romney? mr. romney: this is an important question. i am one of those people that believes that trade is good for utah and trade is good for the nation. we win when we trade when there is a level playing field. now and then, we find countries that are not playing by the rules. china has not literally gotten away with murder -- but unfair trade practices year after year after year. the president and a number of people in my party feel that we need to put pressure on china, make them come to the table and change their operating practices when it comes to stealing our intellectual property. taking countries with intellectual property and stating if they come to china, they have to give that technology to the chinese -- that is unacceptable. the president has been using tariffs as a way to get people come to the table, and the best way that worked was with the new nafta agreement. there is no question that terrorists are harmful, we are paying for this, there is a tax on us, but by talking about tariffs, you got canada and -- mexico to com

romney.his is sponsored by the utah debate commission. we are broadcasting from the campus of southern utah university in cedar city. the general election is november 6, four weeks from today. you may cast your vote on that day in person or in advance by mail. you can submit a question through the facebook page. get back to your question. you said that donald trump is a phony and a fraud. that was mr. romney. jenny wilson said that the country came to a breaking point and until he is gone, we are going nowhere. you said you would support moving toward impeachment. if those words of yours accurately reflect your position on the president today, could you comment? sen. wilson: i said if the mueller report back with impeachable offenses, that would be true. we are so delighted. when you have someone who ridicules people, who doesn't trust his own staff for his own cabinet, he will go in and call it an important summit on north korea. yet basically turning it into a photobomb. photo-op. yes, i ha

romney: thank you. amb. djerejian: faith has always played an important part in your personal life, your family's life. how has faith influenced your -- and shaped your public life? mr. romney: you know, sometimes it's hard for me to be able to look back and say what causes me to do the things that i do? i mean, why -- how am i different from from others, am i the same as everyone else? i was just reading a book by rabbi sacks of great britain, and he makes the point that a society without religion will ultimately fail. and he doesn't mean a particular brand of religion, but he talks about the abrahamic religions of islam, christianity, and judaism. and makes the point that these religions are based upon the premise that all humankind has value, that we are equal in the eyes of our maker, that when we are caring for someone who is less advantaged, we are doing something good. and these principles have infused the foundation of our country. i mean before -- i was just reading the federalist papers again, and

romney.omney: this is an important question and one of those people believes that trade is good for utah and trade is good for the nation. we win when we trade when there's a level playing field. i met with them we find a collection of not playing by the rules and china has gotten away with not literally murder the child has gotten away with unfair trade practices year after year after year. the president and a number of people in my part if you it's important to put pressure on china to get them to come to the table and change some of the operating practices as relates to stealing our intellectual property, taking companies that have technology and insisting that they come to china they give that property to the chinese. this is simply unacceptable. the president has been using tariffs as a way to get people to come to the table. the best result of that is what happened with the new nafta agreement. there's no question, tariffs are harmful for people. where they come it's a tax on this. but

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome mitt romney. [applause] mr. romney: >> thank you.applause] mr. romney: thank you. that was quite an introduction. [laughter] wow, what a guy. how many cabinet positions did you lead? you lead three different -- three different cabinets as well as being chief of staff to the president of the united states. twice. extraordinary person. what a leader you have here. amazing man. [applause] well, governor romney -- i mean, senator romney -- [laughter] we have many leadership programs here at rice university for the students, and it's a theme here. and like your father, you have a long track record of leadership in both the public and the private sectors. and how is leadership different than being a corporate ceo and being a government official? mr. romney: you know, i don't know it's as different as you might imagine. it's a different environment to work in, but i think people assume that if you're the ceo, you can sort of do whatever you want to do, and you don't report to anybody. but the reality is if you're in the corporate world, you

