how are we, do you think, jeremy from aaron sorkin's treatment. >> about as far as i can imagine. they do not care for one another personally. i know for a fact that trump has disparaged mcconnell in private to other senators and conservative movement leaders as we can. and the second heart of your question there assumes that donald trump wants to stop some of these races. i mean, let's not forget had jeff flake not come out and said i'm not running again donald trump would have -- i do think that we can't forget that there are some but not all, certainly, republican centers, donald trump is perfectly fine with having no longer there. >> three risk journalists to start us off on a wednesday night. our thanks to all of you. coming up, we'll go to a break and has diplomacy between washington and pyongyang completely broken and what can that mean? the details of an nbc news exclusive report up again. more on steve bannon and the central question are republicans going to allow bannon to be the next republican king maker. again, more on that as the 11th hour gets under way on a wednesd

like most democrats under the age of 35 i was raised in part by aaron sorkin so the idea that politics can be inspiring and meaningful, that had a lot to do with the west wing. >> reading your book gave me that kind of west wing feeling, like entering this world, really thoughtful president who is a human being and a bunch of highly competent people who really want to do the right thing. the world of your book, mistakes happen, people screw up, usually it's you but a world that people are earnest and serious and want to make america better, and it gave me that feeling, i remember having -- watching the west wing during the bush presidency, nice to take a break from the world today and go to this alternative universe. >> i think to some extent both when i was writing it and now readers of the book are approaching it like a little -- it's a little time machine. doesn't last that long but for a brief moment you're back when obama was president and that was nice when i was writing it. >> you have mentioned and adam mentioned you grew to really love and admire obama, and you have conveyed t

that you go back and look at a speech that are at a or jfk said, you can look at a speech that aaron sorkin wrote for jeff bartlett and it gives you a sense of what you want. more than that, a lot of democrats in the way i put it in thebook , it's like most democrats, i was raised in part by aaron sorkin. the idea that politics can be inspiring andmeaningful, that had a lot to do with west wing . >> itold you earlier that reading your book , you get that west wing feeling of entering this world and it's a really thoughtful president, use a human being and a bunch of highly competent people who really want to do theright thing. and the world in your book , presidents screwup, usually a few but it's a world where >> and you've conveyed that he was thoughtful. can you elaborate a little bit more as to the president, what about him you admired the most? >> just so you know communicating narrative is better with a specific period. >> i'll add some details. and i think one of the things i'll mention because i think it was maybe not necessarily evident if you were watching president obama speak, i