listen. >> mitt romney is a stiff. mitt romney will not get elected.tt romney failed twice and really failed last time. he was going against the president that should have been beaten, the president was not doing well. and he should have been beaten. that should have been an easy election. the problem is nobody came out to vote for mitt romney, and i'm talking about republicans. >> i'm talking about republicans. joining us right now to continue the discussion, mary katherine hamm, matt slap, bill press, and barry bennett. great to see you all. no so, barry, first to you. this is pretty extraordinary. the counterpunch seems pretty easy. just roll the 2012 video of trump endorsing romney. but is it that easy? >> it is. the last poll had 72% of republicans wanting an outsider. the establishment is rolling out romney to attack donald trump. it's ridiculous. they're probably helping donald trump. i don't know why they're doing this. this is completely absurd. >> why is it absurd? >> well, i mean, there's no way that mitt romney could ever be viewed as a con

which romney referenced. which was a speech in nature kind of similar to this. >> i think i know the answer to this, but i'm just going to get you to say it anyway. because of your acumen and your platform, the fuel that this will provide to donald trump -- >> absolutely. >> in about eight hours, when that debate begins between those candidates. what will the dynamic be, a., with him with what's happened and the others on the stage? >> i think it depends on the questions, obviously. and it depends on the others on the stage. but romney was sort of clever. he did a little prebottle today in his speech and said, "just watch how donald trump responds to my attacks. see how he responds." and that's what we'll have to watch tonight at the debate. and watch how the other candidates respond to what romney said today. >> yeah, i have a feeling the transcription services are already delivering those copies. >> we already heard kasich, right? >> right. the tweets have started. i should remind you, if you just joined us

toward mitt romney.we're just expecting him to come out here in just a few minutes. we'll hear from him soon, wolf. >> no doubt that donald trump's attitude all this time is if you hit him, he's going to hit right back at you. and i suspect he's going to go right back at mitt romney momentarily. we'll have live coverage. thanks very much, boris, for that. stand by. >>> on the democratic side, bernie and jane sanders, have been married, as all of our viewers know, for nearly 30 years. jane sanders is joining us right now, the wife of senator bernie sanders, the presidential candidate. thanks for joining us. all these days are exciting on the republican side, democratic side. but talk to us a little bit about your reaction, this extraordinary attack by mitt romney, the republican presidential nominee of four years ago, against donald trump. you listened to it. you watched it. what did you think? >> well, it was devastating. i think mitt romney achieved his goal in terms of bringing up all the issues that c

this is as heated as mitt romney can get, and this was personal for mitt romney.rce close to the former gop candidate told me he would not have been able to look his grandchildren in their faces had he not delivered this speech. it was a stinging indictment of trump's business and personal affairs. even touching on the real estate tycoon's infidelities, sounding like the new leader of the #never trump movement. his party's current front-runner is a bully who must be stopped. here's what he had to say. >> this is an individual who mocked a disabled reporter, who attributed a reporter's questions to her menstrual cycle, who mocked a brilliant rival who happened to be a woman due to her appearance. who bragged about his marital affairs. and who laces his public speeches with vulgarity. donald trump says he admires vladimir putin. the same time he's called george w. bush a liar. that is a twisted example of evil trumping good. >> reporter: now romney's critics note the former massachusetts governor was all too will be to accept trump's endorsement four years ago. i wa

preempting mitt romney.date mitt romney who ran one of the worst races in presidential history is working with the establishment. fascinating stuff from utah earlier today. we will see tonight. >> the idea that make sure that it does, then trump. an idea at the very latest. where this whole race stands. that is donald trump. meanwhile, we have republican from south carolina. one of the early backers of marco rubio. the tryouts were big establishment figures in the party. i think, senator, it is very good to have you. donald trump is saying guys like you, forget them. who needs them. >> obviously, he is celebrating endorsements that he has. marco can continue taking over florida and winning the primary. america needs marco rubio. we need a conservative individual. leading us into the next century feared i know that that person is marco rubio. neil: where is the mania? i do not see of. >> we were very excited about winning in minnesota. other successes throughout the country. >> it very well means winning. the

