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Im john dickerson. We have more Battleground Tracker numbers. In pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton holds an eightpoint lead over donald trump, 4840. North carolina shows a tight race, clinton leads trump there 48 to 45 . Its also a threepoint margin in colorado where Hillary Clinton is at at 39 . And in arizona, a republicanleaning state where clinton is doing well, trump leads by just 2 points, 44 to 42 . We continue with the mastermind behind the Battleground Tracker along with our friends at u governor, thats cbs news director of election anthony salvanto. All right, anthony, inside those states, what are you seeing in terms of turnout for beth sides . Okay. The first thing you want to look at is the party split, how Many Democrats there are for hillary because on the latter, donald trump has lagged among republicans relative to how Hillary Clinton is doing with democrats throughout this campaign. Thats still the case. So hes still not getting that full support from republicans, and she is getting close to 9 in 10 democrats, and thats adding up to effectively the difference in a lot of these states. Thats sort of mixed in there with a little bit of a growing gender gap. I keep my eye on that. The difference between how men vote and how women vote. Hillary clinton, more men going toward donald trump. Dickerson so in pennsylvania, our finding is that 78 of the republicans are behind donald trump. Would that explain why hes down eight points in pennsylvania . It does. And that sounds like a lot and it feels like a lot, but its not enough. What that tells you. Dickerson 78 is not enough . 78 is not enough. A typical republican will get close to 90 . Even when you heard governor pence talk about republicans needing to come home, thats what hes talking about. Things in their data. There are a lot of republicans for donald trump, but not enough to make up the difference numerically. Christa so hes having huge rallies, but he needs more than the big rally groups. Dickerson let me ask you now about in terms of changing the dynamic of the race. Theres a lot of voting thats already taken place as we talked about with governor pence, 21 Million People. Does that make it harder to shift things now . It does. 21 Million People have already cast ballots. Of course, those votes are in places like North Carolina, and at least on party registration, its not a perfect measure and doesnt mean we know how you vote, but party registration, democrats are outpacing republicans. That tells you now Hillary Clinton doesnt have as far to go from here to election day, and donald trump needs to change minds, but get consistent turnout from here to election day or even on election day. That makes it a little bit harder. Dickerson anthony, thank you so much. Joining us now is clinton benenson. Joel, for the last four months clinton ally, people in the Clinton Campaign have told us that the f. B. I. Director made his determination about the clinton server, and theyve been using him to prove that that story is over and done. With now it seems like the Clinton Campaign is really going after the f. B. I. Director. Are people going to believe it, that switch in position . Well, i think you had an intervening event here, john. The f. B. I. Director took an unprecedented action that weve seen in the last 24 to 4 a former Law Enforcement official, both democratic and republican, having served in the administrations of prlts from either party, have said this is contrary to policy at the department of justice, the statement he put out on friday, and its unprecedented. You dont take actions within 60 days of an election. He did that. Now we need to get to the facts. And i think in fairness you cant compare what happened in that he put out, unprecedented, told his own employees in a letter, i didnt want to create any misleading impression here, but thats exactly what he did some the bottom line is we need to know the facts. Weve called on him to release any information he has right away. But now it turns out, i think theres another news report that says he actually has no information, which makes this all very curious and very questionable, and i think thats why you see Law Enforcement and hear Law Enforcement professionals questioning what dickerson , it seems that the strategy here from the Clinton Campaign is to basically keep raising questions about him, keep pointing out that theres been criticism of him. Thats something donald trump has been doing for the last four months. Is that really the conversation you want to have going into the closing end of this election . Well, no. In fact, were going to have a closing election about what kind of country were going to be. Were going to answer questions when they come up as you just poised them to me, but i think what vote rergs talking about and thinking about now, and i this, is what of these two candidates is going to make this the kind of country we want to be, one where the economy works for people like them, not just those at the top, a person who really has the steadiness and what it takes to be commanderinchief and n a challenging world, someone who knows how to work with our allies as opposed to donald trump, who has threatened to abandon our nato allies and called for more countries to have nuclear weapons. I think at the end of the day, thats what youre going to see. The other thing thats important, and i think anthony touched on this a moment ago, john, is we are turnout in the early vote. He mentioned North Carolina. Mecklenburg county yesterday alone compared to four years ago the same day, the saturday nine days out from the election, the number of voters was up 16 over what president obama turned out in 2012, and he carried that county by 34 points. Dickerson joe, let me ask you one more question, you mentioned that this is unprecedented, what the f. B. I. Director did, but isnt that clinton took by having an offthebook server, by deleting emails based on whatever emails she decided would be delete, isnt she and isnt this an unprecedented moment because were in an unprecedented case where the secretary of state had her own hope