mitt romney has more political money sloshing around in his campaign —— mitt romney has more political in his campaign than anyone else, he is the only candidate who is a real—time millionaire who only pays 13% tax. let's not mix apples and oranges here. earmarking is the taxpayers‘ money. romney's money is his own money. sure, but if you are making the money argument in support of mitt romney, it seems to me you have to address this issue that the american public has seen that this is a man who is unbelievably wealthy, but he stores a lot on his own cash in the cayman islands and switzerland. well corcy didn't. —— well of course he didn't. some of the investments that he has made did put the money there, but he has never done that directly. he has the experience, the knowledge, the background of a human who is going to lead the country, that is why i endorsed him. is that the case, do you believe, looking back at your own experience, do believe that it is very difficult to actually win the republican nomination and maintain policies, policy positions, that can appeal to the wider, gen

mitt romney did release his tax returns. >> some of it.er those comments were made by harry reid. >> -- and used it against him -- >> no, you're getting the chronology wrong. >> and reid admitted it! >> you're getting your chronology wrong. >> hold on, hold on, hold on. being a civil libertarian does not mean that you're not for transparency, niger. >> yeah. >> you're for transparency. >> i -- i'm for full transparency -- >> trump has not given us that. >> -- requested and demanded -- and demanded by law. but wait a minute! >> only by law? >> he -- he -- why not? >> by the way, you don't even need a law here. >> the president of the united states is required -- >> you don't need a law here. >> -- to give a certain number of financial statements to be a legitimate candidate for president of the united states. he did so. you know, elizabeth warren was asked to give some tax returns going back some ten years when she was running for the united states senate. she did not. why? because she did not have to. >> look, i want to point out something

he was once floated as a potential running mate for mitt romney and defeated by a county commissioner named jeff johnson. a major liability for pawlenty was criticism that he thought then candidate trump was unfit for office. minnesota's democratic primary voters still sent congressman keith ellison to the ballot for attorney general just days after serious domestic abuse allegations that he denies surfaced on facebook. and in vermont last night history as christine hallquist became the first openly transgender candidate to win a major party's nominee for governor. she will face vermont's incumbent governor phil smith, a republican, in the fall. julie. >> julie: peter doocy, thank you so much. >> bill: we'll bring in

i was in new hampshire in 2012 when john mccain came there for mitt romney and mitt romney really neededire and keep his momentum from iowa going. i know that went a different direction. but anyway, i could see and couldn't find two people that were more opposite. and yet, john mccain was more than happy to go there, rib mitt romney a little bit, and then tell all of his supporters, could have been the president of new hampshire at that point. >> i think he was. >> i think he was. to get behind mitt romney and that's who he was. we saw that with hillary clinton. we've seen that with others who have given testimonials. he didn't hold a grudge with people who -- and president bush, i mean, my goodness, that was a horribly ugly campaign and he's you'll guysing him. >> he did hold personal judges sometimes, lindsey graham said he could give it to his colleagues. >> i should say i chased him around the hallways with you, with all of you. >> reporters who he would take issue with the premise of your question or didn't have time or something like that, he was never shy about showing his an tag

mitt romney is so irrelevant that is not really worth talking about. find,, some irony and paul manafort versus michael cohen. he worked with ben candidate trump for less than 90 days, maybe as much as four months and he's proven to be much more steadfast than michael cohen rudy giuliani compared to benedict arnold and brutus, who stabbed of course julius caesar. he had been with trump for over a decade. the closest the president had taken sickly airy and nevertheless he seems like he is more than willing to cooperate with those that would take down the term presidency. gregg: the prosecutors yesterday put it best when they said he is a liar and dishonest. rachel, he's not going to be a witness for the prosecution team no matter what. they sabotaged out by their statement yesterday. >> and he wanted to move on, but it's so important that we notice that this guy was the worst politician. 75 days before an election and he wants to pile on a set of talking about the economy and change the subject. gregg: he is politically tone. always has been. >> they ne

