and, mitt romney you are mentioning mitt romney trump has had a pseudonym at would be point this is different using alias names in emails potential emails with business partners at burisma in ukraine or business partners that are part of deals with hunter allegedly in china. >> we know using for perverted reasons alias, mitt romney just to stir things up disrupt on social media you are right for economic aid personal gain, well aware what they were doing, again goes to be sent to deceive. this is -- in violation, of course, of a -- a -- a transgression listed in constitution bribery, that you would take money in exchange for policy -- >> decisions. >> exactly right that impact americans every day, that is a damning revelation. >> we want to identify decisions joe biden made on to understand if he was paid for them, because one glaring decision i continue scratch my head about as soon as he walks into white house cancels china initiative an initiative under trump administration where they were indicting anybody who was sending information to china surveilling american citizens sending data to

i voted for mitt romney. and i worked as hard or harder than anybody for him. came to a natural disaster and the devastating damage it did to my state your job, you take an oath of office, not an oath of party. and my job was to put the people of my state first. and when i'm president that's exactly what i'll do. i'll put the people of the country, their needs and their concerns before my own political concerns. and that's something that you're not going to get from somebody like donald trump. you never did. and you won't now. >> speaking of the 2024 race and trump, he wrote today that you, in all caps, should drop out of the race, "he is going nowhere and is very bad for the republican party." what's your response to that? >> he only wishes i was going away. and it's great, you know, for me, kaitlan, to live rent-free in donald trump's head. obviously, he was watching the interview as i was doing it. i was laying out the truth about him. and that's one thing he cannot stand, is when someone who's credible, someone who's been there as a prosecutor for seven yea

they've thrown the red meat to the far right and like mitt romney a nice decent man tried to keep assistance about and braced donald trump in 2011 who was the number one promoting far right extremism so it's always been there going back to barry goldwater into the circle was complete if you look at arizona in the last couple of years. it's an ongoing fight it's not a pendulum that swings back and forth but it's something that's always been there in american politics. if the other three could pitch in and this is a bigger question so i want to quote lincoln in 1938 about the destruction not from without but from within. it would be the author and finisher so what i would like you to address if you could in your own way will the current gop republican psychosis lead to the end of the great american experiment? how big of a threat a lot of us are concerned about the upcoming presidential election. what kind of a threat do we face? >> i would point out the irony that has since been used beginning with mccarthy talking about the enemy from within and my wife heard marjorie taylor green and others

an even bigger loser than mitt romney was in 2012. if there is a first step to breaking trump's grip on the party, it's hammering this simple truth. we'll see if anyone has a sense to do it tomorrow night. we'll talk about that next. >> in the first republican debate donald trump will not be taking the stage, but it's hard to imagine a productive debate that doesn't deal with him and what he's done. it's worth remembering eight years ago how the then-candidate behaved the first time he took to the republican debate podium. august 26, 2015, ten presidential hopefuls still in the race, donald trump refused to pledge his support to any of them. >> is there anyone onstage, and can i see hands, who is unwilling tonight to pledge your support to the eventual nominee of the republican party and pledge to not run an independent campaign against that person? again, i'm looking for you to raise your hand now, [applause] if you want to make that pledge tonight. [applause] >> mr. trump. >> if i do win and i'm leading by quite a bit, that's what i

he could say whatever he wanted to me, the penguin. >> jamie: wow >> kat: the penguin, not mitt romney from? >> jamie: it's not from alaska but man am i excited about it >> greg: i hope. >> jamie: a short video you may be able to see more than once. there's an eagle that comes and grabs a goose but, wait, this woman, who i think we can all agree was very busy at the time that this happened, runs out and saves the goose's life. and my first thought was like, i'm not trying to judge but i feel like that goose may have had a better life if she let it be taken away by the eagle. and the other thing i was thinking was that eagle hawk or eagle really went through a lot to see that woman's boobs. much because that was the third time he did it, and he kept bringing more hawk friends. >> greg: it was another penguin situation. >> jamie: yeah, like watch this. >> greg: hey, watch this, i'm going to mess with this woman's -- what was it a goose? >> jamie: no, it was a woman nursing a baby. [laughter] >> greg: you know my eyesight's bad i would believe you. i can't see what's going on right now. >

