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Elected in that state. and here is more on what we could expect is caroline shively. >> there is growing pressure to flip some of the electors to keep president-elect trump out of the white house. if 37 republican electors flip, then mr. trump wont have the 270 elector votes to officially win. >> i know what im going to do on monday. i may vote for secretary clinton or i may vote for a republican that -- that 37 republican electors would want me to vote for. >> now that is coming from an eelecto...

Has there been any presidents with efforts like this? >> its not really, no. the electoral college has, as you say, been largely procedural almost since the beginning. it was designed to be something where there would be deliberation and debate. as soon as we developed a party system, it became an instrument of the parties and a reflection of the votes in the home states. >> given that, what happens if donald trump doesnt reach 270? >> it goes to the house of representatives. >> then what? >> th...

Possibly physically do. and they have written this. i dont think anybody has ever worked harder in a last month of the presidential campaign than i did. nobody. and i covered 17 states. and i went to maine. i needed one. because they all said you could not get to 270. remember? or they would say it a litdiffe. they would say there is no path to 270 for donald trump. he will not win the election. so i said ill get to 270. im going to go to maine two, which is one. its got an x called -- i got it ...

Presidents, they would prefer a national referendum or about ordering american policy. its very telling that donald trump appointed attorney general pruitt of oklahoma as his epa commissioner when pruitt was the one suing the epa for trying to impose regulations on the state. so its all of a piece with trying to demote the states and turn policy over to the partys intellectual elite in hollywood. >> what would be the consequence if the electors denied him 270 votes? >> unless they switch over to...

On television and you see these anchors and theyre like sweating and crying and throwing up all over the place. and you snownow a couple of the with the chart. nice guy, john king, very good with the chart. but now his king is getting a little -- because all of those months hes saying there is no path to 270 for donald trump. there is no path. so now what happens, were leading pennsylvania -- 306 is right. were leading pennsylvania by a lot and we have 1%, its at 99%. and it was there for hours....

Theyre all complaining. before the election, when they thought they were gonna win -- and i didnt . that final week was magic. every place we went we had crowds like this and youre gonna have 22,000 people here tonight and more. you have thousands outside that cant get in. thats pretty good when you cant get into a field, okay. and i spoke to the fire marshal and i said cant you let more people in in the back. they said no, why. i said theres no fire here. they said stampede. theyre worried abou...

Maybe you should say i didnt work hard i lost. but i worked as much as you physically could do. i dont think anybody -- and theyve written this. i dont think anybody has ever worked harder in the last month of a presidential campaign than i did. nobody. [ cheers and applause ] and i covered 17 states and i went to maine -- i needed one because they all said you cannot get to 270. right. remember? well its a little different. there is no path to 270 for donald. he will not win the election. so i ...

Pennsylvania because they were there for us, right. [ cheers and applause ] so now he goes -- so now he goes because theyve been saying there was no way to get to 270. right? remember. there is no path to 270. and the most they could get me to was 269. remember that? 269. i never once got above in their minds 269 -- they get paid a lot of money they dont know what the hell they are talk about, folks. i tell you. i never once -- i never once got -- jeff will tell you, i never once got above 269. ...

Nbcs kelly odonnell is in mobile, alabama, where the president-elect is set to take the stage in a few hours. good morning. what can we expect from the d ddon -- from donald trump today? >> reporter: good morning. this is the stadium where much later today the president-elect will be doing one of these campaign-style events that weve been seeing. whats sort of different today is that the other stops on this tour have largely been the surprise states that help him put together at that 270-plus th...

The rig the -- right? so now he goes, theyd been saying no way to get to 270. remember? there is no foopath to 270. the most they could get me to was 269. remember that? 269. i never once got above, in their minds, 269. they get paid a lot of money. they dont know what the hell theyre talking about, folks. ill tell you. i never once -- i never once got -- jeff will tell you. i never once got above 269. now, i was watching it for months. where i got upset with texas. kept saying, texas, were goin...