seven key counties and swing states of 2004 so we are looking at places like florida, virginia, ohio north carolina in hampshire colorado and wisconsin because of the changes that have occurred there is a great opportunity to find of good they are the reason why republicans win the statewide elections they lost touch with the voters. >> go to hamilton county ohio who are some of the voters they have lost? and the camel to county is interesting because it has a net population and loss. the challenges are more about growth from other parts of the country the their native predilections. it is one where they have a significant population so those who have the economic mobility but they don't work than high-priced firms or to put food on the table and they have an opportunity to make a case or what their issues are but the problem that you have with the republican party at one point was one of the most republican parties and a republican state. hamilton county was a very read county over the last two presidential elections one of the reasons the republicans will message -- message the economy with the i

so we are looking at bellwether counties in places like florida, virginia, ohio, north carolina, new hampshire, colorado and wisconsin. republicans haven't actually quite won wisconsin yet. but because of some of the changes that occurred over the last two years, they have a pretty good opportunity there. the idea is to find out who the voters are because they keep the uri in this book is the reason why republicans went to elections in those counties but can't win presidential elections is because they've got sent to the voters are on the local level. >> let's go to hamilton county, ohio. who are the voters interviewed that republicans have lost and how to make it about? >> it's an interesting case because it's the only county that has a net population loss over the last two decades. the challenges are more about population growth, people coming in from other parts of the country, carrying what you call their native political elections with them. hamilton county is the one where people have left and had a pretty significant population decreased over the last 30 to 40 years. the peopl

republicans won in 2004 the where they lost in 2012 so places like florida or virginia or ohio or north carolina and new hampshire colorado the republicans actually have it yet but because some of those changes they had a pretty good opportunity but to find out who they are because that key theory is the reason why republicans win more state elections win more state elections cannot presidential elections they have lost touch of the voters at the local level. >> host: hamilton county ohio cincinnati to are the voters that republicans have lost? >> that is an interesting case the only county that had a net population in lost so the challenge is more about population growth other people carrying those predilections hamilton county is where people have actually left it with a significant decrease of the last 30 or 40 years so those who are left did not have the economic mobility to leave so the blue-collar workers to work hard but not necessarily high priced could find work with their hands and put food on the table republicans have the opportunity to make the case for economic liberty based on the

so we're looking at bellwether counties in places like florida, virginia, ohio, north carolina, new hampshire colorado and wisconsin. wisconsin's actually kind of an interesting case, because republicans haven't9 actually quite won wisconsin yet. but because of some of the changes that have occurred over the last few years in wisconsin, i think they have a pretty good understood the there. -- opportunity there. the idea is to find out who those voters are because the key thierry in this book is the reason why republicans win local and state elections but not presidential is because they have lost -- the national level has lost touch with who the voters are on the local voters. >> host: who are some of the voters, in your view, that the republicans have lost, and how can they get them back? >> guest: hamilton county's an interesting case because it's the only county that had a net population loss. the challenges are more about population growth, people coming in from other parts of the country carrying maybe what you'd call their native political predilections with them. hamilton county is whe

you're spending less money in ohio, north carolina, virginia. >> although the way this campaign is going, it's not clear any money's being spent in any of these states. it's not like he's robbing peat tore play paul. an interview bernie sanders just gave in california on whether he's worried -- i think there are democrats who are worried about hillary clinton against donald trump, whether he's worried. take a listen. >> are you worried that hillary clinton is going to lose to donald trump? >> am i worried? am i worry saturday what do you think i'm going crazy -- why do you think i'm running after over the state of california, doing three rallies a day? we're going to have a letter going to super tell gate delega that point. worried? i'm scared to death. >> that strikes me as the message he wants to bring and a genuine feeling on the part of sanders. and there's a not insignificant part of the democratic political class that is pretty nervous as well. >> look, i think we've gone -- i remember three weeks ago, cornell and i worked on a story together where i did a story on how could they p

and if you can put up that slide, we went to florida, ohio, north carolina, nevada, wisconsin and pennsylvaniad these are the states that are going to determine who wins and who loses. what we found is there's a key 11% of the electiorate who doesn't want either clinton or trump. call them "none of the above." to me, it's going to be the none of the above voters. 1 out of every 9 that will determine this election. the key component to them is they're not issue voters, they're attribute voters. if you look at then, 2 out of 3 are women, which is good for hillary clinton. they're younger voters, which is also good for clinton. but politically, they lean towards the republicans. a majority voter for mitt romney in the last election. and they feel better towards the gop. however, the most important component is they are character voters. they're attribute voters. the attribute that matters the most is honest and trustworthy -- >> well, they have nobody then, because the polls show that the voters don't think donald is trustworthy and they don't think she is either. >> that's exactly the point. the

