talk about pennsylvania. we keep hearing about pennsylvania. >> i think pennsylvania is just a bridge too far for the trump campaign. i think they haven't really -- you know, they didn't put the effort in three months ago to win michigan and pennsylvania. there was an opportunity there. but the amount of voter contact and voter registration programs, that you need to do in some of these areas where there have been voters that haven't voted the last couple of elections that trump has animated, but did he get them all registered? they didn't do that work. i think they're going to look back on that and see a missed opportunity. >> i know you have a lot to do. thanks for being with us. appreciate it. >> chuck todd there with erin coleman. let's bring back our political punchout team. jim, do you agree with what chuck just said about pennsylvania, is it out of trump's reach? >> it's going to be very difficult to win in pennsylvania. not since 1988 have the republicans won in a presidential cycle. it's a very compl

florida, ohio, new hampshire, and pennsylvania. philadelphia, pines, this is a targeted strategy to gin up the african american vote. this is the thing they worry about most. if they have a low turn-out of african americans, it could flip pennsylvania, cost them ohio, and in razor-thin florida. watch what happens when i add the trump itinerary to this map. as you see, trump is going everywhere, almost coast to coast, from florida to nevada and a bunch of places in between. and it goes to the issue that peter brought up, which is 270. he knows how to get close, if he can sweep florida, north carolina, ohio. but he's looking for another state. he's trying colorado, they're going to try new mexico, they're going to try anywhere. that schedule screams to me, they know they're behind and they know they might be blocked. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you very much. this will be our home here for the next several days. a program note, our election night coverage begins at 7:00 eastern time, 4:00 >>> amid heightened concerns over possibl

north carolina, ohio, florida, pennsylvania. we're going to know early how late of a night this is going to be. for instance, virginia and georgia, are these quick calls, or do they take us a while? the longer we take, the more likely it's a good night for trump. let me tell you one thing, because florida is gonna be perhaps the biggest story of the night. so watch what happens if florida ends up blue. if it does, trump has to sweep everything here, throw this new hampshire, and he's got to win michigan and pennsylvania in order to pull it off. the point is this. florida is gonna tell us everything tonight as far as the path for donald trump. >> all right, chuck, we're also joined by the rest of our election night team. senate at the end of this night. >> it may be a cliffhanger. we may not know by the end of the night. about a third of the seats in the senate are up for grabs. republicans are defending 24 of them. these have become all-out battles in a handful of states. nevada, wisconsin, illinois, missouri, indiana, pennsylva

north carolina, ohio, florida, pennsylvania. we're going to know early how late of a night this is going to be. for instance, virginia and georgia, are these quick calls, or do they take us a while? the longer we take, the more likely it's a good night for trump. let me tell you one thing, because florida is gonna be perhaps the biggest story of the night. so watch what happens if florida ends up blue. if it does, trump has to sweep everything here, throw this new hampshire, and he's got to win michigan and pennsylvania in order to pull it off. the point is this. florida is gonna tell us everything tonight as far as the path for donald trump. >> all right, chuck, we're also joined by the rest of our election night team. savannah, another big story line here. who controls the senate at the end of this night. >> it may be a cliffhanger. we may not know by the end of the night. about a third of the seats in the senate are up for grabs. republicans are defending 24 of them. these have become all-out battles in a handful of states. n

hampshire, and pennsylvania. philadelphia, cleveland, pembroke pines, this is a targeted strategy to gin up the african american vote. this is the thing they worry about most. if they have a low turn-out of african americans, it could flip pennsylvania, cost them ohio, and in razor-thin florida. watch what happens when i add the trump itinerary to this map. as you see, trump is going everywhere, almost coast to coast, from florida to nevada and a bunch of places issue that peter brought up, which is this. donald trump doesn't yet know his path to 270. he knows how to get close, if he can sweep florida, north carolina, ohio. but he's looking for another state. he's trying colorado, they're going to try new mexico, they're going to try anywhere. that schedule screams to me, they know they're behind and they know they might be blocked. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you very much. this will be our home here for the next several days. a program note, our election night coverage begins 4:00 pacific. >>> amid heighten

just this appear, the pennsylvania republican party enrolled almost a quarter million new voters and saw nearly 100,000 democrats switch to the gop. this guy gets it. can you trust? >> we need to fix harrisburg. >> reporter: that's part of why he ran a write-in campaign for the state legislature in 2014, against a democrat, and a republican who was already on the ballot. he won. what did you tap into two and a half years ago, that you're still tapping into now? >> it's anger. people are fed up with government. >> reporter: wagner likes to hand out t-shirts with this on the back. >> if you could take your hands and put them around my neck and let me turn blue until i'm the color of your shirt, that's how business people in america feel. >> reporter: overregulated and under-appreciated. so this renegade republican is going to run for governor. sound familiar? >> where everybody missed this whole thing, they didn't talk to the people on the ground. >> reporter: and the folks on the ground are done with business as usual. it's why they supported trump. >> he's not the status quo. and i l

