and later, she would say that everybody should have a mentor like tim russert. she said, you need someone who will talk you into something that you're scared to do but that is the right thing. and, of course, she needn't have been scared. she flourished at nbc news. because she was a great reporter to start with and that's really what it's all about. now, i've said before that she made the quick adjustment to television. she says that's not true. but she did reveal some of her secrets. she said that she shamelessly flirted with the crews. and as we all know k, these people behind the cameras, our careers are in their hands. they can make us look great or not. although i think it would be a challenge for any photographer to make gwen look anything but great. but everybody loved working with gwen. she also tells a story, and i assume it's apock riffle. she said one of her first assignments was to go cover something and she came with her notebook and came back and started to write it. they said where are the pictures? she said oh, yeah. forgot to bring a camera. sh

. >> his name was tim russert, he was the bureau chief and passed away in 2008 just before he was toeliver the commencement speech here at wake the next year. he was someone who everyone should have as a mentor, someone who would talk you into something you ought to do even if you're too scared to do. >> gwen's advice as i'm joined by justice correspondent pete williams, gwen's advice, pete, was that all of those students should have had a mentor like tim and we know people who had a mentor named gwen and even though she was a lot younger than i, she was a mentor to so many of us. we learned so much from her. >> i think that's the thing she was proudest of. i said last night when i was filling in with her on "washington week" -- sorry, andrea -- i thought i was past this. >> we're going to get through this. when i would fill in for her on "washington week," i would sit in her office and it's just all across the bookshelves and everywhere you look is some kind of journalism award and she was obviously very proud of those and certainly very deserving of them but what she was most proud

we all remember tim russert saying that. tomorrow night, florida could end it all for donald trump. our florida expert joins us next. it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold, because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well fitting dentures let in food particles. just a few dabs of super poligrip free is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. so it's not about keeping my dentures in, it's about keeping the food particles out. try super poligrip free. >>> tim gets his board out. >> they need florida, florida, florida, florida. let me show you one more time, this is it right here. florida, florida, florida. [ laughter ] >> we wish we had tim russert to guide us through election returns tomorrow. but he's still right. it's all up to florida. without florida, donald trump cannot win the presidency. nbc's battleground map released today shows hillary clinton

take a listen to how tim russert talked about it back then. >> big picture, it's 45-42 according to latest msnbc tracking poll. bush ahead of gore. >> that doesn't tell the story. it's really going to boil down to these states the red states you have going for al, i mean for george bush t. blue states for al gore. what does the count look like so far? >> now remember, 2000 was a fail biter. we were up all night the next morning, for 40 days to the election with the recap. because it happened to be red and blue that year, it kind of stuck and it's been red or blue ever since. now it means something. i live in a red state, a blue state. these terms mean something in a way they never did before. 40 years ago that first map came up. now we talk about red and blue all the time. tuesday night, of course, we will be living red and blue all night, maybe into the morning, maybe even a little longer after that, if it's like 2000 all over again, that's our most important number of the day. 270 today, coming up next, as early voting numbers come in from states like north carolina, now a concerning sig

and people like tim russert, you know -- >> he was a special -- he was really special. he's in a category of his own and we could use more people like him in journalism. i bet he would be pretty disgusted. i knew him fairly well, you knew him well. >> i did. >> i don't think he would like what has been discovered this election season. >> yeah. and i think of people like brit hume, remember when he was the white house correspondent over at abc. >> he was tough. sam donaldson. >> even tom brokaw, he was on the "today" show years ago, he's a democrat, pretty liberal but he played it pretty straight. you look at the old election coverage from 1980 as i do because i'm a political geek. i watched the entire 1980 election coverage and i was nbc's election coverage. it is fascinating to watch how straight they really played it and just calling states. and that's changed. there's a lot more commentary injected. that's to the detriment of the good work that the press could do. >> if they would delineate what they do. don't tell us you're being a journalist and you're a talk show

