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>> when you look past iowa, past new hampshire, clinic has a lot of support. >> they have a backstop. the reason barack obama won is because he won white liberals and the african american vote. bernie sanders will beat hillary clinton but after iowa, new hampshi hampshire, you have african americans. there is not a lot of evidence so far that bernie sanders can crash the clintons hold on african americans. were he to beat her decisively in both iowa and new hampshire? it would at least raise the...

When you look past iowa, past new hampshire and south carolina, clinton has a lot of support there. >> they have a backstop. the reason barack obama won is because he won white liberals and the african american vote. bernie sanders will beat hillary clinton but after iowa, new hampshire you go to states with more conservative voters, and african-americans. there is not a lot of evidence so far that bernie sanders can crash the clintons hold on african americans. were he to beat her decisively in...

>> i think he actually has. donna, you hear what donna is saying, you hear what hillary clinton is saying, painting all republicans with this donald trump brush. dont you worry about -- >> when you look at every battleground poll, every one of our candidates beats her head to head, not just nationwide but key battleground states. if i were a democrat, what i would be concerned about, that they have put all of the eggs in one basket and that basket is broken. hillary clintons unfavors are so off ...

Exploded airliner and the bombing in beirut, we thought it was important to take time to focus the u.s. strategy to defeat isis. today president obama went into detail about his assessment of isis and what his administration is doing to degrade capabilities. >> i want to be very clear about this, i am not afraid that isil will beat us because of their operations. in addition to hunting down terrorists, in addition to effective intelligence and in addition to missile strikes and in addition to cu...

Afternoon more independent isolationist wing of the republican party. it will be interesting to have that and rand pauls voice in the debate. >> most people dont know ted cruz will beat perry i think in texas, he basically is articulate, very strong voice on a lot of issues. i think hell surprise a lot of people. again, i dont think hell be the nominee. >> when will hillary announce and do you think there is a backup? has this e-mail scandal hurt her? >> i just worry about the longer term impact...

No. its we went in contested in 2000 and won. thats what we got here. >> chris: so, thats a lot of explanation for the fact that we dont know, folks. we dont know whats going to happen in virginia. we dont know for hours whats going to happen in west virginia. now we added the polls closing in north carolina and ohio and we dont know there. guess what, welcome to an old fashioned election night with a space cowboys. right back to you. [ laughter ] >> bret: okay, chris. thank you. fox news has an...

None of them have uniformly with any broad swath of republican voters. but remember, al, that only affects turnout. if people turn out in mississippi and alabama, it doesnt matter who of these three is the republican nominee, they are going to carry mississippi and alabama and thats been mitt romneys basic argument, on the weakest in the south, any republican, including me, will beat president obama. where is going to matters is the lack of enthusiasm ex-symmss in pennsylvania, wisconsin, ohio, ...

Theyre people who care about their party and they vet candidates and go through all their little rituals. but at the end of the day, the purpose of the exercise is to win back the white house. and right now to a lot of them, to a growing number of republicans i talk to, theyre getting -- >> so a phrase i use to the distraction of all our producers, theyre getting their heads around the challenge of picking a candidate who will beat jimmy -- theres a mistake. who will beat barack obama. >> exactl...

Joining us now bret baier the anchor of special report. jenna was asking this question last hour. elect built, what does it mean? >> reporter: that is a great question, jon it depends on who you ask and what the criteria are and the different polls. elect twho will beat president obama in the general election. there are a numbr of things this the poll that are interesting, the new washington post abc poll. 7 in 10 people are saying that republicans hear that it was more important to support a ca...

President obviously. wants to replace barack obama. 74% of americans say this country is on the wrong track right now. in the past that has basically, i mean, numbers like that have basically automatically denied a president re-election. is that going to happen this time? >> i wrote this in my column in the "wall street journal" about this. youre right. 74% of the american people told nbc saying they think the country is going wrong direction. no president has ever been reelected. jon: suggests ...