that was ohio, north carolina, florida, missouri, and illinois. and let's look at how the networks covered that night. wall to wall coverage which is good. that's fine. that was the night that senator rubio pulled out because he lost his home state of florida. the night that governor kasich gave a victory speech he won his first primary his first home state of ohio. senator cruz spoke. hillary clinton had won florida, ohio, and north carolina. she spoke then which was smart. she had three wins under her belt. but the next two illinois her home state of missouri were too close to call. it was clinton, sanders, clinton, sanders. so she spoke before the outcome. then the networks waited for trump and they put that little square in the upper corner showing an empty podium and they're filling the air time with the pundtri. finally, after about half an hour he speaks for half and hour and they play the whole thing. that pretty much did it. asich, clinton, cruz, trump, and rubio. that's pretty much it for the night. right? well, there was someone missing

so we are looking at those counties in places like florida, virginia, ohio, north carolina, new hampshiresconsin. wisconsin is actually an interesting case count because republicans have not one wisconsin yet because of some of the changes that occurred the last few years i think they have a pretty good opportunity there. the idea is to find out who those voters are because the key theory in this book is the reason why republicans win local estate elections in those counties began when presidential elections is because they have lost to the voters are at the national level on the local level. >> let's go to hamilton county, ohio, cincinnati. for some of the voters in your view that republicans have lost and how can they get them back? >> that's an interesting case, hamilton county is an interesting case, hamilton county is an interesting case because it's the only county with a net population loss over the last few decades. all of the rest the challenges are more about population growth, people coming in from other parts of the country carrying what they will call their native political s

that was ohio, north carolina, florida, missouri, and illinois. and let's look at how the networks covered that night. wall to wall coverage which is good. that's fine. that was the night that senator rubio pulled out because he lost his home state of florida. the night that governor kasich gave a victory speech he won his first primary his first home state of ohio. senator cruz spoke. hillary clinton had won florida, ohio, and north carolina. she spoke then which was smart. she had three wins under her belt. but the next two illinois her home state of missouri were too close to call. it was clinton, sanders, clinton, sanders. so she spoke before the outcome. then the networks waited for trump and they put that little square in the upper corner showing an empty podium and they're filling the air time with the pundtri. finally, after about half an hour he speaks for half and hour and they play the whole thing. that pretty much did it. asich, clinton, cruz, trump, and rubio. that's pretty much it for the night. right? well, there was someone missing

hillary clinton had one florida, ohio, and north carolina. she spoke within -- then. , illinois and missouri were too close to call. it was senators clinton, sanders. she spoke before the outcomes. the networks waited for donald trump. they put that square in the right-hand corner showing an empty podium in one of his florida mansions. they were filling the air time. after about half an hour he does speak. he speaks for half an hour and a play the whole thing. that pretty much did it. john kasich, hillary, ted cruz, donald trump, and marco rubio. that pretty much did it for the night. there was somebody missing. bernie sanders. had he fallen asleep? did he take the night off? where was he? they were deeper and speculating -- they were not even speculating. we are in a tour as we celebrate the democracy news hour. to portland,g maine, and then we will be in chicago. we were also just in arizona. we were in flagstaff, tucson, and phoenix. i met many people that night who rallyd at bernie sanders where thousands and thousands, you know his histo

if you live in ohio, florida, north carolina, nevada, get ready on youtube, you will see these non-stophrough election day. the question will it be effectively and how powerful will he counterpunch which he is doing hitting back expense the clintons and bill and his conduct, treatment. things most voters especially younger voters are not necessarily aware of. this will be mutual assured destruction, no doubt. opening shot. campaigns learned you have to define your opponent quickly as you can. so much media exposure. everyone knows who donald trump is. the left will make him look like misogynist and have hillary clinton play the victim. harris: he usually defines quickly. kirsten, i want to come to you, this doesn't have to touch hillary clinton now. she said she wouldn't go personal, but if the super-pacs do it for her she doesn't have to. >> that's true. he will come personal against her. the question is she really going to be able to stay above it for the entire campaign? more importantly, is bill clinton going to stay above it? that is the bigger question. as he comes after both bill

