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Be a temptation to ascribe this to what happened last night. as you heard earlier, about 70% of the voters will have been cast before last night. so something else is going on. this is a district that donald trump carried by 20 points that has been held by a republican for to years. so there is a resistance to whats going on in washington. >> there are the new totals. i hate to cut you off, but let me -- >> no, go ahead. >> -- just put this up, david, then you can continue your thought. >> yeah....

Folks, college age, and older, liberal missoulans who are there in that crowd. again, early to be celebrating but they are. rob quist, 46.9% now. greg gianforte 47.3% of the vote with only 45% of the total in at this point. so thats one of our two breaking news stories. thats in montana tonight. plus, were reporting on jared kushner under fbi scrutiny in the russia probe. back with me now, mr. david axelrod. so, david, cnn has learned investigators are now focusing on the presidents son-in-law...

Than 600,000 votes. 47.8% for hillary clinton. 47.3% for donald trump. hillary clinton ahead in the popular vote. still resuming, havent finished, all of the popular vote count. well see what the final result once in. now that donald trump will become the next president of the united states, is paul ryan guaranteed to be the next speaker of the house? well ask our next guest, congressman mark meadows. hes a republican from north carolina. a member of the house freedom caucus. you see him there. ...

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Will end up mat mattering. look at the campaign stops that tells you quite a bit. they are in wisconsin, they are in ohio. you have sur gates spreading out to a lot of different areas as well. joe biden and paul ryan are on the campaign trail there as well. look at all the attention ohio and wisconsin are getting. here is a look at the "real clear politics" average as the stands today, 47.4% for president obama. 47.3%, we are talking about a one tenth of a percent difference between the candidat...

>> bret: beautiful downtown portsmouth, new hampshire. as we already told you, were in rockingham county. to get a sense of what voters in this crucial area are saying, the real clear politics average says theyre virtually split down the middle in the state of new hampshire. president obama is at 48%, mitt romney is at 47.3. one of the benefits of hitting the road every so often is to look people in the eye and listen to what theyre concerned about and learn what will make them pull the lever fo...

And, florida. obviously, those three states are critical to the -- any victory, either side. and we think we can win all three of those and win those three states plus ohio and, wisconsin and, missouri, which we won last time and we have over 270 electoral votes and theyve got to basically take something out of the mix and take north carolina, florida, ohio, out of the mix and it is hard to get to 270 but i think, we are well positioned at this point. >> bill: this is a battle ground state and a...

Groaning and romneys strategy, but at least for today, it doesnt seem so bad. but, its entirely possible that obama will manage to survive what the first president bush couldnt. why? just look where obamas approval rating sits now. 47.3%. compare it to where bush was at this point in 1992. 34% in a cbs news new york times poll from june of that year. this tells us that obama is getting the benefit of the doubt. hes personally popular, but the big one is this. people still remember when, where an...

Problems there, jon, there is no question about it. you know, it is interesting even john kerry did better in many of those blue-collar counties than barack obama did. of course obama carried ohio fairly handily and carry kerry lost ohio. that is why he lost the 2004 election. president obama has an enduring problem with many of these blue-collar workers in ohio and elsewhere. jon: let me start with the ohio, "real clear politics" average of the polls. im going to show ohio first. i hope im taki...

Washington post" says it is nearly impossible for anyone else to capture the republican presidential nomination. is that a fact? >> lets look at the numbers. there have been 743 delegates awarded thus far in the contest. there are 1,543 more yet to go. romney to secure the nomination which takes 1,144 delegates. romney would need to win 47.3% of the delegates. and forum 62.7%. romney is winning 56% of the delegates. santorum 24% and speaker