. >> he's tried twice. >> third time's a charm. >> anyone who is watching gets a chance to run for president, do it. >> the perception that we're the party of the rich unfortunately continues to grow. >> really? >> i like being able to fire people who provide services to me. >> $10,000 bucks. $10,000 bet? >> i'm not running for president in 2016. >> i'm not running. >> mitt romney told gop donors he's considering running for president in 2016. >> i standby what i said whatever it was. >> good to have you with us tonight. thanks for watching. the entertainment just getting started. the middle class millionaire just can't take his eyes off the white house. mitt romney is gearing up for his third presidential run. romney almost certainly will run

for president. the post reports that romney is moving quickly to reassemble his national political network. romney will also be attending this week's rnc meeting in san diego. a source close to romney said he will deliver remarks on friday night. i bet they can't wait. i say mitt romney should absolutely go for it. it can't possibly go any worse than 2012. >> i'm in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, i'll fix it. i'm concerned about the very heart of america. >> i like being able to fire people who provide services to me. if someone doesn't give me the good service i need i want to say i'm going to get somebody else to provide that service to me. >> i'm not sure about these cookies.

they don't look like you made them. you didn't, did you? >> no. >> they came from the local 7-eleven bakery or whatever. >> rick i'll tell you what. 10,000 bucks, $10,000 bet? >> i'm not in the betting business, but i'll show you the book. >> i should also tell my story. >> i like to fact that most of the cars i see are detroit automobiles. i drive a mustang and a chevy pickup truck. >> join me in welcoming the next president of the united states paul ryan. every now and then i'm known to make a mistake. i did not make a mistake with this guy, but i can tell you this. he's going to be the next vice president of the united states. >> well mitt romney has already tried to repaint himself as a new candidate and make americans

forget about his car elevator. there's just so many stories out there. romney has been telling supporters he would run on an anti-poverty platform. if that's his plan mitt romney will have to answer for the 2012 game-changer. >> 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. >> romney is also making the case he will be strong on foreign policy. if romney were president, there wouldn't be an isis at all and putin would know his place in life. many are already criticizing

romney for even thinking about doing this again. if romney does run, it will no doubt make for really some pretty good mud slinging over in the gop primary. rand paul is already going for it. >> if he runs to the right of jeb bush, he'll still be to the left of the rest of the party. so it may be a difficult spot to occupy. look i liked governor romney. i like him personally. i think he's a good person. i think he was a great businessman. that's yesterday's news. he's tried twice. i don't think that there really is a third time out there. i think he did a lot of things right, but in the end you have to have a bigger constituency. it is just time probably that the party is going to be looking for some fresh and new. >> rand paul didn't stop there. when you do the same thing and expect a different result, it is sort of what einstein said what

the definition of insanity is. the wall street journal slammed mitt. it read in part quoting the question for the former massachusetts governor will have to answer is why he would be a better candidate than he was in 2012. romney is a man of admirable personal character with his instinctive belief that 47% of america would never vote for him, he would be the ideal foil for such campaign. i disagree with all of that. mitt romney does believe he has a real shot this time around. the landscape is going to be a lot different in 2016. the competition i don't think is going to be as tough as barack obama. if hillary clinton is the nominee, i find it hard to believe she's going to be able to match the organization that

obama had and the ground game. just look at what happened in iowa. got to be brilliant on the basics. the republican motivation against the clintons is well documented and still pretty strong to this day. now it's going to be tougher for the democrats to win ohio and florida in 2016 because of what? voter suppression. republican governors in both of those states that's not going to help the democrats too much. so they will continue to suppress the vote. so i can see why mitt romney might be a little bit more confident today than he was going up against the obama machine back in 2012. it's not necessary to fix the voting rights act.

