. >> jonathan karl looks at the map and numbers. >> donald trump has momentum. look at our ratings. every state we looked at red favored trump, blue favor hillary clinton. and two states since we last spoke have moved towards trump. from toss-up states to advantage donald trump getting him closer to 270. but, david, he still needs to win all the remaining toss-up state, arizona, florida, north carolina, if he wins all three of those, he goes to 259 still short. >> so he has to pick off a couple of blue states. >> and he's got good news on that front in two states in the state of pennsylvania a new poll within six. and joe biden is going to wisconsin and friday a sign that they are nervous but look what happens. if he wins pennsylvania he wins the presidency. if it's wisconsin, 269-269. we've got a tie. no co-presidency. congress chooses. >> jonathan karl there. >>> on the campaign trail, hillary clinton will be in north carolina joined by bernie sanders. tim kaine delivers remarks in spanish at an early voting >>> donald trump holes another rally in florida before heading to north c

our jonathan karl is also on the phone with us. jonathan, cuba and castro have been such a fixture in foreign policy for the united states. this is certainly going to relevance nate in washington. resonate in washington. >> absolutely. when you think he survived 11 different american presidents, each of them since kennedy saw castro as an enemy of the united states, as an abuser of human rights. he was somebody who loomed large because he was an enemy just 90 miles from the shores of the united states. somebody who was allied with the soviet union during the cold war. outlasted thed somebody who looms and has loomed incredibly large in a large chunk of american history going back to 1959. >> and jonathan, with president obama deciding to try to warm relations with cuba, with the castro family, after all these years, how much hope is there in washington that raul castro might make some real changes that the united states would welcome? >> well, there's -- there's not there would be significant change under raul castro. but there cer

. >> jonathan karl looks at the map and numbers. >> donald trump has momentum. look at our ratings. every state we looked at red favored trump, blue favor hillary clinton. and two states since we last spoke have moved towards trump. utah and ohio have both gone from toss-up states to advantage donald trump getting him c but, david, he still needs to win all the remaining toss-up state, arizona, florida, north carolina, if he wins all three of those, he goes to 259 still short. >> so he has to pick off a couple of blue states. >> and he's got good news on that front in two states in the state of pennsylvania a new poll out today shows trump within four. in wisconsin, a poll shows him within six. and joe biden is going to happens. if he wins pennsylvania he wins the presidency. if it's wisconsin, 269-269. we've got a tie. no co-presidency. congress chooses. >> jonathan karl there. >>> on the campaign trail, hillary clinton will be in north carolina joined by bernie sanders. tim kaine delivers remarks in spanish at an early voting event in arizona. >>> donald trump holes another rally

. >> jonathan karl looks at the map and numbers. >> donald trump has momentum. look at our ratings. every state we looked at red favored trump, blue favor hillary clinton. and two states since we last spoke have moved towards trump. utah and ohio have both gone from toss-up states to advantage donald trump getting him to 270. but, david, he still needs to win all the remaining toss-up state, arizona, florida, north carolina, if he wins all three of those, he goes to 259 still short. >> so he has to pick off a couple of blue states. >> and he's got good news on that front in two states in the state of pennsylvania a new poll out today shows trump within four. in wisconsin, a poll shows him within six. and joe biden is going to they are nervous but look what happens. if he wins pennsylvania he wins the presidency. if it's wisconsin, 269-269. we've got a tie. no co-presidency. congress chooses. >> jonathan karl there. >>> on the campaign trail, hillary clinton will be in north carolina joined by bernie sanders. tim kaine delivers remarks in spanish at an early voting event in arizona.

congress chooses. >> our jonathan karl there. >>> on the campaign trail today, hillary clinton will be in north carolina where she'll be joined by bernie sanders. tim kaine delivers remarks in spanish at an early voting event in arizona. donald trump holds another rally in florida before heading to north carolina, and mike pence campaigns with ted cruz in iowa and michigan then holds a third rally in pennsylvania. >> and do count on abc news for your election night coverage. our political team will be here all night as the results do come in. >> it'll be a long night. >>> a person of interest being questioned in a torching of a black church in mississippi. the words "vote trump" were spray painted on the side of the hopewell missionary church in greenville. the fire chief says it's being morning the country's best and worst airports. >> can you guess which ones they are? >>> plus, an arrest made in the shooting of two police officers in iowa. new details about the suspect's past run-ins with the cops. >>> and a group of american firefighters trapped on a mountain in a blizzard. how the

