donald trump: i have thousands of employees all over the world. you see so many other companies constantly. they used to move from new york to florida. but they've moved from new jersey to someplace else. a friend of mine is in the excavation business and he always orders caterpillar. it takes a lot of courage to run for president.

this has been an amazing. of time. christie: get the hell off the beach. donald trump: i like to see everybody get together and unified. chris christie: best of luck. mark: super tuesday is over. there's a lot first talk about. tomorrow morning in utah, mitt romney will make a rare speech about his thoughts on the 2016 presidential election. according to a republican source, the speech will not include an endorsement or any big announcement. romney is expected to single out .rump criticism

for not more vocally distancing himself from the ku klux klan. not everyone in the party or even an romney world agrees with mitt attitude about trump. a former romney advisers said the party leadership could make more progress if they focus on tilting bridges instead of burning them. others in the party are indeed in line. that includes the current massachusetts governor kirk charlie baker. ben carson is out. he says he sees no path to the nomination. he will not participate in the debate tomorrow night. wait for romney, the stopit affect

trunk movement? mitt romney was often branded an establishment republican. he is not a guy who is tight within the republican party. the number of pygmies in the party, he is looking more titanic all the time. he could be a catalyst for what we see out there. this brewing stop trunk movement. could it be someone who brings that movement together? i don't know. it will be one more log on the fire burning on that side of the party. there still people who want romney to run. suspicions this is part of an to be to position himself drafted at the convention. could inspire people to

give money to the super pac that is trying to stop trunk. money outsome big there to get ads on the air and some of these upcoming states to try to stop trunk. john: other groups have been out there like don quixote trying to tilt at the trump windmill. we've heard some discussions yesterday paul sanger and meg whitman may be getting behind that group. whatever the effect, is a historic moment. this is a big deal. nominee republican speaking out against the current republican front-runner. it hasn't happened in my lifetime. mitt romney has a voice

that is unique in the party. is going to be a big day. we will be watching. abacus.your we will take a quick trip down delegate drive. barring some seismic event donald trump looks destined to become the republican nominee. the other guys seem to be relegated to thinking there is some tricky math that could leave trump and just shy of the number of the number forcing a contested convention in cleveland. trump's goal is 1237 delegates. trump has 319 delegates. his opponents have a combined 385. two basic assumptions. caucus states have not been trump's strongest places.

he may see close races in states with big suburban populations like in virginia where he won but not by very much. even in the states trump has lost, he still gets a lot of delegates. one third of the delegates. let's say this pattern continues. let's say that he loses ohio to john kasich. loses florida to marco rubio. those are two of the big winner take all states. he would falls, short of the magic number of 1237. there are lots of other scenarios. does that make a case to you

that it is possible that trump continuing along and winning could stop short of a majority? john: it is plausible. it is not the likeliest outcome. the caucus states where only republicans are allowed to vote. he will have to loses winner take all states. not just ohio and florida but other big winner take all states. he would have to be beaten. note is a reasonable chance the most likely outcome that he could stop short of the number. we could have a contested convention. i think that is the only way the donald trump the is not become the nominee. i am more open to the idea of a contested convention than any other time in my career. workout?ld the math

it could. these outside groups that we mentioned earlier in the program. if they start to advertise big in the states. let's say marco rubio really focuses on florida. field starts to work against trump. john kasich focuses on ohio. that is what the parties going for now. a lot of calculation going on. it is plausible but not likely. far from impossible. he has tonot saying lose all the winner take all states. he has to lose the big ones. get into a one-on-one race in places like california and new jersey, he could lose the states. the headlines proclaimed

hillary clinton's super tuesday victories. the mastermind behind bernie sanders effort laid out their plans for sanders path forward. their scenario involves the prospect that sanders could win big states like new york and california. and also do well in michigan. they were not super on winning florida. how plausible is this? john: it is not that plausible. i admire those guys. they know the delegate math as well as anyone. they're trying to find that narrow path. it is really narrow. a lot less plausible than the earlier thing we're talking about with trump.

are mores that demographically diverse of the states where hillary is going to be strong. not the kind of monochromatic demographic description where sanders does well. better than idid thought he would. he won four states. momentumeeds is changing win. if he wins in michigan that would be a challenge to hillary. it will be difficult for him. once you fall behind in the democratic party rules it is hard to catch up because of the proportional representation. there is no winner take all. sanders would have to start winning states in a very big way. the road is tougher bernie sanders. another debate.