>> is it too it late for mitt romney? was there any time for a comment in the campaign cycle? >> i am not sure it would have made a difference. i think it is probably to late at this point. the republican party is trying to have it both ways here. compare romney's comment from today to four years ago. the republican party is denouncing donald trump saying he would be an embarrassment in foreign policy and saying if he is the nominee we'll support him as party nominee. i don't know how you can have it both ways and say that you back him in november if it came to that. >> i come back to the rnc report. it is three years since the day it was released after the republicans lost to the 2012 campaign. in it one of the things they talk about is letting the voters decide. we can't trust activist or inside washington. we have to trust the voters. what sort of message is it sending with mitt rom no saying to the voters, you haven't made the right choice? >> the argument from mitt romney and many conservatives that the case is not m

john kasich argue with himself over romney's comments. well said, mitt romney. he signed the tweet, john. an hour later, kasich told reporters that he hadn't had a chance to see what romney said today and then said this -- >> i already told mitt i don't think you beat trump by personal attacks. the guy in chick api is not interested in name calling. >> guessing, staffer took over the kasich account and got a bit over the skis, i believe they call. we'll talk with the kasich campaign in a moment and ask about that. chris christie, though, held a press conference in new jersey, where lo and behold, he came to trump's defense against romney. >> i have great respect for governor romney and i'm sure there's others in the race who wish he would make an endorsement and get out and try to help someone but he's chosen not to do that. i've known donald trump for 14 years, i know much more about him than governor romney does. so, you know, i have a different view. i have a different view. >> but then came the heavy artillery in responding to romney. trump himself, he was w

mitt romney can't handle that's.he rnc to a certain extent can't handle that. >> just reaction to that. it was voters rejecting to christine o'donnell. >> the rnc rejected her from the get-go. >> amanda, do you see something happening at the convention that could turn -- change the course of this? >> i would prefer something to happen earlier. >> when you say something happen earlier, what could possibly happen earlier. >> there's a debate tonight. i think telling people to wait to a brokered convention to solve this problem is bad. ted cruz has to get out there and really make the case tonight saying, hey, listen. everyone says never trump. we don't want trump. we need a way to unify the conservatives and establishment against this weird new third way of the republican party. hi. donald trump has 300 some delegates. i have 226. i am the best vehicle to stop donald trump. what are you waiting for? because the reality is, it's not going to be mitt romney. it's going to be one of the four men on stage tonight. trump, k

that romney will soon ridicule trump. romney will say, donald trump is a phony. a fraud.university. playing the public as suckers. failed candidate mitt romney. you ran one of the worst races in presidential history. a big win. at that speech in about one half hour from now, romney is not expected to endorse anyone. the 2016 presidential election is in a state of turmoil. that is not an exaggeration. hillary clinton looks ever more likely to face a criminal indictment. granted immunity. a giant window into the e-mail mass has been opened. think about this. one of the two people that may be the next president is tangled up in the biggest security scandal in decades. they understand that that is an indicted statement. on the other side, the republicans. they are split. they are split over donald trump. the rest of the party is ganging up against it. half an hour from now, they romney will launch a vigorous attack. some republicans are saying that they will not support a trump candidacy. some say that they will not vote for hillary. now trying to rally republicans against th

mitt romney, i like mitt romney. i voted for mitt romney as well. andrea: i did too. >> i was behind, both times i was behind mitt romney. however it's time to move on. the american people have said we're done with you. just getting a little weird now. time for them to say, you know, all right for a new breed. >> are any of you concerned with what i told you, 48% of the republicans don't already back trump? >> you know what numbers have been this season so far, 2016 versus 2008, last time uncontested, in super tuesday, 60% increase in republican turnout. 30% drop in democrat turnout. across the board. iowa, nevada, new hampshire, breaking records. whatever is happening, you may not like it but there is grassroots movement that is bringing people who haven't been there on gop side. harris: one problem, we're watching -- >> can i respond? harris: go ahead. >> all i'm saying there is splintering within the party. i understand the american people are speaking. i understand this man will more than likely short of a nuclear war hitting debate stage will -

up next, more on mitt romney's speech.t is after these words from our sponsors. ♪ ♪ frankly, the only series policy proposals that deal with a broad range of challenges come from ted cruz, marco rubio, and john kasich. one of these men should be our nominee. mark: that was mitt romney today at the university of utah. we talked about earlier, he took on the man who backed him in 2012, donald trump. we'll break down parts of the speech now starting with one argument that romney made that trump would lose the general election. last three decades, the clintons have lived at the intersection of money and politics trading their political , influence to enrich their personal finances. they embody the term crony capitalism. disgustss -- the american people and causes them to lose faith in our political process. a person so untrustworthy and dishonest as hillary clinton must not become president. a trump nomination enables her victory. mark: he was scathing about hillary clinton. he said that we can't let trump be our nominee becau