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romney's bus and invited me along. so i was able to hang out with him while they were visiting and as you can see from this picture, senator mccain had some advice. he was giving it. in the background, that is one of the original campaign banners for mitt romney's dad, and he kept it hanging there on his bus. it was a really cool little piece of history that kind of ties the future and the past together. i was always working hard to try to include that in the photograph. ben: what is mitt drinking? chip: diet coke. [laughter] chip: caffeine free diet coke. ben: senator mccain had a reputation of providing a lot of press access compared to other candidates starting with the straight talk express branding. did you feel that on the trail? than theel different campaigns -- other campaign to covered? carolyn: absolutely, for me, especially on the bus. we were talking about the bus earlier. he would invite us to the back of the bus and he would have a milkshake. he would be sucking on the milkshake and talking to you and it

governor romney had just given his acceptance speech. then congressman paul ryan, nasty of the house, had joined him on stage. use a lotventions, we of remote cameras. this camera was fired by remote control. i'm actually in the picture, somewhere down there in the front, photographing at the edge of the stage. i was taking this picture at the was taking a tighter photograph. ben: from the campaign side, there's really a year of planning that goes into a convention. you bring in professional television producers and people who worked on the oscars and the golden globes. we had a very specific story we wanted to tell and a very specific picture we wanted to show. obviously you all wanted to see some news and had a slightly different agenda. when you went to an event that was staged, how did you find a moment that felt different? carolyn: you looked really hard. you know what the story is going into the event, but there's always some little nugget behind shows aes, or somebody piece of paper or makes an chase the -- you light first. that i

this time that romney is hoping to join the u.s. senate. we've got an exclusive interview with him tonight. >> the one guy that will be in the united states senate if i get there that's actually run for president and not planning on doing it again. >> shannon: chris stirewalt is here live to break down some of the key midterm races. big states, new polls, one week to go. ♪ er can, turn on the tv. -my pleasure. -ice dispenser, find me a dog sitter. -okay. -and make ice. -pizza delivered. -what's happened to my son? -i think that's just what people are like now. i mean, with progressive, you can quote your insurance on just about any device. even on social media. he'll be fine. -[ laughs ] -will he? -i don't know. with pro-skin technology. for two times faster absorption. so you can have worry free nights, and wake up feeling fresh and free. for a free sample visit tena.us >> shannon: not something you see every day, one of the most well-known politicians doing door-to-door retail politics. it that's how big the stakes are this election cycle

mitt romney, needs no introduction in utah.e is knocking on doors and hitting phone banks like a first timer. his sales pitch, if you're voting republican, vote for all of us. he's running against the democrat jenny wilson, salt lake city councilwoman to replace orrin hatch. and 6 days out, political analysts call the race pretty much a lock for romney. so, now, he's helping out dozens of candidates in utah and other states. peter doocy is live in salt lake city. >> so far this cycle mitt romney has helped 45 candidates in utah, five candidates out of the state. and we interest with him to see what it looks like when mitt romney pulls his pickup truck to your house and goes to ring the bell to introduce you to republican running down the ballot. >> if you get a chance don't forget by name. you know melissa. make sure and vote, all right? we have girl scout cookies. >> i'd love some. >> how are you? i'm mitt romney. >> you don't need me. >> i do need you. i need your vote. >> i've already voted for you. >> the democrat in the ra

governor romney, mitt romney's father, but nixon was a close second. and when it came to the grassroots of the party, nixon already had it. >> fantastic. now we go to dwight, far right side, stage left, and we have pictures of dwight. here you have dwight, the young man. >> they didn't use them all, obviously. [laughter] well, in 1962, mr. nixon was going to run for governor. he lost in to jack kennedy. 1960i didn't have a job that summer. my dad told me i had to have a job. i went down to headquarters and was interviewed by a man by the name of herb who took me down the hall and introduced me to a guy named bob haldeman. my life changed at that moment. i didn't know it at the time. southerna field man in california for ventura and santa barbara counties and the san fernando valley. i'm 21 years old and i'm out setting up campaign headquarters working with the women's network that we had. in those days we did precinct sheets. everything else. we lost and i couldn't believe it. drove around l.a. all day, sobbing. my life was destroyed. i still had not g

george romney and mrs. richard nixon sitting on either side. [applause] the other day when i listen celtic city, i mentioned that general eisenhower once said he was talking about politicians on the fact that they were so different. the resulting one thing he thought most successful politicians have in common, and that was the ability to marry about themselves. governor romney and i did that, of course. and then my two daughters, t ricia and julie. [applause] just arrived here from a campaign appearance in buffalo. they have a little heckling, but they learn to handle that. and anyone in our family learns how to be heckled. now we want to go directly to the questions. programs youwhich will repeal? mr. nixon: i was talking about ones that deal with poverty in cities. many of the poverty programs, particularly the job corps program. i'm referring to some of the approaches to public housing, and i am referring to programs in the area of welfare. when you're talking about repealing, i am not saying we just vote down and cut out all of those progra