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where we have mitt romney at 26%, rudy guliani at 14%. governor huckabee was all the way down to 8%. look what happens in the actual result in that iowa caucus. huckabee went to 34% and went right by mitt romney who later got the nomination, but huckabee won in high what. take a look at summer of 2015. scott walker was the lead candidate. this was summer of 2015. scott walker was at 19%. moved forward to january, he's out of the race. he was out the race by september. ted cruz managed to skim just by the hair of his chine chin chin, she has, past donald trump to take iowa. so how much do you think changes between now and then? >> i think the difference now is you have president trump who has been president, who is running again, who has a solid base. i've seen it in my own district. i've seen it across the country from poll after poll after poll. his numbers are increasing while people like desantis' numbers are decreasing. if you're one of the other candidates, you want the numbers to be shifting in your direction as you go to january in

former senior adviser to mitt romney, kevin madden, a leading debate prep specialist and legal -- karen i want to start with the news. i don't think this is a -- attending the debate. but he put out a post on truth social tonight saying that he wouldn't be attending debates plural. is there anything, i'll start with you karen, that will change the dynamic? >> in the unlikely event then trump starts to sink in the polls, he could decide to revisit his decision not to attend the debates. the difference between a debate with trump and the ten or more millions of viewers that come along with his presence and giving our time to all of his competitors for trump it's not a hard decision to not attend the debates. we're not talking about the race for president, we're talking about the race for second place. it's a very trump friendly narrative. >> kevin, you advise miss romney and debate strategy. how would you another, political people over the years, how would you advise these candidates to adapt to the fact that trump is the front runner by far, but he won't be on the stage on wednesday nigh

there may be a place for him at liz cheney's house for dinner, or on mitt romney's christmas card list there a place for him in the party? he won handily his last election. >> yeah, listen. i actually think that if brian kemp is sort of a model for how republicans could act here. the secretary of states in every state -- election officials. they are more republican secretary of state's in 2020 than there were democrats. not one of the said there was any problem with the elections in their states. so, this is just absurd. and calling it a revenge -- i don't understand this. biden won. what sort of revenge would it be? and this is just a continuation of an attack on american institutions that the republican party started when they brought into trump in 2016. and the end result of this is they really want to push toward an authoritarian rule instead of democracy, because they see democracy now as a problem. democracy is not selecting them. therefore, democracy must -- be flawed, therefore, we must go to a different system. >> conor, all these republicans who keep saying, this is the weapo

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as you know, back in 2012, mitt romney came out.ent plans based on who came out of the primary. >> yeah, i remember that well. there is this ever -- there's always this debate about whether debates matter. debate whether debates matter. this year, trump has said he's not going to attend other primary debates. we will see. do you see a scenario where he may also not attend general election debates, if he's a nominee, and there aren't general election debates at all? >> he's a historical narcissist. it's hard for me to see him not doing that. that being said, if he likes where the races at that point, as scary as that is, he may not. the truth is, you know, the debates helped him in 16. in both the primary and the general, as much as the polls might have suggested otherwise. certainly helped him with turnout. in 20, i think joe biden did very well in that first debate. but i think at the end of the day, the debate stage has been friendly to trump, for the most part. i think it's hard for me to imagine him not participating in that. at

sometimes mitt romney very polite nice decent man but when he needed to he embraced donald trump in 2011 who was the number one promoting far right extremism. it's always been there going back to barry goldwater the circle is complete if you look at arizona in the last couple of years. to good job inay november, as i say carry it lake i got elected governor. as an ongoing fights. it's not quite a pendulum that swings back and forth. it is something that's always been there in the american politics in the republican a pay has always sought to exploit. >> of the other three could pitch into a much bigger question, i want to quote lincoln here if you do not mind. when kent warned in 1838 about america's destruction not from without but from within. he said if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. what i would like all of you to address if you would in your own way, will the current gop republican psychosis illusion could it lead to the end of called the great american experiment, how big of a threat question rick a lot of us are concerned with the upcoming nex

