from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, lisa desjardins. >> desjardins: good evening, and thanks for joining us. two-and-a-half weeks after conceding defeat, hillary clinton's campaign today said it now supports presidential election recounts in three pivotal and closely-contested states-- wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. today, clinton lawyer marc elias wrote in a post on the web sit"" medium" that data scientists working for the campaign were already checking official vote totals in every state. then, green party candidate jill stein formally filed a wisconsin recount petition yesterday. she announced plans to do the same in michigan and pennsylvania by monday. elias said: elias said going forward the clinton campaign will be" represented" in any court proceedings and on the ground. since the election, clinton's lead in the national popular vote has grown. she now has 2.2 million more votes than donald trump, but she's behind mr. trump by a combined 107,000 votes in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. elias noted that trump's lead in the closest state, michig

i think we have to watch closely. >> all right, lisa desjardins. i know it's been a busy week for you. we appreciate your time. thank you for being with us. >> you're welcome. >> turning now to state politics, california voted on 17 ballot measures and sent clear messages about priorities this week. they voted to legalize pot and tighten gun control, but kept the death penalty in place. voters approved more resources for schools and hospitals, and dealt a resounding blow to tobacco companies. here now to discuss local and state elections as well as the impact of a trump presidency on california politics are university of san francisco professor james taylor. kqed senior editor of california politics and government scott schafer. and republican political strategist sean walsh. welcome to you all. sean, how did the trump factor play out in california? before the election there were predictions he might hurt republicans down ballot in the central valley in california. did it all come into play? >> i don't think trump was that much of a factor in calif

we heard lisa desjardins report earlier about 30 million americans already voted. who's turning out and where? >> we'll probably be up to 36 million by the end of the day. we're seeing uneven levels of turnout across the country, but in most places record numbers of people who have voted early. in six states, we are above the 2012 numbers, already. we have several days of early voting left to go. so many places, places like texas is running well ahead of their 2012 numbers, louisiana, florida where i'm at, we're already at our 2012 numbers. some places changed their election law that expanded early voting, places like minnesota and massachusetts have also reached their levels of 2012, but while we see lots of voting going on in some places, other places we're seeing -- place where is they're not reaching their 2012 levels, primarily in the midwest places like iowa and ohio seem to be running behind their 2012 levels. >> woodruff: so just quickly staying with you michael mcdonald, are you saying this bodes well for one -- probably bodes well for one campaign or anth

lisa desjardins begins our coverage, with four days to go. >> reporter: the last friday of the 2016 race the two campaigns are off to a long weekend of crisscrossing the battleground states. donald trump started in new hampshire-- where he's now neck- and-neck with hillary clinton, hoping to break through her electoral wall of usually blue states. the granite state last voted republican for president in 2000. >> when you see the rusted out factories and empty buildings, just remember this: hillary clinton's policies and other's like her-- her friends-- did this to us, all of us. we will stop the jobs from leaving new hampshire. the theft of american prosperity will end. they've taken away our prosperity. from now on it's going to be america first. >> reporter: new hampshire has the nation's lowest unemployment rate, but trump moved on to more likely economic territory-- ohio and pennsylvania. meanwhile some remarkable fallout involving words trump said yesterday. he told crowds that hillary clinton was likely to be put on trial for actions related to her foundation and e-mail. but that w

lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> reporter: one week to go.hree new elements today, in pennsylvania, to the look and feel of donald trump's sprint to election day. his running mate mike pence was there... congressional supporters were there... and his address was all policy, especially health care, as he pounded away at obamacare and its rising costs. >> when we win on november 8, and elect a republican congress, we will be able, immediately be able to repeal and replace obamacare. have to do it. i will ask congress to convene a special session so we can repeal and replace. >> reporter: trump's keystone state visit is part of a final week push in states that voted twice for barack obama, including wisconsin, where he is tonight. and the campaign just announced new ad buys in usually dark blue michigan, and in new mexico, which may be a late swing state. hillary clinton is also airing new ads in both those states, and she's getting back on the air in colorado, where she had not advertised since july. today, she was east, in florida: the biggest

