Two starkly different visions for america. More than 92 million ballots cast in this unprecedented election. We cover it all this morning, with our political team, the latest analysis, the newest polls. Both campaigns are here. Nate silver is here and our legal team and powerhouse round table on what to watch for tuesday night. Announcer this is a special edition of this week. Here now chief anchor, george stephanopoulos. Good morning and welcome to this week. Were in the final hours of what may be the most fraught election of our lifetimes. With two days to go, americans are on edge and engaged. More than 92 million of us have already voted. Thats two thirds of the total votes cast in 2016. When all the votes are counted, its all but certain more than 150 million americans will weigh in for the first time in history. That counting may take time in this election transformed by the pandemic. Were braced for that as well. Everyone watching at home should know its not a sign that anything has gone wrong. Were here to give you the best sense of where things stand, what to watch for tuesday night and we begin with our brand new policies with the Washington Post from the two most critical Battle Grounds in this election. Florida is a toss up with trump at 50 and biden at 48 . Thats down from a 4point lead. In pennsylvania biden 51 to 44. Thats down from a 9point lead in our last poll. Trump spent the day in pennsylvania yesterday. Biden will be there tomorrow. As we head into the final stretch, lets get the latest on whats happening inside the campaigns from jon karl covering trump and mary bruce covering biden. J jon, start us off. The president is in an all out sprint to election day. Hes in michigan, iowa, North Carolina, florida and georgia. Tomorrow another five rallies in four different states. The last in grand rapids, michigan. Thats where he had his last rally in 2016. For a guy who was literally in the hospital with covid19, on oxygen, this is something of a marvel. Theres talk, george, he may do one last rally on election day. He pulled off a massive upset victory four years ago. Hes doing everything he can physically do to do it again. Although this would be a bigger upset. These huge rallies in the face of warnings from Public Health officials. No doubt. Because of that, these rallies are outdoors. Hes drawing people by the thousands, in some cases bone chilling temperatures, facing the threat of getting infected of coronavirus. Its a reflection of how deep his support is. How fur fervent his support is. Yesterday in pennsylvania four different rallies, all packed. At some of these rallies they start chanting we love you to the president. Whats your sense of what the trump team is thinking behind the scenes of what their chances are tuesday . They know its really tough. They acknowledge that winning any of those states that pushed him over the top last time, michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, is difficult. They believe they can hold on to all the other states he won and pick off one of those, most likely being pennsylvania. Its got to be pennsylvania. He needs to win in several states where hes down in the polls. Lets go to mary bruce with the Biden Campaign. Pennsylvania is the epicenter this time, mary. It is, george. Bidens team is laser focussed on pennsylvania. Joe biden will be in philadelphia today. Tomorrow hes barn storming pennsylvania. In fact, every member, all four principles, will be fanned out across pennsylvania tomorrow. This state is critical for joe biden. His team sees a path to 270 without it. Its just an allout push to get out the vote in this state, where we may not know final results for several days. That path to 270 without pennsylvania runs through the sunbelt. It does. Joe biden has been spending a lot of time trying to win back the trump states he won in 2016, that biden is hoping to flip. Weve seen him in places like florida, georgia, iowa. Hes been sending his running mate, kamala harris, out to texas and North Carolina. Joe biden is focussed on rebuilding that blue wall. We saw him in michigan, wisconsin. Mary, how would you describe the mood inside the biden camp . Theyre keenly aware of the dynamics four years ago. Theyre truly, truly cautious. There are glimmers of optimism, but theyre not taking anything for granted which is why youll see them campaigning so aggressively right up until the final moments. Mary bruce, thank you. Lets bring in tom llamas along with nate silver from fivethiryeight. Tom, look at the six states weve been keeping a tight focus on all year long. Thats where the campaigns are spending the most money and the most time. Thats right, george. Weve been monitoring these states for months. Michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, North Carolina, arizona and florida. In this column you have the president s margin of victory four years ago. You can see in the first three it was less than a percentage point. In this column we have our polling average from fivethiryeight, joe biden on top in every single one of those six states. Whats changed since the last debate . Some things have changed. Minimal, but there have been changes. Lets talk about where joe biden has increased his lead in the polls. Michigan and wisconsin, part of that blue wall for democrats. In North Carolina and arizona the polls have tightened a bit. Joe biden has come down a little bit, but minimal. In pennsylvania and florida there has been change. Joe biden has come down a point in each state. You mentioned our poll out today, donald trump on top in florida. In pennsylvania joe biden is on top. Republicans always say a lot of the