[applause] >> well, governor romney -- i mean, senator romney -- [laughter] we have many leadership programs here at rice university for the students, and it's a theme here. and like your father, you have a long track record of leadership in both the public and the private sectors. and how is leadership different than being a corporate ceo and being a government official? >> you know, i don't know it's as different as you might imagine. it's a different environment to work in, but i think people assume that if you're the ceo, you can sort of do whatever you want to do, and you don't report to anybody. but the reality is if you're in the corporate world, you've got bankers you've got to worry about, shareholders, you have a board of directors, you have people in the company that want your job, so there are constituents you have to be thinking about, and that's true in government as well. you have to find coalitions and be able to get people to work with you. i also think that leadership does not require position. moat of you that are coming out -- most of you that are coming out of university

[applause] - - mitt romney. [applause] . >> think you. you were ambassador to israel and to syria. >> i was schizophrenia. [laughter] i had the occasion serving as governor at the time perez was president and i was asking him about america's military involvement in the middle east at the time. he said before i answer your question governor i have to put something in context. america is the greatest nation in the history of the earth. whenever there has been conflict on the planet the nation who wins takes land from the nation who loses because that is a value strategically and economically except one nation in history has laid down the lives of hundreds of thousands of sons and daughters and taken no land. the only land we have taken is enough to bury our dead. america is the greatest nation in the history of the earth and i firmly believe that and we are great not just because of our strength with our strength we could take anything we wanted we are great because of our goodness and it's essential in my view whatever you do in your caree

utah's senaten, debate between mitt romney and jenny wilson to fill the seat of retiring senator orrin hatch. on c-span2, massachusetts governor debates his democratic challenger. c-span, thetern on arizona second congressional district debate between ann kirkpatrick and leah marquez peterson. c-span, your primary source for campaign 2018. before president trump left the white house for a rally in iowa, he spoke about the u.n. ambassador announcing her resignation and his upcoming lunch with kanye west. president trump: hello everybody. we're headed out to iowa where we have a big statement to make. for our farmers. likewise we are taking care of our refineries and our refiners. they have done a fantastic job. >> [inaudible] president trump, dena is a person she would -- i would consider. we have many names. nicky has been great. she will be working with us in helping us with the choice. she will help us with 2020. nikki is a great friend of mine. we have become great friends. she has done a fantastic job. she will be involved. gina, certainly. i have heard a lot of names. i've heard i

by the time november and december were over, romney, governor mitt romney's father, was in first. when it came to the grassroots of the party, nixon already had it. >> fantastic. we weren't picturing that at all. >> they didn't use them all. obviously. in 1962, mr. nixon was going to run for governor. he had lost in 1962 to jack kennedy. i was interviewed by a man by the name of herb who took me down the hall and introduced me to a guy named bob haldeman. my life changed at that moment. i became a field man in southern california for ventura and santa barbara county and the san fernando valley. i'm 21 years old and i'm out setting up campaign headquarters working with the women's network that we had. in those days, we did not have precinct sheets. we lost and i couldn't believe it. drove around l.a. all day, sobbing. bob haldeman hired me to go to j. walter thompson. what was intriguing there is that he would take these monthly trips back to new york, to wear nixon had moved, and come back and spin stories about how nixon was plotting for his comeback. this is in 1963. in 1964, ha

romney is a former governor of massachusetts and was the 2012 republican presidential candidate.duced by former secretary of state james baker. this is an hour. [applause] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the baker institute.

