As polls tighten, Trump predicts a 'monumental victory'

With national polls tightening and the first presidential debate fast-approaching, a confident Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that a sweeping electoral victory will carry him to the White House in November.

Trump still faces a narrow path to 270 electoral votes, with major battleground states like Florida and Ohio becoming must-wins for his campaign, but the Republican presidential hopeful hit his highest point yet in an election forecast by respected statistician Nate Silver earlier this week. Silver gave Trump a 44.5 percent chance of defeating Hillary Clinton on Election Day.