Mark Halperin

They are struggling to understand how the country could have done this.

And then again, I'd ask people who are struggling with it,

Look for things you can like.

Look for things that are going on both with the Trump administration and outside that maybe you can be positive about.

Or think about why are so many other people in the country positive about what's going on?

That capacity to have empathy for the people who are suffering and for the people who are celebrating both directions.

That is what we need to foster.

That is what is missing.

And when I continue to watch to see how upset people are, it breaks my heart.

I don't mock them.

But I do think they need to do a better job.

Both sides say to me, well, they're not spending the time understanding me.

Both sides need to do a better job.

So I'm asking all of you.

You're listening to my voice watching the program.

Try to understand the other side.

Try to think about why there's triumphance in red America and discombobulation in blue America over this.

It's going to be present for three more years, ladies and gentlemen.

It's time to try to make some peace over this.

Try to reach a moment of intellectual understanding, emotional sympathy.