his name was tim russert. he was the washington nbc news bureau chief. away in 2008, just before he delivered the commencement speech here at wake the next year. he was someone who everyone should have as a mentor, someone who will talk you into something you ought to do that you are too scared to do. in my case, it was leaving print for television. someone who will watch out for you once you do it and make sure that you succeed. someone who will then turn you loose whether it's time. in my case, leaving nbc news to work for peebs and talk you into doing something else if you need to. tim taught me all those things, and though i don't think i ever told him how much appreciate it. i think he would love it that i'm telling you instead. liberty mutual stood with me when i was too busy with the kids to get a repair estimate. i just snapped a photo and got an estimate in 24 hours. my insurance company definitely doesn't have that... you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance >>> i'll read you a headline. think about wher

florida, florida, florida as tim russert used to say. as florida goes, the election will go. >> well, the interesting thing about florida is whether donald trump will have lost florida because the empire strikes back, the latinos which have traditionally not come out to vote are suddenly coming out this time around. if the latinos make the difference in this margin in florida, one can make the argument he lost that election the day gold-plated elevator 15 months ago and started talking about a wall and doubling down on rhetoric that a lot of latinos found offensive to them. early voting shows they may have come out. they are disproportionately latino this year. >> tom, is that how your polls have looked? >> it's close. it's a toss-up. sean spicer was just saying it's still very early going there. i expect it's going to be really close in florida. >> morgan, from the republican side, sean spicer talking about a heavy turnout in the panhandle. >> which is still voting, by the way. >> sure. but a huge turnout from the exit polling and just

but every election, tim russert said it well, florida, florida, florida. and as a result, electronic voting machines were abandoned and today florida mail in ballots and it's on the same scan machines with a paper trail. >> yeah, it's changed voting forever in florida. one thin clinton campaign just announced that vice president joe biden and his wife jill will be in tampa tomorrow. >> florida, florida, florida. thank you for joining us this morning. go vote. >>> this sunday, the final days before the election. and a mad scramble by both candidates. hillary clinton targeting her check mate states. >> tonight, i want to roar. >> donald trump, still searching for a path to 270. >> nobody said it was going to be easy for us. but w will never be stopped. never, ever be stopped. >> we'll get the latest from our correspondents on the campaign trail. i will talk to former speaker of the house newt gingrich. and the chairman of the clinton campaign, john podesta. plus, where the race stands this morning, the results from our final nbc news/wall street

his name was tim russert. he was the washington nbc news bureau chief.008, just before he delivered the commencement speech here at wake the next year. he was someone who everyone should have as a mentor, someone who will talk you into something you ought to do that you are too scared to do. in my case, it was leaving print for television. someone who will watch out for you once you do it and make sure that you succeed. someone who will then turn you loose whether it's time. in my case, leaving nbc news to work for pbs and talk you into doing something else if you need to. tim taught me all those things, and though i don't think i ever told him how much appreciate it. i think he would love it that i'm telling you instead. when your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. (sighs sadly) try this. only aleve can stop pain for 12 hours. plus, aleve is recommended by more doctors than any other brand for minor arthritis pain. aleve. live whole. not part. >>> i'll read you a headline. think about where did this headline appear? steve bannon, eight t

many times we were on the show together with someone we both called a mentor, tim russert. just eight weeks ago, she reflected on the opening of the new national museum of african-american history and culture. >> the emotion of the people in that audience, mostly blacks, singing full reminded me of one of the things that are true in this country, which is that we want to, we aspire to, we hope to make it a better union. yet we see the clash, the hopefulness of the beautiful museum put up against what we have seen happen in the streets. [vo] wells fargo is making changes to make things right. first, all customers who have been impacted small business checking, savings or credit card accounts are opened. third, we've eliminated product sales goals for our retail bankers to ensure your interests are put first. we're taking action. we're renewing our commitment to you. after brushing, listerine? total care strengthens teeth, helps prevent cavities and restores tooth enamel. it's an easy way to give listerine? total care listerine? total care. one bottle, six benefits. ? ? well,

as tim russert would say. president obama will be out for hillary clinton where there's a high profile senate race happening in the sunshine state. rubio taking on murphy. with me now is chris jansing. in a windy, sort of very rainy situation there. we can see, you have patrick murphy there with you. >> reporter: yes. he has his own umbrella. welcome to florida, right? >> exactly. >> reporter: you have been crisscrossing the state, closing hours as my umbrella blows away. what's your sense of things on the ground? >> it's raining and people are out here despite the rain, despite the elements. they are so excited about this election. excited to have the president, the vice-president, kaine was here, secretary clinton was here yesterday, so many great crowds. you are seeing record numbers. >> reporter: good thing about the record number for hillary clinton is that the democrats and -- and for you, the democrats are trending in the lead. the bad news is, still behind where obama was in 2008 and 2012. can democrat

