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and obama's -- he's campaigning all over the place. i left miami yesterday. there was the plane. he's campaigning, campaigning. he ought to be in the white house working and getting our jobs back. and building up our military, and creating some semblance of a border which we don't have now. it's just been announced that americans nationwide are going to experience a massive double-digit premium hike in obama care. in the great state of arizona where i just left -- and i'll be back -- premiums are going up more than 116%. arizona. 116%. over 90% of the counties in new hampshire are losing obama care. they're losing the insurers, and that's going to be next year. so lots of luck negotiating, folks. 90% premiums are surging.
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companies are leaving. insurers are fleeing. doctors are quitting and deductibles are going through the roof. other than that, it's a fantastic health care. fantastic. it's really fabulous. isn't it? it was bad before they ever did it. vup to say, i'm -- i've called a lot of things over the years, jit but i said obama care is not going to work before it even was approved. he got it approved by lies. keep your doctor, keep your plan and even democrats that didn't wants it, in e said, all right. he got people, they wish they didn't approve it now. believe me. it a catastrophe, yet hillary clinton wants to make it even more expensive than it already is, and it does work. i'm asking for your vote so we can replace obama care and save health care for every family in new hampshire and every family in this country.
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real change all -- >> donald trump speaking in atkinson, new hampshire, raling hillary clinton on the investigation, review under way now and also on the affordable kash a care act, obama care. issues addressing several days sticking closely to his script. welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. we're in the home stretch now. the final four days of the u.s. presidential campaign. here's how close the race is right now. our new electoral projection map shows several states too close to call. we'll dig into that in a moment. raising importance of voter turnout. the main focus now. all about motivation and emotion. on the left of your screen, our live pictures, pictures from atkinson, new hampshire, where donald trump is speaking at a campaign rally right now. as i said, he's sticking so far very closely to his script, and
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on the right, looking at live pictures from hillary clinton organizing event in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. where she's working to put the keystone state in the win column, and also speaking this hour. coverage of that for you as well. meantime, bring in the panel. chief political correspondent dana bash is with us and john king, anchor of "next@cnn," and gloria borger and cnn political analyst david gregory. gloria, he's being very, very disciplined right now. we just saw donald trump. a little part of his speech. doing at least three speeches today but sticking very closely to what his advisers have told him, basically saying to him, you know what? you're on a roll right now. keep to the teleprompter. >> if it ain't broke, don't fix. a clear avenue based on the message from the fbi and honing in on the message, hillary
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clinton dishonesty, not trustworthy. unfit to be president. which is turning the tables on her to a great degree, because that's what she says about him. that it is working for him. he is sticking to his scripted. it's a simple message. for the first time in a long time he's got a message that he really shares with every republican running down ballot. so it works for him. it works for their candidates down ballot, exactly what they need at this point in the campaign. >> talk about how it's working for him, but so far, he is showing discipline at this late stage. >> he sounds like a republican which is usually a good way to get republicans to vote for you. and i think what we don't talk about a lot is that this consolidation of republicans is about repealing obama care. it's about nothing in washington's going to get done because she'll be under the microscope on her e-mails, that she's going to raise taxes on richer americans. she's going to spend a lot. i think he's been most successful in the debates and
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after that when he sounds like the more generic republican. and republicans now sensing that it's close are thinking, geez, do i want to hang back and be the reason he's not going to win whether a wealthy donor nor a state with a tight jrace? that's part of what's going on. >> john, looking at the projection map of electoral votes. hillary clinton moved above the magic number of 270 to below that. >> still to her advantage look at the map on the screen. she's under 270 now. significant. a tightening of the race. david's point, mostly because republicans are coming home. changed utah. it's not a big deal that, shouldn't be a big deal we're moving that to len republican. took that long because of a conservative never trump challenger in utah in a tie for the polls. donald trump way underare performing mitt romney 74% but confident donald trump will get