polls were wrong four years ago. Nate silver, whats your forecast . We have trump with a 10 shot and biden with a 90 shot. Things happen fairly often. At the same time you could have a poling error like biden could lose pennsylvania, arizona and michigan. That little extra cushion for people who didnt like clinton and trump, but can tolerate biden might be enough even if there is a polling miss. If you had a polling error like 2012 . Then you could see biden overperform and he might win states like texas. In the hispanicrich states, democrats have sometimes beaten their polls. Its a harder group to get on the phone. There are upside cases for biden and there are cases where he wins in a squeaker. Im sure everyone is concerned about that 10 . You tweeted the other day you spend 90 of your time thinking about the 10 . When you think about that and youre writing the headline on wednesday that trump won, what would be the key factors . It would come down to pennsylvania. As tom said, pennsylvania has not bumped up to a 7 or 8point lead for biden like we see in michigan and wisconsin. Its 5 points. Its not a big early voting state. A lot of votes havent been cast in pennsylvania. Theres some provisions about a naked ballot, a security envelope. That could make things more complicated. You could have the courts involved. You have protests in philadelphia. Theres lots of stuff going on. Maybe a lot of things add up and biden loses pennsylvania. Then he doesnt pull off arizona. He does have other options. North carolina is a state where obama won it in 08. It looked very similar then nationally ment that could be a problem for the gop. Without pennsylvania biden becomes an underdog. Lets look at those options with tom llamas. Lets look at the path to 270. Tom, the clearest path to 270 is joe biden flipping the blue states in the Northern Tier. Thats right, george. This is the map on Election Night four years ago. If joe biden is able to flip that blue wall that collapsed four years ago, look at his electoral totals there. Wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania that puts him over the top at 278. Show what happens if donald trump takes pennsylvania. If donald trump is able to hold pennsylvania and the rest of the states he won four years ago, hes at 280. He stays president. Heres where it gets tricky. If joe biden is able to pick off any of the Southern States look here under the biden number. North carolina he gets to 273. Trump gets North Carolina. If he picks off georgia, 274. If joe biden can pick off florida the largest Battle Ground, 287, he becomes the next president. Tom, nate, thank you. Lets look at the issues of election integrity. I want to bring in our legal lel panel, pierre thomas, dan abrams and kate shaw. Pierre, let me begin with you. You were talking to Homeland Security and the fbi. Whats their greatest concern about election day . George, with emotions running so high in a bitterly Fought Campaign against a back drop of racial tension and a pandemic Law Enforcement is feeling the stress. Theres several concerns. Theres a real worry about white supremacists, antigovernment extremist and anarchists. There have been a number of suspected extremists placed under close surveillance of the fbi. Just last week federal prosecutors charged two men with manufacturing illegal hard to trace guns suspected of being neonazis. They had a list of names to include prominent black lives matter leaders and theres always a concern about lone wolf extremists. There have been at least two men recently arrested who discussed harming biden. No specific threat identified, but its a volatile environment. Still a lot of focus on foreign interference especially from russia and iran. Yes. Lets of concern about russia and iran. Theres real concern not just about election day. Theres concern they might try to sow disinformation while we wait for results. Law enforcement put out a bulletin warning they might deface websites, create new websites and sew information on social media. Lots of questions about whats going to happen on election day and after the votes are counted. Dan, lets start with the question about potential voter suppression, voter intimidation. What constitutes illegal voter intimidation . What should we be looking for on election day . Under federal law it involves intimidation, coercion, threatening. It doesnt just have to be someone showing up with a weapon and threatening someone literally. There are more subtle ways you can engage in voter intimidation which would be a violation of federal law. For example, pretending to be a poll worker. Asking people questions about, for example, citizenship. Making false threats about the results of voter fraud. Anyone who is sort of faking it at a polling place could also be accused of voter intimidation. The goal though, when youre intimidating someone in voting, is not just to prevent them from voting, but prevent them from voting for the person they choose. Kate, were seeing efforts to disqualify ballots. You saw that lawsuit filed in texas trying to disqualify people who voted in curbside voting. Right. Voter intimidation and suppression efforts are under way. As to intimidation i have to say the threat is very serious, but with 92 million voters casting their votes, its not something weve seen on a widespread basis. One point to make is that the election is actually going quite smoothly under these challenging circumstances, the fundamental architecture of our electoral system is performing remarkably well. We definitely will see issues arrive on election day. There could be voter intimidation. There could be long lines, issues with voter