serve center. Look, shes addressed. This director comey addressed it after a thorough investigation in june. What happened on friday, we dont even know if it has any relevance. Thats why were saying, lets see the facts here. The action he took unprecedented. He put out a statement to congress, which he has no obligation whatsoever to do so, and probably no requirement under any circumstances. But then he said in a letter to his own employees, we have to avoid creating a misleading impression. We now know he has no facts, and he made a Public Statement about a potential inquiry. He has no information. He should put out all 2 facts he has, clarify. This and i think thats totally hes getting from other Law Enforcement professionals. Dickerson joel benenson, were out of time. Thanks so much for being with us. Well be right back with our well be right back with our panel. Ck b st onto the shag carpeting. And his pants ignited into flames, causing him to stop, drop and roll. Luckily jack recently had geico help him with renters insurance. Because all his belongings went up in flames. Jack got full replacement and now has new pants he ordered from banana republic. Dickerson were back now with our politics panel. Susan page is u. S. A. Todays Washington Bureau chief, ben domenech is the publisher of the federalist. Amy walter is the editor of the Cook Political Report and Patrick Healy covers politics fallout of this disclosure from friday, or do we know . We dont know for sure. Well know as more polling goes on. I think it does do a couple things. I think it helps donald trump consolidate support among republicans who have been reluck tan the support him. I think its hard for Hillary Clinton to deliver some voters who probably were going to vote for her and its enthusiastic. And its a lifeline to Senate Candidates like pat toomey and kelly aidea and marco rubio who have been in danger but now are in a voters ought to reelect them. Dickerson what do you make the clinton response to this . It was to go right at comey and to keep it up. Theyre on war footing. Thats what the last nine days could be like. They were going to hope it would be trump and fitness they would be talking about most. Now they have to deal with headlines and clinton and f. B. I. Thats not what they want. They have few targets, john. They cant go after really huma abedin and anthony weiner. They decided they cant throw but it creates such awkwardness. This is president obamas f. B. I. Director. It gets back into Loretta Lynch and the bill clinton meeting like you brought up. So whether they can move undecided voters in places like North Carolina and florida when the last week is all the people are talking about is trump is able to make that case, its going to be a really big challenge for them. Dickerson and we see what governor pence is dog, donald trump is doing, which is using this as a magnet to attach all kinds of other things, the revelations this week about bill clinton and his foundation and using that to enrich himself, the general, as donald trump said, the general drama that surrounds the clintons, and if there is this fight between the Clinton Campaign and the director of the f. B. I. , isnt that playing out the drama right in front of voters as they are. It is. Certainly talking to a lot of republicans, particularly in the this week. I was hearing that line from die hard over and over. You ask for the miracle, i give you the f. B. I. I think in in case, what it does is it forces a situation where the Clinton Campaign had wanted to focus in these final days on trying to expand the map, on trying to increase a potential likelihood of winning the senate. I think it prevents them from doing that. It gives a lot of momentum i think for republicans and for people like mike pence to make the case, come you have to stop the clinton machine. You dont want to relive the 90s scandals all over again. That puts the Clinton Campaign in a difficult position. Theyre still the oddsonfavorite to win. They may be stumbling toward the end here. Dickerson the alternative argument, any republican if donald trump is having trouble, any republican who thinks they cant and the number of times this week in talking to republican strategists. The number of times they brought up that overheard video of donald trump talking about sexual abuse, thats the thing thats hurting republicans trump. Is this really going to interrupted that is the question . Is Hillary Clintons problem going to help them get over their problems and worries about donald trump . So theres been a remarkable consistency in the pattern of this race from the very beginning, which is when the spotlight is on one candidate, it benefits the other candidate. When were talking about donald trump, Hillary Clinton poll numbers go up. When we talk about Hillary Clinton, his numbers get better. Hillary clinton, of course, was doing great when we were focusing not just on the tape, but i would argue the real slide for donald trump began after the rs into the fight with miss universe. I think that really cemented where the focus was, which was about temperament. I hear this over and over again who are conflicted between someone they dont trust and somebodys whose temperament they dont like and the temperament piece is a bigger determine unanimous. I dont know this changes to trust. Im going to go back to trust. I dont trust her and im going to vote for him. The temperament piece still Hillary Clinton. The other question is whether or not this focus on comey is not just to try to, because they dont have anything else to do, but to try to help shore up their own flagging base, right . Have a bad guy, which is james comey and the f. B. I. To, get their base all fired up. See, theyre trying to steal it from Hillary Clinton. Theyre trying to still it at the last minute. Dickerson theyre all but saying the word ribbed. The great irony is all that criticizing james comey is undermining the rule of law, et cetera, et cetera. This time the rule of law, the Clinton Campaign has turned it around on him. I understand to the point about 2 inability of them to find somebody else to point to. The real problem is abadin testified in june she had