and here's more of the op-ed. did you just read this? >> yeah, it was so good. >> yeah, it begs reading again. >> no, we are done. >> david gregory? >> it's a statement of principle, conscience and character. and mitt romney is different than flake and corker because he's sticking around. is republican leadership going to be with him in the senate? we have said, where are republican leaders? why don't they call out the president? here incoming senator, mitt romney is saying i will speak out on those issues, issues on character that speaks to the character of mitt romney and always has as being such a standup person. this is the same question. he is going to be looked at as the voice that speaks out against trump, and he has a very high profile. how will some of his republican colleagues treat this kind of criticism? will they be afraid to stand with him politically and where will leadership be? mitt romney stands the chance that being isolated as he has been before, as he started his criticism in 2016. we also spoke with trump as preside

when i saw the op-ed i tweeted thank you mitt romney. there is not a word that he wrote that i disagree with. there is a challenge that comes with that. while a lot of colleagues in the senate and house republicans would privately agree with everything mitt romney said it may be lonely in that a lot of republicans may not join him publically in saying things like that. whatever romney does will not be enough for the democrats. we are seeing democrats criticizing romney for talking to talk and not walking the walk. if you agree with the portion of the trump administration's agenda then you are complicit in all things trump. it is a difficult position. it does make clear that mitt romney is going to arrive in washington hitting the ground running. we already knew he was going to get a lot of attention anyways. this is going to cement that and make sure that whenever he is in the hallways in the senate or in the senate underground passage way that every microphone will be brought to him for everything that trump says. >> if there is questio

up yours op-ed.alked to several people over the past 24 hours about the op-ed and they seem to think that the bulk of it. the most important part of that it mika referred to earlier the part about character and the president's seemingly lack of character, but the op-ed was basically an opening salvo to a jury, that that's what his op-ed was. and that i think a lot of people, especially in the media business, are missing the larger point that we are the jury. the country is the jury. not really the senate or the house or the up or down on what's going to happen with this particular vote. but we are the jury and trump is out there sitting in front of the jury waiting for verdict. >> i think that's right on, mike. >> that this has always been about we the people. we still matter in this equation. we've got to get over this notion i they lot of americans have. and it was shown in the last election that we just go to the ballot box vote and check out for two years or four years. we'll chaek e check back i

the incoming republican senator from utah writing a scathing op-ed in the "washington post." he claims the president's behavior over the past two years is evidence that he has not risen to the mantle of the office. romney has been a frequent critic of the president, but they appeared to mend fences after the election when romney was being considered for secretary of state. >> romney says he agrees with some of mr. trump's policies, he writes, a president should demonstrate the essential qualities of honesty and integrity and elevate the national discourse with comity and mutual respect. it is in this province where the incumbent's shortfall has been most glaring. the op-ed indicates romney is planning to be the new republican foil in the senate with bob corker and jeff flake departing. >>> president trump's 2020 campaign manager, brad parscale, responding, tweeting, jealousy is a drink best served warm. and romney just proved it. perhaps that's the after-dinner drink to revenge which is a dish best served cold. you let us know what you think brad meant. mitt romney will speak

my first thought when i read that in the op-ed, i'm sure i'm not the only one. thinking about running? >> i know as much as you do but clear with jake tapper he doesn't expect to run. it's not really in the cards. i think having won twice and not have been successful, now having just taken the oath of office on behalf of the people of utah to be their senator, i don't expect that he is going to run for office and i don't think this was a calculation in that sense. >> okay. >> particularly, since if it was a primary, and i think the president's pollster pointed this out, it would be an uphill climb. >> of course. >> and he's not going to run as an independent so i think when you run for president and you start popping up with op-eds like this, that will always be part of the speculation but not part of reality. >> kevin madden, thank you for your insight. >> always great to be with you, thank you. >>> next up to another kevin. kevin hart has ellen in his court but together they manage to stoke more controversy about those derogatory jokes that torpedoed his oscar

all happening on the heels of a scathing op-ed. not really a new attack. as john mentioned, he's called him a fraud and phony before. the question here is really the timing, why mitt romney chose to take this stance to make his voice heard one day before being sworn in as a senate of the united states by one other than mike pence, who is likely to make for an awkward moment as well. >> i suspect they will smile through it. boris at the white house. thanks so much. >>> joining us now staff writer for the atlantic, documentary film maker and my mentor and political anchor for spectrum news and a cnn political commentator. mitt romney knew that president trump was going to have to respond to this because that's the way that president trump works. and here we have the response from president trump. the question is, is he a flake, the president asking about mitt romney. why do you think mitt romney did this? >> this is an important point, right? when i talked to people about mitt romney, they would all say the same thing, which is that he wants to define himsel