we have the governor of michigan, governor george romney. [applause] >> and then we have two of i think the greatest campaigners in the country, mrs. george mney and ms. -- and mrs. richard nixon the other side. [applause] >> the other day when i was in salt lake city i mentioned the fact that general isenhour once said when he was talking about playings and fact they were so different, there was only one thing he thought most successful politicians had in common, and that was the ility to marry above themselves. and both governor romney and i both did that. and then my two daughters, tri cia and julie. [applause] >> they have just arrived here from a campaign appearance in buffalo. they are getting their share, too, their baptism in fire to an extent. they had a little heckling. now we want to go directly to the questions because i know we have a panel here that will have a number of questions, and we have a foul hour for those questions. >> mr. nixon, you have been saying in this campaign that under your government, you wouldn't pour billi

republican. >> a george romney republican. say t are members of the party of donald j. trump. >> on friday she stood alongside mitt romney and up on stage she made no mention of donald trump but guess who is coming to town friday down the road in mesa? donald trump. we'll be paying attention to see how her message changes, but i want to bring up kirsten. she's the democrat. i want to bring up the future, is it moving away from the rust belt? does it move west? this is the election democrat haves been waiting for. be beto oc beto. the question for kirsten and this race is she tried to paint herself through the summer is western independent on the form of a john mccain mold but her past is now what is coming up. back when she was much more to the left. this is martha mcelderry sally he pushing back against the old. >> she was passing out flyers in one of the many, many protests depicting our troops as skele n skeletons and saying we're the ones committing acts of terror. what? that is out of step with arizona values and american

romney is a former massachusetts governor and was the 2012 republican -- presidential candidate.is introduced by the former secretary of state james baker. [applause] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the baker institute. there are few people actively involved in politics today who i respect and admire

. >> with a couple of characters in this book and you mention tests but first talk about romney jones who doesn't himself get addicted that ends up in jail and you interview him. who is he and what were you struck by with his reaction to the mayhem and terrible suffering he was a vehicle for? . >> the book begins me driving to visit him at a federal prison in west virginia and i am being sent there at the request of a mother who lost her son due to a caroline overdose partly to him bringing heroine in bulk to this tiny farm town which isn't too far away. almost overnight according to the prosecutors and went from a handful of users because of romney the people they put behind bars so the mother asked me to find out why this happened how did it happen her beautiful 19 -year-old construction worker who never missed a day of work and it up dead on somebody else's bathroom floor so interviewing different people and ended up getting an interview with him himself and to hear his story. he came from a nice family. he said he was profiled early and it was hard for him to get work with a felon

julie. >> julie: imagine mitt romney showing up at your doorstep.must have again quite a sight. >> bill: oh, mitt romney. fox news alert now. marathon campaign trip about to begin. president trump, 11 rallies, six days, a battle to hold onto congress and martha mcsally wants to be a senator and will join us live today to tell us a little bit about where that race stands neck and neck coming up. there lots of people who are confused about which medicare plan is right for them. hey, that's me. i barely know where to start. well, start here with me, karen. i'm a licensed humana sales agent. well, it's nice to meet you, karen. i'm john smith. hi, john. at humana, we know you're unique. so you have different needs from other john smiths. yah, i've always thought so. and together, we can find a plan that's right for you. great! i go to the doctor a couple of times a year. and i have some prescriptions. but i'm never fully sure of what's covered and what's not. with humana's all-in-one medicare advantage plans, you get coverage for hospital stays, doctor v

democrats are doing well with the romney-clinton voters. host: let's go to virginia. comstock versus jennifer wexton. guest: this is an even tougher district. norther is a veteran virginia politician and has been able to hold the virginia suburbs. but this is an area not far from washington, d.c. where anti-trump sentiment is high. you also have government workers. so whenever the president attacks the government, the swamp, he is talking about comstock's district. the super pac is not spent a dime trying to help comstock out, that money being spent by the national republican congressional committee. host: why did she win in the first place? guest: there are a lot of swing independent voters in this district. the assumption was hillary clinton was the favorite to win the presidency, so a lot of these swing voters wanted a check, a balance, with a republican member of congress. now, republicans control all branches of government, and the check would be jennifer wexton. host: talk about the president's role and influence he may have and the evidence that he is having an