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there. and clan not given up. she'll be in ohio today. back over the weekend. moving ohio to lean republican which is a big deal. part of the demographic shifts in america, older white voters moving towards the rust belt. moving towards the republican party. and maine, electoral votes based on congressional districts, and the clinton campaign convinced trump will win. leaning republican. and taking new hampshire the four away from hillary clinton. leaning democrat. it's a toss-up state because of several polls in the last 27 hours showing an essential dead heat in arizona. look at plmap. hillary clinton recedes. not as strong as ten days ago without a doubt. still look at that map. even if donald trump wins all the gold, it's not enough. donald trump has to taurn ligur blue state, virginia,
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pennsylvania, donald trump has a problem. the hill is steep. not as steep as a few days ago. >> and still north carolina, ohio, critically important. hillary clinton wins one of those three, she's well on her way. >> no question. the map showed that clearly. florida and north carolina, particularly north carolina, will be the one we'll end up watching late into election night. ohio is interesting to me. early in the general election, the democrats, hillary clinton aides privately were saying they didn't -- thought ohio was gone. with the kind of republican they were running against, with the message he has, which is these bad trade deals have stolen your jobs. you're not getting ahead. the system is rigged. that would play big in ohio. then it was more competitive for a while than even the democrats stead would be. now privately, both sides think at this point ohio's gone. that ohio will go trump. >> and structurally important. showed that four-point national
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lead. obama/romney race four years ago a tie. she's in stronger shape. interesting. in weaker shape than 2012 in ohio, iowa and new hampshire. three older whiter states. stronger in florida and north carolina. mitt romney led those states. clinton that a small lead pap bit of a shift. demographics. >> and we're showing a tighter race in the state of georgia, for example. than we ever thought we were going to see. that is -- >> benefits her. >> benefits her. that's demographics as well. you see michigan being tighter, for donald trump. you know, you talk about the trade issue and you talk about losing jobs. that benefits him. so this election's going to be so interesting as we watch these demographic shifts, in a state like florida. when you see hispanic voter turnout, and early voting going up so high. so we'll be able to watch the way the country is changing, as
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we look at this election. >> a lot depends on the ground game, david. who can get the vote out during the final four days? because there's still a lot of early voting. more than 30 million americans already voted. >> crucially important and also it's a different year. talk about the obama coalition, young people, minorities women from 2008 and 2012. hillary clinton would like to build her own coalition. young people. probably more hispanics than as strong african-american support and maybe college educated whites could swing back to republicans. that coalition is so important. north carolina talk to clinton folks, highest percentage jump of latino voters compared to anywhere in the country in north carolina, really significant. then how are the demographics mattering? nevada early voting could be essentially wrapped up for her meaning all our talk and staying up late nor north carolina and florida may not matter for her getting to 270 if she hangs on to nevada and pennsylvania.
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>> on the question getting out the vote. talk about the democratic machine, obviously has been very, very good for two cycles now. presumably it continues to build on that for hillary clinton. the republicans stepped up their game in a big way. i did a story on it yesterday, and it's on cnn.com now looking at the way that they it, and just -- to be honest, donald trump got really lucky, because the republican nominees have been just like the democratic nominee, have been really focused on getting out the vote and the ground game, but because the republicans got their clock so cleaned in 2012, the rnc decided they would take control. therefore, trump is the beneficiary of it and it's very, very dated to get out the vote. >> everybody stay put. waiting for hillary clinton. she's about to speak as well. it's getting close. only four days left. also coming up, the last jobs report before the lection elect.
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clinton pointed out president obama the progress, donald trump says disastrous. who's jright? we'll explain what the latest numbers show. and take a look at the hillary clinton rally in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. we expect her to come to the stage any moment. we'll go there. stay with us. oh no, that looks gross whoa, twhat is that? try it. you gotta try it, it's terrible. i don't wanna try it if it's terrible. it's like mango chutney and burnt hair. no thank you, i have a very sensitive palate. just try it! guys, i think we should hurry up. if you taste something bad, you want someone else to try it. it's what you do. i can't get the taste out of my mouth! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. shhh! dog, dog, dog.
