doug, you have been giving us updates throughout the day. the folks felt confident even when numbers initially were not in their favor. they knew what they were looking for, and they felt pretty confident today, it sounds like. yeah, i think that is definitely the case, shannon. doug jones is still on the stage as we speak, waving to people, friends and volunteers here, just thoroughly, thoroughly enjoying the moment. this has been a quest of his since he was a young man that first got involved in politics. not only as a victory night for doug jones, it s also his 25th wedding anniversary, as you might have heard during his victory speech tonight. he and his wife louise are celebrating their 25th anniversary. he paid how much do a really key guy who happens to be a familiar face to a lot of fox news viewers, joe trippi, the mastermind behind his campaign. congratulations. thanks, we had a great team, wonderful night. what make this work? look, i think the country really is look
treated the other listeners. the rest of the people have been disturbed about him or opposing him, he says, i don t give a damn what you think because you re like the enemy with the press. i thought it was a deeply disturbing speech. cnn political commentator is with us now as well as errol louis a political anchor for spectrum news. thank you for being with us. we heard what david gergen said. let s listen to president trump on the evening of november 8th at his victory speech. i pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all americans and this is so important to me. all right y. we have the speech we saw yesterday and we have the campaign promise on victory night.
president-elect. they had frog legs at jean georges restaurant. have you eaten frog legs? i ve never had frog legs nor have i pronounced jean-goerges restaurant correctly. you can see the man who will be donald trump s chief of staff reince priebus as well. after the dinner, mitt romney went to the microphone. i had a wonderful evening with president-elect trump. we had another discussion about affairs throughout the world. and these discussions with him have been enlightening and interesting. and engaging. i ve enjoyed them very, very much. i was also very impressed by the remarks he made on his victory night. by the way, it s not easy
led until 1999. speaking to reporters after the dinner last night, romney talked about his conversations with trump. i had a wonderful evening with president-elect trump. we had another discussion about affairs throughout the world, and these discussions i ve had with him have been enlightening and interesting and engaging. i ve enjoyed them very, very much. i was also very impressed by the remarks he made on his victory night. by the way, it s not easy, i know that myself. he did something i tried to do and was unsuccessful in accomplishing, he won the general election, and he continues with a message of inclusion and bringing people together. and his vision is something which obviously connected with the american people in a very powerful way. thanchtsst what you call a back pedal. last night kellyanne conway said to expect new announcements around 6:30 a.m. today.
these discussions i ve had with him have been enlightening and interesting and engaging. i ve enjoyed them very, very much. i was also very impressed by the remarks he made on his victory night. by the way, it s not easy winning. i know that myself. he did something i try to do and was unsuccessful in accomplishing, he won the general election. and he continues with a message of inclusion and bringing people together and his vision is something which obviously connected with the american people in a very powerful way. and our jim acosta asked donald trump whether romney will be his secretary of state. the answer, quote, well, we re going to see what happens. there s a lot to get to. mark preston, dana bash both here this evening. hello to you, both of you. mark, i ll start with you. you have some new reporting on donald trump delivering on his campaign promises and also on this, what happened at trump tower.