Headquarters, boy, what a different scene there right now. And what a bizarre scene unfolding. The music playing behind me, bruce i want to tell you george, the Campaign Chair is leaving the hotel where hes been watching. Hillary clinton is in that hotel, and were told hell be makingn say the race is too close to call right now. Thats coming in at this moment. We have not heard from Hillary Clinton herself. The last tweet from her and her twitter account was over four hours ago when she said, whatever happens tonight, thank you for everything. I want to note this arena was to shut down at 2 05 eastern, five minutes from now. Were told it will be kept open a little while longer after longer. The crowd in here seems to think somethings going to happen. Theres a number of staffers coming down an escalator where the vip section was filing into this room now, george. All right. We may be hearing that at the top with the Campaign Chair, but when you go through this, state by state by at a time state, i cant see where the clinton team finds hope in this . They have to win all three of the big states, michigan, and wisconsin. Right now, big problems in at least two of them. The hold on, john is showing up now. Clinton Campaign Chair, lets listen to what he has to say. Thank you. Weve been here a long time, and its been a long night, and its they are still counting votes, and every vote should count. Several states are too close to call, so were not going to have anything more to say tonight. So, listen, listen to me, everybody should head home. You should get some sleep. Well have more to say tomorrow. I want person in this hall to know, and i want every person across the country that supported hillary to know that your voices and your enthusiasm means so much to her and to him and to all of us. We are so proud of you. And we are so proud of her she is not done yet. So thank you for being with her. She has always been with you. I have to say this tonight, good night, we will be back. Well have more to say. Lets get those votes counted, and lets bring this home. Thank you so much for all that you have done. You are in all of our the Clinton Campaign, saying every vote deserves to be counted. Theyre got going to have anything more to say. Likely because they have nothing good to say right now. Donald trump with 244 electoral votes, and we see the people getting up, starting to leave. Can you hear me there . Okay. We lost her there. K kerry, in 2004, watching the votes in ohio, didnt concede until the next morning. Interesting whether donald trump would concede, its clear we wont have a Hillary Clinton concession speech no matter what happens. Its not over. We have not called the race, but, george, looking at the way the vote is coming in, its really hard to see how its possible for Hillary Clinton to win the race. Shes behind in all three of the big states. Pe wisconsin. Another state came in, its not the big one, but the state of maine. Thats going to be a split. Three electoral votes in the state of maine go to Hillary Clinton, and donald trump wins that second Congressional District getting more from the state of maine. He probably does not need because all he has to do is win one of three states where he currently has a lead, and theres a dwindling number of votes left. They expected tonight. Reporter not at all what they expected tonight, george, but defiant from the Hillary Clinton campaign. Going back to the debate that donald trump and Hillary Clinton had where the one thing he complimented her on was shes a fighter. Youre seeing that from the campaign, not going down tonight, but going down swinging and not giving up on this one. Not giving up yet, but their back is up against a wall as electoral votes for donald trump, and, you know, you brought up the debates , and ths was the point you made, you look at if campaigns are supposed to matter, and maybe they just dont. Hillary clinton won the conventions, the three debates, the polls coming out afterwards, and seemed to gape strength after every single one of them. And she won the she had 40 offices in north carolina. He had three. She had 80 offices in florida, he had whatever, five or whatever. She won that game. The staff game. I think when you look at this race, what happened in the primaries, this was a perpalty driven race, a gut on both sides in many ways, a gut driven race, voters that loved donald trump, and voters that hated Hillary Clinton, and when you have that dynamic, it didnt seem at the map, he needed an infrastructure, either that loved him or hated her. Pretty clear, and let me bring this to you as weve been talking about a lot of people upset by donald trump, a lot of people fearful of donald trump. How do they come to terms with the idea of him in the white house . Well, george, not easily. I have to say, because i got an e email from a person of note sports analogy that like in sports, i think it was paul brown, a great coach said, winners say nothing, losers say less, but you expect losers to be graescious, and part of the healing process, a lot is said about what donald trump may have to say or do to heal the gap. Theres app expectation of what Hillary Clinton may have to say and do to heal the gap. People are anxious toni george. I mean, i think people are, as was reported earlier, theres a number of people, certainly, hisp hispanics, who are fearful about being deported. People of color who are fearful that some of the tension we saw from the trump rallies, you may see on the streets of america, that people may feel end mboldeo act a certain way. George, i have to say, we talked about the beginning of the survived the civil war, we survive two world wars, the civil rights era, and that whatever happens tomorrow, our history suggests that we always rise to the occasion, and so i have no doubt that well rise to this one. Well, we survived the civil war, but almost 600,000 americans were killed, so its not a period that we want to rerep kate, and there is, certainly, thank god, no issues like slavery to us to war, but there is a tremendous sense of disappointment. Keep in mind, there were people lining up at susan b. Anthony, the great sufferists grave today by the hundreds. 