machines. I dont think any will go to the integrity of the election results. Americans can feel confident about how the election is going. Notwithstanding the issues that might arise. Youre right, these lawsuits, george, in particular the ones that seek to invalidate votes that have been counted are the most significant threat that we face in this election and courts injecting uncertainty into system is the biggest threat. Whats the biggest thing youll be looking for once the ballots get counted on tuesday night at 7 00 p. M. . You know, i think for me sorry. Kate and then dan. Sorry, george. For me it depends on how close things are. If theres a decisive when, the fact it will take a while to know who won a state like pennsylvania might not matter because things break in a way that makes things clear. If things are close and it comes down to pennsylvania, we need to hunker down and be patient. Pennsylvania has over 2 million voters who voted absentee. None of those votes have been counted yet because they cant be under pennsylvania law. It will take a little time. The challenges weve seen out of pennsylvania, challenges to ballots that arrive after election day which right now are lawful under pennsylvania law which is Supreme Court has ruled could be subject to renewed challenges potentially in the u. S. Supreme court. Dan abrams . Typically before the election the challenges you would see are how are the votes going to be counted . What are the rules going to be . In this election were seeing challenges to actual ballots, actual votes that have occurred. Thats what youll see after the election. Were those rules implemented correctly . Did they execute them properly in the various states . As kate points out, the fact you already have a number of states literally segregating ballots based on when they are going to arrive ballots that arrive after election day which they think are going to count, but theyre not 100 sure if theyre going to count, particularly in a state like pennsylvania, will certainly leave everyone on edge and leave open the possibility of major legal challenges. Youll both be with us tuesday. Thank you both very much. Well hear from the campaigns next, plus our powerhouse round table. Stay with us. Whats inside airborne . A blast of immune support thats more than just vitamin c. Its a unique crafted blend of vitamins, zinc, other minerals, and herbs. Thats why when you start every morning with airborne, youll have the confidence to take on the day. No wonder pharmacists recommend airborne more than any other immune support brand. Airborne. Your daily dose of confidence. Unlike ordinary memory want supplementster . 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In germany and other places if you have a heart attack or cancer, youre terminally ill, they say you died of cancer. You died of a heart attack. With us, when in doubt, choose covid. Its like 2,000 more. They get more money. This could only happen to us. The president on the campaign trail friday. Lets talk to Trump Campaign add adviser jason miller. The ama responded to that immediately saying it was a malicious, outrageous for the president to say doctors are inflating the results of covid. Why does the president say doctors are inflating covid numbers . George, good morning. Sunday morning where tens of thousands of people are waking up in pittsburgh and reading the post gazette and seeing theyve endorsed a republican for the First Time Since 1972. Thats President Trump for his reelection, were excited about that. To your comment about the president yesterday on the campaign trail, i dont think he was attacking anybody. He was talking about how most americans want to safely and securely reopen the country. Get back to work jason, we all just saw it. He talked about doctors inflating covid deaths for money. George, im not going to get into the billing aspects of which there have been many reports on. There have been independent things pointing to that. The fact of the matter is people want their life back to normal. Theyre tired of the lockdowns. Look at democratrun states like pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. Were seeing this on the campaign trail with the rallies. People are tired of the lockdowns. They want to safely reopen. So youre repeating that . You believe doctors are inflating covid deaths for money . There have been a number of reports that raised issues out there regarding billing and things like that. The choice on the ballot is trump for people who want tax cuts and people who wants taxes increasing is joe biden. Thats whats on the ballot tuesday. The president is also saying doctors on the frontlines inflating covid deaths. The ama saying thats malicious. This comes as weve come through our worst week yet in cases. Cases are rising in 42 states. Hospitalizations are up. Deaths are starting to go up. Why does the president say were rounding the corner in the face of this surge . Were on the cusp of having the vaccine finalized and ready for distribution. It will be distributed by the end of the year. If we followed joe bidens advice, we never would have shut the country down to china or shut the country down to europe. The leadership President Trump is showing on getting therapeutics developed, vaccines, covid is no longer a death sentence for everybody who gets it. Weve made miraculous advancements. Thats the difference between operation warp speed and being locked in the basement. Were seeing cases surge against r across the country. I just ran through the statistics. Heres dr. Faucis take, quote, were in for a lot of hurt. Its not a good situation. All the stars are aligned into the wrong place. You could not possibly be positioned more poorly. Hes the top Infectious Disease specialist in the country. The white house response to that was to attack dr. Fauci. Why . George, dr. Fauci isnt on the ballot on tuesday. This is about President Trump and joe biden. The thing i would point out here thats going to backfire on democrats and the media, the democrats have spent so many months telling people its not safe to go out and vote on tuesday in person, theres been so much media pressure putting out scare tactics to keep folks away. Guess what . President Trump Supporters are going to show up on tuesday. Nothing is going to stop them. This is a vote suppression effort against democratic voters. I think democrats will look in the Rearview Mirror and say this is probably what cost us the election. Vote suppression . 