romney and romney he's sitting right in front of us there's a beautiful picture here that. the act who plays i think is a lighter who plays you as a young. man you directing in that episode and that's the question about whether how much of romney in the t.v. series is you and how much is your life and how much is your imagination if it's from a conversation today you know it's a bit of. a skewed reality so in real life i think my family when they watch this show that i think they feel will be a separation because they're like ok that's not us i tried to imagine a family that was a little less communicative than my own and i also tried to imagine my life if i wasn't a writer and. comicon all these things where i have a creative outlet like what would it look like if i was more stuck or to look like if i was more aimless and how would it feel to be in a slightly different type of family but still have a lot of the feelings that i do and so it's traumatised for that child so a lot of the dynamics between stephen even me and me and me and david plays ahmed are rooted in our rea

character and steve romney's t.v. friend it gets complicated in a moment but let's stop here i always appreciate the diverse perspective you 2 brought to this company rami with the mediterranean flair and steve every day you reminded me things could be so much worse thank you guys. so that made me laugh a lot but also the character of steve is played by an app called steve way who in real life there's a connection but let me go to. what i don't want to do i wonder if they saw you on instagram this morning they took a screengrab so here's more for america who says one of romney's episodes is about helping his friend steve who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy go on a date probably posted this photo on instagram are they friends in real life yes for how long have they meet this is a picture of us in high school 10 years ago. we graduated in yeah like a month or 2 from now in 2010 years ago. and many a challenge right that. may have known each other since we were like 8 or 9 so i guess i've known him for like 20 year

mitt romney's local state newspaper "the salt lake tribune" published this. has at least tried to hold himself out as an impartial juror attempting to not prejudge the matter before the evidence is heard. influence he has to make sure the senate does indeed hear the evidence. we're back with david fromm and david corn. david corn, pressure like that on mitt romney and as nancy pelosi continues to withhold the articles of impeachment, that's the kind of pressure that could build. >> it could build. and i -- you know, always believe that if you bet on the republican hand wringers to not really come through that you'll make money whether it's susan collins or mitt romney, they're always concerned, lisa murkowski. we've got to get beyond expressions of concern. and i don't think -- mitch mcconnell has a pretty strong control of the senate. you're a veteran of the senate. you know how that works. i think the most effective thing mitt romney could be doing in that situation would be speaking out publicly. the more public attention brought to bear on this, that's th

there's also mitt romney. mitt romney, of course, just elected from the state of utah. has a different sort of stature than many of his republican colleagues in the senate. a lot of people think romney has more latitude in terms of breaking with trump on something this momentous. murkowski, romney. you look at that, that's two potential votes right there. who else is being talked about? these four names. you see these four names a lot when it comes to conviction or a question of the rules. collins from maine, gardner from colorado, mcsally from arizona, tillis. all four have to face the voters, collins in a state clinton won, gardner in a state clinton one, mcsally in a state that trump won but barely and tillis in a state that trump won but only by 3 1/2 points. all of them have to think long and hard about how this vote will resonate with general election voters. that's the leverage democrats think they have. when you see these four names mentioned and you see the general election mentioned with them, remember, there is something else that's on their minds as well. it

mitt romney is open to convicting president trump, is he serious? president trump invites a top russian official to the white house today. tru trumps they talked about election meddling and they say absolutely they did not. good evening. i'm erin burnett out front. the breaking news. we are learning that the judiciary committee will take up the articles of impeachment tomorrow night live, exactly 24 hours from now. the committee members will make opening statements on the two art i articles of impeachment, abuse of power and they will speak life tomorrow night and each will make their case to the nation and this coming after a historic day, democratic leaders standing before the american public to announce that president trump will become the fourth president to face impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors. according to the resolution, president trump abused the powers of the presidency by ignoring and injuring national security and other vital national interests to obtain an improper personal political benefit. he has also betrayed the nation

