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State and key to getting to 270. he went to hillary clintons old stomping grounds and the city where she spent her spent her summers growing up. could it be trump country on november 8th? the report is straight ahead.

Agenda, a whole reform of institutions, wage subsidies, a whole series of things we felt could have worked, higher education. when do republican candidates talk about higher education reform? they never do. its a huge issue for middle class republicans. my hope was this would be an election where that would happen. i think that was the right agenda, fwut came at the wrong moment. instead, they decided they wanted trump. >> thank you so much. great to have you on. >> thank you, pete. >> still ahe...

And candidly, its very difficult for me to see any path that gets him to 270 electoral votes. >> here are words we havent been saying to you very often in this cycle. you were right. the number of -- >> thank god. >> the threshold number, michael, you were saying look at these polls that your eyes always go to he cant get over 40. he cant get over 40. now youre pinning the personal trait to that, marsha black burn just came on with steve israel black burns a republican to make the case when i hi...

I went up and down the african-american community. different sections, i went to east tampa, tampa proper, i met with so many people not just african-americans -- >> did you find that unusual? >> extremely. because this close in the race, florida is obviously a state that he must win in order to get to 270 but i ran into no trump supporters. i ran into no trump people handing out leaflets or moving around during that time. i understand they had a pretty big rally but you have to have that rally ...

Lets talk about the path to the white house. specifically, getting to that magic number of 270. we can tell you cnn is projecting hillary clinton is poised to win at least 300 crucial electoral votes. as john king shows us, donald trump is facing a much steeper climb to 270. >> welcome back. a little more than two weeks out, the biggest question is, does donald trump have a path? can he fill in this map in a way that gets him to 270, gets him to the white house? you have to say heading into the ...

Can he fill if the map to get him to 270, to the white house? heading into the final stretch, a daunting challenge for mr. trump. look at this there. nine-point lead in the average of national polls. that is a steep hill to climb in just over two weeks. go to the map that matters most, electoral map. can he get there? she starts with an overwhelming advantage. if the election were today, hillary clinton would get 307 electoral votes. donald trump at 179. what does he have to do to win? again, ov...

Principals, i think people see how long they are. the one lagging indicator about donald trump are how the pundits are counting him out. he overperforms at the ballot box. saying the race is over before people cast their votes is elitist. >> i will grant your point. we put up on the screen the road to 270. you think there is a lot of passion out there that pops up and maybe he is not evident. fair enough. he is making a charge about the indicators that we do have. when he said the polls are rigg...

Lock down 270 electoral votes or does she go for a big win, a landslide? does she try to quell the talk of a rigged election by pushing hard into red states like utah, georgia and arizona, sensing an opportunity since the last time the clinton was on the ballot. how about donald trump, his tone and his words have been more reserved. hes seeing the same polls we are. does he try to win or lose with grace? does he try to save down ballot republicans or does he even care? >> if i lose, if i lose --...

While, but seem to be falling behind. north carolina and florida and that would get them from 266 and from there you need one more state. in terms of getting to 270, that is a road map. in terms of whether that is realistic. lets talk more with kellyanne conway, the campaign manager for donald trump. she joins us now. thanks for taking a few minutes. let me start with this. you were on "meet the press" and acknowledge you are behind. donald trump this morning put this tweet out that said we are ...

Column add up to 197. we couldnt figure out how they arrived at the tallies. we asked them and they have not responded. its hard to plot a path to the path to 270 if your numbers dont add up. >> whats your point? is donald trump winning the race? >> he is behind, but he is reasonably close in a lot of states which is kellyannes point. >> why not just acknowledge we are behind and we need everyone to vote. >> that isnt him. i wrote it down. it was the words that come to my mind. unconventional, d...