david: one specific issue, the relationship with russia, mitt romney was outspoken on the subject. directly involved in that. senator rodney would disagree with the president. can the foreign relations committee and the senate be a check on their president and change our russia policy? >> the answer is yes and no. yes, in the sense that the power of the bully pulpit coming from members of the senate being able to talk about these issues, surly sanctions, one area where the commerce kendrick lycee we would like to do more to where the senate would like to do more counteraction. on the other hand, there is the inside game. that is encouraging the administration to do more on russia. behind the president's rhetoric, a number of things this administration has done on russia are quite good, with respect to imposing sanctions, being more aggressive in looking at ways to counteract electoral meddling. there are things that i happening that congress should take a more active role in the foreign relations committee. ry: romney said, after the helsinki comments, that they were disgraceful. h

van hollen: we always look at the states that donald trump won and mitt romney won. there are the five states, like missouri, indiana, north dakota, west virginia, montana. -- you're asking me on the terms of what we are defending. obviously, there is a big battle going on in florida. but, the reality is our candidates are doing really well. that is because they have track records of standing up first and foremost for the people of their state. they are all about delivering results for their states. what are the chances the democrats taking back the control of the senate? what percentage chance? sen. van hollen: i will not handicap and in that way. but i will say if we had this conversation a year ago, we probably would not be talking about a path to a democratic majority in the united states senate. that path has gotten larger. primarily because of the big victory we had an alabama last december. doug jones, now the united states senator. now as you look around the country, you see a lot of energy among democrats and independents are now going strongly for democrati

rally, and she had a quote, something that was said by mitt romney. in the context in which she sent it, it sounded like mitt romney was making fun of newt gingrich for crying about his late mother. that was not the case at all, she had not heard the rest, but the shame was on me. i tweeted about that, and it is a searing experience that i still get nauseous about it. because as romney said to me at the time, when one story sneezes, another story catches a cold now. i still think you have to stick to -- look, if you prefer conservative news, national review is a really good website. the journal is more conservative leaning, but it is still a good paper. i think there are some wonderful reporters at fox news. chris wallace is a great reporter. britt barrett is a great reporter. but i do think the commentary shows travel less in fact than their news programs do. i think that you have to go to a trusted news source at this point. i think that there is so much stuff on the internet that is not true, that all i can say is less time than on a website you ar

bob dole, mitt romney, john mccain. unbelievably clean-cut guys. mitt romney's resume is probably the most impressive since jesus christ. as soon as he steps on the public stage, within 15 minutes they have made them and to lucifer. how? mitt romney, you are a greedy capitalist, you got billions of dollars that you got stealing off of the backs of hard-working people. he doesn't know what to say. this is republican gentility. you go to trump, no one even tries this. you got too much money, he go sit down. you are misinformed, i have a lot more money than you think. it kind of doesn't work. it doesn't work. the left is not entirely enthusiastic about the book and movie. now, that is what i would call on'sretarded more on -- mor description of my movie. i do not claim that. [applause] dinesh: hillary was not a liberal. hoefler -- itler was not a liberal, not a democrat. here is what i do say, and it is 10 times more crushing. the washington post article writers do not have the guts to say it because they cannot defend it. what i do say is that the na

in 2012, barack obama won this portion of the district over mitt romney. donald trump won it by nearly 30. that is one of the most massive swings we've seen anywhere on the map in 2016. and that sort of typifies this half of the district. so basically, it's a question of democratic energy over here. we always have that cliche about it coming down to turnout, but what's the energy we're going to see here? and what about this part of the district that swung so hard to trump in 2016? is it still energized? is it still behind trump? or do the numbers start to recede here, back to closer what they were when it was obama versus romney? and if that happens and you've got democratic energy here, that is what democrats think could give him a victory tonight. >> steve kornacki, thank you very much for that. garrett haake, you have been on the ground talking to voters. i had one source tell me that republicans had been on the ground looking at whether or not their voters even knew when election day was, and they found that democrats knew overwhelmingly that they need