learn more at boost.com/tv back with me now, stuart stevens former chief strategist for mitt romney'se grew for the last desirable candidate because they feel that their candidate can defeat them. what should people who are worried about donald trump want? both out of this debate and out of this primary? do they want donald trump to not be the presidential candidate? should they want him to not be the republican candidate? should they want him to? is there a danger that republicans take a half step toward nominating someone who is marginally more palatable than donald trump, but then don't fix their fundamental problems? >> that is a great question. i think this argument about electability inside the republican party, it just shows how incredibly bankrupt the party is. the problem with donald trump, the argument against donald trump's, he might not win. not that he tried to overthrow the government of the united states in a coup. not that he is getting close to 100 indictments. it's that he might not win. the core earlier that is, well if he could win, we would support him. all of the

and sometimes, like mitt romney very, you know, nice, decent man, try to keep his distance from it. but when he needed to, he embraced. donald trump in 2011 who was the number one person and promoting far right extremism. so it's always been there. going back to barry goldwater, coming here. the circle was complete. if you look at arizona in the last couple of years now, you did a good job and in november, but as i say, you know, kerry got elected governor, right. it is an ongoing fight. it's not, you know. it's not quite a pendulum that swings back and forth, but it's something that's always been there in american politics. the republican party has always sought to exploit. thank you. i'd like you to follow up, please, with a question. but then if the other three could pitch in and this is a much bigger question, so i want to quote lincoln, if you don't mind. lincoln in 1838 about america's destruction, not out from without, but from within. so he said, destruction be our lot. we must ourselves be its author and finisher. so what i'm i'd like all of you to address, if you would ple

policy for the labour party under jeremy corbyn, and lanhee chen, formerforeign policy adviser to mitt romney. one important part of grant shapps�* brief — the south china sea. we have a special report tonight on the united states joint exercises in the region. and this time next week the programme will be in new delhi for the 620 summit. what can we expect from india, who are hosting it for the first time? welcome back. grant shapps has had a very busy year. this is his fifth cabinet appointment. today, he was reassigned again — this time, to the ministry of defence. he replaces the outgoing ben wallace, who had previously served in the scots guards. the role of defence secretary has never been more important. just this morning, the royal navy said its warships and raf patrol aircraft were tracking russian vessels in waters close to the uk. here's our political editor chris mason. the wheels of politics are turning with a bit of zip again. before mps return next week, downing street has a spot of housekeeping to attend to — finding a new defence secretary. enter then grant shapps — the gover

we're not taking the advice of the, after mitt romney lost, what was that called? - the autopsy report. the rnc autopsy report. - the autopsy as well. the problem is real simple to identify. we have to stop just preaching to the choir. we have to grow the choir. and that requires us to show up to places and defend our ideas, defend our beliefs. a lot of reasons you don't have folks running for office show up to places because they're afraid to get into a competition with folks. their beliefs are not deeply held. and so this is what has to be changed. the reason america is called an experiment is because 247 years ago, nobody thought it was going to work. there hadn't been a democracy on this planet since rome. and julius caesar screwed that up. and there's only been 14 countries that have been a democracy for more than 100 years. democracy is fragile. it always has been and always will be. and it requires us to get engaged. and what we need to do to make this experiment last for another 247 years does not require the level effort that our forebears have done. we ar

lanhee chen, the director of policy studies at stanford university and chief policy adviser for mitt romney'sou so much forjoining up thank you so much forjoining up tonight. with donald trump not taking part in this debate, who will the candidates focus on as they try to come out the clear and decisive winner? i think a clear and decisive winner? i thinka number of clear and decisive winner? i think a number of candidates have different goals. florida governor ron desantis, his goal is to come out of this debate as the principal opponent of donald trump. he wants to put himself in a different category and demonstrate he is best equipped both with respect to issues but also with respect to his personal posture, that he is the one to take on trump as the competition goes forward. four other candidates, it's a bit of a scrum, a, to stand out, b, to introduce themselves, and c, to be the alternative is ron desantis falters. i put nikki haley, might p and tim scott in that category. they have records and would be seen as credible candidates. —— mike pence and tim scott. and others who are really

