taughtalk to mitt romney about running for senate in utah. >> on the first question, you know i really don't like to negotiate these deals. all of those items are under discussion between the white house and democratic leader in the senate and the four corners on the committee. i can't specify how it all plays out. i've had some conversations with mitt romney and obviously i'm in or in hatch supporter and or and has to decide what he wants to do. if he wants to run again, i am for him. >> given that the president's -- >> certain you talk about your interaction with the president and the interaction on syria? are you satisfied. >> i am. the vice president called me last night and explain the rationale, how they were doing it and i thought it made a lot

in the case of mitt romney, when i approached mitt romney campaign and told them we want to do the same thing for romney and me to write about his background and career, his spokesperson said why would you want to write a book about mitt romney. he's already written two books about himself. [laughter]lr at the back of one of those book there was a 59-point plan about what he wanted to do for this country. if you read those books they really tell you almost nothing about who he really is or what actually happened in his career. the short story was he was a great runner of companies and everything was wonderful. he did run other companies and is the complex history of what happened with each company that he invested in, not iran. when it came to donald trump, we had a much shorter time frame. really, it was the same thing. the narrative that donald trump told about himself is pretty simplistic. he's been an incredible dealmaker, he has been very successful and therefore he would be a great president. what we wanted to do was to find out what actually happened. the only way to do that is t

i've had some conversations with mitt romney and obviously i'm in or in hatch supporter and or and has to decide what he wants to do. if he wants to run again, i am for him. >> given that the president's -- >> certain you talk about your interaction with the president and the interaction on syria? are you satisfied. >> i am. the vice president called me last night and explain the rationale, how they were doing it and i thought it made a lot of sense. i thought it would be a strike that would be noticed, not a pin prick, and be directly related to the reason the tomahawks were sent in the first place, the use of chemical weapons. i approve of what the president did. i think it was not only an important message to asad but everyone else who may be wondering what this new administration might be like. if i was a sunni arab ally, i would be encouraged that america was back in the business of being more assertive and less passive. that does not mean you are going to send in the troops every time there's a skirmish, but i thought it was reassuring. >> given that trump spurred to action in pa

have you talked to mitt romney about running for senate in utah? >> on the first question, i really don't like to negotiate these deals with you guys. those items are under discussion between the white house and the democratic leader in the senate and the four corners on the committee. i cannot specify how it all plays out. i have had some conversations with mitt romney. i am an orrin hatch supporter obviously. he needs to decide what he wants to do if he wants to run again, i am for him. >> given that the president's inspiration -- >> can you talk about your interaction with the president and the administration on syria? are you satisfied with the interaction between the administration over the attack? >> the vice president called me last night. he explained the rationale and how they were doing it and i thought it made a lot of sense and would be a strike that would be noticed, not some kind of pinprick. it would be directly related to the reason the tomahawks were sent in the first place, the use of chemical weapons. i very much approve of what

i've had several conversations with mitt romney. obviously i am in orrin hatch supporter. and he has to decide what he wants to do. if you want to run again i am for him. >> have you been given that the president - >> i will get you in a minute. >> to you talk about the instruction between the administration and syria in the attack? >> i have the vice president connie last night. explained the rationale, how they were doing it and i thought it made a lot of sense. and it would be a strength that will be noticed. not some kind of -- and be directly related to the reason looks percent in the first place. the use of chemical weapons. i very much approve of what the president did. i think it was not only an important message to assad but to everyone who might be wondering just what this new administration will be like. i would be encouraged if i was watching is that america is back in the business of being more assertive and less passive. that does not mean you're going to send in the troops every time there is a scrimmage somewhere. but i thought it was very reassuring. >> gi

liz: concomitant. >> concomitant mitt romney, on my find, fiscal policy response.fiscal policy expanding in tandem with the fed tightening, you could see markets get crazy. listen, the trump rally is -- i'm not saying it's over, but there's questions about it, they don't know where he's going, what he's doing where, he's tweeting, this is a day by day thing that you have to follow us. once again, if derek jeter buys the marlins, who cares? liz: charlie gasparino, thank you very much on the breaking exclusive story. >> by the way, the worst team in baseball. scarcity value. liz: indians, the best! second best. okay, so when we come back, we'll have about four minutes left of the market trade. what is going to happen? it is evolving and falling snowball here. stay tuned. . liz: imax stock has resumed trading, pending news, the news is apparently imax china has been informed by two lead private equity investors they have divested entire 5.9% equity investment in the company, and the stock is falling 2.33%. guess what else is falling? the rest of the markets, after the

