP OF THE COURT,
BUT THERE COULD BE OTHER VACANCIES COMING.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG IS 83.
SHE TURNS 84 IN MARCH, THOUGH SHE WILL LIKELY REMAIN
IN A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AS LONG AS HER HEALTH PERMITS.
BUT ANTHONY KENNEDY, A REAGAN APPOINTEE
WHO HAS VOTED WITH THE LIBERALS ON GAY RIGHTS AND ABORTION,
IS 80.
AND STEPHEN BREYER, APPOINTED BY BILL CLINTON, IS 78.
IF EITHER OF THEM WERE TO BE REPLACED BY DONALD TRUMP,
THE COURT WOULD BE MORE CONSERVATIVE
AND MIGHT REVISIT RECENT RULINGS
AGAINST RESTRICTING ACCESS TO ABORTION
AND FAVORING GAY RIGHTS.
>> Howe: WITH EACH OF THOSE,
WE HAVE RELATIVELY RECENT DECISIONS,
AND SO THE COURT WOULD HAVE TO REVERSE ITS EARLIER RULINGS,
BUT IF THEY HAD THE VOTES TO DO THAT,
I´M NOT SURE THAT THEY WOULDN´T.
>> Williams: TRUMP HAS SAID
HE THINKS THE CORE ABORTION-RIGHTS RULING,
ROE v. WADE, SHOULD BE OVERTURNED,
BUT HE MIGHT NEED TWO MORE APPOINTEES
BEYOND FILLING SCALIA´S VACANCY TO HAVE A CHANCE AT THAT.
STILL, ABORTION-RIGHTS ADVOCATES
ARE WORRIED ABOUT MORE RESTRICTIONS.
>> Wydra: WHILE WOMEN MIGHT TECHNICALLY HAVE THE RIGHT
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION TO CHOOSE AN ABORTION,
THEY WOULDN´T REALLY BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THAT RIGHT.
>> Williams: TRUMP WAS RIGHT
WHEN HE SAID THAT OVERTURNING ROE
WOULDN´T END ABORTION IN AMERICA,
THOUGH IT WOULD FREE UP THE STATES TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL,
AND ABOUT HALF OF THEM PROBABLY WOULD.
BUT IT´S BEEN 43 YEARS SINCE THAT CASE WAS DECIDED.
AND DESPITE MANY ATTEMPTS TO OVERTURN IT,
IT´S STILL ON THE BOOKS. LESTER?
>> Holt: PETE WILLIAMS AT THE SUPREME COURT FOR US TONIGHT.
PETE, THANKS.
IT WAS A BIG NIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS
NOT ONLY IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE
BUT ALSO IN THE BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS --
THE GOP HOLDING CONTROL OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
NBC´s KASIE HUNT HAS A LOOK
AT THE NEW FACES ABOUT TO MAKE WAVES.
>> Hunt: BEFORE TUESDAY, IT WAS HARD FOR DONALD TRUMP
TO FIND A FRIEND IN WASHINGTON, EVEN IN HIS OWN PARTY.
>> McConnell: BECAUSE I CHOOSE NOT TO.
>> Hunt: BUT NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS MOVING IN DOWN THE STREET
FROM SPEAKER PAUL RYAN
AND SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL.
ON WEDNESDAY, THEY STARTED TO COME AROUND.
>> Ryan: I THINK WHAT DONALD TRUMP JUST PULLED OFF
IS AN ENORMOUS POLITICAL FEAT.
IT´S AN ENORMOUS FEAT IN THAT HE HEARD THOSE VOICES
THAT WERE OUT THERE THAT OTHER PEOPLE WEREN´T HEARING,
AND HE JUST EARNED A MANDATE.
>> McConnell: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.
>> Hunt: REPUBLICAN LEADERS WERE ALSO PRIVATELY SURPRISED
THEIR VULNERABLE SENATE INCUMBENTS
HUNG ON ACROSS THE MAP,
WINNING AT LEAST A 51-SEAT MAJORITY...
>> Rubio: GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
AND GOD BLESS FLORIDA. THANK YOU! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
>> Hunt: ...AND EXPECTED TO WIN A 47-SEAT MAJORITY
IN THE HOUSE, AS WELL.
WITH CONTROL OF BOTH THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS,
REPUBLICANS HAVE A CHANCE
TO SHRED PRESIDENT OBAMA´S SIGNATURE HEALTHCARE LAW.
>> Ryan: THIS HEALTHCARE LAW IS COLLAPSING UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT.