that op-ed, he criticized president trump on his tone, his temperament. on policy mitt romney made a point on agreeing with the president. he agrees with the president on china. he agrees with him on immigration. not so much a criticism on policy. >> why do it? attack his character, the most sort of fundamental thing, the character of this president. why do it right before he assumes the seat? what do you think his goal is? you advised him. >> i think mitt romney is a guy who very firmly believes in a certain -- what the president should be in terms of a moral leader and temperamental leader, what the tone of a president should be. that is what he is most offended by about president trump. and i think that's what he wants to be in the senate. he wants to be the guy who represents that maybe more traditional republican approach to politics that he feels that the president has deviated from. >> do you think that in a sense he wants to fill somewhat of the role that john mccain held in that sense? >> reporter: in a certain way, yes. i think what mitt romney

or the points he talks about in the op-ed.t's the reason a lot of democrats are sort of rolling their eyes about this. but he gets credit, maybe his team gets credit for effectively creating some buzz for him as he gets sworn in tomorrow. >> what do you think? republicans are republicans who don't like what he did, as well. >> yeah. look, i don't think there's much news here. i mean, the one piece that you mentioned, that he isn't endorsing the president for 2020 is maybe a little bit of news. but, you know, mitt romney, in his interview laid out very conventional republican points of view on a whole variety of issues. some of which the president has departed from, particularly on foreign policy. so, i mean, i actually thought it was a fairly unremarkable -- i mean, not in a bad way -- unremarkable interview in the sense that mitt romney is going to be a republican. and donald trump -- as mitt romney and the republican party has been for a long time. donald trump is changing that. and i think mitt is saying, i may not be going

the op ed also illustrated where mitt romney very much agrees with the president. corporate tax cuts or other areas. mitt romney is still going to vote as a republican national convention. you have the president embracing things like protectionist trade policy which was associated with democrats. >> romney says, i am not running in 2020. he does leave open the possibility, it seemed like, of maybe endorsing a primary challenge ferry donald trump gets one. everybody can be send cal on the two-time presidential candidate who says, i am not running. he is using the present tense. is this a guy who just wants to be in the senate? he's found a way to finish up his public career? or do you read this more cynically that he might have an eye 2020? >> i know there are an awful lot of republicans, especially in the senate, who are looking what the the republican party is beyond donald trump? because donald trump won't be president forever. whether that means he won't be on the ticket in 2020 if he decides not to run again, a lot of people have speculated about that. we don't

he's making his presence known in an blistering op-ed before taking his senate seat. >>> today the first bipartisan meeting since the government shutdown began. is a deal possible to end the shutdown costing 800,000 government workers their paychecks? >>> the family of an american detained in russia denies any charges of espionage. was paul wheeland detained as payback for the russia investigation? >>> somebody in new york waking up $425 million richer before taxes. we'll have the lucky numbers and where that ticket was sold. good morning, everyone, happy new beard, welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> it looks good. i like it. >> i'll give it a shot. a little itchy. >> at least for a day or two. i'm christine romans. it is wednesday, january 2nd, 4:00 a.m. in the east. happy new year, everybody. mitt romney unloading as he comes into the senate. writing a scathing op-ed in the "washington post" claim could the president's behavior the past two years is evidence that he has not risen to the mantle of the office. romney has been a frequ

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this op-ed is different.onal assessment, having not spoken to him about it obviously, is it comes down to a couple of things baked into the mix here. one is character. mitt romney has character. donald trump lacks character. that's a lot of what drove this piece i would assume. the other aspect, and it's underrated but i think it's there, donald trump went out of his way to humiliate mitt romney in his pursuit of being secretary of state. humiliated him publicly and repeatedly. no matter who you are, no matter how generous in nature you might have, no matter how openly kind and forgiving you might appear to be, as romney often does, you can't be publicly humiliated and forget about it. i don't think he forgot about it, he had. >>> he. >> i think you're right. >> not at all. >> i think you're right, mike. what's interesting to me about the op-ed is that it shows the blurry line between the critique of trump and his character and the critique of republican policies. so there is a sense in which the carnival bar