in the case of mitt romney, i told him we want to do the same thing for romney and write about his background and career himself spokesperson said to me, why would you want to write a book about mitt. he's already written two books at himself. in the back of the book there was a 59-point about what he wanted to do for the country but they tell you almost nothing about who mitt romney is and what happened in his career. for instance, at bane capitol, he was great -- everything was wonderful. the more complex story is the only company he was ran was bane capital him and which is profitable but he ran other companies and there's a complex history what happened with each company he invested no. not ran, actually. now, when it came to donald trump, we had a much, much shorter time frame. but reality was the same thing. the narrative that donald trump tells about himself is pretty simplistic. he has been an incredible dealmaker, very successful, no one has been as successful as donald trump has been, and therefore he would be a great president. but we wanted to find out what actually happened. the

is some talk of mitt romney running for the u.s. senate from utah in 2018. what are you hearing about that? >> reporter: steve, it's fascinating, and it's not just some people talking about it, what we learned today is that mitch mcconnell, the republican leader, has actually had conversations with mitt romney about potentially running for this seat. romneyof course is beloved in utah. he's credited with saving the 2002 salt lake city olympic games. he and his wife, ann, now live there most the time. so he has very deep ties, obviously, his family has long ties to the state. it all hinges whether or not orrin hatch, current senator from utah, decides to retire. that may be on the table. hatch, himself, has said to potentially view this in a positive light if he would step back that he would like to see romney step in. so, if the governor were to run for senate, i think for those of us who cover this body would be another very interesting high-profile person to have around. especially in the trump era. >> it's a really interesting st

mitt romney is the chair of that private equity firm, excuse me and tag really wants to get a hold of the marlins as well. so bring on the millionaires and the billionaires fighting over baseball fan. abby: politics meets baseball. heather: fun to be be able to do that. abby: thank you, cheryl. heather: conservative cancel the defiant ann coulter vowing to speaker at berkeley university after they scrapped her appearance. >> i am giving the speech. i don't know, what are they going to do, arrest me. heather: the school citing safety concerns. abby: is president trump in danger, where the secret service is now stepping up security? >> can i just -- >> need some help? [laughter] >> i think i've got this but thank you. maybe. heather: this was awesome. party crasher ron gronkowsky. abby: i love it. needles. essential for him, but maybe not for people with rheumatoid arthritis. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz xr. a once daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swelling and joint damage, e

ticked off that mitt romney lost. could do it better and started having the hats made up. she never had a message. and you have to know who you are and what you're about and why you want people to vote for you. >> she had a message, which is donald trump is a despicable human being and people looked at her and said you wait so not despicable yourself lady. and she got into a character assassination election. she had a message. donald trump is disgusting. you cannot vote for him. as it turns out, she was not in a good enough position to make that argument given the ample baggage that she brought with her through her public life into that. it was a gross miscalculation. the campaign was bloated, it wasted money and wasted resources. it hurt the people that supported it. it neglected them. this was a train wreck. >> martha: good to see you guys. thank you very much. so coming up, going to go back to the story this evening on a deadly shooting that took the lives of three people in california just a few hours ago. it is a

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compared to mitt romney's diseaecisive victory in 2012. democrats pumping $8.3 million in ossoff's campaign. this comes as the president signed executive order. >> we are going to defend our workers and protect jobs and finally put america first. >> reporter: mr. donald trump touting the successes of the presidency. >> no administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days. >> reporter: today, the president is expected to meet with his national security adviser and v.a. secretary. also expected to sign a veterans health bill and meet with the new england patriots to congratulate them on the super bowl victory. chris and ali. >> thank you, joe johns. joining us is david gregory andrade drucker and a.b. stoddard. david gregory. how is it a win for the gop in a district they held since 1979 and have an upstart get almost 50% of the vote? >> i don't think it is a resounding win. they come away at least. i think, you know, this is a strong showing for a democratic candidate in a really conservative red district. but despite that strong sh

