is that what i hear sean spicer say as well? >> what you are hearing me say is the studies presented but the "washington post" and pugh. >> the "washington post" gave him four pinocchios for saying that. said it was totally, totally false. >> it's interesting that the "washington post" gave pinocchios to someone citing a "washington post" study. >> this is a criticism from supporters, long-time supporters of his that he is getting. from newt gingrich, the former speaker. he said this. the president of the united states can't randomly tweet without having somebody check it out. it makes you wonder about whatever else he's doing. it undermines much more than a single tweet. mitch mcconnell. listen to what the republican leader, the majority leader, in the senate said. listening -- listen to this. he was asked to react to trump's suggestion that there were millions of people voting illegally. >> well, secretary clinton conceded the election. and it appears to me she thinks the election is over. the american people think the electio

sean spicer was just saying it's still very early going there. i expect it's going to be really close in florida. >> morgan, from the republican side, sean spicer talking about a heavy turnout in the panhandle. >> which is still voting, by the way. >> sure. but a huge turnout from the exit polling and just from the lines they're seeing has been very good for republicans. >> it is good for republicans. what i'm looking at is what's going on with marco rubio. there's a report that marco rubio absentee voting in miami-dade county. we're talking about the presidential race. i think it's still very early. what a lot of us are watching for is a balance of power in the senate. calling indiana. good for todd young. states like indiana, florida, nevada we're going to be watching tonight for the balance of power. good numbers for rubio so far. >> there was a time republicans were very concerned about that race, when it looked as if the the democrats -- he had a very wealthy challenger who really could have, from all that i see, written checks for $30 milli

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with me now, sean spicer. whatever your politics are to argument that the rnc has not gotten their money's worth out of you. >> thank you. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. >> kellyann conway said yesterday that sean spicer and reince priebus are to be commended for standing by the candidate when so many ran for the exits. if he comes up short tomorrow morning, how much of it will be because popular republicans and prominent republicans, establishment republicans, if you will, do not do more to help the guy at the top of the ticket? >> we'll have to see how close this is but i think we'll be able to be decisive. we had 876 staff out in the field. we have 6,012. 11.5 million door knocks in 2012 and exceed this year. trump doing six rallies between the candidate and the rnc. it's up to the voters now. >> how would a president trump unite a country that is so obviously divided in so many ways? >> i think both candidates, this is clearly a di vvisive electio and donald trump talked about making america great

sean spicer has been right in the middle of it all. he's been immersed in this election in a way few others will ever experience. and we'll speak with him live right after this on fox broadca broadcasting's all night coverage of election night in america. >>> polls are closed in six states across america. donald trump got two of them. hillary clinton got one of them. we're just getting started. more polls close in just about 12 minutes. three different states. and we'll have those for you when it happens. first, let's bring in sean spicer, chief strategist and communications director at the republican national committee. sean, good evening, how are you? >> doing great. how are you? >> i wonder -- we're very focused on florida. i wonder what are you hearing, expecting hoping? >> we're looking at key counties so far that republicans have done well in the past. and we're seeing our performance do better than we have. we've seen deterioration on some of the areas that the democrats have to do. >> what areas that you see in florida do you l

, thank you. >> you have the data. >> sean spicer, thank you. now for a different perspective, eight years ago at this time david axelrod was the chief strategist for barack obama and on the verge of electing him president. thank you for coming out to play on a saturday. >> good to be here. >> you heard him say among other things, look, we think we're performing better than romney was four years ago the d's are underperforming as compared to barack obama. is it that simple? >> well, no. first of all, let me say i'm here as senior commentator for cnn not as a surrogate for the democratic party. let me give you an objective view of someone who has been involved in this process. i think what you look at are -- you pointed out that there are people who don't have party designation or vote history because they just registered. for example, in florida, many of the voters who are newly registered are hispanic voters or disproportionate number. many of them didn't designate a party designation, yet the anticipation is they didn't register to vote to vot