mitt romney delivered the blisters message to the president in a scathing op-ed. romney blasts president trump's character and argues he has not, quote, risen to the mantle of the office. and speaking of office, mitt romney taking his seat on capitol hill in just one day. will he lead the republican resistance to trump or are his words just words? this morning the president is responding on twitter. but first today marks day 12 of the government shutdown. we are hours away from a key meeting at the white house. president trump invited all those folks you see on your screen from both parties to join him for a briefing today on border security. but a hill source tells us this meeting appears to be more of a stunt than a serious attempt to have a discussion about ending the shutdown, so that's where we begin at the white house. good morning. so very powerful important people will all be in the room with the president. and what can we expect? >> reporter: hey there, poppy. yeah, it is unclear what will come of this meeting. we heard that it's taking place at a bit of

romney's op-ed headlined "the president shapes the public character of the nation. trumps character falls short," it outlines things. on balance, the president has not risen to the mantle of the office. some might call that civil. >> donald trump lacks the temperament to become president. >> this poor, sad mitt romney. >> the bullying, the greed, showing off, the misogyny, the absurd third-grade theatrics. >> the guy is a stone cold loser. he choked, and when you are a joker, if you can never give a choker a second chance. >> between the trumps endorsement of romney in 2012 for president and considering him for secretary of state during the transition. romney's niece and chairwoman of the republican national committee is siding with the president, writing for an incoming republican freshman senator to attack the president is their first act feeds into what the democrats and media want and is disappointing and unproductive." >> many have noted that the president pulled his punches today especially considering some of the other things he said about romney, consider th

what he signalled with that op-ed is he wants to change the dynamic. he's not happy with the way republicans on the hill behaved for the first two years of the trump presidency. >> both of these gentlemen have agreed to stay with us through the break. our conversation will continue on the other side right when we come back. >>> i don't know why, but they like me. they say i'm the most popular president in the history of the republican party. how do i have these numbers when i get bad press? because people see the job we're doing. >> we are joined tonight by two gentlemen who know what they're talking about when it comes to the republican party. see the sly smiles on each of our guests? rick wilson and bill crystal. bill, you seem to be reacting to that quote from the president. how could the president be wrong? some people have said he's the most popular republican president ever. >> some people have, i guess. i mean, we had an election in november just two months ago. the republicans ran -- trump made it about himself in a sense. he made the congressi

when i was the ranking democrat it was called foreign ops. that foreign ops state department bill. that's $4.5 billion. separate from that is the homeland security bill, and within that we will have some of our proposals for what comes next. reporter: madam speaker, why not keep your members here this weekend? speaker pelosi: many of them will be here. many of them will be here. some of them will be home listening to the stories and commensurating with those who have lost their jobs. as you probably know, while people think of the washington area as the place where most federal employees are, they are in fact indeed all over the country, in my district as well. the -- some will be here this afternoon. we'll have some -- after the senate acts, hoping they will accept for disaster assistance and two weeks to open up government to end the shutdown so we can negotiate. if that doesn't happen we'll be speaking -- telling the stories of these families. some will be here. some won't be here. but all of them are on notice to be here. reporter: tomorrow is day 35. why not be in session? spe

if it is will overlook part of the op-ed. as the party emphasized today.ey can work together on judges, getting tough on china, on regulatory reform. i think it's really important. i agree completely, by the way, with chairwoman mcdaniel. if these two women are able to work together, if senator romney and the president are able to work together on some key policy areas, it is going to be an unstoppable team. i think you're going to see some opportunities for that earlier in the congress. >> harris: do you see any grounds for the criticism that mitt romney is a lot a lot like jeff flake of arizona, and corker? that it will be opposition for opposition's sake? >> i don't think will be the seminal. i think if there is opposition it will be on grounds of certain principal. may be on policy. i think they may disagree occasionally on policy. it's not going to be disagreeing just to poke someone's eye or just a bother someone. it's going to be disagreement based on principle or on policy. i don't think you are going to see a similar kind of attack or approach fro