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mitt romney and tom price did better. 23 points for price and romney in 2012 in the district. that means as david mentioned, more educated and non trump republicans. really this is a concern for republicans and for trump because 2018 elections matter next year. if there is a record of division and a lack of cohesion and they can't get through repeal and replace obamacare and they have trouble k50eeping the governmen open. they have a lot of tests. if you look at the june 20th run-off date. how apathetic will republicans be? they look at trump leading the unified republican government and the republicans can't get their act together in congress and the majority they waited for years to have with the republican at the helm in the white house? if they can't produce, republican voters will have something else to do on june 20th. that is the open for the democrats. although karen handel the republican is favored to win the run-off. i believe that today. we don't know what it will look like on june 20th. will trump republicans come out if they still love him next november? that is t

in the 2012 election obama had been re-elected by four points over mitt romney, the republicans the freedomaucus republicans represented districts that romney carried by an average of 23 points. the house members of the freedom caucus did even better than that, they were elected by an average of 34 points. none of you face any pressure to ever compromise. isn't that the reality? >> no. i don't think there's pressure not to compromise. there's a desire to compromise, but let's please understand what the freedom caucus members consistent of. by and large they're fairly intellectual. they love the nuances of public policy and trying to determine the cascading effects of the policies that we promulgate in so much as they effect african-americans. second, we're principle based, which means we have backbone to stand behind our ie e ideology. it's very difficult for someone to challenge us on those types of issues. and with health care in particular, which seems to have raised the ire of president trump, i'm sorry but he's trying to advocate a position that is favorable to 17% of the american peop

history here because this is the same district that newt gingrich represented for 20 years, and also mitt romneyby 23 points, so you see the romney republicans were very popular in this district, not so much donald trump, and if the democrats win, and you're right, they will overinterpret this and say the resistance has come to atlanta but it will be very, very good news for them, and even if they are close and they don't win, they are still going to say it's very good news. >> if ossoff, the democratic candidate, gets 50% of the vote, he's the next congressman and if he doesn't there will be a runoff. >> a runoff between him and the top performing republican who i think will be karen h ha ndel, best-known candidate in a crowded field. the one thing i'll say about the close counts. winning is the most important thing to, predictive and coming close that they did last week they will spin. floria is 100% right, well, he got 47%, but you mentioned it, june runoff. that's two months. it's not two weeks from now. it's a time for a whole campaign to be one v. one, republicans versus democrats. >> and

to write about them, a spokesperson says why would you want to write a book about mitt romney? is already written two books about himself. [laughter] and in death of one of the books there's a 59 point plan about what he wanted to do for the country. but the books say almost nothing about them it probably really is. what actually happened in his career for example, the short story was he was doing wonderful at a company and -- hate had a very complex history of what happened with each company that he invested in. not ran actually. now when it came to donald trump, wait a much shorter time frame. but really it was the same thing. the narrative that donald trump tells about himself. it is pretty simplistic. he has been an incredible dealmaker. he has been very successful, no one has been as successful as he has been. therefore he would be a great president. what we wanted to do was find out what actually happens. the only way to do that is go step-by-step. so we used a team of reporters in a very short period of time to try and understand what happened. i want to tell you one exa

in 2012 mitt romney swept it by more than 20 points.e is hoping to tap into angst over president trump. >> we can't let donald trump put us at risk. >> reporter: how effective do you think that has been for you so far? >> there are clearly people who have serious concerns about the president's approach to g govennan govennance. >> reporter: hiring several operative to see help his campaign. >> it's clear this is a district getting behind our president. >> reporter: former georgia secretary of state question if the district is truly on the verge of turning blue. >> they're dreaming about this, but the republicans are going to hold to this seat. >> the republicans will ultimately select a candidate that can beat the democrat. >> reporter: claire has not decided on a candidate. >> it will be a republican candidate. i think he is too liberal. >> reporter: cheryl also a registered republican disagrees. she's backing assaf. >> i think he's dedicated and i feel like we need more balance. >> reporter: dave ferguson summed up his reasoning. >> t

