karl rove is a republican strategist, former senior adviser to president george w. bush. he joins us from austin, texas. and joe trippi who of course has worked on several presidential campaigns. he is in richmond, virginia. okay, guy, let's first put up the average of polls that we look at, the most recent polls. we've got the fox average, if you will. it has hillary clinton up just slightly in the average of polls. and you could see it right there on the screen. and then if you put up the electoral map as we have it, these are states that as of the average tonight of the polls in these various states, hillary clinton has 263 to donald trump's 171, 104 are toss-ups. this is as of tonight. it can shift. it can change. 270 is what you need to win the presidency. karl, your thoughts on the state

lou: all right, karl rove. do you believe the latest fox poll. >> i believe it's in that range, maybe bigger. he has lost more than she's gained. if he gets his act together, he has time. lou: does he have time in 26 days? >> neither one of these speech particularly popular. he has time to bring it back. but stop talking about things except magnettize his own people and instead focus on bringing people back. lou: you forgot to answer about paul ryan. >> if you have a moment, talk about it. lou: quickly. >> i think ryan made a mistake by saying i'm not going to campaign or defend trump. he should have left that unsaid, but what he did need to say to nervous house republican caucus is i understand my responsibility as your speaker is to put every bit of energy, effort and resources at my disposal to make sure you get returned. lou: let me just say something to you. >> let me finish my thought. if trump wants to be a successful president, he wants a republican senate that will approve his appointees in a republica

karl rove might care. he will be here.ers in chinatown talking politics. >> trump ripping on china at the debate. how does it feel to be trump's punching bag? >> forebebag? forebet about china. >> yeah. this is the u.s.a. >> we hope you stay tuned to those reports. constipated? trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax, designed for dependable relief >>> campaign 2016 segment tonight, poet candidates clinton and trump both running around doing events today. here is the sound. >> i have legally used tax laws to my benefit and to the benefit of my company. my investors and my employees. honestly i have brilliantly used those laws. >> in the debate he said it was smart to avoid paying taxes. yesterday his campaign was bragging it makes him genius. here's my question. what kind of genius loses a billion dollars in a single year? joining us now from boston mary anne marsh an

trish: good advice from karl rove, everyone. thank you very much, sir? >> thank you, trish. trish: donald trump is going to be speaking in north carolina any minute now. will he take karl's advice and stick to the real issues in the stuff that matters like the economy and national security? the issues that got him the nomination in the first place? or use the rally to once again attack mainstream media, go after his accusers? joining me fox news contributor julie roginsky and katie pavlich. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> coin toss, what is he going to say? what is he going to say with this one? >> he would do well to not bring up the women accusing him of sexual misconduct at all. it would be one thing to defend himself and pivot to the issues. another to spend almost an entire week not just defending himself but attacking these women as liars which ironically doesn't sit well when he's trying to accuse bill clinton of misdeeds and saying the women who accused bill clinton should be believed. the circle doesn't square, as they like to say. he has to move on if he has

karl rove and joe trippy. good evening. first to you, cakarl, what he ds need to do about the controversy about that remarkable video. >> you are right, it doesn't affect his supporters, at least not much so far. but 8% of the 40-some odd percent that he has got means he would lose a few points and that is a big margin when you are already five points behind. what he needs to do tonight is to begin -- he can't get it all the way back but he could begin to get back on his footing. one is by a statement of humble contrition for what he said and did. and an explanation that he feels that whatever he said ten years ago, this campaign has made him a changed man. he understands the responsibility he has to speak on behalf of change for those who put their trust and confidence in him. and then in my opinion, he needs to put the focus such as it can be on both her record as status quo and if he has any current disagreements with her, let those be over the -- the revelation that she says one thing to business and wall street audienc

bush seniored a visor karl rove had this to say about how donald trump spent his time today. >> i don't think it was use to feel spend today dedicating his hotel in washington, d.c. complimenting newt gingrich on having a food fight with you last night. that was not a good use of today. he has 13 days. every one of those days is precious. >> tomorrow hillary clinton for her part will campaign for the first time with first lady michelle obama who has been her campaign's most effective voice thus far on donald trump and women. let's bring in our guests to talk about it. gop veteran, former white house communications director nicolle wallace is here. we welcome the senior politics reporter for "usa today" and with us from washington, former rnc chairman michael steele. welcome to you all. it's hard to believe it's been just 24 hours. was trump sanctioning it by the callout of newt gingrich? >> sanctioning it? he was applauding it. we didn't get to it last night but i had a feeling they were running a play. he didn't lose his temp we are megyn kelly, this was a plan. trump has been running

