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Grant them clemency this afternoon. as i do, i want to take a moment to recognize the brave turkeys who were not so lucky who didnt get to ride the gravy train to freedom. its not that bad now. come on. of course, we have a lot to be thankful for this thanksgiving. six straight years of low unemployment, wages are rising again and equality is narrowing. the housing market is healing, the stock market has nearly tripled. high school graduation rate is at an all-time high and uninsured rate is at ...

These are the steps we are taking to reform america. >> reporter: and one issue in the veo have in common, they do not require congress action. they are all things he can do on day one. like obamacare or building a wall on the southern border. >> that will take congress, no doubt. thank you. donald trump narrowing down the pick for treasury secretary. sources close to the transition say he is down two most men. steve mnuchin. he served as the finance chairman. he made it clear he wanted the tr...

Withdraw from the trans-pacific partnership, also talking about national security and ethics reform. he didnt really touch on those big pledges that he had in his campaign about building that wall on the border of mexico, also deporting illegal immigrants, though he did talk about immigration itself. he talked about the fact that he would direct the department of labor the look into visa programs that in his words were undercutting the american worker. were also getting word tonight that donald ...

With the latest at trump tower in new york. >> reporter: john and christine, mike pence will be here at trump tower to begin the process of narrowing down the names that will be filling the most important cabinet positions in the new trump administration. among the names talked about former mayor rudy giuliani as secretary of state and jeff sessions for attorney general. top trump officials are defending steve bannon as strategist. kellyanne conway says bannon will make an excellent chief strate...

And commerce and state. these picks could come anytime. including today. the meeting comes among what one insider called a knife fight over key an pointmenppointmeapp. the sharp pit splits operatives including party chair reince priebus against outsiders like steve bannon who is the chief strategist. trump created this duopoly. you also add in trumps son-in-law jared kushner. i want to bring in jim acosta for the latest on the transition from trump tower. >> reporter: john and christine, mike pe...

Fickle in how they choose their presidential candidates. good news for hillary clinton. the question is will the 11 points stand. >> new hampshire is a battleground. this is a big turn of events, right? >> well i think it just illustrates the challenge for the donald trump campaign. trump has seen a narrowing in national and some swing state polls in the-two weeks both before and after the comey fbi letter and issue rose but heres the thing. every state where clinton sort of solidifies her polli...

Weekend trying to process all of these ballots that are coming in. they have already had been 50% of the vote returned to jefferson county. in this room is where they are now taking the ballots out of the envelopes, separating them from their signature yurs after they are vire fierified an they be ready to go through the counting machine. the vote is not tallied until election night. they will run them through and hit that button. i can tell you, we are seeing party affiliation and getting some ...

>> reporter: and botth campaign are suddenly focused on detroit for two reasons. poll numbers show that trump is gaining momentum and, second, there isnt any early voting here. the campaigns need to make sure that their bases are excited and ensure that those voters get out to the polls one day only on tuesday. erin? >> thank you very much, jessica. my panel is back with me. let me start with you, jamie. its not just that its been narrowing. its the issue of undecideds. the margin in the poll is...

It doesnt get much closer than that. and that, of course, means that it is narrowing in some of the key states. weve talked before about hillary clintons blue wall of defense here. wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, virginia. this is what gives her an advantage in the electoral map, that those states are leaning her way. but some late worry from team clinton on michigan. remember, lets look at the most recent michigan poll. 42% to 38%. a four-point race in a state that barack obama won by nine...

Days. >> like her on health care. >> its a three-point race. daylight savings time. when does that end? >> sunday morning. >> its getting dark. its dark at 7:00. >> the 2016 presidential campaign enters its final weekend with a race thats narrowing as election day draws closer except we have new numbers. yesterday the candidates planes crossed each others paths on the tarmac. on north carolina that hours after trump spotted air force one in miami. president obama will return to the campaign trai...