also breaking, former republican presidential nominee mitt romney becomes the first republican in congress to harshly criticize the administration, because of what's revealed in the special counsel's report. romney calls himself, and i'm quoting him now, sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection in the highest office of the land, including the president. all of this comes as the president is lashing out once again, trying to discredit special counsel robert mueller's entire investigation. in a series of very, very angry tweets, the president calls the mueller report crazy and labels statements by witnesses and this is the president of the united states, this is what the president himself said and i'm quoting him now, he calls it total bullshit. richard blumenthal, a member of the judiciary committee, will take our questions. and our correspondents and analysts, they will have full coverage of the day's developments. let's begin with the news that's breaking right now. the department of justice has just moments ago responded to judiciary chairman jerry nadler's

>> well, mitt romney is his own man. and i think he feels confident enough that he isn't up for re-election for six years. and has the ability to speak up and incur the wrath of donald trump which i'm sure he will. and stand for it. i mean, he is a principled man and showing such by making the statements he is paeg. i don't think any republican can read this document and then say, this is a good man. this is not a good man. >> a growing number of democrats are now calling on attorney general bill barr because of his role in this, right, the summary he put out that he said wasn't a summary, the decision to hold the press drchs before putting out the report, things he said in the press conference we'll ask you about in a moment. but they are calling on him to resign. here are three of them, two of whom of course are running for president. >> i think he is extraordinarily damaged the department of justice. he never should have been there. he should resign. >> i think the attorney general should resign immediately. >> if you

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>> why do you think mitt romney is a hypocrite? if he is saying -- >> because he did things similar to that. >> taking information -- >> no, there's nothing wrong with taking information from russians. >> there's nothing wrong with taking information -- >> depends on where it came from. it depends on where it came from. you're assuming that the giving of information is a campaign contribution. read the report carefully. the report says we can't conclude that because the law is pretty much against that. people get information from this person, that person. >> you would have accepted information from russians against a client, against a candidate if you were running in the presidential election? >> i probably wouldn't. i wasn't asked. i would have advised just out of excess of caution don't do it. i'll give you another thing though -- >> but you're saying there is nothing wrong with doing that. >> there's no crime. >> i'm not talking about crime. i'm talking about -- >> we're getting into morality? >> yes. >> that isn't what prosecut

individuals in the highest office of the land including the president these are the words from mitt romney after reading the entirety four hundred and forty some odd pages of the mule a report he concluded romney by saying i quote reading the report is a sobering revelation revelation of how far we have strayed from the aspirations and principles of the founders meaning the founding fathers of the united states so mitt romney clearly not happy with a lot of the details that he and everybody else now has been able to read about a lot of the lying backstabbing and quite frankly a dysfunction there was going on in the highest levels of the white house it was laid bare for everyone to see in the special counsel's report now democratic presidential candidate elizabeth warren has also given her reaction she is in congress to start impeachment proceedings against president it's not clear if the democrats in congress agree with her. yeah this is complicated for the democrats because up until now most of the democrats in general have said they do not want to pursue impeachment that was the general

stop this pie ossed act that you weren't trying to dig up dirt on people. >> mitt romney? >> he was running for president. i ran against him who said the president accepted information from foreigners? you mean people on his campaign might have done it? >> a frum tower meeting i think is what he's referring to, the willingness to sit down with russians offering dirt on hillary clinton. >> what a hypocrite. what a hypocrite. any candidate in the whole world in america would take information -- >> from a foreign source, hostile foreign source? >> who say it's even illegal? does the information turn out to be false, by the way? the information that was gleaned and disseminated, every newspaper printed it. why did "the washington post" print the information that came from a foreign source when they knew it was hacked? aren't they just as wrong for doing that as the campaign wanting to use it. >> why do you think mitt romney is a hypocrite? >> he did things very similar to that. >> taking information -- >> no, no, there's nothing wrong with taking information from russians. it