reporter: before romney speaks trump called him a loewser and a stiff, and pointed out romney begged trump for his endorsement in 2012 about he was begging for my endorsement, i could have set mitt drop to your knees, he was begging. >> i just want to tell you, he came out, very nasty, i will address it quickly because it is irrelevant, mitt is a fail candidate. he failed,. reporter: suggested that romney is looking for a role at convention tour perhaps nomination if no candidate receives the delegates to win. >> i think he has a desire of maybe at convention to try to get some kind of a thing. >> john kasich weighed in. >> if i win ohio, he is not going to be the nominee. because i don't know whether you noticed or not it held in ohio. ly plottewe lotted this out. >> rubio who picked up endorsement of governor martinez of new mexico and cruz will be on either side of trump as they worp in last two debates had they attacked trump from all sides. said today his wife urged him to quote act more presidential . lou. >> shocking. >> carl thank you very much. mexico officially responding t

look, i think mitt romney is was the last romney.ully, i can't think of anybody that would reinforce what trump is saying. he was sure he was going to win but failed. >> april, when you look at the bigger picture here, their best hope right now, we were talking about this with ben earlier, if they want to stop trump, the best hope is to deny him the majority of the delegates, to force open the convention to see what happens. but the how. i'm still hung up on the how. how do they do that? is there a way you can see? >> i don't know how they do it but if they try to withhold anything from donald trump, there is going to be a fight and after making the promise months ago to go independent, it's going to be a huge problem for the republican party and it's going to be a mess that they are not able to clean up. the establishment doesn't like him and donald trump is gaining momentum because he's the underdog, i guess you could say, even though he's winning in the polls. he's the underdog because the republican party doesn't like him. the es

mitt romney is a stiff. mitt romney will not get elected.y failed last time. >> so here's a glimpse of happier times between the two men. you remember back when in 2012 when donald trump right there endorsed mitt romney, and romney seemed to be a happy camper about that. >> there are some things that you just can't imagine happening in your life. this is one of them. being in donald trump's magnificent hotel and having his endorsement is a delight. i'm so honored and pleased to have his endorsement. >> we are covering all angles of this growing khasm. let's go to sun lynn. >> reporter: those happier times no longer. today will be a different scene than that scene in 2012 with both of them standing together. mitt romney is going to completely unload on donald trump today when he speaks in utah in a little over an hour. according to an early look at his speech, mitt romney will plan to say, quote, here's what i know, donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. he is playing the american pu

>>> romney repulsed. former republican nominee mitt romney says he's revolted by donald trump's statements. romney announces he's backing ted cruz and calls for an open convention to stop trump's march to the nomination. >>> unconventional threat. as the stop trump movement intensifie intensifies, the trump campaign is warning of serious consequences if the front-runner is denied the nomination. >>> and anonymous target. the hacker group known as anonymous declares total war on donald trump, calls on its followers to take down his campaign and begins releasing what it says is trump's most personal information. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we have two major breaking stories tonight. in an extraordinary announcement, 2012 republican presidential nominee mitt romney openly now joining the stop trump movement, saying trump has promoted in his words racism, bigotry, violence and much more. romney says he's backin

romney have said that is too much? gov. romney: it is a long list.is comments about mexicans, that was very early on. then comments about slums, most recently what he said with regards to the equivocation on .avid duke and the ku klux klan and then saying that george w. , at the samear time saying putin someone who he respects as a strong and effective leader. it has been one outrage after the other. his mocking of a reporter based on their physical does ability. -- physical disability. and the sexual and full elements have been a part of this campaign. and folder elements that have been a part of this campaign. ar elements that have been a part of this campaign. my thought was i was going to remain neutral and call the balls and strikes and a foul here and there. with the ku klux klan equal vacation and with how late this is getting in the process, i said to myself when my grandkids come and say, what are you going to do to stop donald trump, i don't want to say i did nothing. mark: a big date is tuesday when florida and other states vote. you did s

he was a vice-presidential candidate for mitt romney. he likes romney a lot.at same time he is skeptical a lot about donald trump but also recognizes that if the american people nominate donald trump, then he has the votes that to wield some respect to the american people to work with the person they nominated. melissa: yeah. speaker gingrich, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate your time as always. thank you. david: very interesting. joining us now, jamestown associates vice president and fox news contributor tony sayegh who is in michigan. lizette senior political reporter ashley pratte. tony, you herd speaker just then. he said what romney did today was hurting republican party. do you agree or disagree? >> in large part i do. i think ironically helps donald trump which i don't think the purpose of governor romney's speech and remarks today. look the other aspects people are getting wrong is the analysis. this idea that donald trump is fatally flawed and can't be hillary clinton is seriously false. i have miss giveses about his conservative bone