92 million americans have already voted. Thats well over half of the number that voted in 2016. Its going to continue through tuesday. Given all that, whats your clearest path to 270 right now . Well, we feel very good. We think that President Trump is going to hold all the sunbelt states he won previously. As you look to the upper midwest, joe biden has to stop President Trump in four out of four states pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, minnesota. If President Trump wins just one of those, he will be a reelected president. Theres an important point i want to make. The entire electoral has shifted. The coalitions are different this go around. The fact that joe biden had to go back to minnesota, a state that republicans havent won since 1972, shows how theyre worried about states shifting. President trump is going to get well over 10 of the black vote. I think hell get over 20 of africanamerican men. President trump will probably get 40 of the latino vote. The entire demographic shift within these parties, its a different world now. Thats why were trying to turn out our supporters. We feel good about it. If you speak with many smart democrats, they believe President Trump will be ahead on Election Night probably getting 280 and theyll try to steal it back after the election. We believe well be over 290 electoral votes. No matter what they try to do, what kind of hijinks or lawsuits or whatever nonsense theyll try to pull off, well have enough electoral votes to get President Trump reelected. Basically, youre saying the president needs to have a clean sweep of all the states in the sunbelt he won in 2016 arizona, georgia, florida, texas, North Carolina . I said i believe well win all of them. There are multiple pathways. Again, the trend lines look at arizona. Im very confident and safe were going to win arizona. Even if we didnt win arizona, we could pick off nevada, a place where our modelling shows well win on tuesday, as well as michigan. That puts President Trump over the top. We have multiple pathways. We feel good about where were going. The fact of the matter is that joe biden does not excite his base. When you take the lack of enthusiasm for joe biden and the media and democratic suppression for their voters on election day, we think our turnout will deliver President Trump a victory and the one thing, george, i got to tell you, we learned this in 2016 donald trump is a closer. Nobody knows how to close out a president ial race like he does. Certainly happened in 2016. Jason miller, thank you. Now lets bring in anita dunn from the Biden Campaign. Anita, let me get you respond to jason. Starting with jason saying theyll flip nevada, arizona and maybe even michigan. Thank you, george. Before i respond to the states, im astonished jason miller spent as much time as he did without ever saying that the doctors who are on the frontlines in this Coronavirus Crisis that this country faces, without ever defending them and without basically saying, no, theyre not in it for money these people have been risking their lives. Frontline doctors, nurses, people who work in hospitals have been risking their lives. They didnt have adequate protective gear in the beginning, no one knew how it spread, they have been out there every day, many working double shifts. It tells you everything you need to know about the difference between the Trump Campaign and the Biden Campaign and between donald trump and joe biden. Joe biden respects the frontline workers. He respects doctors. He respects dr. Fauci. He listens to the scientists. When hes president , hell put a plan in place to get coronavirus under control. We saw for the first time over 100,000 new cases in one day this week. 1,000 people a day dying on average now. Jason miller and the Trump Campaign may feel thats virtually no one. There are 1,000 families in this country who lost someone yesterday. There are 1,000 more who will lose someone today. Those are not virtually nobodies. Those are people. Those are the people that joe biden is going to fight for when hes president. I was going to give you a chance to respond to that. Thank you for doing that. Lets go to the electoral map. I was just shocked to be honest. Lets look at the electoral map. Lets start with the fact the states that have been the Battle Grounds from day one have all been states that donald trump carried in 2016. Obviously the three states in the pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, but also North Carolina, florida and arizona. If you look at the map, what you see is that the Biden Campaign from the beginning of this general election has been on the offense in these states. The other thing thats true is as weve got closer to the election, instead of the Battle Ground states shrinking which is what you normally see at this