mitt romney now senator from utah.n we see you in the halls of congress, we'll call you governor. good to see you. >> thanks chuck, as you. >> as we go to break i want to note the passing of former senator. he served all but seven men in the united states senate. for 36 of his 38 years in the senate, he was the state's junior senator to strom thurman. he began his political career as a segregationist but eventually endorsed jessie jackson in 1988. he was known for his quick wit and sharp tongue. >> we've been playing games saying read our lips. the country is doing el with. we don't have any problems. just we politicians have a problem, reelecting. >> holings was 97. when you rent from national... it's kind of like playing your own version of best ball. because here, you can choose any car in the aisle, even if it's a better car class than the one you reserved. so no matter what, you're guaranteed to have a perfect drive. [laughter] (vo) go national. go like a pro. see what i did there? what do all these people have in

there is room to reflect on that and say that, so people learn lessons coming forward, but mitt romney goes too far. there was a judicious criticism of the president, they did it wisely. met romney makes me scratch my head and say why do you reserve so much of your energy to criticize their own president, he did not do that to democrats. so i do have objections to how far he goes even when he is a little bit of merit on his side. >> melissa: he is trying to be like i'm a cop on the beat, the republican side against president trump. >> dagen: the opposing peacock, not the president come you saw that in the office that he wrote in "the washington post," maybe he wants to get the boy scout award, but jim comey artie got that one, i don't know what the end game is here, he thinks he is going to push president trump out of office. >> ari: there are effective ways to criticize the president, mitt romney's way is not one of them. >> lisa: i would also say with mitt romney he wants to have president trump on his side when it is politically advantageous, and whether he wants his endorsement whe

these are the words from mitt romney after reading the entirety of the molar report. concluded romney by saying by reading the report is a sobering revelation of how far we have strayed from the aspirations and principles of the founders, meaning the founding fathers. mitt romney clearly not happy with a lot of the details that he and everybody else now have been able to read about a lot of the lying, backstabbing, and quite frankly dysfunction that was going on at the highest levels of the white house. it was laid there for everyone to see in the special counsel's report. mary ann: democratic presidential candidate elizabeth warren has also given her reaction. she is urging congress to start impeachment proceedings against president trump. it is not clear if other democrats agree with her. this is complicated for the democrats. up until now, most of the democrats in general said they do not want to pursue impeachment. that was the general thinking within the democratic party up until now. this seems to be changing a little bit. there are more than 15 people running f

mitt romney joins me now from salt lake city in hi first "meet the press" appearance as senator romney governor or senator, still. >> the term governois always better but i guess i've got to go by my current title senator. mitt is just fine. >> we nef met senator that didn't miss being governor. let me sta withhat the president said about immigration and asylum seekers. here it is,sir. >> this is our new statement. the system is full. can't take you anymore. whether it's asylum, whetheit anything you want, illegal immigration, can't take you ymore. can't take you. our country is full. >> it's a little jarring to hear an american president say our country is full given the history of the united states of how did you take that >> well, we've seen a dramatic shift in the nature of illegal on and immigration just over the last few weeks. a number of years ago and up until ju a few weeks ago, the great majority of people coming into our country were coming lookingor work. single men and oftentimes returned at the border, sent back home to mexic in the last few weeks there's been a dramatic

russians offering dirt on hillary clinton, that is what mitt romney seems to be talking about. >> what a hypocrite. what a hypocrite. any candidate in the whole world in america would take information, negative -- >> from a foreign source? from a hostile foreign source? >> who says it's even illegal?

i'll talk to utah republican mitt romney in his first appearance as a u.s. senator. >>> also, unfriending social media. why americans are fed up with twitter and facebook but just can't stay away. joining me for insight and unless are hugh hewitt, heather mcghee, democratic activist and senior fell oh at think tank and editor of daily washington newsletter jake sherman and anna palmer. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck

