voters or voters leaning toward hillary clinton less excited about the election, less inclined to go and vote. less inclined to wait in line to vote. those kind of things. at the same time, there is also from talking to sources inside the trump campaign a sense that things may be closing in some of the key states and battleground states. you know this, hallie. some enthusiasm about it. that s part of why we re in ohio today, where i can assure you, it is already kind of the chilly pre-election weather that will get any any voter excited about turning out. why do you think we re inside the lodge on the edge of lake erie instead of out on the lake shore. reporter: well played. we re talking about, one thing i want to note, i just got off the phone with a trump source, who pushed back on the idea they are trying to suppress the vote. saying they want high turnout. they believe high turnout will actually end up helping them. the aide also previewing a bit of what we can expect to h
that i will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election if i win. cheers. rim shot. in miami today, president obama mocked trump and once again noted it is impossible to rig a national election. he s already like, oh, the game s rigged, except today he said, of course, it s not rigged if i win. i don t know if donald trump has ever been to an actual polling place where you have democrats and republicans who are in charge of taking the votes. but, you know, he doesn t even worry if what he says is true. this is just about him worried that he s losing. trump did make an effort to attempt to soften his rhetoric somewhat after his if i win comment in ohio today, trump
but, you know, he doesn t even worry if what he says is true. this is just about him worried that he s losing. trump did make effort to attempt to soften his rhetoric somewhat after his if i win comment in ohio today, trump reading off a teleprompter took a couple steps back from the ledge. of course, i would accept a clear election result but i would also reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result. that comment went largely unnoticed and did little to reverse the damage. in fact, it s starting to feel a little bit like trump just wants this all to be over. this afternoon in ohio, trump walked away from two separate interviews with local news reporters. 19 days out from the election, you ve been ralabeled racist, you ve been called a sexist. how do you respond to that? i am the least racist person you ve ever met. joining me now, msnbc political analyst robert costa,
trump is running low on time to get his campaign back on track. it s now less than 25 days to go until you, american voters, go to the polls. both campaigns meantime blitzing the swing states. trump in north carolina, mike pence is in florida. bill clinton visits ohio today, as does president obama, and chelsea clinton is in pennsylvania. hillary clinton, though, the candidate herself, notably absent. why? we ll discuss that in a moment. but let s begin with trump s response to those allegations, cnn s senior political reporter manu raju joins us live from capitol hill this morning. good morning, manu. good morning, poppy. donald trump actually painting himself as a victim of an unrelenting media and political establishment going aggressively after the media for printing these allegations of unwanted sexual advances by donald trump, and last night actually melania trump breaking her silence on this issue tweeting out a letter
bleak picture of our future that hillary s opponent has painted. president obama and former president clinton both blanketing ohio today. part of an all out push from democrats to keep trump from rising out of his downward spiral. but it is the speech from michelle obama that s still reverberating. this isn t about politics. it is about basic human decency. secretary clinton highlighting it again tonight in seattle. as our extraordinary first lady and my friend michelle obama said so powerfully [ cheers and applause ] when they go low, we go high. reporter: the clinton campaign believes mrs. obama makes the strongest and most authentic case against trump. they have turned her speech into this campaign video. it s shaken me to a my core in a way i couldn t have pred t