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Would restrict long guns to the same as handguns, youd have to be 21 years old to buy a long gun. theyre talking about subjecting rifles to the same waiting period that applies to handguns. that waiting period is a whopping three days in florida. so, when i say these are modest changes to state law that they are considering, im not even doing justice to the word modest there, but for florida republicans, for florida republicans, given what they have been doing in recent years, even these teeny, ...

A package of reforms by friday. we dont know whats in the package of reforms, but its suspected that it might include some minor legal changes that would restrict long guns to the same as handguns, youd have to be 21 years old to buy a long gun. right now, you have to be 21 to buy a handgun in florida. theyre talking about subjecting rifles to the same waiting period that applies to handguns. that waiting period is a whopping three days in florida. so, when i say these are modest changes to stat...

>> do you think youre going to vote it up? >> oh, i believe it will pass. i believe that 300 votes to pass some kind of relief for the so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers or daca individuals, children. 300 votes for that, i believe. not a majority. the majority of republicans but one hell of a lot of republicans who will vote for that. >> i was talking to mark caputo of the trump campaign earlier today and asked whether or not there was a deep stake, or president trump believes theres a deepstate? going aft...

Republicans on the hill seem to be getting more and more comfortable saying no, the president is just wrong. >> very quickly, do you think that all of this gets in the way of what we were talking about before with the health care bill? >> i would think the health care bill is going to rise and fall on its own merits. in the end politics is a team sport. the republicans in washington in the house and the senate understand that. they dont want to undermine the president. yet at the same time i thi...

>> all right. lets go down to florida. is there a one state-state this cycle or multiple states? mark caputo of florida, hes their florida guru. it seems there is no path that the presidency without florida for donald trump which then tells you if there is a check mate state it is florida. >> certainly. and right now, its kind of anyones chess match. the early voting data is trending clinton, you realize its not as good as bavm. you look at the internals of whos voted and you realize if you adju...

Wins. >> senior political writer for politico, that is a tongue twister, mark caputo. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. well take you to charlotte, north carolina. my colleague morgan radford is here in her home state this last day of early voting. we are outside a closed polling station. early voting ended across the entire state today at 1:00 p.m. just after the break, ill tell you what these early voters told me at this pivotal time. anything meant to stand needs a stable foundation...

Thats in florida. the party affiliation of those voters evenly split, 40% democrat, 40% republican. we dont know how those people actually voted yet. lets bring in mark caputo for politico.com but author of the florida play book blog. donald trump wants the florida support to break in his favor. you reported on this extensively. cuban americans traditionally go for republicans. is there a chance they will turn out in force and give him more latino support than he is expecting or others are expec...

To walk way from trump, although, i will say im even more confused by republican politicians who still support donald trump. marco rubio is one of those people. how does that work? how can you call him a con artist and dangerous and object to all the controversial things he says and then say, but im still going to vote for him? come on, man. >> democratic strategist krystal ball is back with me and joining me now is florida pollster, senior writer mark caputo and nevada-bas nevada-based. im goin...

Think? >> i dont think there are enough split voters for pat to win. hillary clinton is going to win and katie mcginty comes along forthe ride. >> and if donald trump decides he wants to give a concession speech, will he do it in florida? do we see the mar-a-lago being the place? >> palm beach would be the place. if i were winning or losing, i would choose that. >> paid for by the palm beach tourism bourd. >> i throw a softball to marc caputo to my former state of florida. thank you, guys, very ...

Look what happened to the march 15 primary when marco rubio ran against trump. trump crushed him in florida. in marco rubios home state. >> every county but one. >> marco rubio has been consistent saying donald trump sucks and hillary clinton is worse. not much change there. this is a chance for patrick murphy to make an issue, get attention. the untold story and patrick murphys struggles is the fact that washington democrats and the senate majority pac pulled 12 million of 20 million in promise...