. >> jonathan karl looks at the map and numbers. >> donald trump has momentum. look at our ratings. every state we looked at red favored trump, blue favor hillary clinton. and two states since we last spoke have moved towards trump. utah and ohio have both gone from toss-up states to advantage donald trump getting him but, david, he still needs to win all the remaining toss-up state, arizona, florida, north carolina, if he wins all three of those, he goes to 259 still short. >> so he has to pick off a couple of blue states. >> and he's got good news on that front in two states in the state of pennsylvania a new poll out today shows trump within four. in wisconsin, a poll shows him within six. and joe biden is going to happens. if he wins pennsylvania he wins the presidency. if it's wisconsin, 269-269. we've got a tie. no co-presidency. congress chooses. >> jonathan karl there. >>> on the campaign trail, hillary clinton will be in north carolina joined by bernie sanders. tim kaine delivers remarks in spanish at an early voting event in arizona. >>> donald trump holes another rally in

jonathan karl of abc news talked with his friend mike allen of politico. >> so, mike, we're going into this home stretch wherew things jumbled. on one hand, the polls, national polls seem to have stabilize a bit with hillary clinton up two or three point, depend who you are looking at, within the margin of error, but state polls all over the place, with trump up a bit in places like pennsylvania-- not up, but closer. and the map really a jumble in places like nevada, florida, north carolina. so let's just look at how this race is right now from, let's start from trump tower. how are the the trump folks looking at this race? >> well, john, we're anything into windsheer weekend because it's the weekend what we fall back. we have an extra hour to, like, obsess. and there is an epic freakout going on on both sides right now. >> how does the trump team think they're going to win this? >> how they're going to win is that-- >> what's the path? >> they have what he's had from the beginning, and that is momentum and excitement. and the argument is that if you going into this crazy weekend, if y

our jonathan karl is also on the phone with us. jonathan, cuba and castro have been such a fixture in foreign policy for the united states. this is certainly going to relevance nate in washington. resonate in washington. >> absolutely. fidel castro is the nemesis of different american presidents, each of them since kennedy saw castro as an enemy of the united states, as an abuser of human rights. he was somebody who loomed large because he was an enemy just 90 miles from the shores of the united states. somebody who was allied with the soviet union during the cold war. outlasted the cold loomed incredibly large in a large chunk of american history going back to 1959. >> and jonathan, with president obama deciding to try to warm relations with cuba, with the castro family, after all these years, how much hope is there in washington that raul castro might make some real changes that the united states would welcome? >> well, there's -- there's not there would be significant change under raul castro. but there certainly has been a majo

congress chooses. >> our jonathan karl there. >>> on the campaign trail today, hillary clinton will be in north carolina where she'll be joined by bernie sanders. tim kaine delivers remarks in spanish at an early voting event in arizona. donald trump holds another rally in florida before heading to north carolina, and mike pence campaigns with ted cruz in iowa and michigan then holds a third rally in pennsylvania. >> and do count on abc news for your election night coverage. our political team will be here all night as the results do come in. >> it'll be a long night. >>> a person of interest being questioned in a torching of a black church in mississippi. the words "vote trump" were spray painted on the side of the hopewell missionary church in greenville. the fire chief says it's being investigated as a possible hate crime. >>> still ahead, news this morning the country's best and worst airports. >> can you guess which ones they are? >>> plus, an arrest made in the shooting of two police officers in iowa. new details about the suspect's past run-ins with the cops. >>> and a group of

congress chooses. >> our jonathan karl there. >>> on the campaign trail today, hillary clinton will be in north carolina where she'll be joined by bernie sanders. tim kaine delivers remarks in spanish at an early voting event in arizona. donald trump holds another rally in florida before heading to north carolina, and mike pence campaigns with ted cruz in ia and michigan then holds a third rally in pennsylvania. >> and do count on abc news for your election night coverage. our political team will be here all night as the results do come in. >> it'll be a long night. >>> a person of interest being questioned in a torching of a black church in mississippi. the words "vote trump" were spray painted on the side of the hopewell missionary church in greenville. the fire chief says it's being investigated as a possible hate >>> still ahead, news this morning the country's best and worst airports. >> can you guess which ones they are? >>> plus, an arrest made in the shooting of two police officers in iowa. new details about the suspect's past run-ins with the cops. >>> and a group of american

congress chooses. >> our jonathan karl there. >>> on the campaign trail today, hillary clinton will be in north carolina where she'll be joined by bernie sanders. tim kaine delivers remarks in spanish at an early voting event in arizona. donald trump holds another rally in florida before heading to no campaigns with ted cruz in iowa and michigan then holds a third rally in pennsylvania. >> and do count on abc news for your election night coverage. our political team will be here all night as the results do come in. >> it'll be a long night. >>> a person of interest being questioned in a torching of a black church in mississippi. the words "vote trump" were spray painted on the side of the hopewell missionary church in the fire chief says it's being investigated as a possible hate crime. >>> still ahead, news this morning the country's best and worst airports. >> can you guess which ones they are? >>> plus, an arrest made in the shooting of two police officers in iowa. new details about the suspect's past run-ins with the cops. >>> and a group of american firefighters trapped on a mount