this was introduced in 1993, by ast romney and installed it romney care in massachusetts in 2006. anry state would have exchange to get coverage. ,very state not in the exchange with tax credits, there would be an employer mandate, you could not deny people coverage for pre-existing conditions. congress wants to kill their own baby. we took mitt romney's idea and made the exchange is a part of the aca. it works in massachusetts and work for the country. this administration because it is named obamacare, this president wants to make sure it fails. >> do you want to say anything briefer -- briefly about the to honor $50,000? it is not the problem for those of us that have received contributions, it is fully disclose. youou have any question, can see when the money comes from. , it makes miniscule the money we make our own. the better thing to do is to change the constitution. citizens united should be thrown out. we should know where every dime comes from and how it is being spent. >> a follow-up on health care. would you favor health care for all, a plan of health care for all in t

romney lost the presidency, took some time off.te. >> brian: what about al gore? i lost a heartbreaker and that's it. >> dana: every time she does it, it prevents someone else. >> brian: here's the thing. tell me if this sounds familiar, juan williams. she's going to be on a 13 stop listening tour or speaking to her with her husband. that sounds a lot like i might run for senate. i'm going to take a tour with pat moynahan and go on a listening tour and see what the people of new york state want. sounds like she's laying the groundwork for another run. >> juan: your fantasies are out of control. no, she clearly said she's not running. i thought it was an expression of truth, that she wishes she was president. she wishes donald trump had lost. that's the truth. >> brian: but you know she also said she wasn't going to run when she was secretary of state. >> juan: that is more run up, but the situation is changed. i am curious about avenatti because i just don't see -- avenatti got in trouble last week for saying it has to be a strong

i want to play a different person, mitt romney. it's bigger than cruz.hey were in this pitched primary battle, but mitt romney positioned himself above trump and aboll all this. take a look. >> if we republicans choose donald trump as our nominee, the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished. donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> you led the never-trump movement. what happened to that? >> i don't think that was the case. president trump was not the person i wanted to become the nominee of our party, but he's president now. the policies he's promoted have been pretty effective, and i support a lot of those policies. >> say it ain't so, mitt. you don't have to do this in utah, you're going to win that race any way. >> politically, he doesn't need to do that. >> no, he really doesn't. but i think the others in the republican party do have to do that. and what isnoticeable to me right now, he's got his message, kavanaugh, khashoggi, jobs. the democrats have a diffuse mes

here at the use idea introduced by epublicans in 1993, 1993 was taken by guy named mitt romney romney installed it as care in massachusetts in 2006. five principles. ne, every state would have a people to go and without healthcare could get coverage. every state not in the exchange, to get y would have coverage, there would be tax credit to basically say poor get more health according to coverage, employer mandate deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. what the republicans want to do their own nd kill baby. what we did with affordable care act, took mitt romney idea and exchange in part of the aca. let it actually find out if it works. worked in massachusetts and would work for the country. obamacare, stragsz, because this president wants it fail. >> senator, do you want to say anything about the direct $150,000 -- >> $550,000, big difference. > we have a big problem, the problem is not those who receive contrib ugszs that are fully disclosed fully forever. fully disclosed. people have questions about received or -- they will understand where the money comes fact dark t for the mo

hate acts follow hate speech mitt romney said.here is a belief in the united states of america that leaders have an obligation to lead their supporters in the right direction. the alleged pittsburgh shooter tweeted negative things about president trump. he thought president trump was too controlled by jews. too controlled to actually make america great again. the alleged shooter was motivated by one of president trump's favorite campaign issues, the one he's been gining up the last few weeks. this migrant caravan. that's why the shooter in pittsburgh said he targeted that synagogue, because of this false belief being shopped around all over the place, including by members of congress, that jews were funding that kacaravan. the kara va van that president trump today referred to as an invasion. do words like that matter? do hate acts follow hate speech as mitt romney said? sadly, that's not a theoretical question for the people of pittsburgh. and that's where we begin tonight. sara sidner is in pittsburgh near the tree of life synag

around russia but they are not the only actor we had hillary clinton's campaign manager and mitt romney's campaign manager running an initiative with harvard on and on individual democracy it is interesting people forget mitt romney's campaign was also hacked by the chinese. they joke the only thing they went looking for was the policy papers they were happy somebody was reading them. [laughter] that nobody was talking about china's activity in the space and also recently that russian meddling pales in comparison to china. do you agree with that? . >> absolutely but it is meddling of a different type russia has meddled in the political system and they don't favor democrats versus republicans maybe they have a special affinity of mister trump which we talk about later but china has a much more sophisticated approach with intellectual property theft and market manipulation and russia will never be an economic rival china's economy and what we have had i would argue we have not had a cyberdoctrine over the last 20 years. i'm not a fan of mister trump is not just his problem but he has been b