mitt romney again. will any of this be potential game changers? after this. ♪ week is what political

scientists call a freaking dream. super tuesday last night. now mitt romney's surprise speech. then the smorgasbord of conservative protocol action committee.

all of culminates this weekend in some voting. we have caucuses in kansas, kentucky and maine. events stophese trunk from dominating those contests on saturday? john: a lot of things can happen. not 100% clear to me that trump will dominate them anyway. some of those her caucus states. our caucus states. he is not obviously better poised to do well with evangelicals than ted cruz is. i don't know that saturday's going to be a great day for donald trump even if there is an intervening event. if he had a bad debate and

even without one of events hold some peril. that romney was in an extraordinarily strong position and it looked like he was cruising to the nomination. cpacad a bad see pac speech. rick santorum one some contests. the press is looking to keep the race alive. it could be a factor in the race regardless of whether trump does well or not. john: there was not much good news for marco rubio. the one thing they have pointed notion that rubio did very well with late deciding voters in a lot of states.

rubio's attacks on trump made for people tend to a better finish. with ben carson now off the and marcoted cruz rubio go hard at trump tonight, it could take more of trump's hide. maybe not a great saturday for donald trump. except for nevada, trump's lost every caucus he has participated in. if you saw donald trump's super press conference in florida last night, you probably noticed governor christie who introduced trump and stood behind him. staring at the back of his head. kristi was thoroughly mocked on social media. he has been trounced for seeming quite opportunist.

is it possible that chris christie's presence is helping the front runner more than the markers believe? john: he was also mocked in our cold open. let's look at trump's performance. compared to previous trump press conferences, he was very presidential. he drew rave reviews. christie maybe having a moderating effect on his rhetoric. helping to make donald trump a better candidate, a more modulated candidate. as much as christie might deserve some mockery, he might also be doing some good in trump world. if i were running for

president, i would want chris christie is my campaign manager. the guy knows a lot about politics. as much as he was mocked, trump that has someone in his corner who is a known figure, a great fighter, who has experience in electoral politics. i think there is no doubt the donald trump is lucky and happy to have chris christie by his side. coming up, al hunt joins us live. after this. ♪

mitt romney: donald trump always like to tell you how much money he has. the taxet us see returns. he likes to tell people how well he has done. how come he is not willing to let us look at the tax returns? mark: that was mitt romney last week. former republican presidential nominee plans to deliver a speech tomorrow in utah. here is al hunt. what you think is motivating mitt romney to do this? does he have his own desires? does he feel guilty about taking

trump's endorsement? al hunt: all of the above. do you know anyone who is a really added to mitt romney supporter will be affected by what mitt says who is going to vote for donald trump. givenoney would be better to someone else. i don't think this is going to work. these criticisms have not worked before. trump on howard stern were he says awful things about women. focusey show to women in groups and they say that's donald. someone has to be donald trump. ted cruz are rubio or john kasich. is romney's voice singular in the party?

hunt: i don't think anyone in the party really commands that kind of attention the way a eisenhower or reagan would have in the past. whether it is mitt romney or paul ryan. he just hates all of this. donald trump is the antithesis of everything paul ryan believes in. mark: is there a chance that ofney lays out an argument clarity that the other republicans can latch onto? i'm told he's going to talk about temperament a great deal. a legitimate case to be made. mark: ted cruz had the best

night of the remaining challengers to donald trump. hunt: you know how many delegates he got out of texas? winning three states was important. not just his home state. rubio, if it had not been for minnesota would've had a miserable night. me they brother said to donald trump was better off with multiple candidates in the race. i'm thinking that could be true. al hunt: that is the only way to stop them. if john kasich dropped out in ohio, rubio would win. donald trump win. at some point they might be able to zero in on one challenger.

what they really counting on is he goes into the convention with about 1100 delegates and it goes to a second ballot and there will be blood on the floor. i do think the chris christie endorsement is something where people say all i want to get on that bandwagon. mark: will you see other leading republican governors and senators do this? al hunt: i don't think lamar alexander everwood. ever would. a lot of them just don't think donald trump is qualified to be president. it's not ideological thing. is that this is a man who was eminently unqualified. he also said the party

should come together around me. could donald trump set up meetings and get some of these endorsements? i would like to work with you. hunt: a number of them would not be susceptible to that. you have interviewed is in weber and stuart stevens. they cannot bring themselves to embrace donald trump. an independent candidate is a real pipe dream. it is a home? i don't know. 1980e really did think in that reagan was not as qualified as george bush. they didn't think reagan would be a disastrous president.

