press secretary josh earnest said trump s tweet would not factor into president obama s decision on the prison. i can t speak to any individual notifications he made to congress or give you a specific preview about potential upcoming transfers, but i think i would expect at this point additional transfers to be announced before january 20. several members of naacp were arrested last night after occupying the mobile, alabama, office of senator jeff sessions. the group was protesting his nomination to be the country s next attorney general. the organization s national president cornell williams brooks posted a photo of himself with other protesters pledging to stay in that office until sessions withdraws his name from consideration or until they were arrested. they said it ended when the building manager asked the protesters to leave and they refused. at least six protesters were escorted out by officers and placed under arrest. brooks later tweeted, after the jeff sessions sit-in, t
we re back with the president and ceo of the naacp cornell williams brooks. polls show the race between donald trump and hillary clinton tightening in key battleground states. donald trump is focused on florida tonight. the polls show him neck and neck. what s the latest? reporter: wolf, donald trump is ramping up his schedule on the campaign trail in this final week, and no battleground is getting more of his attention at the moment than florida. for trump, this ultimate swing state is a must-win. in the sunshine state, donald trump s message is taking on a dark tone, as each line of attack on hillary clinton gets more personal. she is a crooked one, there s no question. crooked hillary clinton. you know, that term has really stuck. that s going to be a great term for a president, right? boy, oh boy, what a mess. reporter: trump is warning
increasing their advertising there, and in other states, including wisconsin and michigan. wolf, it s interesting, because a top aide telling reporters today they ve raised so much money, they re able to go into some of these states that they didn t think they would be able to. but make no mistake, part of it is about buying insurance in some of these states that hillary clinton didn t need before her e-mail controversy blew up again. brianna keilar reporting to us from tempe, arizona. thank you very much. let s get more on all of this. the president and ceo of the naacp cornell williams brooks is with us today. thank you very much for joining us. so the cnn/orc battleground states show trump supporters are more enthusiastic than clinton supporters are. and these are crucial states. why do you think that is? well, they may be enthusiastic about mr. trump, and that s certainly they re right. but african-americans are very enthusiastic and very committed
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case wasn t proved. that shows that they were capable of evaluating the evidence. so i think, having gone through one trial with a jury, i think it s safe to say, who did look at the evidence, even if they couldn t come to a unanimous verdict, i would be very surprised that now, after having gone through that, more or less successfully, if not with a final result, the judge will change his mind, i m going to move this case to say, annapolis, or prince george s county. jeffrey, stand by. sunny, stand by as well. cornell williams brooks, the president and ceo of the naacp, he s now with me in the situation room. they ve just issued a major statement on what s going on in baltimore where the naacp is headquartered. we ll discuss with cornell when we come back. it s the final countdown!