strayed from the aspirations and principles of the founding fathers those are strong words from mitt romney clearly says out of all the things that he read in this report all of the indications of lying and backstabbing and wrongdoing and confusion and drama within the trump white house he said he's sickened by it clearly strong words from a top republican meanwhile on the democratic side presidential candidate elizabeth warren pushing for impeachment proceedings to stop against president trump but perhaps other democrats in congress and for the claimant at that. yeah the problem for democrats with impeachment is this the far left of the democratic party wants impeachment but what the leaders of the democratic party worry about is if they pursue impeachment against donald trump trump is going to go out on the campaign trail he's already said he will and he's going to tell the story that in his view that look at is going to tell people is it two years investigating me know they said i didn't commit any crime nevertheless the democrats want to impeach me and he's going to drive home that mess

i'll talk to utah republican hi mitt romney in first appearance as a u.s. senator. >>> also, unfriending social media. why americans are fed up with twitter and facebook but just can't y.ay aw joining me for insight and heather e hugh hewitt, mcghee, democratic activist and senior fell oh a think tank and editor of daily washington newslett jake sherman and anna palmer. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longestshunning ow in television history, this is "meet the press"ithhuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. there is a truism in american politics that has enormous implications for the 2020 presidential race. when we elect new psidents, they are in many ways the polar opposites of the outgoing president.er we followedgate soaked richard nixon with i'llnever lie to you jimmy carter. when the job seemed too big for carter we repleased him with breezily confident ronald reagan. later the buttoned down george h.w. bush before being beaten by saxophone by boomer bill clinton, led to george w. bush shoes shoot f

i want to end with a comment by senator mitt romney. who also weighed on this. he released a strong statement friday about the report. here's what he said, i'm sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office of the land. including the president. i'm also appalled among other things fellow citizens working in a campaign for a president welcomed help from russia. senator romney said it was good news that president trump wasn't charged with a crime. but does he have a point that this shouldn't be a standard for the highest office in the land? >> the campaign i managed did not welcome help from russia. i don't recall being offered from russia. a ridiculous -- >> should the president at least apologize to wikileaks? >> i think the president deserves an apology from of pe country including those who have a lot of power in this country. particularly a political party, the media as well. let's let the mueller investigation go on and see the collusion. day after day, graphic after graphic, panel after panel, st

it's important to put into context, mitt romney's record on russia has been consistent, and even going back to one of those presidential debates in 2012 when he was a candidate and he was ridiculed for saying that russia was the united states greatest geopolitical foe, and here is a portion of that statement from mitt romney, the senator from utah, writing, quote, i am sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office of the land, including the president. i'm also appalled that, among other things, fellow citizens, working in a campaign for president, welcomed help from russia. reading the report is a sobering revelation of how far we've strayed from the aspirations and principles of the founders. of course, one of the big questions out there, is if, and it is a big if, democrats are successful in impeaching the president in the house, how will mitt romney fall on this issue, if it does get to the senate, and senators have to vote on conviction. ana? >> we're long way from there. it could come to that, though. boris sanchez, th

yeah there were very strong comments from mitt romney after he went through and read all of the motor reports he gave the strongest comments to date. for a republican and this is what he said he said while he was happy that the miller report did not find any. illegality by donald trump himself he said and i'll quote he said even so i am sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and mr action by individuals in the highest office of the land including the president he went on to say regarding the report referring the mueller report it's a sobering revelation of how far we have strayed from aspirations and principles of the founding fathers so mitt romney the senator from utah republican clearly pulled no punches there as he did in his words he is absolutely sickened by what he saw in this special counsel's report that really laid bare the trump white house and all of the dysfunction and problems and lying they were going on within the trump white house. across all that reaction in washington d.c. thank you kate. well protesters in sudan say they'll name a team that will tak

mitt romney said reading the report is a sobering revelation. epublicans who hate the fact that he upended the system. really small lane with no constituency right now. so i don't know what he thinks. jedediah: he wants the adoration from the left. because he never gets the adoration of the right. he was the author of romney care. he didn't have any guts when he ran for president. it was a terrible, terrible campaign. he had never been a solid conservative a conservative have been very weary of him for a long time. he want to now be the guy that people on the left and the media say this is the republican we like. ed: john kasich, jeff flake. jedediah: compete with each other. ed: he was the media didn't like him. pete: did you like him, ed? ed: i covered him. pete: find out in the break and let you know. ed: what do you think? friends@foxnews.com. jedediah: we have headlines. killing at least five people in the last three days. one of those killed an 8-year-old girl. when a tree fell on to her florida home. mississippi under a state of emergency