NOW WE HAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP COMING,
WHO IS ASKING US TO DO THIS.
SO WITH UNIFIED REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT, WE CAN FIX THIS.
>> Hunt: STILL, REPUBLICANS NEED 60 VOTES IN THE SENATE
TO PASS CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATION,
WHICH MEANS THEY´LL HAVE TO WORK WITH DEMOCRATS.
ANOTHER QUESTION -- WHETHER SOME REPUBLICANS
MIGHT REFUSE TO VOTE WITH TRUMP ON PARTS OF HIS AGENDA.
NEBRASKA SENATOR BEN SASSE
ONCE CALLED TRUMP´S CAMPAIGN A DUMPSTER FIRE.
AND THEN THERE´S SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM.
>> Graham: HE´S BECOMING A JACKASS
AT A TIME WHEN WE NEED TO HAVE A SERIOUS DEBATE
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE PARTY AND THE COUNTRY.
>> Hunt: GRAHAM TELLING NBC NEWS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
HE WAS "SHOCKED" BY TRUMP´S WIN
BUT NOW IS WILLING TO AT LEAST TRY TO FIND SOME COMMON GROUND.
AS THAT SHOCK WEARS OFF, DEMOCRATS ARE GRAPPLING
WITH WHETHER OR NOT THEY´RE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO WORK WITH DONALD TRUMP.
NANCY PELOSI TALKING TO TRUMP TODAY
ABOUT WHETHER THEY COULD WORK TOGETHER
TO BUILD ROADS AND BRIDGES.
AND PROGRESSIVES LIKE ELIZABETH WARREN
AND, NOW TONIGHT, BERNIE SANDERS
TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY WORKING WITH HIM
TO HELP WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES. LESTER.
>> Holt: KASIE HUNT TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
WHILE DONALD TRUMP´S MANY SUPPORTERS
ARE BASKING IN HIS VICTORY, MAY OTHERS WOKE UP THIS MORNING
FEELING DISILLUSIONED BY THE HEADLINES.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, CRITICS ACCUSED TRUMP
OF RUNNING A CAMPAIGN WITH UNDERCURRENTS OF RACISM.
AND THOSE CONCERNS PERSIST
NOW THAT THE ELECTION RESULTS SHOW A SHARP RACIAL DIVIDE.
NBC´s RON ALLEN WITH MORE ON THAT.
>> Allen: OUTSIDE THE NATION´S AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM,
THERE´S DEEP WORRY ABOUT
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP´S VICTORY
AND THE HUGE TURNOUT BY RURAL WORKING-CLASS WHITE VOTERS.
>> Woman: HOW MUCH IS IT ABOUT RACE?
I MEAN, TRUMP HAS MADE THE WHOLE ELECTION ABOUT RACE,
SO ABOUT 100% OF IT.
>> Man: I´M NOT ANGRY. YOU KNOW, I´M HURT.
I´M HURT BECAUSE IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT AMERICA.
>> Allen: THEY SEE WHAT´S BEEN CALLED A WHITE-LASH --
WHITE AMERICANS FEELING LEFT OUT AND DEEP RESENTMENT
AS THE NATION GROWS MORE DIVERSE,
RALLIED BY A CANDIDATE WHO PROMISED TO BAN MUSLIMS,
WALL OUT MEXICANS,
AND WHO CHALLENGED THE VERY LEGITIMACY
OF THE NATION´S FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT.
HOW MUCH OF THIS IS ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA,
A BACKLASH AGAINST HIM?
>> Man: FOLKS JUST DIDN´T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
WHEN HE WON THE FIRST TIME, THEY WERE CONFUSED AND UPSET.
WHEN HE WON THE SECOND TIME,
THAT JUST REALLY SENT THEM OVER THE RAIL.
>> Allen: SOME ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY
USING THE HASHTAG "NotMyPresident".
>> Woman: [ Crying ] I THINK, FOR FAMILY, YOU´RE CONCERNED,
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE
ARE TRYING TO FIT IN.
>> Allen: DESPITE THE TAUNTING WRITTEN ON THE WALL,
CONSERVATIVES PUSHING BACK AT THE CHARGE OF RACISM.
>> Limbaugh: PEOPLE WHO DEFINE THE CHARACTER
AND WHO DEFINE THE VALUES OF OUR COUNTRY
WERE THE WINNERS IN WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
>> Morial: I THINK THE NEW PRESIDENT
HAS AN IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY
TO LEAD AND ALSO TO WORK TO UNIFY.
