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>> well, news flash for many of the democrats and those in the mainstream media, the elections over. hillary clinton lost. now president-elect trump and vice president elect pence are focused on going to work for the american people. whether it was this nonsense about the recount or nonsense about the popular vote. you have to win 270 electoral votes to be elected president and president-elect trump actually got 306. this is all really just an effort to delegitimize the win. thats not going to s...

Of line. >> reporter: banerian has no choice. michigan state law keeps him from changing his vote. electors in 27 other states and the district of colombia also have what are known as fatless elector laws. in 22 states, electors can go rogue. anti-trump groups are not letting up. posting the names and addresses of 283 electors on the internet, encouraging people across the country to write the electors, asking they vote against trump. >> i believe i must cast my vote for an alternative republica...

In detail. he has more advisers around him that will give him these plans. if hes talking about safe zones hes talking about a fairly lengthy commitment to syria. up next the president-elect russia problem with fellow republicans and what it means for his early days in office. politicians say the darnest things. my memory of electioning night is different than what you heard from president-elect. thanks for watching mr. president-elect and letting your supporters know which network you most tr...

Theres a -- they count the votes and joint session of congress and its the vice president who presides over that. that was most infamous or most sort of touching back in 2001 when it was al gore who had to count the votes that certified that george w. bush had beaten him by a single electoral vote. the other question is, what would happen if in fact -- they dont have to vote for somebody who even ran. they can vote for anybody they wanted. if nobody got 270 electoral votes, it goes to the house ...

National referendum or about public policy. its very telling donald trump appointed the attorney general of oklahoma as his epa commissioner when pruitt was trying to impose regulations on the state. its all of a piece to try to demote the states and turn policy in hollywood. >> so what would be is consequence if they denied donald trump 270 votes? >> well, unless they switched over the hillary clinton it would be to send the election to the house with the top three. the house is controlled by r...

Will of the people, speaking through the constitutional process that we have, and the reason im here today is to defend that process. and until we change the constitution, the electoral college has a meaningful role and i intend to uphold my oath to the constitution. >> congressman beyer, here is what i dont understand. if they were successful, perhaps not mr. pell but some of the others who want to see 37 electors defect, faithless electors and either vote for clinton or for somebody else, it w...

Tomorrow the 538 members of the electoral college meet to select the nations next president. they meet in their respective states, make their votes. remember those electors are not constitutionally bound to follow the will of the people they represent meaning the way you voted and the way your state went, they dont have to vote that way but some almost do. some say they are pressured to go rogue. president-elect trump tweeted earlier tonight, if my many supporters acted and threatened people lik...

Also what is known as faceless ee lek tore laws, but in 22 states electors can go rogue. anti-trump groups are not letting up posting the names and addresses of 283 electors on the internet encouraging people across the country to write the electors asking they vote against trump. >> i believe i must cast my vote for an alternative republican. >> reporter: the group hamilton electors is leading the charge to block trump from 270 electoral votes. they say at least 20 electors are on boards but th...

College, the electors meet out across the country. heres how it turned out on election night. electors need to meet step by state. the electoral college goes back to the constitutional convention of 1787. the idea protect the little guys. to give less populace states influence in elections. we call them flyover states. each state selects their own elector. they cant have any involvement with the federal government. if no one gets 270 what happens? it goes the house of representatives. 26 votes t...

Introduction donald trump has a cushion here. he got 306. so there were some scenarios. leading up to election i remember a lot of people would go to a web site where you can sort of play with all of the states and turn them red and blue and figure out various paths and there is a scenario where it could have been 270 to 268. so for example if trump had won thats what it would have been, 270/268 in which case this would have ban lot more interesting. >> completely different. >> right. >> and im ...