. >>> the man accused of stabbing a woman to death on a part mitt romney could face the death penaltye alameda county district attorney added the special charge of lying in wait. if quicked that could make him visible for capital punishment. he is accused. killing nia wilson and injuring one of her sisters last among. wilson's family attorneys have filed a claim fancy bart blaming the transit agency for lack security. >>> a bay year church is apologizing for a messy ritual. members poured olive oil over the mount rock sumit. the area is a sacred native american site and they did not have a permit for the gathering. jubilee bridge we "we are truly sorrow for the olive oil consistent. and all of the ohlone indians." an apple store in corte madera -- was hit by robbers today. police need your help identifying these men in the pictures. 5 suspects grabbed small electronics from 2 tables and ran. this happened around noon. >>> five as muches grabbed small electronics from two tables and ran. this happened around noon. they ran to a black honda sedan with a taped over hype. >>> police are l

the other big story coming out of last night's elections is that former massachusetts governor mitt romney g.o.p. primary in utah's senate race. that's right, mitt's back, baby! the thrilla who's vanilla! the salt lake beefcake! the stormin' mormon! ( laughter ) he-- he is set to replace-- ( applause ) he's set to replace orrin hatch who, at 84, is one of the oldest members of the senate. meanwhile, mitt romney's just 71, one year younger than donald trump. and from the looks of it, that was a rough year. ( laughter ) also-- also, last night, oklahomans voted in favor of legalizing medical marijuana. ( applau legal weed in oklahoma. well, at least we know now what kind of dust was in that bowl. ( laughter ) no, i believe this is heartening in this divisive time, because oklahoma is a republican stronghold. it proves once again there is no red america or a blue america. there's only a green america. ( laughter ) an othere of under the door. door? jeff sessions is calling the cops. ( laughter and applause ) but, if the rest of us can harness this pot-induced political harmony, we can get thr

he tweeted about mitt romney, called him a dog, ted cruz, chuck todd but you can't ignore the history here, from what he said about the central park 5 to birtherism to the s-hole countries. this is part of a much bigger picture. >> it's a neon pattern. it's very, very obvious and at the risk of parsing his tweets a little bit too carefully here there are a lot of people who he said were behaving like a dog. >> you're right. you're right. >> but not a lot of people who he has said this person is a dog. >> i noticed that in reading through these tweets when he referred to mitt romney, ted cruz, it was worded. >> begging behavior. begging like a dog, fired like a dog which is a little stranger and not as clear what he's describing in terms of dog like behavior but he's not talking about people as animals and back-to-back with the word low life. it's unbelievably harsh and fits with the pattern that has been intensifying. it's very public, very unsubtle. he now uses that description of magazine waters as a low iq individual at campaign rallies. it's a huge applause line for him and he del

said that mitt romney choked like a dog. david gregory fired like a dog. he has used that word before. it does take on i think an added resonance when you are talking about an african-american, a woman, and when you take the full picture of donald trump and his history of targeting african-americans. questioning their intelligence as did he with lebron james and don lemon. this is why we get to recent polls that show half of americans -- i think the poll is 49% -- think that donald trump is a racist. that does not tell us whether or not those people think it's good or bad that he is a racist. presumably, at least some of the people might think it's not a bad idea for him to be racist and to see black people or brown people in a different way and treat them with less respect. that's where we are. what's clear here is that omarosa really has gotten under his skin to a degree that i don't think we have seen. certainly not with the michael wolf book in the past and previous breaks from this white house. again, it's all around this third rail or central rail of

someone who john mccain first campaigned against for the nomination, and then for mitt romney in romney'sn for the presidency in 2012. mccain's staff will take center stage. and then when the ceremony begins, we'll hear from the leaders in both houses of congress and from the one member of the administration who's taking a center stage here. the vice president will speak here today along with mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. together they will lay a wreath as part of the ceremony. that, sort of the one big bipartisan moment we'll see here today, leading up to the funeral tomorrow at the national cathedral. where we'll hear from a more bipartisan list of speakers. this today is very much the old school washington senate part of mccain's career that's going to be honored here today and the guest list and speakers reflect that, stephanie. >> a very proud part of his career. chris wilson, midwin charles back with me. former vice president specifically spoke about their friendship. take a look. >> my name's joe biden. i'm a democrat. i love john mccain. it wasn't about politics with john. he cou