he was set apart from mitt romney, a lot of people don't like mitt romney.es: have fun at cpac and tonight, 9 p.m. fox news. everyone is just get popcorn, call your friends, thank you for watching the show, we've been doing well, leave you with the man lou dobbs. keep it right here on fox business. lou: i am lou dobbs, washington cartel, republican establishment, and one of their leading tools and hinge men in reversal of historic proportions, mitt romney, who lost presidency in 2012 to a president who could hardly have had a worse record or been a weak are candidate, today decided to take on the role of a tax dog in 2016 presidential election. but he attacked republican front runner, instead of leading democratic candidate

i'm with mitt romney on this.future of this country, even in terms of business, but he is a symbol and the symbol is the middle finger and that's what all ordinary americans, all the ordinary americans, i use that term in the best sense, are giving the middle finger to the elites in this country. >> and some of the elites deserve it. that's for sure. bernie goldberg, everybody. when we come right back from detroit, dana perino and jesse watters. moments away. we were born 100 years ago into a new american century. born with a hunger to fly and a passion to build something better. and what an amazing time it's been, decade after decade of innovation, inspiration and wonder. so, we say thank you america for a century of trust, for the privilege of flying higher and higher, together. ♪ ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is f

here's what mitt romney said. he said if donald trump had said four years ago the things he says today about the kkk, muslims, mexicans and the disabled, i would not have accepted his endorsement. now, again interesting that he decided to wait until after his speech to make that clear. jake. >> some democrats noting that four years ago donald trump was openly questioning whether or born in the united states and wondering -- anyway, let's move on. thanks so much, dana bash, appreciate it. >>> donald trump is quite fond of saying i am self-funding my campaign, the idea that he owes nothing to any big money donors so he can remain his own man. it's something voters find appealing. the question is how long will he continue to take the stance. sara murray is also in detroit and has breaking news on this front. sources are telling you about trump's plans for the general election should he met the nomination? >> reporter: that's right, jake. like you said donald trump makes a big tedeal on the campaign trl that he is sel

romney then, romney now. roll it. >> even though donald trump has offered few specific economic plans what little he has said is notch to know he would be very bad for american workers and for american families. donald trump has shown an extraordinary ability to understand how our economy works to create jobs for the american people. >> david, to you first, i mean, romney had to have known that everyone will juxtapose two different romneys. do you think he should have mentioned that in the speech today? >> yeah, i do. it's funny, he mentioned it in a tweet after the speech because i think he heard all of that exact rean h reaction, hey what about 2012. there's been a lot of new that's come out about trump through this campaign but a lot of what he said, his misogynistic comments, trump university, what he said about shipping jobs overseas, things that all the mainstream republicans are attacking him for. that was all out there prior to 2012. now maybe they -- >> old news. >> but this is the problem, and this

romney, romney, romney!omney, romney, romney! >> ron paul's maine delegation stormed out of the republican convention in protests. some of them wore clothes pins with lobsters clipped on their noses to show therapy from maine and disgusted of what happened. others said they were going to revolt. texas supported them. our friends from nevada supported -- it was a bit of a screaming revolt. i mean, that said, on primetime tv, it was still an infomercial, right? on the scene it was real chaos, real anger, real revolt and screaming bloody murder. for all the talk about the chaos that may happen at this year's republican convention, you know what, we have seen this movie before. i mean, maybe we've seen the short feature version of it because it was just a minority of folks involved in this ron paul scheme in 2012. but even so, even with just a minority of folks from the ron paul sliver of the party, what they wrought in 2012, it's written out of the history of 2012 and it was a mess. it's all possible this will

romney says no. what? of all the things to attack a guy worth anywhere between $5 and $10 billion, maybe you don't attack hill on his business. >> how many did he get from his daddy? >> $200 million. >> for mitt romney to say that. and then donald trump mentioned a thing that he had said in the past, that he has one store worth more than mitt romney completely. i went and looked at that. his gucci store front on the upper east side is worth 500 million. >> there's also the four bankruptcies, chapter 11s. >> one more question and then we'll go. the republican party is now coming out. 67% higher rate the last time there was uncontested primaries. >> he is a great entertainer. here's the thing. >> the sexual inwend over of what the man said to another man is insulting. i really didn't hear david duke's name. i was talking about blood coming out. >> when i go to church i pray on my knees. >> i'm telling you, eric, anybody who is a leader and an adult would say i don't want my kids hearing this. inappropriate.