of polls when possible, even karl rove is losing -- >> my former boss! >> all right, well, here we go, take a listen. >> well, if he plays an inside straight, he can get it, but i doubt he's going to be able to play it. he would have to not only win two states where he's either slightly ahead or behind by four, but he would have to pick up states where he's behind by at or above the national average. i don't see it happening. >> that is the resident optimist for republican party polling saying, it's not happening. your thoughts? >> karl rove does not like donald trump, doesn't prefer him, he's been a critic of him throughout this year. but the race is where it is. is he tied? down a couple of points? i'm not sure. i think what i believe and the demographers i trust say the race is much closer than a lot of people are reporting, that it will tighten, i believe, as these weeks go on. karl's exactly right. it comes down to winning in battleground states. north carolina, where almost all the polls show it's very tight. ohio, where it shows trump has a lead.

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let's bring in karl rove, former deputy chief of staff to president george w. tributor. karl, good morning. good to have you wit tell us, how do you characterize the race right now? >> closing, closing rapidly. look at "real clear politics" average, two-way, clinton versus trump. take minor candidates move them out. they started first of october. she had a dreadful september at 2.7 in the "real clear politics" average after the first debate, that ballooned up a little bit. after the release of the sex tape on 7th of october, grew to 6.7. it was, as of friday, 5.2. as of today, 2.9. so, that is without all of the effect of the friday's announcement by comey. the race is naturally going to close because of the nature of what happens in the closing end days of a presidential campaign but the friday announcement will accelerate that. the question how far will it close and who ends up in front on election day. this is pretty dramatic change as you can see in just a few short days. >> talk to me about florida. >> well, look, you used, you gave her a one point advantag

bush karl rove is here. dagen: wow. maria: lots to talk about. dagen: i know. maria: close call for vice president nominee at laguardia airport where the plane said off a rainy runway last night. thankfully governor pence, everyone on board are fine but it was a scary moment. passengers on board say that the plane made a bumpy approach then hit the runway hard before screeching to a halt on some grass. concrete safety barriers stopped the plane from rolling any further. police evacuated pence along with the other 48 passengers and crew members on the plane. we will take a look at this. indiana governor tweeted so thankful everyone on the plane is safe. grateful for our first responders and concern and prayers of so many. back on the trail tomorrow. donald trump expressed relief for running mate. >> i just spoke to our future vice president and he's okay. you know he was in a big accident with the plane. the plane skidded off the runway and was pretty close to grave, grave danger but i just spoke to mike pence and he's fine. [cheers and applause] >> he got out a

karl rove writes apparently the first debate fired up democrats and discouraged republicans.f democrats have a bigger turnout machine mr. trump must reenergize supporters to counter it. that means after failing in the first debate there's enormous pressure to win the second. the reason i picked this one out, there's lots of talk that he didn't do that well in the first debate that mr. pence, his running mate did well, and he needs a good performance this debate. karl rove writing the ground game of democrats is much better, compares it tos 2004 an 2012 elections where the win was bigger for democrats, because the democrats are better at getting the vote out, apparently. this is an added factor for why mr. rove thinks we need a better performance for mr. trump. >> it shows you that the story can change. even though hillary clinton did seem to have the upper hand in the first one. we'll see what happens on sunday with trump and clinton. my pick is from the "usa today." the editorial board writing that trumping real estate taxes, the revelation that donald trump lost nearly $1 b

according to politico.com this evening mitch mcconnell's senate super pac in conjunction with karl rove -- remember him -- mitch mcconnell and karl rove have somehow instantly conjured out of the dark money wilderness a whopping pile of $25 million million which they just announced tonight they'll start shoveling into six contested senate races. they're announcing that tonight. the fastest they can start spending that money is tomorrow. that means they've got $25 million to spend on senate races over 13 days. if they also spend on election day itself. that is a phenomenal last-minute money dump. and who knows where that money came from? incredibly while they've decided to do that through the mitch mcconnell super pac, the nominee decided he'll coast to the finish. no more republican party fund-raisers, helping nobody, where can i go to find somebody to tell me that they love me. he does remain on the top of the ticket. he continues to be the republican party's problem and he continues to be the presidential nominee of a major political party. as such he continues to be subject to scruti