the voting rights act isn't going to get any attention. not by the republicans. romney, he's leading in the polls. a new poll has romney in the lead in iowa. jeb bush at 14%. scott walker at 10%. everyone will certainly be dusting off the old romney videotape, but you never know. a third time could be the charm and you can't convince me that the landscape is going to be the same and the competition is going to be the same. not to take a shot at hillary or any of her folks, but the fact is romney might have more mojo than what people think. how hard is he selling on these calls and how are these phone calls being received? does mitt romney have any chance of becoming president? text a for yes. text b for no. you can always go to our blog. we'll bring you the results

later on in the show. let me bring in the president of american bridge 21st century and a political reporter for "the boston globe." characterize what you think these conversations are sounding like. how hard is mitt romney selling? >> he's selling pretty hard. again, there's perception and then there's the reality here. in the perception, mitt romney wants people to understand he kind of wants to do this again. those who are very close to him they also feel that same way. whether or not they're playing some other game whether or not he's not maybe serious in the end, look i can't read his mind. but all the indications is he is very serious in getting in this race. >> does romney have a shot at the republican nomination? >> ed i think he does have a shot at the republican nomination. i think "the wall street"

journal asked the wrong question. can he be a better candidate than he was in 2012? the question is can he be a better candidate than anyone else running for the republican nomination? i think he can probably make a case that he can be. i would say the other thing that these candidates need to look at that are thinking about running is are they ready for what mitt romney is prepared to do to them? because if he decides to get in, he'll take no prisoners. >> james, has mitt romney ever talked about poverty to the point where it has to be addressed by government? when he says he's going to run on an anti-poverty platform that tells me he thinks government has a role in dealing with poverty in this country. is this new? and you've covered him and the

folks in massachusetts have covered him for years. >> yeah, look. in the one sense, you have never heard mitt romney go out there and make this a major point. it does remind me a lot of what paul ryan was saying when he was running for vice president, trying to bring up conservative jack kent principles in urban america. i don't know how much of that involves government assistance. maybe more government off the back. but i think there's going to be a bigpy pivot in american politics. you're seeing as opposed populist tendencyies coming out of hillary clinton. the question you asked brad was a good one. could mitt romney be the republican nominee? look for the next year before we have the first votes in iowa and new hampshire, we're in this

period called the invisible primary. the only way you can figure out who is winning today or next month is on three different things which is polling, fundraise fundraising, and then sort of the organization, or the ground game. clearly there's no one in this field running for president right now in terms of the republican side who has close to what mitt romney does. >> his timing is good but his record is not invisible. the bottom line here is he never said anything about money being held offshore avoiding taxes. he's an outsourcer. i remember going to la port, illinois, doing a story on a very business that was outsourced. if the republicans are going to

connect with the middle class, how are they going to reinvent mitt romney to be some kind of new candidate with his record? one >> i believe that it is just that. it is just a reinvention. it is a reinvention to try to you know, distract people from his 47% comments. it's a reinvention to try to distract people from his comment he's not concerned about the very poor. there are republicans and democrats who are genuinely concerned about the issue of income equality and wage stagnation. i don't believe mitt romney is one of those people. i think he needs to figure out what ailed him in the last campaign. >> who goes after romney in a debate? how tough is this going to get? are they going to go after him on his outsourcing record and not able to connect socially

awkward sitting down saying you didn't make these cookies? this is rather amazing and yet he polls very well. james, you were with rand paul in new hampshire today. any mention of romney? >> oh absolutely. he thinks he's yesterday's news. i asked him specifically did he have any addvice for mitt romney. he said sure. he's not going to run again for president. it was time for a new face. what's interesting about this conversation is we're talking about this 2016 republican presidential nomination as a time when republicans might possibly rebrand themselves. what direction would they take? rand paul is a very fascinating figure when we talk about that rebranding. but now we're talking about --

instead of a direction and new faces, a jeb bush and a mitt romney and, of course rand paul is not leaving aside any chances to hit both of them. >> and the people around him, are they making a mistake early on here, brad? if mitt romney was president, there wouldn't be any isis and vladimir putin would know his place in life. they're off to a hell of a start, aren't they? >> i understand their instinct to look at whatever is wrong with the obama record now and go to the primary and say, i was right on all these things. why would you trust anyone else to do this? i think his problem is the economy. look at what's happening now with the economy. for example, the unemployment rate has fallen much faster than mitt romney.