it's why states line ohio, michigan, north carolina, have had record exports because they've been able to get the funding they need to sell them overseas. we won't have a trade-free world. we have to sell our goods to the rest of the world. that will help create jobs in america. we have to enforce tough trade agreements and negotiate them, if they aren't working we have to renegotiate them. that's been her position all the way through. the difference between her and senator sanders has been senator sanders says he opposes all trade agreements. hillary clinton doesn't. she evaluates each one and they have to be in our business economically. >> so if she's elected president she will have the fast track authority president obama achieved because it runs past his presidency. does that mean she will drop tpp when elected president or pick it up and push it forward? >> she has said there are provisions in that agreement she would want to renegotiate and make stronger. in particular the nations of orange provision which is she feels gives advantage to china that they shouldn't have in a globa

if clinton is leading trump by 10, 11, 12 points in purple districts in florida, ohio and north carolina, then trump has no leverage over them whatsoever. >> suzanne, that really brings up my next sort of point which is the kinds of people who are now used to be against trump who are now for him and whether or not that can actually make the difference in a place like florida. let's look at the list of formerly anti-trump republicans who are now for him. what's interesting on this list, bobby jindal, rick perry, dick cheney, who just came out yesterday, nikki haley, who was very anti-trump, she gaive that response in the state of the union. there are reports that mcconn l mcconnell -- [ inaudible ] but maybe using himself as somebody to reintroduce donald trump to communities that right now really detest him like the latino community? >> well, i have been talking to some of the gop hispanics about that. they are waiting to hear a lot more because like i said before, the insult level from trump to the hispanic community is so high that apology is not enough. rubio had backing of some of th

we have had applicants from texas, north carolina, ohio, l.a. >> reporter: but the majority of applicants are from south dakota. convincing them to stay in these communities slows the state's rural "brain drain," saves communities money, and has a multiplier effect on the economy. >> when we look at the overall package, what this attorney will bring: not just access to justice, but also they'll buy a home there, they'll pay real estate taxes, they'll pay sales tax on what they generate for income. and they generally bring other people into the community too. >> so martin, what i'm going to have you do is start signing. >> reporter: busy is how attorneys ryan mcknight and brittany kjerstad describe their law office in rural philip, south dakota, an agriculture and cattle town in the state's western prairie. south dakota natives, the couple met at the university of south dakota school of law and got married. after mcknight was accepted into the rural attorney program, they decided to plant stakes in philip, 25 minutes from kjerstad's hometown. she currently works as a state's attorney-- the

two or three weeks talking to women, suburban white fwh women in states like virginia and north carolina and ohiod even among women who voted for romney in 2012 there is a lot of reluctance about signing up to vote for donald trump. they worry about him across a range of issues. this you think about this election in terms of margins, barack obama won 41% of white women. if clinton can hold obama's margins with minorities a couple more percentage points among white women that makes is difficult for him to win. >> we talked about guns and commander in chief test at the top of the show, different positions on a host of issues but we've also seen early on these personal characteristics brought into the campaign including the clinton campaign thinks by far they have an advantage among women to the point where donald trump puts out one of his best assets his daughter goes on cbs to deal in part with the "new york times" story looked at the history of donald trump dealing with women. listen to ivanka trump. >> i'm not in every interaction my father has but he's not a groper and i've known my father obvi

. >> texas, florida, north carolina, ohio, pennsylvania, lots of state dozen this. >> it's not armageddonuestions. and the fact of the matter is, there are a lot of law enforcement officers that tell me we want this because when there's a few bad apples they're hidden away, and nobody knows what happens to them. >> thank you. >> if you have a tip, give us a call 888-996-tips or e-mail to the unit@nbc bay area dorm. >>> more trouble for deputies at santa clara couldn't 0ty jail. two more deputies facing charges with an inmate beating last summer. the two turned themselves in yesterday. each is accused in a beating last july that left an inmate severely injured. the former inmate ruben garcia says two guards gave him a fractured jaw and other injuries. both face one count of felony assault. garcia only qacame forward afte beating death that left three other krecorrectional deputies facing criminal charges. >>> the family of a bear area man who died during an arrest -- james grier pulled over driving erratically after they took two steps back and then the officers attackled him. >> he got sh