utah senator mitt romney descibed such designation as a political football tossed back and forth as presidentialties act abuse by the executive branch. that act, dating back to 1906, was the first us law to provide legal protection to cultural and natural resources. stay with us here on bbc news. more for you coming up. hello there. today looks a lot better across the south of the uk than what we had on tuesday. all that rain and drizzly conditions, it felt quite cool, as well. so today and also thursday look to be drier and warmer — certainly warmer on thursday across the board — but it will be short—lived as low pressure brings a return to cooler, showery conditions friday and the weekend. high pressure's building in across the country, as you move through the day today, there will be variable amounts of cloud in places, particularly towards the south and the west. but some good spells of sunshine across northern, central, and eastern areas. a bit of fair—weather cloud is bubbling up into the afternoon, so it will be one of patchy cloud and sunny spells. it will be turning warmer, a bit more h

what you hear from some republicans, like senator mitt romney, as they feel these candidates need tothe frontrunner, in order to have a shot here, so expect chris christie to do that. and we have at the former vice president, mike pence, who should have been consider the next in line in the republican party who has really struggled in the polls. many of donald trump's supporters see him as someone who was not loyal, so it is a chance for him to reintroduce himself to the american people and make his case for why he would be the best republican to take onjoe biden. the best republican to take on joe biden. ., ~' ,, , . the best republican to take on joe biden. . ~ ,, , . ., ., biden. thank you very much for that. that debate — biden. thank you very much for that. that debate taking _ biden. thank you very much for that. that debate taking place _ biden. thank you very much for that. that debate taking place this - that debate taking place this evening. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. i can't sit still fo

no, i don't want to be in a party with, you know, lindsey graham or mitt romney or some of these others. but there's a reason people use the term line when, when you break that down republican and name only, they're just democrats. we don't want to be impacted and established establishment democrats. all they care about is the unified with each other. there's the old adage in anyone that lived in washington dc knows this, you know, they, they sit and fight in front of the camera of and then they go and have a drink afterwards. and they, they kind of laugh about it. it's all a show and i think more and more people are seen that you're in a party and then that you don't party that just that, that hate then that is pro war pro establishment. you know, a really fascinating thing is beginning to happen and that's at the, the grassroots level with the people. if you don't mention your political party, if you don't mention what political party vote with a general people that maybe support what bobby kennedy is saying, um or something else that you've got the new conservative, the tucker conser

hampshire primary, we are going to bench the person that is 40 points ahead at this point in 2012 and mitt romney within the margin of error and there's never been anything like this in a republican primary and they are saying that that candidate cannot be on the ground, that anyone on the ground that knows anything about the iowa caucus knows that iowa voters expected to be there on the ground shaking hands, standing with them, going to diners in the messages going to be you cannot go for this guy because he's on trial, he will not be available, he might go to jail, that is what the government is trying to do and it's not even ambiguous. >> do you think they're going to try to get away with it. >> it's really up to the house. the house has to create a degree of pressure and intensity and focus and determination that is going to make it very clear to the department of justice and those adjudicating the case that they will not be able to get away with it. and yes, there will be in the house is going to refer to the department of justice, a multitude of cases and right now, if i'm part of this sche

utah senator mitt romney descibed such designation as "a political football tossed back and forth asntinues the cycle of antiquities act abuse by the executive branch." that act, dating back to 1906, was the first us law to provide legal protection to cultural and natural resources. us space agency nasa says it is on track for its artemis 2 mission in just over a year's time. in november 2024, they will send three americans and one canadian to voyage around the moon. the 10—day space flight will test the orion spacecraft�*s life support systems and look at what is needed for humans to work and live in deep space. the four—person crew got to see their spacecraft for the first time this week. they hope to return astronauts to the moon by 2025 before hopefully undertaking a journey to mars. that's all for this half—hour. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more from washington. stay with us here on bbc news today looks a lot better across the south of the uk than what we had on tuesday. all that rain and drizzly conditions, it felt quite cool, as well. so today and also thursday lo