mitt romney hasn't been there for decades now. and i am -- i describe myself as a capitalist. i'm not a market fundamentalist. i i don't think markets solve every problem just the right way. but i do believe in opportunity. i think we need an economy that is expanding and is expanding out so it reaches people on the margins, not just up so it's good for people who already have wealth and have -- just want more. and i think there's a right way and wrong way to do that. and i think impact investing is incredibly interesting and exciting way to participate in growth capitalism. so no, i don't buy all of that. but look, i've never taken a job where i've left my conscience at the door and haven't started now. >> you know democratic socialists are asendant in your party and a lot of people on left have a national skepticism about you if you choose to run just because of everything you just said to me about your belief in capitalism. does that concern you at all about fact that there are going to be so many skeptical of you on the left if you choose to run? >> well, first of all, jak

in some ways trump's candidacy and presidency are a direct response to candidacies of mccain and mitt romney. so is he right or did trump miscalculate in the way he's handled the senator's death. >> you know, it depends who you ask. if you ask the colleagues up here he completely miscalculated. i think among trump supporters there's a sense that trump's presidency, which was he positioned himself as the most conservative of any candidate and in many ways is a reaction to john mccain and mitt romney who a lot saw as middle of the road republican who is could get votes from the broad range spectrum. he feels this is not somebody he cared for. he never made any bones about it. he had been dumping all over john mccain since 1999. we're talking about 20 years of an mouse towards mccain. not surprising given what we know about the president from his public persona that he's acting like this since mccain has died. i think i'm all you need to know is on saturday doesn't look like president trump or vice president mike pence will be at the national cathedral for the big ceremony where george bush and

>> mitt romney should not do that in 2020, what my guess -- >> change your ways sir. >> he embraced trumppaign this year. i don't think he's running as at anti-trump candidate. if you read his statement it was a repudiated the statements trump made last year, very aggressively -- base he canally an anti-trump charlottesville statement in 1,000 words. i know what romney is trying to get at. he wants to be referring to himself as the moral voice, anti-trump voice for the republican party. >> i don't think everyone has forgotten this is a president a year ago. there were no lent protests no question as to who was responsible. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred and bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides. you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides -- >> it was not the time to say many sides, both sides. in the context of this one year later, a prominent trump supporter on another news network stoking this in the lat no contest with this. >> in some parts of the country, it does seem like the america that we know and love

good evening, all. >> good evening, don. >> so, the president has called mitt romney a dog, ted cruz dogs, in some cases. but it takes on a different cases when the insult is applied to a black woman, angela, do you agree with that? >> um -- i think that we just have to look at pattern and practice, right? so, don, this is the same man who has come at congresswoman frederica wilson, maxine waters. jemele hill on espn, you, lebron james, and nfl players who are overwhelmingly black. he has a pattern and practice of saying disparaging things, disproportionately so, based on statistics put up on cnn earlier, about black people. so, he very clearly has issues with black people and, yes, i think he has it with black women, as well. him calling someone a dog, either way, like, he's saying something disparaging. the name-calling coming from that particular office is ridiculous. >> what do you think, rob? was it a racist attack? >> i don't think it was a racist attack. i think he's an equal opportunity offender -- >> disproproportioor poshun gna. >> it's not. >> it is. there are numbers. >>

