i'm joined by henry gomez and our friend john ralston, and new friend, enrique, editor of "the nevadats? pinpoi i want to start with henry. john kasich had a lot of friends around here, including me. he bought the ticket that said no trump, so what's going to happen? he bought the wrong ticket? >> he's term limited, but he's finding himself deep in a challenge of the republican party. his hand-picked chairman is very lukewarm towards trump. he ended up supporting trump, but he would publicly criticize trump whenever he said something he deemed offensive. all of this rubbed trump republicans the wrong way. and of course, trump won. so now there's thoughts that they would like to install some of their own allies into that position as leader of the ohio republican party. a woman name ed jane timpken ha announced she's going to take on boernlgs because the meeting in january. >> but who's going to win? >> borges is confident. kasich put out a statement that he believes he has the votes. but the statement shows that kasich is going to use his political capital. he is going to use his bully

. >> joining me right now is msnbc political analyst and nevada politics expert, john ralston. e gearan of "the washington post." john, i want to ask you about this guy, reid. he has -- he's firing in both directions. he said the fbi talked because they wanted to help trump. the cia didn't talk because they wanted to help trump. they're all in cahoots. this is a pretty strong claim of partisanship, not institutional purpose, but partisan republican behavior. he certainly has a case to make in terms of the impact, the consequence, but the motive, that's a pretty stark charge. and i don't know how you prove it if you have an investigation. >> well, of course, this isn't the first time, chris, that harry reid has made a charge he can't prove. we all remember mitt romney and the taxes. but this is harry reid doing what harry reid does. i think a lot of people think, because you mentioned that he's outgoing, that he's willing to say anything. but harry reid has never had a sel self-editing mechanism. and he's clearly very upset, even though he's leaving, even though hillary clinton l