it was mitt romney talking about the pursuit of the president's tax returns.d you had a lot of people react that they were surprised i'm told by the control room, and just in the knick of time we have it. >> i think the republicans are playing his handbook. and going through his tax returns is moronic. that's not going to happen. >> what do you think is going on there? >> one, i think mitt romney has flip-flopped so many times trothroughout his relationship with donald trump and now he's playing the loyal party member in this. the congress doesn't need legislative action. the congress is entitled to oversee the operations of the executive branch. if they decide it helps decide whether or not you have a financially conflicted president in the oval office, i think that's part of their powers in the u.s. constitution. they don't need to pass legislation to do that. i think he's being an honest analyst of the dynamics at work. and mitt romney we may remember during the 2016 campaign was one of the most pronounced opponents of trump. and he routinely pointed with t

lou: senator mitt romney waking up to reality of border crisis.esident trump. >> we can't have millions of people flooding into the country. without a bored theory is second -- border that is secure. this is a win b winning issues r american to say we have to have sovereignty of ournying. nation. lou: jason chaffetz from great state of utah. author, fox business contributor, you and i have talked about this senator a number of times. i have got strong feelings about the senator. but i have to say, he supports the president? finally. >> hallelujah! >> april 8, 2019, mark the date. mark the date. lou dobbs said something nice about mitt romney. senator is right. it is overwhelming, facts of just there in sight, senator is right, republicans are right on this they have to get their act together on this. democrat, listen to their message, they are pro-amnesty, they want to get rid of the wall, they don't want to fun the wall, they want sanctuary cities. i -- they are nowhere on the issue, senator rom sno romney i, american people care deeply about thi

tweeting harsh assessment against mitt romney saying if he put half as much energy into criticizing president trump as he did against running against obama he would have been president. it is the d to come up with a coherent message, at least unified message when it comes to impeachment. as far as congressional democrats, pressing their advantage, they want to see the unredacted report. we know the house judiciary committee has issued those subpoenas, demanding unredacted report by may 1st. meanwhile, you saw many of the president's allies, including kellyanne conway taking out after democrats. >> the real rebuttal for donald trump will be his re-election. the democrats and friends in the media wasted so much time thinking this was the way to get him out of office. and really diminish him to the american people. and has had the opposite effect. >> reporter: now, of course, the justice department has said they will allow top democrats and republicans to see most of that unredacted report, at least many of the portions that were redacted, except the grand jury testimony. that's the nu

that mitt romney.usan collins told maine public radio that the president, "upset by the special counsel's investigation who tried several times through intermediaries to end it. it is an unflattering portrait of the president." that's softer. the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, defended the actions of the president and his associates on the sunday talk shows. let's watch rudy. >> there is nothing wrong with taking information from russians. >> there is nothing wrong with taking information? >> it depends on where it came from. it depends on where it came from. you're assuming that the giving of information is a campaign contribution. >> so it is now okay for political campaigns to work with material stolen by foreign adversaries? >> it depends on stolen material. >> anyway, so who is the voice of the republican party right now, romney or rudy? big question. i'm joined by jamal simmons, democratic strategist and susan del percio. susan, i go back to the most primitive, high schoolish way to

former presidential nominee mitt romney becomes the first gop senator to call out the white e

is it mitt romney? someone to come up and say, you know what, this cover-up has got to stop. >> i think mitt romney, i would certainly put him at the top of my list in terms of hoping to see justice served and hoping to see our institutions protected and not abused for political purposes. i think i still am just astonished that this letter leaked. after two years of robert mueller's investigation being so tightly sealed, it just gives you a sense of how great the anger at what mueller feels is a misrepresentation, that this finally leaked. also, reading the story and the defensiveness of the department of justice sources quoted, this is not going to go away. and they had a pr coup at the onset by seizing the four-page summary, and they really -- i think they really have messed themselves up here. >> good thinking. somebody leaked this and it wasn't barr's people. you can bet that. judiciary committee chair jerry nadler of new york tweeted, mueller has written a letter objecting to barr's summary of his