trump is drilling down on michigan the most with pennsylvania a close second. all but giving up on wisconsin and today adding a new target. >> we're going into what they used to call democrat strongholds where we're now either tied or leading. we're going to minnesota. >> reporter: but minnesota hasn't gone republican since 1972. with the latest poll showing clinton now with an eight-point lead there. the head-scratching >> to some extent, there's no real logic to except what a hail mary pass is. send everybody out there, throw the ball in the air, and hope it gets caught in the end zone. >> reporter: in nevada a battle ground where trump is campaigning today, some stood in late-night lines at a latino supermarket to vote early. maybe evidence of an energized hispanic base. >>> you heard reference to latinos that can make a ff for more i'm joined by chuck todd. pleasure to see you. >> how are you doing? >> good. let's talk about the latino vote. it could make a difference between who wins and who loses. >> so far what we've seen there's a lot of talks for month

trump is drilling down michigan the most with pennsylvania a close second. all but giving up on wisconsin and today adding a new target. >> we're going into what they used to call democrat strongholds where we're now either tied or leading. we're going to minnesota. >> reporter: but minnesota hasn't gone republican since 1972. with the latest poll showing clinton now with an eight-point lead there. the head-scratching stop part of a schedule that is all over the map. there's no real logic to except what a hail mary pass is. send everybody out there, throw the ball in the air, and hope it gets caught in the end zone. >> reporter: in nevada a battle ground where trump is campaigning today, some stood in late-night lines at a latino supermarket to vote early. maybe evidence of an energized hispanic base. in nevada our data shows that democrats have the edge in early voting there, but more republicans have cast early ballots in arizona, georgia, and voting in michigan, jose, that's where both campaigns are making an intriguing last-minute push. a top trump aid t

more white voters in rural michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin went for trump. than they did for mitt romney four years ago. this coupled with the fact that hillary supporters in certain demographics did not turn out in the same way they did for president obama. >> back into business be. >> smaller government, less regulations, that means more jobs. and more money for the american people to spend. >> aaron kate sees himself as helping to feed the country. he says he doesn't need any more baggage from washington. >> that's one thing i do hope, is we can get the government out of our lives and let us do what we do best. >> you think trump will do that? >> i think he's a good start. >> voters in rural america say they're ready to roll up their news, saranac, michigan. >>> the impact of the american election is reverberating around the world tonight. there are concerns among some foreign leaders about how donald trump might view america's traditional role in world affairs. there are plenty of congratulations being extended to the president-elect. including those of

florida, ohio, new hampshire, and pennsylvania. philadelphia, clevel p pines, this is a targeted strategy to gin up the african american vote. this is the thing they worry about most. if they have a low turn-out of african americans, it could flip pennsylvania, cost them ohio, and in razor-thin florida. watch what happens when i add the trump itinerary to this map. as you see, trump is going everywhere, almost coast to coast, from florida to nevada and a bunch of places in between. and it goes to the issue that peter brought up, which is 270. he knows how to get close, if he can sweep florida, north carolina, ohio. but he's looking for another state. he's trying colorado, they're going to try new mexico, they're going to try anywhere. that schedule screams to me, they know they're behind and they know they might be blocked. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you very much. this will be our home here for the next several days. a program note, our election night coverage begins at 7:00 eastern time, 4:00 concerns over possible russian i

north carolina, ohio, florida, pennsylvania. we're going to know early how late of a night this is going to be. for instance, virginia and georgia, are these quick calls, or do they take us a while? the longer we take, the more likely it's a good night for trump. let me tell you one thing, because florida is gonna be perhaps the bge the night. so watch what happens if florida ends up blue. if it does, trump has to sweep everything here, throw this new hampshire, and he's got to win michigan and pennsylvania in order to pull it off. the point is this. florida is gonna tell us everything tonight as far as the path for donald trump. >> all right, chuck, we're also joined by the rest of our who controls the senate at the end of this night. >> it may be a cliffhanger. we may not know by the end of the night. about a third of the seats in the senate are up for grabs. republicans are defending 24 of them. these have become all-out battles in a handful of states. nevada, wisconsin, illinois, missouri, indiana, pennsylvania, north caroli

florida, ohio, new pennsylvania. philadelphia, cleveland, pembroke pines, this is a targeted strategy to gin up the african american vote. this is the thing they worry about most. if they have a low turn-out of african americans, it could flip pennsylvania, cost them ohio, and in razor-thin florida. watch what happens when i add the trump itinerary to this map. as you see, trump is going everywhere, almost coast to coast, from florida to nevada and a bunch of places in between. and it goes to the this. donald trump doesn't yet know his path to 270. he knows how to get close, if he can sweep florida, north carolina, ohio. but he's looking for another state. he's trying colorado, they're going to try new mexico, they're going to try anywhere. that schedule screams to me, they know they're behind and they know they might be blocked. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you very much. this will be our home here for the next several days. a program note, our election night coverage begins at 7:00 eastern 4:00 pacific. >>> amid