. >> oh, yes, the caymans are the caribbean islands where mitt romney supposedly hides his >> >> youation of the cayman islands. >> people keep telling us it's where rich people go to cheat on >> >> here's a little building down in the cayman islands. >> over 12,000 businesses claim this building as their headqu >> it >> it's monkey business. >> either this is the largest building in the world or the largest tax scam. >> i mean, you hear it all over the news, well, about the whole tax season foolishness. i mean, it really isn't true. >> she's right. look at this gao report. the irs says cameman officials require all requested information in a timely manner. >> mitt romney pays taxes on all the money earned from the came man entities. >> i would think it would be like pirate heaven, some pirate would go and steal all the >> we >> well, that actual live doesn't happen because the rules are understandable. >> our laws are so complex, even regulators don't understand the the s.e.c. investigated bernie madoff six times but didn't stop >> ber >> bernie madoff could never have gotten away i

>> mitt romney, are you kidding?i don't know anybody better. >> neil: what if they come to you, congressman and say, we think -- >> no, huh? >> no. if i wanted to run, i'd be very competitive. but i -- i don't know if orrin hatch will run again or not. for me personally, people just -- they don't believe me but my family is important and i love them more than being a member of congress or a member of the senate. all the great things that you do get to do, even though there's a lot of negative, i happen to love my family more. think about that. 1,500 nights away. i'm looking at the next 200 to 250 nights per year that you're away from your family. i don't know that i want to do that right now. i may get back into politics at some point -- >> neil: but not now. let me ask you right now. you're in the battle back and forth. i told you about the sell-off and the growing concern that republicans are coming out the gate of the new administration stumbling. that's not a damning indictment. the tax cut thing looks delayed, t

mitt romney won this seat by over 20 points as well.ell you this is the kind of seats that democrats would and should focus on and where they need to win. last night they weren't able to do that. we'll see how we did on june 20th. >> the president said nobody has done more in their first 90 days. we have a scorecard. it is not a good scorecard other than neil gorsuch, having a nominee in there is big. the other ones other than withdrawing from tpp, which is a very undetermined outcome at this point, he has not had a great start. do you agree with the president that he has had the best 90 days? >> well, i think it is a mixed bag, but i think some of that responsibility lies on the republicans in congress, not on the president. look, i don't think he gets nearly the credit he deserves, nor congress, frankly, for the deregulatory thrusts here. we have moved 15 congressional review bills through congress. that's a record by far, unduing a lot of the regulations of the obama era. i think the president does get credit and frankly so does the

four years ago mitt romney carried that district by 23 points back in 2012. this time by just a little more than one point. why that huge swing? >> yeah, i mean, well, this is a very republican district, but it's a republican district of a certainly type. not only did romney win 60% of the vote here and so did john mccain in 2008. tom price who left the seat to become the hhs secretary he's never won less than 62% of vote in this district so it's a pretty unlikely battleground in that respect. what makes is it's a republican district of a certain type, heavily white collar. two-thirds of whites in the district hold a degree and donald trump struggles much more than reapians do with college-educated voters. his approval nationally sunday 40% so while history special elections is they are not historically a reliable predictor of what happens two years out in the election, sometimes they are and sometimes they aren't, people are watching this one because if there is a road back for the democrats in 2018 to a majority, it is largely through sets like this with mo

he beat not only president obama but mitt romney over the head about transparency. now we actually have the least transparent white house i think since nixon. >> not to put too fine a point on it but donald trump won the election. this was an issue in the election. hillary clinton said -- >> 400 million more votes than donald trump got. just because donald trump is the president of the united states does not mean he gets to upend the rules and rewrite history. that's something folks need to remember. you especially, jeffrey. >> to that point about how he won the election. i hear you. but now americans, even then in all the polls and now a recent polls, they do want him to release his tax return. he's president of all americans, even those that didn't vote for him. 68% of americans want him to release his tax returns, why not do it? >> i think it's a political gotcha game particularly somebody as wealthy as donald trump. >> we don't know what it is. >> hold on. just to follow that logic, it's a gotcha game, we're going to find something in there people don't like and

