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Pennsylvania. critical to trumps path to 270 electoral votes. including the candidates closing themes, what states matter most and the obama effect. we fill our table with reporters on sunday morning, not pundits for a reason. what do you know heading into the final weekend? >> you were just talking about nevada and how democrats really got their ground game and gear out there. theres huge turnout among culinary workers, for example in heavily democratic clark county. that may be that hot senate...

Both candidates trying to clear path to 270 electoral votes with the time they have left and with the race getting tighter. that path is becoming more complicated. cnn changed its projected electoral map. for the first time it shows hillary clinton below the magic number of 270. joining us is our political director. go lead. i know youll walk through the electoral college map with jason. >> thats right. thank you very much. this is our new outlook. this is a snap shop. its got five remaining tos...

>> donald trumps map is weird. his map is showing -- the black is showing hillary clinton 182, trump 269. he shows himself one point away from 270. minnesota? its the only state that voted for walter mondale and he thinks he is going to get it. wisconsin. he thinks he is getting michigan, pennsylvania, virginia, colorado, new mexico. are any of those in play? >> not really. here is whats funny. trump being a little bit of a jerk. what he should be doing is trying to save senate candidates if he ...

Hold the midwest, hold pennsylvania and win one more state. maybe new hampshire where i am now, but thats so tight. but nevada is where you have a real hispanic community thats turning out. >> absolutely. >> theyve been lining up. >> nevada is where we have seen a lot of early hispanic voting. so that could be a very big turning point. she needs that to get well over 270. but nevada is a place to watch. florida is a place to watch. north carolina, of course, all those states where hispanics have...

If you cant win some of these bigger states, he simply does not have the numbers to get to 270. >> scott, in your mind, you say without florida and north carolina, this is pretty tough. can you envision a scenario that you see 270 for trump? >> sure, i mean, i think he has a chance to win. on election night, well look to florida, as mark murray said earlier on the show. if he wins florida, were in for a long night of counting vote in a lot of states. if he loses florida, which may come in early,...

Non-college educated whites. thats a pretty good place for donald trump to target. but were seeing african-american turnout it looks like is lower than they hoped it would be. obviously, you dont have the first african-american president on the ballot this time. she has a lot of make up to do there. at the end of the campaign, the last couple of days, 270 win. you want to lock in what you know you have. it makes pretty good sense, but i think it is a little bit of spin to suggest that youre only...

This is where we are. campaign tuesday if, you want, too. we count the votes tuesday night. advantage clinton 268 in our cnn electoral map. 204 for donald trump. takes 270 to win. because of early voting, democrats think theyll get nevada. can donald trump win? thats the big challenge. even if clintons democrats will argue even if trump takes arizona, florida, north carolina, takes new hampshire, takes all of our toss-ups off the map hes still a little short. thats why we have so much focus on d...

Blue state, but the polls there getting tight, she does have a lead, but up by four points. donald trump making a strong push in that state. if he can pick off that state, it would significantly complicate clintons path to 270, so she really wants to hold court there. clinton officials feeling energized, emboldened by the fact youve seen a strong latino turnout in states like nevada, but they want to hold their ground here in a key battleground state like pennsylvania. that is why there is going...

258. where does she go to find the rest? she must get a big battleground prize like florida or north carolina. that would do it to get her back over 270. but that is going to require some work. that is why you see barack obama, hillary clinton, bill clinton heading to michigan in the final days. they need to keep fortifying that blue wall. jake? >> just how worried should democrats be? with me here, our panel, cnn chief political dana bash, mr. spicer, jennifer granholm, van stewart. governor, i...

>> reporter: that is a little bit of spin. it is true that these states are about to vote. you dont have early voting in michigan. but what were seeing is the polls are tightening in michigan. secretary clinton right now only has a four-point lead. thats tighter than the clinton campaign wants. the reason why, ari, michigan, pennsylvania, the state where i am right now, thats a part of her firewall. these are states that she is banking on in order to get to 270. shes going to michigan making sur...