. >> mitt romney put out a statement over the weekend, obviously been critical of the president a lotalso he's been supportive of him. he wrote, we must insist those we elect as leaders respect and embrace americans of every race and national origin in this country must be electoral dissqualling to ee quif indicate on racism. that is a very strong statement. i think it's inescapable that there are a lot of people who feel the president trump has ee quif indicated on racism. >> this is why people like me never trump, it should be disqualifying to give a politician support if they give a wink and nod to blatant racism. >> can i chime in briefly? >> yeah. >> i appreciate the statement by mitt romney and i chas ties my senator lindsey graham and put him in the same category with jerry falwell, you put out statements or not great statements, what's next? they don't do anything when they come out and says something racist it's so much inaction and nobody has the fortitude to stand up and say anything. i've said it once and i'll say it again, it doesn't -- mean at a turner and sellers will n

this is a district that was won by mitt romney. a district won big by donald trump. district if you look at registration numbers. yes, democrats in the district. this should have been a much safer republican district. so i think the fact that donald trump had to come shows actually the negative impact of where we are. there is a reason why we keep talking about, flipping the house. now, some of that its, historically it just happens that the party, that is in power, is going to lose in the mid terms. we have seen that over and over again. there is something different and unique about this president. how did the seat go from the reddest of ruby red seats of republicans. to now, essentially. 1700 votes. deciding, between republican and democrat. the big shock in november. 40% of the republicans turn out. and, which is a. boult, a third lower than it should have been. by trump coming out. stimulating the base, it truly made the difference. a lot of people don't like trump. the other half likes him. doing better tha in the polls than obama was at the same time. actually

we can debate about policy differences or even between somebody like mitt romney these are the debates we should be having not whether or not he's a a threat to democracy. it is balancing you want gatekeeping? >> with some good examples of democracies that died have you found examples of democracies that were terminally ill that turned it around? [laughter] >> that is a great question. i would not call u.s. democracy terminally ill. getting back to the last question it has been a longtime there were numerous extremists anti- democratic parties going around because then there were a lot of them. many several important european democracies were destroyed with the rise of those extremist communities in line with the mainstream politicians. but those democracy and they refused to strike a happy would be beneficial but they kept those extremist those are two cases that is extremely polarizing. >> so we tell the story of belgium and finland that in those cases of democracy we also tell stories as well as rebuilding of western democracy. it is not automatic but certainly these are experiences

mitt romney, you are a greedy capitalist. you have $200 million but you start stealing off the backs of poor hard-working people and romney is truly up against the wall, you know what to say. he begins to. this is republican you may saygentility. now you go to trump , you're a greedy capitalist area why not? you've got too much money. trump goes down you're misinformed, i have a lot more money than you think . it kinda doesn't work. it doesn't work. >> now. the left is not entirely enthusiastic you've noticed about my newbook . so what do they do? you gave the big lie kind of reaction, a recent article in the post. dinesh d'souza has made me claiming hitler was a girl. that is what i would call the most retarded moron description of my movie. i do not claim that. was knocking liberal, there was not a democrat. that's not what i say. it's very easy to erect an idiotic strongman and then knocking down. here's what i do say and it's 10 times more crushing. the writeup that washington post article says is that to say,. what i do s

i don't remember david duke saying i love mitt romney, i'll all for mitt romney. just don't remember that, paris. i'm not sure it happened. >> it's a media ploy and you fall for it -- >> is it? >> yes, it is. >> so you're tell meg that happened and i forgot it? >> erin, to answer your question, because it's not joan's show, i believe what's happening is the media is the media is allowed to be played by these racists and you all give them a platform and you feed into the narrative by asking me ridiculous questions. when he's denounced racism, bigotry and violence multiple times back in 2016 -- >> somebody of mexican heritage wouldn't be able to weigh in on his case because he called mexicans rapists -- these are fair questions and that's the -- >> you can make whatever arguments you want but they're fair and important questions and they matter to a whole heck of a lot of people in this country. thank you both very much for being with me. i want to end it there. >> -- what i believe as well, the platform you give to racists, and you're drawing insincere and ridiculo

john mccain and mitt romney were critical of trump's press conference with putin in helsinki.itical of russia and has put forward his views russia should be confronted worldwide. the hudson institute has denounced actions by russia. a message from moscow they will go after anyone critical of president putin. listening to what was just president putin. listening to what wasjust said president putin. listening to what was just said and the measures the us senate is trying to take to stop russia, do you see president trump prepared to take tough action? he seems to say one thing on russia and do another because he has been pretty tough but he is saying maybe the russians did not do it. his government does one thing and he says another. there are two trump administration policies on russia, one is the president and what he says the other is tough measures. in many ways this government has been tough on russia than the 0bama administration was but nonetheless, he runs the government and is the head so people look to him and he sets the tone and this has many people at the state dep

