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Now that the midterm elections are officially behind us, don't throw your remotes at the television, but the 2020 white house race has begun. president trump has already announced he is running for re-election, but some key states in the midwest and the east coast that helped him to victory in 2016 ended up going for democrats last night. we're really watching victories the dems took home in seven of the eight governor and senate races in wisconsin, michigan, ohio, pennsylvania, all states donald trump won in 2016. i am back now with michael stee steele, donna edwards. i know you don't want to...

>> reporter: well, i think the difference there is greater than .5%. so i think what is perhaps kind of like a lot of people are looking at why did the republican get carried over the line. and it appears because he was basically carried over the primary line by president trump that it was impact by president trump that helped him win the state last night. there's a different qualify r here to take a look at. hurricane michael. when hurricane michael hit the panhandle, the governor made his way over there. governor rick scott had a very strong leadership role there. and a lot of people figured...

Weapons play a very small role in the overall number of gun deaths in america. that said, it is a weapon of choice for mass shooters. and so republicans have to know that this epidemic is spreading, and there is tragically going to be more in the future if nothing is done about it. >> so let me just touch on something. so we've had michael mentioned one civil rights movement. we have cultural shifts that happen in america. some are big and some are small. cigarettes was a cultural shift and there was a huge campaign about cigarettes and how dangerous they were and smoking went down. marijuana ...

Conjunction, we want a better age limit, we want privatized selling to be completely reformed so you can't walk into a building with $130 and walk out with an ar-15. >> and there you go. with us on set we have msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. political commentator for abc news and npr, cokie roberts. editor-in-chief of the "atlantic" magazine, jeffrey goldberg. that was as powerful and profound as it gets and you know what? the kids and the parents and the teachers and everybody who is suffering through this epidemic, as you call ...

Ar-15s. i agree with michael. i think this is different but i don't know that the result will be exactly the same. i do think we need something. so i think when you have someone who the police went to their residence 39 times, on a 911 calls and that somehow doesn't get into the background check, that's got to change. the idea that someone is mentally ill and can acquire a firearm, that's got to change. >> right. >> but the ar-15 has been around since before the 1960s. it's been around, so and then you were there in 1994 during this whole weapons ban. >> right. >> so right after that, we had a...