just this appear, the pennsylvania republican party enrolled almost a quarter million new voters and saw nearly 100,000 democrats switch to the gop. this guy gets it. >> if you can't trust your garbage man, who can you trust? >> we need to fix harrisburg. >> reporter: that's part of why he ran a write-in campaign for the state legislature in 2014, against a democrat, and a republican who was already on the ballot. he won. what did you tap into two and a half years ago, that you're still tapping into now? >> it's anger. people are fed up with government. >> reporter: wagner likes to hand out t-shirts with this on the back. >> if you could take your hands and put them around my neck and start choking me and let me turn blue until i'm the color of your shirt, that's how business people in america feel. >> reporter: overregulated and under-appreciated. so this renegade republican is going to run for governor. sound familiar? >> where everybody missed this whole thing, they didn't talk to the people on the ground. >> reporter: and the folks on the ground are done with business as usual. i

just four states she'll be hitting hampshire, and pennsylvania. philadelphia, cleveland, pembroke pines, this is a targeted strategy to gin up the african american vote. this is the thing they worry about most. if they have a low turn-out of african americans, it could flip pennsylvania, cost them ohio, and in razor-thin florida. watch what happens when i add the trump itinerary to this map. as you see, trump is going everywhere, almost coast to coast, issue that peter brought up, which is this. donald trump doesn't yet know his path to 270. he knows how to get close, if he can sweep florida, north carolina, ohio. but he's looking for another state. he's trying colorado, they're going to try new mexico, they're going to try anywhere. that schedule screams to me, they know they're behind and they know they might be blocked. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you very much. this will be our home here for the next several days. a program note, our election night coverage 7:00 eastern time, 4:00 pacific. >>> amid heightened concerns over possible russian

north carolina, ohio, florida, pennsylvania. we're going to know early how late of a night this is going to be. for instance, virginia and georgia, are these quick calls, or do they take us a while? the longer we take, the more likely it's a good night for trump. let me tell you one thing, because florida is gonna be perhaps the biggest story the night. so watch what happens if florida ends up blue. if it does, trump has to sweep everything here, throw this new hampshire, and he's got to win michigan and pennsylvania in order to pull it off. the point is this. florida is gonna tell us everything tonight as far as the path for donald trump. >> all right, chuck, we're also joined by the rest of our story line here. who controls the senate at the end of this night. >> it may be a cliffhanger. we may not know by the end of the night. about a third of the seats in the senate are up for grabs. republicans are defending 24 of them. these have become all-out battles in a handful of states. nevada, wisconsin, illinois, missouri, indiana,

florida, ohio, new hampshire, and pennsylvania. philadelphia, cleveland, pembrok pines, this is a targeted strategy to gin up the african american vote. this is the thing they worry about most. if they have a low turn-out of african americans, it could flip pennsylvania, cost them ohio, and in razor-thin florida. watch what happens when i add the trump itinerary to this map. as you see, trump is going everywhere, almost coast to coast, from florida to nevada and a bunch of places in between. and it goes to the issue that peter brought up, which is this. 270. he knows how to get close, if he can sweep florida, north carolina, ohio. but he's looking for another state. he's trying colorado, they're going to try new mexico, they're going to try anywhere. that schedule screams to me, they know they're behind and they know they might be blocked. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you very much. this will be our home here for the next several days. a program note, our election night coverage begins at 7:00 eastern time, 4:00 paci concerns ov

florida, ohio, new hampshire, and pennsylvania. but it's where she's going. gin up the african american vote. this is the thing they worry about most. if they have a low turn-out of african americans, it could flip pennsylvania, could cost them ohio, and in razor-thin florida. watch what happens when i add the trump itinerary to this map. as you see, trump is going everywhere, almost coast to coast, from florida to nevada and a bunch of places in between. and it goes to the issue that peter brought up, which is this. donald trump doesn't carolina, ohio. but he's looking for another state. he's trying colorado, they're going to try new mexico, they're going to try anywhere. the point is, that schedule screams to me, they know they're behind and they know they might be blocked. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you very much. this will be our home here for the next several days. a program note, our election night coverage begins at 7:00 eastern time, 4:00 pacific. decision night in america, we hope you will join us on tuesday. >>> amid heightened concerns over po