>> Allen: STILL TODAY, WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP,
SOME WORRY THEIR COUNTRY HAS TURNED AGAINST THEM.
>> Woman: AS A BLACK PERSON, I FEEL LIKE I´M TAKEN AS NOTHING.
>> Allen: DEEP DOUBTS ABOUT WHETHER MR. TRUMP,
WHO SAID HE INTENDS TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS,
CAN HEAL A VERY DIVIDED NATION.
RON ALLEN, NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON.
>> Holt: NBC´s TOM BROKAW JOINS US NOW.
TOM, YOU JUST SAW THAT STORY THERE.
WE KNEW THERE WAS A DIVIDE IN THIS COUNTRY
EVEN BEFORE YESTERDAY, BUT NOW WE SEE EXACTLY WHERE IT LIES.
IS IT MORE WORRISOME THAN WE KNEW?
>> Brokaw: I THINK AT THIS POINT PEOPLE ARE STILL IN KIND OF A DAZE,
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH, LESTER,
AND THEY´RE TRYING TO WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH IT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THE PRESIDENT-ELECT
TO FIND A WAY TO SAY
THAT HE WANTS TO REPRESENT ALL THE PEOPLE,
AND HE NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT THEIR INTERESTS ARE, AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, I´VE SEEN A LOT.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG REPORTER.
THEN 1968 CAME ALONG, WITH THE TERRIFIC TRAUMA
AT THAT TIME, THAT FALL.
AND THEN RICHARD NIXON
WAS FORCED TO RESIGN DURING WATERGATE.
THIS COUNTRY´S BEEN THROUGH
A NUMBER OF THESE TRAUMATIC EVENTS.
AND WE ONLY GET PULLED BACK TOGETHER
WHEN THE LEADERSHIP SAYS
THAT WE´VE GOT TO GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGES
THAT THE NEW PRESIDENT-ELECT CAN PROVIDE
FOR THE COUNTRY GOING FORWARD
IS TO SAY, "I´M HERE FOR ALL OF YOU."
HE DID SAY EARLIER IN THE CAMPAIGN,
"I CAN DO MORE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS
THAN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS DONE.
WE NEED TO FIND MORE WAYS TO GET YOU GOOD JOBS."
SO I THINK HE HAS TO CONTINUE THAT THEME.
BUT AT THIS POINT, LESTER, AS YOU KNOW,
WE´RE STILL KIND OF IN NEVER-NEVER LAND
BECAUSE YESTERDAY AT THIS HOUR, THE DEMOCRATS THOUGHT
THEY WERE GOING TO GET THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE SENATE
AND MAYBE EVEN THE CONGRESS.
24 HOURS LATER, THEY´RE A MINORITY PARTY,
AND THEY´RE REELING FROM WHAT THEY´VE BEEN THROUGH.
>> Holt: LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
WHEN WE SAW DONALD TRUMP COME OUT LAST NIGHT,
HE WAS VERY HUMBLE, HE WAS VERY PRESIDENT-LIKE.
DOES THE JOB CHANGE THE MAN TYPICALLY?
YOU´VE COVERED A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIONS.
>> Brokaw: WELL, IT´S A COMBINATION OF THE TWO.
THAT WAS A DONALD TRUMP LAST NIGHT
THAT WE HAD NOT SEEN MUCH DURING THIS CAMPAIGN,
EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE IN HIS OWN PARTY
SAID HE HAD TO BEHAVE LIKE THAT MORE.
I DO THINK WHEN YOU ARE SUDDENLY THE PRESIDENT-ELECT,
YOU´RE A FIGURE IN HISTORY.
YOU´RE THE LEADER OF THE MOST POWERFUL NATION IN THE WORLD,
THE GREATEST EXPERIMENT IN DEMOCRACY.
YOU´RE GOING TO BE LIVING IN THE WHITE HOUSE
AND REPRESENTING ALL OF US.
IT HAS TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON ANYONE AT THAT POINT,
OR AT LEAST I HOPE THAT IT DOES.
>> Holt: ALL RIGHT, TOM, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
GREAT HAVING YOU WITH OUR COVERAGE LAST NIGHT, AS WELL.
>> Brokaw: OKAY, LESTER. >> Holt: ALL RIGHT.
STILL AHEAD, TRUMP´S VICTORY.
MANY ARE CALLING IT A STINGING BLOW
TO PRESIDENT OBAMA´S LEGACY.