congress chooses. >> our jonathan karl there. >>> on the campaign trail today, hillary clinton will be in north carolina where she'll be joined by bernie sanders. tim kaine delivers remarks in spanish at an early voting event in arizona. donald trump holds another rally in florida before heading to campaigns with ted cruz in iowa live and michigan then holds a third rally in pennsylvania. >> do count on abc news for your election night coverage. our political team will be here all night as a result cops in? comes in. >> it'll be a long night. >>> a person of interest being questioned in a torching of a black church in historic mississippi. the words "vote trump" were spray painted there and it's a possible hate crime. investigated as a possible hate crime. >>> still ahead, news this morning the country's best and worst airports. >> can you guess which ones they are? >>> plus, an arrest made in the shooting of two police officers in iowa. new details about the suspect's past run-ins with the cops. >>> and a group of american firefighters trapped on a mountain in a blizzard. how they mad

congress chooses. >> our jonathan karl there. >>> on the campaign trail today, hillary clinton will be in north carolina where she'll be joined by bernie sanders. tim kaine delivers remarks in spanish at an early voting event in arizona. donald trump holds another rally in florida before heading to north carolina, and mike pence campaigns with ted cruz in iowa and michigan then holds a third rally in pennsylvania. >> and do count on abc news for your election night coverage. our political team will be here all night as the results do come in. >> it'll be a long night. >>> a person of interest being questioned in a torching of a black church in mississippi. the words "vote trump" were spray painted on the side of the hopewell missionary church in greenville. the fire chief says it's being investigated as a possible hate crime. morning the country's best and worst airports. >> can you guess which ones they are? >>> plus, an arrest made in the shooting of two police officers in iowa. new details about the suspect's past run-ins with the cops. >>> and a group of american firefighters trapp

our jonathan karl is also on the phone with us. jonathan, cuba and castro have been such a fixture in foreign policy for the united states. this is certainly going to relevance nate in washington. resonate in washington. >> absolutely. fidel castro is the nemesis of so many presidents. each of them since kennedy saw castro as an enemy of the united states, as an abuser of human rights. he was somebody who loomed large because he was an enemy just 90 miles from the shores of the united states. somebody who was allied with the soviet union during the cold war. outlasted the cold war. somebody who looms and has loomed large chunk of american history going back to 1959. >> and jonathan, with president obama deciding to try to warm relations with cuba, with the castro family, after all these years, how much hope is there in washington that raul castro might make some real changes that the united states would welcome? >> well, there's -- there's not much hope from u.s. policymakers there would be significant but there certainly has been

our jonathan karl is also on the phone with us. jonathan, cuba and castro have been such a fixture in foreign policy for the united states. this is certainly going to relevance nate in washington. resonate in washington. >> absolutely. fidel castro is the nemesis of so many presidents. different american presidents, each of them since kennedy saw castro as an enemy of the united states, as an abuser of human rights. he was somebody who loomed large because he was an enemy just 90 miles from the shores of the united states. somebody who was allied with the soviet union during the cold war. outlasted the cold war. somebody who looms and loomed incredibly large in a large chunk of american history going back to 1959. >> and jonathan, with president obama deciding to try to warm relations with cuba, with the castro family, after all these years, how much hope is there in washington that raul castro might make some real changes that the united states would welcome? >> well, there's -- there's not much hope from u.s. policymakers change

our jonathan karl is also on the phone with us. jonathan, cuba and castro have been such a fixture in foreign policy for the united states. this is certainly going to relevance nate in washington. resonate in washington. >> absolutely. fidel castro is the nemesis of so many presidents. when you think he survived 11 different american presidents, each of them since kennedy saw castro as an enemy of the united states, as an abuser of human rights. he was somebody who loomed large because he was an enemy just 90 miles from the shores of the united states. somebody who was allied with the soviet union during the cold war. outlasted the cold war. somebody who looms and has loomed incredibly large in a large chunk of american history going back to 1959. >> and jonathan, with president obama deciding to try to warm relations with cuba, with the castro family, after all these years, how much hope is there in washington that raul castro might make some real changes that the united states would welcome? >> well, there's -- there's not much h

