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Arielle: Thanks to Haddenfield Friends for kicking us off today with that mannequin pose. Really cool, guys.
Okay, now, it was a historic political upset that Donald Trump pulled off this week — one that took many by surprise.So let's take a look and see where the numbers stand. The electoral map has plenty of red states for Trump; two states —Michigan and New Hampshire — are still too close to call.
So that leaves us with 290 electoral votes for Donald Trump and 228 for Hillary Clinton. Remember,Trump only needed 270 to win. In the popular vote, which is all the votes counted together,Clinton is just barely winning. But this is just symbolic.
Yesterday,Clinton addressed her supporters for the first time since Donald Trump defeated her.
Hillary Clinton: We have seen that our nation is more deeply divided than we thought. But I still believe in America, and I always will.
Arielle: In his victory speech,Trump promised to reach out to the more than 59 million Americans who did not vote for him.
President-elect Donald Trump: I'm reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we can work together and unify our great country.
Arielle: President Obama invited President-elect Trump to the White House today to discuss transition plans.
President Barack Obama: We are now all rooting for his success in uniting and leading the country.
Arielle: So now that the transition process is underway, we wanted to know, were you guys surprised by a Donald Trump presidency? Well, our Channel One poll showed that 61 percent of you guys said yes, while 39 percent said no. And you can see if your school voted for the winner in our OneVote Mock Election at ChannelOne.com.
Okay, now,Republican President-elect Trump will also have a Republican majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate, which could mean it is easier for him to push through his plans and ideas.And while Democrats were hoping to break the hold that Republicans have in Congress, they just didn't win enough seats.
Democrats picked up a few new seats in the House of Representatives, but Republicans still hold onto the majority. In the Senate the Democrats gained some seats — not enough to sway the balance of power.
But it was clear that voters wanted to send a message that they were sick of Washington politics and wanted change, even within the Republican Party. And that could mean a shake-up in leadership.
Speaker Paul Ryan: I think what Donald Trump just pulled off is an enormous political feat.It's an enormous feat in that he heard those voices that were out there, that other people weren't hearing, and he just earned a mandate, and we now just have that unified Republican government.
Arielle: Current House Speaker Paul Ryan has been at odds with Donald Trump throughout the campaign, and some House members say they may look at a pro-Trump member to challenge Ryan for the speaker’s seat.
Now, of course, we want to hear one last time from our Team OneVote and how they feel about a Donald Trump presidency.
Alicia: I am so happy that Donald Trump won, and I cannot wait to see his next four years in office. And I just want to say to all of America, thank you so much for voting for Donald Trump.
Phillip: I learned a pretty big lesson last night: the Clinton elite and their attempts to rig this election were no match for the momentum and success of Donald J. Trump and his campaign. I can’t express how thankful, proud and relieved I am.
Kai: So Donald Trump is the 45th president of the United States — congratulations to him! Honestly, I did not see this happening. But he won fair and square, and ultimately, it's the people who choose who the next president will be, and I have to respect my fellow Americans.
Elliot: Last night, when I found out the results of the election,I was with a group of friends. One of them, who is Mexican, started crying; another one, who is Jewish, was wearing a necklace with the Star of David on it, and he took it off and hid it. Another one, who is transgender, was having a panic attack. This is the America that we live in now, and I am so deeply saddened by the results of this election.
Arielle: Thanks,Team OneVote. We will miss hearing from you!
All right, coming up, we take a look at what comes next for a President Trump.
Arielle: Donald Trump will officially become president in January when he is sworn in. And, as Keith Kocinski shows us, the world will be watching what he does in those first few months in office.
Keith: Yeah,Arielle. New presidents are often measured by their success and plans during the first 100 days in office.The idea is that those 100 days are when the president's power and influence are the highest since he is coming off a win. Now, Donald Trump has already laid out some of his plans. Take a look.
Trump Supporter: I think this country has been hoping for a little bit of a change. We’ve been going in the same direction.
Trump Supporter: Bringing back the American value system that people know and love. You know, people have felt very discouraged the last eight years, and I think that Trump is just really going to, you know, bring some real excitement back to America.