kyle: romney not only was the best fundraiser in the field, but crucially romney also had a powerfuluper pac that ended up playing this kind of game of whack-a-mole against newt gingrich and rick santorum and other candidates in other states. joe biden does not have as much money as some of his competitors , although joe biden has a super pac that is getting off the ground. for as unpopular as the idea of super pac's are among the democrats, who tend to be leery of outside money in politics and big money in politics, if joe biden's super pac can raise a fair amount of money, that would be an important weapon for him against other candidates who would be conventionally out raising him. david: how much is that fundraising tied to how he does in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina? at what point do people need to see him showing up numbers? kyle: that is the challenge. joe biden is not as strong with white voters as he is with african-american voters. iowa and new hampshire are lily white states. the danger for joe biden is not only that he does not win iowa or new hampshire, but that s

even mitt romney has said that. he stopped talking about this process early on because he said susan collins is another one. i don't want to discuss this because i'm a juror. well, we're getting to the point where the trial is about to start. we need hear from some of these people about what is important to them about what this process needs to look like to preserve -- this is a constitutional power that the senate has. they have to do something to preserve that that means. >> we have a little bit of sound from senator romney and senator cory gardner. so let me play this for you and you can attempt to read the tea leaves here. >> would you be okay with it, if it was a democrat asking a foreign government -- >> here's what we're doing. we jumped to a very partisan -- very partisan, serious use of a tool in the constitution. >> ultimately, we may well become a jury. and if that's the case, i think people want to make their own decision and not jump to any conclusions at this early stage. >> do you hear anything there

people love to criticize the romney campaign from 2012. obama spent five years running , then romney did not get the nomination until nine months before the election day. the amount of money that obama was able to raise, the amount of accomplishments you are able to put out, romney has nine months to make a case to the american people. this is what trump is doing. trump has had three years where he is making the case. he has all the money, his super pac has the money. the dnc does not have a ton of money right now, i think they are in debt. there are advantages to incumbency. the advertisement right here is to raise money more than anything else and get people excited. i do not think it will sway a will get the, it people supporting him to get money that they can use to run ads elsewhere. i am not sure this is up on tv anywhere. targeting base republicans. this is not a persuasion added that he is running. moneys intended to raise and all campaigns aimed at the base try to create these debate moment videos. pete has one as well. i don't kn

my most likely is mitt romney. he has the longest run way to do this without immediate consequences. how likely do you think a mitt romney vote to convict and impeach would be? >> i don't think it's terribly likely. you have to get reelected to have a legacy. these senators know not only the approval that trump has within the party, but how intense that approval is. they don't hear that they like donald trump. they hear that they're not doing enough from donald trump. >> do you think someone like mitt romney is pretty safe in utah? >> in theory, sure. but the reality is when you get on the ground even in utah where trump isn't as popular as some other states, the intensity of the trump voter is massive. every time i go home to north korea, korea -- north carolina i would be surprised. it's the last thing they talk about and it's intense. >> your thoughts on romney. >> i think romney is a possibility because president trump is not as popular in utah as other places. i look at the vulnerable 2020 senate republicans.

days on twitter slamming romney and calling him names. and this is a critical point here. president trump has been spending days touting party unity within republicans. he even talked about the impeachment house vote members at rallies. so any sort of crack in that gop wall is likely to not go over well. when it comes to president trump's impeachment trial, one senator giving the first seen that all republicans may not be ready to fall in line. senator lisa murkowski who could be a potential swing vote expressing her discomfort with mitch mcconnell's decision. >> there will be no difference between the president's position and our position as to how to handle this. >> in fairness, when i heard that, i was disturbed. i happen to think that that has further confused the process. >> reporter: murkowski's comments coming as mcconnell expects unity in his party to control rules in the upcoming trial. mcconnell is open to going straight to the senate floor without support from democratic leadership. as minority leader chuck schumer pushes for m