choice of sarah palin for instance a big endorsement from sarah palin came in one of her races, mitt romneyorsed her. it's going to be competitive even as you hear the white house say that they don't think it will be competitive. >> he did well, the 30-year-old jon ossoff yesterday. this is a district that's been republican, a congressional district in the atlanta, georgia, area for almost 40 years or so with tom price now secretary of health and human services, before that newt gingrich. it's a pretty republican area. >> no question about it. and donald trump underperformed in the district compared to other republicans in years past including tom price, mitt romney and ears. the fact that he's going to be willing to be involved shows that he understands that this will, the the referendum on him is going to be built into that. congress needs, as the governing party of washington, to start accomplishing things. the president needs it with very low approval ratings and congress needs all the enthusiasm in the markets was bred ditted on the deaf tax cut, regulatory reform, maybe tax reform as

the president had worn the district last year by one point after mitt romney carried it by 20 points in 2012. rising the high stakes, trump tweeted republicans must vote today in georgia 6. force runoff and easy win. this message to gop voters in the suburban atlanta district. >> only you can stop the super liberal democrats and nancy pelosi. >> reporter: and erin, if this does go to a runoff, expect a flood of outside money to pour into this district. something that we've actually seen already in the course of this primary. more than $4 million in republican ads, lot of them attack ads against the candidate. ossoff getting $2 million from outside sources as democrats try to flip this seat for the first time in 37 years. >> thank you very much. the president now personally invested in this, taking a big risk. jim acosta is live outthe white house. jim, this is a personal thing for him. >> reporter: that's right, erin. he is taking this personally. he is personally invested in this. he "wanted to get out and 340e9 vat our guys" that's why you heard that robocall. he's been sending out

and we had mitt romney, believe it or not, a huge fan of the show.an imagine him hearing the curse words -- >> i know, he's probably offended by that but he carries on. >> jimmy: chugging his milk and going to sleep, yeah. [ laughter ] >> we actually have the privilege of spending time. they came and talked to us at great length. it was really useful because we really wanted to talk to him about what it's like to lose. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: is that how you explained it in the phone call? >> that was the pitch. >> jimmy: "we want a loser here we can really mine." >> "tell us about the worst moments of your life on the public stage." no, but he was very generous. and you know -- the thing about mitt romney i should say, he is very dedicated to his family. he has a life well beyond politics which of course selena myer does not. but he said a lot of really interesting things. including, i asked him about that 47% moment. you know? >> jimmy: oh, yeah, when he said the country is -- yeah, we're supporting 47% of the population or something like that. >> s

mitt romney won there by, i believe, 23 points. trump won there by 1.5 points. so he's already set up conditions in that district and other districts where a lot of republicans who are simultaneously anti-trump, that has created a vulnerability for the republican party, it's created an opening for democrats. but again, those districts that were once staunchly republican are now divided. and the question is, can democrats do enough to win those districts, not just come close to winning those districts and therefore give themselves a distant shot of taking back the house. >> and john, has donald trump changed essentially the people who vote republican? because we're looking at a lot of democrats around the country who were trump supporters, maybe having some regret. but it appears the voters in this district weren't having much regret when it comes to donald trump? >> in the presidential election, he expanded it beyond what john mccain and mitt romney were able to produce. for the last several months, i've been looking at videos where republican members of congres

says he hasell reached out to former republican presidential nominee mitt romney about possibly running for the senate if a vacancy opens in utah. senator orrin hatch has not decided whether to run again. journal says if he can get romney to run he may step aside. senator mcconnell says he would support hatch if he wants to run again. romney said he would only run with hatch's blessing. by 2600ews powered journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. >> coming up bring you an exclusive interview on the company's big fda win. more that story next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is bloomberg markets. time now for our latest bloomberg business flash and some of the biggest stories in the news. minneapolis -- the ceo of jpmorgan is being called out for saying the two big to fail banking problem has not been solved. >> our job is to call risk where we see them and propose solutions. i know jamie dimon and i like him and respect him. things that are incorrect i think it is our responsibility to speak out. the fact is too big to fail has not been solved. the biggest banks ar