he served as policy director for the romney-ryan presidential ticket in the 2012 election.e pipe bombings and the mass murder at that pittsburgh synagogue. this has become the latest headlines. people questioning whether trump should they are some of the responsibility over this tribal identity politics. is this owing to matter november 6? matter not sure it will too much. the fundamentals were set a long time ago. the economy is one issue. immigration is another. the judges, the controversy on the nomination of brett kavanaugh, and health care is another issue. those are the issues driving this election fundamentally. what has happened the last few days is disturbing, and there are things people look at and say the political environment can become toxic. in terms of influencing voters and how they will make positions at the ballot box, i am not convinced it is a major issue. back, a few months political commentators would tell us the midterms are about local issues, but that has changed now with justice kavanaugh and so forth. so will it be a local election or national hea

david: you work for a very successful business for mitt romney. it is great to have you with us.s. and now, we go to boston. jerome powell is speaking at a conference in boston. >> it is an annual meeting,/birthday party. since 1959, -- promoted economics in the workplace and making sure leading american benefits -- our going to focus on efforts to promote maximum employment and stable prices. i am pleased to say by these measures the economy looks good. of the on employment rate stands at 3.9%. a 20 year low. 2%lation is rotting near the -- running into 2% objective. while these stop by to stop by and- statistics do not capture the overall state of the economy, range of data does support a positive view. forecasters predict these conditions are likely to continue. the median of the recent projections from f1 see participants as well as the most recent cbo forecast have the unemployment rate below 4% at the end of 2020 with inflation near 2%. from the standpoint of the dual mandate, this is a positive outlook. i was asked at a press conference if these forecasts are too good to b

number one, this when i read it i thought this sounds like mitt romney's 2012 campaign. last week arguably president trump had the best week of his presidency and he goes to the mitt romney, they're going to take away your health care, they're cutting $800 billion out of medicare argument. i think that's both because it resonates with voters and also because if you go back to an earlier version of donald trump. the year 2000 america we deserve book writing donald trump, he wanted to bring health care to americans. he was for universal health care, but he knows that if republicans had a plan that would bring down premiums and be cheaper and expand coverage they would have passed it already. >> you mean he said something and turned around and did another? no way, that's shocking. >> and this is as close you're going to see donald trump ever get to making a straight up policy argument. i think we should be clear the bernie sanders plan is ripe for criticism. i have yet to see democrats who can really explain the cost, at george mason university they went ahead and did their

. >>> mitt romney used to be one of the biggest critics of then candidate donald trump. >> donald trump fraud, the bullying, the greed, the showing off. heather: but now romney is denying that he led the never-trump movement. >> you led the never-trump movement. what happened with that? >> i don't think that was the case. president trump was not the person i wanted to become the nominee of our party but he's president now. the policies he's promoted have been pretty effective. heather: despite his once sharp criticism of the president, you heard it there, the utah senate candidate now backtracking. the most recent polling has him leading his democratic opponent by a wide margin. ah, politics. >>> the trump bump appears to be alive and well as president trump's approval rating hits the second highest point of his presidency so far, and it comes just in time for the midterms. so is this going to bring about a red wave in november? here now to debate it is democratic political analyst robert patillo and conservative commentator, amanda head. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank

now after two decades in elected office and a stint as mitt romney's vice presidential running mate, speaker ryan is free to return home to wisconsin where he has lived his entire life and be known as just paul. or, he could follow a trail blazed by many of his predecessors, and take a spin through the revolving door, or he could run for president. [applause] >> thank you, media. andrea: i would take a moment to point out to anybody who is watching online or on c-span, that the national press club is open to members of the general public. any reaction you hear here today may not be from the working press. we are most fortunate to have speaker ryan at the national press club. especially with just 29 days to go before one of the more interesting midterm elections in recent history. all while living through one of the more tumultuous presidencies in recent memory. will paul ryan run for office again? will he take on donald trump? will his congressional seat flip and turn blue? will he go back to cutting lawns, like he did when he was growing up? mr. ryan: i did last sunday. [laughter] a