our jonathan karl is also on the phone with us. jonathan, cuba and castro have been such a fixture in foreign policy for the united states. this is certainly going to relevance nate in washington. resonate in washington. >> absolutely. fidel castro is the nemesis of so many presidents. different american presidents, each of them since kennedy saw castro as an enemy of the united states, as an abuser of human rights. he was somebody who loomed large because he was an enemy just 90 miles from the shores of the united states. somebody who was allied with the soviet union during the cold war. outlasted the cold war. somebody who looms and loomed incredibly large in a large chunk of american history going back to 1959. >> and jonathan, with president obama deciding to try to warm relations with cuba, with the castro family, after all these years, how much hope is there in washington that raul castro might make some real changes that the united states would welcome? >> well, there's -- there's not change under raul castro. but there cert

but a battleground map that has and let's bring back in jonathan karl. where does the race stand, two days out? >> it's a map that still favors hillary clinton. if she just holds the states that favor here, on the top, 275 electoral votes, more than the 270 she needs to win. but the state they want to put this away, the state of florida. early voting ended today. democrats, with a 33,000 vote advantage in florida, and the clinton team believes they have more. if they carry florida, it's over. >> and many of the hispanic voters in that state could be important. and donald trump eyeing another big state tonight? >> yes, in the rust belt, wisconsin, minnesota, michigan. they see signs they could win in michigan. and it's clear the clinton campaign is concerned about michigan as well. >> and jon, just two days to go. election night in america, our coverage begins with "world news tonight." then at 7:00 p.m. eastern, i'll join george and the entire political team, we'll be here all night long. >>> and we turn to other news this sunday night. the suspectn kidn

we're joined by michael isikoff, michael schmidt and jonathan karl. >> to have this kind of cloud hanging over there, over the entire campaign only to get answered a couple of weeks after the election say oh guess what it was nothing seems highly problematic will. is a lot of pressure on comey, whether or not it's doable, i question, is another question. but there is an obligation to try to at least answer is this a big deal or is it not a big deal. >> rose: we continue with a look at the chinese economy and sheel shen the found ef-- founder of sequoia capital china. >> there is something called a new economy, and something called an old economy, old economy refers to tra diggal-- clearly a the love challenges and the new economy, are talking about sectors like information technology, health cares, and consumer secretariers which link to the consumption-- those are great. >> rose: and we close to taylor goldsmith, lead singer of dawes. >> i like the idea of looking at the relationship between a band or an artist and an audience as a dance. and we kind of have to get to this place where we

. >> rose: we continue with jonathan karl and mike allen in conversation about politics 2016. >> if you're in trump tower, you suddenly feel like you have new oxygen. what the comey letter did was let trump off the mat and republican senate candidates off the mat. so the fact that republicans are still very skeptical about trump, they're suddenly quite optimistic about their senate a candidates. >> rose: we conclude this evening with jon bon jovi. his new album is called "this house is not for sale." >> three iterations of boy band conversations has come and gone. rap has come and gone. grunge music has come and gone and what i never did was jump on those bandwagons when they were becoming increasingly more popular. so as i grew and grew up, i would not try to rewrite you give up a bad name or living on thonthe prairie. i was 24. i had something to say. or i was going to come and b.s. you. >> rose: >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose commun

and let's bring back in jonathan karl. days out? >> it's a map that still favors hillary clinton. here are the abc news race ratings. red states favor donald trump, blue states favor hillary clinton. if she just holds the states that favor her, on the top, 275 electoral votes, more than the 270 she needs to win. but the state democrats want to put this away, the state of florida. early voting ended today. democrats, with a 33,000 vote advantage over republicans florida, and the clinton team believes they have a big advantage among independents. if they carry florida, it's over. >> and many of the hispanic voters in that state could be important. and donald trump eyeing another big state tonight? >> yes, in the rust belt, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, but no state more than michigan. they see signs they could win in and it's clear the clinton campaign is concerned about michigan as well. that could be, could be trump's ace in the hand. >> jon karl, thanks. and jon, just two days to go. election night in america, our coverage begins with "world news tonight." then at 7:00 p.m.