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what he signalled with that op-ed is he wants to change the dynamic. he's not happy with the way republicans on the hill behaved for the first two years of the trump presidency. >> both of these gentlemen have agreed to stay with us through the break. our conversation will continue on the other side right when we come back. here is another laundry hack from home made simple. do you want ready to wear clothing without all the hassle? you can, with bounce dryer sheets. simply toss two sheets in the dryer to iron less. we dried one shirt without bounce, and an identical shirt using bounce. the bounce shirt has fewer wrinkles, less static, and more softness and freshness. for extra large or wrinkly loads, toss in three sheets. dermatologist tested bounce free and gentle is free of dyes and perfumes. bounce out wrinkles, bounce out static. >>> i don't know why, but they like me. they say i'm the most popular president in the history of the republican party. how do i have these numbers when i get bad press? because people see the job we're doing. >> we are j

maybe it was just a photo op. the president hope to fund the wall he once said mexico would pay for. tonight, cnn has more reporting on how the president may see a possible deal with democrats who control the house starting tomorrow. cnn's kaitlan collins joins us now with that. so what did and what didn't happen in this meeting in "the situation room" today? >> well, anderson, where to start? this meeting already had an air of drama to it, because it was held in the swaituation room, which white house officials was so they could communicate what a big crisis they believe is happening on the border. but they didn't need to hold it there to have some drama. because there was already plenty in the room. as soon as this meeting got started, when the homeland security secretary, kirstjen nielsen was supposed to be giving this briefing on what's happening on the border, but nancy pelosi interrupted her and said that the democrats wanted to lay out their plan to reopen the government. that's when chuck schumer started w

what do you think mitt romney's incentive was in releasing this op-ed now? and secondly, a lot of people out there are criticizing the jeff flakes of the world and the bob corkers of the world that have been critical of the president as they have been outgoing. and now we see someone like mitt romney who is critical of the president in an incoming way, who hasn't even been sworn in yet and setting a precedent saying this is how i'm going to approach washington. >> i'm going to give mitt the benefit right now and say there are a lot of republicans who are frustrated by donald trump. we agree with some of the policy he puts in place. we don't like the way he does some of his things, so this is less a debate over policy and more of performance. how do you do the job as being president, and i think mitt answered a call to duty to run for the senate, and yes, there were a lot of republicans that didn't support donald trump in the primaries, supported him in the general election, and now say come on, step up and be a real good president. don't just be bombastic. w

i read his op-ed. he agrees and i don't think he would be -- i don't think anybody would have been able to do the tax cuts like i did. weep g we got the greatest tax cut ever. we got rid of the individual mandate, which is repeal and replace of obama. it only was kept, obamacare, it was only kept because of the individual mandate. now that that's gone, i don't know how you can possibly keep it. so that's repeal and replace. john mccain voted against it, after campaigning for many years, john mccain voted against it. he went thumbs down and that was the end of that. for many years it was repeal and replace and then at 2:00 in the morning he went thumbs down. so i'm a very plflexible guy. we were part of that lawsuit as you know. a great judge, highly respected from texas said the individual mandate's out. that means we should win at the supreme court where this case will go. now, when we do, we will sit down with the democrats and we will come up with great health care, far better, far better. we'll hav

congress out of frustration with president trump, so the sentiments expressed by mitt romney in the op-ed overnight are somewhat in line with what you have been saying for quite a long time. what difference will it make? >> well, first, i do believe mitt romney is right, character does count. how do you deal with the president who insults allies and shatters norms and traditions and behaves in ways that are unpresidential. mitt romney is correct. he apbnalyzed the problem accurately. we are lost past the point where somebody needs to stage an intervention, and there's nobody willing or capable or somebody close enough to the president to do so. i mean this never ending disf dysfunctioning chaos in the white house, romney made the right diagnosis, and nobody made a good answer. >> you know mitt romney well and worked with him for years, and it seems speaking out is one of the calls to action one can do, and it has not worked in the past to change anything, and it sounds to me, mitt romney, he felt the month of december was a tipping point for him and for the presidency. let me just read a

>> the fact he wrote the on sed op-ped is unique. most don't say this about the president not having the requisite character -- when you get down to the practical applications of this op-ped, what romney says sounds exactly like what paul ryan said for the past two years. which is, i'm not going to comment on every tweet. >> right. >> i will speak out if something egregious happens. like if the president sides with putin over the u.s. intelligence community in front of the entire world. but, you know, i'm going to go about my business as if this was any president. and that is just a common refrain among a lot of republicans in the senate. so it doesn't really represent a drastic shift. i mean, you have jeff flake and bob corker both leaving and those were two of president trump's most outspoken critics in the senate. you see romney maybe filling one of those positions as someone who will speak out when something -- when the president makes a misstep, but it's not totally out of line with what we've seen for the past two years. >> i t

