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>>> Brian Williams: WE GOT SOME CRITICAL CALLS. >>> Chuck Todd: YES WE DO. >> LET'S SEE HERE. ROLL EM.
OHIO.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA.
CHUCK, STAY WITH ME HERE.
THERE IT IS.
BIG BLUE SCREEN MUST SIGNIFY SOMETHING.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
WHO REALIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT WE HAVE
JUST ANNOUNCED...
>> Todd: BRIAN, THERE'S NO WHAT IFS ANYMORE.... THAT'S DONE.
>> Williams: REMAINS...
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR A SECOND TERM.
WE HAD HEARD HE WAS MAKING HIS WAY FROM...
HIS HOME IN CHICAGO TO THAT ROOM RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS A CBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. >>> Scott Pelley: ELECTION NIGHT BULLETIN,
PRESIDENT OBAMA
HAS WON A SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IN THE LAST FEW MOMENTS,
CBS NEWS HAS PROJECTED THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WOULD CARRY THE STATE
OF OHIO AND WITH THAT, THE PRESIDENT HAS AMASSED MORE THAN THE 270
ELECTORAL VOTES NECESSARY TO WIN.
REPEATING NOW, THE PRESIDENT HAS WON RE-ELECTION. THIS IS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE
MAP AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW;
270 ELECTORAL VOTES NEEDED TO WIN. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS
274. THAT IS IT. IT IS DONE.
THIS IS THE SCENE IN CHICAGO
AT THE PRESIDENT'S VICTORY RALLY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, QUITE A LARGE CROWD; QUITE AN ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD
HAVING JUST GOTTEN THE NEWS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ELECTED TO ANOTHER
4 YEAR TERM.
BOB SCHIEFFER,
PRESIDENT OBAMA, DESPITE THE
STATE OF THE ECONOMY,
HAS BECOME THE FIRST PRESIDENT REELECTED SINCE FDR
WITH AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE THIS HIGH.
THIS IS AN ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT.
YOUR VOICE. YOUR VOTE. ELECTION NIGHT 2012.
HERE, AGAIN: DIANE SAWYER AND GEORGE STEPHANOPOLIS.
>>> Diane Sawyer: AND HERE WE IN - MARK THE TIME - HERE WE ARE; OHIO IS IN. WE ARE PROJECTING
THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF OHIO FOR PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, WHICH MEANS
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
BARACK OBAMA HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED THE 44TH PRESIDENT.
LISTEN TO THE CROWD OUT IN TIMES SQUARE. THE MAN WHO CAME IN PROMISING THE AUDACITY OF HOPE 4 YEARS AGO
WILL NOW HAVE A CHANCE TO PROMISE POSSIBILITY - A NEW FUTURE FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
>>> Wolf Blitzer: WE'VE GOT A REALLY MAJOR PROJECTION TO MAKE RIGHT NOW.
CNN PROJECTS THAT BARACK OBAMA WILL BE RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES. HE WILL REMAIN IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS
BECAUSE WE PROJECT HE WILL CARRY THE STATE OF OHIO. BY CARRYING OHIO, HE WINS
RE-ELECTION. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DEFEATS MITT ROMNEY
AT THIS TIME RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE MADE THIS PROJECTION, SO THE PRESIDENT WINS THIS BATTLE
FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. THEY'RE EXCITED IN CHICAGO. THEY'RE EXCITED AT TIMES SQUARE
IN NEW YORK. THEY'RE WATCHING ALL
OVER THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED RIGHT NOW. LET'S LISTEN IN TO SOME OF THE EXCITEMENT.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING NOW HAS TURNED BLUE
BECAUSE THAT IS OUR PROJECTION
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS WON RE-ELECTION.
>>> Rachel Maddow: BIG NEWS RIGHT NOW OF COURSE, THOUGH
IS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF CLAIRE MCCASKILL'S SPEECH, WHICH IS THAT THE STATE OF IOWA
WAS JUST CALLED FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA.
NOBODY IS TO 270. ANYTHING COULD YET HAPPEN;
UH...BUT WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER CALL TO MAKE RIGHT NOW OVER IN THE OREGON
PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
NBC NEWS IS PROJECTING THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS ALSO WON
IN OREGON.