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day here in washington, d.c. looking at live pictures. there's the white house behind
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us. the washington monument at well. any moment hillary clinton takes the stage in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. we're going to have live coverage. we'll go that speech once she starts talking. mark cuban, by the way, owner of the dallas mavericks in the nba, a pittsburgh native, is going to be introducing hillary clinton there in pittsburgh. meantime, the last jobs report before the election shows solid growth. that's good news for now. but a new forecast from citigroup reports it may be different, there may be a different depending on the outcome of the presidential race. going to alison kosik. break down the latest jobs numbers. what does it mean for the economy? >> this jobs report, wolf, really shows that the jobs picture is on a steady and stable path forward. i mean, look at the unemployment rate. fell from 5% to 4.9%. 161,000 jobs were created in the month of october, but the real
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headline out of this jobs report is what you see on the far right. wage growth. that 2.8%. wages actually grew 2.8% over the past year. this is the best wage growth we've seen in years meaning some americans, maybe many americans are seeing fatter paychecks making americans feel better about the economy, especially better maybe as they head to the voting booth on tuesday. now, donald trump did come out way statement after this report came out. of course, looking at it through a political lens, saying that the jobs report was disastrous. i find pretty difficult to call this report disastrous, but there is one point in this statement that i do agree with. he points to, as labor force participation rate that is something he's really been harping on for a while counting as the number of people working and the number of people who are looking for work. that is actually at historic lows. at lows we haven't seen since the 1970s. people are dropping out of the labor force, and a lot of economists are scratching their
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heads woand wondering why. wolf? >> what's the citi group prediction? prepare ourselves for some sharp postelection market swings? >> citi is predicting its analysts are that if trump wins we could see the s&p 500 fall anywhere between 3% and 5% immediately. it predicted that a trump win would risk the u.s. -- put the u.s. economy at risk. the u.s. economy looking at slower growth and possibly a recession. these analysts also predicting that a clinton win wouldn't move stocks significantly. why is it that investors you would think would be excited to have a billionaire for president, why they're not rallying behind donald trump? because he's seen as a wild card, and hillary clinton is seen as more predictable. she is considered the continuity candidate. one thing wall street hates, instability and uncertainly. that's how wall street views
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donald trump. wolf? >> all right, alison, thanks very much. hillary clinton once again getting ready to speak on the u.s. economy and other issues in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. pennsylvania, an important key battleground state. looking at live pictures. you see mark cuban. there he is. owner of the dallas mavericks from pittsburgh introducing hillary clinton. we're going to go there in a moment. i want to take a quick look hour her economic plans compare to donald trump's economic plans. hillary clinton would raise taxes on the wealthiest americans. raise the estate tax by as much as 65%. spend $275 billion on infrastructure and push for a $15 minimum hour wage. cut cuts rates, lower corporate tax race to 15%. renegotiate trade deals and limit itemized deductions. bring back our panel. gloria, first of all, the jobs report. the numbers that came out today, politically there could be an impact? >> right.
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as alison was say, the big number that is important for hillary clinton, because these are good numbers for her. the big number that's important is the 2.8% wage growth. people in this country feel like they haven't had a raise in the last 10, 15 years. suddenly there's a sense their wages are starting to increase. when you feel it in your pocketbook, it's good for the person in charge. hillary clinton has hugged barack obama very tightly during this election. his popularity is up. people are beginning to feel things are getting a little better for them, and that can only be good for her as a democrat. republicans will say these things haven't moved quickly enough, and wages should have increased faster. of course, getting rid of these trade deals will help, but this says that the u.s. economy is doing okay, and the people are finally feeling it. >> and i'm old enough to remember when campaigns would hold their breath. >> right. >> before the first friday of the month, particularly when it
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came right before election day, because jobs reports were so important in moving numbers, because at the end of the day, people do vote on the economy more than anything else and it sort of struck me as you were talking about how different this is, because this is such a character-driven election cycle. as, in terms of the narrative and how the candidates are going at one another, when at the end of the day with the voters, what they really care about, whether there is a job or more importantly in this day and age, whether wages are high enough. >> go state by state. the national unemployment, 7% spiked to 10%. now it's 5%, 4.9% nationally. in almost every key battleground state half or more than half, shrinking, than when he took office. hillary clinton can make that case. can say the half is glass full's in a ditch but getting better. donald trump has sow say half every pempty. gloria frames this perfectly.
