Obama on radio urging Americans to vote

The White House said Obama and Trump are due to meet Thursday to discuss the handover of power and ongoing planning for the transition. We are Americans first. So, too, has Trump said he would remove the U.S. from the agreement with Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions and from a global climate accord signed in Paris past year.

CNN Chief National Correspondent John King said it’s still possible for Clinton to pull ahead in MI if the city of Detroit and other high population areas of Wayne County give Clinton a boost, but it “doesn’t mean that she will”. In the final month his campaign spent almost $2 million on advertising in the state. In these smaller corners of the state, enthusiasm for Trump was dramatically underappreciated by pollsters and pundits alike.

Republicans have officially retained control of the U.S. Senate. Those who dreamed of Bernie Sanders for the Democratic ticket or anyone but Trump for Republicans face their time of reckoning.

Democrats blew two of their chances, as Republican Rep. Todd Young thwarted a comeback by Evan Bayh, a former Democratic senator and governor, in IN; and as Sen.

The victor will inherit an anxious nation, angry and distrustful of leaders in Washington.

Earnest says the president is also concerned about the prospect of protections being stripped from millions of Americans who benefit because health insurers are not allowed to discriminate based on pre-existing health conditions or impose a lifetime cap on expenses. New terror threats from home and overseas have raised security fears.

Flanked by husband Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton Mezvinsky, Clinton’s voice vibrated with emotion at times, especially as acknowledged that she had not “shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling”.

He spoke just moments after Hillary Clinton formally conceded to Trump with a similar, though more emotional, appeal to give Trump a chance to succeed as president.

Clinton entered Election Day with multiple paths to victory, while Trump must prevail in most of the battleground states to reach 270 Electoral College votes. However, Mr. Obama sought to remind Michiganders about the progress made during his presidency.

“Regardless of the way the media have painted Trump before average working-class American, Black, White, Hispanic, Indians, does not matter”. He cast immigration, both from Latin America and the Middle East, as the root of many problems plaguing the nation and called for building a wall along the U.S. -Mexico border. “I did as well”, Obama said in the White House Rose Garden. “And people are hurt so badly”. It’s going to come down to trusting somebody who understands what it means to be a working man or woman in this country.

Trump likely will need North Carolina, Florida and OH, all of which are races recent polls showed as within the margin of error.

The Republican Party’s tortured relationship with its nominee was evident right up to the end.

“We have to win”, Trump said as he ended a marathon final day of campaigning in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Murdock was referring to Bill Clinton, the former president.

But just to the east, in Macomb County, home to numerous auto plants, Trump’s anti-trade, pro-worker rhetoric resonated and he won by more than 48,000 votes, a staggering 64,000 vote swing from 2012 when blue-collar Macomb backed President Obama. That’s roughly the same as four years ago.

More than 2.2 million ballots have already been cast – half of those that were mailed to registered voters. He said the USA has a tendency to “zig and zag” rather than move in a straight line, and he added, “That’s OK”.

Having made the now-closed Federal Bureau of Investigation review into Ms Clinton’s emails crucial to his campaign, he argued a “totally rigged system” was aiding her. Trump: “I don’t know how people make it on $7.25 an hour”. I don’t like his views.

“Sometimes when I hear my opponent speak I don’t recognize the country he’s talking about”, she said.

Ms Clinton’s final message expressed dismay at how grubby the campaign had been. Comey announced the inquiry late last month, sapping Clinton’s surging momentum and threatening Democrats in down-ballot races.