>> romney is a good one. if you're going to make a bet, maybe romney is a good guy to make a bet on. when you're talking about what could be brought into the senate trial, you talk about witnesses and documents as a batch, but they really are two different things, and the documents are much less volatile in terms of what could happen on the stand. they are important, though, because it goes to these questions about executive privilege and it could create a president for the executive branch, not for the senate. so if i were mitch mcconnell and i was looking to make a deal, i might blink first on the documents before i blinked on the witnesses. >> we'll see if there is any deal to be had. right now it doesn't seem that way but a lot of questions in the days ahead. >>> next, the stock market soars and trying to hit another record high today, and the president, of course, weighs in. in the case of a disaster. be informed about possible emergencies in your area. make a plan that covers where you'll go in an emerg

doesn't get removed and gets re-elected and romney still votes to remove him, romney will be there still after stump is gone so he is safe. after trump is gone so he is safe. and what will happen, they will get somebody who is much more extreme, that will lose to the democrat in the general election. i'm not sure that anything can happen. the email comes out there may be some tie-in withholding up the aid. i think everybody knows that. trump says read the transcript and everybody who has read the transcript pretty much can say, yeah, you wanted an investigation of joe biden and we learned you were holding up aid to do it. so i think everybody knows that. so i'm not sure how much more can come out. but you may see mitt romney break away. maybe lisa murkowski but i think that is probably about it. >> jay caruso, you're clear for now. see you again in a little bit. >> thanks. >>> in an exclusive interview with axios, john bolton sounding the alarm on the administration's north korea policy. in fact, bolton criticized his former employer, telling axios news quote, the idea that we are someho

i am beyond the ability to address why mitt romney, the mitt romney in 2012 standing up in front of barack obama and saying russia is our main geopolitical adversary and being mocked on the debate stage by barack obama and democrats in campaign advertising. has now proven right about the importance of russia, about the se centrality of it, being beyond trump, being afraid of trump. his seat in utah is safe. he has nothing to fear other than some trump tweets. and, yet, the people i talk to on capitol hill still think it's a coin flip on whether mitt romney will vote to convict donald trump. it is amazing that we are in this place and having this conversation, but it is the conversation we are having. and neal says he finds it remarkable. i find it remarkable too. but republican behavior on this front has been remarkable every day that donald trump's been in office. we are now in a situation where what is going to happen? >> i guess -- but before it was about him being a miss ongist. >> yes. but it's been about trump and russia and the republicans have been willing to look the other way as

it is a larger percentage than we had under romney right now for trump. if you can get enough of those votes and carry working-class white voters among the states that are in play right now that is the coalition trump has to win. host: the caller talked about what democrats are focusing on. focusing on this coming out amid the impeachment vote in the house. this is joe biden releasing this ad during the impeachment vote week. >> american history is not a fairytale. thomas jefferson wrote what many believed to be the most important document in human history. he was a slave owner. he never lived up to our american ideals, jefferson himself did, but what he wrote -- it's a battle that is never fully finished. if donald trump is reelected he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation. if we give donald trump four the years this will not be country envisioned by washington, this will not be the nation bound together by lincoln , this is not the nation lifted up by roosevelt inspired by kennedy, it will not be the nation that barack obama

you stand up and once again you're cory gardner, mitt romney, you say look, this is what you guys pay me for. this is what i'm here for i want to hear the facts and i'm leaning toward acquitting. i hope i acquit. i'm wlt president. i stand with the president. but i can't stand for you, my constituents, unless i do my job and hear more facts. i don't know any voter other than the crazies, if you will, that will not respond, okay, that makes sense. >> there's no legal context for people, for jurors, if we can still call them that after everything that mcconnell has said about senate republicans lately. and i think politically, senate republicans will be digging out of mcconnell's messaging the last six days. but there's no parallel for jurors to make a decision without at least being interested in or open to evidence, is there? >> go ahead. >> i don't know, jeff. you go. i'm going to end up agreeing with you. the jurors don't have a choice. they don't have a choice. first of all, they don't have a choice because they're instructed by the judge that they have to take the facts and eviden