. >> it is not about national polls in six months, it is what happens in ohio and florida, virginia, north carolina. those are the places where hillary clinton on the monday before election day, there will be a giant reckoning with whether we want to wake up wednesday, day after election day, with president elect trump. that monday will be the day that's key, when people ask themselves are they ready to do this. >> what we learned from past campaigns, maybe not apply to this one, those debates at the end of the cycle are terribly, terribly important. >> let me say one other thing. >> just real quick, patrick's point was important about state to state. this is one point where he is stronger on trade, you look at states that are important, pennsylvania, michigan, ohio, bernie sanders being clearly against bad trade agreements. donald trump is making a smart move talking about how bad nafta was for the country. hillary clinton has been on the wrong side of that. the contrast on those issues is important in those states. >> that's the thing about the unpledged delegates. sanders one lone hope, and it i

ohio. then virginia and north carolina . colorado. you win those, you may be able to stop.u could pick anyone to do that, leaving aside they would be willing, who is someone who is still constitutionally eligible, who is someone who could pull that off? with the right money? bill: the person i had conversation with, jim mattis could have run an impressive campaign. a genuine independent. he is more liberal than i am. i think there is even a winning strategy which is premised on a longshot obviously that the independent candidate takes off. the three are on stage. the voters see them together. this candidate -- mark: he said no. now that he is out, name somebody who could do it who might. is there anybody? bill ben sasse or mitt romney. i think mitt romney could be been sasse's campaign. i think he is thinking about it or he could he the code that -- cochairman. mark: those are good names. we will have to talk about the romney option. we will talk to peter king about paul ryan and donald trump in just a moment. stay tuned. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ john: this next interview

crucial for clinton and she won big sweeping all five state primaries in illinois, ohio, florida, missouri and north carolinarighter tomorrow than yesterday. thank you-all so very much. >> clinton lost in wisconsin but scored a big win in new york two weeks later as she continued to fight toward the convention in july. >> you proved once again there is no place like home. [ cheers ] >> you know, we're going to go up against some powerful forces that will do, say, and spend whatever it takes to stop us, but remember, it's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up. [ cheers ] >> she's running to validate feminism, to validate women's potential and achievements but at the end of the day, i think most women believe that a woman whose been a united states senator, whose been secretary of state in the united states, whose had a history, whose had policy ideas, whose had a career really ought to be judged on her own merit. >> in the months ahead, hillary clinton will be tested not on her ability to fight off attacks. she's proven that. not on her ability to with stand personal humiliation. her

the toss-ups are colorado, florida, iowa, new hampshire, north carolina, ohio, virginia and nebraska'second congressional district, 95 electoral votes. get to know these states and media markets there. democrats need just 17 votes from thats to- s ttoss-up colum the magic number. how does trump get the republicans to where they need to be in preventing hillary clinton from getting any more? trump himself has floated some states from our likely democratic column as states where he believes he can compete. right now, we think it's a bit premature. this week "the washington post" came out with a few realistic paths to a trump victory. he's not saying this is where things stand now. but this is what a trump victory map could look like. first is what he calls the midwest sweep. trump's perceived rust belt strength, we say perceived because there isn't much evidence. but if he does over-perform in the rust belt, three of them we have in our lean category, most most of the mid atlantic and midwest s ttoss-ups. this map has trump with 282 electoral votes, assuming he overcoming an unfavorable

for the general election in these eight states, colorado, florida, nevada, new hampshire, north carolina, ohio, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. eight states. building up the organizations in those states. hiring field organizers. making sure those state operations have what they need for the general election. and that will be music to the ears of democratics. now that they have settled on their candidate, donald trump and democrats are still in this contested broil on this side. it's going to be music to their ears to hear that it's starting. it's going to be music to the ears of the democrats specifically in those eight states especially because in six of those states they've got republican incumbent senators who are up for re-election this year and who the democrats would very much like to take their seats away. so millions of dollars in new funding, lots of new field organizers hired, beefing up state organizations. that's all getting under way. sanders campaign aggressively criticized hillary clinton's campaign for forming the fund-raising with dnc. sanders criticizing the clinton folks not h

electrify independents and swing voters in the swing states such as pennsylvania, ohio, florida, colorado, and north carolina and we don't know yet. that's the real question. >> that is knowing whether there is a change in tone or even in policy and the flip-flopping that we've seen and if that is alienating the people that support him to begin w betsy, whether it comes to the unification and paul ryan who has been vocal about it and was asked if donald trump was somebody that his kids could look up to and here's how he answered that. >> well, i think the question is where are we going from here? i'm not interested in litigating the campaign going into the past. you know what my kids really care about? what kind of country are they going to get if the future? what matters to my kids and me as the parents of my kids, are we fixing the problems confro confronting our nation today so that our children and grandchildren can be better off tomorrow. >> you know, so how do you expect this unification that is the hope between ryan and trump to play out? is there a possibility, a scenario that after all this that we'