joining us now is sean spicer, the chief strategist and political director for the republican national committee. thank you for joining us. >> you bet, wolf. >> do you accept the findings released today by the director james comey? >> i mean, i guess, sure, but i guess i'm baffled now as i was in july. which is, in his july findings, he innumerated what would be gross negligence back then. since then, we've learned that the information was on anthony weiner's laptop that he was sexting with young, underage women. we've found out that hillary clinton's aide was tasked to print off classified information, something she didn't have the clearance for. i'm equally baffled today as i was in july when director comey laid out the case of hillary clinton's actions and came to a conclusion that didn't meet the standard of gross negligence that he laid out. >> do you have confidence that the fbi director is doing the right thing, that he should stay on the work? >> i don't -- it's not up to the communications director for the rnc to decide whether or not the fbi director should stay or not. but i

sean spicer from trump tower. when we come back we will talk to strategists about the in game right after this. ♪ ♪ we are less than one day out from election day which means there is time for one last strategy session. joining us is republican strategist and former campaign manager for ted cruz coming from kansas city, missouri and out of raleigh, north carolina was have a hillary clinton supporter and member of emily's list. take to see -- thanks to you both. you are sitting in america land. a sense of where you sit in the closing hours? >> i could not be more pleased of where we are. we have had 41 million americans already vote in this election. we are seeing historic hispanic turnout in places like florida and nevada where emily's list has a significant senate race. even in north carolina where i was canvassing today in wilson and i cannot believe how many doors i went through. they said, we voted on saturday. we had a huge turnout of african-american voters on saturday and those that cannot stay in line

sot sean spicer / rnc this sort of ability to do what a lot of the still, officials are preparing for possible hacks that could affect the power grid, internet, social media, audio outcue: edward be in eastern iowa in support of clinton. he's holding a rally in iowa city this afternoon at college green park. it starts at 2:45 -- doors open at 1:45. after that -- he'll hold a rally at uni's maucker union. that starts at 4:45 -- with doors opening at 3:45. also -- donald trump will be back in iowa this weekend. he plans to make a stop in sioux city on sunday. former presidential candidate ted cruz joined trump's v-p mike pence in warren county yesterday. february. he focused on keeping republican control of the senate and defeating hillary clinton. the state department has released its latest batch of e-mails from the f-b-i's investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server. thursday's release was part of a court order. nearly 13-hundred pages of e-mails came out. an additional 350 pages of e-mails are expected to be released today. coming up... one eastern iowa family gives b

i am joined by sean spicer, the republican national committee communications director. thanks for joining us. you're joining us from trump headquarters in manhattan. has the rnc done everything it can to put its candidate in the best position possible? have you left everything on the field? >> everything is on the field, hari. i don't think there is a speck of field on the dirt, not just for the candidate, for the senate, for our house members, nor down ballot all the way down to dogcatcher. i think we feel unbelievably proud of the ground game and the data operation that we've run. just to put it in perspective, in 2012, we had 876 staff fanned out across the battleground states. this time it's 6,012. we had 11.5 door knocks in '12. we exceeded 20 million in this cycle today. i think that's a huge feat for the rnc and for all the volunteers that are part of that. >> sreenivasan: you made a strategic decision to go after the ground game more than television ad spending, but trump supporters said you spent so much more money supporting candidates in the past. just in the

along with campaign advisor jason miller and rnc strategist sean spicer. >>> donald trump is back in new york flying home on his private jet. he did break tradition and didn't allow journalists in his plane or motorcade to document the visit to white house. once he's sworn in as president in january he will be managing 4 million employees of a four april i don't know dollars budget. 4 $4 trillion budget. you can find more on our website, ktvu.com. >>> meanwhile michelle obama and plump met obama -- -- mrifrp p melania trump had tea. they toured the house . since 1963 only presidential daughters have lived in the white house. ten year old baron trump on the right there who is same age malia obama was when her father was elected will be the first son to live in the white house since kennedy jr.. >>> we also have a chance meeting with hillary clinton. she says she was heart broken over the presidential election so she decided to relax and take a hike yesterday and one of her favorite spots in new york where the clintons live. she said she stepped into a clearing and guess what? there wa