what does mitt romney have to lose?membered as being a guy that voted with mitch mcconnell to help have a scam trial in the senate? i think not. >> you know, i think you are absolutely right about this, joe. there's a political price to be paid for treating an impeachment trial in such a cavalier fashion. none of the conduct you are talking about would be tolerated in the criminal justice system. people would ask for judge and jurors to be prosecuted if there was that sort of complicity. we understand an impeachment trial is different. it is a hybrid that has both aspects of the criminal justice system but a political aspect. the senators sit as jurors who judge what facts the evidence proves, but they also get to make the rules, taking on part of the job that we typically assigned to a judge in a criminal trial. but with that said, the american people are pretty sofs dated about using trials as a truth telling, sort of an exercise. they will expect something here that looks like what they've come to expect in the crimi

and romney and murkowski of course aren't up for re-election. the two of them have a bit more breathing room. the white house is also aware of that, also aware that things can only be pushed so far without those more to the center members stepping in trying toing to push things back. utbut it's an interesting dynamic we're seeing this time because trump's approval ratings are so much lower than clinton's were at this time, yet he still wields so much more power and control over his party than clinton does, which so i think that that's sort of what we're seeing now, is the control the president has over his power is really offsetting his consistently low approval ratings and helping give the white house a level of comfort here that even if one or two break off that because the republican support is still so strong behind the president you're not going to see a mutiny among republican senators. >> talking about here potential witnesses might be called in a senate trial, if you've got a full-fledged trial if it ends up that way, from that stant the

i'm not sure i want my name next to this. >> yeah, romney. i think mitt romney. >> he's the only one? >> he is the only one. and by the way -- >> why is he the only one? >> yeah. >> why is he the only one? because he is the least vulnerable of anybody. okay? he is not -- he does not come up until 2024. he is in his 70s. >> there are other senators of that profile. >> there are other senators who i think are retiring and there are some democrats who might be saying, hey, lamar alexander, what do you think about this? however, we have to be very careful about this. the reason democrats are bringing up people like susan collins and cory gardner is, yes, they are up for re-election. but they are bringing them up because they have to because they've gotten no indication from those who are politically not vulnerable, like lamar alexander who is retiring. >> are they trying to put public pressure on them as well by bringing up their names and saying, these people, these people, these people. voters in those areas, make sure you call their hotline. >

senator romney is going to say exactly what it is that is truthful about the situation. he's not afraid to do that. he's in a different position, though, potentially from other senators who may not have the political latitude that he does. not to justify or say that that's right or wrong, simply saying that you have different people in different positions. but with respect to senator romney, you can always expect him to say exactly what it is that's on his mind. in this case it's clear evidence that the russians interfered, no the the ukrainians. it's an important statement because it gives republicans potentially some cover to say this notion that the ukrainians were involved in the election is ludicrous. we shouldn't go there. talking about something that didn't happen is another thing. >> much obliged to our big three, shannon pettypiece from london, lanhee chen and maya wily, thank you. >>> the impeachment report mention him 525 times. that can't be good for rudy giuliani. >>> the president bids farewell to another democratic presidential candidate, programs not expe

that what is senatorws mur is interesteded and i could see h convincing susan collins or senator romney or senator gardner who are facing re-election to get behind the plan onsetting the rulesnd does president look like this is going to be set on the fast track and not be fair. robert: the process complaints are out there but there are politiall cap with republicans may fall into line. president trump sa this about the senator last month at a nor event. she hates me. i kind ofike her and doesn't like me. we do so much a forska and get her vote for something one of these is days. they passed a $1.4 trillion. will that ultimately maybe force her hand? >> i think this senator murkowskiould disagree. we help you in our state and why wouldn't you back me inbahe le i'm facing. you said it reay in the opening this was a flash of uncertainty and wasn't a great of a flash the way the process s unfolded and not exactly a show of our constitutional responsibility or problematic but bit ofesatn and the speculation in a the door has been opened in this time when the senate is waiting for the article

if mitt romney said this, trump would have been all over and he's a never trumper and all of that.kowski doesn't have that same, public persona. >> now that you put it that way trump hasn't said it -- >> he alluded to it in one tweet that the 51 republican senators with mcconnell. >> right. >> you can do the math. maybe he met trump and maybe he met murkowski and let's not give him too much credit here, but i think the conversations that are going on are how do we roll this out with maximum pressure, on mcconnell to change and mcconnell is in three groups and romney who is in his own group and the six or seven vulnerable senators and then the retiring senators and lamaral exandriner is key there, so when they come back it will be interesting to see if maybe senator alexander weighs in or senator romney or senator gardner because they only need four, and i think what -- more than anything this is murkowski telling mcconnell you can't do it this way, come back with a better offer and we'll talk. that is interesting. >> michael, it's not unheard of for mcconnell to coordinate on some

