as we do, i want to bring ben ginsburg back in. ben, talk about if you would there's been a lot of discussion about director comey. and the role that he has now played in this election cycle. the fact he now has this sort of terrorny relationship with donald trump and secretary clinton. he was even quoted as saying might be awkward when there is a new president no matter who wins. how does this impact his roll with the potential next president whether it's trump or clinton. >> well, by him doing what he did both opening the investigation because he thought it was important to do that and to tell people about it, and him having resolved it within 48 hours of the election, but before the election he brought the fbi front and center into this campaign in a way that it never has been before and i suspect they are not particularly happy about being put in the role that director comey thought it should be. let me also make the point we can rest assured behind the doors of the trump campaign right now, there's some very frenzied activity f

we have attorney ben ginsburg as well as bob bower. good evening, gentlemen. >> good evening. >> let's start with the global question. is this year very different so far or not? >> it's different in the sense that there's more language coming from donald trump than there has been from a presidential nominee in a number of years. as a court in new jersey today recognized in response to a democratic complaint, there are no actual incidents of voter fraud or intimidation that they could point to to trigger a reopening of the consent decree signed years ago. >> there's not a big enough problem to warrant that. >> for example, the court in ohio that you mentioned in the preliminary also included the democratic party from doing illegal intimidation. the judge said we want a clean election. everyone, every legally qualified voter, get the opportunity to vote, so off we go. >> to that point, bob, when you look at the climate for this, here is some of the polling on the polarization around these rigged questions. if you look at this race, do yo

ben ginsburg. beth foomy. and maria teresa bravard. welcome, all of you. beth, impact, tuesday? what? >> we're all so -- >> i know. >> our heads are spinning around. we're still processing the last news, now the news-news comes. the clinton campaign has been trying to maintain an assumption that, you know, the e-mail stuff is baked and people have already made up their mind about it and the polls would tighten anyway as kristen said. but you know they were furious and really frustrated this came to them the way it did at the time it did. perhaps ipts off the table, but if there's been damage, it's been done, they insist they're moving ahead with the strategy as it was and in our own polling we found it didn't make a lot of difference in battleground states polling. >> the peak negative for her was wednesday or thursday last week and there was this sort of she was restabilizing a little bit. obviously this isn't going to hurt. do you think this moves the needle or is it at this point too late? >> no. and one of the interesting factors is the push for early voting and absentee vot

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ben ginsburg is here. he's been a lot of things. he's been mr. republican, or at least enjoyed that title about a year ago. he was the former general council to the rnc and now partner with jones day in washington. ben, i want you to free-associate. you've been through this journey. tomorrow morning, an organization bearing the title republican party is going to take an assessment, along with the democrats of what has just happened, which at this hour is not entirely clear. >> absolutely true. i think what it means for the party is that donald trump has over-performed. we didn't think at this hour of the night we'd be talking about donald trump having as many electoral votes as he does, and as many states still outstanding. so the republican party is going to wake up tomorrow feeling good about itself. what appears to be a strong showing in senate races, keeping the house will also perhaps put aside some of the guns in the circular firing squad, that look to be forming. whether donald trump pulls it out or not, or hillary clinton's the president.

i want to go to ben ginsburg. also rick wade, a former senior campaign adviser to president obama. ben, let me start with you. priebus, a guy you know well, sounding really confident this morning. listen. >> we're seeing a dead heat. in fact, we're seeing that all over the country, seeing it in pennsylvania, in colorado. there's a lot of surprises here in the end. >> you know the numbers. you have seen the polling. should he be feeling that confident? dead heat in pa? >> sure. at this point what you are trying is encourage your supporters. >> it's talk. >> nonetheless, the rnc and priebus have a tremendous amount invested in this. they have put the ground game in -- it's in their hands. whether donald trump succeeds or no in coming up with the upsets is really a mandate on the rnc and whether it's still an effective entity. >> it's a little bit of a r referendum on the rnc. put it into perspective for people getting acquainted with the election now. what does he need to pull out a win? >> it's filling an inside straight if you are to believe the polls. it's not easy. people do get i