it really is a seachange. reince primus got his wish. we have an early nominee. it could be a bit bizarre. there will be a lot of politicians who won't have to go. mark: up next, a former spokesperson for jeb bush's campaign. his new position in life. it involves trying to stop republican donald trump. you can listen to this program on the radio in washington. 99.1 fm. ♪

mark: our guest is tim miller.

former communications director for jeb bush. he gets a new job. working for our principles p purpose is trying to stop the from being nominated. donald trump from being the nominee. tim: you need to be on the side of what is right and good. stopping him from being the president is certainly that. because hillary clinton would wipe the floor with him. he loves to talk about his polls.

i'm not sure what he would talk about in the general election with hillary cleaning his clock in every public poll that is out there. it is our job to stop that horrible reality from happening. it has not raised as much money as it would've liked. possibly an infusion of cash. how much cash deal hope to raise? do you hope to raise? we spent about 3 million in iowa. focusing on his record on a whole host of issues. there was not the for stop trumprt effort in the ensuing weeks that there needed to be. more and more money is coming through the door.

it raised more money in the last week that it had through its existence to date. focusing on how donald trump scamps people at trump university. a new piece of information. he thought that outsourcing was a great thing. that will be something that he has to contend with tomorrow night in detroit. how much are you going to raise between now and march 15? tim: we are going to raise as much as we can. i'm not giving you exact numbers. we are seeing more and more money come in the door. we'll spent as much as it takes. mark: we'll be like to see mitt

romney say tomorrow? tim: i would like to see mitt , no matter who you party,the republican donald trump is not looking out for you. he is a fraud. he is looking out for himself. what you've seen from mitch over the past few weeks is highlighting the fact that donald hasn't released his tax returns. my guess is it's because he gives no money to charity. he claims to support wounded warriors but he doesn't. he probably pays very little tax. ms. has rightly called them out on that. he would not clearly denounced the kkk. i would hope that he would

continue to do that tomorrow with moral clarity. you have to covered wall-to-wall with the same intensity as donald trump. charlie baker, the governor of massachusetts, came out. i don't know if anything has gotten as much attention as governor christie's endorsement of donald trump. what you think about that? do you think about that. ? tim: chris christie's entire campaign was a farce. he was ostensibly running as the tell it like it is candidate. telling hard truths. then he went and endorsed the candidate who offers absolutely no policy specifics. who wants to tell people the

opposite of hard truths. donald trump tells people what they want to hear. donald trump is telling people what he thinks they wish he would say. donald trump is a complete phony and a fraud. the fact the chris christie can support him just we can get back , reflects very poorly on christie. coveragertion of the has been negative toward chris christie. that is very well-deserved. party inthe republican a panic over donald trump? tim: no.

i think that he can absolutely still be stopped. the conventional wisdom is very the fact thatd of this nomination process will work itself out like that other ones have. in fact it is completely different. hasld trump right now received less than half the delegates. ted cruz and marco rubio combined have more delegates than tryi trump does. about half the voters who showed up to vote said they would be unhappy with trump as the nominee. bush was consolidating support is the process went on. more and moreng people who don't want him to be the nominee. you: if donald trump called would you: back? tim: i have a lot of things i

would like to talk to him about. i will never vote for donald trump. there is nothing he could say to win me over. is a complete fraud. he has demonstrated this throughout his life. he was pro-outsourcing and these of his campaign. donald trump cannot be trusted as president. he has no respect for the constitution. he would get his but kicked in the general election. up next, the president of planned parenthood will be here. after these words from our sponsors.

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the: here with me is president of planned parenthood cecile richards. praising latin america. that alike the fact prominent republican is defending the role of planned parenthood? cecile: what he's saying is reflecting where the american people are. one in five women in america has been to us for health care. what he is saying is very disingenuous because on the one hand he praises our work but then he says that he was president would end the ability of people to come to us for health care. he can't have it both ways.

ank: but you could exist as organization without any government funding. cecile: we been around for 100 years. it is really dangerous when politicians begin putting their own little agenda ahead of the well-being of people in this country. that is what we are seeing. unfortunately this republican presidential primary as every candidate saying they would end access to legal abortion. that doesn't reflect where the american people are. there seems to be no political upside in the context of the republican party for donald trump to praise the group. do you think that this is a good thing because he seems to be saying planned parenthood does a lot of good?

cecile: he or his poll numbers are showing what we can see which is that people support us. i'm grateful that people actually understand what we do. a lot of folks running for office don't even understand what planned parenthood does. i don't want anyone to be misled about the danger of someone who's going to run for president and then say for the 2.5 million people who come to us for health care, you can't go back there for health care. mark: your candidate hillary clinton seems to have done pretty well. is she the favorite to be president? i think she has an incredible record. particularly in women's health. she is poised to to win the democratic nomination.