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do people feel it in their pocketbook? if they do continuity is okay. remember 1988. numbers good for george h. bush, but came late. >> do people feel it? >> didn't feel it yet. >> and ronald reagan, better off than four years ago? better off today than four or eight years ago? that has an impact. >> it does, but still many people and so many trump voters, for example, who feel outside of this economic growth and feel outside of the economy generally. interestingly, i was looking at numbers among hispanic voters. top conserve, economy and increase in wages. even a higher percentage than seeing comprehensive immigration reform. this cuts across all demographic boundaries and is really a question whether you're feeling the impact and progressive growth in the economy. the bigger kind of legislative question, policy question is, how much growth is realistic growth in the u.s. economy and what can washington do to actually have an impact on that?
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that's where plans are one thing and what washington does with either one of those plans is quite another. >> i was thinking as you showed that on the tv, i was thinking, okay. how are either of these people going to get any of this passed through congress? you say, okay. i want to increase taxes on the wealthy. well, see what the democrats decide to do about that. >> you need a mandate from voters. this election hasn't been about policy. george w. bush won by the supreme court. bill clinton got middle class tax cuts but campaigned on it. these two don't. >>ed issue david pointed out earlier, donald trump is campaigning now on the question of the increases in obama care premiums. and i think that does affect people and scares people, because health care is so important to every family in this country and they want to make sure they have it. >> and a good point earlier. don't forget when president obama took office, in 2009, january 20th, 2009, the country was losing 600,000 job as month.
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in the worst recession since the great depression. >> right. >> if you will. since then, there have been 73 months in a row consecutively of jobs growth, and i know he gets frustrated a lot of supporters frustrated he's not getting credit for it. >> no question. one of the most energetic riffs president obama has right now on the campaign trail especially in younger audiences, he says, you know, when i was elected many of you all were 10. talks how he feels old and goes back to say, you don't understand it now but at that time the economy was in free fall and giving a lot of the numbers, and, about how bad it really was. i mean, remember, back then, john mccain's campaign effectively ended the bottom completely dropped out the day lehman brothers collapsed. in september of 2008. stow was -- because of the bad economy, and, yes. compared to that, during the entire time, president obama has been president, things are much
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better. but it's about how you feel in your home with your bank account, with your pocketbook, with the things you have to buy for your kids and health care and so forth. that's what hattermatters. >> obama on the campaign trail saying, thank you, obama. sort of reminding them where the country has come over the last eight years which is, i think, when we hear from hillary clinton talking about the economy that is exactly what she's going to say. >> we keep saying this is about personal characteristics, fitness to serve. a lot of our elections are like that. no issue generated. 2008, it was really about leadership in a crisis. that's what that moment when john mccain wanted to suspend, did not have the debating, when barack obama handled himself bet the people looked, said can this guy handle this. >> that's what matters. we're not talking about the thing likely to befall the next administration in terms of a crisis. we covered george bush and he didn't campaign on 9/11. they happen and it become as leadership test.
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why the fitness for office questions are so fundamental, whether it's in an economic crisis atmosphere or whatever kind of crisis atmosphere we're in now. >> everybody stand by. and obama officials also remind us when the he took office the dow jones 7,000. now over 15,000 or so. says you know what? why they feel frustrated and don't get credit for that. we'll talk about that. certainly the economy isn't perfect. catch all day kcoverage of the election this coming tuesday. coming up, a link to chris christie's office found guilt are for association with the so-called bridgegate controversy. details. plus what it means for the new jersey governor chris christie, and remember standing by to hear from hillary clinton. she's getting ready to speak in pittsburgh. we'll have live coverage of that. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses.
