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States. hillary clinton, our projections say she is in good shape in states equalling 272 electoral votes. even if trump won every undecided state on this map right now, hillary clinton would still be over 270. if you are donald trump and the trump campaign, thgz to winning all the toss upstates and that is a big hurdle, in addition you have to find in the next eight days, one state on this map, at least one state that right now is solid blue and you have to flip it. you have eight days to do it...

Are, wiin fact, out of reach, a they have to find some other way to 270, so they might as well go to the likeliest paths, however unlikely those paths are, to try to get him there. >> if trumps going to win, hes going to have to win four out of the big five at a minimum. and north carolina right now is the toughest one. i dont think theyve given up on new hampshire. they certainly havent given up on florida, nevada, ohio, iowa. i think what theyre trying to do is see if they can figure out a way...

Back to you, jake. >> so much to talk about with just nine days until the election. here with me overlooking the white house, we have with us cnn chief political correspondent dana bash, congressman javier e becerra, renay el merz, bacari sellers and alice stewart and david challion. dana is there a path to the presidency for donald trump even with the wind at his back? >> there is. its a very difficult one, as david just pointed out. everything has to break his way pretty much along the path to...

Well see. >> thank you very much. coming up, well take you to colorado. a well, a state certainly in play right now with its nine electoral votes and a crucial part of the road to 270 for both drumpb and hillary clinton. donald trump knows how important this state is. thats why he was there yesterday and why he is there today. why you will hear from him live from colorado in just moments. stay with us. youre live in the cnn newsroom. ♪ glad forceflex. extra strong to avoid rips and tears. be h...

Arizona, the outlier there, traditionally red state but it was on the map on the schedule before the fbi announcement. hillary clinton doesnt want to show signs of panic so she keeps arizona on the schedule. what is her top priority as we go to the final week? protect the blues. yes, a week ago the clinton campaign was ambitious thinking we can get 330, 350 electoral votes. maybe thats the way it ends up, right now keep it at 270, keep donald trump from turning anything thats blue on this map re...

If we see polls coming out of there with her position starting to crumble there, alarm bells will go off in brooklyn. theres no doubt about it. take a look also at how donald trump might be able to seize on the headlines and look what hes doing. remember, this is our current state of play. the yellow states here are the six remaining true tossup battleground states. if we were to assign every one of them, nevada, utah, arizona, florida, north carolina, and ohio, all to donald trump, remember hes...

>> an important win for vice president al gore, nbc news projects that he wins the 25 electoral votes in the state of florida. a very, very important state for al gore, and now the pressure is on. >> florida has called for vice president al gore and gores march to the white house picks up momentum. >> that sent a little bit of a shock wave of panic through the headquarters. carl rowe to his credit recognized that there was something wrong with the results. >> and i would also suggest that florid...

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Lead. and now, joining us is pollster freg lang and before we get to the daily polls, we want to ask about the path to 270 for donald trump, and effectively, he has to win ohio, north carolina, florida, new hampshire and a maine congressional district, and iowa and nevada and plus, hold on to all of the traditional red states, and this is feeling like having to thread the needle in the dark. any polling to suggest that it could happen? >> well, i guess that the short answer to that is that these...

Now. youre seeing kellyanne to conway, other top trump campaign officials comes to the fbis defense. goes to show you, until this race is over, things can get turned upside down and right side up over and over again as the days tick down, poppy. >> it is not over till its over. jim, let me ask you about the strategy from the trump camp, and well have his spokesman, jason miller, on with me in the next block. colorado, hes down. clinton, 45%. trump, 37% in the latest public polling in colorado. p...