lisa desjardins has our report. >> reporter: two fronts for the transition of power today: in washingtonce president-elect mike pence worked on alliances wth republican leaders on capitol hill. as, in new york, team trump offered more cabinet nominees for congress to consider, including the highest-ranking yet: financier steven mnuchin for treasury secretary. >> i couldn't be more excited about the opportunity to work with him in the administration. and our number is going to be the economy, get back to 3%-4% growth, we believe that's very sustainable and focus on things for the american worker, that's absolutely our priority. >> reporter: mnuchin's resume is full of wall street experience, including 17 years at goldman sachs. he has no government experience. during the election, he headed up fundraising operations for the trump campaign, and had a hand in shaping candidate trump's message on taxes. if confirmed, he'd be tasked with turning that rhetoric into reality. alongside him this morning on cnbc, billionaire investor wilbur ross, who is mr. trump's pick to be the commerce secretar

for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins. >> sreenivasan: we'll be turning to new york city throughoutight, where both clinton and trump have their election night headquarters. john yang is with clinton supporters at the javits convention center. john, nothing left they can do. what have you heard today? >> well, they're watching and waiting. they're very hopeful. they're optimistic about their field operations. they think that's what's going to make the difference in a lot of places where the race has been very close. right now here at the javits center, the door is not yet open to the public. still putting the final touches on. when i asked the campaign why they were here at the javits center, they pointed up. this has a literal glass ceiling, a glass ceiling they're hoping to symbolically burst through tonight with the first woman to be elected president. more symbolism here, the stage that they're working on is in the shape of the united states. the lectern where hillary clinton will speak is pretty much over oklahoma it looks to me. the campaign tells me that she has prepared rema

lisa desjardins. no we can't.e able through the exit polls, the interviews with voters, as they left polling places, to get an idea, how strong the turnout is for hillary clinton among traditionally democratic groups. >> what virginia is interesting to me, virginia is one that lyndon johnson carried ten times in a row very reliably republican, as jeff greenfield mentioned third time in a row was going to go democratic. and it appears, correct me if i'm wrong but it appears to be a real fight. in virginia. and it -- it is the state that i think was assumed for democrats. other than that, where trump is running up the score is in the plains states, where there are no people, and a lot of geography. i mean you can win the dakotas and wyoming, but it just doesn's the one big state that, with electoral votes, the second largest that is reliably red. >> woodruff: jeff greenfield is joining us at wne tferlt the pbs station there. jeff. gle. >yes, you know what may behappee right have been saying the right candidate can s

it's been 589 days since the presidential campaign began, and to get you through this last week, lisa desjardins has written an election survival guide. you can find that on www.pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: protests over the dakota oil pipeline near a boiling point, and new insights into some the ocean's smallest creatures. but first, it's been more than three months since a coup sought to depose the turkish president. the attempt failed quickly, but the crackdown in its aftermath continues, alarming many of turkey's allies. readers have opened turkey's main opposition newspaper to find blank columns this week-- a protest against jailing its editor-in-chief and a dozen staffers. their arrests monday were part of an ongoing purge against perceived opponents by president recep tayyip erdogan since a failed coup last july. on tuesday, his prime minister brushed off european criticism: >> ( translated ): today, somebody from the european parliament says the detention of journalists from that newspaper is a "red line." brother, we don't care about your re

we turn to lisa desjardins, who is joined once again by amy walter of the cook political report. >> desjardinsy walter, nine hours we were here together last night. imagine seeing each other again so soon. >> i never want to leave her. >> desjardins: thank you for joining us. >> of course. >> desjardins: america is becoming more diverse. we have been talking a lot about race going into this election. that was supposed to help hillary clinton, but what actually happened? >> what we saw from the exit polls is a couple of things. first, donald trump did a little bit better than mitt romney did among white voters. >> desjardins: but not by a whole lot. >> by one point, you will see mitt romney 20 points, donald trump 21 points. but another side of the tore is the african-american and latino percentage clinton got winning by 80 and 36% but not the margins that barack obama got. and there is another story in there as well, and i think that we look at white voters. we have been dividing white voters into these different groups and we've talked a lot about white college educated voters. these are the