i want to start with garrett haake, you are in the center of the action. we ve been hearing from lawmakers. to my ears, i don t hear any break in this gridlock. what s your take at this hour? . reporter: yeah, you with choose your own news here at this point, depending on who you re talking to. i m outside a meeting that s been going on susan collins office and the democrats coming out have said no comment, on made vague comments like there s been progress. lindsey gram just left. he s been probably the sagele-most key negotiator. he sees some of the dynamics as potential something to be optimistic about, specifically this idea that the senate would be able to move forward sometime
optimism their close to turning a corner. the work will continue at least until tomorrow. just to drill down on the point you make, they are considering essentially the deal that seems to be gaining the most team is this short-term three-week deal. so the question is why would democrats go for thi
prosperity. second, the united states and north korea will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the korean pinsula. third, north korea commits to workd the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. and finally, the united states and the north commit to recoveringrisoners of war, missing in action remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified. president trump held a news conference just a short time ago and revealed what appears to be a major concession on the american side ending the u.s./south korea joint military exercises which he called war games. can you be specific about what assurances you are willing to give to kim jong-un? does that include reducing military capabilities and just to follow up on your answer no, we re not reducing anything. at some point i have to be host and i used to say this
during my campaign, as you know probably better than most, i want to get our soldiers out and bring our soldiers
respect. and i think we could use a lot more of that spirit in washington these days. a lot to talk about over the next two hours. let s go to our panel, jessica and mo, also shawn steele and ron brown. ron, to you first, with the big picture here and the implications for the coming m midter midterms. every special election, we say focus on the final margin, not who won. what does this say? this put a big you sharpie underline on everything that s been happening since donald trump s victory in 2016. on the one hand, there was an unmistakable move toward the democrats in this district. o connor won 65% of the vote
there. an unprecedented showing for a democrat. he gained as well in delaware county, and not as much. that s what ultimately sank him, and republicans retaining very big margins with slightly disappointing turnout in the rural parts of the district. that s what we saw in virginia, alabama, and in pennsylvania, the distribution of the district was a little different, wh