basically, the thinking is that if mitt romney goes into utah -- not mitt romney. if john kasich goes into utah and takes votes away from ted cruz -- >> a spoiler. >> it's a spoiler. donald trump could go over the 50% threshold and then take all the delegates in that state. but let's get to what donald trump tweeted back to mitt romney just a moment ago. he basically said that he was a failed candidate and that he's mixed up, no matter why he lost. and that was the tweet that he deleted. the other one saying that he was a failed candidate again. john kasich and marco rubio, and now he's endorsing ted cruz. americans want to see a president who will fight for them, not a bunch of failed politicians fighting with each other about how to stop them. and i will say this. his supporters feel that way about donald trump. his detractors, of course, do not. but when you go into these rallies and you talk to these folks ask them about mitt romney, who they may have voted for and they may have liked, they say that they don't think that he should be getting involved in this wa

mitt romney. i backed him. you can see how loyal he is. he was begging for my endorsement. i could have said, mitt, drop to yo your knees, he would have dropped to his knees. >> it wasn't just trump, loudest voices also took after mitt for being a profoundly flawed messenger. >> i always liked mitt romney. why he is doing this, i cannot for the life of me give you any explanation. i'm more shocked and disappointed than anything else. this is so hurtful. at the end of the day, if trump becomes the nominee. it appears to me that the establishment in washington, both parties, still believe that whatever is happening out here that is causing people to support donald trump in large numbers, that it's something temporary. that it is a fever. that it is a tantrum. that it's a child that has gone astray and a lecture will straighten them out. the way it will be heard is why are you trying to destroy your own base over and over again. >> he is a smart man, but this showed bad character. it was embarrassing

having been called a phony and a fraud by romney, he said that romney is a light weight, a choke artist, and a failed candidate, both in 2012 and 2008. trump will be center stage tonight, flanked, as he has been in the last two debates, with ted cruz on one side and marco rubio on the other. marco rubio has been charging hard at donald trump, having taken him on directly and in the last debate, really engaged with trump more than anybody has in the entirety of the campaign. cruz has been battling with trump as well. he has also got to deal with marco rubio and he did what cruz did, wrack up his fourth win out of the 15 that have happened. mr. trump has won 10 of 15. marco rubio one÷ of 15. john kasich will be here tonight. he is playing heavily in michigan. he, of course, the governor of ohio needs to do well in the midwest and has been betting he will perform well perhaps pull off a victory in michigan. that will be very difficult. the polls suggest trump does have advantage here that cruz and kasich. ben carson will not be here. he said he doesn't see a path to the nomination. he will

mitt romney. he is considering potentially some of these options. in what could be a pivotal moment -- >> donald trump is a phony and a fraud. he's playing the members of the american public for suckers. >> reporter: laying out a scathing jaw-dropping indictment, warning the nation would be less safe if donald trump is elected president. >> donald trump tells us he is very, very smart. i'm afraid when it comes to foreign policy he is very, very not smart. >> reporter: romney mocked trump's business background. >> he inherited his business. he didn't create it. a business genius he is not. >> reporter: he even went where the current gop had not gone before, donald trump's personal life. >> there's a dark irony of his sexual exploits during the vietnam war while at the same time john mccain, whom he has mocked, was imprisoned and tortured. john mccain approximablasted ou statement saying i share the concerns about donald trump. >> reporter: donald trump brushed off the attacks as sour grapes. >> he

romney have said that is too much? gov. romney: it is a long list. comments about mexicans, that was very early on. the comments about muslims. most recently what he said with regards to the equivocation on david duke and the ku klux klan. and been saying that george w. , at the samear time, saying putin is someone he respects as a strong and effective leader. it'd been one outrage after the other. his mocking of a reporter based on their physical disability. and than the sexual and vulgar elements have been part of his campaign. all of that has been troublesome. i did not want to make comments on a particular candidate until that was absolutely necessary. my thought was that i could remain somewhat neutral in this and call the balls and strikes and a foul here and there. with the ku klux klan equivocation and with how late this i said to myself, when my grandkids come and say, pop-up , what did you do to stop donald trump, i don't want to say i did nothing. mark: a big date is tuesday when florida and other states vote. you did some other interviews

he was a catastrophe. >> donald trump backed mitt romney when romney ran for president in 2012.hese live images coming out of utah where mitt romney will be speaking in just a few minutes. until today, both men appearing to be quite fond of each other. we will take you live now to salt lake city, utah. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you, jason, and thank you to the hinckley institute, governor, lieutenant governor, president, it's good to be with you today. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. all right. now i'm -- i'm not here to announce my candidacy for office. [ laughter ] >> and i'm not going to endorse a candidate today. instead i would like to offer my perspective on the nominating process of my party. back in 1964, just days before the presidential election, which incidentally we lost, ronald reagan went on national television and challenged america, saying that it was a time for choosing. he sought two paths for america, one that embraced conservative principles dedicated to lifting people out of poverty and creating opportunity for all, and the other an o