point in a campaign, george, you know that, the number has actually expanded so were campaigning in georgia, in iowa, ohio. Senator harris was in texas on friday. Our map has expanded as we moved into the closer to election day. The Trump Campaign obviously theyre going to say they feel good. Theyre going to say they feel like they can carry everything they did in 2016. If you look at the enormous enthusiasm weve seen in the early vote, these record setting early vote numbers, people are going to vote. Were going to know on election day that a Record Number of people have probably turned out to vote in this election because they want change. They want a leader who is going to unite the country, not divide it. Do you believe well have a result Election Night . You know, i dont know if well have a result Election Night. Three Battle Ground states may be slower to count their votes, pennsylvania in particular. Thats where both campaigns are very focussed on right now. Georgia, North Carolina and florida are all states i think we can reasonably assume well hear results from either Election Night or early the next morning. They tend to get their votes counted on Election Night. Arizona is a Battle Ground for the first time in a long time for democrats. Thats a state we may very well know results from. If you look at what weve done as a campaign, weve seen states that we want to protect so that we worked in states like nevada and minnesota, virginia, colorado, not taking anything for granted. There are the states we want to win, our path to 270. Then there are expansion states. Our map has grown more expansive as we come closer to election day. We may know the results Election Night. We may know them the next day. The one things that clear is well make sure all the votes get counted. Theres only one campaign and thats the Trump Campaign that thinks they have to suppress votes in order to win. Should we expect well hear from Vice President biden no matter where we are in the vote counting on tuesday night . I think it will depend where we are in the results. You dont want to go out prematurely. Youre going to hear from the campaign. You may hear from the Vice President. I think well all just be concentrating on working up until the moment the polls close to get those votes and to make sure every vote gets counted. Anita dunn, thank you. Thank you for having me, george. Round table up next. Well be right back. Me george. Round table up next. Well be right back. At 5 a slice, you could own Ten Companies for 50 instead of paying thousands. 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Chris, i have to start out with having you explain if you can the strategy of the president going after doctors during this covid pandemic in the final days of the campaign. Lets talk about whats going to happen on Election Night, george. On Election Night i think the president and what theyre focusing on now because i have no explanation for that. I dont. I dont understand it. On Election Night we have to look at the two most important states for a path to the president s victory are North Carolina and pennsylvania. I think hell win florida. I think hell win georgia. I think hell win arizona. North carolina and pennsylvania are the biggest key for him. Those are the ones he needs to win both. Hes got to win both, absolutely. Hes got to win both. Thats the most likely path for him to be able to follow. Arizona, georgia, florida, North Carolina, pennsylvania, hes reelected. Those are the two states ill be looking at. Rahm emanuel, theres no path for the president without pennsylvania. Does seem like the Biden Campaign is taking a lesson from the Clinton Campaign four years ago. Theyre not going to ignore the Northern Tier in the final 72 hours. Theyre not. Theyre going to be all over that state. They have been advertisingwise, schedulewise, issuewise. Theyre going to be all over pennsylvania. The Vice President has many routes there. At the end of the day the keystone state will play the key role in this election. Whats your biggest worry as a supporter of Vice President biden going into the final stage . Actually i think look, in this campaign, style is substance. On style in the sense of disrupter versus somebody who is more calm, joe biden has won that. On money hes won that. On map hes won that. On message hes won that. What i dont have a feel for is voting during a pandemic and how theyll count ballots in pennsylvania versus michigan versus wisconsin. That to me worries me in the sense that the post office if you look at pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin is behind everywhere else in the country. I dont know how you factor that in the process. All the undecided voters, decide already. Youre driving me crazy. Sara fagen, the president got god news from your home state of iowa, the Des Moines Register poll shows a 7point lead. Yeah, this has a lot of republicans excited. The president got other good news. Gallop polled are you better off than three years ago . 