>> he said obama didn't know anything about the economy. he was against the automobile loan. he said detroit should have gone bankrupt. i wonder if the chris christie's of the world and the walker's of the world are going to hold him accountable. thanks so much. remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of the screen. like us on facebook. we appreciate that. always want to know what you think. coming up the right wing puts more hate on president obama for his paris response. we'll bring you the latest on all that, but first ted cruz takes on a new role as guardian of the galaxy.

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of the ammonial leak lead to an evacuation to the other side of the space station. ted cruz is in charge of nasa's future. nasa's future is up in the air. >> our capacity to maintain world leading advantage in space flight is a critical priority for the nation. >> the question is will we make gains in space or science with ted cruz in charge? >> today i was disappointed that bruce willis was not available to be a fifth witness on the panel. >> this is the best that the government, the u.s. government can come up with? >> the small government minded text senator tried to cut nasa's funding back in july 2013. he failed that time. but less than three months

later, cruz's radical agenda threatened nasa again. >> i want to be very clear about what that shutdown would mean. nasa would shut down almost entirely. >> furlough 97% of nasa's staff. support staff for america's astronauts in space continue to work, but progress stalled for the space program. >> we have a number of projects going on about 20 in development, roughly, and all of them were impacted. >> the agency's research on climate change is key to protecting our own planet. >> nasa satellites provide critical data about what's happening on our planet today, real-life observations. >> we do a lot of work on the polar region. >> it's an issue ted cruz just doesn't believe in.

>> the problem with climate change is there's never been in a day in the history of the world where the climate has not changed. >> his chairmanship is expected to be confirmed this month. it could be space's final frontier. joining me tonight is the professor of physics at the university of new york. is this a scary scenario that's playing out? >> well, it's like having the fox guard the chicken coop. don't be surprised if all you have left are chicken bones. ted cruz has gone on record as saying he does not believe in global warming. that by itself is okay. the danger is he'll allow ideology to guide scientific policy. that could be a dead-end disaster. >> you think the scientific community is concerned about this? you've got to have funding to do things and to be innovative and

to move forward in research. >> exactly. science is the engine of prosperity prosperity. the wealth of the world is dependent upon science. if you kill the goose, don't be surprised if wealth jobs innovation go out the window because of ideology. >> how deep do you think this senator from texas is going to get into the operations of nasa? is nasa going to have to come back and justify everything that they're doing and if it is connected to climate change it's cut? >> whether you are republican or democrat you should not allow ideology to guide policy. data should guide policy. however the problem here is if he's in charge of the nasa budget, he could allow the man's

space program to go forward. it is based in houston, texas. he may decrease the budget for investigation of the atmosphere. in other words, global warming. we need the data in order to predict how hot the earth will get into the future. if he cuts that budget we're going to be going blind into the future. >> what does it say to nasa that he shut the government down and it cost the country $25 billion and of the 1800 employees, there were only six on the job? >> it was a disgrace that the whole government was shut down. what were we doing? it's no wonder congress has such a low approval rating in the polls when it can't get its own act together. >> he released a statement today. russia's status as the current gate keeper of the international

space station could threaten our capability to grow and learn. we should work alongside our international partners but not be dependent on them. what's your reaction to that? >> it is a multinational effort. realize that we are dependent upon the russians. we are hitchhiking on russian booster rockets. it is one bright area of cooperation, in fact between america and russia in light of what's happening in the ukraine. americans are being put into the russian sector of the space station. we have a bright hope that we'll still continue into outer space. >> does nasa have enough funding right now to do what it needs to do on climate change? a lot of folks feel like we're not going to be making any progress whatsoever because