romney: thank you. mark: our thanks to mitt romney.xt, look at what is happening at the severely conservative cpac meeting after this. ♪ john: i'm down in the fabled washington dc area for the annual c pack conference, where the remaining candidates were scheduled to speak. today it was ted cruz and john kasich,, the latter of whom laid out his case to the party faithful. >> your path that will get you the nomination to 1237 delegates. >> i don't think anybody is going to get there. i'm going to win ohio, and then -- >> you think it is going to be a brokered convention? >> i do. >> i was there when president reagan tried to beat jerry ford. in the end, it worked together. as crazy as this year is, there is nobody who say this isn't nuts, right? can you think of anything cooler than a convention? i have to win 68% of the remaining delegates. marco has to win 64. ted is somewhere around 59 or 60. it is unlikely. john: tomorrow's speakers were supposed be little marco and big donald. one of those is not coming anymore. trunk scuttled a la

mark: that was mitt romney today.ked about earlier, he on the man who backed him in 2012, donald trump. parts of theown speech now. starting with one argument that trump wouldthat election.eneral >> trading their political to enrich their personal finances. temple, cronye capitalism. it disgust the american people to lose faith in our political process. untrustworthy and dishonest as hillary clinton president.come a trump nomination enables her victory. abouthe was scathing hillary clinton. we can't let trump be our toinee because he'd lose clinton. john: there's an element here. there's no way romney could make the argument doing this thing of attackingpast nominee the nominee without demonstrating that he has a partisan bonus. clinton is the ultimate foe. if he didn't say that, he would than he wasng more by many on the right like rush limbaugh. do that. it's a fine argument. the core what he's saying, he's more concerned, i think about the nature and character of the republican party than he is electorally about ca

we heard before. >> forget mitt romney.rd any major american politician, past nominee of a major political party go at someone within his own party with that kind of force and conviction. that was exceptionally strong and i'm sure that mitt romney believes it. he certainly has been on the receiving end from donald trump of a lot of digs for quite sometime. failed candidate. loser. trump has gone at romney in very personal terms. romney is responding and doing what he thinks might be able to help stem some of the momentum that donald trump has accumulated. we'll see if it works. >> one man that knows a lot about disruption is rick santelli who is also listening to this. rick, i'd love to get your thoughts. >> well, i'll tell you what, i agree with john. i haven't seen this mitt romney, as a matter of fact, the only word i could think of is irony and i'll tell you where my mind is going. you recall that on september 11th, 2012 our consolite in benghazi was attacked. there was a debate and she inserted herself to stand up for

and. >> and romney is doing that. >> thank you. mitt romney is actually not.o be calling trumps name today which we saw marco rubio do. everybody tries to play that game and it doesn't work. i still don't understand how mitt romney's speech is going to work. >> you couldn't take a more irrelevant guy to play into trump's hands. >> right. >> the ultimate -- let's take the establishment guy, the ultimate thing he's run against that people are tired of and put him forward. >> right. so you're an expert in branding so you understand trump and you understand the way people think on a very shallow level. [ laughter ] >> yes, that's pretty much what i do. >> so let me ask you something, would a speech work for marco rubio or ted cruz? especially with the way their oratory works. marco rubio seeming like he's delivering lines and ted cruz overly dramatic to the point of ridiculous or would a speech deep on policy actually make a huge difference for donald trump? >> well, certainly the latter would matter. neither one of those guys have the commanding presence of a rea

mitt romney.etting on heading to salt lake city to hear what mitt romney has to say about donald trump. this is a man who can still command the spotlight. winning the day. mark: tomorrow he might win the day. today i think hillary won the .ay bernie sanders 14 states. won four states. his team lays out a rigorous roadmap. but she is in a commanding position. check out bloomberg politics.com. a great story about how hillary's roadmap got put into place. we will see you tomorrow from detroit. sayonara. ♪ >> ben carson is selling his supporters he does not see a path forward. he will speak about his portable future on friday at the conservative political action conference in maryland. mitt romney will speak tomorrow in utah. case for whyt his donald trump should not be the party's standardbearer. united nations security council has unanimously approved the harshest sanctions on north korea in 20 years. its recent missile launch and nuclear test. inspections of cargo entering or leaving north korea. a