SO IN TERMS OF THE 11 O'CLOCK POLL CLOSINGS,
PRESIDENT OBAMA WON CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON AND HAWAII AND OREGON
UH...MITT ROMNEY
WON IDAHO.
UH...IN TERMS OF THE BIGGER NEWS HERE
ABOUT IOWA
THE REACTION THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IN CHICAGO...UH...
IS TO THE IOWA NEWS...
AND TO THE OREGON NEWS AND WE HAVE JUST LEARNED
THAT IN THE STATE OF OHIO
NBC NEWS HAS PROJECTED THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS
WON THE STATE OF OHIO. PRESIDENT OBAMA
HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED
FOR A SECOND TERM.
UH...WITH THIS CALLING, OHIO IS
UH...A DONE DEAL. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WINS A SECOND TERM
UH...AS THE 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
UH...LET THE RECORDS SHOW THAT IT IS 12 MINUTES PAST 11PM ON THE EAST COAST.
>>> Carl Quintanilla: NBC NEWS IS PROJECTING THE STATE OF OHIO
WILL GO TO BARACK OBAMA.
>>> : THAT'S IT.
>>> : THAT'S IT.
>>> : IT'S OVER. >> AND THAT WILL PUT HIM OVER 270.
>>> SO, OK IT'S NOT THEORETICAL ANYMORE >>> Maria Bartiromo: NBC NEWS IS PROJECTING
BARACK OBAMA WILL WIN RE-ELECTION. NBC NEWS PROJECTING
PRESIDENT OBAMA WINS RE-ELECTION
NOW THAT WE KNOW >> WOW.
>> OHIO HAS GONE TO OBAMA.
BARACK OBAMA ELECTED 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WANNA GO
RIGHT TO PHIL ABOW.
HE'S IN MCCORMICK PARK RIGHT NOW AT HEADQUARTERS.
OVER TO YOU PHIL.
>>> Phil Abow: WELL MARIA, YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD. THEY JUST PUT IT UP THERE...
PROJECTED TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND THERE IS A HUGE CHEER HERE. THERE ARE ABOUT TEN THOUSAND
PRESIDENT OBAMA SUPPORTERS PACKED INTO THE MCCORMICK PLACE
AND THEY HAVE BEEN FILLING UP, CHEERING AS OTHER STATES WERE ANNOUNCED, AND AS YOU CAN SEE OVER
MY SHOULDER, THEY HAVE BEEN PUTTING DIFFERENT RETURNS UP FOR DIFFERENT STATES. NOW THEY ARE PROJECTING PRESIDENT OBAMA IS GOING TO BE WINNING REELECTION.
>>> Neil Cavuto: UH - RICH, WE'RE GETTING SEPARATE
REPORTS; NOT
AMONG EVERYBODY THAT ARE CONCERNED THAT THEY CALLED
OHIO TOO EARLY. I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S LIKE FLORIDA
IN 2000, BUT MAN OH MAN THIS IS
SHAPING UP TO HAVE THAT FEEL
THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE CALLED OHIO TOO EARLY FOR THE
PRESIDENT. OF COURSE
JEFF LOCKE WAS IN OHIO NOTING THIS 49-49 ESSENTIAL TIE.
UM...
BE THAT AS IT MAY, IF THEY HAVE TO PULL THAT BACK
UH...AND DELAY IT...UM...
WE COULD HAVE A MESS ON OUR HANDS.
>>> : YEA WE COULD. CRAZIER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, NEIL. I ACTUALLY HAD ONE ATTORNEY
WHO'S LOOKING AT THIS AND PROVISIONAL BALLOTS; TELLING ME UH...
IF IT'S WITHIN THIRTY THOUSAND VOTES, HOLD ONTO YOUR HATS. PLENTY OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS TO BE
COUNTED THERE. IT'S A STATE THAT THEY KNOW CAN BE PROBLEMATIC AND SO YOU KNOW, WATCH OHIO.
CRAZY THINGS CAN HAPPEN ON ELECTION NIGHT, NEIL, AND ALSO CONTINUE
TO WATCH VIRGINIA AND FLORIDA.
