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Earlier form in the race and as rebecca said, he has reinforced the message that has continued to generate support among his core base, but not expanded it to college-educated voters, to voters in cleveland, ohio, orlando, florida, and thats why his path is so, sonar row at this point. >> i want you guys to pay attention. this is donald trump today. pay close attention. >> i dont know what kind of shape im in, but ill be happy and at least i will have known win, lose, or draw, and im almost sure...

Candidate. he should be the change candidate. one problem trump hasnt had is he has a core base of motivated supporters. we need every one of them to come out on election day. not just voting for him but voting for down ballot, as well. >> the problem has always been, he showed discipline today. theres one more rally today. that one takes place after dark. trump after dark has been -- has given heart burn in the past. can he keep it up for 18 days? >> i think the trick is to keep the election ab...

Hell have to have the greatest by some order of magnitude to reverse the trend line. >> why do you think he would bring obamas half brother? >> maybe theyre friends. >> how is that going to broaden his base? >> play golf together? i dont know. i dont get what the connection is. >> donald trump has been hitting hillary clintons debate prep saying im out here on the campaign trail. shes sleeping. shes sleeping. donald trump is on the trail but day in and day out hes at donald trump pep rallies. ho...

Which i believe is inaccurate and i think does disservice to the american people as well. i also think as we move forward what weve seen donald trump do over the past couple weeks is focus on the bill clinton allegations. hes got two ads out recently. one going after hillary clinton for her health. they are the focus -- they focus on bringing -- on suppressing the vote for hillary clinton backers. because he has this core base of support that he hasnt been able to expand outward. so hes trying t...

Damaged donald trump with women. for example a poll suggested he dropped 24 points with women between thursday and the weekend because the tape. we saw him build that up in part because he denied the allegations. >> same effect. >> so, donald trump has this core base of support. hes tried to expand it without success. women who are moderate republicans, white college educated women have been skeptical of donald trump if they were giving him a third chance after what he said about the debate. >...

One going after hillary clinton for her health. they are the focus -- they focus on bringing -- on suppressing the vote for hillary clinton backers. because he has this core base of support that he hasnt been able to expand outward. so hes trying to compress hillary clintons base down. so that is where this election is. it is the stated strategy. think that is somewhat disappointing but i also feel like pitting this as the elites against the people i think is disservice. >> do you think the demo...

He is losing african-american voters by numbers that really -- weve not seen in almost two, three deck kapds. the idea is republicans have already struggled to have african-americans or hispanics. the idea they had this big autopsy report after mitt romney lost. saying we really neated to adjust our party and really go after these different demographics groups. donald trump seems to have offended a lot of people. i think in some ways he has so much things he has to worry about, the idea that he ...

Bunch of wimps." what do you think? >> bill kristol, of course, a constant trump critic no doubt would like to see someone from the establishment like paul ryan fully reject him. listen, i think bill kristol has a point here. paul ryan is trying to have it both ways. hes trying to say "im going to focus on house races, im no longer going to defend donald trump but dont ask me if im going to rescind my endorsement or who ill vote for, i wont go there." thats having it both ways because hes trying...

Here. >> those who said this weekend theyre not standing by trump, could it cost them the elections in their states? >> theres a core base of republican voter whose are trump loyalists. theres a risk that they will turn on their members of congress if their members of congress abandon trump, and if trump goes to were with their members of congress. those who made the decision, take rob portman in ohio, he made the decision to step away from trump. trump has a lot of support in ohio. thats a poli...

That moment where richard nixon had to face his real fate, in that scene, richard nixon fully respected and understood those people who had come to say him and explain this to him. is there anyone that weve seen in this campaign? that could have that kind of moment with donald trump? >> reporter: wow, thats a great question. all those things you listed, all those officeholders and names, some of that if not all of that has been just fine with donald trumps core base of support around this countr...