even than mitt romney's career as an investment banker. you imagine a room full of democratic interns pouring through everything, as if to audit the president. as if they were junior league irs agents. it's preposterous and unfair to expect this president to play along with people who only have the worse intent for him. >> martha: thank you. geraldo rivera. coming up. is outgoing dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen soft on immigration compared to where the white house wants to do go? we will debate that next. stick around. plants capture co2. what if other kinds of plants captured it too? if these industrial plants had technology that captured carbon like trees we could help lower emissions. carbon capture is important technology - and experts agree. that's why we're working on ways to improve it. so plants... can be a little more... like plants. ♪ ♪ mmm, exactly!ug liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. nice! but uh, what's up with your partner? oh! we just spend all day telling everyone how we customi

lou: senator mitt romney finally waking up to the realities of the border crisis.porting president trump. >> we can't have millions upon millions of people flooding into our country without a border that's secure, without i.c.e. making sure that the people that are here illegally are set back. it's a winning issue for americans saying we have to have the sovereignty of our nation. the president has tapped into something which the people feel very deeply. lou: astounding jason chaffetz, former republican congressman from the great state of you law former house oversight chairman, author, fox business contributor jason you and i have talked about the senator a number of times as you know i've got strong feelings, but i have to say, he supports the president finally? hallelujah. >> april 8, 2019 mark the date! mark the date that lou dobbs said something nice about mitt romney, but the senator is right it's overwhelming the facts are just there, in plain sight. the senator's right, the republicans are right on this issue and they've got to get their act together on thi

david: i hate to tate obvious, but mitt romney is no donald trump, i like mitt romney, he is no donald trump, donald trump has that personality, and obama had a great personality as well, sometimes that is the extra edge. but what about the issues that were plaguing the economy in particular market in december? december was not that long ago. everyone was talking doom and gloom, i am wondering how soon, we got a few months before the election, more than a year. >> yes, what could happen china could happen. i know you are seeing we do not have resolve with the trade spat we have with them, that is reverberating in the german economy is 4 straight months of contraction. so that is of concern, we're seeing numbers in china do well but note pick up in germany. world economy could hurt us. >> one thing changed between end of last year and now, interest rates, fed signaled it will pause on rates, risk, they never had control over longer boneds but -- bonds but short rates risk was you would see 3% or 4% from your bank, stocks are still best. >> that is why markets' trump to win. marketsry th

we should be clear, mitt romney is not a vote for impeachment. he'll speak out. he's appalled.ok at the number of votes he's going to cast in favor of nominees from this administration, policies put forward by this administration, he's not really an anti-trumper. >> you think there wouldn't be a single republican senator to vote for impeachment? >> very, very few. the reality s they're going to try to ride this out. the 2020 elections are not shaping up for them. it's a tough map as far as the senate candidates that are going to have to run. with a charged up democratic-led house that's going to extend these hearings and this inquiry as long as they possibly and responsibly can, your surest indicator, we're about to get the 20th candidate. every town supervisor in america seems to think this president is vulnerable. there's a reason they're doing that. >> five of them on cnn tonight, five back-to-back town halls. >> with more to come. >> errol louis, thank you slr, very much. up next i'm joined by the vice chair of the committee. let's talk about where she stands. moments away

has been active on twitter since the russian report has come out and he is going after senator mitt romneyis one of the few republicans to react harshly with a statement against the president since the russia report came out. mitt romney said he was sickened to read what he did in the mueller report, particularly about the president's obstructive acts. here is what he wrote yesterday. referring here, obviously, to the 2012 raise when romney was a nominee. later today, the president is expected to fly back to d.c. >> thank you, sarah westwood. >>> with us today is liza collins. let's start with biden contemplation is nearly over. there will be some announcement this week. vice president biden says he is an obama/biden democrat. can he put together an obama/biden campaign and how does he do that and what do we know he is coalescing to try to get that coalition back together? >> i have no idea if he can put together an obama sl/biden campn but early polling shows him a front-runner in these early states which is probably a big reason he got into the race or expected to get into the race. an o

