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Let's look at the trump map. here's what they're putting out. the real identifying difference is going to be background states, denoted by yellow on this map. notably, if you look to your left, you'll see those two yellow squares have red in between. that's utah and arizona. everybody else has those as background states. but the headline is there are a lot fewer background states than, say, compared to the cnn map. put up the cnn map. all right. so cnn has there being a lot fewer. >> 4 to 12. >> trump says there's a lot more in play. david gregory, when you look at this map, you know, one of t...

Game. democrats clearly have an edge right now. >> what does it take to get people to the polls on election day? what are these people going to be doing on election day to drive people to the polls? >> well, even this morning they're going to be making telephone calls, doing mailers on weekends. these are the people if you live in these background states knocking on your door. who are you going to vote for? do you need help, for the elderly. they try to get them rides with vans. i remember in 2008, hillary clinton's campaign in iowa during the caucuses went out and bought snow shovels. it was ...

>> well, the campaign is looking at background states. they see different numbers. they're less concerned with the national numbers. >> i think a lot of campaigns are like that. very true. >> they think there are still good signs for trump. go ahead, david. >> so look at that. where is trump spending his time? he's in florida. he's in ohio. he's in north carolina. he's got to play defense. he's way behind in pennsylvania and has been for a long time. but he's got to play defense in north carolina, which went for romney in 2012. apparently pence is traveling out to salt lake city, utah. not tra...

Debate. >> will you accept the outcome of the election? >> i want to make america great again. i'm going to be able to do it. i don't believe hillary will. the answer is if she wins, i will absolutely support her. >> will you accept the outcome of the election? >> oh, yes, absolutely. >> some republican lawmakers in background states condemned donald trump's answer on accepting the election results last night. senator jeff flake of arizona tweeted, donald trump saying remight not accept the election results is beyond the pale. and senator lindsey graham said, during this debate, mr. trump is d...

Clinton over new documents released by the fbi that show a state department official pressuring the bureau to declassify an e-mail on benghazi. >> also, melania trump decides to take to the air waves. she does interviews defending her husband. she does it with anderson cooper in a cnn interview. she says the women accusing him of unwanted advances are lying. there is so much at stake. we have just one day until the final face-off. last time you'll get to see clinton and trump head to head. it's tomorrow night. just 21 days until the election. let's begin our coverage. cnn's manu raju live in v...