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we have our rnc commissioner, sean spicer. >> will you confirm she's being considered for secretary of state? >> well, i am not here to confirm anyone. he continues to meet with a number of high quality who are committed to share their ideas and believes and opinions with mr. trump as he sets androgen da and a policy so that january 20th of next year, he will have a positive agenda. if you look at the people he's meeting whether it is nikki haley or senator ted cruz, he's not worried about settling scores or whether the people is democrats or republicans. he met with fred smith today, a successful businessman from fedex and nikki haley as you mentioned and secretary kissinger earlier today. he's going to meet with romney. he's committed to bringing the best and moving this country forward. >> are you interested -- sean, from what you know and confirming this meeting with romney, donald trump tweeted that romney called and congratulated him. would romney be in consideration for any positions? >> the first step is mr. trump wants to get all of these individuals of high quality from busin

rnc's sean price e sean spicer . is he about to be shunned due to bridgegate or a loyalty issue? and continued protests about the election results last night in cities around the nation under the banner, not my president. one reason, clinton actually won the popular vote, but lost the electoral college. so some are lobbying the electors to switch the vote before december 19 and others want to do away with the system entirely. can either happen? plus, you'll meet david urban, the man who finally delivered my home state of pennsylvania to a gop presidential candidate. and i'll be joined by card-carrying liberal thomas frank to begin the democratic autopsy. and finally, while a lot of pollsters had to eat crow after the election, expert sam long promised he'd eat a bug if trump got more than 240 electoral votes. he's here and i hope he's hungry. but first, he didn't get my vote. neither did she. but he's about to be my president and until his official conduct demands otherwise, i intend to afford him the dignity and respect befitting someone who assumes the highest office in the lan

sean spicer is xcommunications director for the republican national committee and is a key adviser for donald trump, continuing that role right now. sean, thanks very much for joining us. >> good afternoon, wolf, thanks for having me. >> you just heard pam's report on emerging immigration ideas. can you clarify whether or not there would be some sort of specific muslim registry, at least some trump supports? not necessarily members of the transition team but some supporters have suggested that. >> i think right now the president-elect and vice president-elect is focused on staffing their administration and setting forth agenda to be ready on the day he takes oath of office. we're more focused on the staff and making sure the staff is ready to enact that agenda. we're not going to get into specific policies at this time. >> because immigration clearly was a central feature of the president-elect's campaign. he's got very strong views. is this a high -- he said in recent days since he was elected immigration is one of three major priorities at lead on his immediate agenda. >> it is. he's

(sean spicer/ rnc communications director) "it doesn't matter to him what your political party was or where you stood in the primary. if you're the best person for that job then he wants you on his team." all of this as trump's top advisers say he's ready to deliver on one of his key campaign promises: (donald trump/ president-elect/ nov. 2) "we are going to washington, dc and we are going to "drain the swamp." advisers say trump will enact a five- year lobbying ban after executive branch appointees leave office - and a lifetime ban on representing foreign governments. (kellyanne conway/ trump senior adviser) "it's a major campaign promise that donald trump made and he's already delivering on it during transition as the president-elect." but it's unclear how trump's team will define lobbyists - and whether people will simply skirt the rules by choosing not to register as lobbyists and labeling themselves consultants instead. one senior trump adviser says ridding the government of lobbyists was the last straw in trump's strained relationship with christie. after christie presented trum

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if you had somebody like sean spicer and jason miller who could go out to be the good cop to trump's bad cop in terms of that relationship there is something to be said for that, isn't there? >> there would an that is why a test for donald trump. that person would have easier job in some ways than somebody engaging in combat every day. the press can wear you out. hard to engage in combat every day of your life. that is why press secretaries burn out. it is a wonderful job but tough job in all circumstances. good cop, bad cop, you can't court the press. that is the fundamental issue here. the press is idealogical. the press loved barack obama because of who barack obama was, what he represented, his position on issues. so they were fond of him and that what he represented. there is none of that for donald trump. i give you an example. all said barack obama's presidency historical. they're not saying that about donald trump, despite first businessman, outsider ever elected president. he is is historical in that regard. do they call them that? of course not. that conveys sense of admira