bush in 1988 because of a figure namedly lee wat atwater, we got bob dole and mitt romney and john mccainsumed that they are so morally soup w superior, the left fields about itself. it will lead to a utopia of equality of result with the republicans because they are morally inferior they have to play by a different set of rules, and unfortunately, many republicans buy into that, they want to be liked and speaked and known, and they enable it and appease it people have to say, call me any name you want, say anything you want about he, yome, you will not tell me how i have to dea half a behave and i will not destroy the bill of rights, we're getting near that a lot of conservatives are saying we either speak out, we speak out forcibly, or we will lose our rights. mark: the media we talk about media, a wrote a book on it, is it not true victor davis hanson, we don't have a free press, they are free to do what they want but we have a government press or a democrat press, or i call a tat state press, "new york times," maggie habbermans and was "washington post," they hand out prizes to each o

. >> laura: i don't think they would have a problem with a different republican, like a mitt romney styleublican, he wouldn't rattle the cage like trump, desantis, maybe glenn youngkin or vivek ramaswamy, someone like that. this is message to anyone who would even think for working for a conservative administration going forward. don't you agree? if you can get indicted as a lawyer, giving untested legal theory to a president or urging action not taken before post election, but theory number of peep elt agree with, some don't, all bets are off. why go into government service? >> absolutely, the message they are sending loud and clear, don't go after us. trump challenged them, he challenged pro-war policy and on ukraine and globalist agenda that ripped off the working class, hollowed out this country and made workers slaves compared to china and other nations that have taken away jobs and technology. trump challenged that. if you challenge them on this stuff, if you challenge them on policies they hold dear, they will come after you. if you challenge them on their pro-abortion religion, th

because home depot is going to bring back hotdogs at the store called, franks again in detroit and mitt romneymichigan. i don't know if you heard his favorite meat. >> hotdog. >> which is like a lot of different meats together but he says he likes them in and out of buns and franks again wants you to know the best part of the hotdog is the steamed bun. >> that's what i think i'm going to have for dinner and i'm going to have a hotdog. >> my favorite feat. >> i thought he was going to say steamed buns. >> that's what they called me in high school. then i quit dancing. so, kat. but how's it going? what's new? we are going a segment. local news. what's your story? >> i'm so glad you asked. my is from sandusky, ohio, a place there called cedar point i've been there so many times. >> i always wanted to go and never been invited. do you need invitation? >> no, just money but the people got stuck on one of the roller coasters and they were stuck there and today walk down a staircase. >> i would not like that. can you imagine biden doing that? >> no, i can't but i hope they leverage it a little bit. t

years as president and republicans were told senator john mccain was more electable and governor mitt romneyomeone has lost a lot of other political races, pay attention to that. if someone were widely seen as unlikeable, pay attention to that. there are candidates who look great on paper, but only on paper and then there are candidates that we are told are prone to gaffes and verbal missteps and the american people overlook the shortcomings because they find them to be authentic. electability is fun to think about, hard to prove, so perhaps we are best looking for whoever matches our ideology and position on issue and leave the electability part to the so-called expertses who told us ronald reagan was unelectable. thank you for spending part of sunday night with us. have a great week. until next week find up on the trey gowdy podcast. good night from south carolina. ) >> todd: we begin with this fox news alert, post -- hillary hammering southern california with flooding and mudslides. rescues continue with roadways still under water. some roads destroyed. this is "fox and friends first," i'

lanhee chen, the director of policy studies at stanford university and chief policy adviser for mitt romney'sal campaign. thank you to much forjoining us on our show tonight. with donald trump not taking part in this debate, who will the candidates focus on as they are trying to come up with a clear and decisive winner here? i think a and decisive winner here? i thinka number of and decisive winner here? i think a number of candidates have different goals. obviously for florida governor ron desantis his goal is to come out of this debate as the principal opponent of donald trump. he wants to put himself in a different category. he wants to demonstrate he is equipped both with respect to issues and with respect to his personal posture that he is the one to take on trump as the competition goes forward. for other candidates, it is a bit of a scrum. to stand out and introduce themselves and be potentially if the alternative if ron desantis falters. i put nikki haley and mike pence and tim scott and that category. all accomplished politicians, people were record that would be seen by many america

