SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:55 P.M. ET: 

NICE TO KNOW - FROM THE HILL:    Newly discovered emails that the FBI initially said may be "pertinent" to its investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server do relate to her tenure as secretary of State, a source told CBS News Thursday.  A U.S. official told CBS News that the emails are not duplicates of documents previously reviewed during the investigation into Clinton's private email server. They were reportedly found on the computer of Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of Clinton's top aide Huma Abedin.  It is unclear how many new relevant documents were retrieved from the computer and how significant they are to the investigation.  Other news outlets have reported that the new review of discovered emails will likely not be completed before Nov. 8.  And if Hillary is elected Tuesday. the investigations are expected to continue indefinitely.  Not a good way to become president.

A SIGNIFICANT DROP – FROM THE HILL:   The University of Virginia's Larry Sabato is now predicting Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will win the White House with 293 electoral votes.  That number includes 272 " 'hard' Safe or Likely" electoral votes and 21 additional electoral votes that are leaning toward the Democratic nominee in Nevada and North Carolina, according to Sabato's Crystal Ball.  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is predicted to now have 214 electoral voters and is not seen as having a "clear path" to getting the remaining 56 electoral votes that would be necessary to clinch the presidency.  In an analysis, Sabato's team wrote that Clinton picked an "awful time to hit one of the rough patches that has plagued her throughout the campaign."  "Now with just days to go until Election Day, there’s added uncertainty about the outcome," the analysis said.  If Trump can get three more points by Tuesday, he might pull it out.  That's not a fantasy.

DISGRACEFUL – FROM BREITBART:   President Barack Obama wants people in North Carolina to vote for Hillary Clinton, so he’s warning them that Donald Trump would tolerate the support of the Klu Klux Klan if he’s elected president.  “If you accept the support of Klan sympathizers — the Klan — and hesitate when asked about that support, then you’ll tolerate that support when you’re in office,” he said.  Obama added that Trump would “disrespect” the Constitution as president, citing the Republican nominee’s vow to put Hillary Clinton in jail.  This is disgraceful campaigning.  It;s designed to appeal to the worst fears of blacks.  Obama probably knows better, but he won't do better.  At heart he's a local Chicago politician.

November 3, 2016