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Hillary clinton. and then they would delegitimize donald trump for president. >> to that point, if they say all right. unless i get my intelligence briefing, i will not vote. and bloomburg politic and long shot to block trump on monday f. it they say i am not going to vote. all you you need 270 they can vote as they so choose, right? >> i dont know if it would impact at all. if hillary clinton dont want to it vote for her, i dont know that that hurts donald trump and if you get 270 plus trump el...

Beautiful looking. ill never forget the guy who was saying for months there is no path to 270 for donald trump, but there was a path to 306. there was no path. in fact they couldnt get me up. they continue get me up. i went back to maine four p times for one. the beauty is i was going to 17 different states. i was going all over. the other would be easier, just a popular vote would be easier and go to new york, california, texas, go to florida. thats it. iteasier, but the

Much, right. >> gnaw -- nah. donald trump won 306 electoral votes. you need 270 to win. is it conceivably possible that 37 electors would be what we call faithless? it has happened in the past, that one or two or here there, faithless in protest, not voting the way the voters of the state have ordained. this is, remember a federal republic, not a direct demock estimate they have agency. now they face consequences at home. every state has a different law what the penalty for an elector who doesnt...

Together and they vote for who is going to be president. donald trump gets over 270, gets to 306 or whatever he will basically roll onto the inauguration there is a move afoot to try to get some of those electors to vote against donald trump and if he doesnt have to answer a lot of difficult questions about the controversial issues at a press conference before the electors, there is probably an advantage to him there, tucker. >> super interesting. thanks a lot, john. appreciate it? >> early this...

Larry, first to you. so doing the math, you have to have at least 37 republican electors to oppose trump to then have him drop below the magic number of 270. where are you right now? >> well, as i said last night and i think rj will give some of the backing to why we think this is a fair number, we think theres about 20 who are seriously considering right now making a judgment of conscience and voting against how theyre pledged. a week ago there was one and so the real question is whether the in...

>> everyone ive ever talked to said theres no way you would reach that point. youd need, doing the math, 17 more to hit below 270 so this is really symbolic. >> youre right, if all there is is 20, a significant number will decide not to vote against donald trump because what purpose will there be at that point? but if there is 20 and a number more begin to coalesce and say were also interested in voting our conscience then i think theres a significant chance, not a probability but a significant ...

Governor, these people are brutal. >> trump shared his perspective on the final month of the campaign, hitting the media and praising the electoral college. >> ill never forget the guy who was saying for months, there is no path to 270. but there was a path to 306. they couldnt get me to 270, but they got me to 269. they got me to maine. thats the beauty, ill have to tell you, i went back to maine four times for one. the beauty is, i went to 17 different states, i was going all over. theres a be...

Based on imperfect information, issued with confidence or left sometimes with dissenting viewpoints. they may not know. they have confidence based on the fingerprints they found, et cetera, russia was behind the hacking. can they know for sure what the intent of that is? no. >> is that why the fbi is more quiet about it? >> very much so, yes. >> let me read for you the line from the john podesta statement causing buzz out there. the bipartisan electors letter raising grave issues involving our n...

Theres nothing better to watch. i know the folks at espn were saying thats one of the great things theyve ever watched. you know, they watch all the great games and the fights and all of the things. and one of them said its the single greatest event that ever seen. boy, that map had a lot of red. for people who were saying there is no path. you know -- >> i said that. i said a very narrow path to 270. >> unless you win states that nobodys ever won before as a republican. so it was a very excitin...

I know the folks at espn were saying thats one of the great things theyve ever watched. they watch all the great games and fights and all of the things. one of them said its the single greatest event theyve ever seen. boy, that map had a lot of red. for people who were saying there is no path -- you know, before they were saying -- >> i said that. a very narrow path to 270. >> unless you win states that nobodys ever won before as a republican. so it was a very exciting evening. the thing im most...