of the things we have to look at is right now the campaign already has staff in virginia, north carolina, ohio, new hampshire, nev and florida. there is no underestimating donald trump. in fact, the game is set. now, whether or not donald trump can actually play this game is something totally different. >> one thing i would say, too, is that the clinton campaign has a history of warring camps inside it. from the get-go, from this day forward, they can't have any -- they can't have any of that, you know, that dissension inside the camp if they're going to beat him. >> i'm sure you guys saw the polls. let's talk about the issues. in a new poll, clinton beats trump on handling terrorism, immigration, health care, education. every issue except the most important one, which is the economy, that's the most important one to 88% of voters. is that a red flag for the clinton campaign, mark? >> i mean, listen, i think we all agree as we sit here at the table that donald trump is somebody who is an anomaly. we don't quite understand what his appeal is, but we do know he does have appeal. and it's magneti

ohio. pennsylvania. a state like kentucky. north carolina.reads from there. >> that is all right. >> it is important. it shows that bernie supporters are so angry. what would you have the next day with trump supporters acting like that? >> listen. look at debbie waterman chilton is statement afterwards. called on the campaign to do the same. trish: it is not my fault. it is your fault. he is blaming you guys. >> i do not think that he is getting a free pass. i do not think you see that. trish: he is blaming the party. what do you say? >> the system is not rigged. these are party policies. trish: wow. >> a do believe different. there is a narrative race that he himself has not dispelled trish: i do not want to digress into that. i think that it is challenging to really have the democrats believe that it is not rigged. with that said, we can talk about it another time. what does bernie sanders really want deep down? does he want to be vice president? >> i do not know if he wants to be vice president. as he is picking up delegates in losing stat

donald trump would have to win ohio, he would have to win north carolina, which romney carried in 2012er obama carried in 2008. we're at a tie. 253 to 53. this is how a competitive election could play out. where does the state of virginia go. one of the classic swing states in american politics has been trending blue in recent years. if the democrats can hold that, now you're up to 266. pick one and you get to the finish line. can donald trump hold iowa? george bush had some success. barack obama won it twice. if trump could somehow take iowa, there you are, 256, and we come down to two smaller states. democrats will tell you, they believe colorado is coming their way. traditionally been a battleground state. the denver suburbs, the latino vote could be key. this could come down or could come down here. what if donald trump could win new hampshire? it's a hypothetical conversation. was colorado in these circumstances decides the presidency. it's a very -- this is one hypothetical. you could do thousands of these as you play them out. but if you're inside the campaigns right now, if you

really saying the republican path to 270 where they have to thread the needle and get florida, north carolina and ohiond new hampshire and iowa and new mexico and colorado and nevada, this is all bets are off this year? you think this map will be transformed in a major way? >> look, i believe, and you heard it here for the first time so you can keep this and play it later on the air. just as there were once reagan democrats, i think there are going to be trump americans and they're not going to be people who rush in and decide they're republican the next day. they're going to say, look, to make america great again, i'm going to be for donald trump. they're going to be in all 50 states. they're going to be in places you never expected. i think we're going have a new map. as i said. replace red and blue because it's the old order. replace it with green for trump and orange for hillary and have a very different map by election day. >> is there something symbolic about green and orange, a particular reason you chose those two colors? >> well, green is both for the economy and because it will drive the env

we went to ohio, pennsylvania, new hampshire, virginia, north carolina, florida. >> okay, so that's -- you think that in this race, trump/clinton, you're looking at the same turf more or less? or do you think michigan becomes a battleground state? >> i think the 2012 map will be the foundation for where these races will play out. i do think that michigan, we had an artificial boost in 2012 because of how weak that specific candidate was for that state. as you remember the auto bailout. some of the statements that mitt romney made even though his father was governor there almost disqualified immediately in michigan. michigan should be a closer state. i suspect in 2016 it will be. >> that is interesting. i had not thought of that. so you think he actually ran below essentially generic republican in michigan, mitt romney, mostly because of the auto bailout thing? >> yeah, if you look at what's happened in the legislature in michigan, the governor, given what's happened in flint, that may change. but it's a state that should be much closer than it has been in presidentials. >> let's look