and let's bring back in jonathan karl. where does the race stand, two days out? >> it's a map that still favors hillary clinton. here are the abc news race ratings. red states favor donald trump, blue states favor hillary clinton. if she just holds the states that favor her, on the top, 275 electoral votes, more than the 270 she needs to win. but the state but the state democrats want to put this away, the state of florida. early voting ended today. democrats, with a 33,000 vote advantage ov advantage over republicans florida, and the clinton team believes they have a big advantage among independents. if they carry florida, it's over. >> and many of the hispanic voters in that state could be important. and donald trump eyeing another big state tonight? wisconsin, mic wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, but no state more than michigan. they see signs they could win in michigan. and it's clear the clinton campaign is concerned about michigan as well. that could be, could be trump's ace in the hand. >> jon karl, thanks. and jon, just two days to go. election night in

jonathan karl at the white house tonight. >> reporter: donald trump greeted fidel castro's death as good news, at first issuing a simple tweet. "fidel castro is dead!" punctuating the fact with an exclamation point. brutal dictator whose legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights. from president obama, a much different response. offering, quote, "condolences to fidel castro's family." the president made no direct mention of castro's long record abusing human rights. instead saying, quote, "history will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular the difference is not surprising. after all, it was obama who reopened ties with cuba and trump who said he might undo that move. >> we will cancel obama's one-sided cuban deal. >> reporter: but trump's latest statement made no such threat. >> jon, any indication that president-elect trump will move to reverse president obama's >> david, president-elect trump as president could remove that policy with the stroke of a pen. it seems more likely he will pressure the cub

the race could really depend on what happens there, so, jonathan karl is back tonight with the electoral map, tracking the numbers as he has been for weeks now. >> reporter: david, going into hillary clinton. look what donald trump would have to do to win. he would have to carry every single one of the states that are remaining tossup. and watch what happens if he does that. he carries arizona, florida, georgia, north carolina, new hampshire, the second congressional district in maine and he's still short. so, that's why donald trump is looking up in the industrial midwest. looking at these bright blue states, hoping to turn one of them red. if he can do that, if he can, say, win the state of michigan, he g has to hold the states where she currently has a lead. >> florida would put her over the top. >> reporter: florida would be lights out, no way trump could win. >> it's a dead heat there in the polls. jon karl tracking the map for us. we'll see you tomorrow night, jon. >>> in the meantime, you saw the map there. a lot closer in the battlegrounds than it was ten days ago before the fbi

jonathan karl at the white house tonight. >> reporter: donald trump greeted fidel castro's death as good news, at first issuing a simple tweet. "fidel castro is dead!" punctuating the fact with an exclamation point. hours later, he elaborated with one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights. from president obama, a much different response. offering, quote, "condolences to fidel castro's family." the president made no direct mention of castro's long record abusing human rights. instead saying, quote, "history will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and the world around him." the difference is not surprising. after all, it was obama who reopened ties with cuba and trump who said he might undo that move. >> we will cancel obama's one-sided cuban deal. >> reporter: but trump's latest statement made no such threat. >> jon, any indication that president-elect trump will move to reverse president obama's cuba policy? >> david, president-elect trump it seems more likely he will pressure the cuban

jonathan karl at the white house tonight. >> reporter: donald trump greeted fidel castro's death as good news, at first issuing a simple tweet. "fidel castro is dead!" punctuating the fact with an exclamation point. hours later, he elaborated with one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights. from president obama, a much different response. offering, quote, "condolences to fidel castro's family." the president made no direct mention of castro's long record abusing human rights. instead saying, quote, "history will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and the world around him." the difference is not surprising. after all, it was obama who reopened ties with cuba and trump who said he might undo that move. >> we will cancel obama's one-sided cuban deal. >> reporter: but trump's latest statement made no such threat. >> jon, any indication that president-elect trump will move to reverse president obama's cuba policy? >> david, president-elect trump policy with the stroke of a pen. it seems more l

jonathan karl at the white house tonight. >> reporter: donald trump greeted fidel castro's death as good news, at first issuing a simple tweet. "fidel castro is dead!" punctuating the fact with an exclamation point. hours later, he elaborated with brutal dictator whose legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights. from president obama, a much different response. offering, quote, "condolences to fidel castro's family." the president made no direct mention of castro's long record abusing human rights. instead saying, quote, "history will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and the world around him." the difference is not surprising. after all, it was obama who reopened ties with cuba and trump who said he might undo that move. >> we will cancel obama's one-sided cuban deal. >> reporter: but trump's latest statement made no such threat. >> jon, any indication that president-elect trump will move to reverse president obama's cuba policy? policy with the stroke of a pen. it seems more l

jonathan karl at the white house tonight. >> reporter: donald trump greeted fidel castro's death as good news, at first issuing a simple tweet. "fidel castro is dead!" punctuating the fact with an hours later, he elaborated with a statement calling castro a brutal dictator whose legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights. from president obama, a much different response. offering, quote, "condolences to fidel castro's family." the president made no direct mention of castro's long record abusing human rights. enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and world around him." the difference is not surprising. after all, it was obama who reopened ties with cuba and trump who said he might undo that move. >> we will cancel obama's one-sided cuban deal. >> reporter: but trump's latest statement made no such threat. >> jon, any indication that president-elect trump will move cuba policy? >> david, president-elect trump as president could remove that policy with the stroke of a pen. it seems more likely he will pres