because a guy who looks like mitt romney moved his job to mexico. my response was, well, you know, as milton friedman might say -- that's not a good response politically. it's not good morally. we weren't listening to the problems of our people. i'm not against free trade. i'm for recognizing the consequences and figuring out a way to deal with them so american citizens don't take it -- i'm not going to say where, but you get the idea. and, and i didn't -- and we weren't listening -- now, i was listening. other people, like the wall street journal, were not listening about illegal aliens. you come to california, right, you get hit by an illegal alien, drives some corolla into your car, right? he's got no insurance, cop goes, i don't know who he is. >> shrug. guy drives off, you've got your deductible to pay because this guy ran into you. $500 is a a lot of money to people. that's real damage. and when some ms-13 guy shoots your daughter in a gang initiation, okay, you're going to have questions. okay? >> and it's not all folks living in nice beach c

worked on mitt romney's campaign and fellow a a a a a >> may not work in michigan and pennsylvania which democrats have to win for the presidency. >> reporter: expect to hear announcements after midterms. >> president trump has raised a lot of money and any candidate who wants to be competitive against him and crowded field will have to get active early to raise money. >> reporter: regardless of who runs, community members say it's clear the landscape is changing. >> wonderful for the younger citizens to see involvement and know they can do it as well. >> reporter: presidential cycle will be much longer than normal. abc7 news. >>> election next month, deadline to register to vote this coming monday october 22nd. you can request mail ballot until the day before halloween. election is november 6th. >>> six years in the making but pittsburgh school principal's dream became reality. unveiling of the school's namesake. statue of dr. king, intended to symbolize hope for future generations, students and community. property where the school stands used to be site of segregated elementary school.

trump ran ahead of romney. missouri, monh dakota. you really are seeing a tale of two different kinds of americas in this election. for democrats they pinned their home on the dense suburbs, a lot of suburban, independent women, have negative views of the president. republicans, meanwhile, have a great chance in states where they're rural industrial voters. i think immigration rising is an issue, favors republicans if it becomes a bigger issue toward the november elections. independents tend to side with republicans in immigration and other conservative issues, and side with democrats on healthcare. >> martha: and maybe brett kavanaugh. we'll see. brad and steve, greats to you. -- great to see you. with this whole dna test, is elizabeth warren wishing she never opened this can of worms? bill bennett on that, next. >> now, the president likes to call my mom a liar. what do the facts say? >> the facts suggest that you absolutely have native american ancestry in your pedigree. i've got to tell you something important. it's not going to

romney is a former governor of massachusetts and was the 2012 republican presidential can debate.'s introduced by the former secretary of state james baker. this is one hour. [applause] good evening, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the baker institute. there are few people actively involved in politics today that i respect and admire as much as i do tonight's guest. in fact i strongly agree with those that say the nation lost a golden opportunity when he was defeated in the 2012

donald trump they're a dog, stupid, idiot, whether it's lebron, nfl players, and whether it's mitt romneyohn mccain. amarosa gets called a dog. think about the chain of the people who criticize donald trump, black, what he called them. and the people who were white who criticized them, and what he calls them. he didn't call john mccain stupid, ignorant, or mitt romney. >> laura: he called stormy daniels horseface. she's not black f that's your best response, it's -- you're proving my point. this is about solutions. trump is actually delivering, herman, solutions on the economy. he's working on streamlining healthcare so people have choices in healthcare. prescription drug, price transparency, first step to having lower drug prescription prices. obama had eight years. where was the criminal justice reform? where was the action to unify the country? we had baltimore in flames, ferguson in flames, we had the situation with michael brown in florida. all happened during owe bam a the people were -- obama, the people were mad as hell and weren't going to take it any more. that was during the gr

the other example is mitt romney after charlottesville. he said jews, blacks, hispanics are as much a part of america as whites and protestants. but today they wonder where might this lead to tears or perhaps to anger and violence. now mitt romney is saying discussing threats and actions against fellow americans and institutions are sadly unsurprising. hate acts follow hate speech. it's past time for us to turn down and tune out rabid rhetoric. there's a bit of a change in those two statements. they are not necessarily pointing at donald trump today as they were in the past. why do you think the rhetoric has gotten slightly more vague surrounding what the president says from republican leaders today than when he first started handing it out or saying it in certainly in 2016 maybe after charlottesville. why haven't we heard an uproar from republicans about the state of the political environment and political dialogue and the language that the president of the united states uses. i'll pose that to you. >> sure, i think there's a very obvious

