that the trump faction of the republican party will persist and there will be a fight over the soul of this party over the next four years. and the final hours donald trump said he would do well among african-american and latino voters by simply saying he would. we ll find out if that strategy worked but the campaign says it will all likely come down to michigan, a blue state they say they can turn red with donald trump s jobs message which they claim cuts across all demographics. katy tur, nbc news, manchester, new hampshire. we thank her for that. in hillary clinton s final day of campaigning she energized her base and avoided an issue that emboldened her rival. kristen welker fills us in on that. reporter: good morning. the clinton campaign feeling confident heading into election day and on monday, secretary clinton had a final frenzy sprint four stops in three states including a massive unity rally in philadelphia. this is the city where the
air strikes and ground forces. they re not called boots on the ground, but they essentially are. but it s also it s so striking the difference as soon as everyone learns who did it and starts to speculate why they did, something goes from something you can kind of brush off like the horrible shooting in oregon community college to an example of essentially a civilizational struggle. yeah. i think there s more than a bit of threat inflation in this. i mean, i spent a weekend in iowa following marco rubio around for a piece that s coming up in esquire and he was very much into this is a civilizational struggle and if we don t win then they win. now, what you re dealing with still is a rump faction of barbarians in one particular part of the world. i do not think they are a threat to western civilization unless their activities become so heinous that western civilization decides to commit suicide to stop it.
that use of that metaphor, that it was striking to me that ted cruz and chris christie both invoked war in the wake of this. obviously there s an active war the u.s. is waging in iraq and now parts of syria, both with air strikes and ground forces. they re not called boots on the ground, but they essentially are. but it s also it s so striking the difference as soon as everyone learns who did it and starts to speculate why they did, something goes from something you can kind of brush off like the horrible shooting in oregon community college to an example of essentially a civilizational struggle. yeah. i think there s more than a bit of threat inflation in this. i mean, i spent a weekend in iowa following marco rubio around for a piece that s coming up in esquire and he was very much into this is a civilizational struggle and if we don t win then they win. now, what you re dealing with still is a rump faction of
striking the difference as soon as everyone learns who did it and starts to speculate why they did, something goes from something you can kind of brush off like the horrible shooting in oregon community college to an example of essentially a civilizational struggle. yeah. i think there s more than a bit of threat inflation in this. i mean, i spent a weekend in iowa following marco rubio around for a piece that s coming up in esquire and he was very much into this is a civilizational struggle and if we don t win then they win. now, what you re dealing with still is a rump faction of barbarians in one particular part of the world. i do not think they are a threat to western civilization unless their activities become so heinous that western civilization decides to commit suicide to stop it. right. and you can see now it s really going to be interesting i think