north carolina, ohio, florida, pennsylvania. we're going to know early how late of a night this is going to be. for instance, virginia and georgia, are these quick calls, or do they take us a while? the longer we take, the more likely it's a good night for trump. let me tell you one thing, because florida is gonna be perhaps th the night. so watch what happens if florida ends up blue. if it does, trump has to sweep everything here, throw this new hampshire, and he's got to win michigan and pennsylvania in order to pull it off. the point is this. florida is gonna tell us everything tonight as far as the path for donald trump. >> all right, chuck, we're also joined by the rest of our who controls the senate at the end of this night. >> it may be a cliffhanger. we may not know by the end of the night. about a third of the seats in the senate are up for grabs. republicans are defending 24 of them. these have become all-out battles in a handful of states. nevada, wisconsin, illinois, missouri, indiana, pennsylvania, north carolina, f

florida, ohio, new hampshire, and pennsylvania. but it's where she's going. philadelphia, cleveland, pembroke pines, this is a targeted strategy to gin up the african-american vote. this is the thing they worry about most. if they have a low turn-out of african-americans, it could flip pennsylvania, could cost them ohio, and in razor-thin florida. watch what happens when i add the trump itinerary to this map. as you see, trump is going everywhere, almost coast to coast, from florida to nevada and a bunch of places in between. and it goes to the issue that peter brought up, which is this. carolina, ohio. but he's looking for another state. he's trying colorado, they're going to try new mexico, they're going to try anywhere. the point is, that schedule screams to me, they know they're behind and they know they might be blocked. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you very much. this will be our home here for the next several days. a program note, our election night coverage begins at 7:00 eastern time, 4:00 pacific. decision night in america, we hope you will join

florida, ohio, new hampshire, and pennsylvania. philadelphia, cleveland, pembroke pines, this is a targeted strategy to gin up the african american vote. this is the thing they worry about most. if they have a low turn-out of african americans, it could flip pennsylvania, cost them ohio, and in razor-thin florida. watch what happens when i add the trump itinerary to this map. as you see, trump is going everywhere, almost coast to coast, from florida to nevada and a bunch of places in between. and it goes to the issue that peter brought up, which is this. donald trump doesn't yet know his path to 270. he knows how to get close, if he can sweep florida, north carolina, ohio. but he's looking for another state. he's trying colorado, they're going to try new mexico, they're going to try anywhere. that schedule screams to me, they know they're behind and they know they might be blocked. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you very much. this will be our home here for the next several days. a program note, our election night coverage begins

north carolina, ohio, florida, pennsylvania. we're going to know early how late of a night this is going to be. for instance, virginia and georgia, are these quick calls, or do they take us a while? the longer we take, the more likely it's a good night thing, because florida is gonna be perhaps the biggest story of the night. so watch what happens if florida ends up blue. if it does, trump has to sweep everything here, throw this new hampshire, and he's got to win michigan and pennsylvania in order to pull it off. the point is this. florida is gonna tell us everything tonight >> all right, chuck, we're also joined by the rest of our election night team. savannah, another big story line here. who controls the senate at the end of this night. >> it may be a cliffhanger. we may not know by the end of the night. about a third of the seats in the senate are up for grabs. republicans are defending 24 of them. these have become all-out battles in a handful of states. nevada, wisconsin, illinois, missouri, indiana, pennsylvania, north c

kristin welker with more. >> reporter: battle ground pennsylvania where the democrat's ground game is in high gear for the telling nbc news there are about a million volunteers nationwide working the phones, knocking on doors, up 261% from 2012 in pennsylvania. 108% in ohio. insisting every vote counts. >> we said we're here to make sure they get out and vote. >> reporter: with time running out hillary clinton and her top surrogates are flooding battle ground states aim for women. clinton made an unannounced stop at a campaign center rallying latinos. at a large event in afternoon cut short by a storm. >> you're a hearty bunch standing out here in the rain. >> reporter: not allowing her message to get drown out. >> let's vote for what we want for our country and our children and grandchildren! god bless you. >> reporter: clinton has been steadily stepping up her attacks against trump after the latest fbi controversy tightened the closing argument. showcased in this new ad. ? ? katy perry's "roar" the backdrop of the ad and the theme song of clinton's campaign. perry set to appear with

north carolina, ohio, florida, pennsylvania. we're going to know early how late of a night this is going to be. for instance, virginia and georgia, are these quick calls, or do they take us a while? the longer we take, the more likely it's a good night for trump. let me tell you one thing, because florida is gonna be the night. so watch what happens if florida ends up blue. if it does, trump has to sweep everything here, throw this new hampshire, and he's got to win michigan and pennsylvania in order to pull it off. the point is this. florida is gonna tell us everything tonight as far as the path for donald trump. >> all right, chuck, savannah, another big story line here. who controls the senate at the end of this night. >> it may be a cliffhanger. we may not know by the end of the night. about a third of the seats in the senate are up for grabs. republicans are defending 24 of them. these have become all-out battles in a handful of states. nevada, wisconsin, illinois, missouri, indiana, pennsylvania, north carolina, florida, a