i read his op-ed. he agrees and i don't think anybody would have been able to do the tax cuts like i did. we got the greatest tax cuts ever. obama care was only kept because of the individual mandate. that's repeal and replace. john mccain voted against it. after campaigning for many years, he voted against it. he went thumbs down thands wands the end of that. at 2:00 in the morning he went thumbs down. i'm a very flexible guy. we were part of that lawsuit. a great judge, highly respected from texas said the individual mandate is out. that means we should win at the supreme court where this case will go. we'll sit down with the democrats and come up with great health care. far better. we'll have everything included. obama care is too expensive. the premiums are way too high and the deductibles, you can't even use it. unt unless you get hit by a tractor, nobody can use it. obama care is a tremendous failure. now that we won the individual mandate, and that was the most unpopular. it was by far the most

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that was a harsh op-ed by mitt romney in the "washington post" and we saw president trump fire right back and mock him for losing the 2012 presidential election. trump tweeting earlier this morning, quote, here we go with mitt romney but so fast. question will be is he a flake? i hope not. would much prefer mid-focus on border security and so many other things where he can be helpfu helpful. a lot of questions on capitol hill whether mitt romney will assume the mantle of jeff flake. one person coming to president trump's defense is ronna mcdaniel, the head of the rnc. she is the niece of mitt romney which makes this tweet something remark blg. s -- remarkable. she said, quote, potus is attacked and obstructed 24/7. for an incoming republican freshman senator to attack donald trump as their first act feeds into what the democrats and media want and is disappointing and unproductive. so certainly a remarkable statement there by raonna callig her uncle a freshman senator. brianna? >> sunlen serfaty on capitol hill. this is this isn't the first time trump and romney have shared words, so

other than that what started as a blistering op-ed piece has this into the freshman senator seemingly alone with his own party now united against him. >> it has always been a big government republican, he never liked reagan. >> ran hall mitt romney harder than the president. >> i hope you will be a team player. if he is a team player that will be great. i will say this. if he thought really hard against president obama like he does against me he would have won the election. >> mitt romney wouldn't promise to be on the president's team in 2020. >> i will wait and see what the alternatives are. >> trump critic and possible challenger john kasich, welcome to the fray on twitter, romney's op-ed headline the president shapes the public editor of the nation, trump's character falls short, outlines a number of complaints, and says the president has not risen to the mantle of the office. some might call that civil compared to their past. >> donald trump lacks the temperament to be president. >> i watched this poor said mitt romney. >> the bullying, greed, the showing off, the misogyny, the ab

in the new op-ed, senator romney said that he was not his first choice in 2016 but he hoped he wouldise to the occasion. in that regard, he claims the president is feeling, writing "with the nation so divided, resentful, and angry, presidential leadership and quality of character is indispensable. and it is in this province where the incumbent's shortfall has been most glaring." president trump responded with a tweet. "here we go with mitt romney, but so fast? will e/is he a flake?" a reference to senator jeff flake. he continues "would much prefer that he focus on border security and so many other things we can be helpful. i won big, and he didn't. he should be happy for all republicans, be a team player, and win." the senator of the rnc, ronna mcdaniel, was siding with president trump in a tweet. she said it's disappointing and unproductive for all -- for an incoming senator to attack president trip as a first act. mr. romney praised the president 's tax reform. he says policies and the payments are only part of the presidency. harris custom xp one thank you very much. i want to br

sheriff adam christianson did an op-ed and put in the hill. here is an excerpt from it.onor officer singh. law enforcement over some ill conceived perception that we target this undocumented population. they have also created sanctuary for criminals. they are protecting from accountability and consequence. these predators who victimize and exploit others all while silencing crime victims. this isn't a platform at the rnc or dnc. this is a person who is out there fighting crime illegal immigration and see what is sanctuary cities is not helping, it is hurting. steve: sanctuary state. it's california. ainsley: they put their life on the lines. they don't make a lot of money. when this happens, the family left behind is stuck with financial burden. this wonderful organization, tunnel 2 towers you know this organization developed after 9/11. his brother ran through the tunnel to help folks in the towers. they are raising money, this organization, to pay off her mortgage now. steve: that's right. brian: singh joined the force in 2011. he has a 5-month-old son and survived as