we're into the ideological battles that you're speaking of but do they have enough? >> we need an instantaneous snapshot of the entire earth. that's how we do it. we don't put our finger into the wind and guess what the weather is going to be like tomorrow. we have satellites giving us instantaneous readouts of the planet earth. if the budget is cut, we're going to be going blind. we're not going to know which way the atmosphere is going and then it is a question of political football. we have to have data. that's the bottom line. data is the key to the future, the key to our prosperity, the key to the next generation of americans. if we cut it we're just going to have chicken bones. >> thank you so much. coming up we'll take you live to paris.

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welcome back to "the ed show." we have new developments on the "charlie hebdo" massacre. a leader from aqap says the terrorist organization chose the target, laid the plan and financed the operation as an act of vengeance. isis released a propaganda video praising the paris attacks and encouraging more. "charlie hebdo" printed 3 million copies. it will print 2 million more

copies to meet demand. let's bring in ron allen in paris tonight. ron, the reaction somewhat overwhelming to this measure of freedom of speech. how are the people responding this evening? >> well it was an amazing day for this phenomenon that "charlie hebdo" has become. this small magazine that sold 30,000 copies a week, you now suddenly can't get one. there are a lot of donations coming around the world. it was on the verge of bankruptcy before all of this and now it is the most popular news magazine in the world. 16 pages, a lot of satire, a lot of muhumor. some of it is very high-brow. a lot of it is about honoring

the memory of the staffers the cartoonists, the others that were lost at the magazine and also stating its mission and reaffirming its mission to creating a secular society, to speaking the truth, to freedom of speech and not backing down essentially. a lot of people who said they were buying the magazine were doing it to support those values as well. i don't know how much the content of the magazine -- i'm not sure people are so drawn to the content as they are to the idea and the phenomenon as to what this magazine has become. the investigation continues in a lot of bits and pieces but nothing terribly firm and dynamic. >> are french officials worried about a violent backlash from this new issue? >> i think they're worried about a violent backlash every day from this issue or from anything else. there's a lot of tension here.

this is a confrontation that's going to go on for sometime. today the french president said the french were going to send an aircraft carrier to the gulf to increase their participation in the coalition with the united states who is launching air raids against isis. that's part of the reason why there's more tense between france and that part of the world. yesterday france the parliament voted to continue its operations there as part of that coalition, so the government is doing things that will be seen by the opponents of this as provocative. you also have these cultural clashes happening. we learned there was as many as 54 people who have been arrested on anti-terrorism or hate speech charges since this whole controversy started with the magazine since these terror attacks have happened.

these are people who have been arrested for saying vulgar things to the police or doing things in cyber space as well or making telephone threats. but there are limits for some. >> ron allen reporting from paris, france tonight. thank you, ron. appreciate it. back at home here the obama administration refuses to blame islam for the massacre. >> would you say the united states is at war with radical islam? >> i would say that we are at war with terrorists who commit these heinous acts. >> their actions are entirely inconsistent with islam. >> they use a corrupted version of islam to justify their actions. >> we have chosen not to use that label. >> and cue the right wing outrage. >> president obama is a man of liberal thought and tentative about confronting the jihad, but

here's something very interesting. while the left continues to soft pedal islamic terrorism, they're appalled by christian fundamental im. it makes another mistake, does not stand with the world, to declare war on the islamic jihad. un unbelievable. >> they're following a separate and horrific political agenda. conservatives don't want the facts. they just want to attack the president of the united states. i'm joined with a eded by a columnist with "the daily beast." >> i think it's very responsible. the idea that bill o'reilly is upset with the fact that they're not going to use islamic terrorism does not mean anything

