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York times" reporter jeremy peters. he is also an msnbc contributor. so, guys, thank you very much for being with me. it's great to see you. i want to start, steve kornacki has given us a rundown in each of these areas. we'll start with his analysis and take a look. >> all right, kasie, the story of how it happened in ohio 12. three quick stories. number one, columbus, the immediate suburbs. democrats got everything they could have dreamed of here. they got turnout, overwhelming support. why weasn't it enough? the rural parts of the district, not as much turnout but very strong support. trump ...

On the part of the president. and just political -- >> sand meanwhile the whole question is despite the fact that he signed this executive order yesterday, we still don't know how these families are going it be reunited. and phil mudd, you were in government for -- >> for ever. >> for a while. and just i've never been in government but i've covered it enough, administrations in congress and elsewhere, to know when you have this kind of policy change, it takes months and months and months to get it right. to coordinate the agency, to think 12 steps ahead like for example when you separate child...

Citizens, the republican party is absolutely not poised to be able to attract more -- >> isn't that same argument being made during -- i seem to remember that argument during the campaign a lot. his base is too small. he hasn't grown it enough, not enough diversity in there. he won. >> he did. he's the president now. the argument has a certain added urgentsy to it now. you've seen it in special elections across the country where democrats have won, states that trump won by triple digits. flipping the seats. saw it in virginia during the gubernatorial, just to disagree with jason, when jeff fla...

Women, where you need more minorities, where you need more immigrants who are becoming citizens, the republican party is absolutely not poised to be able to attract more -- >> isn't that same argument being made during -- i seem to remember that argument during the campaign a lot. his base is too small. he hasn't grown it enough, not enough diversity in there. he won. >> he did. he's the president now. so i think the argument has a certain added urgency to it now. you've seen it in special elections across the country where democrats have won, states that trump won by triple digits. in oklahom...

That involves putting economic pressure on them so they come to the negotiating table. and i think -- >> more economic pressure? >> yes. and this is the thing. i think ambassador haley said it but people haven't focused on it enough, people including the president, which is that we have a new set -- two sets of robust sanctions that were just approved by the united nations. so give it a little time. i mean, they'll have some effect on the north koreans. and the chinese are clearly uncomfortable. the relations between north korea and china are probably at the lowest point, i would argue, ever. ...