here. this story line tonight -- at the top of the evening, i bengt over backwards to assure our viewers there was no secret answer or path to 270 that some pollsters had delivered to the news media and we were sitting out here play acting it. no, this is the race -- >> we're as much on the edge of our seats as you are. >> this is -- yes, yes, you could say that. this is the race as you're seeing it. stove co steve kornacki is over at the board looking at a state we haven't talked about in a few minutes, ohio. >> let's take a look at ohio. donald trump, if he's able to win some of those states, we're talking about ohio becomes critical for him and becomes an absolute must-win state. trump is leading by 200,000 votes over hillary clinton. the good news for hillary clinton, the good news for democrats, you look at a place like cuyahoga county, cleveland in presidential elections, probably about a third of the vote is in there. a lot of vote still to come in. obviously going to be a big clinton margin there. this is where columbus is, another clinton margin.