turned over all the devices. She was not aware that these emails were on this device. And its one of these situations where they cant find someone dickerson theres such awkwardness within the campaign. This is Hillary Clintons closest aide. Its not as if they can put her on the 2 hot seat and sort of grill her. But their bigger advantage is that Hillary Clintons operation has built a real ground game, states like florida and North Carolina, which they feel like they have to win, and now they need to clarify the message to energize those people and get them out. Frankly, if they cant do it with trump and fitness, comey Michelle Obama said, may be really the hope they have. Of course, they have a reasonably good case against the f. B. I. Director. They have people serving republican justice departments saying this is inappropriate what hes done. Its a violation of guidelines. But the Clinton Campaigns problem is that the reason theyre in this fix is because Hillary Clinton inexplicably chose to have a private email server and that bill clinton went to Loretta Lynch when their tarmac and head made it impossie for her to stop him, which he might have been able to do. If that meeting hadnt taken place, she wouldnt have recused herself. And we know she was a posed to. That race was already. We were already seeing signs of tightening in these battleground states and nationally before we had this f. B. I. Investigation. The spotlight was no longer on donald trump. The debates were in the rearview mirror. He hadnt gone on to twitter to attack anybody. Foundation and obamacare. Dickerson what did you make of the race tightening then . Did you feel like that was. I felt like that was real, but i felt like it was driven mostly by your last point, the news about obamacare premium, which affect so many people across the country. I think thats the sort of thing that matters even more to voters than some of these email issues. But we have to keep in mind, so many millions of people have already voted at this stage. Early voting starts so early this year that a lot of people whether that can make any difference on the president ial level. That being said, i do think it could be a situation where the final story lines of this Campaign Today is could the republicans do better when it comes to the senate as opposed to expectation . Oos. Hes going to be in michigan next week, new mexico, wisconsin. Hes got other states to worry about. How do you read those trips . Well, whats really interesting about where were seeing this map shake out in a police like North Carolina, which was a real democrats in 2012, obviously obama didnt carry it after he carried it in 2008. She seems to be doing well. Shes struggling in the rust belt straits. Not struggling. Shes ahead but not by the margins obama was. The challenge for donald trump has always been, if hes going to win this thing, he has to get into 240ez socalled blueball states where but wall states where the democrats havent lost for years and years an years place like North Carolina. He could lose in a state like florida. Because arizona is in play. You have to go to where the most opportune environment. Is and thats where w white, workingclass voters. It may not working, but at this point its likely his only shot. Its a danger, though, because kellyanne conway, Donald Trumps Campaign Manager is a pollster. Last night she made the case that michigan and new mexico, they have seen some change in their numbers, some reason to i said, you know, kellyanne, dont you need to be on the air in states like florida and pennsylvania and North Carolina in a bigger way where you really need to win, and she said, well mr. Trump wants to go to these places. Mr. Trump thinks we can still win with the voters that amy was just talking about. It goes back to the danger at the beginning of this campaign, which is that you have an outsider what who so believes the people. He sees the adulation at these rallies. He thinks he can win anywhere and he needs to be focused on the state he has to win. Christa a week left. Thanks to all of you. Well be back in a moment with more of our interview with vice dickerson word leaked that joe biden is a candidate for secretary of state if Hillary Clinton wins. Biden signaled hes not interested. We want to conclude with the Vice President s reflections on his 47 years in Public Service and what he plans to do next. What does it mean to be an obama advantage, i think its fair to say, of knowing an awful lot of the people we brought into the cabinet longer and better than barack. Excuse me, than the president. And although they had enormous respect for the president , they werent as used to dealing with him as i was. So i have. And he doesnt wear his feelings on his sleeve all the time. So. Dickerson you wear them on both sleeves. Unfortunately. E he says, joe and i, we make up for each others shortings. He makes up for mine. He has very few. So i have his confidence. I am a close friend of his. He knows he can trust me 1,000 . Dickerson the number of lunches you will have with the president is doctrineling. Yes. Were still going to hang out a little bit. John youre going to hang out after its over . Yeah. Dickerson you might have longer lunches. Yeah. About the exit . We do. We talk a lot about what each of us are going to do and what we might be able to do together. The bottom line is both of us feel that there are the things that motivated us to get into politics and theyre still the things that shape our lives and our interest and make us happy. So youre going to see the president deeply involved in a lot of the things hell continue to be involved inch and im not going away. You know, everything from this issue of violence against women to income inequality to the cancer moon shot. I my life to this. Dickerson whats it going to feel like . I dont know. I dont know. I must tell you, i. I know theres an awful lot that i have access to do. But i have never. From the time ive been 26, every morning ive gotten up, i have. Somebody hands me a card that has my schedule on it, and, you know, i know what im about to do. I know what i want to work on,
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