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And -- paraphrasing, well turn bill clinton into bill cosby. you have to add to the tint, right, to get to the 270. what do you make of how this may go? >> you know, it wont go well for trump if the idea is to grow that tent, right? talking about bill clinton at this point which has been a fixation of the breitbart folks and rush limbaugh and steve bannen for many, many years. making this about bill clinton wont work because hes not on the ballot. if he were on the ballot in this political clima...

At 270. >> okay. >> so now, when we take a look at this you have the path to 270 but its going to come down to a handful of states. its going to come to a handful of counties. lets look at the blue states. those that are usually democratic. how are those flowing? >> we have new polling out this morning in three critical as you say blue states. lets start here in pennsylvania. hillary clinton nine point advantage 47% to 38% in a brand new bloomberg poll out in pennsylvania this morning. how about...

All right. so all of this new slew of allegations, whats it going to mean in the poll? lets take a look at the numbers, the road to 270. the electoral number you need to be to be president of the united states with cnn political director david chalian. what do we know about the state of play, david, with respect to women? >> weve got two national polls since those tapes came out last friday. look at this nbc/"wall street journal" poll here. hillary clinton and donald trump are tied among men, 39...

Unfortunately were going to have plenty more opportunity to discuss these allegations. thank you to both of you. alisyn? >> that is a safe bet, chris. from the accusations against trump to stolen and revealing e-mails from the clinton campaign, how will these controversies affect the race? we look at the road to 270 electoral votes and the latest state polls next. ack. but the specialists at ford like to show off their strengths: 13 name brands. all backed by our low price tire guarantee. yeah, ...

In this poll, clinton leads trump 59% to 31%. a 28-point advantage. that is 18 points higher than barack obamas margin in the same area in 2012. and in missouri, donald trump leads hillary clinton by five points in the latest monmouth university poll, 46% to 41%, but thats nearly inside the margin of error. a month ago, they were in a dead heat. >> very interesting. we were trying to figure out what the accusations and everything in the debate, what impact it was going to have. it looks like its...

And it doesnt matter what party you belong to. >> reporter: all this as hacked e-mails from the clinton campaign continue to muddy the waters, portraying the painstaking calculations behind nearly every move, even sending out a tweet signed by hillary clinton herself. far from spontaneous, clinton aides engaged in a back and forth about language she should use in a tweet. in a fight to raise the minimum wage communications director jennifer palmieri writing if we tweet well immediately be asked ...

Swing state of virginia. a source told nbc news that its because the path to win to get to 270 is easier through these states. florida, ohio, pennsylvania, north carolina, i agree with that. the source says that the rnc is not helping in states where they dont have any competitive down-ballot races. quote, what the rnc told the trump campaign is, if you want to play in virginia, you have to write your own check. so thats one less state hes going to win. for more on the crisis facing the gop, joi...

Obamas speech today in new hampshire. once again, she not only made a compelling and strong case about the stakes in the election, but about who we are as americans. and we cannot let this pessimism, this dark and divisive and dangerous vision of america take hold in anybodys heart. >> reporter: 26 days out. >> when they go low, we go high! >> reporter: the clinton campaigns path to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the white house is looking favorab favorable. polls showing clinton pulling ...

Im standing up, which is weird, but its for a good reason, because joining us here now on set with a bunch of data is john lapinski, director of nbcs election unit. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> working to get voter registration in different states. youve got specifically data on who has voted already. >> thats exactly right. >> show me. >> essentially what we said is what you said. the campaign is already under way. were going have a lot of people voting. ma...

To get to 270. they dont think that anymore, in part because of what our poll found. coming out of pennsylvania with a huge disadvantage, and esthesfour counties where mitt romney held his own. hes being slaughtered. he talked about child care, yesterday in florida, i was covering him in lakeland. he talked about child care a bit, but nothing hes done on issues has allowed him to close the gap in if four counties. the combination of the big deficit in the four counties, the deficit in philadelph...