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hillary clinton has just taken the stage in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. you see her there. just starting remarks thanking all the local politicians there. we're going to go there 23in a moment when she sgets gets to the substance of her remarks. the vice president, joe biden, speaking in madison, wisconsin now, we're monitoring his remarks as well and we're following breaking nugsz at the same time. guilty on all counts. the verdict for two former officials linked to governor chris christie's office for the closure of larns on the new jersey bridge. bridget anne kelly and bill baroni each faced seven counts including conspiracy and fraud. cnn's deborah feyerick has been koevg the story what are the details and what does it mean for governor chris christie? >> reporter: it means two people very close to him have now been
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found guilty of manipulating public resources and did this specifically by closing different traffic lanes at a very busy bridge, the george washington bridge, that connects manhattan and new jersey, and they not only closed those lanes but created such bad gridlock for four days they actually deprived drivers, taxpayers, of their right to pass freely. that's what they were found guilty of essentially. all of this happen eed allegedl because they wanted to punish a mayor who refused to support chris christie for his re-election campaign. now, the jury got this case monday. chris christie kept a very low profile since then. he had no public schedule. today, though, once the guilty verdict came down he issued a very harsh statement against his two lawyerists or former loyalists saying, like so many people in new jersey i'm saddened by this case and saddened about the choices made by bill baroni, brimp bridget k
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and brownstein, all testified against the governor, that in fact the governor did know about those lane closures. christie goes on and says, "let me be clear. i had no knowledge prior to or during these lane erealignments and no role in authorizing them." no evidence presented to contradict that fact. anything in court said is simply untrue. and his former deputy of staff said, yes, he did know and was told presumably because these closures were part of a traffic study. now, the prosecutor was asked by reporters if you're indicting, if all of these people in our being found guilty that are so close to the governor, why not indict the governor? the prosecutor said, only that he made cases against all of those people near the governor where there was reasonable evidence to convict. >> deborah feyerick, thanks very much for that update. the breaking news out of new
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jersey. coming up, new concerns about a possible threat around election day here in the united states. what security officials are now doing to prevent it. that, and hillary clinton will have coverage of her speech. speaking in pittsburgh. we'll be right back.
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readiness. calmness. composure. and i'll tell you, some of what i heard coming from my opponent it was really hard not to go, what did you say? you know, he kept -- he kept saying things like, well what have you done for 30 years? and -- well, we know what he's done for 30 years, and i mean, back in the '70s he started with discriminating against african-americans and latinos by refusing to rent them apartments in new york. he has a long history of insulting people. it did not just start in the campaign. you can go back and -- and find what he said about all kinds of folks. and one of the things i discovered in preparing for the debates, which i was kind of
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surprised by is that he took out a full-page ad in 1987 to criticize president reagan. so she a equal opportunity insulter. >> hillary clinton speaking in pittsburgh as this presidential race, by the way, comes to a head tuesday, election security is top of mind right now for u.s. law enforcement officials. cnn is learning about possible threats against three states and concerns about hacking of election results here in the united states. our justice correspondent evan perez and jim sciutto joins us now. evan what are you learning about this? >> wolf, right now joint terrorism task forces led by the fbi are checking out some chatter, some threats that were made and was picked up by, intercepted conversations overseas among al qaeda, or suspected al qaeda supporters.