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mitt romney has been a little bit of a thorn in the side of the president.e thinks that donald trump has gone awry on his public rhetoric. >> bret: there's a lot of hope on the democratic side. here's a former white house national >> the fact that none of these people have come out and backed the majority leader shows that this is still alive issue. it has not been decided and they are all waiting to see, you know, how this plays out over the next couple of weeks. >> bret: is it a live issue? that's the real question paired >> we know how it played out in the house. even republicans that were retiring. they had nothing to lose. democrats were unable to peel them off. she is not up for reelection. she does have an independent streak. we sought with obamacare. i do wish she would stop using democratic talking points to make the argument that she is making. i mean, the fact of the matter here is that the house's job is done and this idea that they should have any say in how the senate conducts this trial just is not supported by what is written in black-and-whi

documents probably will be an issue for, you know, romney or collins or murkowski. will documents be the issue? they say we deserve to have more information on this. he will do what he needs to do to protect his majority. >> stand by. good to see you. thanks tore coming on. >>> coming up, secretary of state mike pompeo, is he on his way out? why the speculation is now reaching a fever pitch and who the president is reportedly eyeing as his replacement. (dog barking) ♪music it's the final days of the wish list sales event. hurry in to your lincoln dealer today to get this exceptional offer. male anchor: ...an update on the cat who captured our hearts. female anchor: how often should you clean your fridge? stay tuned to find out. male anchor: beats the odds at the box office to become a rare non-franchise hit. you can give help and hope to those in need. the wait is over. t-mobile is lighting up 5g nationwide. while some 5g signals go only blocks, t-mobile 5g goes miles... beyond the big cities to the small towns... to the people. now, millions of americans can have a

you have mitt romney who is sort of a category himself and you have the democratic side as well. joe mansion who is joe mansion. one thing to keep in mind is this is about the structure, and democrats are trying to get people to support their effort for witnesses and documents. and two, this idea that just because you are in a tough battle doesn't mean you're going to vote against the president. if you're someone like cory gardner, tom tillis or susan collins, voting to have the president removed is a clear shot. so the status is more important on this than they were on health care, and that's when we need to listen to people like lisa murkowski. is she tipping her hand or is she talking about the democratic process? >> what you said is so important, and i'm glad you said it, that we're talking about these votes when it comes to how a trial is structured. just to go a step further on that explanation, how a trial is structured means which witnesses will come forward, which witnesses will be allowed to testify or asked to testify, compelled to testify, potentially, will potentiall

eight and portman senator romney stand out.epublican party has undergone a shift when it comes to trade issues. you saw this beginning in 2008, the beginning signs of the free trade position not biggest popular as it once was. in 2012 that ship continued. now the question is how has trade affected american workers? that is the next front of the battle. the ancillary part is the public opinion in favor of open and free markets has slid quite a bit over the last several years and resolve it republicans backing away from what i think is the right economic policy position. david: you raised a proper question. how has trade affected american workers? the trade war is not doing a lot of favors for american workers either. lanhee: it is the single biggest drag on the economy. the fact that we have uncertainty with china and now we have introduced uncertainty with respect to france and other trading partners, the fact that we cannot get the usmca across the finish line, which is not the president's fault. all of these things present si

seven moderate or retiring republicans are being targeted including utah senator mitt romney, a vocal critic of the president, all of this after a full house impeachment vote expected wednesday. the judiciary issuing their final report overnight blasting the president for betraying the nation through abuse of power democrats claim includes multiple federal crimes. >> this is a crime in progress against the constitution and american democracy. >> now, we are waiting to see when the two senate leaders will meet to discuss the contours of that trial, senator mitch mcconnell saying he will have more on that tomorrow. >>> meanwhile, the white house is responding to senator schumer's demands with defiance as president trump has been attacking and venting on twitter, even as he braces to become the third u.s. president to be impeached. the president is sharing his fury at democrats while gushing with praise for rudy guilliani. >> reporter: he certainly is, wolf. the official line at the white house is the president is unphased by the likelihood he will be impeached a couple of days from now.