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there's an argument that mitt romney is some sort of establishment figure. i think he remind republicans that they were proud to have or representatives the republican party. and because he's not running, because he's not running in the case, he can make principled arguments against trump that coming from others seems like it's a competitive dynamic. >> the republican party after mitt romney's defeat sat around, had a post mortem. made smart decisions that led to the same problems, including limping into the conversations in summer, everything they did to help the candidate like mitt romney is helping trump right now. >> yes, that's largely true, and we'll see again, it's been said widely. the next two weeks are critical. marco rubio and cruz have to win more states, if trump win, he'll have a majority of delegates. trump has 47% of delegates assigned thus far. it was 65, now it's 47%. in order for the other guys to have a shot. of winning a brokered convention. they have to keep trump under the majority. which is 1237 delegates. i was in houston at cruz hea

mark: there still people who like mark -- mitt romney want , romney to run.uspicions this is part of an effort to position himself to be drafted, to be the person that stops trump at the convention. this is not what it is about. romney could inspire people to give money to the super pac that is trying to stop trunk. -- stop trump. they could get some big money out there to get ads on the air in some of these upcoming states to try and stop trump. john: no doubt about that. groups have been out there like don quixote trying to tilt at the trump windmill. they have not had any money to do it. we've heard some discussions yesterday with paul sanger and maybe meg whitman getting behind that group. we have to acknowledge one thing whatever the effect, it is a , historic moment. this is a big deal. generically speaking the past , republican nominee speaking out against the current republican front-runner. it hasn't happened in my lifetime in politics. deal.k it is a big damn mark: mitt romney has a voice that is unique in the party. it's going to be a big day. we w

mitt romney.u for being with me today, and especially in this particular setting. i wanted to talk to you a little about the story that's evolving about the republican race, the candidates are not coming here tomorrow, it is the democrats coming here tomorrow to do the debate, but plenty on television today at cpac. one of the things we saw at cpac was a charge toward conservatism. we saw it at cpac. that's not something donald trump represents. donald trump is crushing everyone in the republican party so far. what's happening, are there more conservatives in the republican party or more re-trump-licans. >> i traveled the state for a year, i spent time with each candidate. there's a lot of enthusiasm, concern. the voters are so engaged in this race. my job as chair is to bring everybody together after the dust settles because people are concerned about who's going to take the white house. they don't want to see a third obama term in hillary clinton. they're passionate behind candidates, it is cont

romney, romney, romney!romney, romney, romney! >> ron paul's maine delegation stormed out of the republican convention in protests. some of them wore clothes pins with lobsters clipped on their noses to show therapy from maine and disgusted of what happened. others said they were going to revolt. texas supported them. our friends from nevada supported -- it was a bit of a screaming revolt. i mean, that said, on primetime tv, it was still an infomercial, right? on the scene it was real chaos, real anger, real revolt and screaming bloody murder. for all the talk about the chaos that may happen at this year's republican convention, you know what, we have seen this movie before. i mean, maybe we've seen the short feature version of it because it was just a minority of folks involved in this ron paul scheme in 2012. but even so, even with just a minority of folks from the ron paul sliver of the party, what they wrought in 2012, it's written out of the history of 2012 and it was a mess. it's all possible this will

the comments mitt romney made about trump. >> i'm furious with mitt romney.urious with mitt romney because he has no business telling those of us how we should vote. >> reporter: no one was willing to give romney a break. >> i don't appreciate him getting involved in this. he had two chances and lost both. it's just time for him to back away. >> reporter: very few days go by that donald trump doesn't get some kind of new unexpected attention. his nemesis mitt romney, his hands, his manhood, are the latest examples. and while that troubles many voters of the united states, in this room, it's part of the mystique of trump. and part of that mystique is giving trump a lot of slack. >> they are just little boys in the backyard school yard being bullies. everybody wants to be the top dog, and that's the way it goes. >> you think romney is a bully? >> they are all bullies right now. >> you think donald trump is a bully? >> oh, no, he's not a bully. he just says it the way it is. >> gary joins me from flint, michigan. trump supporters very supportive. did they have a

mitt romney is not going to endorse him. romney is going to talk about how to stop trump. and maybe even talk about the seriousness of the decorum that's required in a race like this. if you are marco rubio, there is nothing you can do that's right. and you are not getting endorsed or helped. and when you attack donald trump the way donald trump say tacking you, people say it's unserious. romney may have helpful ood vice for those trying to stop donald trump. maybe he will create a way for the three or four of the remain be non-trump candidatesg make a path to the convention. but it's awfully late. and it's not clear how much he will actually help. >> let me channel david chall onwho is your wise cnn political reporter. he was saying had this been any other candidate who did so well last night the republican party would have having a ticker tape parade today as it looks like this front-runner could be solidified. instead we are talking about mitt romney speaking tomorrow and the republican party refusing to answer trump. >> yeah, he is not their guy. and mitt romney is an

