that is incredibly notable because as brianna was saying, it s been this long-standing practice of strategic ambiguity. basically, that means that the white house will say, china, don t do this. we don t want to see you do this, but they wouldn t exactly spell out what would happen if china were to do that. and the president, of course, did that today, saying the u.s. military would be involved in this. so, yes, afterward, you did see some of the president s aides try to walk this back saying he wasn t articulating any kind of change in his policy, but it is a policy difference for him to come out and say explicitly they would do that. not just that they would provide arms to ukraine or arms to taiwan and weapons to taiwan like they are doing with ukraine, but saying they would go one step further, john. of course, it s a statement the president has come close to saying before. he articulated it very bluntly with no clarifications, no caveats. you can have aides walk it bac
they re saying, how is it not the best place to live if she lives there. yeah, i don t know what to make of that. it seems like something a candidate running to be governor probably would be ill-advised to say anything that could be interpreted as being negative pertaining to the state they wish to lead. if i were whispering in her ear, my gut reaction is i would have told her, this is not an area you want to play in. michael smerconish, you can whisper in our ears any time. i welcome that. see you, guys. be sure to join us tomorrow for election night in america. cnn s live coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. we do have exclusive cnn reporting this morning on why one russian soldier says he risked it all to walk away from putin s war. and a manhunt under way for the gunman who shot and killed a man inside a new york subway train. plus i told him to stay put on the cliff and he kind of was able to
campaign trail soon, brianna. melanie, so much to watch there in pennsylvania, thank you. joining us now is cnn political commentator michael. thank you for being with us. where do you think things stand right now in your commonwealth? they seem to have just stalled. i mean, you just heard that the margin is somewhere between 1,000 and 1,100 votes that give an advantage to dr. oz. what s clear is dave mccormick has run stronger among the absentee ballots, but there aren t that many absentee ballots. most republicans in this state, as was the case in the 2020 cycle, they voted in person. so, it appeared as if it were a replay, they were going to pass like ships in the night as was the case with biden and trump in 2020, but now it s just sort of locked in position. and whether the deficit can be made up by mccormick is anyone s guess. the associated press, among others, saying there s no way you can pick a winner, call a
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little for thousands georgians. reporter: so, trump has called kemp the worst governor in america for not doing more to essentially cheat on his behalf in the 2020 election. and it seems like the way in which david perdue, the trump-endorsed candidate, the former senator is struggling to make contains here in georgia. it seems as though conservative voters are weary of hearing about this election lie and just have other issues on their mind. john? eva, terrific seeing you, thank you. now to the tied race in pennsylvania. cnn s melanie from harrisburg with a look here. so close, headed for a recount, it looks like. reporter: absolutely. this race is neck and neck. david mccormick is trailing by just about 1,000 votes here in pennsylvania. the ballots will continue to be counted today. but there s only a few number of votes left to be counted. fewer than 10,000.