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these threats, again, spoke about possible activities in new york, in virginia, and texas. perhaps some kind of threat to the u.s. election on election day, or near election day. again, it's not very specific, and at this point, law enforcement doesn't even know how credible it is, but it is obviously something that they're going to look at and want to keep a close eye on. it is, wolf, without a doubt, something that they were expecting. this is -- normal. this time of year, or every four years, rather. when it comes to election day they expects threats and again are on guard for them and it should be et noed, wolf, they've been working on this a couple of weeks and have not yet been able to find any credible information to back it up. so that, we have to add all of this, because obviously at this point there's not much they can go with. we did get a statement from the new york police department, new york city police department, and one of the things they said was, pretty much what i just said. which wases that the threat lacks specificity and is something they're trying to work
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to check the credibility of, wolf. >> jim sciutto, what about the cyber threats from russia? what are you hearing? >> first i think we should start with this. ap consistent assessment we hear both from u.s. cyber security officials, also from cyber security experts. that is, that the risk of cyber attacks that would change the result of this election, the risk of that is minuscule. our election system, it's too disparate, too widely distributed among states and precincts around the country, that to swing the results of the election, that's not a great concern. that said, there is a great concern about an information operation led by russia, which in effect is already under way, and that's a number -- in a number of different ways. one is these hacked documents and e-mails that, to this point have been solely focused on the democratic party, released by wikileaks but backed by russia. part of a way to interrupt the process.
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sow doubts about one of the candidate. in the near future, a possibility of more documents doctored by russia mixed in with the otherwise genuine documents. one thing they're watching. concern there have been detections of attempts to access voter registration systems in a number of states, and the dhs now helping some 48 states, virtually every state in's union, asked for help to protection from these kinds of hacks. they haven't detected evidence at this point that those voter data bases have been alter in any way, but concern is at some point they might be and on election day you have a risk, perhaps, of voters coming to their voting place and being told, wait. this is not your name. this is not your address. that kind of thing is a risk. that, of course, sows confusion and possibly doubts about the process. the final kind of risk they're looking at are denial of service attacks. these are where websites are bombarded with attacks by bots, in effect, from around the world.
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but those kinds of attacks on things like mapping systems. so that on election day, you're checking voter polling place, and you can't use your map function. something as simple as that, just, again, to sow difficulty on the day of election. multiple issues taking them seriously, wolf, but they are saying they still have confidence in the ballot counting process. that's key. >> very quickly, jim, there are these reports that the u.s. through diplomatic channels has issued a warning to russia to stop it. are you hearing that? >> reporter: this is something where the u.s. has messaged russia they take this very seriously. the step they have not taken as of yet is to respond with either sanctions or the possibility of a response or retaliatory cyber attack. >> jim chute oh thanks very much. evan perez, thanks to you as well. very important developments we're watching very closely. coming up, a closer look at the origin of president obama's
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campaigner in chief. president barack obama is back on the campaign trail today with two scheduled stopped in north carolina as he tries to motivate voters. he boarded air force one moments ago. more on the president's push and most popular catch phrase. >> hello, miami! >> reporter: in the final days of this race for the white house, we're seeing more and more of the president on the trail. in full campaign mode. and if you've heard the president speak this week, you've no doubt heard this line -- >> come on, man! >> come on, man. >> come on, man! >> reporter: yes, it's catchy, and the crowds love it. but do you know where it comes from? could it be a line of cajun seasonings from former nfl running back charles alexander or from vice president joe biden. >> come
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on, man. >> reporter: or maybe from watching sports on tv. the phrase has been a regular segment on "monday night football's" coverage for the past eight years. it started in 2008, the same year he was elected president. espn uses it to call out the sillier side of football. >> come on, man! >> there really is no doubt in our mind that he's paying homage to our show. we've talked about his delivery, it's an "a." he has the inflection down perfectly, the exasperation in his voice is perfect. he's watched a lot. i know he'll have free time on his hands come 2017 so maybe he'll join us for a segment. >> it's a piece of pop culture, one the president might have picked up from his nights watching espn at the white house. now a favorite line on the campaign trail. while espn is taking the credit, the white house tells me they're
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not sure where the president picked up the phrase and point out it's a common saying. one more point, wolf. i covered the president's 2008 run for the white house and he's been bringing back classic lines from that campaign on the stump. like when the crowd boos something he says about trump or republicans he tells them "don't boo, vote." there's also this mythical cousin pooky he likes to talk about when he's urging folks to get their friends and relatives to the polls. this "come on, man" line is a new favorite and, who knows, maybe a new classic. wolf? >> probably will be, athena. thanks very, very much. we'll watch later today, by the way, a little over an hour from now when president obama makes his next stop, this one in fayetteville, north carolina, his target is clear -- young voters, minority voters. here with us right now is ben le bolt, the press secretary from president obama's 2012 reelection campaign. ben, thanks for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. >> you remember 2008. you saw that report, brought back, i'm sure, some memories. what's your analysis of "come on, man"?