when mitt romney took that money, and the president did a 180, a lot of people were disappointed that he did not lead by example. he had so much money anyway. he raised -- nobody has raised more from small donors and he didn't have to do that. >> i agree with your point entirely. one of the problems that we see now is, as you know, it's 1% of 1% of the population that give more than $200 in campaigns, and therefore they are the ones a a it's just a really small number that give most of the money to fund campaigns. and so people who are the small, the really small donors and others, feel powerless in our system. and i think that one of the ways to combat that is to have more matching funds and financing and the fact that the presidential funding financial system was eviscerated because it was too hard not to take the money and if no one else takes it the amount of money that blooms in campaigns is a problem. one of my views about that is what congress needs to do is nix that fund. they have to make it more competitive. helps people run without doing what you're saying president obama d

mitt romney won by 20 in 2012 when he ran.o i wouldn't use this as the lens of what will happen in mid-term elections. this guy lost. he will probably lose the general election. he probably won't be a congressman. so beyond that, yeah. are there some thing to be worried about with changing demographics? yes. but we knew that in the general election. >> kennedy, your take-away? >> if you were sitting down with sean spicer, ari, what direction would you give him as someone that has done the exact same role? it's very interesting because obviously you have to reflect what your boss believes and thinks and you're the person that is interfacing with the press, which is more critical now than it seems like it's ever been. was your time in the white house when you were press secretary, was it appointment television like with sean spicer? >> first of would have done different will i, i would have invited gronk to the podium. i would have taken any advantage i could have to stop answering tough questions. so come on up, gronk. you hand

just four years ago mitt romney won this comfortably, this district. you bring trump into the equation, he wins by one point. it's a bramtarometer in that soy democrats and republicans are watching. the democrats may be nervous because i think the odds are pretty unlikely that he'll actually crack the 50% mark. what will happen is that from here on out it will become a two-person food fight. then there is the opportunity for the republicans to coalesce behind a single candidate, making it even harder for ossoff to be victorious in september. that said, in some places he is actually winning by two points. this will continue to be a proxy war at the national level. >> on that point, though, if it ends up that jon ossoff does not cross the 50% threshold. say the next closest republican challenger beats him in the runoff, what does it say about the sort of trump manifestation? does it mean that democrats no longer have a leg to stand on? >> no. i think then it -- the striking thing about this is that there are two months. it will be a long period before th

it's why mitt romney lost. here he was trying to say, look, i'm not going to -- >> because the ryan budget. >> i'm not going to do that. i want more health care benefits. i want to have prescription drugs be allowed to be imported. i'm not going to get into the middle east. everything he campaigned on, he's broken those promises. and he was astute enough as a campaigner but he's been incompetent as a president. >> that point to me was key. i always thought -- my feeling on the first day was there's an opportunity for donald trump to confound political categories in a way that will make a lot of democrats squirm and uncomfortable. or he can go with essentially the doctrine air orthodoxy of the republican party, which he smashed and destroyed on his way to becoming the nominee and president. and i think congressman khanna is right about the choices so far. >> there are aot of republicans since 2010, since the tea party wave, that were lookg for a candidate to bring the party back towards the middle. i was a jeb b

. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning" senior adviser for mitt romney joins us to talk on the foreign policy. >>> egypt is in mourning today after suicide bombers killed at least 44 people at two coptic churches on palm sunday. isis has claimed respondent. teri okita has more. >> reporter: video of the men's choir was streaming live on the internet when a bomb exploded at a coptic church in the town of tanta. rescuers cysted through glass and bloodied pews which minutes before had been celebrated palm sunday. at least 27 were killed and isis has claimed responsibility. but it wouldn't be the only attack on christians. four hours after the first black a suicide bomber targeted the st. mark's church in alexandria 80 miles away. more than a dozen people were killed. angry crowds gathered outside, stepping on bloodied palm fronds left in the wake of the violence chanting no more terrorism. during his palm sunday mass he condemned the attacks. may the lord converts hearts of people who sow terror, violence, and death, he said. the pope is due to visit egypt in less than three weeks. egypt's chris