the race could really depend on what happens there, so, jonathan karl is back tonight with the electoral map, tracking the now. >> reporter: david, going into election day, this map favors hillary clinton. look what donald trump would have to do to win. he would have to carry every single one of the states that are remaining tossup. and watch what happens if he does that. he carries arizona, florida, georgia, north carolina, new hampshire, the second congressional district in maine and he's still short. so, that's why donald trump is looking up in the industrial midwest. looking at the states, hoping to turn one of them red. if he can do that, if he can, say, win the state of michigan, he gets to 280. as for hillary clinton, she just has to hold the states where she currently has a lead. >> florida would put her over the top. >> reporter: florida would be lights out, no way trump could win. >> it's a dead heat there in the polls. jon karl tracking the map for us. we'll see you tomorrow night, jon. >>> in the meantime, you saw the map there. a lot closer in the battlegrounds than it was t

jonathan karl at the white house tonight. >> reporter: donald trump greeted fidel castro's death as good news, at first issuing a simple tweet. "fidel castro is dead!" punctuating the fact with an exclamation point. hours later, he elaborated with brutal dictator whose legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights. from president obama, a much different response. offering, quote, "condolences to fidel castro's family." the president made no direct mention of castro's long record abusing human rights. instead saying, quote, "history will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and world around him." the difference is not surprising. after all, it was obama who reopened ties with cuba and trump who said he might undo that move. >> we will cancel obama's one-sided cuban deal. >> reporter: but trump's latest statement made no such threat. >> jon, any indication that president-elect trump will move to reverse president obama's cuba policy? as president could remove that policy with the strok

. >> abc chief white house correspondent jonathan karl giving "extra" a tour of the network's election night set makes thisre >> a lot of states that are very close, a lot of states where you could see donald trump pulling off an upset which could throw everything, you know, into question. >> "real time's" bill maher sharing his election evening plan with renee. >> where will you be watching tuesday night? what will you be drinking? >> my bathrobe. i'll be on toilet. no need to ruin a pair of pants. >> clinton supporter new jersey governor cory booker telling a.j. to take the conversation out of the gutter and back to highest ideals. >> denzel washington with terri at "hamilton behind the camera" awards. >> what do you hope happens? >> i hope people go out and vote. we have an obligation, a responsibility, but we have an opportunity to exercise our right. >> it's finally here. the votes get counted tomorrow. >>> politics also a hot topic at the gala where actor robert de niro flat-out refused to take a photo with former governor arnold schwarzenegger until he revealed his choice for pr

jonathan karl at the white house tonight. >> reporter: donald trump greeted fidel castro's death as good news, at first issuing a simple tweet. hours later, he elaborated with a statement calling castro a brutal dictator whose legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights. from president obama, a much different response. offering, quote, "condolences to fidel castro's family." the president made no direct mention of castro's long record abusing human rights. instead saying, quote, "history enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and the world around him." the difference is not surprising. after all, it was obama who reopened ties with cuba and trump who said he might undo that move. >> we will cancel obama's one-sided cuban deal. >> reporter: but trump's latest statement made no such threat. >> jon, any indication that cuba policy? >> david, president-elect trump as president could remove that policy with the stroke of a pen. it seems more likely he will pressure the cuban government for concessions on huma

jonathan karl has been crunching the numbers. new polls out just as we're on the air tonight you a new hope for both of them. >> reporter: absolutely. if you look at where we are overall, david. favor donald trump. right now, she has enough, just by holding those blue states, to get to 270. look at the top of the map, donald trump at 204 with his red states. he needs more. but here's where the hope is for both of them. first of all, the state of florida is where the hillary clinton team is most confident. they believe based on the early vote, they can win florida. that would effectively end this race. they have a new poll out today in georgia that shows a tie race. as for donald trump, they see hope you i even in new hampshire. both have been solidly democrat. both are trending towards trump. >> jon karl with us tonight, tracking that map every step of the way. jon, thank you. and a reminder, five days to go now, and on election night, our coverage begins, of course, with "world news tonight." and then at 7:00 p.m. eastern, i'll

we begin tonight with abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump left trump tower bound for the airport where his plane was given a so-called water salute before taking off for washington, d.c. at the white house, an oval office meeting between two of america's most bitter rivals. >> ready? okay. well, i just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with president-elect trump. >> reporter: president obana uttering words few would ever have imagined. >> i had been very encouraged by president-elect trump's wanting to work with my team around many of the issues that this great country faces. most of all, i want to emphasize to you, mr. president-elect, that we now are going to want to then the country succeeds. >> well, thank you very much, president obama. this was a meeting that was going to last for maybe, 10 or 15 minutes, and we were just going to get to know each other. we had never met each other. i have great respect. the meeting lasted for almost an hour and a half. and it could have, as far as i'm concerned, it could have gone on for a lot long