that even if trump starts to creep up about five points and even if he can win in florida, north carolina, and ohioe still loses. he would have to really narrow the gap considerably, and i don't think there's a democratic vp candidate that can correct all the errors that he currently has. >> and one person who i'm guessing is definitely not in consideration for vp, errol, would be president obama, but he could play a very important role in this race. >> he's a democrat. ben carson said democrats -- there's nothing kation constitu there. yes, there is. he couldn't serve because he's been president. >> john is wrong. just note that, one time, john is wrong. let's throw up the latest approval rating. he's doing pretty well, especially when you compare with past presidents at this exact time. 51% stands his approval rating right now. what do you see as the president obama role for hillary clinton or the risks of them running together? >> well, i think the role would be to sort of help lock down certain states where he remains very popular. illinois comes to mind. a number of other states though. and it

in almost any of them, north carolina, virginia, ohio, florida, obama is an asset to clinton and certainly more of an asset to her than he may have been even to himself four years ago when he was a more controversial figure and when his policies were somewhat less popular than they are today. and i do think that -- more than anything, bakari alluded to this. the place where the democrats are most comfortable going after donald trump, because they feel like it's not a partisan argument, is just about basic preparedness for the job. and they're going to be able to, you know, have a pretty good spokesman, a couple pretty authoritative spokesmen on what it takes to be president. because the bushes have declined to endorse trump. it's going to be trickier to respond. >> how do you respond to preparedness? because it's going to come up again and again and again. >> sure it will. but there are policy differences with hillary clinton and donald trump. the vision is different. you have hillary clinton, who is campaigning with no intention on enforcing current laws in the books, whether it's immigra

ohio and kentucky. more rain along the coast of the north carolina to converge on our area tomorrow, coming up, we will pinpoint timing of the heavier rain which areas could see most rain as well and if we may try to clear it out for a bit this weekend. for now, back over to you. >>> well, powerful new device that could change the way the world creates energy is right here in our area. >> "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos takes to us princeton new jersey where new equipment is getting a tension. >> reporter: it can heat plasma four to five times the temperature of sun, today here in princeton a new machine unveiled which could lead to safe greens and abundant energy. through this tunnel of the princeton plasma physics laboratory, up a few flights of stairs, sits a device. >> it looks like an apple that has been cored. >> reporter: that cored apple could one day lead to efficient and plentiful fusion energy. >> we would provide even why i for millions of years for all of mankind. >> let me see this. >> there we go. >> reporter: friday u.s. energy secretary, toured the upgraded machine at princeton u

storm, kind of two pieces right now, one moving up through portions of southern ohio, another off the coast of north carolina these will converge on the area tomorrow and bring threat for heavy rain, maybely through the afternoon hours, we can see up to an inch and a half of rain in spots, coming up, i'll pinpoint where the spots most likely to see heavier rain will be and whether we will see any sun at all this weekend. back inside to you. >> hoping for a little, kate, over to you. >>> an abandoned home in west philadelphia is slowly coming down. "eyewitness news" on north 50th street as workers finished part of the demolition. crews took down the porch roof yesterday and they return this morning to finish the main part of the job. this is cell phone video of the vultures, neighbor who looked across the street said bird tear up trash and attacked people. she hopes that they go away once that abandoned home comes down. >>> you may recall, this huge fire, that damaged two buildings at columbus farmers market in burlington county in november of 2014. well, construction crews have reconstructed the building, th

. >> she wants to be in ohio, she wants to be in virginia, north carolina, she doesn't want to be going around kentucky day after day after day going down puerto rico spending time -- you know how much time is so precious in these campaigns. and how to spend them. and in fact you've got lots of time to get there. >> the truth is this is a grind, this is not a problem with running through this, in fact, van makes the point that this contested primary in kentucky, all of them have been good for hillary. its made her tougher and smarter. she's had to retool and find a way to appeal. it was a tight victory in kentucky. tighter than al speed doe on chris christie, it's still a win. >> wait, back to the bernie sanders for marco rubio. >> he'd come out tonight and declare a victory in kentucky. it's close. >> back to earlier conversation we were having about how hillary and trump, how hillary should deal with trump. i really just don't sympathy there's any benefit to her going after him on the women stuff. he doesn't know a lot about politics, world affairs, domestic policy, foreign policy, th

ohio valley. even a little lightning on i-77 near the north carolina border. but for us, a wet night in store at a time, the light rain will be picking up to moderate and locally heavy but it continues to stream in from the west. nothing major, but all roads are wet. if you are going out, you have to keep that in mind. maybe a little bit of a break, but look at the rain as it continues to stream in. all those areas, you have rain coming into ohio and south western pennsylvania. with the showers an, temperatures have been stuck all day in the 50s . right now, low to 55s . tomorrow, yeah. yellow weather alert for your sunday as we have a wet start. i think we could have rain right through midday. maybe some breaks in the afternoon. that could mean a shower or a storm later on. highs much warmer than today. debra, we do have some breaks coming in this pattern. but more rain as well. i will detail all of that in the seven day forecast in a few minutes. >> looking forward to the breaks howard. >>> redskins nation rocking tonight after the nfl draft. enthusiastic fa