61 of the country says theyre better off than they were three years ago. Were in a pandemic. We dont know how that plays. We assume that will have the biggest impact. If any other republican were on the ballot with a number like that this has been an issue, a paradox weve seen. People think theyre doing better, but the country is not doing better. The question is will people vote in their own selfinterest. This race feels like its closing. I agree with chris analysis completely. North carolina is the epicenter of the president ial race. Its also probably the epicenter of who is going to control the senate. Joni ernst looks like shell win iowa. Thom tillis is the other important race for republicans. Donna brazile, you spent a lot of town in North Carolina. I have, george. I never thought that the state that drafted the constitution may decide the presidency. Lets get it together pennsylvania. George, i believe on tuesday night donald trump will be a losing candidate. This will be the first time in 28 years weve seen an incumbent lose the presidency. The reason is simple. Its not just pennsylvania and North Carolina, florida, its the mood of the country. People are tired of this president. They know that he has failed on mitigating the dangers of this virus. They know hes failed on race relations. They know hes failing at every metric. I think the democrats have done an amazing job based on what i saw four years ago when i heard from ed rendell the former governor of pennsylvania calling saying theres a problem. This year you know what were hearing . We need more enforcements, more radio ads, more sound trucks, more food trucks. People are standing in line. What a difference four years has made in our lives. Donna, let me ask you about what jason miller was saying. The democrats have emphasized early voting. Theres been a remarkable early vote, astonishing really. Hes predicting a republican surgeon election day. You have seen some lagging indicators, particularly among young blacks and latinos in florida in the early vote. Let me say this theres no question the Trump Campaign has put resources and invested in a message for young africanamerican, hispanic voters. Theyll get a tiny sliver of the pie that will ultimately go to joe biden. I agree the Trump Campaign is gaining in the last couple days of this campaign. Remember, in 2016 the Clinton Campaign left the door open. Donald trump didnt have to penetrate the lock because it was open. The democrats this year are opening up the red doors. Im confident were going to see a Democratic Victory in states like arizona and texas and georgia. Look, if i knew georgia had that many peaches on the tree, i would have been down there with my bucket a long time ago. All those states still in play. Chris christie, you talked about the states youll be watching tuesday night. It could take some time to count the votes. Separate question, if it doesnt go the president s way, is he prepared to accept defeat . Yes. Yeah, i think he is. A lot of stuff you heard him saying at rallies indicate that. He understands where he is in this race. As with most candidates here, as we get to the end here, i think the president s campaign is surging now. I think hes comfortable. I think hes a lot happier. You see that in the rallies. This is his sweet spot. Hes not going to be a guy who sits there and not leave the white house. Okay, he will abide by the decision of the voters. Im confident of that. Listen, there will be no matter what happens here there will be a lot of tumult. I think it will be a close race tuesday night. I dont think this is going to be a blowout. You dont think well know tuesday night, do you . I dont, particularly because of pennsylvania. With pennsylvania having the voting methods they have, extending the period by three days to be able to accept ballots postmarked by election day, i think it will be close enough that those three days are going to matter. They could matter theoretically. In terms of the president s mindset, i think he thinks hes going to win. I really do. I dont think he always thought that. I think theres part of him that knows that not leaving the white house, putting up that kind of stink in terms of peaceful transition is not the way he wants the leave. If its pennsylvania and its close, be guaranteed there will be litigation. The Supreme Court has opened the door for that. No question about that. Rahm, the president believes hes going to win according to chris christie. The president s supporters clearly believe hes going to win. Democrats a little more on edge. Thats our dna. Youre going to be facing the situation the day after where it could turn out the president s voters are astonished he has lost. One thing i want to remember going back 100 years. Whoever wins independent voters wins the presidency. Nobody who has won independent voters has ever lost. Joe biden is up by 9 points among independent voters. Second data point, everywhere you go donald trump nationally or by state is getting his job approval number. Nowhere does it exceed 45 . He would have to get incredible turnout to winn any one of thoe states. I think Election Night youll see a check. Three or four days later youll see check mate. Youre not in the same place as donna. We heard donna say she thinks arizona, texas, georgia, North Carolina are going to fall. Do you see that blowout for joe biden . No. Heres what i think will happen. I think joe biden is going to get above 300 electoral votes. When you look down the coast in the sunbelt, florida, georgia, North Carolina, once one of those flip, which i believe one will, theres demographics to talk about why georgia will and you have two senate races, not one. Youre going to say, okay, the very narrow path for the president becomes a tight rope. Once that happens peoples psychology will change and realize pennsylvania is key, but its shifted down one or two. If biden wins one or two states across the sunbelt, hell probably win the presidency. We heard from nate silver he has a 90 chance of becoming the president. Yes, i mean, look, we cant underscore the democrat graphic shifts in North Carolina and georgia, which have happened very rapidly. When i was doing campaigns in the early 2000s, it was 70 . Its now down to 58 . Thats a massive shift in a short period