the race could really depend on what happens there, so, jonathan karl is back tonight with the electoral map, tracking the numbers as he has been for weeks now. >> reporter: david, going into hillary clinton. look what donald trump would have to do to win. he would have to carry every single one of the states that are remaining tossup. and watch what happens if he does that. he carries arizona, florida, georgia, north carolina, new hampshire, the second congressional district in maine and he's still short. so, that's why donald trump is looking up in the industrial midwest. looking at these bright blue states, hoping to turn one of them red. if he can do that, if he can, say, win the state of michigan, he g as for hillary clinton, she just has to hold the states where she currently has a lead. >> florida would put her over the top. >> reporter: florida would be lights out, no way trump could win. >> it's a dead heat there in the polls. jon karl tracking the map for us. we'll see you tomorrow night, jon. >>> in the meantime, you saw the map there. a lot closer in the battlegrounds than it

we begin tonight with abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump left trump tower plane was given a so-called water salute before taking off for washington, d.c. at the white house, an oval office meeting between two of america's most bitter rivals. >> ready? okay. well, i just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with president-elect trump. >> reporter: president obana uttering words few would ever have imagined. >> i had been very encouraged by the, i think, interest president-elect trump's wanting to work with my team around many of the issues that this great country faces. most of all, i want to emphasize to you, mr. president-elect, that we now are going to want to do everything we can to help you >> well, thank you very much, president obama. this was a meeting that was going to last for maybe, 10 or 15 minutes, and we were just going to get to know each other. we had never met each other. i have great respect. the meeting lasted for almost an hour and a half. and it could have, as far as i'm concerned, it could have gone on for a lot longer.

jonathan karl takes a look at the map with david muir. >> the state the democrats really hoped that they can put this away is the state of florida. right now we have seen early voting. it ended today. democrats have a 33,000 vote advantage over republicans in florida. the clinton team thinks it's actually much higher than that. they believe they have a big advantage among independents. if they carry florida, it's over. >> many of those independents hispanic voters. that could be a big headline. in the mean time, donald trump has to pick off some of the blue on the map. donald trump eyeing another big state? >> absolutely. look in the rust belt. wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. no state more than michigan. the trump team sees signs that they could actually win in michigan. the clinton team is concerned about michigan, as well. that could be -- could be trump's ace in the hand. >>> on the final full day of michigan, and north carolina. tim kaine will have separate events in north carolina and his home state of virginia. trump is on a five-state blitz stopping in florida, north carolina,

jonathan karl takes a look at the map with david muir. >> the state the democrats really hoped that they can put this away is the state of florida. right now we have seen early voting. it ended today. democrats have a 33,000 vote advantage over republicans in florida. the clinton team thinks it's actually much higher than that. they believe they have a big advantage among independents. if they carry florida, it's over. >> many of those independents hispanic voters. that could be a big headline. in the mean time, donald trump has to pick off some of the blue on the map. donald trump eyeing another big state? >> absolutely. look in the rust belt. wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. no state more than michigan. the trump team sees signs that they could actually win in michigan. the clinton team is concerned about michigan, as well. that could be -- could be trump's ace in the hand. >>> on the final full day of rallies in pennsylvania, michigan, and north carolina. tim kaine will have separate events in north carolina and his home state of virginia. trump is on a five-state blitz stopping in

the race could really depend on what happens there, so, jonathan karl is back tonight with the electoral map, tracking the numbers as he has been for weeks now. >> reporter: david, going into election day, this map favors he would have to carry every single one of the states that are remaining tossup. and watch what happens if he does that. he carries arizona, florida, georgia, north carolina, new hampshire, the second congressional district in maine and he's still short. so, that's why donald trump is looking up in the industrial midwest. looking at these bright blue states, hoping to turn one of them red. if he can do that, if he can, say, win the state of michigan, he gets to 280. as for has to hold the states where she currently has a lead. >> florida would put her over the top. >> reporter: florida would be lights out, no way trump could win. >> it's a dead heat there in the polls. jon karl tracking the map for us. we'll see you tomorrow night, jon. >>> in the meantime, you saw the map there. a lot closer in the battlegrounds than it was ten days ago before the fbi announced the e-m