sean spicer/chief strategist & communications director, rnc: "donald trump right now isn't looking to figure out who suppor you are the best person for that job then he wants you as part of this team." governor nikki haley -- once an outspoken opponent. gov. nikki haley/ -r- south carolina: "i taught my two little ones that you don't push people around." now being considered for secretary of state. another option for the job -- mitt romney who blasted trump during the primaries. mitt romney/-r- fmr. presidential candidate: "here's what i know, donald trump is a phony, a fraud." but after the election tweeted "best wishes for our duly elected president." saturday - the former republican nominee and the president elect man is a pathological liar." the man candidate trump dubbed 'lyin ted' is on the short list for attorney general. and another texan who in 2011 couldn't remember the government agency he would eliminate fmr. gov. rick perry/ -r- texas: "commerce, education, and the uh, what's the third one there, let's see." fast forward six years -- rick perry may potentially head that d

"outfront" the communication strategist and director for the red zone sean spicer. we're a week away. we don't have donald trump's tax returns. every nominee from every major presidential party in the past forty years has put them out there. we would know his tax rate and charitable donations and we'd have answers to all of these questions. you frustrated he's not come forth net y yet? >> -- six months now. this isn't a new revelation. we keep dredging up the same story over and over. he's asked the question. and answered it. >> 73% of voters -- >> if they have a problem with it, then they can factor that into their decision. i don't think for a majority of them he's 2350ifiled over a hun pages of the financial disclosure which states everything he owns all of his debts and all of his assets which is a much more detailed form than a simple tax form. he shows every asset he owns, all the debts he maintains. i think it is much more comprehensive but all of this has been asked and answered. >> he did put out a long form. not something audited. wouldn't have your income

. >>> gop spokesman sean spicer gave an update on the trump team's daily transition. and specifically it was focused on the issue of national security. take a listen. >> yesterday obviously the focus between the announcements and the landing teams arriving at the various agencies with national security, it is very possible you'll see an additional announcement today of an appointment in that same area pending the president-elect's schedule. we may have an additional announcement in that area. >> one of the jobs that could be filled potentially at least with the nomination of national intelligence director, secretary of state. >>> president obama is in lima, peru, at this hour. it is the last stop on his final overseas tour as president. he made stops in greece and germany earlier this week and last night he arrived in lima, where he will spend the weekend at the apec trade summit. he'll likely face questions about the tpp trade agreement and his successor, president-elect donald trump. cnn's shasta darlington is covering the president's trip and joins us now from lima

he's not naive, but he did this for america. >> the reporter: sean spicer also telling me today, they believe they will pull off quite the surprise tonight. he believes they can pull off be quite the surprise, because the polling in those states has been especially well for clinton. >> mark: in nevada, a judge tossed out a lawsuit less than 24 hours after it was filed. trump's legal team sued the registrar, accusing him of keeping polling stations open late on friday. a spokesman for the county told cnn no early voting stations extended their closing times. >> vanessa: its clinton campaign headquarters is also watch the results come in. their party is being held a little more than a mile away from trump's. our kerry kavanaugh is there live where the party, kerry, is just getting started. >> the reporter: the campaign said they are energized both in early voter turnout numbers and what they saw happening today at the polls. but they say if they had to do did all over again, they would have like to spend a little more time explaining to voters if in the differences the vision hillary cl

sean spicer there. i'll let you get into that meeting. sean, thank you, congratulations. i look forward to talking more. what job are you going to take mr. cortes? >> if my wife chimed in, she'd probably say ambassador to some place warm. we live in chicago and it's wintertime. i've believed in the movement. i'm not interested in going to washington, d.c. but i am interested in this movement continuing. this is the beginning. it's the first chapter of what i think is going to be an amazing book of american recovery. >> one of the headlines, if you will, from last night, donald trump, outperforming midromney with latinos in this country. that surprised a lot of people. 65% for clinton, 29% for trump. that's 2% more than mitt romney got in 2012. here's a guy who talked about deportation a lost. he talked about building a wall. how is his message able to resonate? >> if there's one thing i personally am most happy about last night is this aspects of last night's vote. >> nothing to go high fiving about. >> but he jououtperformed massively. we had polls in the teens. he doubl