. >> binders women was so damaging to mitt romney and you have fat, ugly pigs here. >> wouldn't you love to go back to the days of mitt romney and binders of women and that being the most egregious thing ever said. president trump has blown that completely out of the water. here's how you hold him accountable. people have to go and vote in november and i say that not as a partisan remark, but republicans control the white house, they control the house, they control the senate. congress is supposed to be the legislative block on the executive. they are a co-equal branch of government, but instead, they've been acting as if they are a staffing wing of the white house. >> yeah. >> if you change the parties on capitol hill, there will be some form of accountability. everyone is always asking me, who is going to save us from this presidency, from this president, from these people? and i always have to turn back to them and say, you are. >> yep. that's the power we're given. good to see you as always. >> you too, ali. >> by the way, you are the only people who have that power. we would love to

mitt romney carried the district in 2012. let's go to 2016.ok at this by congressional district leer. president trump carried the district. hillary clinton if you look at the statewide gap. hillary clinton carried franklin county. begun, you see this anywhere in america. the cities are blue, that's been during the trump presidency. that's why alabama has a democratic senator. i could go on including pennsylvania, and conner lamb. this 12krik9 is ruby red republican. the fact that it's so close is a big deal. let me switch again for you. we have 95 house races, 82 of them are held by republicans, republicans are on defense, if they're worried about this district, no matter what happens in the next couple hours, every one of these republicans goes to bed tonight a little more nervous. >> john king, thank you very much. let's put the returns up there, we've had another flip. look at this now. troy balder son, 131 votes ahead. danny o'connor was ahead. as john king just told you. you have 89% in, 11% of the precincts still have to report. this cou

he referred to robe ed tred t r dog from the twilight movies, mitt romney, ted cruz. to me these aren't terms that are that's derogatory or racial. what they are is somebody biting back and fighting back that have been wronged. >> it is derogatory to call somebody a dog. >> well, you know. >> i'm not justing. it's an insult. it's not a kind word. >> i know he didn't mean it as a compliment. but at the same time, he said 80 to a lot of people. so for the media to spin into it something racial is really -- >> i don't think it's media. i think it's a lot of people giving question. >> i just listed five white men who he has also said it to, and that's not racist. >> just for the president of the united states, with all the honor and stature and importance of that office, does it -- do you think it's appropriate for the president of the united states to call anybody -- >> i think the american people voted for somebody who speaks their mind. i've been with him for almost ten years, arguably saying what he thinks and what he feels has resulted in a lot of success for him. on

he was the public policy director for the presidential campaign of mitt romney in 2012 and joining thisfrom mountain view, california. thank you for your time. >> thank you, george. >> lonnie, people who remember the life and legacy of this man, he was fiercely conservative but bipartisan in his approach. it is hard not to contrast that to the current political environment of polarity. >> no, i think the differences are glaring. you had here a man in john mccain who was fierce in defense of his own principles yet willing to work across the aisle when it required -- when it was required to be done. and he was someone who i think we don't see enough of characters like john mccain in our politics here in the united states today and i think we're worse for it. you look at the people who have expressed their condolences and the sentiments of sympathy coming from so many different people across the political spectrum. you realize the impact this man had. they just don't make them like john mccain anymore. >> you were involved in the crafting of mitt romney as a presidential candidate. let's t