even if murkowski, collins and romney, they are not going to vote for impeachment.hey are not going to get the two-thirds vote in the senate. it's not going to happen and murkowski, she may be critical of what mcconnell is doing but she goat 74% in line with trump. so she said she doesn't like what he's doing. it doesn't mean that how she's going to vote but the media is running with it and they are hoping to make some rumbling and people having faith of the republican side. >> dana: imagine the montage that we will do if she doesn't vote to impeach. how disappointed those people will be. one thing about this, jesse, from a strategic standpoint, impeachment doesn't poll well for nancy pelosi but things like health care and showing up social security, those things do but if they are going to be in impeachment for the first quarter and they also have democratic primaries, there's no way they can get back onto those other topics. >> jesse: i think she has to get this done soon rather than later. you have the state of the union coming up. your primaries. you may be want

cigarette mitt romney writes you are overrated.mney to smoke according to the name on this card. kennedy: there we go. you know what, he's norman any needs to loosen up. kennedy: >> you're making it worse. kennedy: one more. >> sammy says you have no credentials get some glasses that fit, and stop screaming please. kennedy: what? these glasses fit great. chelsea says we can do one more. >> kennedy ... terrible sucked all the way back on mtv in now. kennedy: you're telling me, why do you think i still have a job. kennedy: i hope this will motivate you to be more exemplary. kennedy: thank you come back anytime just not anytime tonight. follow me on twitter. see on fox and friends and her tomorrow that's all i've got. c, wall

and mitt romney on the republican side.nd keep a close eye on doug jones and joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. i think they have particular leadership, particularly those republican swing state senators. they have a lot to consider. they can't simply win their elections by maintaining their base. they have to actually win independents and moderate voters, in order to survive politically so they have to walk a very fine line here. as i say watch collins and murkowski, those two in particular, have been known to break from the party from time to time. >> ross, let's talk about the battle that's playing out in the court system as it relates to president trump. the d.c. circuit court of appeals set to hear arguments in both the cases related to the house's access to the mueller grand jury details, as well as dmn don mcgahn. how could that alter the cope of the impeachment process, ross? >> yeah, i think that's actually where the action is, i think that's what to focus on. i think it's unlikely that is going to affect this impeach

. >> mitt romney from utah told manu raju that his mind is open about voting potentially to convict.nows what will ultimately happen. do you think there actually are -- do you believe romney when he said that and do you think that there are republicans that will vote to remove president trump from office. >> that is a bold vote. >> i can't say whether or not mitt romney would be open to that and in the past he has said things and gone back to the party but i'm not sure there are enough votes in the senate from republicans to convict. i think that even at the end of the day, if gardner or mcsally or others do feel nervous about their reelection campaigns they might be more afraid of what -- partying with the president would do to them. >> stick around. the fbi director sticking to facts and in this administration you know what that means. stay with us. have a clear plan to cover the essentials in retirement, as well as all the things you want to do. because when you're ready for what comes next, the only direction is forward. i am all about livi♪g joyfully. hello. the united explorer

or when he called senator mitt romney a pompous ass who is, quote, so bad for republicans. and one of his most racist moments, telling representatives of color to go back to their countries, saying nancy pelosi would be happy to arrange their travel. i mean, it's so many and i didn't even use the ones he did on joy reed. it's on and on and on. >> or mine. >> i wasn't going to bring yours up. >> thank you. >> you noticed i didn't even put you on our list of the departed. >> thank you. >> i'm trying to be kind. it's my end of the year new year's. >> the one that i would include in there, again, because of the context, is calling the district of elijah cummings rat disgust trope. it's a disgusting racist trope part of trump tv programming every day which is albout how te places are dirty and infected. >> and the district is not at all that by the way. >> no. in fact, it has a higher median income than jim jordan's district. >> he has more bed bugs in the hotels. >> the thing about the tweets that i find fascinating in a broader sense is you will talk to republicans and they do