katie mcguinty leading in pennsylvania and tammy duckworth in illinois. all but assured a victory after this debate moment. >> i had forgotten that your parents came all the way from thailand to serve george washington. seeming racist. >> what republicans are hoping for, that enough voters will split their tickets to help republican candidates. >> and underscoring how much is at stake here, more than 344 million dollars has been pumped into just the top five most expensive senate races. an extraordinary amount of money. left centre. >> halle, thanks. moines, iowa. police officers targeted, shot and killed while sitting in their squad cars that triggered an all-night manhunt. authorities tracking down a killer. a suspect who is in custody and a youtube video may hold some clues to a possible motive. we get the latest from nbc's blake mccoy in des moines. >> with guns drawn, officers canvassed the iowa neighborhood where two of their own had just been ambushed. fearing they could become the next target. >> officers been shot, we need fired found urbandale o

but in pennsylvania, she's picking up momentum. so let's drill down on the three states that we have left. these are basically coin flips and watch wa happens when we move these around to these numbers. on the top of under this scenario, in missouri, jason candor could unseat the sitting senator, but if richard burr hangs on to his seat and kelly ayotte in new hampshire, look what happens. it's a 50-50 split. in the senate with the support nomination on the line, with the future of the afford bable care about, so what happens then? whoever's the vice president will be the tiebreaker. making that trip down pennsylvania avenue for every down ballot drama. >> lot of drama. thanks very much. if tomorrow's election has many on edge, people throughout the world are paying close attention as well. many expressed concerns about the deep division the election has brought out here in the u.s. and fear about the impact on their countries, incluing new questions on the fight against isis. more from richard engel. >> whoever wins, the decisions

florida, ohio, new hampshire, and pennsylvania. targeted strategy to gin up the african american vote. this is the thing they worry about most. if they have a low turn-out of african americans, it could flip pennsylvania, cost them ohio, and in razor-thin florida. watch what happens when i add the trump itinerary to this map. as you see, trump is going everywhere, almost coast to coast, from florida to nevada and a bunch of places in between. and it goes to the issue that peter brought up, which is this. donald trump doesn't yet know his path to close, if he can sweep florida, north carolina, ohio. but he's looking for another state. he's trying colorado, they're going to try new mexico, they're going to try anywhere. that schedule screams to me, they know they're behind and they know they might be blocked. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you very much. this will be our home here for the next several days. a program note, our election night coverage begins at 7:00 eastern time, 4:00 pacific. russian interference in this election, a

trump is drilling down on michigan the most with pennsylvania a close second. all but giving up on wisconsin and today adding a new target. >> we're going into what they used to call democrat strongholds where we're now either tied or leading. we're going to minnesota. >> reporter: but minnesota hasn't gone republican since 1972. with the latest poll showing clinton now stop part of a schedule that is all over the map. >> to some extent, there's no real logic to except what a hail mary pass is. send everybody out there, throw the ball in the air, and hope it gets caught in the end zone. >> reporter: in nevada a battle ground where trump is campaigning today, some stood in late-night lines at a latino supermarket to vote early. maybe evidence of an energized hispanic base. >>> you heard that can make a difference in important states. for more i'm joined by chuck todd. pleasure to see you. >> how are you doing? >> good. let's talk about the latino vote. it could make a difference between who wins and who loses. >> so far what we've seen there's a lot of talks for

just this appear, the pennsylvania republican party enrolled almost a quarter million new voters and saw nearly 100,000 democrats switch to the gop. this guy gets it. your garbage man, who can you trust? >> we need to fix harrisburg. >> reporter: that's part of why he ran a write-in campaign for the state legislature in 2014, against a democrat, and a republican who was already on the ballot. he won. what did you tap into two and a half years ago, that you're still tapping into now? >> it's anger. people are fed up with government. >> reporter: wagner likes to hand out t-shirts with this on the back. >> if you could take your han them around my neck and start choking me and let me turn blue until i'm the color of your shirt, that's how business people in america feel. >> reporter: overregulated and under-appreciated. so this renegade republican is going to run for governor. sound familiar? >> where everybody missed this whole thing, they didn't talk to the people on the ground. >> reporter: and the folks on the ground are done with business as usual. it's why they supported trump. >>

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florida, ohio, new hampshire, and pennsylvania. but it's where she's going. philadelphia, cleveland, pembroke pines, this is a targeted strategy to gin up the african-american vote. this is the thing they worry about most. if they have a low turn-out of african-americans, it could flip pennsylvania, could cost them ohio, and in razor-thin florida. watch what happens when i add the trump itinerary to this map. as you see, trump is going everywhere, almost coast to coast, from florida to nevada and a bunch of places in between. and it goes to the issue that peter brought up, which is this. donald trump doesn't yet know his path to 270. he knows how to get close, if he can sweep florida, north carolina, ohio. but he's looking for another state. he's trying colorado, they're going to try new mexico, they're going to try anywhere. the point is, that schedule screams to me, they know they're behind and they know they might be blocked. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you very much. this will be our home here for the next several days. a program note, our election ni

