. >> frank luntz: grab a seat there.im. >> winfrey: the conversation took place last month in a converted power plant in downtown grand rapids, where frank luntz, a pioneer in the use of focus groups and a contributor to cbs news, assembled our group... >> luntz: how many of you say we're a divided country? everyone! >> winfrey: ...and paid participants $100 each for taking part. >> luntz: your friends are going to see this, and your family is going to see this. >> winfrey: he selected 14 for a seat at the table. seven voted for president trump, seven did not. half voted the party line; for others, it was more complicated. can you talk about it? >> jennifer: okay, let me just republican my whole life, and i could not support trump. my whole entire family supported trump, and i got persecuted by my own family. and they... my dad, especially. and so, he was trying to force me to vote for him. >> winfrey: did you all stop speaking to each other for a while? >> jennifer: for a while, yeah. >> winfrey: because you voted for?

the day before the election i ran into frank luntz on the outskirts of a rally in north carolina, in nevada, new hampshire, ohio and florida, ohio, florida, saw his chances were 50/50, new hampshire 50/50, the early vote for democrats were coming in and it was massive. winning one of the blue states, he looked at me, like i had fallen off the moon, which one? he couldn't imagine. the next day he won three of the blue states, pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. that is the one no pollsters saw. my co-author who was running his own election model said his team predicted trump's victory everywhere except wisconsin. they did not think wisconsin, and you can pop champagne corks. it took three or four hours for networks to call it. in the media gallery people looked crestfallen, they did their job and we were left at the end, the breitbart crew watching this and realizing donald trump would be the next president of the united states. we covered this covered the conservative argument, in the middle of a fight because breitbart was one of the more supportive conservative outlets of trump's

standards and debate the contradictions join me mad the hot sun for a new season of the show the frank luntz up front. but this time i'll just write. this is al jazeera. hello from doha everyone i'm come all sons of maria and this is the news from al jazeera extending an olive branch the president of south korea urges his north korean counterpart to enter into talks to try to deescalate the crisis also may in moscow tells the u.n. the range of crisis is easing but many continue to flee to bangladesh to escape the violence. the protests in catalonia or spain central government steps up attempts to stop and independence referendum. china avails the world's fastest train many. at what cost. well over on the south korean president has sent a message of peace to north korea during his speech at the u.n. general assembly just about an hour ago he urged to enter into talks and then also praised the u.n. security council for imposing its latest set of sanctions on north korea here is a bit of what he had to say. we do not desire the collapse of north korea we will not seek unification by absorption