>>> romney repulsed.evolted by donald trump's statements. romney announces he's backing ted cruz and calls for an open convention to stop trump's march to the nomination. >>> unconventional threat. as the stop trump movement intensifie intensifies, the trump campaign is

, romney, romney, romney, romney!> ron paul's maine delegation stormed out of the republican convention in protests. some held closed pins with lobsters to show both they were from maine and they were disguflted with what had happened. other delegations threatened to revolt in support of what happens to the delegation from maine half sent home because the rnc didn't like who supported them. texas supported them. it was a bit of a screaming revolt. >> that said on prime time tv, still an infomercial. on the scene, it was real chaos. real anger, real revolt, screaming bloody murder. for all the talk of the chaos that may happen at this year's republican convention, you know what, we have seen this movie before. maybe we seen the short feature version of it. it was a minority of folks involved in this ron paul scheme in 2012. even so even with a minority of folks from the ron paul sliver of the party, what they brought in 2012 has sort of been written out of the history of 2012. it was a mess. it was agro. you know what,

returns, romney pressured into releasing his own taxes that very much hurt his campaign, romney saidak tomorrow on the state of the race, former romney economic advisory andy puzzer is with me now. why is he pressures donald trump so much? is he for rubio? what is going on? >> i don't know if mitt is for rubio or cruz or kasich. i know he does not appear to believe that donald trump would be the best candidate to represent the republican party. if there is something in the tax returns issue let's get it out, donald trump said they were beautiful, let's find out if they are beautiful. and if there something in them, let voters make a decision as to that is something that might make it difficult for him to get elected. we need a candidate that could get elected. deirdre: that is one thing that everyone can agree on. i want too ask you -- to ask you, you were looking at markets, yesterday, second best day of the year, some saying with front runzlerrers doing so well frontrunners doing so well, that is giving visitors some sort of reassure an they feel they know where markets are going t

under 30,000, romney lost it 28 points.t's time for a republican nominee to talk to the average working american, until we do no matter how white your shirt and is how pretty your tiec0[zó yout generate the votes to win, and trump is bringing in youth, a big rad in alabama was huge and all kinds of people there and they were seeing hope, a change agent, somebody who is going to break through the business as usual, and i think the voters are right. the government has not understood their needs and that's why they're upset. >> senator, what do you think of your colleague out of the fine state of nebraska who says he can't brink himself to support mr. trump and that he would sooner look for a real republican, paraphrasing here -- conservative, independently minded if not independent outright candidate. >> well, look, we all know donald trump has been aggressive in what he said and how he makes his points but i think if -- a good person, a good senator, but i think if we give him a chance to lay out his program, we'll see that

during the debate, trump said romney was an embarrassment to the party, and that romney begged trump> let's get some analysis on what was another memorable showdown among the republican candidates. we're joined now by amy kramer. she chairs a superpac that supports donald trump. and ashley bell, who used to be a democrat, was actually a super delegate in 2004. he switched parties a few years ago. he is now supporting marco rubio. thank you both for being with us. >> thanks for having us. >> what day for the front-runner, donald trump. you know, first starting the day with that scathing speech from mitt romney, and then on stage getting a great deal of pressure from his rivals, demanding more specifics. the moderators even putting pressure on marco rubio about why he was engaging in name-calling, specifically with that hands reference to donald trump. but then donald trump did respond with this. >> look at those hands. are they small hands? and he referred to my hands. if they're small, something else must be small. i guarantee you, there is no problem. i guarantee it. >> so my questi

mitt romney spoke, chaos, melt down. some of the words in light of trump's success and mitt romney attacking them. is that fair. >> there's a lot of anxious. some came to terms with the fact that donald trump could be the nominee, and main industry republicans did that already. there's more that have angst. and others that wonder what it means for them. you have to see what it means for them. in your district. if you are running for u.s. senator. you have to see what it means for you. for many republicans, it's not knowing. there's a lot to learn if donald trump is the nominee. he doesn't have a track record. at the same time. the unknown is a big fear. and they i can't not support trump. at the end of the debate. the three candidates said they would support donald trump, and she said he would support the other three. that would be good news if what romney talked about, trump goes into the convention without a majority, and somehow someone else ends up getting nominated. >> that's yet to be seen. it will be a slug fest.