Keith: Donald Trump ran on the idea of making America great again, promising he would bring on what he called "national growth and renewal.”
Trump: I look very much forward to being your president. We're going to rebuild our infrastructure, which will become, by the way, second to none.
Keith: Last month, from Gettysburg,Pennsylvania, Trump mapped out his first 100 days as president, hitting on trade and a tougher stance on immigration — an issue that launched his campaign.
Trump: When they get deported, they stay out; otherwise, they have very serious prison terms.
Keith: Now that Republican majorities are in the House and the Senate, Trump won't face much of a fight.
Mark Leibovich: Donald Trump did not lay out a lot of specific policy agendas in this campaign, so,I mean, that's a blank slate here. I mean, what are his true priorities?
Keith: But “New York Times” reporter and “CBSNews” contributor Mark Leibovich says Republicans who expect Trump to act like a Republican could be in for a letdown.
Leibovich: He did not run as the friend of any establishment.And there is, in a way, much more uncertainty with Donald Trump than there would be with Hillary Clinton.
Keith: But during his campaign, Trump made a number of promises to his supporters.
Trump: Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.
Keith: He promised to build a wall along the U.S.–Mexican border…
Trump: Iwill build a great, great wall.
Keith: …and pledged to end the healthcare law referred to as Obamacare.
Trump: All of my employees are having a tremendous problem with Obamacare.
Keith: Experts say, for Republicans, a Trump presidency may not be what they hope for.
Leibovich: Trump has been a wild card as a candidate. It's not a conservative ideology, necessarily. It's very much a new creation around whatever Trumpism is, and I think he's going to be fleshing that out on the fly, which I think has to be very concerning to a lot of people who expect a new Republican president.
Keith: Keith Kocinski, Channel One News.
Arielle: Thanks,Keith.
Okay, next up, one wild memorial in South Dakota gallops into history.
Arielle: Okay, so November is Native American Indian Heritage Month, and Tom, you are going to tell us about a Native American monument that seems to be taking forever to finish.
Tom: Yeah,that is definitely an understatement, Arielle. It is the Crazy Horse Memorial, named for the famous Lakota warrior, and it will be the largest mountain carving in the world when it is complete. But the one catch is finishing it could take decades.
A monument to a Native American legend,Crazy Horse, is slowly taking shapehigh above the Black Hills inSouth Dakota. For nearly 70 years, crews have been blasting millions of tons of rock off the mountain. Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski began construction here in 1948. His work on Mt.Rushmore drew the attention of Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear, who invited him to design a memorial forAmerican Indians.
Korczak Ziolkowski: He said,“My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know the red man had great heroes, too."
Monique Ziolkowski-Howe: This is Crazy Horse's arm that we're on now.
Tom: His daughter Monique now oversees the work.
Ziolkowski-Howe: That's a big mountain. That's a big mountain.
Tom: Crazy Horse’s face was completed in the late 90s. Crews are now working to shape the horse's head and Crazy Horse's outstretched hand.
Caleb Ziolkowski: Drill a lot of holes, and just take out one block at a time.
Tom: Caleb Ziolkowski is the third generation of his family to work on the project.
Caleb Ziolkowski: It is hard from a mile away down there to see the changes. Since the time that I started, this hand area has changed immensely.
Tom: But still, setting a completion date for the project is up in the air.
Ziolkowski-Howe: It's a hard question to answer,so I don't have an exact day. But, you know, if you love something, and you get to work on it the rest of your life, that is an honor.
Tom: Native Americans say whenever it is done, it will ensure Crazy Horse's place in history. Tom Hanson, Channel One News.
Arielle: Great story,Tom.
Okay guys, it is time to head out, but before we go, here is one more thing.
Across the country you guys have found creative ways to complete the mannequin challenge. In Michigan students and their teachers from Room 302 at Lakeshore Middle School took a pause from class.
At Irons Middle School, sixth-graders made an impact with their challenge by including a food drive into their manne-can video.
In Illinois the Harlem Middle School boys’ basketball team made a slamdunk with their freeze-frame positions.
And in IndianaClinton Prairie High School students were dabbing all the way to the end.
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