. >>> meanwhile, gop spokesman sean spicer is hinting we could hear a new cabinet appointment today. >> reporter: yesterday the focus was between the announcements and the landing teams arriving at the various agencies with national security. it is very possible that you will see an additional announcement today of an appointment in that same area. and in the president-elect's schedule, we may have an announcement this that area. -- in that area. >> both trump and pence will be locked in "nonstop meetings" this weekend as they continue to build the president-elect's cabinet. cnn's phil mattingly is following the story and joins me live from bedminister, new jersey. phil, it seems that trump really took the additional first step in trying to patch up their relationship. >> yeah, no question about it. one holding the meeting at all, and what's interesting about it is throughout the course of the last week and a half we've seen a lot of -- of messages come out about the importance of loyalty to donald trump. a lot of the people he's considered his two appointments, yes, two of the three

in terms of what trump is about to do here, if sean spicer from the rnc is right and trump is about to take the stage, when by all media accounts, and certainly by ours, he's not hit 270, if he is going to give a speech tonight, what's the right context? what's the right way to do that? >> it isn't the right thing to do, but he isn't a normal guy. mike mccurry and i were the back channels on the two campaigns. he was sort of back channeling with the kerrys and the edwards on that night and i was talking to the president and vice president and karl rove and what mick mccurry said, he thought he was going to be president all day. and he understands now that he thought -- >> kerry -- >> but the edwards haven't come around. so give them until the morning. there were some people in the president's circle who wanted him to claim his victory. the president said, no, no, no, i trust mike mccurry, let's sleep on it. he said to me, better call in the morning. i was 26, but he did just that, he stood down. the next morning, i remember bush called from the oval office at about 6:30, dan bartlett c

sean spicer told me you were way off base. the call was disgusting and rereprehensible but hen then he said for you to turn it back on them on the trump campaign is almost as reprehensible. those are his words. what do you say to that? >> the man who did the robo call is a delegate for trump. you know erin, today we received news that some of trump's supporters who are out there raising money and putting up billboards for trump. these again are white nationalist, white supremacists are now calling for a mormon genocide. that is what we're up against here. this is, you know, consistent with what donald trump has done in our country. this is consistent with this movement that he's created, that attacks people base on their gender, race, religion. this is what we're standing up to. we believe this country can be unified. we believe that we can be a diverse country and still approximate unified as americans. that is what we're fighting for. >> evan mcmullin. thank you very much. appreciate your time. >>> and next, hillary clinton

sean spicer says don't believe anything until it comes out of donald trump's own mouth. we have heard the same thing from kellyanne conway. >> good morning, stephanie. you know, we're expecting those announcements that talked about to be official today. anyone who wants to be in trump's administration at some point usually comes through the trump tower. yesterday was a resolving door of who's who. there's a lot of anticipation as to who will show up today. we know at some point today, trump will be leaving here and heading to bedmanster, new jersey, he'll be spending the weekend at his golf resort. sources tell us he also will be meeting with mitt romney, possibly some time this weekend. possibly for a consideration of secretary of state. now, it's very unusual that this meeting is taking place, considering the relationship these two men have had over the last year. very, very contentious. so it's unclear really what this meeting means, if this is an olive branch between the two or what the future could hold. stephanie. >> thus far, trump tower this morning, any action?