. >> i believe about mitt romney -- big what they've said about conservative women. >> this show woulder end if we talk about point by point when you say that and she said that, and see she said that, it would never end. 90% of people in america agree that we are too divided right now. if 90% agree on that, we should decide to do something about that. >> we just got some new video of the suspect down in florida. new video that's just coming into our newsroom. you can obviously see him being let in, handcuffed, of course. we had seen the mug shot earlier today. but this is our first video of actually seeing the suspect briefly there as he's taken further into custody. juan, i wonder you've got joe biden thinking about running for president. he said among other things this week that we should lower the temperature. i cover the 2012 campaign and among other things he was speaking to a mostly black audience, i remember, and he said that mitt romney was going to put you all back and chains. how did that lower the temperature? >> that's heated rhetoric -- vehicle why is joe biden lecturing d

announcer 1: utah republican senate candidate mitt romney spoke and rice university about trump administration policies and the future of the republican party. he is a former massachusetts governor and was the 2012 republican trend -- presidential candidate. he is introduced by james baker. [applause] james: good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the baker institute. there are few people actively involved in politics today who i respect and admire as much as i do tonight's guest. in fact, i strongly agree with those who say that our nation lost a golden opportunity when he was defeated in the 2012 presidential election.

mccain lost, romney lost. you could argue is until you're blue in the face, obama was a tougher candidate than hillary clinton and there are all kinds of reasons that candidate romney lost but trump seemed to have the magic sauce that produced victory. if republicans outperform in a couple weeks, if they hold the senate and pick up a couple seats and do less badly in the house pull some surprises then i'm afraid -- i see very little resistance from my point of view in the republican party or the conservative movement to these kinds of tactics to this kind of rhetoric, even though it seems so obviously in my judgment bad for the country. >> we'll pause our conversation and get in a break. bill stays with us and when we come back, the comedy and political chops of a future republican political star. in an emergency, minutes can mean the difference between life and death. proposition 11 saves lives by ensuring medical care is not delayed in an emergency. proposition 11 establishes into law the longstanding indust

ideaok mitt romney's th and made it part of the exchanges in the aca. it worked in massachusetts. this president, because it thismed obamacare, president, because of the identity of barack obama, wants to make sure it fails. want tor: do you reference the $550,000? the problem is not those of us who received contributions that are fully disclosed, fully disclosed forever, fully disclosed. if people have questions about money i received or rob arlette, they will understand where the money comes from your except for we fact that dark money, have no idea where it came from, it can seep into campaigns, we don't know who donated the money, and it makes miniscule the money we raise on our own. a better thing would be to and sayhe constitution, citizens united is going to be thrown out, corporations are not people, they shouldn't be able to give a norm us amounts of money to campaigns, and we should know where every dime comes from and on whom it is being spent. moderator: a brief answer on this please. would you favor health care for all, a plan of health care for all in the united stat

mccain lost, romney lost.d argue is until you're blue in the face, obama was a tougher candidate than hillary clinton and there are all kinds of reasons that candidate romney lost but trump seemed to have the magic sauce that produced victory. if republicans outperform in a couple weeks, if they hold the senate and pick up a couple seats and do less badly in the house, i'm afraid -- i see little resistance from my point of view in the republican party or the conservative movement to these tactics, to this rhetoric even though it seems so obviously in my judgment bad for the country. >> we'll pause our conversation and get in a break. bill stays with us and when we come back, the comedy and political chops of a future republican political star. ferent . >>> i got it. you wanted an indian woman but the president failed his dna test. >> he also had some biting manafort material last night. outgoing ambassador nikki haley showing off her comedy chops, raising $4 million for catholic charities. by the way, she was