she is sad because boris epstein is not here.epstein, we have stephen schmidt, the analyst for john mccain's presidential race. lady, gentlemen, good to see you. there is some dispute about how messed up the trunk transition is. lis: it's really messed up. he was a chaos candidate. i don't think people want a chaos president. nothing he has done so far has calmed anybody's fears about that. i don't think that much. with any transition, and you know this, you float a lot of trial balloons. it seems like all the warring factions in his camper are throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. they are saying it's already broken out into a knife fight. so i think they have to get their act together and project a little more confidence. john: you don't need knives for spaghetti, but knife fights? spaghetti fights? steve: it's disorganized and chaotic. one would expect nothing less. we will have a clearer sense in a couple of weeks from now. i think it was entirely possible that it was news to them that the transition team was sto

senior trump advisor boris epstein believes to win swing states. >> new hampshire is vital. >> reporter: confidence couldn't be higher that trump will reach the needed 270 electoral votes. >> how close in the electoral. i am really not t that. >> reporter: but trump's campaign suggests otherwise with a grueling swing across five states from florida to north carolina to pennsylvania to manchester, new hampshire and then to michigan for one late last night pitch >> the only force strong enough to save our country is us. >> reporter: also the trump campaign aired this two-minute-long video a somber trump takeover where he takes aim at the political establishment. >> we will take back in country for you. advisors hoping that is what voters remember not the volatile political land scape. >> we feel it, we see it. the polls show it. we are excited to get to election day. >> blair: in new york city, blair miller, fox25 news. >> julie: fox25 has team coverage. hillary clinton will head to westchester county to vote. >> daniel: fox25's kerry kavanaugh talked to her campaign for the final push fo

senior trump advisor boris epstein telling me they believe they'll win key line inside campaign headquarters confidence couldn't be higher that trump will reach the needed 270 electoral votes. >> how close is it going to be? >> i'm not thinking about that. >> reporter: but trump's campaign suggests otherwise with a grueling with swing across five states from florida this morning up to north carolina to pennsylvania. then to manchester, new hampshire. and now, to michigan for one last late night pitch. >> the only force strong enough to save you our country is us. >> reporter: also the trump campaign aired this two minute long video in prime time. a somber trump voiceover with where he takes aim at what he calls the political establishment. >> we will take back this country for you. >> reporter: one final push sticking to his message and hisns

> absolutely we feel it, we sight the polls show it we're excited to get to election day. >> reporter: as for tomorrow there's actually little on rally is

she is sad because boris epstein is not here. d of boris, we have republican steve schmidt, nbc political analyst. lady and gentlemen, good to see you. there is some dispute about how messed up the trump transition is. what do you think? messed up or basically par for the course? >> messed up. he was a chaos candidate. nothing he has done so far has calmed anyone's fears. how much is it trickling down to normal people? not that much. i need transition. you float a lot of trial balloons, but it seems like all the warring factions in his camp are throwing spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks. they are already saying it has broken down into a nice fight. they have to get their act together and project confidence. >> you don't need knives for spaghetti? what is going on over there? >> it is a knife fight. it is disorganized and chaotic. one would expect nothing less. we will have a clearer sense a couple of weeks from now. one encouraging sign is they said they are going to drain the stwaump. i think it is entirely possible i

senior trump advisor boris epstein telling me they believe he will win swing states. new hampshire is vital. >> reporter: confidence couldn't be higher that trump will reach the needed 270 electoral votes. >> how close -- campaign with a grueling swing across five states from florida this morning, up to north carolina, to pennsylvania. then to manchester, new hampshire, and now to michigan for one last late night pitch. >> the only force strong enough to save our country is us. >> reporter: also tonight the trump campaign aired this two minute long video in prime time a somber trump voice over retakes aim at what he calls the political establishment. >> and we will take back this country for you. >> reporter: one sickened his message and his advisors hoping that's what voters remember not the volatile political landscape along the way. >> absolutely, we feel it we see it the polls show it we're excited to get to election day. >> reporter: now there's little actually on the schedule for donald trump tomorrow. i'm told he'll arrive back here in new york city sometime ov