3,000 people came to watch the return assuming she would be elected president. Women who were in their 90s waiting for this day their whole finally seeing a woman president. There were little girls all over the country who thought that this was going to be a day where they would see a woman president , and they could aspire to that. Theres going to be a sense of enormous disappointment, and, really, a sense of really, again, we cant do it, even though the majority of voters said she was Better Qualified to be president , had a better temperament to be president , she still even with legislated president. One of the things i think we have to think about is the country has become much more diverse. A lot of people of color tonight are sitting at home wondering what happened here . Also, i think, having grown up in a working class community, when i recently drove down through virginia, the area i grew up in, central virginia, trump signs, working class, we have to come up with a new term, front democrats, that applies as well, but i think there are a lot of big issues that trump will have to face if he becomes the president of the United States. Normally, mainly, race and policing. All these issues are out there. Also, what will his relationship be with the fbi director who, you know, recently just said that the emails, nevermind on the emails. He sharply criticized the fi relationship going to be . He also said he would seek prosecution of Hillary Clinton. He did say in the debates he would bring up a special prosecutor to look at Hillary Clinton as well. Showing me an email that the crowd at the trump rally tonight began shouting lock her up when he finished his statement. I dont know how you heal this. I dont know what he can say, i dont know what anyone can do to her speech here. Shes gone out and told the country throughout the last weeks of the campaign hes dangerous and teunsound. Now people are crying, sobbing, seeing someone described that way elected president of the United States, i look back to al gore when democrats felt the presidency was stolen stolen from them by the supreme court, al gore came out and gave one of the greatest speech, maybe the greatest of his career to bring the country back. Maybe as important as his. I think that is one point, president obama as well. What does he say . To bring the country together, everybody has to do their part, and talking about i want to go back to what john said. Trumps speech matters most here. Hes the one using the divisive language, lodging threats against his opponent and threatening revenge for people against him. If he is the president elect, he has to be the a speech and brepg the country back together. He bears that responsibility. . Hes threatened his accusers, of sexual assault, threatened to accuse them. I assume thats one of the first things hell have to drop. Id think so. Drop the threats, and it would be nice if he dropped a lot. I think he has a big burden and needs to reach out in lots of symbolic ways, whether its visiting communities, bringing certain people in the white in the white house, but had a certain bipartisanship, met with people who didnt vote with him. Its important that trump and advisers, whichever he listens to, sit back and think seriously what do we do in the next few weeks and months. The president elect period here is important for the country. No question about it. I want to bring in an author of the book hill billy, a family and culture in crisis. You say, i rust belt in a town thats been hemorrhaging jobs in hope for as long as i can remember. Im sure thats how voters feel as well. I have to put the question to you i asked others tonight, what are they looking for from donald trump . What do they want tangibly to come out of this election . Well, i think that tangibly they want a change of direction. Now, if you give specific not voting very much on specific policies as much as they want Something Different than whats been offered in the past two or three decades. If that doesnt come or cant come . Well, i definitely think theres a medium on long period term of reck ping if donald trump doesnt deliver the promises. If the jobs crisis is there everything going in the wrong direction continues to, people will wake up i think folks feel vindicated. They believed in their man, the media did not, and right now they are euphoric. The victory could be enough . For now. The question is whether it will be enough two or three years from now. Lets go back to trump headquarters right now. Amy . Thats right, george. There was some angered reaction to john telling the folks to go home, and that anger comets as up, lock her up, comes in and out of the crowd. They are also yelling, call it, call it. A lot of people here want a result tonight, and no one has left this ballroom as of yet. They are waiting to hear if trump will come, if he will get to that 270, no one is leaving, but they are angry and shouting. As you said the high command of the Trump Campaign was impatient . They are headed, from what we for t mori motorcade, so we expect him to reach a Victory Party where we saw amaine at. Theres a question, what will he say . What will the tone be . If history is a listen in the primaries, any time he wins a state and a competitor dropped out, whether its ted cruz and there was a bitter and ugly race in indiana, he thanked ted cruz, if history taught us anything, well see a gracious winner, and hell thank his staff. He will thank his sport e supporters and offer an optimistic look towards the future to unite the country. Whether he delivers on that, well wait and see. The problem is not the speech, but the actions in the days and weeks ahead. And this is the most pugilistic president if he becomes president since harry tr truman