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Concerned about michigan? ive asked that exact question. no, not concerned. at the same time, its important, they think, critical to hold court in michigan. it is a part of their map to get it to 270, and if donald trump were to pick it off, it wouldnt mean she would lose but certainly complicate her path to 270 and we learned president obama will make a stop in michigan as well. so underscores the importance of holding court. we knew about this final event here in philadelphia. that big unity r...

Post" tracking poll. thank you for joining me. mark, i want to start with you. the national snapshot shows a tight race. the presidency is won in these battleground states. where do the candidates stand as of now? >> right now it does look like 2012 more than 2008 when president barack obama ended up blowing out john mccain. let me walk you through the battleground map. according to nbcs battleground map, you have hillary clinton with a 274 lead over donald trumps 180. what is significant here, ...

That is where mrs. clinton is low turnout by black voters set to take the stage about an remains a concern. hour or so from now. president obamas so as i mentioned earlier, coming back to this county tomorrow, and its all florida, kasie, tim kaine is also going florida, florida. to be in florida. three days out. donald trump will be there too. donald trump is in tampa, as are you able to glean anything well. this state is a must-win for from the early voting data, as him. >> indeed it is. to whi...

If it was a tie, in other words, nobody got to 270, the house will decide the president and the senate gets to decide the vice president. it will be really interesting. >> i dont know if the country is prepared for that, guys. >> what are you expecting in terms of turnout? >> if you are donald trump, he had an advantage in enthusiasm. he doesnt have the organization on the ground but he has more enthusiasm in his base than hillary clinton, and folks will be motivated to vote especially if they h...

Electoral votes. thats what we are seeing. >> is it too little too late or is this addressing the matter at hand with three days away? >> theres no reason. theres nothing in the polls about minnesota that would give you the impression its going to become a battleground state. i think rebecca is right. this is a hail mary. look at the number of roads to 270 for trump. there arent many of them. hes going to need some of the upper midwest. >> you have another point, rebecca, on that? >> i would arg...

Look, this has always been sort of a turnout election where clintons challenge as may said is hold on to the obama coalition. me lennial voter, younger voter, voters of color, voters in the suburbs who have college education, whereas trumps challenge was to expand the map. mitt romney got 206 electoral votes and he needs 270. youve got to go look for them. fighter for florida, 29. fighting for big states. why not try and around the edges with these smaller states like nevada a only asics elector...

Save our country is us. >> reporter: trump also taking the conventional turn as a republican presidential candidate delivering the weekly republican address. >> its time to close the history books on the clintons and to open a bright new chapter focused on the great citizens of our country. >> reporter: this is trumps last event of the day. he will end his day here in reno. we are anticipating, erin, that he will be here in just under an hour to deliver those closing argument remarks. erin? >> t...

The latest cnn electoral map has shifted, dropping hillary clinton to just shy of the needed 270 electoral votes, but the princeton professor who called 49 of 50 states in the last election says donald trump has virtually no chance to win and hes here. so what do the campaigns need to do in the final days? ill speak to rnc chief strategist sean spicer and david axelrod who ran both of president obamas campaigns. plus, while clinton is getting celebrities like jay-z and beyonce as well as presi...

Wisconsin, like colorado. is that more of throw everything up against the wall, see what sticks, and come out with hopefully 270? >> i think, as beth says, they werent sure what the path is. so i think theyre trying to see if they can move the needle any which way with here little in nevada, here little bit in colorado. overall, the polls do not look good for him. she looks like shes up well outside the margin of error. i think theyre hoping in the final days with the comey news and the fbi look...

For donald trump, its a must win. he has said how crucial florida is for his presidential hopes. for hillary, she is depending on florida as one of the key battleground states to keep her in the win column and keep her over 270 electoral votes. were getting some idea of how things are going, trends here in early voting. right now some troubling news for the clinton campaign when it comes to african-american voters. theyre simply not coming out in the numbers they did back in 2008 for president o...