this stuff with him. why don't we get him in there? democrats, never mass defections from democrats every plot point where they might have happened, defections looked up and saw clinton's approval rating at 68%, 70%. looked at midterm gaining seats. we cannot move on this guy. the one political difference i could see potentially emerging is republicans, they have a bloodbath, electorally this november. lose 40 seats, 45 seats, whatever will psychologically shake them to the core they will be in a situation politically, democrats were never at at any point in '98. looking at the president saying i'm seeing evidence of a serious political liability here. then because it's a political question, who knows. >> steve, great to see you. >> thank you. >> steve kornacki. the book, pre-order it now. up next, the president calls off a meeting between the secreta secretary of state and north kore korean, but is this yet another distraction? a and what would happen to the