you remember the 2012 presidential debate when barack obama and mitt romney had a nest up over whichountry with the greatest that to the united states. romney said russia and president obama belittled saying the 19 '80s wants its foreign policy back. it was the quip the d.c. media loves, cute, vacuous and ultimately wrong. our next guest makes a compelling case that it was always china and certainly is now and he wanted to hear from the new crop of gop presidential candidates, wanted them to be asked directly about china. did he hear what he wanted to hear? congressman mike gallagher shares of select committee on china and he joins us now. if you could post, who knows, you may be a debate moderator one day. if you could pose a direct question to the candidates on china, what with the question be? >> the most important question is what is your plan for determining china from invading taiwan in the next five years in your first term as president, you are likely to be faced with the fourth taiwan strait crisis in a make the previous three in the crisis in ukraine look like child's play.

one month before mitt romney, was nominated in 2,012, a month before the iowa caucuses gingrich was leadingwhat matters is these in state polls and trump has a big lead in iowa but not as big as his lead nationwide and similarly in new hampshire his numbers are below his national numbers. we've got a long way to go. the front runner, likely nominee is donald trump but a lot of nominees. stuart: have we yet seen the impact of the trial still to come? the indictments? have we seen the impact on republican candidates? >> we see one affect. when he gets indicted he moves up in the polls. if you attack my party's guy i am going to rally to his defense even if i have doubts about it. similarly if biden is attacked by republicans democrats rally to him even though they are not that excited about him. what will matter is what happens when he shows up in a court room. recent polls show a plurality or small majority of republicans say if convicted of something they will not support him. when we get into a courtroom and start seeing evidence like classified documents, why did you take them? did you ha

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where young people are coming from, disaffected by politicians, bush, mccain didn't inspire me, mitt romneyt inspire me. >> carley: he's a self-described maga republicans, but he does appeal to young voters and independents and sometimes those groups don't mix together. in his case, it does. how do you explain his surge in support? >> i see parity to what happened with donald trump. media plays a huge role who catches fire and who does not. vivek is savvy when it comes to social media, that has a lot to do with the younger generation. i saw master glass in political discourse he had with a nonbinary independent journalist who approached him, wanted to start something. i thought, wow, that guy is on to something. when people talk to me about the presidential election, vivek is like the dirty word to me, is it okay if i bring up that vivek is interesting. is that okay? there is someone who is unique, it was yang in 2020, interesting guy, relatable, i see that in vivek. >> carley: i agree, he sort of has a cult following similar to bernie sanders. different politics, but one to watch for now.

he has hired a veteran coach, bret owe done nell, who has worked with mitt romney, john mccain, georgethe nomination. but he also has nothing to lose and everything to gain. he is 40 points behind trump. he has fallen significantly in recent weeks. and frankly this is about shoring up his political career. he needs to have some sort of breakout moment or at least hold his ground for this to be a success for him. >> i think the stakes are incredibly high and i'm glad you pointed out there is debate prep and also perceived closeness to that super pac. and i want to note that rthey responded. >> are you preparing to be hammered? >> i've been prepared for that for a lot of my life and i'm prepared to take that on. truth is i'm an outsider in this race and i think that is threatening a lot of the professional politicians understandably. a guy like me is not supposed to be in this race according to their book. >> so seems like there are some candidates who are already seizing on this moment, this desantis news, for their own political gain, right? >> vivek is an interesting gtody because he

>> laura: remember pierre delecto, mitt romney's alias for his secret twitter account? carlos danger. anthony weiner used that name when he was sexting women. move over, fellows because you need to make room for the big guy. james comer is demanding the national archives turn over unredacted records to or from then v.p. joe and son hunter that are related to ukraine and burisma. so why is this new? because joe was using fake names, that's why. yeah. names as in plural. what were they? robert peters was one. robinware. and j.r.b. where the heck are you. what was more concerning is hunter was c.c.ed on emails including one 2016 call with a ukrainian president. two months after that prosecutor was fired oversight committee says hunter and only hunter was copied on it. director of national intel for president trump. john, this saul totally normal behavior nor somebody who didn't do anything wrong or isn't trying to hide something, right? isn't that the case? this is all just normal. why does this matter? >> we laugh but it does matter for a number of reasons. one, you just