. >> woodruff: so dave wasserman, give us a big picture of the house of representatives. have 435 seats in the house. how many of those are considered vulnerable up for grabs? >> well, today we only consider 36 districts to be competitive. and really democrats need 30 to get a majority. right now republicans have 247 to 188 seat advantage. that is the largest majority they have had since 1928, since herbert hoover was elected. the question is whether democrats can really tie republican incumbents and can the das to dan ald-- donald trump thasm is easier said than done. last fall we were talking about both party leaders suggesting major seats in jeopardy for republicans if trump were the nominee. now both parties are taking a more cautious approach because after all trump doesn't have a coherent ideology. he doesn't have a voting rohr. a lot of democrats are saying now they might have had an easier time running against cruz because at least they have that play book written. >> woodruff: so in other words it's not as clear that he is the automatic detriment for some of thes

. >> dave wasserman, jennifer jacobs, you guys make our friday.me back again soon and have a good weekend. we will have the second king of our show tonight, residential grade guru josh king will the candidates this cycle. ♪ >> we are closing our really big shoe with a really big guest. josh king is a former director of production for presidential events for bill clinton and his white house, also the author of the fabulous new book, "guide to white house stagecraft, campaign spectacle, and political suicide." .hank you for joining us we will look at events from this campaign and ask you to break with hillaryarting clinton, an event in the fillmore in philadelphia from april 20, 2016. tell us what you see here. shot, and is a wide establishing shot. it is taken from a scissor live somewhere back by the press riser. secretary clinton is right here in the middle. there's a bowl effect for her. the crowd behind her is a wonderful long distance behind her, which, when you look at a tight shot through the lenses from the back press riser, those people wi

john: dave wasserman, jennifer jacobs, you guys make our friday.gain soon and have a good weekend. coming up, we will have the second king of our show tonight, presidential optics guru josh king will grade the candidates this cycle. we will be right back, after this. ♪ ♪ mark: we are closing our really big shoe with a really big guest. somebody who knows what it takes. josh king is a former director of production for presidential events for bill clinton and his white house, also the author of the fabulous new book, "guide to white house stagecraft, campaign spectacle, and political suicide." josh king, thank you for joining us. john: a compelling subtitle. mark: we will look at events from this campaign and ask you to break them down, starting with hillary clinton, an event in the fillmore in philadelphia, from april 20, 2016. tell us what you see here. josh: yet, let us go to the fillmore. this is a wide shot, an establishing shot. it is taken from a scissor, live somewhere back by the press riser. notice secretary clinton is right here in the mid

here to walk us through some of that, harry anton and dave wasserman.have both of you with us. as we look at this, there's also some -- a new november electoral college rankings that you put together in light of the trump name nation. i wonder if we could bring that up before we start to talk about it. we've got florida, colorado, pennsylvania and wisconsin. these are traditionally toss-up states now leaning for the democrats. solid red states like indiana, missouri, nebraska, no longer solid and arizona just sort of leaning red. dave, was any of this surprising to you as you were putting together this new map? >> well, if you have a lead in national polling of the kind that hillary clinton does, these states are not toss-up states anymore. if you have as high unfavorability with latinos and african-americans as donald trump has, you're not going to be able to win colorado or virginia in this kind of climate. i really think this race will come down to five states. that's florida, ohio, pennsylvania, new hampshire and iowa. and donald trump needs a major