katie mcguinty leading in pennsylvania and tammy duckworth in illinois. debate moment. >> i had forgotten that your parents came all the way from thailand to serve george washington. >> senator mark kirk forced to say he's sorry for seeming racist. >> what republicans are hoping for, that enough voters will split their tickets to help republican candidates. >> and underscoring how much is at stake here, more than 344 million dollars has been pumped into just the top five most expensive senate an extraordinary amount of money. left centre. >> halle, thanks. >>> to the deadly ambush in the early hours of des moines, iowa. police officers targeted, shot and killed while sitting in their squad cars that triggered an all-night manhunt. authorities tracking down a killer. a suspect who is in custody and a youtube video may hold some clues to a possible motive. we get the latest from nbc's blake mccoy in des moines. >> with guns drawn, officers canvassed the iowa neighborhood ambushed. fearing they could become the next target. >> officers been shot, we need med

crucial swing state of pennsylvania republican red for the first time in years. here's harry smith. >> reporter: the market in york, pennsylvania, was built more than a hundred years ago. york was once a hotbed of heavy industry. but york county has long been reliably republican. this is trump country. and these folks want you to hear this. >> you know, you gotta give him a chance. >> no matter which side of the fence you come down on, i think yosh >> reporter: and just in case you didn't get it -- >> they gotta give the man a chance. >> reporter: -- york is a red county with a bit of blue downtown, and it reflects the quantum shift that's happening in this state. just this year, the pennsylvania republican party enrolled almost a quarter million new voters and saw nearly 100,000 democrats switch to the gop. this guy gets it. >> if you can't trust >> reporter: garbage is scott wagner's business. he knows waste when he sees it. >> we need to fix harrisburg. >> reporter: that's part of why he ran a write-in campaign for the state legislature in 2014, against a demo

north carolina, ohio, florida, pennsylvania. we're going to know early how late of a night this is going to be. for instance, virginia and georgia, are these quick calls, or do they take us a while? the longer we take, the more likely it's a good night for trump. let me tell you one thing, because florida is gonna be perhaps the biggest story of so watch what happens if florida ends up blue. if it does, trump has to sweep everything here, throw this new hampshire, and he's got to win michigan and pennsylvania in order to pull it off. the point is this. florida is gonna tell us everything tonight as far as the path for donald trump. >> all right, chuck, we're also joined by the rest of our election night team. who controls the senate at the end of this night. >> it may be a cliffhanger. we may not know by the end of the night. about a third of the seats in the senate are up for grabs. republicans are defending 24 of them. these have become all-out battles in a handful of states. nevada, wisconsin, illinois, missouri, indiana, pen

north carolina, ohio, florida, pennsylvania. we're going to know early how late of a night this is going to be. for instance, virginia and georgia, are these quick calls, or do they take us a while? the longer we take, the more likely it's a good night for trump. let me tell you one in the biggest story of the night. so watch what happens if florida ends up blue. if it does, trump has to sweep everything here, throw this new hampshire, and he's got to win michigan and pennsylvania in order to pull it off. the point is this. florida is gonna tell us everything tonight as far as the path for donald trump. the rest of our election night team. savannah, another big story line here. who controls the senate at the end of this night. >> it may be a cliffhanger. we may not know by the end of the night. about a third of the seats in the senate are up for grabs. republicans are defending 24 of them. these have become all-out battles in a handful of states. nevada, wisconsin, illinois, missouri, indiana, pennsylvania, north carolina, flori

trump is drilling down on michigan the most with pennsylvania a close second. all but giving up on wisconsin and today adding a new target. >> we're going into what they used to call democrat strongholds where we're now either tied or leading. we're going to minnesota. >> reporter: but minnesota hasn't gone republican since 1972. with the latest poll showing clinton now with an eight-point lead there. the head-scratching stop part of a schedule that is all over the map. >> to some extent, there's no real logic to except what a hail mary pass is. send everybody out there, throw the ball in the air, and hope it gets caught in the end zone. >> reporter: in nevada a battle ground where trump is campaigning today, some stood in late-night lines at a latino supermarket to vote early. maybe evidence of an energized hispanic base. >>> you heard reference to latinos that can make a difference in important states. for more i'm joined by chuck todd. pleasure to see you. >> how are you doing? >> good. let's talk about the latino vote. it could make a difference between who