. >>> she's sad because boris epstein is not here. and also, lady, gentleman, welcome.some dispute about how messed up the transition is. >> it is really messed up. he was a chaos candidate. i don't think people want a chaos president. and nothing he's done so far has calmed anyone's fears about that. the question is, how much is it trickling down to normal people? i don't think that much. but with any transition, and you know this, you float a lot of trial balloons. throwing spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks, they already say it is a knife fight. so they have to get their act together and project more confidence. >> knife fights? spa getty fights? >> it is a knife fight, it is disorganized and chaotic. one would expect nothing less. we'll have a clearer sense a couple of weeks from now. one encouraging sign is they said they would drain the swamp. it is entirely possible that it is news to them that the transition team was stocked floor to ceiling with lobbyists and it will take a week or so to get them all out. that's probably a good sign, consistent with

bring in boris epstein, director of communications for donald trump's inaugural committee. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> congratulations on your new title. >> concentrating on the inauguration and messaging, themes, making sure all americans and everyone around the world nows we're here to unite and lead the country as well as all those ironaround th world. >> the k file, come up with, retired lieutenant general michael flynn, who's going to be the president's national security adviser. strong words speaking of islamism, a vicious cancer that has ex-siciexcised. facing imperialism, this is islamism, a vicious cancer inside the body of 1.7 billion people on this planet and it has to be excised. what he said in a speech last august. those are, you know, certainly enflame a lot of people when they hear that. >> you have to ask general flynn about those words, but i have gotten to no general flynn, obviously, a great patriot, served the country bravely and never afraid to speak truth to power. we're talking about somebody who's a pate tris, will serve the c

. >>> "outfront" now, boris epstein. thank you. borris, let me start with you. heard some of the action from mark's group, democratic leaders, the anti-defamation league, backlash also from cair, the council on american islamic relations. there's real fear out there over bannon. >> thanks for having me, and second of all, steve bannon is somebody who was chosen for this role because of his instrumental role in the trump campaign. it's shocking this is even a surprise. here's who steve bannon is. he's somebody who has a lifelong success, worked with people of all backgrounds and necessities in business, in politics, in media, instrumental in organizing trips to detroit, to flint, then-candidate donald trump made, as well as the meeting with the president of mexico, as well as the meeting with the president of egypt and the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu. steve bannon has been nothing but amazing to me, supportive, far from what he's been described by the democrats who really crying into their soup right now and all this is sour grapes. we're so exci

trump campaign senior adviser boris epstein will be here.ox" on cnbc. ♪ >>> welcome back to "squawk box" right here on election day. here's what's making headlines this morning besides the election. small business sentiment rose slightly in october. the national federation of independent business says its monthly index rose to 94.9%. however, it's still below historical norms as well as a 2014 high of over a hundred. also carnival has become the first cruise line operator to implement interpol security system known as check it. that's follows a three-month pilot program. do you think a lot of criminals are taking cruise lines? i don't know. >>> tesla is taking steps to ramp up automated manufacturing. it bought groman engineering. the deal will help it reach a target of producing 500,000 cars per year by 2018. >>> the election is under way and the presidential candidates are making one last pitch to the country. joining us now with more with the message from the trump campaign, senior trump adviser boris epstein. good to see you. >> good to

he's boris epstein. he's been with us on the newshour before. boris, welcome back. what are you hearing at this hour in the evening. it's 23 minutes after 8:00 in the east. what are you hearing that's good news and what are you hearing that worries you? >> florida's within about 2,000 votes right. they're looking at that pan handle of florida, very auntistic of florida. going up higher to north carolina and iowa. we still think our problem is the same what i just listed and nevada, new hampshire second or colorado. and then michigan. very excited very optimistic where we stand. >> sreenivasan: were you able to expand that map in the last few days. we sadi cisions to go to places like michigan. >> absolutely. there was a great decision. state of michigan is in play the first time since 1988as republican. i wish i could turn around and see what it is. >> woodruff: i'm hearing the call may have been the state of alabama for donald trump. that's a safe that's gone republican for a number of times but every victory counts. i want to ask you about the latino vote we were