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Lets look at the trump map. heres what theyre putting out. the real identifying difference is going to be background states, denoted by yellow on this map. notably, if you look to your left, youll see those two yellow squares have red in between. thats utah and arizona. everybody else has those as background states. but the headline is there are a lot fewer background states than, say, compared to the cnn map. put up the cnn map. all right. so cnn has there being a lot fewer. >> 4 to 12. >> trum...

Game. democrats clearly have an edge right now. >> what does it take to get people to the polls on election day? what are these people going to be doing on election day to drive people to the polls? >> well, even this morning theyre going to be making telephone calls, doing mailers on weekends. these are the people if you live in these background states knocking on your door. who are you going to vote for? do you need help, for the elderly. they try to get them rides with vans. i remember in 200...

>> well, the campaign is looking at background states. they see different numbers. theyre less concerned with the national numbers. >> i think a lot of campaigns are like that. very true. >> they think there are still good signs for trump. go ahead, david. >> so look at that. where is trump spending his time? hes in florida. hes in ohio. hes in north carolina. hes got to play defense. hes way behind in pennsylvania and has been for a long time. but hes got to play defense in north carolina, whic...

Debate. >> will you accept the outcome of the election? >> i want to make america great again. im going to be able to do it. i dont believe hillary will. the answer is if she wins, i will absolutely support her. >> will you accept the outcome of the election? >> oh, yes, absolutely. >> some republican lawmakers in background states condemned donald trumps answer on accepting the election results last night. senator jeff flake of arizona tweeted, donald trump saying remight not accept the electio...

Clinton over new documents released by the fbi that show a state department official pressuring the bureau to declassify an e-mail on benghazi. >> also, melania trump decides to take to the air waves. she does interviews defending her husband. she does it with anderson cooper in a cnn interview. she says the women accusing him of unwanted advances are lying. there is so much at stake. we have just one day until the final face-off. last time youll get to see clinton and trump head to head. its to...

Donald trump. youre seeing his trade message really resonate there. youre talking during the break, there are some self-inflicted wounds going on in ohio. he is ahead there, but then you have his ohio chairman going after the ohio gop chairman and saying that hes not loyal and disassociating himself. >> so theres this infight. >> he could win ohio. >> there was a poll recently that had her up one after the recent spate of events in ohio. but its very tight. david, help us understand. we keep hea...

Always endorsed republicans go against donald trump. its not so much bias as it is -- >> well, john -- >> congressman, i got to go to my other guest here. i got to go to my other guest. i cant just talk to you the entire time. hari, look at the polls that are out right now. why is this race -- she is clearly the leader. shes winning nationally by about somewhere between 4 and 11 points, if you take the national polls. shes got leads, some of them are narrow. in most of the background states. giv...

Just for health care but what it means for the economy. its tough to recover, and so many small businesses are feeling the heat of rising premiums, and the affordable care act only exacerbates it. >> let me ask you about 2016 in this context. i want to go back to what you said, heralding the leadership of chairman paul ryan. is this a chance for republicans to win elections again, to trim your sales, to find common ground where it exists with the democrats so you can actually accomplish somethin...

Means for the economy. its tough to recover, and so many small businesses are feeling the heat of rising premiums, and the affordable care act only exacerbates it. >> let me ask you about 2016 in this context. i want to go back to what you said, heralding the leadership of chairman paul ryan. is this a chance for republicans to win elections again, to trim your sales, to find common ground where it exists with the democrats so you can actually accomplish something? is that the blueprint for how ...

Of chairman paul ryan. is this a chance for republicans to win elections again, to trim your sales, to find common ground where it exists with the democrats so you can actually accomplish something? is that the blueprint for how to win power again? >> i think leadership in general, its what paul has tried to do in washington, its what 30 governors are doing across america. i point out in my book austerity is not the answer. i think often thats been the focal point of republicans nationally. but ...