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Turnouts in the country. doesnt mean were not going to work as hard as we can, but i believe that donald trump is doing a trip, quick stops in many, many states. the bottom line is she is strong in minnesota. were going to win it for minnesota. this new news for independent voters, for people that were kind of confused at what was going on during the last week, is so significant. the fbi director, who is a bush appointee, who has been appointed by a republican president, has come out and said, n...

Sharpton. >> i think a lot of people still cant believe that donald trump would be elected president. there may be a complacency setting in. if you supported me in 08, or in 12, if you think ive done a good job, if you believe michelles done a good job, everything that weve done over the last eight years will be reversed, with a trump presidency. >> jason, clinton is focusing on places like philadelphia, cleveland. obviously north carolina. were seeing from early voting turnouts in north carolin...

Explosion of turnouts among african-americans and hispanics. there have been 170,000 more hispanics that have voted early yesterday than in the entire 2012 election. its shaping up to be a much more diverse electorate than four years ago, and thats good news for us. >> weve seen the raw numbers, but what proportion of the electorate do you think that is? >> so we had about 4.8 million voters through last night, another 3,000 or 4,000 more today. were pushing what is likely 60% turnout already in...

Vote! >> president obama speaking in duval county, florida, this afternoon. thats part of the florida that usually leans republican. democrats hope to if not win there at least least if not win there at least keep it close there. joining us is steve shale who ran president obamas campaign in 2008. so you have been, i would say, slightly bullish, slightly positive on democrats choices in florida up to now. how do you think things are going in the state right now? >> i think theyre going well. sat...

Slightly bullish, slightly positive on democrats choices in florida up to now. how do you think things are going in the state right now? >> i think theyre going well. saturday i was a bit down on it. but what weve seen over the last two or three days is an explosion of turnouts among african-americans and hispanics. there have been 170,000 more hispanics that have voted early yesterday than in the entire 2012 election. its shaping up to be a much more diverse electorate than four years ago, and ...

But i dont think its going to bring turnouts to the levels they were at in 2012. >> calvin, secretary clinton said this -- who is that, bakari? >> i havent said anything. im not the bad child all the time. >> i dont know about that. calvin, someone wanted to say something. i just wondered if you wanted to jump in before i moved on. >> i wanted to say something about this legacy thing. i think the president is suggesting hillary clinton is going to carry out his legacy and i think thats very dis ...

The issue is, there was a historic nature to the election of the first black president and thats not the same thing thats going on right now. hillary clinton has some issues with the black community and so theres -- its not a correlation. i think his words will motivate some people to turn out and vote but i dont think its going to bring turnouts to the levels they were at in 2012. >> calvin, secretary clinton said this -- who is that, bakari? >> i havent said anything. im not the bad child all ...

Havent had a woman president before. i want every man out there voting to kind of look inside yourself and ask yourself if youre having problems with this stuff, how much of it is that were just not used to it? so that you know, like -- like -- when a guys ambitious and out in the public arena and working hard, well, thats okay. but when a woman suddenly does it, suddenly youre like, well, whys she doing that? >> you see those picture theres? columbus, ohio last night. ohio and then florida and ...

And now the governor of ohio john kasich says he actually did early voting and he wrote in, voted for john mccain for president of the united states. thats a powerful message hes sending republicans and others, you know, in ohio, dont vote for trump. what does that say to you? >> well, i mean, john has been here for the last, at this point, for the last three or four months. ever since the convention when he didnt show up at the convention. i supported john kasich through the primary process. he...

Theres not a lot of new information here so theres a lot of uncertainty. and so the voters are going to probably just pile this on the other heap of information that we know about clintons e-mails and just go ahead and make their decisions to go ahead and vote. >> you said you were watching two states. but how soon will we know as far as the other ones if theyre being effected by this development and this news? >> were going to have a slew of data all throughout the day, so i expect us to go abo...