. >> no one did that better than karl rove. he pioneered what he called microtargeting.hat was credited with winning the 2004 election. he compiled reams of information about people. >> if they own a gun, what magazines they read, what car they own. >> we had a microtargeted voter file in which we had up 225 pieces of household level information about them. we knew what kind of car they had. >> republicans today most often drive ford mustangs, audition, mercedes. democrats are more likely to own a honda civic hybrid, volvo, or nissan leaf. they watch tv shows, conservatives like "dancing with the stars" and modern family. >> you won't have to pay taxes for the rest of your life. >> liberals are more likely to watch "law and order" or "30 rock." >> tonight tgf will not be the worst thing on television. it will be john stossel. who's with me? >> yeah, not surprised that liberals watch that. >> what difference does that make? >> it tells you things like if you want to reach an independent swing woman voter, buy the house and garden channel. if you want to reach a republican

. >> reporter: so is karl rove. >> i doubt that in the just over two weeks we have left, conducting the kibed of campaign that he is conducting, that he's going to be able to swing 1 out of every 10 voters. >> reporter: and today trump himself is admitting the obvious, at least on the radio. >> i think we're figure to have a brexit situation. you know, that one was ifin polls. >> reporter: but on stage, he is boisterous. >> we're winning. >> reporter: just like his campaign manager. >> he over-performs many of his polling numbers at the ballot box. >> reporter: the reality on the ground in florida, challenging for trump. democrats have out-registered republicans by 50,000 vote to put it into perspective, president obama won florida by 73,000 votes in 2012. >> it really would require something on the order of something before, to shift the underlying dynamics. >> reporter: tonight 15 days until the election and donald trump is introducing his own online tv show, a 6:30 p.m. lead into his rallies, meant to counter-program the "nightly news" cast. it's long been rumored trump will start hi

. >> karl rove hit trump on multiple fronts. >> i don't think it was useful to spend today dedicating his hotel in washington, d.c., and compliment newt gingrich on the food fight. it's not good use of his days. he has 13 days, every one is precious. >> that exchange in which gingrich goes after kelly, which is bias media coverage may be worsening his lead with women. trump is trailing clinton by female voters 20 points. trump's opportunities to overtake clinton are quickly evaporating. 10 million voters cast their ballots according to our latest tallies. with democrats outpacing republicans in eight out of 12 battleground states, the gop holds their own. >> tim russert said, it could come down to florida. florida, florida, florida. signaling the razor tight race in the sunshine state. the clinton campaign with first lady michelle obama and john bon jovi with supporters in pennsylvania and tim kaine in ohio. trump holds rallies in ohio and mike pence visits nebraska and iowa. >>> we have developing news. the pentagon says u.s. air strikes in afghanistan targeted two leaders. it took p

. >> reporter: so is karl rove. >> i doubt that in the just over two weeks we have left, conducting the kibed of campaign that he is conducting, that he's going to be able to swing 1 out of every 10 voters. >> reporter: and today trump himself is admitting the obvious, at least on the radio. >> i think we're figure to have a brexit situation. you know, that one was if behind in the polls. >> reporter: but on stage, he is >> we're winning. >> reporter: just like his campaign manager. >> he over-performs many of his polling numbers at the ballot box. >> reporter: the reality on the ground in florida, challenging for trump. democrats have out-registered republicans by 50,000 votes. to put it into perspective, president obama won florida by 73,000 votes in 2012. >> it really would require something on the order of something we've never seen in a presidential campaign before, to shift the underlying dynamics. 15 days until the election and donald trump is introducing his own online tv show, a 6:30 p.m. lead into his rallies, meant to counter-program the "nightly news" cast. it's long been ru

>> republican strategist karl rove later hit trump on multiple fronts. >> i don't think it was useful to spend today dedicating his hotel in washington, d.c., complimenting newt gingrich on having a food fight with you last night. that was not a good use of >> this morning, according to a new "washington post" report, that exchange in which gingrich goes after kelly for what he says is biased media coverage against trump may be worsening trump's relationship with women as they leave the gop in droves. trump is currently trailing hillary clinton among female voters by 20 points nationally, and with voting already under way in 37 states, trump's opportunities to overtake clinton are quickly evaporating. over 10 million voters have already cast their ballots, according to o with democrats outpacing republicans in 8 of 10 battleground states. the gop hold their own in three states, and as tim russert famously said, it all could come down to florida, florida, florida, where equal numbers have voted. >> today on the trail, clinton campaigns for the first time with first lady michelle oobama

the veteran political strategist karl rove messina will appear at duke university tonight to discuss the presidential election. >>> also former presidential candidate howard dean will make campaign stops today supporting clinton in high point and in burlington and that's just for starters. for more high-profile visits schedule today and rest of the week, be sure to log on to wncn.com. >>> right now, johnston county sheriff's deputies are investigating a bizarre incident that flared up overnight near clayton. it began with a traffic stop run over. cbs north carolina's lauren haviland joins us live in johnston county with more on the story. what's the latest? >> reporter: investigators said right now they are searching for a third suspect and have two in custody, 19- year-old lyons and 23-year-old holmes. they're facing attempted first- degree murder and felony conspiracy charges. the driver on cleveland road for a traffic violation. we're told the driver refused to stop and someone in the vehicle fired shot at the deputy and kept driving. the car ended up in a cul-de- sac on spaniel l