jonathan karl has been crunching the numbers. new polls out just as we're on the air tonight you a new hope for both of them. >> reporter: absolutely. if you look at where we are overall, david. favor donald trump. right now, she has enough, just by holding those blue states, to get to 270. look at the top of the map, donald trump at 204 with his red states. he needs more. but here's where the hope is for both of them. first of all, the state of florida is where the hillary clinton team is most confident. they believe based on the early vote, they can win florida. that would effectively end this race. they have a new poll out today in georgia that shows a tie race. as for donald trump, they see hope you in even in new hampshire. both have been solidly democrat. both are trending towards trump. >> jon karl with us tonight, tracking that map every step of the way. jon, thank you. and a reminder, five days to go now, and on election night, our coverage begins, of course, with "world news tonight." and then at 7:00 p.m. eastern, i'll

jonathan karl at the white house tonight. >> reporter: donald trump greeted fidel castro's death as good news, at first issuing a simple tweet. "fidel castro is dead!" punctuating the fact with an exclamation point. hours later, he elaborated with a statement calling castro a one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights. from president obama, a much different response. offering, quote, "condolences to fidel castro's family." the president made no direct mention of castro's long record abusing human rights. instead saying, quote, "history will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and the world around him." the difference is not surprising. after all, it was obama who reopened ties with cuba and trump who said he might undo that move. >> we will cancel obama's one-sided cuban deal. >> reporter: but trump's latest statement made no such threat. >> jon, any indication that president-elect trump will move to reverse president obama's cuba policy? >> david, president-elect trump policy with the str

jonathan karl has been crunching the numbers. new polls out just as we're on the air tonight you a new hope for both of them. >> reporter: absolutely. if you look at where we are overall, david. hillary clinton, red states favor donald trump. right now, she has enough, just by holding those blue states, to get to 270. look at the top of the map, donald trump at 204 with his red states. he needs more. but here's where the hope is for both of them. first of all, the state of florida is where the hillary clinton team is most confident. they believe based on the early vote, they can win florida. that would effectively end this race. they have a new poll out today in georgia that shows a tie race. as for donald trump, they see hope you in even in new hampshire. both have been solidly democrat. both are trending towards trump. >> jon karl with us tonight, tracking that map every step of the way. jon, thank you. and a reminder, five days to go now, and on election night, our coverage begins, of course, with "world news tonight." and the

we begin tonight with abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump left trump tower this morning with a quick wave, water salute before taking off for washington, d.c. at the white house, an oval office meeting between two of america's most bitter rivals. >> ready? okay. well, i just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with president-elect trump. >> reporter: president obana uttering words few would ever have imagined. >> i had been very encouraged by the, i think, interest in president-elect trump's wanting to work with my team around many of the issues that this great country faces. most of all, i want to emphasize to you, mr. president-elect, that we now are going to want to do everything we can to help you >> well, thank you very much, president obama. this was a meeting that was going to last for maybe, 10 or 15 minutes, and we were just going to get to know each other. we had never met each other. i have great respect. the meeting lasted for almost an hour and a half. and it could have, as far as i'm concerned, it could have gone on for a lot

we begin tonight with abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump left trump tower water salute before taking off for washington, d.c. at the white house, an oval office meeting between two of america's most bitter rivals. >> ready? okay. well, i just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with president-elect trump. >> reporter: president obana uttering words few would ever have imagined. >> i had been very encouraged by the, i think, interest in president-elect trump's wanting to work with my team around many of the issues that this great country faces. most of all, i want to emphasize to you, mr. president-elect, that we now are going to want to do everything we can to help you >>ell, thank you very much, president obama. this was a meeting that was going to last for maybe, 10 or 15 minutes, and we were just going to get to know each other. we had never met each other. i have great respect. the meeting lasted for almost an hour and a half. and it could have, as far as i'm concerned, it could have gone on for a lot longer. we really -- we discussed

and let's bring back in jonathan karl. where does the race stand, two days out? here are the abc news race ratings. red states favor donald trump, blue states favor hillary clinton. if she just holds the states that favor her, on the top, 275 electoral votes, more than the 270 she needs to win. but the state democrats want to put this away, the state of florida. early voting ended today. democrats, with a 33,000-vote advantage over rub florida, and the clinton team believes they have a big advantage among independents. if they carry florida, it's over. voters, hispanic, could be important. and donald trump eyeing another big state tonight? pennsylvania, but no state more than michigan. they see signs they could win in michigan. and it's clear the clinton campaign is concerned about michigan as well. that could be, could be trump's ace in the hand. >> jon karl, thanks. and jon, just two days to go. election night in america, our coverage begins with "world news tonight." then at 7:00 p.m. eastern, i'll join george and the entire powerhouse political team, we'll be