nearly 20 years ago, governor mitt romney went the time and then pass with salvaging the s summer olympic games, came to me with a pressing problem with only months to go before the opening ceremony . yukon lacked the funding needed to pull off the olympic games. and in our moment of need returned to senatormccain . i took mick over to see him and we marched up to his office in the russell building. even though we came unannounced, senator mccain received us and together mitt and i made the case for emergency funding. withindays, we secured the resources we needed to move forward with the games , all thanks to senator john mccain. were it not for john's quick action, i can say the 2002 winter olympics would not have been a success. in fact, it would have been an embarrassment and he was not excited about putting up federal funds, either. but all i have to do was ask and he said fine. we didn't hesitate to throw our support behind him in the 2008 residential election. senator mccain mounted an admirable campaign, refusing to salute stoop to the political mudslinging that all too often defi

. >>> mitt romney couldn't run for dog catcher. >>> hillary cnton couldn't be elected dog catcher. >>i'm watching television and i see her barking like a dog. she's rking like a dog. >>> what was that, is that a dog? >> we now go to nbc's susan mcennis withha more on escalating public feud. susan, good morning. >> hey, good morning, marly. that's right, this fiery back and forth between the president and his former top staffer j seems to continue most recently as you said, the accusations by omarost the president regularly uses the "n" word. omarosa saying this time she actually heard it on tape, although she will not name the source. the president's spokesperson saying firing back quickly saying she can't guarantee there is no such tape, but says the president's comments are not racial. >> this has absolutely nothing to do with raceth and eveg to do with the president calling grout someone's lack of iny. >> reporter: and the president's comments have come ithe form of tweets saying that that word, the "n" word is not in his vocabulary. again, resorting to name lling, calling her a lo

after the 2012 election with president obama and mitt romney, whom i worked for, the rnc produced theh and opportunity project. and they went through this lengthy document talking about the importance of reaching out and spending money and going to those communities and listening. and talking about the issues that impact those communities and here we are several years later with the presidency of donald trump and they essentially ripped that document to shreds and forgot all about it. look, again, as i said before the break, i think the republican party is in a very tough position. and if they do not meaning leadership, mcconnell, ryan, others, if they do not speak out loudly against these things, despite donald trump's unwillingness to do so, then at some point, i'm not certain the republican party will be a party that can possibly even exist in a diverse america. >> jane, i'll turn to you. are politics in this country, a spectrum between left and right. we were talking about normalizing of language here just a moment ago. the name of this rally, as white supremacists deemed it, was

of perceived enemies to dogs, including james comey, sally gaetz -- sally gaetz, steve bannon, mitt romneymarco rubio, david gregory, and eric erickson. in trump's telling, manigault newman did not get fired like a dog, she was a dog herself. the president calling a woman a dog, the highest ranking african-american who served on his staff drew stern commendations yesterday and printing of questions at yesterday's press briefing. here is sarah huckabee sanders answering some of those questions. [video clip] >> can you stand at the podium and guarantee the american people will never hear donald trump utter the n-word on a recording in any context? >> i cannot guarantee anything, but i can tell you the president addressed this question directly. i can tell you i have never heard it and i can tell you that if myself for the people that are in this building serving this country every single day during our best to help people across this country and make it better. if at any point we felt that the president was who some of his critics claim him to be, we would not be here. this is a president fi

and this powerful statement from mitt romney, saying no man bett better exemplifies great qualities more than john mccann. >> martha, thank you. >>> we move on the tonight to the state of emergency at this hour. hurricane lane lashing the hawaiian islands. more than 30 inches of rain already falling. the storm is not expected to turn away from hawaii for another 24 hours. and there is real fear the flash flooding could be dangerous. here's gio benitez, from maui. >> reporter: tonight, hurricane lane bringing catastrophic flooding to hawaii's big island. more than 30 inches of rain already and up to 20 inches more on the way. flash flooding overtaking roads. the storm's movement slowing to a crawl. ire boruse nger this storm lingers near the islands, that mes the longer we will see >> c more landslides. conditions deteriorating across the islands in the hours ahead. we're just getting the first of those powerful bands over maui. its is windy. it is rainy. and forecasters say its about to get a lot worse. fierce winds here blowing out hotel windows. another concern, strong winds are defini

