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Clintons electoral map advantage. take a look at the most recent poll. in michigan, 42% to 38%. thats a four-point race in a state where barack obama beat mitt romney by nine points. this is too close for comfort for the democrats. thats why you see so much campaign activity there. also out last night, brand new des moines register poll in iowa, 46% to 39%, seven-point lead for donald trump in iowa. this causes concern not so much about iowa, which the clinton folks already thought was out of re...

Is happening in iowa. lets go to the electoral map and look at the path to 270. hillary clinton at 268, only two shy of 270. where does she go to find it? they feel pretty good about nevada. they think the early vote there is really good. that gets her over to 274. but this is whats critical. if donald trump is able to dig into a place like michigan, look at that. it drops hillary clinton down to 258. where does she go to find the rest? she must get a big battleground prize like florida or north...

One northern part of maine, that electoral vote we moved towards donald trump. now, what does this mean for his path at this point? because remember, she may -- hillary clinton may have just fallen below 270 but shes still only two away. hes at 204. he needs to sweep every remaining ballottleground state our map and the battleground district in nebraska, they award electoral votes by district, if he gets that one there, he goes to 270. hillary clinton for her part, back to our battleground map...

Now. the reason is, if hillary clinton wins every democrat state, six presidential elections and she wins florida, thats 271 electoral votes, andrea. its over. he has to have that. that is a big state, 29 electoral votes. you cant make that up. with all the -- i dont think this is happening, but the new mexicos and new hampshires of the world, dont make that up. thats the one he absolutely -- that one and north carolina are the two he absolutely must have for there to be any plausible path to 27...

News for the trump campaign. nevada. key to obamas victories. the nbc poll has it 43% to 43%. a dead heat in nevada. a critical state for trump as he tries to get to 270. hillary clinton hopes to block him. lets go to the map which is the race for 270. we have secretary clinton winning, but what does the data do? it makes us think about nevada. maybe trump can take nevada. if he does that, he changes the map. what about florida? if he can do that, she is still is above 270, but trump is back in ...

Anything in there that changes this, the map that matters most which is the race to 270. hillary clinton has an edge. nothing on the poll would change that. donald trump needs to get closer nationally and change a lot of the state data to make a race into the stretch. >> john king inside the numbers. bridget kelly, former top aide to chris christie, back on the witness stand today for cross-examination in the bridgegate trial. she testified monday that christie and senior staff denied when stati...