i just point out, in defense of the sixth district, that while mitt romney carried college-educated whites14% over barack obama in 2012, donald trump only carried them by 4 points over hillary clinton, and this is a district where college-educated voters are -- the percentage of them is remarkably high, one of the ten highest in the country. >> woodruff: michael, you mentioned republicans may be feeling a little nervous, the white house feeling a little nervous. republicans feeling comfortable enough to start criticizing this president. had two republican senators in this past week, joni ernst. these are sort of gentle criticisms. the senator from iowa came out and said the president needs to spend less time at his mar-a-lago resort and more time at the white house and you had a few other republicans saying the president needs to release his tax returns. is this the kind of typical intra-party split or what? >> no, i think it means something. every republican candidate has the make a trump calibration to determine what percentage they support the president, what they don't, depending on th

former policy director for mitt romney. when we see the numbers 41%, 42% saying they have confidence in the president on the foreign policy, a 39% approval rating. who are his supporters right now? who has confidence right now? >> this is still his base. these are the folks who were with him in november. he's not been reaching out in domestic policy or international policy. when you see these numbers, what we're seeing are white people without a college education, evangelical christians, conservatives, tea party members. these are the folks who are driving whatever support he has. the rest of the country is very worried as those tensions suggest and even on a question like that, there's numbers across the board. democrats and republicans and independents are all worried. they're all playing close attention. two-thirds of the country is telling us they're paying close attention to what's going on in the intermarshal scennational s. there's a real nail biting time for the country and testing time for donald trump as commander

yeah, i've had some conversations with mitt romney. obviously, i'm an orrin hatch support supporter and orrin has to decide what he wants to do. if he wants to run again, i'm for him. >> sir, can you describe -- >> given that the president's -- >> i'll get to you in a minute. yeah. >> sir, can you talk about your interaction with the president and the administration on syria? are you satisfied with the interaction between the administration and -- [ coughing ] >> we're listening right there to the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, speaking -- really hearing from him for the first time in the aftermath of this u.s. air strike. what he said is that he thinks this was simply about don't use chemical weapons again. and he also said that he thinks that the president had the authority for this, to do what he did, and he's glad that he did it. let me get back to where i was right before we jumped over to capitol hill, back to general wesley clark and admiral john kirby. gentlemen, thank you again for joining me. i really appreciate it.

by a lot, but it is a republican district. >> right. >> newt gingrich held a bunch of the area, mitt romneyt by 20 points. if someone like karen handel, a statewide official, has run for the senate a few times, an established republican. if she makes it into the runoff, my guess is that establishment republican versus democrat in that district, establishment republican wins almost every time. >> fascinating. can't wait to see how it goes today. great to see you, chris. thanks, man. >> thank you. >>> coming up for us, president trump congratulating the leader of a country for a move that many say makes said country less of a democracy. former secretary of defense joins me live with his take. >>> and as the nationwide manhunt keeps up for the facebook murder suspect, the victim's family with a truly remarkable message. >> one thing i do want to say is i forgive him, because we're all sinners. what are we gonna do? how about we pump more into promotions? ♪ nah. what else? what if we hire more sales reps? ♪ nah. what else? what if we digitize the whole supply chain? so people can customize thei

mitt romney had a massive tax return that he made public. it is vexing because the tax proposals that are being advanced by the president appear based on the one return that we did get from i think 2005, that many of these provisions would benefit him dramatically. it was the alternative minimal tax it he proposes to eliminate, which is the only reason he paid most of his taxes in 2005. we should not have to have lots to do it, but i guess, we are setting a precedent where we cannot rely on the good judgment and common sense of candidates to follow through on their campaign pledges. donald trump was going to releases taxes. he said he was going to do it. but maybe we're going to have to have a law. it is not going to be approved by this republican congress unless there is a greater scandal that breaks out. and then people will fall all over themselves to do something to appear on the right side of history. but it is something that all the other presidents and presidential candidates have done. it is set that we have to consider lost to make