many times we were on the show together with someone we both called a mentor, tim russert.t eight weeks ago, she reflected on the opening of the new national museum of african-american history and culture. >> the emotion of the people in that audience, mostly blacks, singing full throatedly, reminded me of one of the things that are true in this country, which is that we want to, we aspire to, we hope to make it a better union. yet we see the clash, the hopefulness of the beautiful museum put up against what we have seen happen in the streets. hopefulness of that beautiful museum put up against what we see happening in the streets. >>> we are back. it's data download time. it's a rule of thumthe winner of a popular vote also wins the popular vote in the swing states. but this year, that's not the case. we have been keeping track of it as it continues to be counted, particularly out west. hillary clinton leads by more than 1 pnlt 6 million votes nationally. that's triple of what al gore led george w. bush by in 2000. among the 13 swing states, these are defined as states tha

she made over 70 appearances and many times we were on the show together we both called a mentor, tim russert. on the recent appearance on "meet the press," just eight weeks ago. she reflected on the opening of the new national museum of african-american history and culture. >> the emotion of the people in singing full throatedly reminded me of what -- one of the things that are true in this country. which is that we want to, aspire to make it a better union and we see the clash and the hopefulness of that beautiful museum put up against what we see happening in the streets. [vo] wells fargo is making changes to make things right. first, all customers who have been impacted will be fully refunded. second, a confirmation will be sent when new personal or ard accounts are opened. third, we've eliminated product sales goals for our retail bankers to ensure your interests are put first. we're taking action. we're renewing our commitment to you. safety doesn't come in a box. it's not a banner that goes on a wall. it's not something you do now and then. or when it's convenient. to better prepare fo

. >>> tonight is the night to remember the unforgettable words of tim russert, florida, florida, florida. tonight we have breaking news tonight about an important new tracking survey of early voters and likely voters in florida. this is the first poll in florida that includes actual early voters. how they have voted. so this poll is giving us a picture of the early voting results in florida right now. and if we can get data like this for only one state, florida is the state we want. florida is once again the most important state on the electoral map. because democrats and republicans all agree that hillary clinton has alternative routes to an electoral college victory that do not have to include winning florida, but donald trump, donald trump has no other way. it is virtually impossible to win the electoral college for donald trump without florida's 29 electoral college votes. florida is do or die for the trump campaign. and donald trump's campaign schedule proves that. donald trump has three campaign events tomorrow in florida. hillary clinton was in florida today, but tomorrow she will

i think if people are tough but fair, i think of people like tim russert. >> he was a special -- he wasally special. he is in a category of his own. >> yeah, he was. >> we could use more people like him in journalism. i bet he would be pretty disgusted. i knew him fairly well. you knew him well. >> yeah, i did. >> i don't think he would like what has been discovered this election season. >> and i think of people like bright human. remember when brit was white house correspondent at abc. >> he was tough. tom donaldson. >> even tom brokaw when he was on "the "today show"" all those years ago, he's a democrat, but he played it straight. i watched the entire 1980 election coverage, and it was nbc's election coverage. it is fascinating to watch how straight they really played it. >> wow. >> just calling states. this is what is happening. >> yeah. >> that's changed. it is a lot more commentary interjected. i think it is to the detriment of a lot of good work that the press can do. so i'm going to be optimistic -- >> look, if they would delineate what they do, don't tell us you're being a jour

