As it happened: Donald Trump in Obamacare U-turn

Summary

President-elect Donald Trump has said he will consider keeping parts of 'Obamacare'
His comments to the Wall St Journal come after a campaign in which he vowed to rip it up
President Obama's healthcare law has extended health insurance to millions
Mr Trump also announced his transition team, with Chris Christie replaced by Mike Pence at its helm
Protests against Trump's victory erupted for a second night

Live Reporting

Max Matza, Courtney Subramanian, Joel Gunter, Hugo Bachega and Nalina Eggert

Cautious optimism at Clinton HQpublished at 00:43 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2016
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Reaction at Trump party HQpublished at 00:41 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2016
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Voting hours extended in North Carolina countypublished at 00:36 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2016
The battleground state of North Carolina has extended voting hours in eight Durham County precincts after problems with electronic voting systems there earlier today.
The county is a Democratic stronghold thanks in part to a large African-American population that has traditionally backed the party.
Earlier, the North Carolina Republican Party said in a statement that they had not "seen any evidence that would justify extending voting hours" due to a "brief interruption".
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West Virginia projected for Trumppublished at 00:30 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2016
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ABC News projects that Donald Trump will win West Virginia.
West Virginia has voted Republican since 2000 and in the 2012 election the party increased its vote share in the eastern Appalachian state.
ABC News projects the NY businessman to take the coal-producing state.
At this hour, polls have closed in Ohio and most of North Carolina.
North Carolina officials have chosen to leave open eight polling places near the city of Durham.
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Trump team: "Everything is proceeding according to plan"published at 00:28 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2016
Curtis Ellis, a senior Trump adviser, tells the BBC that Trump will "wait and see" what the results are before deciding whether to concede or not.
Listen to hear what the Trump camp are thinking in these closing moments of the presidential campaign.
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And would he concede if he doesn't win?
'One person confirmed dead' in Los Angeles county shootingpublished at 00:27 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2016
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BBC's North America Correspondent
Police in California have said they “found multiple shooting victims” after being called to a report of shots fired in the town of Azusa in Los Angeles county.
The Azusa Police Department says the first officers to arrive on the scene came under fire and multiple officers then returned fire.
One person is confirmed dead, say the police, and “all officers initially pinned down by gunfire are accounted for, safe and rescued.”
The shooting reportedly happened near a polling station but there is no information at this stage about whether it is linked to politics.
Trump has the 'fear factor'published at 00:22 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2016
Donald Trump incites greater fear than Hillary Clinton, especially among women voters, according to the latest ABC News analysis of exit poll data, external.
According to the survey, 43% of women say they’d feel scared if Trump was elected, compared with 31% of men.
Nearly twice as many women as men say they’d feel excited by a Clinton win - 22% vs 12% respectively.
Some 72% of Clinton supporters feel scared by a Trump presidency, while 59% of Trump supporters are scared by a Clinton presidency, the analysis suggests.
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US election: Voters voice worst-case scenarios
Could South Carolina give us a shock?published at 00:15 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2016
The projected results in South Carolina, which has voted Republican in the last nine elections, were expected to be revealed a few minutes ago - but it appears the state is currently too close to call.
If Donald Trump fails to win there, it could be a very bad sign for his chances overall.
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Will early voting swing battleground state of Florida?published at 00:10 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2016
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'No surprises yet'published at 00:04 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2016
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First results in...published at 00:00 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2016
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ABC News projects the following results:
Kentucky is projected to vote for Trump. The reliably Republican state has only ever voted Democratic when a presidential candidate from the South has run, such as Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1992.
Vermont is projected to vote for Clinton. Obama won 66% of the vote in this very Democratic New England state in 2012.
Indiana is projected to vote for Trump. The state is generally a safe Republican state - although Barack Obama secured a narrow win here in 2008.
As of 19:00 EST [00:00 GMT] polls should have also closed in Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia, although polling locations will remain open if there are queues of voters still waiting.
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Update on shooting in Californiapublished at 23:59 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2016
We mentioned earlier that a polling station in Azusa, California, had been locked down by police after a shooting nearby.
The LA Times is now reporting, external that one person was killed in the incident.
Police have said there is no indication that the shooting, which happened about two hours ago, was election related.
For more on the incident, follow the local police department on Twitter, external.
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George W Bush 'voted for none of the above'published at 23:55 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2016
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George W Bush's nephew George P Bush set a hare running a few days ago when he suggested his uncle could vote for Hillary Clinton.
A spokesman for the former Republican president has now set the record straight, saying he didn't vote for Clinton or Trump.
Instead, he voted "none of the above for president and Republican down-ballot," according to Freddy Ford.
That means Mr Bush voted for Republicans in congressional and local races.
Most voters 'made up minds months ago'published at 23:46 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2016
Despite speculation about the high number of undecideds, analysis of early national exit poll data, from Edison Research, suggests only a small section of the electorate was still undecided at the start of November, according to the Wall Street Journal, external.
The data suggests 12% of voters made a final decision in the past week, including 7% who decided in the last few days.
About 60% had made up their minds by the end of August and about one in four had decided on a candidate in September and October.
Mood in Clinton camp 'cautiously optimistic'published at 23:44 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2016
The BBC's Suzanne Kianpour , externaltweets from the Clinton HQ:
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Follow our live results coveragepublished at 23:44 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2016
Get ready, we're only about 30 minutes away from our first projected results.
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Overheard in a Russian barpublished at 23:33 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2016
The BBC's Steve Rosenberg is watching US election night unfold from a bar in Moscow.
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Shots fired in Californiapublished at 23:22 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2016
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A polling station in Azusa, California is on lockdown after shots were fired nearby.
CNN is reporting that two people have been injured.
The shooting occurred at 14:00 local in a residential neighborhood, said Officer Jerry Willison, external of the Azusa Police Department.
“This is a very volatile and critical situation,” he told the LA Times, adding that the site is "“not contained".
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Man just given US citizenship casts his votepublished at 23:22 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2016
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Election 2016: Mariachi band for elderly couple's first-time vote
Here is one of America's newest citizens, 91-year-old Fabio Alvarado, being serenaded by a Mariachi band as he arrives to cast his vote in Norwalk, California.
Mr Alvarado, originally from El Salvador, was sworn in as a US citizen in a ceremony earlier on Tuesday.
Under California law, people naturalised after the voter registration deadline can still vote at a county registrar office.
Mr Alvarado's wife Marta, 80, had already been naturalised and registered to vote.
The couple had told their daughter "they were so extremely disturbed" by the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the campaign that they had asked their daughter to help them get citizenship, according to NBC News, external.
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Clinton arrives at Manhattan hotelpublished at 23:18 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2016
The BBC's Regan Morris has just seen Hillary Clinton arrive at the hotel where she will be staying later tonight.
The hotel is quite close to Trump Tower, causing police to essentially shut down this part of Midtown Manhattan.
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Twitter users have been joking about the symbolism in the proximity of tonight's events.
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