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Parallel the national popular vote. >> so it simply says that a state that participates in this would order them to vote according to the vote for the person who got to most votes in the united states of america. >> thats correct lawrence. how many states adopted this so far? >> these laws will go into effect when states are 105 more pass the same law. we hope it will happen in time for the 2020 election. >> so one of the beauties is you do not need all 50 states or even necessarily a majority o...

Pass the same law. we hope it will happen in time for the 2020 election. >> so one of the beauties is you do not need all 50 states or even necessarily a majority of states to approve this. you just need enough to get to 270 electoral votes. >> thats correct. it would be a combination of states that would get -- have 270 electoral votes which in practice would be a majority of the states. >> yeah. lets listen to what elizabeth warren said today about this. >> i want to be clear. i think hillary ...

Hunters, steel workers, across the country. we need to be united and we need to all feel like we are participating in this system. the electoral college gives us that. >> how far a distance would you take that argument? if it came out, for example, that a candidate loses an election in the electoral college but wins the popular vote by 5 million people, would you still stick with the electoral college principle? >> yeah, you have to. its the rule of law. look, the election, its really a falsehoo...

Liza men ninnelli and david ges their wedding photos. the whole way through in the last days of the election, to being the president who wants to see the peaceful transition of power. lets go ahead and give him a chance. i think the advice hes giving democrats is good advice. its also, by the way, advice that bill clint, former president bill clinton, was giving the campaign before election day and they treated him like he was some sort of pariah. he was saying, look, youve got to go into pennsy...

Vote throughout this country would count. >> what is the likelihood? i mean, are pigs going to fly before we ever see something like this happen or do you feel like this there is a potential full steam ahead on this? >> oh, absolutely. i think theres a tremendous amount of opportunity to make this happen and make this happen potentially by 2020. as of today, we have 11 states that have passed the compact that have 165 electoral votes. we need an enough states to have 270 or more electoral votes ...

Especially true for one polling expert who said that donald trump would never get more than 240 electoral votes. in fact, sam wong promised that he would eat a bug if it happened. >> i have a feeling were going to see this. takes 270 electoral votes to win. trump got 290. michael smerconish reminded wong about this. heres what happened before and after the election. >> what i said was that trump was unlikely to break 240 electoral votes and i think thats pretty much the same. honestly, this race...

I do not know the exact numbers, but more than likely. >> so what do you make of the debate where some say, you know, maybe the electoral college should be obligated or shouldnt be obligated to follow the will of the majority? youre the guy who is actually getting to play this role. im sort of envious. whats your opinion? >> my opinion -- well, let me switch gears if i can. i dont want to earn the entire wrath of the city of chicago, but no one out there that i know of is suggesting that the cub...

Im sort of en vie yoviousenvio. whats your opinion? >> i dont want to earn the entire wrath of the city of chicago, but no one out there i know of is suggesting that the cubs should have lost the world series simply because the indians and cubs both scored the same number of runs. the system in place for the world series is who wins four games first and in the presidential election, its the same situation. its who gets to 270 votes first. secretary clinton knew that when she got in the race. pre...

Basically, you had one of many that were rapidly closing their doors. >> out of the hundreds of tech company ipos that existed by 1999, only one in six would still be in existence two years later. whoever wins the presidential election is destined to inherit the fallout of the dot-com bubble. but a clear winner has yet to emerge. >> its already clear here at 7:30 eastern time in new york that the road to 270 electoral votes for either george w. bush or al gore will be long and torturous before...

Is now the time for peaceful transition of power, that stopped it more than any actual law that would say that we couldnt just be as, you know, kind of break with this tradition that frankly is born out of one of our ugliest traditions. >> absolutely. navit, you were goingo jump in. >> i dont know the specific state by state, but i knew washington state where i live the fine for an electoral representative for not voting in the popular vote is i believe $1,000. so there is an actual law on the b...