demonstrating her breadth of support. notice taking anything for granted. one of the most interesting portal years. political years. i'm glad to see so many young people interested. they will be a critical voting block in november. i have covered enough of these that when the supreme , art is put on the table tend not to care that much. do you think this will be part of the dialogue? cecile: i just left the supreme court where they are hearing the case about the texas laws that have been so restrictive on women's access to safe and legal abortion. voters, their top

two issues were health care access and reproductive rights. sony cases are in the courts. this is a special year. i tend to agree with you that usually the supreme court is not a big issue. but because of all these isaults on women's rights will bee supreme court important to a lot of cases we all care about. it is more on the minds of voters than anything i've ever seen. is it an absolute for you that president obama nominate someone who affirms that they will uphold roe versus wade? important that anyone who is a nominate respects the history of the court and respects judicial precedent.

obama was elected for a four-year term, not a three-year term. it is unconscionable to me for the leaders of the senate to say we are not even going to consider anyone there were a judge is there today. a lot more cases are coming up. people deserve to have nine judges on the supreme court. some believe there should be no litmus test for either party. some precedents have been overturned that i bet you thought were good idea. does obama have to nominate someone who has said they will support that decision. cecile: it is very important to us that the federal judiciary

that defends people's rights including the right to safe and legal abortion. today we saw a case argued before the court that even as the solicitor general said, if these kinds of restrictions are of health, there may be a but itutional right effectively no right all. mark: would you be disappointed if not obama nominated someone who didn't del potro versus wade? uphold roe versus wade? cecile: i will be disappointed in any nominee who doesn't support women's rights.

that's not a process i will be part of. you are going into such a hypothetical. millions of women will be disappointed if the next nominee doesn't clearly support women's rights including roe versus wade. i'm not going to start speculating about names. i've heard lots of names. i'm into picking anyone. that might not be the best thing to have my endorsement. must look for judges and have a judicial temperament. understand that women are part

of the society. it is interesting to be in the courtroom when we had three women on the supreme court. as a woman and as a mom, it makes a huge difference. to have different voices in the room who have walked in the shoes of women in this country. mark: it's great for the court to look more like america. thank you very much. how good of a standup comic is marco rubio? ♪

john: if you've been paying any attention you may have noticed that marco rubio has been trying to be funny. he been telling jokes about donald trump. we thought would be interesting to bring in a couple of professional comedians. is marco rubio actually funny? rubio: donald trump was having a meltdown. then he asked for a full-length mirror. maybe to make sure his pants were wet. >> that is a huge problem in the portable speaker, incontinence. you come across as sophomoric. i think rubio is funny.

he has the potential. but may be too little too late. looks like a little boy on stage. i wouldn't even be the youngest president. he would be the oldest president ever elected. i'm not worried about trump. i worry about sanders. he looks like the ghost of presidents past. if he gets the full eight years he will look like the walking dead. marco rubio: i think he meant to say great honor. i don't know how he got that wrong. that's how they spell those words at the wharton school of business. >> oh, donald trump only went to

one of the best business schools in the country. foreign people can't spell. the kids in the back are high-fiving. rubio: donald is not going to make america great. he's going to make america orange. >> i see oranges every day and he is more orange than oranges. marco rubio: you know what they say that men with small hands. you can't trust them. >> there is definitely more nectar in that joke. huge phallic buildings. john: he has a playoff broadway

called three mics. we'll be right back. ♪

mark: who won the day? john: the same man who might win the day tomorrow. mitt romney. planesare getting on heading to salt lake city to hear what mitt romney has to say about donald trump. this is a man who can still command the spotlight. winning the day. mark: tomorrow he might win the day. today i think hillary won the

.ay bernie sanders 14 states. won four states. his team lays out a rigorous roadmap. but she is in a commanding position. check out bloomberg politics.com. a great story about how hillary's roadmap got put into place. we will see you tomorrow from detroit. sayonara. ♪

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supporters he does not see a path forward. he will speak about his portable future on friday at the conservative political action conference in maryland. mitt romney will speak tomorrow in utah. case for whyt his donald trump should not be the party's standardbearer. united nations security council has unanimously approved the harshest sanctions on north korea in 20 years. its recent missile launch and nuclear test. inspections of cargo entering or leaving north korea. an attorney for drug lord el chapo says he wants to be extradited to the u.s. soon.