>>> back now with the story out of york county, pennsylvania, ana half centuries o. day york onc again in the spotlight for hping turn crucia swingtate of pennsylvania republican red for the first time in years. here's harry smith. >> reporter:he market in york, pennsylvania, was built more than a hundred years ago. york was once a hotd of heavy industry. but york county has long been reliably republican. this is trump country. and these folks want you to hear this. >> you know, you gotta >> no matter which side of the fence you con on, i think you should give the man a chance. >> reporter: and just in case you didn't get it -- >> they gotta give the man a chance. >> reporter: -- york is a red county with a bit of blue downtown, and it reflects the quantum shift that's happening in this state. just this appear, the pennsylvania republican party enrolled almost a quarter million new voters and saw nearly this guy gets it. >> if you can't trust your garbage man, who can you trust? >> we need to fix harrisburg. >> reporter: that's part of why he ran a write-in campaign

more white voters in rural michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin went for trump. than they did for mitt romney four years ago. this coupled with the fact that hillary supporters in certain demographics did not turn out in the same way they did for president obama. >> back into business ke means more jobs. and more money for the american people to spend. >> aaron kate sees himself as helping to feed the country. he says he doesn't need any more baggage from washington. >> that's one thing i do hope, is we can get the government out of our lives and let us do what we do best. >> you think trump will do that? >> i think he's a good start. >> voters in rural america say they're ready to roll up their news, saranac, michigan. >>> the impact of the american election is reverberating around the world tonight. there are concerns among some foreign leaders about how donald trump might view america's traditional role in world affairs. there are plenty of congratulations being extended to the president-elect. including those of vladimir putin. we get details from our chief f

katie mcginty, slightly ahead in pennsylvania and tammy duckworth in illinois. all but assured a victory after this debate moment. >> i had forgotten that your parents came all the way from thailand to serve mark kirk forced to say he's sorry for those racially charged remarks. >> what republicans are hoping for, that enough voters will split their tickets to help republican candidates. >> and underscoring how much is at stake here, more than $344 million has been pumped into just the top five most expensive senate races. an extraordinary amount of money, lester. >> hallie, thank you m ambush in the early hours of des moines, iowa. police officers targeted, shot and killed while sitting in their squad cars. that triggered an all-night manhunt. authorities tracking down a killer. a suspect who is in custody and a youtube video may hold some clues to a possible motive. we get the latest from nbc's blake mccoy in des moines. >> reporter: with guns drawn, officers canvassed the iowa neighborhood where two of their own had just been ambushed, fearing they could becom

when the associated press called pennsylvania, they knew they had it. >> 85,000 people there at a county fair and the big question for the media, will they vote? they voted. >> reporter: today the now president-elect was holed up at trump tower planning. campaign sources say trump was too superstitious to talk transition before he won, leaving his aides to muse about cabinet positions. rudy giuliani as attorney general. newt gingrich, secretary of state. reince priebus, chief of staff. a trump campaign source cautions roles could change once trump has his say. >> assaulted women! >> reporter: going forward, coming together. >> not my president! >> reporter: the country is divided, wondering if the trump they saw on stage last night -- >> now it's time for america to bind the wounds of division. >> reporter: -- the presidential trump he promised lester holt is the president trump america will get for the next four years. >> i want to be different. when you're president, you act in a different way, there's no question about that. and i would do that. >> reporter: tomorrow donald trump goes

katie mcginty, slightly ahead in pennsylvania and tammy duckworth in illinois. all but assured a victory after this debate moment. >> i had forgotten that your parents came all the way from thailand to serve george washington. >> reporter: senator mark kirk forced to say he's sorry for those racially charged remarks. >> what republicans are hoping for, that enough voters will split their tickets to help republican candidates. >> and underscoring how much is at stake here, more than $344 million has been pumped into just the top five most expensive senate races. an extraordinary amount of money, lester. >> hallie, thank you very much. >>> to the deadly ambush in the early hours of des moines, iowa. police officers targeted, shot and killed while sitting in their squad cars. that triggered an all-night manhunt. authorities tracking down a killer. a suspect who is in custody and a youtube video may hold some clues to a possible motive. we get the latest from nbc's blake mccoy in des moines. >> reporter: with guns drawn, officers canvassed the iowa neighborhood wher

more white voters in rural michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin went for trump. than they did for mitt romney four years ago. this coupled with the fact that hillary supporters in certain demographics did not turn out in the same way they did for prest like we're supposed to be. >> smaller government, less regulations, that means more jobs. and more money for the american people to spend. >> aaron kate sees himself as helping to feed the country. he says he doesn't need any more baggage from washington. >> that's one thing i do hope, is we can get the government out of our lives and let us do what we do best. >> you think trump will do that? >> i think he's a good start. >> voters in rural america say they're sleeves. kevin tibbles, nbc news, saranac, michigan. >>> the impact of the american election is reverberating around the world tonight. there are concerns among some foreign leaders about how donald trump might view america's traditional role in world affairs. there are plenty of congratulations being extended to the president-elect. including those of vladi