for a long, long time. He has a thin skin, and a president should have a thick hyde, and one of the tests for donald trump as he represents all of the people, as he represents all of their hopes, he is the vessel of the hopes of millions of people and destinies of all of us, does he rise to that occasion . To be donald trump that we have come to know so well . That comes to this question, others can chime in, how much can a 70yearold man change . Boy, thats a great question. We have not seen that happen much, have we . But in terms of Hillary Clinton and this angry donald trump thats out there, remember, lets remember why he got this avalanche of support tonight. There is a sense in t that the biggest inequality gap is not income, but justice. That there are people at the top of the pyramid who get breaks and treated differently and get away with things that regular folks dont get awe with, and i think theres a sense that those people should not be able to get away with that, and i think when you hear Trump Supporters shouting, lock her up, but its not about Hillary Clinton, but justice for everybody. I realize that. I understand that. Clearly, thats not the case. When they find out, wait a second, when they find out that Donald Trumps tax plan gives a tax break, a huge tax break to e elites that alex talked about, what are they going to think . Well, they may not feel positive about it, but you have to ask, whats the alternative, right . For a very long time, the elites have been telling them that things are maybe going pretty well, but if not, the e say, trust us, if you vote trump, its a disaster. They said, we already had the disaster. We lived it. Cant get any worse. Cant get any worse, and that gets to the point where everyone has been so wrong about this, all the elites tarnished by all of this, and coming out of this with almost zero credibility on any issue. Thats absolutely right, and i suspect well feel it for a its well beyond that as matt says, you know, its the entire infrastructure of i mean, tv ads, you know, think about it, the hundreds of millions of dollars that was spent, yo know, starting with jeb bush spending 150 and getting the vote, and moving on to Hillary Clintons advanced Treasure Chest and apparently losing this election. I think that all of that gets reexamined, w lot of these people who think they are smart are not so smart and see where do we go from there . Happy to engage in elite conversation as anyone else, and things can get worse. The tax plan, they wont love it, the tax plan will change. Thats not going to make a difference. In the world, things could get a lot worse than they are that are not in great shape right now, very fast, and, you know, we long time. We have not had, i mean, the degree to which i believe, if i were donald trump, i would urge him, do whatever you want, domestic policy stuff, negotiate with congress. In terms of foreign policy, step back, i think, and think about the challenge of what he inherits, and president obama was, who i disagreed with, who he brings in the cabinet, review failed bush, bob gates, Hillary Clinton. What youre saying is donald trump should not do what he said he was going to do . Correct. Correct. At least go slow. No. You could cause a lot of damage in three months that you cant make up in years. Look at donald trump on free trade. He says hes a free trader. Difference from donald trump and republicans, hes a free trader with keith. He wants to fight for it. Couple years from now, what do we advance free trade because someone fought for it. See someone on education, republican policy, trump policy, which is open it up. Every parent can choose the best school for their kids. That will help. The economy . Its sporadic with regulation. The old economy is dying, a new one with little regulation is growing. Reduce the regulations. These things have a real impact. There are real policy things in a trump open up education, all of this stuff. I dont know that donald trump is necessarily talking about devolving power back to the people. Hes very focused on how he as a central leader, he, alone, can do these things. Thats a disconnect. Where people want to go is power to the people, but is donald trump actually about power to the people, or is he about power to himself . He said, the only thing losers and morons are running it, and ill do a better job. Look at the agenda throughout the course of the campaign. It is a raided, open up the economy that a lot of republicans are comfortable with. I think that one of the things that he has to come to terms with, is does he tell the truth to the american economy. We are in a Global Economy. The voters who voted for him dont like that. The Global Economy lowered the st raised it across the globe. His message is, pull the drawbridges in, function on our own, improve our own thing, and the question, and somebody thats not operate like that in the world, donald trump has been a globalist until he ran for president , and so will he tell the American Public the truth and voters the truth, is that we have a choice. We are part of a Global Economy or were not. And thats an interesting take the stage soon. Donald trump also runs a pretty Large Business in dozens of countries all around the world. Says hell have his children continue to run the business. Now, the president s not bound by conflict of interest rules, but theres an offer that he would be entangled, business would be entangle with a lot of interesting foreign leaders who seek influence. What are the laws on the books with that . I saw a tweet from donald trump jr. Twoou was so intense, so surreal, and i thought the same thing. Just inherited his fathers company, and now he and eric trump run this with ivanka. Is there a law donald trump cant have hand in his business . He plays by his own rules. He did that with his campaign. Theres a rule, and its not a law, but its for transparency. The press traveled with the candidate. They all do it. Everything is okay