but knowing that it made a bigger impact of that op-ed in context. he is somebody who while he noted in the op-ed, policy agreements of where he signs and where mitt romney stands, and these two men could not be more different as human beings -- >> that is an understatement. >> mitt romney is coming from a secure place, and he says that he does not have presidential ambiti ambition, and nominee already and heading to the place where he can end his political career as a senator of utah. >> or not. >> but he could. but he is wildly popular in his home state, and my point being that he can afford unlike many of the other republicans who are terrified for their own hides, that he can afford the do this for his political context. >> well, six years and he is not going to be primaried at home not the way he is sitting right now, and this is romney though trying to modulate that criticism when garrett haake and others caught up with him in the hallway. >> if the president were to say things of divisive of a significant nature, and i would do that and have i

>> i'm not surprised what was in the actual op-ed. when i was reading parts of it, it felt like some of it was from a stump speech in 2018 campaign and 2012 campaign, and then the parts about -- that were attacking the president's character seemed to be lifted almost from the 2016 speech that he gave to the hinckley school out in utah. but i was surprised by the timing here on the eve of being sworn in, that he would begin to define his senate tenure through the lens of his opposition to president trump. given that he spent the last six months of this -- of the campaign running in utah talking about -- to yu tau ans why he should be their ambassador to washington, why he should be their senator. so i think when you want -- try to focus on local issues, try not to define his candidacy and his senate tenure through opposition to trump and then on day one sort of started this entire news cycle dedicate today that. >> why do it now? you said the timing surprises you. >> i was -- i was -- i had that question mark as well when i first read

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not only the mark zuckerberg op ed and what facebook is but the unwind.s they don't sell data. isn't that basically what they're doing? they're selling access to people's information to advertisers. >> they're using the data to get advertisers to target ads to users, yes. they've been criticized a lot last year in a lot of stories for selling data to third parties. that was essentially the cambridge analytica scandal that they fell into last year. there, they delivered a clear message which is that's an old model. we're well out of that model. i think that's what he's referring to as much as anything there. i think one of the interesting things really at davos -- a year ago at davos was the beginning of a terrible year for facebook. everybody was beating up on them. i think it was bar mark benyoff compared them to smoking on the stage. they had a low profile here last year. the op ed this year feels like it's kind of a piece of campaign that facebook is lawn offing which is sort -- launching which is sort of a mixed message. they say we're sorry, there ar

but, you know, in the op-ed, he cites nikki haley, u.n.mbassador that was in the first two years of the administration as an example of a positive thing that trump did. nikki haley has endorsed donald trump in his 2020 re-election effort already. mitt romney is not in the same place as nikki haley he refused to endorse donald trump and left open the possibility there could be a republican primary challenge. time will tell. >> might not be one, because mitt romney's niece might not allow that to happen. >> this is the 2020 republican party nominee saying about the republican incumbent president, i can't endorse him yet because there may be a primary challenge. >> i want you to update us on the russia probe. the u.s. supreme court is considering a motion involving -- this is a mystery going on in washington. an unnamed foreign company that mueller wants information from, but this foreign company with connections to some other government, unnamed government, is refusing to cooperate. >> that's right. so the supreme court was actually pretty b

in an op-ed for out magazine, transgender olympic athlete chris bowsher said this about the south dakota bill "like other policies targeting trans youth, this bill sends a

he wrote an op-ed in the "washington post" today criticizing trump. romney concedes he supports some of trump's decisions but also writes, "on balance, his conduct over the past two years is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantle of the office. with the nation so divided, resentful and angry, presidential leadership and qualities of character sin dispensable. and it is in this province where the incumbent's shortfall has been most glaring." didn't take long for trump to fire back on twitter. "here we go with mitt romney but so fast. question will be is he a flake? when asked about romney at today's cabinet meeting trump drove home his team player theme. >> the "washington post's" robert costa who'll join us in a moment captured the impact of romney's movying "romney's assertion of independence is a thunder clap in the gop thrusting him forward as trump's highest-profile republican foil in the new congress. in stoking talk of trump's vulnerability to a new challenger for the party's 2020 nomination." in an interview today romney seemed