even republicans like strategist karl rove and senator chuck grassley criticized comey's vague letter to congress, in t which he acknowledged that huma grassley wrote to comey today, "without additional context, your disclosure is not fair to congress, the american people, or secretary clinton." >> i am running against a man who says he doesn't understand why we can't use nuclear weapons. >> reporter: clinton's numbers r go up when the focus is on trump. so today she hammered away at his character, recounting an interview he did on 9/11. >> he couldn't stop himself from pointing out that now, because the towers had fallen, a building he owned was the tallest in lower manhattan. >> before the world trade center was the tallest. when they built the world trade center, it became known as the second tallest. now it's the tallest. >> what kind of person brags at a moment like that? >> reporter: this evening clinton's top aides are accusing the f.b.i. director of what they call an astonishing double about clinton but staying quiet about reported investigations s between ties to trump's asso

bush, karl rove weighing in on the campaign at duke. the republican strategist conceding clinton has the national lead on trump... but suggesting republicans still have reason to hope in winning the white house... - "this has been a weird election and there could be an october surprise." - "some, something happens that causes people to say no to her and yes to him." and perhaps that something is the health care law. trump has been tweeting all day about the obama this week-- about those projected double-digit obamacare increases. expect to hear more of that line of attack tomorrow, when trump arrives back in north carolina. jbr abc11 ewn. former president "bill - clinton" continuing his 'swing' -- through "battleground north carolina" tomorrow. clinton - speaking in 'greenville' tonight. former governor im it's the 'second time' -- bill clinton has been to greenville -- to 'stump' for his wife. tomorrrow - the former president will visit fayetteville... wilmington and pembroke. "donald - trump" doubling down -- in north carolina. the 't

joe trippi and calf -- karl rove. >> another moment.tion. i will tell you at the time. i will keep you in suspense. >> what do voters think? lea carter joins us next. >> there's pizza here lee. >> yes. at old dominion, we see freight... ...as a combination of products and customers. every on-time arrival is backed by thousands of od employees, ...who make sure the millions of products we ship arrive without damages. because od employees treat customer service... ...like our most important delivery. od. helping the world keep promises. there's a lot of places you never want to see "$7.95." [ beep ] but you'll be glad to see it here. fidelity -- where smarter investors will always be. millions of women worldwide trust tena with their bladder matters. thanks to its triple protections from leaks, odor and moisture. tena lets you be you ♪ >>> well, plenty of firework at the last debate. but what did the voters think? here with instant reaction is lee carter. she just put last night's big sound bytes to the dial test. everybody knows that the

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republican strategist karl rove says he does not see a trump presidency happening.ntil -- two weeks until election night, a poll gives clinton a 12 point lead. ♪ mark: i am mark gorton in london. let's turn to china. the overseas investment drive has seen it spent a record $207 billion on global m&a. but this morning we have seen two of the steals hit hurdles. germany reviewing buyouts. afterta shares falling china failed to submit takeover concessions to the regulators. i am joined by matt campbell, commerce bank's global equity economists. -- thehe standpoint ia seems tosinophob be a thing of the past, but we are seeing little traits of it emerged this morning. matt: i do not think it is quite a thing of the past. we are seeing from chinese companies the ability to execute large-scale m&a in a way we have not before. if you look at the alibabas of the world, these appear to be very sophisticated dealmakers of any ilk we have not seen from china on any scale before. concerns,remain big certainly, in countries like the u.s., and germany, as we are seeing today, with

goodbye karl rove. goodbye token minorities. goodbye hypocritical gun policy. >> let's get right to it people, the third and final presidential debate of 2016 just ended in las vegas. and i gotta say all the prostitutes in vegas must have really enjoyed the evening, because for once, they got to watch other people screw americans. it was appropriate for the debate to be in las vegas because this was america's night to let loose. let loose before she settles down and makes a commitment to one person. this was like a bachelorette party. except the giant novelty dildo was onstage behind a podium. your running mate governor pence pledged on sunday that he and you, his words, will absolutely accept the result of this election. i want to ask you here on this stage tonight, do you make the commitment that you will absolutely --sir --that you will absolutely accept the result of this election? >> i will look at it at the time. i will tell you at the time. i'll keep you in suspense. >> am i the only one who thinks that's horrifying? that's horrifying right? >> that's ho