sean spicer is joining us right now, the chief spokesman strategist for the republican national committee. he's been very much involved in trying to get donald trump elected president. first of all, i know you worked really hard to get him elected, in your role as the republican national committee strategist. congratulations. what do you anticipate will happen today? >> first, i appreciate it. thank you, wolf. most of the credit goes to my boss, rnc chair reince priebus whose vision and investment over the last four years really helped take the movement and the message that this candidate brought and helped the entire ticket win up and down, put together one of the most amazing ground games and data operations that any party has ever seen. i know we talked to a lot of people over the last few weeks about how we will translate the movement and the message trump brought on to the ground and how we have been working hand in hand with the campaign to go door to door. i think chairman priebus' vision and message combined with an amazing message and movement that donald trump and the campaign h

is rnc communications director, chief strategist, sean spicer. sean, taking a look, here we are on friday before election day, taking a look at all the data, everything you know right now about the race. is donald trump now the favorite or is he still the underdog? >> i think he's still the underdog. but i think everything that we're seeing both nationally and in the states is trending his way. and that's a great place to be, you know, going in the last four days, i would rather have the wind at our back and all the momentum with us, than not. >> sean, tell us what you think the most likely electoral college path is for donald trump right now, besides the romney states minus north carolina. >> so, florida, ohio, iowa, north carolina. i think there. and i think we start to pick off colorado's down to dead even. michigan's dead even. those are my two top, but i think you look right below the surface there in a close, what would that be, third, is virginia, is in the mix. i think new hampshire and maine, too, i feel really good about. and that's the

joining me now is sean spicer, chief strategist and communications director for republican national committee, who had an integral role with the trump campaign began. thank you for joining us. we haven't chatted since the election was completed. we've all been adjusting to, first of all, getting a couple hours' sleep. i hope you had some rest. we were talking before you joined us about reince priebus possibly becoming chief of staff. you've worked so closely with him at the rnc. there are some obvious advantages. they worked closely during the campaign and he would be a link to the hill and to paul ryan. >> right. as you're watch, today is the first step when president-elect trump and vice president-elect pence, this is the first opportunity he'll have about enacting his vision. this is way too early for those discussions to occur. i don't believe mr. trump has asked anybody formally to join his administration. i know should he ask that, obviously, it would be an honor for folks to be a part of it. there's been nothing decided yet. he is starting that process of laying out his vision and who

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joining me now rnc director sean spicer. i is good to see you. what's it going to look like? are we going to no early or are we going to no late? >> i'm not sure i really care. i just want to know. i think it's going to be a great night for trump all the states that are reliably blue continued to trend in his direction by duke of florida ohio north carolina we feel really good about that michigan and colorado. today colorado reported spinal day, republicans up 7000 votes. michigan the state that has voted republican since 1988, trending very quickly our way through this is all great news for trump. trish: as the night unfolds we will be watching what the most carefully and when? >> florida north carolina and up the east coast will be the ones we want to look at quickly but i think also michigan and colorado as you go out midwest in the rust belt there soomro interesting states that could come home there. trish: colorado is an interesting one. >> we feel really good about knowing where the electorate is and it's trended our way for the last couple of weeks. i'd also keep on da

part of his asset was sean spicer who ran that ground game that matched what the democrats and president obama did in 2008 and 2012. he also had that part of him alone with the public face, he understands the strategy. the marriage will be very powerful. >> david, the news of reince priebus is get overshadowed by this surprise event announcement and the fact that donald trump said they will be equals in this. what is your take overall on these two big names this sunday night? >> these appointments send out very conflicting signals that the presidency that donald trump envisions. reince priebus is well regarded, very promising appointment. very reassuring to republicans but many other people in the country, he's a mainstream conservative. there's no signs of being anti-semitic or racist or anything like that. i think he wants to make the system work. on the other hand, steve bannon is a very, very different character. he sends out a completely opposite signals. breitbart is known for, you read out one of the headlines for racism, sexism and he's known as an arch conservativconservative. w

leland: the phone briefing with sean spicer and the kelly and conway tweet about mitt romney, she talked about how it would be possible to have a secretary state who didn't travel the world as much and stayed closer like henry kissinger did, their response to that tweet was, quote, a lot of intrigue is overblown at this stage of picking a cabinet and president-elect trump meeting with many candidates who share his vision was one has to wonder who shares his vision within his camp, you brought up rudy giuliani, his public lobby, we have never seen an example of that from the wall street journal or. i have traveled in the last 13 years as much as hillary did in the years she was secretary of state. my knowledge of foreign-policy as good or better than anybody they are talking to. i won't ask you to issue a verdict on the veracity of that statement but on the unusualness we talked about, someone publicly coming out and lobbying, having surrogates as newt gingrich did to lobby for rudy giuliani. >> a unique situation. rudy to gilani has traveled extensively with private security consulting f