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maybe he'll run for president a third time. >> well, i read that op-ed. i thought it was very interesting. it did look like, hmm, this could be somebody who is running for president. we know he had ambitions to run for president before. it was a very thoughtful piece. it is significant that this is somebody who the other folks in the senate who have been critical on trump are on their way out. he's on his way in. yes, utah is a state that is republican but is not a trump-friendly state. but taking incoming fire is a difficult thing to do no matter where you are. politicians avoid that at all costs. mitt romney ran to the fire there. so i give him credit for this, and it could be the beginning of a, i would say, a more solid resistance to trump over the next two years. because we just had an election in which republicans in the house took an absolute drubbing, they took a drubbing in republican races as well. they did okay in the senate but the map was so-so for them. i think there are republicans out there that think trump may bring me down as an elected

he wrote on op-ed piece "the washington post" attacking donald trump's character. saying that donald trump does not have the essential qualities of honesty and integrity that mitt romney believes a president must have. and donald trump showed just how afraid of mitt romney he is. in his response there was no wild twitter attack. the president who does not know the meaning of the world team player simply said that he hopes mitt rumomney will be a team player. >> so with mitt romney, i'd love him to be a team player. >> mitt romney attacked donald trump in even stronger language when donald trump was on his way to winning the republican nomination for president. and then mitt romney did not vote for donald trump for president. he voted for the woman. mitt romney says he wrote in the name of the woman he is married to, anne romney on the ballot for president of the united states. and now he attacks donald trump's character, and all he has to say is i hope he'll be a team player? that is what donald trump sounds like when he's afraid. mitt romney has just been elected

the last time we met, it was a photo op with the president to leave the room. they know full well that we are here. journalist: do you believe that would be valuable? it has been more than a week now. we will beati: with the president anytime he wants to meet. we won't discourage anybody for -- from meeting with him. journalist: you sent your and then you said yesterday, we will not have the speech until we pass over 40 resolution [indiscernible] the government was shut down at both points. did something change after you sent the initial letter? speaker pelosi: that was the first day of a session of congress. the same day, we passed the legislation that was passed overwhelmingly by the republicans in the senate. we are saying, we are giving you gave us. take yes for an answer. they did not. now, 10 times, big house democrats passed legislation to open up government. between then and now, i said to the president, we should find a mutually agreeable date when government is open to do this. the senateanged is has refused to take yes for an answer and maybe today t

zuckerberg on the defense this morning we'll tell you what he says about protecting your data in a new op ed on this friday, january 25th, as worldwide exchange begins right now. ♪ >>> all right. good morning, good afternoon, good evening happy friday i am brian sullivan. thank you for joining us leer on cnbc as you can see, dow futures, well, you can't see dow futures. they're up fractionally, though. we're going to begin today in washington where some 800,000 furlowed federal workers will miss now their second paycheck in a row the government shutdown drags now into its 35th day. let's get right to nbc's tracie potts in washington with more. tracie >> hey, brian, good morning. a bit of a different story today because for the first time in five weeks it looks likes lawmakers have some hope they might be able to get government workers back on the job. this came after two plans to do so failed. the democrats' plan and the republican plan. that forced them to come back together the working plan for now seems to be a three-week temporary budget that would bring workers back, get them paid, a

the developers in kenya can now sell their ops on google play or increasingly do so why has it taken so long and what has changed. about two things first of all is the authentication process or the approval process to say because what we have seen more of is that it's taken longer for this authentic asian process to you know for the ups as well to go through these integration or approval process and then the other issue is maybe there's lawlor awareness of how exactly these app developers can market or sell their absence well but it's not been as difficult with google play as it has been with apple or at last because it's been more restrictive on that end compared to google play and a lot has changed of course since they now can be able to do that because it's sort of put them on a global market to now be able to compete globally with the other app developers from around the world so how briefly if you can how similar are the trends in kenya to what's happening globally is kind of is lagging behind a couple you. definitely lagging behind because if you look at the demographics of the

the op-ed piece which ran just above michael gerson's op-ed page stresses the complete collapse of candidateromises to coal miners about the coal administration. trump has blamed obama administration regulation, but catherine points out the coal production is much more severe with u.s. coal consumption hitting its lowest point in 39 years during president trump's second year in office. she writes, trump promises a vision of an industry from decades ago and then struggles to understand why he can't turn back the clock. she notes that the american steel industry is producing about as much steel today as they did 30 years ago just with fewer than half the workers thanks to productivity gains. so the steel jobs are not coming back to the united states because they are already here. and most of those steel jobs are now held by machines. the voting public is catching onto the fraud. for example, donald trump campaigned relentlessly on the size of the national debt, which he said he would eliminate as president of the united states. and of course the trump tax cuts have dramatically increased the b