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Eastern time zone in indiana and kentucky. in fact, they are closing right now. we expect early results from those two states at any moment. a total of 60 electoral votes are on the line the next hour. remember, 270 are needed to win the white house. jake tapper, weve been building toward this moment now for nearly two years. >> thats right, wolf. and theres never been a campaign like this. this could be -- and there could be new surprises in these final hours of this very long election. were mo...

These states are looking very shaky for him most notably in nevada. if he didnt win nevada, and he won everything else i showed you, still not enough. clintons over 270. then what would trump need? hed need to flip one of these states that we think of as a pretty safe blue state. the one they have been paying the most attention to. and the clinton campaign started to pay attention. that was michigan. if they could ever flip it, no republicans done it in 28 years, if trump could ever flip it, you...

Theyre voting and they dont want donald trump to be president. >> there you go. >> may not be enthusiasm, but it counts. >> ben ginsberg, the path to 270 seems to be closing in or closing out for donald trump. >> its now an inside straight for all the reasons you were talking about. again, what hes banking on is a wave of low propensity voters coming to create the wave that nobody sees coming. so its a different turnout model. puts a great deal of emphasis on the republican national committees g...

Its sort of that trump trifecta. he needs to win florida, north carolina, ohio, and then peel away some more blue states if he has any hope of winning the white house. but i am talking to one republican source, key republican source, who says there are some jitters inside the trump campaign when it comes to the state of north carolina. now, obviously, the polls are still open. people are voting as we speak, so we shouldnt draw any conclusions and this could be a very long night. going into today...

Theres only six machines in there. so theyre getting through there fairly quickly, but it is taking probably a half hour or so. people very, very motivated. this is a county that donald trump must do very, very well in. its a place where hillary clinton actually has an office. romney beat obama in 2012 here. clinton wants to be somewhat competitive here. trump needs to be very competitive in these counties. he needs to win them huge, and he also needs to stay up with hillary clinton in those urb...

Even most republicans in nevada believe with early voting that one is going to be blue. we have it as a toss-up right now. >> he could click on new hampshire. >> then he can get there with new hampshire. >> 270. >> he can get there. the question is, if youre losing this, its hard to believe youre going to win up here unless he has an overwhelming surge among those white working class voters. is it impossible? no. data heading into the election, unlikely. thats why worry going to count them, wolf...

Two women went inside there, took their tops off, made some anti-trump type of statements. they were immediately arrested. just a little drama here at p.s. 59. thats the spot where donald trump is going to be casting his vote later this morning. he made five stops yesterday, five states, five stops. going over many of the themes weve heard, talking about the rigged system, talking about repealing and replacing obamacare. saying that he is the candidate of the working class and also today, carol,...

Sitting on 268, that means you give her any more states, shes over 270. so pretty much, it means trump has to run the table here. he would have to get in new hampshire. he has to win, theres this one rural district in maine, he looks good. he would have to get georgia, ohio, carolina. also a district here in nebraska up for grabs. >> thats a lot. >> he would need that. he gets all of this, hes just at the number. heres the other problem. hes been getting bad indications out of the early vote in ...

Important latino vote. we also forget, you have a huge amount of white senior citizens and they always get out there and vote. >> florida, look, its a toss-up. sort of the ultimate toss-up because of the stakes here. 29 electoral votes. think of florida, we have it as a toss-up in terls of the path to 270. you see clinton sitting there on 268. if she were to get florida, with those 29, 297. what trump then needs to do, its almost insurmountable. he needs to get that 297 for clinton back down und...

Final days trying to make sure they get people to the polls. donald trump and republicans doing something similar. 1.8 million doors knocked. 1.7 calls made to make sure you show up in precincts like this all over the state and its going to come down to independence. you and i know this. covered and spent time in new hampshire. more independents here in new hampshire than democrats, or republicans, and in fact back in 2012, 43% of the people who cast ballots were independents. those independents...