HOW MUCH CAN PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP UNDO?
ALSO, FROM HIGH FIVES TO PROTESTS --
HOW AMERICA IS REACTING TO THIS MOMENTOUS ELECTION.
WE´RE BACK NOW WITH MORE OF THE RIPPLE EFFECT
FROM THE DRAMATIC CHANGE ABOUT TO OCCUR IN WASHINGTON.
WITH THE REPUBLICANS ABOUT TO CONTROL
THE WHITE HOUSE AND BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS,
PRESIDENT OBAMA COULD SEE MANY PARTS OF HIS LEGACY UNDONE.
NBC´s KRISTEN WELKER NOW WITH MORE ON THAT.
>> Welker: GRANT PARK, 2008.
PRESIDENT OBAMA SWEPT INTO OFFICE
ON A MESSAGE OF HOPE AND CHANGE.
>> President Obama: WE HAVE SEEN SO MUCH,
BUT THERE´S SO MUCH MORE TO DO.
>> Welker: NOW EIGHT YEARS LATER,
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE´S THE CHANGE AGENT,
VOWING TO UNRAVEL THE OBAMA LEGACY PIECE...
>> Trump: REAL CHANGE BEGINS
WITH IMMEDIATELY REPEALING AND REPLACING OBAMACARE.
>> Welker: ...BY PIECE.
>> Trump: MY NUMBER-ONE PRIORITY
IS TO DISMANTLE THE DISASTROUS DEAL WITH IRAN.
>> Welker: ALL THAT FIRING UP PRESIDENT OBAMA ONE LAST TIME.
THE PRESIDENT HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRIAL LIKE HE WAS ON THE BALLOT.
19 EVENTS FOR HILLARY CLINTON.
>> President Obama: THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MAN OR A WOMAN --
NOT ME, NOT BILL, NOBODY --
MORE QUALIFIED THAN HILLARY CLINTON.
>> Goodwin: HE´S BEEN THE MOST ACTIVE PRESIDENT
LOOKING FOR A SUCCESSOR TO WIN
THAN ANYBODY SINCE TEDDY ROOSEVELT IN 1908.
>> Welker: MUCH OF IT PERSONAL,
AFTER TRUMP PUSHED THE BIRTHER CONSPIRACY,
THE PRESIDENT ROASTING TRUMP
AT THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS´ DINNER
FIVE YEARS AGO.
>> President Obama: NO ONE IS HAPPIER, NO ONE IS PROUDER
TO PUT THIS BIRTH-CERTIFICATE MATTER TO REST
THAN THE DONALD.
AND THAT´S BECAUSE HE CAN FINALLY GET BACK
TO FOCUSING ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER
LIKE DID WE FAKE THE MOON LANDING?
>> Welker: TRUMP WATCHED STONE-FACED, FUMING.
MANY SAYING THAT MOMENT MAY HAVE HELPED PUSH HIM INTO RUNNING.
TONIGHT WHITE HOUSE SOURCES SAY
THEIR ENTIRE TEAM STUNNED AND DEVASTATED.
SOME SOBBING,
WORRIED ALL THEY´VE WORKED FOR COULD BE UNDONE.
KRISTEN WELKER, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK.
>> Holt: WE´RE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH THE WILD RIDE
ON WALL STREET AFTER THIS ELECTION
TOOK SO MANY BY SURPRISE.
ON WALL STREET, THE MARKETS FINISHED
NEAR A RECORD HIGH TODAY
AFTER THE DOW FUTURES DROPPED 800 POINTS OVERNIGHT
AS THIS ELECTION DRAMA PLAYED OUT,
THEN SURGING BACK THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
MSNBC ANCHOR AND BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT
ALI VELSHI IS HERE WITH US.
ALI, HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS EXTREME VOLATILITY?
>> Velshi: LESTER, WHILE WE WERE HERE LAST NIGHT
AND IT STARTED TO LOOK LIKE A TRUMP VICTORY,
THE ONLY MARKETS THAT WERE OPEN FOR TRADING
WERE OVERSEAS IN ASIA.
SO WHAT INVESTORS DO
WHEN SOMETHING SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED HAPPENS,
IS THEY DUMP THE STOCK, THEY SELL IT.
THEY FIGURE IT OUT LATER. SO THEY SOLD THAT STOCK.
THAT´S WHAT CAUSED THE JAPANESE AND THE SOUTH KOREAN MARKETS
TO GO DOWN ABOUT 5%.