>> OK RICH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TAKING A LOOK AT THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW. THE PRESIDENT IS IN THERE, BUT
A LOT OF HIS FOLKS ARE THERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
CELEBRATING WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE A BARACK OBAMA VICTORY. THAT DOES LOOK
LIKE IT IS
THE CASE AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE
TOO MUCH AT THIS POINT OF THIS CONCERN THAT THE MEDIA MIGHT HAVE CALLED
- FOX INCLUDED - OHIO
TOO EARLY, BUT THEY SAY THAT UH...
IT IS VERY CLOSE THERE.
>>> Chris Wallace: WELL I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR OUR DECISION DESK AND I SEE THAT
THEY'RE VERY HAPPY IN CHICAGO, BUT I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, THE ROMNEY CAMP HAS
REAL DOUBTS
ABOUT THE CALL THAT'S BEEN MADE BY US AND, I GUESS, OTHER NETWORKS ABOUT OHIO.
THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT OUR FINAL CALL IN OHIO IS IN THE OBAMA CAMP. I JUST GOT AN EMAIL
FROM A TOP ROMNEY PERSON. I SAID DO YOU AGREE WITH OUR CALL? HE SAID
NOT REALLY...
>>> Karl Rove: EVEN IF THEY HAVE MADE IT ON A BASIS OF
OF SELECT PRECINCTS, I'D BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT INTRUDING IN THIS PROCESS...
>> WELL FOLKS... [LAUGHS]
>>> UH...THANKS >> SO MAYBE NOT SO FAST >>THANKS A LOT
THANK YOU. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU GUYS HERE... >>> Megyn Kelly: [LAUGHS] THAT'S...
THAT'S AWKWARD.
>> OK, SO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. WE'RE
GOING TO GET SOMEONE FROM THE DECISION DESK
AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING THEM IN HERE
AND WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE THEM ON AIR
AND WE'RE GOING TO INTERVIEW THEM ABOUT THIS DECISION...
>> ALL RIGHT. >> MEGYN IS GOING TO GO TO THE DECISION DESK AND INTERVIEW THEM
ABOUT THE DECISION ON OHIO.
>> TRY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS...
IT'S RIGHT OUT THE DOOR. THEY USED TO KEEP THEM RIGHT HERE WITH US
IN THE STUDIO AND THEN FOR SOME REASON...WOAH, CAREFUL...THEN FOR SOME REASON,
THEY MOVED THEM DOWN THE HALL...
TOO CLOSE...WE WERE THINKING THIS WOULDN'T BE NECESSARY BUT...
MMM...AS IT TURNS OUT...
SO YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS SORT OF ALL THE FOLKS BEHIND THE SCENES
WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE PROGRAM FROM BACK HERE...
HI GUYS.
ARTHUR AIDALA
DECIDED TO JOIN.
THEY'RE WAY DOWN THE HALL...
SO WE'LL DO A LITTLE INTERROGATION AND SEE IF THEY STAND BY THEIR CALL NOT WITHSTANDING
THE DOUBTS THAT KARL ROVE HAS ATTEMPTED TO PLACE......
KEEP COMIN'...
HERE WE GO...
NOW WHEN WE PRACTICED THIS BEFORE...OH THERE'S THE BEAUTIFUL JENNA LEE...WHEN WE PRACTICED
THIS BEFORE IN
OUR REHEARSALS, WE LOST ALL AUDIO IN OUR EARS RIGHT ABOUT HERE. THAT'S
HAPPENING AGAIN, BUT
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME MEGYN? >> IN ANY EVENT, WE'LL
TRY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. >> SHE CAN'T HEAR ME... >> NOW HERE ARE THE GUYS. THIS IS THE
DECISION DESK. NOW WE'RE IN THE HEART OF THE DECISION DESK ROOM...
>>> Fox Correspondent: WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
IS ACTUAL RAW VOTE BY COUNTY BY COUNTY, CITY BY CITY
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS SUFFICIENT VOTE IN OHIO
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE TO MEAN THAT OHIO WILL GO FOR OBAMA. >> PERCENT CERTAINTY?
>> 99.95%. >> [LAUGHS]
>> ALRIGHT, WELL THERE YOU HAVE IT...
>> YOU CAN SEE THE TV GRAPHIC THERE. BARACK OBAMA
RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT. THAT'S OUR CALL FROM THE DECISION DESK AS YOU SAW MEGYN KELLY JUST
WALKING DOWN TO TALK TO THEM. [ [ [ CHRAMO1 ] ] ]