. >> political analyst ben ginsburg joins me now, counsel for mitt romney's campaign in 2008 and 2012. ben, love having you on when mitt romney is in the news in particular. on a day like this especially. mitt romney will be sitting with donald trump. what do you think the goal is in that meeting tonight? >> mitt romney's goal is to describe his view of the world and show donald trump how he can be helpful to him. extremely helpful to him as secretary of state. to the extent that donald trump has questions about things said. mitt romney is the ultimate public servant and has been vieted thoroughly because he was the republican nominee for president. these are two guys who are business men and know how to make a deal. each will make the points and ask the questions that each wants to. >> who do you think? who would have more doubts from the trump standpoint and all of the stuff romney said would have all of the questions about loyalty. would this guy sell me out if i put him in this position. from the romney standpoint, i imagine watching how this is a public spectacle. that would give

for more heading into that big sit down between donald trump and mitt romney, i want to bring in ben ginsburg who was national counsel and as a political analyst, thank you for taking a few minutes. let me ask you the question that everyone is asking. mitt romney is going to sit down with donald trump. we are reporting that it is to talk at least potentially about secretary of state. is that real? something that you could see happening? >> it is real. i think i could see it happening. mitt romney has been animated by public service. he was and infused that in everyone who worked for them on the campaigns in 2008 and 2012. we came to see his understanding of the world. he traveled extensively and he is a student of foreign policy issues. he is an international businessman and has experience in dealing with world leaders. yes, i think it should be real. >> he is qualified on paper, but both of the areas where this catches people by surprise, one is obviously the personal. mitt romney was refusing to endorse donald trump and gave a speech that was a blistering attack on donald trump saying you c

thanks to ben ginsburg, my colleague kasie hunt, pete williams, andrea mitchell and congresswoman debbie dingle for helping us break down all of this breaking news. with that i want to toss it to steven kornacki and just remind our viewers this breaking news we are covering, fbi director james comey saying they have now reviewed those newly discovered e-mails and nothing has changed with respect to secretary clinton. with that, steve, i'll toss it to you. >> kristen welker, thank you for that. picking up our coverage in new york, two days away from election day. we were calling it an october surprise when james comey, the fbi director, as kristen welker was just saying, came out and said new e-mails had been discovered potentially related to that investigation into hillary clinton's prooismt e-mail server. now call it a november surprise, a new letter from the fbi director to congress. he says the fbi has now completed its investigation into those newly discovered e-mails. they were found on a laptop belonging to huma abedin and anthony weiner. the fbi director says they are not changing

nbc political analyst and former lawyer, ben ginsburg along with steve mcmahon. you were right there in the middle of the recount. that race was closer than what we're talking about in wisconsin. there's not even a comparison to what's happening now in wisconsin and what happened back then? >> i think i had hair back then too. that was a 500 vote race in one state. the margins is 10,700 votes. by contrast, there's a recount in a north carolina governor's race. hillary clinton's lawyer is representing the democratic candidate. democratic candidates ahead by about 7500 votes. his call on the republican candidate to accept defeat and concede. not only is hillary clinton doing the exact opposite of that, but in fact, they've not even called on jill stein to take the same path their lawyer is advocating in north carolina. >> what do you say to that, steve? >> i think it's perfectly legitimate for jill stein to ask for a recount if that's what she wants to do and pay for it. once that is triggered, all three parties are party to that action. if i were donald trump's ca

ben ginsburg joins us and now spokesman for xanax, donny deutsch. >> you would give up your supply of hgh fora week if last night didn't turn out the way it did. >> yeah, i would give up a lot. this election was about fear, fear of the status quo. >> right. >> and fear of the unknown. the fear of the status quo won, and unfortunately this morning and half of this country was going to wake up very afraid this morning either way. >> right. >> if i was a factory worker in scranton i would be afraid. right now if you're a muslim, you're very afraid in this country. if you're a woman who gets harassed at work, you're afraid this morning. if you're a young african-american, you're afraid this morning. >> what's the challenge for donald trump? >> that's the simple challenge. donald trump, it's very interesting -- >> you've known this guy. >> i'm going to talk about my personal work with him. here's a guy who i've known for years who at the beginning of this campaign i would kind of defend and say, you know what, he's a good father, a good boss. >> right. >> i judge people by fathers. then i

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ginsburg, john allison, and senator tom cotton. that brings us to today's lecture. this is my honor to introduce senator ben sass. after earning a history ph.d. at yale, he worked for mckenzie and company and private equity terms before becoming the president of the midland kbrufrt which he pulled out of some very difficult financial straits. then the fifth generation ran for rt senate. he also since he's been elected, senator, he has not only done a couple things that i mentioned quickly. he's also moonlighted. and my understanding is that he has a five star rating. [ laughter ] [ applause ] but in addition to his bio and uber driving, i would add that senator pass is despite his youth exemplifies as few in the senate do the idea our founders had for the senate. some wise heads who would be focussed on the good of the country. and who would look toward the ways in which our republic needed to meet the everadjusting challenges of governing a free people. i think the senator may have a little bit to say about that tonight, and i am honored to welcome him as our barbara olson lecture. senator sass. [ applause ] >>