you work for mitt romney, who came out after the herman cain nomination and this is what he had to sayuld like to see economists -- nominees that are economists and not partisans. i think it is important the fed might not be a nonpartisan -- the fed nominate a nonpartisan entity. lanhee: are these people qualified, do they give the right -- herman cain has relevant experience. he was part of the kansas city fed board. he has been in business. arguably he has experience -- he is not an economist but he has experience that could potentially qualify him. the question is are you trying to create a federal reserve board that values its independence, and i'd was the point mitt romney is getting at. that would bother us about the independence point just made. there are quite a few people on the fed. we do not have anybody who has run a business. jay powell -- that was quiet -- that was private equity. is there room for somebody who had a different life experiences and made a payroll. stefanie: that is one aspect of herman cain's background that would bring a value add on to the board. we cann

we already see former governor well announcing he's running against the president, but mitt romney, a former nominee of the party went out of his way to include the president and say what sickened him. what are you -- certainly plugged into the leadership of the republican party. what are you hearing? are people beginning to say wait a minute, this is a bridge too far for us to try to walk across in 2020? >> i think a couple things, reverend. number one, congress is a coequal branch of government, which means they are entitled to that unredacted full report. that's number one. so chairman nadler was correct to subpoena that report, and i hope that he gets it. but directly to your question about mitt, if you look at who's speaking up in the congress right now that has an "r" by their name, mitt romney is one of the very few, if not the only one that i've seen at this point. i may have missed somebody's tweet. and that's troubling. i'm not surprised that romney has spoken up because you know he took on the president a couple years ago and he made a speech about his conduct on twitter an

not fair to mitt romney. but he is a lonesome gop voice.politically savvy minds are here next. >>> you've heard me say it before, criminality should not be the bar for acceptable conduct by our president or any of our elected officials, this idea of it's a felony, if it's not a felony, then it's fine. but i've talked to a number of his aides, supporters in congress, and it seems to me they want to keep the bar as low as possible. listen for yourself. >> i go to church for my moral leadership. i look at politicians based on are you in line with my issues? you can be the nicest, most moral person in the world, i don't want you to be the president. >> you want me to make a moral judgment about it? >> yes. >> if we're going to start making moral judgments about everybody in public office we'll have nobody in public office. >> when the president goes to don mcgahn and says you need to do this, to stop this, and the guy has to threaten to resign or leave for not to happen and you ignore it, i think that matters too. >> but he didn't do it. he did

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so among the republicans who have spoken out against this very firmly, mitt romney -- senator mitt romney now, one of the first republicans to rebuke the information in the report, he wrote, i am sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office of the land, including the president. so david, this report laying out explicit detail of how russia did interfere in the election, painting also this chaotic picture of trump's presidency, you know, lies, attempts to obstruct, so why is mitt romney the only one who is speaking of this vein, not necessarily saying it's time to impeach the president, he's not going that far, but he is shaking the finger whereas very few others in elected office are doing so who are republican? >> yeah, fred. senator romney is super bummed that the president has misled the american people as per this report and per a ton of reporting by "the washington post," cnn, the "new york times" and others, but the bar is so low now to talk about the watergate era again, there are no senator howard bakers and no senato

mitt romney has political security, he's just elected to a six-year term. political reasons for staying silent. and the mueller report may be something other senators want to just avoid if they can. democrats running for 2020 can't really choose to ignore the mueller report or the question of impeachment. republican senators don't have to engage if they don't want to. so this was an issue that romney wanted to take a leadership role on, he can, he has a very prominent platform. he stands head and shoulders beyond what usually freshmen republican do, because he has more stature than -- and just more ability to get attention when he makes a call. so he had this platform and he used it. >> it is a very loud platform, as a former nominee for president, touching on impeachment again, how much do you think the chatter helps president trump, not just in terms of rallying his base, but with republicans who may not like him, but could get fired up when they hear democrats talking about this so much? >> at the end of the day, when it comes to the 2020 presidential el