of time. Donna brazile, that raises the question, we could be seeing a dramatic new political map in the United States. Its been a long time in coming. Finally were going to see that change. First of all, i think the white vote is still a little higher. The good news is that joe biden is competitive with white collegeeducated voters. Hes more competitive with white voters. While its important to understand the demographic shifts, the thing pushing people to mail in the ballots please go to an official ballot drop. I love the postal service. I have relatives who work for the postal service. Do not put it in the mailbox. Take it to the official ballot drop. George, there are millions of People Holding on to their ballots. Thats why the election has shifted towards joe biden. The second thing is young people joe biden was struggling with young people a year ago, six months ago. Over the last six weeks hes been able to rachet up the support of young voters. If he can pull that group of americans, probably one of the most Diverse Group of americans, then it gives him the opportunity to capture those states in the sunbelt. Im optimistic. Im not going to light a cigar or open up a bottle of champagne. I may not even do any of those two things chris i cant wait, donna. We got a lot of work to do. Chris, im going to open my champagne with you. I love me some chris christie. Hes the only republican i talk about around the table. So my family is happy to see you today, chris. Thank you, donna. Chris, talk to both sides. Whoever wins on tuesday or whenever the votes are finally counted towards the end of the week is going to face a difficult job of uniting a divided country. What does President Trump do . What should biden do if he wins . If President Trump wins tuesday night, what hes got to be is the happier warrior hes been in the last week or so. He has to talk to the country finally about what the second term will look like and give people hope. He didnt really do that in the campaign. He did not. Ive been talking about that sitting next to you for months. If joe biden wins, hes got a fundamental decision to make. Does he want to unite the American People or unite the Democratic Party . If he wants to unite the Democratic Party solely, hell move further left and lose the rest of the country. If he decides he wants to be what he said in the campaign, im a proud democrat, but ill govern as an american president , what he needs to do is reach out to republicans and independents with his policies, not with his rhetoric, but with his policies. Ill give you one upset prediction for tuesday night. I think john james will win the senate seat in michigan. Thats a big prediction. I think the question i take on chris point this is not Donald Trumps intention. Donald trump ran and said only i can fix it. Thats the battle cry of a authoritarian. I think his contribution to american politics is incredible Civic Engagement. Look at the numbers. Yes. Voting, but just all over, a level of Civic Engagement i think the country will lead to unity rather than the president. I think joe biden, the question will be to a biden presidency, will the election and coalition you have be transactionable. Or will you govern in a transformative way . Bringing in biden republicans, independent voters and say this is your new home. Thats why the metropolitan that won every presidency should be the governing coalition going forward. I dont disagree with you on this. I think the president can cause disunity. He can cause disunity if hes joe biden and goes too far left. Republicans are underdogs. Look at the map. Theyre playing defense in so many places. Good news out of iowa, joni ernst looks like shes going to win. We have to hold North Carolina and the two seats in georgia. We have some strange rules coming around, new rules coming around i should say. Rank Choice Voting in maine. That could become a decisive factor and in georgia. Its possible that two runoffs. Possible for two and holding john osloff to under 50 will be important. It could come down to january before we learn. One lesson out of 1992. If you have runoffs in georgia, the campaign for the presidency has to continue campaigning because you dont want to create an environment which happened in 1992, the environment became about the debate about gays in the military and it sunk him. Donna brazile, take on that argument that if joe biden wins he has to take on uniting the American People or uniting the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party is united. Thanks to all of the 24 candidates that submitted their names to run last year, the party is united. I think joe biden is going to keep his word to unite the country and bring the country together to heal these divisions and to be an american president once again. I want to say to all the republicans who have been getting on board, who helped the Democratic Party, who helped us get our message out, thank you and you have a seat at this table. You dont have to worry about a folding chair. Heres my prediction, well see more women in the United States congress, period. Well see more people of color, blacks, latinos, asian americans, gay americans serving in the congress. Tuesday night well see history made. Jamie harrison is going to take on and did efeat lindsey graham. Well see possibly at lot of predictions. Im doing it because i enough, donna. Donna, stop. Were running out of time. Thank you all very much. Its only coffee. That is all for us today. Thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. Tune in tuesday night at 7 00 for our political coverage. 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