ohio. he would have to win north carolina, which romney carried in 2012 after obama carried in 2008.ere are we mao? i didn't do that on purpose. we're at a tie, 253 to 253. this is how a competitive election could play out. so where does the state of virginia go? one of the classic swing states in american politics has been trending blue in recent years. if the democrats can hold that, now you're up to 266. pick one and you get to the finish line. so can donald trump hold iowa? george w. bush had some success. barack obama won it twice. if trump could somehow take iowa, then there you are, 266-259. and we come down to two smaller states. now, democrats will tell you they believe colorado is coming their way. traditionally been a battleground state. the denver suburbs, the latino vote could be key. this could come down here or could come down here. what if donald trump could win new hampshire? then you're at 266-263. this is a hypothetical situation, but here colorado in this circumstance decides the presidency. this is one hypothetical. you could do thousands of these as you play the

he needs to keep arizona and north carolina, flip florida, ohio and pennsylvania. is that possible?you know, it is stuff. i mean i think this analysis, which does get him to 273 electoral votes in the white house underscores how difficult the path is for donald trump but that it's not impossible. and the one thing that trump will keep telling us, we didn't predict that he was going to be in this position winning the republican nomination so we ought to be kind of humble in assuming that it's going to be a blowout for the republican party, although that's what it looks like right now if you look at those states. flipping those three big states, florida, ohio and pennsylvania, that is a huge political task. >> let me tell you something, arizona, i know is not a given either necessarily. >> that's right. at the moment donald trump is narrowly behind hillary clinton in arizona. that's been a state that's historically been safe for republicans, although the demographics are moving it in the democratic direction. as senator mccain pointed out yesterday, 30% of the electorate in arizona is

ohio and tennessee valleys. look at the rain and thunderstorms occurring in virginia and north carolina, and as a matter of fact, the freezing level is not that high. so what has been going on in the roanoke area is hail. lots of it. and these pictures were sent to us on twitter. check it out. there was so much hail, it covered the ground. they had to get plows out there to make the roads passable in some spots. north of there, north of charlottesville, we have some steadier heavier rain between culpepper and charlottesville, south of sper ryville for the most part. from orange, west. this is the worst locally, some spotty drizzle. spotty showers. everything moving from the north east to the southwest. and the cool northeast winds are going to be temperatures in the low 50s. we will be lucky to make the mid to upper 50s and washout tomorrow. back with more on that and the weekend forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you, howard. stay ahead of the weather, whatever mother nature sends our way, live interactive radar and up-to-the-minute forecast by downloading the free wusa 9 app. >>> beaten and torn apart from he

looking at the last four cycles, you come down to north carolina, florida, ohio.you have got new mexico and colorado. iowa, new hampshire. so it's spread all over the map but in many states republicans are a plurality and elections are won or lost by the candidate to appeal in swing states and both can't be concerned about shoring up their base. think need to build broad coalitions beyond their base and this means moving to the center whether the activist class in both parties like it or not. hillary clinton obviously her husband was known for reaching out to the center and realigning american politics and bringing the democrat party back to the center after being marginalized. you look at the policies and people to try to reach. donald trump begins under water with a lot of key demographics in the states he needs to win. he will if the primaries are any thing to judge by, make gains of white working class voters and could be offset by women and independents. those are the real key things to look at. demographics, math, momentum. but now we're already hillary clin

road for the memorial day weekend and they have come from all off, and ohio, and maine and also some families from north carolinad so they are here, and you know, taking a rest from the trip are, and stopping for some food, and some of the fare on the offer, and some that they have been partaking in is the fast food fare, and this year, it is about the bundle so far for the like ares of mcdonald's, and burgerer king and wendy's, and talk about the bundles, this is the mcpick two menu are, and the wendy's 4 for 4, and burger king with the 5 for $4 menu. and this is helping them to sell $100 million extra meals in 2016, and that is up 20% from 2015, and on average, americans, 1 in 3 visits to the fast food joints is to basically take advantage of the promotional deals which is helping to drive the sales at mcdonald's in the first quarter seeing the same-store sales increase 5%, and burger king with a good april up 4% at their locations across the united states. and also sends a message to those who maybe don't have the promotional fares who don't have the bundles, they are getting into the game, and for instance,

