Minute deciders with a history of making or breaking president ial campaigns. The candidates are making the final rounds. Trump and sanders hoping votes reflect their strong leads in the latest polls. Man, these polls, can we trust them . Hillary clinton aiming to close the gap on her democratic rival. For the republicans it seems a battle for second place and it could be anyones game when were talking about that. Lets begin our special coverage at this hour with joe johns who is in manchester. Polls opened early this morning, joe. What are you hearing from folks there . Reporter well, this is the gym at an Elementary School in manchester. I can tell you its been brisk, for sure. Thats the word i would use right now. As of 10 45 eastern time, that was about 15 minutes ago, a digital counter right here in this gym said 700 people had voted here in the ward 4 precinct in manchester, New Hampshire. So what that tells us, accordng to the officials is that the count is faster than in some o
Like drama, if you are focused on the nations future, you are in for a treat for the next hour because speaking here, Bernie Sanders, jeb bush, Hillary Clinton, donald trump on the stage right now talking. We have live pictures of Bernie Sanders rally in waterloo. Hes expected to be near that sign any minute. The sign doesnt move. Bernie sanders will. Jeb bush speaking to voters in cedar rapids. Hes had his daughter by his side all weekend. Jeb bush not doing well in the latest poll in this state. Hillary clinton will be in Council Bluffs. Thats where donald trump is. Shes in a very tight race with Bernie Sanders. You can see Hillary Clinton on stage. Thats her daughter Chelsea Clinton on stage with the former secretary of state. I said polls are close right now. There is a brandnew poll that has sent politicos into a frenzy this afternoon. Im talking about the Des Moines Register politics poll. Donald trump up five points over ted cruz. This is the first time the Des Moines Register p
Im jim sciutto in for jake tapper. We start with the politics lead. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders are far from alone in trading jabs in whats become a fe fierce fight for the white house. Today donald trump launching a new round of attacks against his own party. Today hes calling the gop primary system rigged against americans. And a flagrant abuse of the rules. And now the Republican Party is pushing back. Today all three republican candidates are on the trail across new york just four days before that empire state, that is my home states primary. Lets go now to cnns Sunlen Serfaty who is traveling with ted cruz in rochester, new york. You have donald trump not only going after his party but going after his closest opponent, ted cruz. Thats right, jim. Donald trump really intensifying his attacks on the Republican Party and the system in choosing delegates. In doing so hes also notably ramping up attacks on ted cruz, trying to connect him to the insiders, the Party Insiders and t
Interview he seems to suggest down is the new up. I think im going to win. I really believe that weve gotten a very unfair narrative from the press. I feel the press is very dishonest. I dont feel. I know the press is very dishonest. And i think were going to win. I think were going to win florida. I think were going to win ohio. It used to be if you win florida, you win ohio, you win. Were going to win North Carolina. But heres the thing about that. Even if he does all of that, win florida, win ohio, win North Carolina, he could still lose and easily. How, you ask . Well, look at this map right here. This is the current state of play in the country right now. The blue states are for Hillary Clinton, the red states are for donald trump. The yellow states are considered tossups including nevada and florida which cnn just moved into the tossup column. As an academic exercise, lets give donald trump every tossup state. Every single one of them, this is what it looks like. But still. Still
The letters from fbi director james comey were just too much to overcome in the final days of the campaign, calling them double whammies. Leading up to her defeat. Cnn jeff zeleny is on the phone with more details on the call. So jeff, what more was said . Good afternoon, fredricka. Hillary clinton was making her first comment to some of the top donor whose really funded this effort. These were members of her National Finance committee. She called earlier this afternoon and did explain one of the reasons for her loss, she said, was that series of backtoback letters from the fbi director, during the 11th hour of the campaign. She said the first letter that came on friday, october 28th, that said he was going to take another look at her email controversy involving some poe ten t potentially new emails from huma abedin stopped her surge. The controversial awards from donald trump, echoing everywhere. It turned voters off. But more surprisingly, it was the second letter from the fbi direct