. ♪ ♪ us now is the rnc communications director chief strategist, sean spicer. we have taken a look at all the data, everything you know right now about the race trade is donald trump now the favorite, or still the underdog? i think everything we are seeing both nationally and in the states is trending his way. that's a great place to be. going into the last four days, i would rather have the wind at our back and all the momentum with us or not. so, florida, ohio, iowa, north carolina, i think we start to kickoff. michigan is dead even. i think you look at right below the surface there, and what that would be, third, is virginia, is in the mix. new hampshire and maine too. that is sort of the story of this. keeps expanding and a lot more of these states are within the margin of error. there is not one that's not trending in our direction. when you look at where the democrats are spending their time and money, they are seeing the same data we are. they are doubling down in a lot of these places because i think they've started to see this map takes that. pulled ou

mark: not like a sean spicer or jason miller. john: but not a dummy. a very smart woman. the second thing that is manifestly true, we saw through the entirety of the campaign -- donald trump chaos. he thrives on chaos. he likes chaos. he likes to hit people against each other. [bell rings] her,'t know the authorized but it would not surprise me. even if he is. it's with her, he sort of likes what is going on right now. mark: and my point about john spicer and jason miller -- john: a cheap shot. just say it. it's a cheap shot. mark: worse for the empire. [laughter] all right, we have a series of trump tweets and about 6 million books -- 6 million bucks. pulled, green party felt for aill stein recount in wisconsin, citing computer scientist concerns with voting machines that have somehow been hacked. there is no real evidence to back that claim, but she successfully raised more than $6 million so far for recounts, and took steps to initiating a similar recount in pennsylvania today with a plan to do the same in michigan later this week. three states whose results, if someho

. >> sean spicer with the republican national committee. thanks for your time. >> thank you, you have a great weekend. >> already, yl right, you too. >> where does the race stand? >> clinton's blue wall, is it holding or eroding? >> that's next. by the hollies ♪ oh the fishes will laugh as they swim out of the path ♪ ♪ and the seagulls they'll be smilin' ♪ ♪ and the rocks on the sand ♪ it's so peaceful up here. yeah. [eagle screams] ♪ that the whole wide world is watchin'... ♪ introducing the new turbocharged golf alltrack with 4motion® all-wheel drive. soon to be everywhere. >>> we have never seen a situation in which folks are denouncing the person who's nominating their party leader and it is because donald trump is uniquely unqualified to be president. [ cheers ] [ applause ] >> he's temperamentally unfit to be president. >> president obama in north carolina trying to help clinton seal the deal that may decides our next president. joining me now onset is our washington post colleague, our eugene robinson and our susan p

reporter: if you look behind us, sean spicer from the rnc. wave, sean as they coordinate. we don't know how many doughnuts he had. we'll not attribute to any doughnuts. he is here as team works together with the party. we'll go to hillary clinton headquarters and give you inside look there. meanwhile wishing everyone the best as you work hard and teams on both sides have a big fight. we find out what american people think. >> feeling good. thank you. reporter: back to you guys. sandra: shannon bream, live look inside the donald trump war room on election day with tasty treats. shannon, thank you. >>> it was a race filled with controversies and october surprises, that's for sure of the as americans head to the polls will any of those scandals stick to the candidates? which ones had the biggest impact? >>> plus a lot more at stake in the election than just the presidency. congress hanging in the balance. we'll look at the down ballot races that could shake up washington. whoa, this is awful, try it. oh no, that looks gross what is that? you gotta try it, it's terrible. i don