reporter: focused on how to win swing states in the general election, we're talking about north carolina, florida, ohioo and many others. they are looking at the policies that have impacted the key demographics in those states to figure out how to shore up their support. wolf? >> a good point, suzanne. thank you. >>> new details emerging about prince's health problems in the fight for his estate. >>> also, a cnn exclusive. president obama in the white house situation room looking back on the raid that killed osama bin laden. and with her, a flood of potential patients. a deluge of digital records. x-rays, mris. all on account...of penelope. but with the help of at&t, and a network that scales up and down on-demand, this hospital can be ready. giving them the agility to be flexible & reliable. because no one knows & like at&t. don'don't go to la, don't go to tokyo. live there. "come in, come in" when you airbnb, you have your own home. make your bed. cook. you know, the stuff you normally do. ♪ wherever you go... ♪ don't go there. ♪ live there. ♪ even if it's just for a night. ♪ so or a man of adventure

we are still dealing with rain in virginia, north carolina loon gnaw extending it to the state of west virginia and ohioystem rolling in and will bring risks and severe storms as we head into the weekend in portions of the plains. that is something to watch out for otherwise the messy weather will start to make its way out of the u.s. as we head into the afternoon take a look at the plains they are heediating up feeling lewin like summer. from western texas to the dakotas. >> thanks so much. after the hour, hillary clinton's cold controversy growing bigger. >> the clintons have no idea how mad southern west virginia people and the coal miners are. >> the impact expected in next week's primary. >> it is getting who the in here. ladies, grab your dollars. we will tell you what we can on "fox & friends first" next. ♪ gaviscon is a proven heartburn remedy that gives you fast-acting, long-lasting relief. it immediately neutralizes acid and only gaviscon helps keep acid down for hours. for fast-acting, long-lasting relief, try doctor-recommended gaviscon. ... gomery and abigail higgins had... ...a tree that b

performance in the quarter came from stores in smaller markets like areas in virginia, north carolina and columbus, ohioig question remains, macy's certainly isn't alone in its struggles, but can it navigate through the retail wreck? it's hired real estate professionals to unlock any alley. expanding jewelry and beauty offerings and more and that's all just happened over the last several quarters, but is it enough? >> isn't it odd that terry lundgren was on just a few weeks ago with you, courtney, on this show i remember. >> he was. >> he was talking about how the company was struggling but also talking about some of the turnaround efforts and he did sound hopeful. so i was a little bit surprised to see the bleak numbers and that disappointing forecast. >> i would say he did sound hopeful but he did also say he continued to expect that sales would be negative into the fourth quarter. that of course has been taken down a level today. but he didn't really sugar coat it saying that the consumer was still spending in areas in categories that he doesn't sell. so he did admit that, but today, you're right, i

believe me, anybody who says they're going to definitely vote in ohio, or in virginia, or in north carolinanly in florida, they're going to get a lot of people's attention, and that would be a chance for them to advance their principles. again, not necessarily a victory that will take them the white house but a chance to be relevant. >> let's talk about hillary clinton, getting advice from all different corners about what her tact should be. now, trying to fight this asymmetrical warfare, i've been calling it, that donald trump is playing. so chuck schumer said this to the "new york times" this weekend, as soon as hillary clinton clinches the nomination we need a high-level person in the campaign whose sole job is to respond top trump on almost an hourly basis. one suggestion. people suggest she's using an old playbook and donald trump has ripped that up? >> she might need more than one person if you go with senator schumer. might need a handful of people and one of they are strengths as candidate people anticipated is that easy going to have a really high-level, high-powered group of surro

you can see it nearby, as we look the at raleigh-durham north carolina a little bit of rain there little bit of rain in ohio and heaviest showers in omaha, nebraska but coming back to us, pretty nice, it is dry. we will see an increase in cloud as we anticipate that rain we just showed you getting closer, by the end of the day to day but nope, cannot find any rain anywhere. lets look at the future cast to see when it arrives. according to this computer model we have clouds rolling in the afternoon and that is for most of us. some tomorrow morning may get some rain, we will not here in philadelphia some goes to the south, and our rain is scheduled for the afternoon, as this all moves in, and it looks like an afternoon and evening rain, maybe lingering in the early morning hours, of wednesday, and then, most of that rain, probably staying away, wednesday, coming back, on thursday, so it is still, staying a little unsettled, but just not as wall to wall rain and certainly not as cool as it was last week. we're in a new weather pattern now. 40 degrees in millville. chilly one this morning. because of the lack o