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Betwe 270, but they are not happy, the democrats at least, with what they're seeing coming out of michigan. >> andrea mitchell at the javits center. katy, what are you hearing from the trump campaign? >> on the other hand the trump campaign is feeling really good about michigan right now. i'm speaking with a senior aide who tells me they believe there's record turnout in a number of gop counties. basically republicans coming home to donald trump. now, trump has spent a lot of time in michigan the past few days, he's made three stops in total since the convention they have made 13 stops in mich...

Servant. >> let me go to carl on the phone. the idea that this e-mail -- the letter that was released two fridays ago, that these e-mails wouldn't have been mentioned to congress unless it was something serious was definitely, basically, conventional wisdom. he'd never do this unless it really could throw a wrench into the conclusion reached in july. that's what i believe a lot of people concluded. it doesn't seem to be the case. >> it doesn't seem to be the case. at the same time, republicans that i've talked to already don't seem willing to let go of this bone. that the dogs are still going ...

Outright lies. >> but now, we act like i guess this is normal. and as if it's some parody. you can't tell the difference between "saturday night live" and what's actually happening on the news. >> well, on tuesday night, you will be able to tell the difference. election night is the series finale, but it's serious business. right now, conventional wisdom holds that race has tightened. the trump campaign says it's expanding the map, finding new paths to 270 electoral votes. that has some trump critics worried. my next guests produce a podcast that has had huge success. it's cohosted by dan pfei...

Likely. basically every recent national major poll conventional wisdom says to play it safe. i have heard saying prevent defense may not be the best bet here. should she play it safe or is there a risk in laying back and letting donald trump do the work here? >> anybody who watches hillary clinton over the last 20, 30 years knows she's risk averse. i don't expect her to come out unless she needs to. if she is attacked. i think she needs to focus not so much on donald trump but on chris wallace who is a fair person. wallace was tough on trump during the primary debates. tonight he'll focus on t...

It's not that hard to -- depending on the situation, but it's not that hard to kind of explain it to the american people and give his view on it. >> a jimmy carter like helicopter crashing in the event is not what he wants -- >> you took it ten yards ahead. >> this president has been accused of kind of being vacant in office. tonight, he's going to bring an empty chair to the state of the union. a lot of republicans think he could have used the one from his oval office, because they see the country as leaderless and this does not help. >> i think usually the president is going to talk about ju...