. >> mitt romney tonight released a statement. i'm sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection of individuals of the highest office of the land including the president. he went on to say reading the report is a sobering revelation of how far we've strayed from the aspirations and the principles of the founders. what do you think of old mitt romney coming out? >> what's sobering is the fact that mitt romney would join in with the chorus of people who refuse to acknowledge the fact that after, you know, $35 million and 1.4 million documents and countless hours of the president being an open book allowing all of this to be put forth, public, not asking for redaction, not meddling at all, not firing anybody, allowing this to go forward, he would join with the democrats and say we want more. i'm telling you this right now this, is not moving the gold post, this is changing staid williams. with ear in a whole other ball game. you can let the democrats work in the white house, give them top secret security cle

are you picking up anything from republicans that share mitt romney's outrage or disgust? >> i haven't seen it thus far. i think that's an apt commentary on where we're at at this moment in time. throughout this investigation we have seen the likes of rudy giuliani move the goal post ever so slightly. the president moving the goal post with his public rhetoric. taking away our capacity to be shocked by the things that we're seeing. it's kind of a gradual moving towards this end point. and so now we have a report that does suggest the trump campaign was interested in information that the russians were peddling and they're arguing that that's okay. i think if we brought this back even two years, even just one year, and you have asked republican senators how they would react to something like that, would they speak out if the report was going to show something like that, just on a moral level, not even talking about the legality of it. i think you would have seen a much stronger reaction to this. but these republican senators, republican congressman have been in a lot of ways

mitt romney notwithstanding. republicans are still behind him.ter or for worse in 2020. for democrats, their expectations around mueller were unrealistic. they were hoping that mueller would kind of be a get out of jail free card. this would get the hard work done for them. the whole political environment created president trump. it's going to take politics to oust him. if democrats want to defeat him, they'll have to do it by grinding out over the course of the campaign. >> okay, thanks to all of you and have a great day today. we'll be right back. great day today. we'll be right back. today, life-changing technology from abbott is helping hunt them down at their source. because the faster we can identify new viruses, the faster we can get to stopping them. the most personal technology, is technology with the power to change your life. life. to the fullest. >>> that's all for us today.an easterunwi us. lanka after those devastating bomb attacks on churches there this morning. >>> have a good day. did yo comcast business with a gig-speed network.

they destroyed mitt romney, and here he is, on their side. what does that tell you? it's strange, and i think the republican party, i know the first nine months of trump's term, they thought the russian stock was real, afraid to get behind it. that is gone, and there is no reason to get no reason not to get behind him, unless you don't like his voters, and i think that is key. >> martha: i saw pictures of the weekend, you played golf with the president on easter sunday. everybody would like to hear a little bit, what his mood was really like and what he wants to focus on now, and you know, whether -- >> rush: actually, it was friday, the day after the mueller report came out, and lexi thompson, who is just, she is just a sweet -- she is an lpg pro, and when we showed up, there is no way i am in trump's cart, not with lexi thompson in the group, but i was in trump's card, lexi had her own. everybody had a great time, there were five of us in the group, including those from the pga tour. for those who would like to meet donald trump, i tell you, he's everything you wou

the president lashing out at mitt romney as democrats debate among themselves whether to move forwardith impeachment. nbc kelly o'donnell is traveling with the president in florida. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president starting his easter sunday acknowledging the terrible violence that you've been just talking about. he offered a tweet of support, bringing together the heartfelt condolences of the people of the united states to sri lanka. he also acknowledged the horrible terror attacks and makes an offer of help. of course, the president and his team are also dealing with their own situation at home, trying to deal with how the public is relating to and understanding the outcome of the special counsel investigation. managing the mueller fallout. trump allies. >> as you know is the end of it. >> reporter: out in force. on fox news saturday night, undercutting a telling comment attributed to the president in the mueller report. >> this is the end of my presidency. i've never heard him utter those words and we have been through some pretty impossible tough situations t