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Donald trumps performance, what donald trump said last night, the last three weeks on down ballot races? >> i cant get inside jeffs head. good man. probably worried about down ballot races, though, because the reality is before the debate even started last night, the campaign was over. donald trump does not have a mathematical path to 270 electoral votes. so what last night mattered was whether he could maintain any dignity left in defeat. he cannot. we learned. and whether he can keep this race...

Involved. zp and it was a well-crafted decision. >> im not saying if he had done that for 270 minutes over the three debates he would have won, but it would have a much different set of contests, i thi think. >> youre right. if he would have tried to do that -- i was surprised he cited a case, that he cited heller. he had no depth of actually understanding, if you asked him to explain, what does heller say, im not sure he would have known. but just tonally, its a very different world than what w...

270 but donald trump could win the popular vote because the turnout estimates wind up being low -- >> wrong. >> well that would be counterto what we are seeing. in fact for quite some time we were seeing a tighter electoral college race than the popular vote if you will would suggest. you are right to question turnout. because that is always going to be the question about election. like whose supporters turn out at the numbers that the candidate needs, and theres no way to know that before you a...

All right. so that does it. last night was the last mano y mano were going to see between trump and clinton. so who has the advantage now specifically with electoral votes? remember thats what really decides it. we have cnns chief national correspondent and anchor of inside politics mr. john king and he takes a look at possible scenarios and whether trump can make a comeback. here it is. >> chris and alisyn 19 days left just 19 days left and look at this map. donald trump faces what even many re...

The ecstasy in the first half and agony in the second half. where do they go from here? >> theres a really broad sense, an increasing sense that this presidential race is just about over. its not that donald trump cant win. its just that his path to 270 votes is really narrowing and growing dimmer and dimmer by the day. the focus is moving to the house and senate races and balance of power in washington which is a big deal. people are starting to wonder how can republicans in these crucial down ...

Well, that he did well. it wasnt clear if anybody was going to benefit or not until that moment when he was asked something very basic, something that my understanding is that he was certainly prepared for and he didnt answer it affirmatively. and more importantly, she was prepared for it. she had all of her opposition research ready to go about the times where he called other systems rigged, even the emmys when he didnt win an emmy. wolf? >> she clearly was ready for that. john king, did either...

Every vote there. i have no doubt. we have seen one of trumps strongholds among the battlegrounds. it has not gone the way of other battleground states right now which is a good sign for donald trump. its why we see him there for the first appearance after the debate. you said how will the debate play out? if you are a die-hard donald trump supporter you are going to be very encouraged by his comments about waiting to see what happens on november 8th before saying you are going to accept these r...

President. hillary clinton is facing the challenge of people thinking this election is over and the threat of depressing voter turnout. she already has the problem of enthusiasm, although she has improved on that measure in recent polls, but she still needs to get people out to vote even if shes made the argument against trump. so thats really important. another important element here, and you alluded to it, was going after marco rubio, his focus on the senate, which is really up for grabs right...

In states that add up to 304 electoral votes. trump has 138 electoral votes. even if he won arizona, ohio, florida, hes still based on that map doesnt get to 270. its hard to see at this point any path for donald trump. >> there is no path, mike, without a lets say five-point swing in these swing states that were looking at yesterday. and whats that -- i guess that leads to the next story which is the third debate battle, our equivalent of the thriller in manila in 2016 politics. what does donal...

Went through, brooke, are towards hillary clintons direction, utah is about a third-party candidate evan mcmullin but its away from donald trump is the way it shows that. my big take away is that hillary clinton number 307. you only need 270. right now every state that is leaning her way or solidly in her camp todays snapshot. hes got such a big hole and some states like florida and nevada we move because we see it trending clinton. thats mission one. hes going to have to start and bring those b...