to me. democrats were saying, let's look at every threat. the southern poverty law center said there was 1,000 anti-government groups out there. islam is an easy target. we're 1% of the country. there's not much pushback when you attack muslims. >> what's at the heart of their motivation to attack islam? >> i think it's a political benefit for them. it's part of their agenda. even we're going to do this. they'll call it foreign law. their idea is demonize muslims to make us marginalized to say we're not loyal to this country. we're not going to end that fight. >> how important are the words that the obama administration is using and how important is it for them to have a consistent message in the way they've been handling this? >> i think it's unbelievably

responsible. it's what you should be doing. by saying radical islam you're inferring that's islam is why they're doing this. well, this isn't a strain of islam, so i'm just joining. no it's terrorism. they're fabricating things and then saying, we're doing this for our faith. does anyone think the al qaeda sat around and said we're outraged. let's plan something. we have a political agenda. we're being eclipsed by isis. they're getting the press and money and recruiters. it worked out perfectly for them. >> the way conservatives are positions themes on this and trying to get americans to buy in this is if you're a muslim and you're here in the united states, you're a plant. >> that's right. >> you're here but you're not here to be american. >> i have gotten that on twitter. i have seen e-mails from people

who are angry at me. they don't want to hear the facts. i have an article since 9/11 there have been 37 americans killed by islamic terrorists. there's been 30 people killed a day by gun violence. three women killed every day by domestic violence in this country. the president is going to look at terrorism and all forms of it. when you use the term islam and radical -- it is like president bush used to use 9/11 and saddam hussein. >> ron allen just reported that the french military is now going to get some skin in the game on fighting isis. it would seem to me that's what the conservatives want. so they made a big deal about american officials not being at the front of the line at this rally the other day, but the french response has not been one of criticism. the french response is, you know what? we're going to get in this and

we're going to help you fight isis. that's kind of fallen by the wayside. >> because it doesn't fit the narrative. you have people like ted cruz saying obama is soft on terrorism. that's ridiculous. it's a unified fight. it's unfortunate the fight against terrorism is political. it shouldn't be. we should be on guard for all forms of terror imismism. >> the news today, in the newspaper, how do you respond to it? >> i think it was a great coming together. you're buying it because you buy into freedom of expression. >> great to have you with us. still to come, scott walker state of the state was red meat for republicans. we'll take a look at what his policies mean for wisconsin. don't appreciate the power of conversation! you know, i like you! i like you too! at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you.

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all right, here we go. the two-minute drill. lots of big coaching changes in the nfl today. rex ryan is the new coach of the buffalo bills. in a press conference today, rex guaranteed a playoff spot for the bills fans and he had some words for divisional rival the new england patriots. >> we're not afraid of anybody, and certainly not afraid of them. respect them. i recognize the fact they have won our division the last six years. maybe ten out of the last 11 years they have won our division, but that doesn't guarantee they're going to win it next year and that -- that opportunity to play them they certainly know that i'll look forward to those games. >> rex, you're not marv levy.

you haven't evaluated the first player on the buffalo bills and you're telling those folks up there they're going to get them in the playoffs. the playoffs aren't until next year. over in denver john elway, the gm and fox had their differences. manning has not made his decision. one more note for rex and for everybody. you know to be a great coach in the nfl, you've got to have a loving wife a loyal dog, and a great quarterback, not in that order. rex, you better go get somebody who can take a snap and play before you start talking smack. in new york the jets have arizona cardinals and the oakland

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forgive me tonight if i'm a bit hoarse but like most of you in the state, we spent a fair amount of time cheering on sunday. i had plenty of fun hugging owners in the stands at lambo

field. >> taking a dig at chris christie in the state of the state address last night. walker took a jab at the potential rival amid growing speculation that walker is seriously eyeing a 2016 presidential campaign. walker's 24-minute speech played it safe. light on details. there's no word on how republicans will address the 2.2 budget deficit in the state. however, walker did talk about school choice lower taxes, smaller government. in fact walker called for consolidation for a number of state agencies. >> we will consolidate several of our state agencies. while the mergers will provide the next state budget the real objective is to improve services while being better stewards of our taxpayers' money. we will have several consolidations within existing agencies as well as regulatory reforms. we want commonsense solutions, not bureaucratic red tape. >> yeah. that's called doing more with