we heard from rnc spokesperson sean spicer who said there may be an additional appointment announcement later on today. that doesn't necessarily indicate that that will have anything to do with the former governor of massachusetts because the president-elect is also meeting with a number of folks on both sides of the aisle, both today and tomorrow. so there's a lot of meetings and a lot of speculation. what we do know is they're meeting right now and have been meeting for the better half of an hour, leland. >> one hour there. you think about the optics of that, how well choreographed that was, donald trump and mike pence being there to greet mitt romney upon his arrival. i think that's the first time we've seen the president-elect and vice president-elect meet someone together. now come the questions, what are the optics on the way out? does mitt romney come out and talk to the reporters. our own doug mcelway is there. does donald trump and mike pence walk out to wave good-bye to mitt romney. all these things are carefully scripted, those things to watch for. you think about the history

up next, we will check in with the republican party chief strategist, sean spicer, right after this. ♪ john: welcome back to manchester, new hampshire. joining us now, sean, who has been working hand in glove with team trump back and forth. racking up a lot of amtrak and shuttle miles. i'm going start with the biggest question. we talked earlier. for donald trump to get to 269 electoral votes he needs to win every state where he's a even ahead or down by 2%. what makes you able to argue with a straight face that donald trump's going to win every state he needs to where he's down in every public poll average by 2%? guest: you look at a state like colorado, he won the early vote there. up by 7,000. that's unprecedented. i think you're seeing more and more of these states come home, like never before. solid blue states. whether the michigan or colorado, you can see this pattern throughout the country of states that republicans haven't carried in decades. suddenly becoming, open pping up to donald trump and mike pence. i think that's a phenomenon that we haven't seen and you see it ove

. >> reporter: i just talked to sean spicer, who addressed that specific question about abe. he is ed that abe is a guy very much like donald trump, and they both now how to -- as for the meeting with romney, this is completely unexpected. we know the invitation has been extended to mr. romney and he apparently has accepted the invitation. we don't know where the meeting will happen, but with most of the meetings, they're all happening here at trump tower, but given the absolute vitriol with which mitt romney spoke of donald trump before he won the nomination and some of those comments which you just cited, all an indication that trump is trying to make amends, trying to be magnanimous, trying to reverse to more commonalty with all of these people. it's not just mitt romney, as you spoke of. it's haley, also cruz, bush, kasich, they've been reaching out to him, he's been reaching out to them, all trying to make amends, steering towards the middle ground. >> doug mckellway, thank you. a.b. stoddard, this is a strange meeting. i think it's only good news. it was really looking

. ♪ ♪ joining us now is rnc communications director and chief strategist sean spicer. taking a look at all the data, everything you know right now about the race, is donald trump now the favorite, or still the underdog? sean: i think he is still the underdog, but i think everything we are seeing both nationally and in the states is trending his way. that's a great place to be. going into the last four days, i would rather have the wind at our back and all the momentum with us than not. most likelys the electoral college path for donald trump, minus the romney states and north carolina? sean: so, florida, ohio, iowa, north carolina, i think we start to kickoff. colorado is dead even. michigan is dead even. those are my two top, but i think if you look at right below the surface there, and what that would be, third, is virginia, is in the mix. new hampshire and maine too. that is sort of the story of this. the map keeps expanding, and a lot more of these states are within the margin of error. like i said, there is not one that's not trending in our direction. when you lo

they're depending on the republican party and the republican party as we've heard for sean spicer has an analytics operation but not geared towards trump voters. they'll be pulling out trump voters in the main but a precise exercise for them. the clinton camp have been profiling voters and developing a model of the clinton voter for a year and a half. and this is all for this, to try to eke out a point or two difference in some of these close battleground states. >> i think you'd almost rather know the gender, maybe the ethnicity. and how about this, the education? >> that is all about what the clinton coalition looks like. they think the clinton coalition is basically college educated whites, particularly college educated white women. latinos, millennials and african-americans. and some of the data, you can see some of the data in terms of african-americans voting in north carolina. it seems to be softer than it was last go-around and has to do with probably fewer polling stations increasingly coming online and then in florida, i talked to some democrats. they feel really good about