. >> reporter: tim russert said it best, florida, florida, florida. they're spending more time in the campaign than any other. trump has had a total of 32 stops ahead of today. he has three more. clearly they need to secure this state. they need to turn portions like this one where we are, the panhandle of florida deep red to get out the vote. sort of a mosaic as a strategist described it to us where there are different portions of the state, not just regions. small areas, little pockets that the campaigns were trying to focus on. that's what they're pinpointing here today. obviously as you and kristen were talking about, the strategy isn't unique to florida. one of the ways towards 270 is to try to pick off some traditionally democratic states. places like michigan, wisconsin all of the places where they show trump trailing. they have some confidence from internal polling according to aides within the campaign. they're looking better in places like pennsylvania and michigan, frankly, than they are in wisconsin. michigan worth noting where hillary cli

she was of the tim russert era, as she often said, she's a preacher's daughter.e someone is always looking. which is how people of faith behave. and she always did. we're going to miss her a lot. >> she was one of the first to accomplish what she accomplished, mark, and she did it to mary's point, with such dignity and grace. and was such a great example to all journalists, but particularly young black men and women, and she never shied away from that. the way she handled this illness here was also consistent with whom she is. i pray for her family and know that we have lost not only a great journalist, but a great soul. >> mary, let me ask you one last question, because as mark said, you're not going to be on the next block. is there anything you've seen from the president-elect, i know you said you think he's doing great so far, are there any things where you think he's not handling this transition particularly well and advice that you would give him, where you're looking at him and say, you might want to try x or y, it would make your life a little bit easier.

there's a fabulous interview, the late and great tim russert, in 2007, really ripping rudy, shred by shred, over his foreign connections to hugo chavez, to the qataris, the whole slew of them. this is not draining the swamp, this is imploding, this is expanding the swamp. >> i'm not sure city oil is going to get him in trouble, though. >> no, with i don't think so, but the point i would take from this is it seems that nothing that donald trump is going to do, as he puts together his cabinet and his team is going to resemble anything we've seen by way of the traditional markers of people who hold high positions. and why should we be surprised? nothing he did in the campaign was by the book. and nothing he's going to do in this round is going to be by the book either. >> so we should think of the bar scene at "star wars"? >> yes. >> well, they had a thing going there. >> yes! >> they seemed to be enjoying themselves. >> i'm hopeful someone like bob corker is still on the list as someone for secretary of state. thank you, howard fineman, senior, top guy on foreign relations. he wouldn't

after i've done this tim russert made me a dare or an offer i couldn't refuse and suggest that i come work in television full-time.is is my my first response is i don't like television. this is my my perfect job. i get to do to be on the side. and he dared me. he dared me. in the end, i began to realize one of the things about my career and life is that with someone gives you a chance to do something brand-new something that scares you and is a new chance how can you say no. what i do not do is burn york ti bridges. i said to the new york times i want to try this but i may need to come back in case i failed. they were baffled by the fact that i would leave the new york times to work in television. on the other hand i think they got that i needed to try something and i couldn't turn down the opportunity to try something new. once i started thinking about television other networks came out and offered me a chance for a job. it became clear to me that i needed to do this. when i went to television it was a big leap to go from being in the corner and writing in a notebook to being in fron

the late tim russert, miss on nights like this. >> could be. >> the bigger story is both, both bases came out. you know, the fact is everything it just may be she has a bigger base. >> and just a record keep now. ohio too close to call. florida, too close to call. pennsylvania too early to call. so those are big ones hanging out there right now. we want to go to andrea mitchell. hillary clinton headquarters here in new york. are they -- are they feeding into any of this. watching these numbers, the way we are? >> you can imagine how much they're watching it. boiler room, war room, looking over at peninsula hotel. in on the speech that they hope they will be delivering. two versions as we said. one is a victory speech. and the so speech writers were in, in the hotel. with both bill and hillary imagine having both editing your speech. now the speech writers are going back to work making some changes. so we have all been edited by editors and producers. pretty high powered team of bill and hillary clinton editing. the thing to report is that my democratic sources, this is not democratic

things i could get in the newspaper, i talk about on friday night after i've done this for allow, tim russertwho is the moderator made me a day or and suggested i come work in television full-time. my first response was i don't want to do that, i don't like television. this is my perfect job, i get to do tv on the side and he dared me. in the end, i began to realize one of the things about my career and my life is that when someone gives you a chance to do something that's brand-new, something that scares you, something that the new chance, how can you say no? what i didn't do was burn bridges. i said to the new york times i want to try this but i may need to come back in case i fail and they were a little taken aback by that fact that i would leave the new york times to work in television but on the other hand i think they got that i needed to try something, that i couldn't turn down the opportunity to try something new. i was fortunate enough when i started thinking about television that other networks came out of the woodwork and offered me a chance for a job so it became clear to me that