trump is drilling down on michigan the most with pennsylvania a close second. all but giving up on wisconsin and today adding a new target. >> we're going into what they used to call democrat strongholds where we're now either tied or leading. we're going to minnesota. >> reporter: but minnesota hasn't gone republican since 1972. with the latest poll showing clinton now with an eight-point lead there. the head-scratching stop part of a schedule that is all there's no real logic to except what a hail mary pass is. send everybody out there, throw the ball in the air, and hope it gets caught in the end zone. >> reporter: in nevada a battle ground where trump is campaigning today, some stood in late-night lines at a latino supermarket to vote early. maybe evidence of an energized hispanic base. >>> you heard reference to latinos that can make a difference in po for more i'm joined by chuck todd. pleasure to see you. >> how are you doing? >> good. let's talk about the latino vote. it could make a difference between who wins and who loses. >> so far what we've seen t

trump is drilling down on michigan the most with pennsylvania a close second. all but giving up on wisconsin and today adding a new target. >> we're going into what they used to call democrat strongholds where we're now either tied or leading. we're going to minnesota. >> reporter: but minnesota hasn't gone republican since 1972. with the latest poll showing clinton now with an eight-point lead there. the head-scratching stop part of a there's no real logic to except what a hail mary pass is. send everybody out there, throw the ball in the air, and hope it gets caught in the end zone. >> reporter: in nevada a battle ground where trump is campaigning today, some stood in late-night lines at a latino supermarket to vote early. maybe evidence of an energized hispanic base. >>> you heard reference to latinos that can make a difference in for more i'm joined by chuck todd. pleasure to see you. >> how are you doing? >> good. let's talk about the latino vote. it could make a difference between who wins and who loses. >> so far what we've seen there's a lot of talks fo

florida, ohio, new hampshire, and pennsylvania. but it's where she's going. philadelphia, targeted strategy to gin up the african american vote. this is the thing they worry about most. if they have a low turn-out of african americans, it could flip pennsylvania, could cost them ohio, and in razor-thin florida. watch what happens when i add the trump itinerary to this map. as you see, trump is going everywhere, almost coast to coast, from florida to nevada and a bunch of places in between. and it goes to the issue that peter brought up, which is this. donald trump doesn't yet know his path to florida, north carolina, ohio. but he's looking for another state. he's trying colorado, they're going to try new mexico, they're going to try anywhere. the point is, that schedule screams to me, they know they're behind and they know they might be blocked. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you very much. this will be our home here for the next several days. a program note, our election night coverage begins at 7:00 eastern time, 4:00 pacific. decision night in america, we

just this appear, the pennsylvania republican party enrolled almost a 100,000 democrats switch to the gop. this guy gets it. >> if you can't trust your garbage man, who can you trust? >> we need to fix harrisburg. >> reporter: that's part of why he ran a write-in campaign for the state legislature in 2014, against a democrat, and a republican who was already on the ballot. he won. what did you tap into two and a half years ago, that you're still tapping into now? >> it's anger. people are fed up with government t-shirts with this on the back. >> if you could take your hands and put them around my neck and start choking me and let me turn blue until i'm the color of your shirt, that's how business people in america feel. >> reporter: overregulated and under-appreciated. so this renegade republican is going to run for governor. sound familiar? >> where everybody missed this whole thing, they didn't talk to the people on the ground. >> reporter: and the folks on the ground are done with business as usual. it's why they and i like what i see so far. >> reporter: they may have elected a re

just this appear, the pennsylvania republican party enrolled almost a quarter million new voters and saw nearly 100,000 democrats switch to the gop. this guy gets it. your garbage man, who can you trust? >> we need to fix harrisburg. >> reporter: that's part of why he ran a write-in campaign for the state legislature in 2014, against a democrat, and a republican who was already on the ballot. he won. what did you tap into two and a half years ago, that you're still tapping into now? >> it's anger. people are fed up with government. >> reporter: wagner likes to hand out t-shirts with this on the back. >> if you could take your hands and put and start choking me and let me turn blue until i'm the color of your shirt, that's how business people in america feel. >> reporter: overregulated and under-appreciated. so this renegade republican is going to run for governor. sound familiar? >> where everybody missed this whole thing, they didn't talk to the people on the ground. >> reporter: and the folks on the ground are done with business as usual. it's why they supported trump. >> he's not

>>> back now with the story out of york county, pennsylvania, where residents boast the first national thanksgiving was proclaimed nearly two and a half centuries for helping turn the crucial swing state of pennsylvania republican red for the first time in years. here's harry smith. >> reporter: the market in york, pennsylvania, was built more than a hundred years ago. york was once a hotbed of heavy industry. but york county has long been reliably republican. this is trump country. and these folks want you to hear this. >> you know, you gotta give him a chance. >> no matter which side of the fence you come down on, i think man a chance. >> reporter: and just in case you didn't get it -- >> they gotta give the man a chance. >> reporter: -- york is a red county with a bit of blue downtown, and it reflects the quantum shift that's happening in this state. just this year, the pennsylvania republican party enrolled almost a quarter million new voters and saw nearly 100,000 democrats switch to the gop. this guy gets it. >> if you can't trust your garbage man, who >> reporter: garbage is sco