less. that's what they got from walker. walker can talk all he wants but his actions prove his focus is not on wisconsin. on tuesday morning, walker's offers canceled all events surrounding his state of the state tour. however, walker did manage to be at the meeting on wednesday night in san diego. while the media is focused on mitt romney or jeb bush, walker is laying the tracks for his own campaign. joining me tonight editor-in-chief of a magazine. walker is still going with a very radical agenda and he's attacking education in a big, big way. unpack it for us. >> yeah that's right. today there was very dramatic hearings all day long on this new bill the very first thing a republican legislature is doing, the first thing out of the box is to privatize our school system here in wisconsin and it's really unpopular with the

people of wisconsin. they held education hearings today. we have a fantastic reporter there all day long following it moment by moment. one of the first things they did is they are not going to have any more public hearings but change up the bill and introduce a new version on friday. at the same time the school choice lobbyists who give more money to republicans than any other entity in the state, they are right up there with the coalition of all business interests, the lobbyists are sitting in the hearings accepting thanks for their work on creating this bill the bill was created without any input from the public and it's changed behind the public's back and it's a bill that ecerpts power and they may change that in the future versions that we won't have a chance to see. it punishes schools that serves kids that are not getting good grades and it turns them over to private entities. so somebody can make a profit off of those schools if they are not doing well. >> it sounds like walker is

going to continue to be very radical but he's got wisconsin is the rear-view mirror. i mean he's thinking 2016. and he said that the wisconsin comeback is working. recent estimates project $824 million gap in the 2015 to 2017 budget. how's he going to get around that? that's red meat against him in any debate. >> that's absolutely right. you know, he as you point out, had very little substance in the state of the state. 24-minute speech and two policy proposals. that was it on policy. aside from endorsing the privatization of our schools. he touted lower property taxes. and the huge budget cuts particularly to schools, cuts to services are hurting people so much in this state. the picture from wisconsin

doesn't look great but walker said freedom seven times in the last eight sentences. so they've arrested 300-plus protesters here in the capital. he's for free speech and talking to people about terrorism in france. he's not talking about what is happening to people in wisconsin. >> so he's third in the polls in iowa right now and spent quite a wit of time in iowa. he's been there a number of different times. but he's not in that bad of shape, is he? you have romney and jeb and walker. that's how it plays out in iowa right now. could he get it? could he get things rolling? >> i think it's possible you know. it's a funny process for republicans. you have to get through the primaries and so he can appeal to the base. he's very right wing and he presents himself -- he's a skilled politician. it would be foolish to underestimate him. he presents himself as

reasonable and mainstream. maybe he's got the right package to get through and, if so america better watch out. take a look to what is happening to us here in wisconsin. >> okay. so he's going to get a number of radical groups behind him. there's no question about that. so to gain and continue that credibility, he's going to have to continue to present radical agendas in wisconsin, as i see it. and his proposals to merge the state agencies i mean that's just generic talk. you can get any republican to talk about that. but this guy actually the way he's going after labor, he would attack jobs again, wouldn't he? >> well the real concern is that wisconsin will become a right-to-work state which means total union busting, moving on from public employees to all employees. it's very telling that what they are starting with is attacking the public schools because that is really where the money is. and it's -- that is a loser with the public and a winner with their funders. >> ruth connif thank you.

"politicsnation" is up next with reverend al sharpton. >> thanks for tuning in. i'm live from columbus ohio. we start with two breaking news stories tonight on terror. one here at home and one abroad. first, a plot to attack the united states capital. federal authorities have filed charges against an ohio man who wanted to plant pipe bombs at the u.s. capitol and then lie in wait to shoot employees as they came out of the building. the man's name is christopher cornell. he was reportedly seeking an alliance with the