go look at mitt romney's statement. look at ivanka trump's statement.se statements are more on mark of the type of statement we'd like to see the president make. this is a moral moment. this is a moment where we expect the president to speak unequivocally. he seems to not be able to really get to the point where he condemns this awful ideology of nazism and anti-semitism. we need him to lead at this difficult and challenging time in american history. we haven't heard that. and i think we should hear it. >> cornell belcher, first of all, your perspective on what we've seen unfold in the streets of washington today. what kind of lasting damage might president trump be doing to public relationships with the gop for african americans thinking about where can i have a home? >> right, where can i have a home is a big issue. we've seen in a lot of polling and cbs polling, we did polling in battle ground for african americans for black pac. you have over 70% of americans thinking that racism is on the rise, right? and a majority think their communities are unde

point out that donald trump got the higher percentage of hispanics of voting for him only and did mitt romney or john mccain which i think is something that goes overlooked and really should look the reason why the donors don't want the you know the socialist democrats influence and and policies and platforms is because they can't win i mean that's why someone like me is begging you and begging the democrats to run how do you explain to. our know where you stand keep. a lid on so cool and a little first of all this a very very very small percentage of people voted and she happens to live in a district where where the message appeals but even she isn't honest when she is pressed on what she she believes as a democratic soche.

but they looked to be a great partner and provide resources and i think that i shook governor mitt romney's hand twice during the campaign in all seriousness. that's just not the normal way that it's supposed to work that just because of the way that it was structured the last cycle, i got to play this outside rolling up and behold, the win one and e book just really talks about the partnership we had, the data into so many things people have toiled with through the years. then i get a phone call from the president elect asking if i would like to serve as the press secretary. i had visions of the west wing in my head. [inaudible] the rest is kind of history. it was sort of my american dream wanting to get involved in politics, doing anything to get involved and over and behold i ended up behind the podium. >> you talk about the details of what happened in the transition. when the president trump was talking about who he was going to have on his team of course everybody remembers your first press briefing. i think everybody remembers. and in the ideal world you were on meet the press on a mo

and this powerful statement from mitt romney, saying no man this century better exemplifies honor, patriotism, service, sacrifice, and country first than senator john mccain. and many, many more people praising him as well. >> he's been a fighter his whole life. our thoughts with him and his family. martha, thank you. >>> we move on the tonight to the state of emergency at this hour. hurricane lane lashing the hawaiian islands. the slow-moving category two storm. winds up to 105 miles an hour. the river raging on the big island. more than 30 inches of rain already falling. they expect 40 inches of rain or more before the storm is over. the storm is not expected to turn away from hawaii for another 24 hours. and there is real fear the flash flooding could be life-threatening. their word tonight, catastrop c catastrophic. here's gio benitez, from maui. >> reporter: tonight, hurricane lane bringing catastrophic flooding to hawaii's big island. more than 30 inches of rain already and up to 20 inches more on the way. flash flooding overtaking roads. the storm's movement slowing to a crawl. because

in mitt romney, they saw someone very similar to barack obama. it was about the multi-nationalism, multiculturalism, and about being a world citizen, and it was not being about american first, and i think that is this little nuance that people missed , you know, in this election. in the great revolt -- has anyone read it yet? revolt, my book, inside the coalition to reshaping american politics -- it is not a book about, trump. it is a book about the people who put him into office. we break them down into seven different archetypes. very surprising archetypes. people see it. if you did not see this coming, this is a book for you. if you did see it coming, but -- and you did not want to say anything -- you will see yourself in the book. power, the girl gun suburban, married, successful women, usually with several kids, who consider themselves feminists, and as part of being feminist, they believe the most empowering thing they can do for themselves is to protect themselves with a gun. they voted for trump. they don't like his comportment. they stil