AS TIME WENT BY AND THE TRUMP VICTORY BECAME A CERTAINTY,
ANALYSTS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE STOCKS THAT WOULD GAIN,
THE INDUSTRIES THAT WOULD GAIN FROM A TRUMP PRESIDENCY,
AND THE LOSSES GOT SMALLER AND SMALLER
AS THEY WENT ACROSS EUROPE TO THE POINT THAT BY THE TIME
THE MARKETS OPENED IN THE UNITED STATES,
THE LOSSES HAD BEEN ERASED AND THERE WAS A SMALL GAIN.
AND THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY,
INVESTORS JUST FERRETED OUT THOSE INDUSTRIES
LIKE TELECOM, LIKE UTILITIES, LIKE COAL,
LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILDING COMPANIES
THAT WOULD DO WELL UNDER A TRUMP PRESIDENCY,
BOUGHT LOTS AND LOTS OF THEM,
AND YOU ENDED UP WITH A 257-POINT GAIN.
>> Holt: ALL RIGHT. ALI VELSHI, GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU.
WHEN WE COME BACK, AMERICA´S FUTURE VOTERS --
THE BIG LESSONS THEY LEARNED IN THIS RACE FOR PRESIDENT.
FINALLY TONIGHT, AS A COUNTRY,
WE´VE ALL COME TO THE END OF A VERY LONG JOURNEY.
AND WHILE NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY
WITH HOW THIS ELECTION HAS TURNED OUT,
THE FACT REMAINS AMERICA HAS SPOKEN.
OUR REHEMA ELLIS IS IN THE BATTLEGROUND OF NORTH CAROLINA
TO SEE HOW IT´S IMPACTING AMERICANS
FROM CAFES TO CLASSROOMS.
>> Ellis: ON THE STREETS OF RALEIGH TODAY, THERE WAS EXCITEMENT...
>> Woman: I´M JUST HAPPY. [ LAUGHS ]
>> Ellis: ...AND APPREHENSION.
>> Man: I´M CONCERNED WITH THE SUPREME COURT.
>> Ellis: THERE WAS ALSO SHOCK.
WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS WHEN YOU WOKE UP THIS MORNING
AND SAW THE NEWS?
>> Woman: I BURST INTO TEARS. I WAS HORRIFIED.
I HADN´T EVEN STARTED TO ENTERTAIN THE POSSIBILITY.
>> Ellis: KELLY ROSINSKI IS DISAPPOINTED
BUT DETERMINED TO LOOK AHEAD.
>> Kelly: I´M A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT WE WILL SURVIVE AS A NATION.
WE ALWAYS DO.
AND WE´LL MAKE THE MOST OF IT. WE´LL COME TOGETHER.
>> DUMP TRUMP!
>> Ellis: BUT THERE WERE PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY.
HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS
IN DES MOINES AND SEATTLE WALKING OUT.
MOTHERS TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA
WONDERING HOW TO GUIDE THEIR KIDS.
BUT IN SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, IT WAS HIGH FIVES.
>> Man: KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT,
A NEW VICE PRESIDENT,
WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST MARRIAGES
THAT WE COULD EVER WISH FOR IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> Cadman: TELL ME, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE...
>> Ellis: BACK IN NORTH CAROLINA AT CARY ELEMENTARY,
THEY HAD CAST THEIR OWN VOTES FOR PRESIDENT.
>> Cadman: IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EVEN THOUGH
THEIR CANDIDATE MAY NOT HAVE WON LAST NIGHT,
THAT THEY STILL HONOR THE OTHER CHILDREN IN OUR CLASS
AND RESPECT THEIR DECISIONS AND THEIR OPINIONS.
>> Ellis: WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM YOUR NEW PRESIDENT?
>> Girl: I WANT HIM TO BE NICE AND KIND.
>> Ellis: WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE OUR NEW PRESIDENT?
>> Girl: I´D SAY DON´T BE SELFISH
BECAUSE IN CERTAIN PROBLEMS YOU´LL WORK WITH OTHER LEADERS.
YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO OTHER PEOPLE´S IDEAS.
>> Ellis: THE NEXT GENERATION
LEARNING AT AN EARLY AGE HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS.
REHEMA ELLIS, NBC NEWS, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA.
>> Holt: AND THAT WILL DO IT FOR US ON THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
I´M LESTER HOLT.
FOR ALL OF US AT NBC NEWS,
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND GOOD NIGHT.