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Of getting that 270 electoral votes. >> great points and great reporting. its so important to remember no group is a monolithic group. you heard that gentleman make that point. the issue he cares about, the economy and jobs. great job. appreciate it. next, as hillary clinton enters the final campaign weekend with a fragile lead over donald trump, mark murray maps the potential paths to victory for clinton and trump.

Msnbc contributor and susan del percent o, with a welcome to you as always. ladies first with you, susan. imagine youre advising donald trump right now. why would you cancel an event? his campaign did that in the state of wisconsin. does that basically admit defeat there? >> well, he has a very hard road map to do in the next couple of days. and perhaps, you know, it makes more sense for him to be in michigan or florida or north carolina. i dont read too much into that cancellation of a big even...

Consistencies. they have their own history with voerts. with celebrities, there is reflected glory. fans want to participate in the experience at these events. democrats typically have more celebrity star power. for donald trump, he is trying to make a point that although he is absent these big sur gates, he can stand alone. for hillary clinton, its a lot about key states she should own trying to hold that. and to block donald trump when hes trying to make inroads. his only map to 270 gets him i...

Story line to watch in the next 48 hours. the trump campaign is seeing something and feeling good about that. again, i think pennsylvanias going to be an interesting story, too, although kind of the story we tell every four years. >> i worry a little bit about the strength of the strike in philadelphia affecting transit. >> so interesting. we were on-set yesterday talking about this and brought it up, an idea, a couple reasons. actually getting to polls. two, people who have to go to work and fi...

Will tell us or tell you what those indicators are in terms of what we should be looking for, what could be a long night? >> right. i think north carolina might be the first indicator. it will take a while for north carolina to be called. it was called four years ago about 11:00 at night. but if hillary clinton wins north carolina, there isnt a pact to 270 for -- path to 270 for donald trump. it will suggest that the african-american votes started coming in significantly in north carolina. that ...

People who are the members of the electoral college who ratify that choice and actually pick the president. the electoral college will cast its votes after the election on december 19. we expect them to be bound by the way their states voted, but expectations -- i mean, it is unusual, it is exceedingly rare for an elector not to vote the way his or her state voted but technically, theres nothing in the constitution that would block that. and in fact, he says hes perfectly happy to bear the one p...

Path to 270, as you said? hillary clinton is at 268. lets give her nevada. that would get her over the hump. she would be at 274. if, however, donald trump is able to make inroads in michigan where well see hillary clinton go again, bill clinton, barack obama all in the next couple of days, not a state they thought theyd be in. if he wins that, look at that, her number drops down to 258. so where does she go to get back over 270? thats when she needs a state like north carolina or florida. eithe...

Polling. clinton is just below the 270 votes needed to win. this means she needs to win one of these yellow states to pass the threshold. you see where florida is. cnns senior washington correspondent, jeff, is at clintons upcoming rally there in the miami area. jeff, earlier we saw hillary clinton taking pictures with people at an early voting site. she has had these star-studded events, a concert last night in cleveland, beyonce performing, jay-z. events like that, is there a way of telling fr...

Good morning from washington, d.c. we are always grateful to have your company. thank you for getting up so early with us. im christi paul. >> im victor blackwell. >> donald trump, hillary clinton, crisscrossing the battleground states making those last stitch appeals to voters trying to pick up every last undecided vote if there are any still out there. trump is in florida, north carolina, nevada and colorado today. xlin ton clinton in florida and pennsylvania. >> this morning, a brand new cnn ...

Numbers. joining me now, mike murray. mark we know donald trump saying he absolutely has a path. we have john ralston saying he doesnt have a shot in nevada. the trump campaign saying, were not ntimidated. does he have a path? how narrow? >> he does. these trying to scale the blue democratic wall in the midwest. walk you through basically what donald trump what do do election night. first, he has to be able to run the table in the toss-up races. right now we have donald trump at 180 electoral vo...