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>> the funny thing is the president the whole time has been sort of -- he reinvented politics in that he's a casual guy when he's talking to crowds and a natural campaigner. the most natural campaigner we've seen since president clinton so the most recent time i heard about it was when he was talking about marco rubio campaigning so hard against donald trump but then saying he's for him. "come on, man." >> have you seen changes over these eight years? you were with him back in 2008, went to chicago, you saw when he was elected president of the united states. how is his rhetoric, if you will, his style, his speech, his delivery changed? >> you have to remember i worked for him in the u.s. senate as well. is how much 2008 was a game changing year, most of that presidential campaign was focused on getting out of the war in iraq and passing health care and just a month before election day we entered the worst financial crisis since the great depression sand when he entered office we were in years of an emergency state around that.
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we were hemorrhaging hundreds of thousands of jobs a month. just to watch him etch away at those problems over time and the progress we've made to get to where we are today where we had a good jobs report, wages are going up, we've had months and months of growth there, he's reformed wall street. all of this is on the line and you're seeing him on the campaign trail again having gotten through that crisis and he's having a little bit of fun at the end of the presidency. >> how much of that campaigning is designed to protect his legacy, if you will, as opposed to just trying to get hillary clinton elected. >> well, i think two things. number one, his wilegacy is on e line and hillary clinton will be dependent on voters in the obama coalition to win so north carolina which hadn't been in play for democrats before 2008 when the president put together a coalition of millennials. of diverse voters, of voters who recently moved into the state and won an unexpected victory in that state. when we look at election night
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next tuesday, it may all come down to a state like north carolina which hadn't been in play for democrats before so motivating those voters to protect things like the 20 million who were ensured because of obamacare or wall street reform, that's on the line on tuesday night. >> he won north carolina 2008 but narrowly lost it in 2012, as you, i'm sure, sadly, remember. >> i do. >> but more importantly from your perspective, he won the election. >> exactly. that's what matters on tuesday as well. >> ben la bolt, thank you for bringing back memories from years past. after the break, we'll look back at a very historic moment in presidential campaign history. you'll want to see this. we'll be right back. what i love most
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cnn can now project that barack obama, 47 years old, will become the president-elect of the united states. he will be the first african-american president of the united states. this is a moment so many people have been waiting for and they're really excited, especially in chicago. >> this is an historic election and i recognize the special significance it has for african-americans. and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight. i've always believed that america offers the opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. senator obama believes that, too. >> because of what we did on this day in this election at this defining moment, change has come to america. [ cheers and applause ] and to those americans whose support i have yet to earn, i may not have won your vote
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tonight but i hear your voices, i need your help and i will be your president, too. >> very historic date, november 4, 2008. i remember it, i sure so many of you, do. that's it for me. thanks for watching, the news continues right now right here on cnn. hi there, i'm brooke baldwin, thank you so much for being with me, you're watching cnn. four days. four days from the all-important presidential election and the road to 270 got a tad more bumpy. let me show you the map and explain why. so this is our -- obviously our cnn electoral map and it shows hillary clinton dipping below the number of electoral votes necessary to win the white house. that's why we keep harping on 270. that's what they need to win. she does still hold an advantage, you see the