not mitt romney style well off but it's nice. >> was operation bangor? >> it was named, we name our projects using random categories. sometimes we name the four cities. the idea is just to not have it, what the project was about. it was initiated in october of 2015. that was a look at donald trump business career and his long history of lawsuits and bankruptcies. anything that would be significant or relevant and political context and campaign. >> who instigated at? >> an associate of mine from washington and politics, said he would be interesting. in that case, it was originally my approached him. i asked him if he knew anyone interested in donald trump and he said i might. >> who answered the call? >> eventually we got hooked up with newspaper, a conservative oriented internet only publication. >> who is paul? >> paul singer is reported to be among the founders. i don't think i've ever seen document about. >> he's the one who funded that? >> the project was funded by the deacon. we didn't inquire whether he was getting it so i think it was generally kn

senator romney is going to say what it is that is truthful about the situation. he's in a different position than other senators who may not have the political latitude he does. thought to saw that's right or wrong. simply saying you have different people in different positions. but with respect to senator romney, you can always expect him to say what is on his mind and in this case is clear evidence that russians interfeared and not the ukrainians. it gives other republicans potentially cover to say look, this notion that ukrainians with were involved is ludicrous. we shouldn't go ethere. whether we want to defend the president or not is one thing. >> much obliged to our big three on a tuesday night. thanks to the three of you. greatly appreciated. coming up the house democrat's impeachment report mentions him 525 times. that cant be good for rudy giuliani. and later the president bids a sarcastic farewell to another former democratic presidential candidate, perhaps not expecting the response he got from her right away. "the 11th hour" just getting started. "the

romney's comments or lack of comments today. >> right. i think that we're not looking at a lot of votes to convict. i think that in the process, if they should take votes on possible witnesses, mcconnell is going to run into some problems. i don't know if he's going to vote to dismiss this outright. i don't know if he's going to end up having a trial without witnesses, but he's putting those senators up for re-election in a tough spot. institutionalists who are retiring, mitt romney surely as an independent thinker has his separate views. lisa murkowski of alaska. i think there are a bunch of people who want to show the voters, for different reasons, whether they're up for re-election or they came to the institution when you always, always adhered to process and you always protected the institution, that they want to show the public this is a legitimate process and a credible process. and the idea of people going on sunday shows and saying, process is for fools. this is the era of donald trump and we do things the way we want to. sure, we

and then i was looking for twitter to see if romney has. several of those it is like a week how can you have not you know we are i think one of the reasons why the series is so different is because it tackles head on to booze ready you can do you thin to them that's most soltanieh that has received them those anti semitism why did you feel it's important to put all of that into something that is a drama but also a comedy i think it's important to see a reflection of the real world accurately i think that certain choices. we have an uncle character who encompasses a lot of the things that you just brought up and it was really important for me to establish him early on in a t.v. show because television is about planting seeds of characters and certain things that you're going to see grow and you're going to see how we deal with them we don't deal with them right away because we've paced this show i think in a way that's a little more real the real life usually you kind of hear that uncle say things for years and years and years and then one d

roberts and alexander, romney and murkowski. richard burr, last term, run the most bipartisan investigation in the entire congress and has seen all the evidence and knows the ukraine thing is a load. then you get into the re-elect basket. that's six of them. i'm not including mcconnell. all of them are going to have a tough time. people who are retiring want to say that the senate held a fair trial and people in the re-election pressure want to say that the senate needs to hold a fair trial and richard burr along with the free thinkers like murkowski and romney will want at least the veneer of a legitimate trial. >> this is weedsy but our viewers are lower in the weeds sometimes than i am so i'm going to go there. i detected and you're a student of the body language of spokespeople. i detected through mcconnell's spokesperson today the statement in that "times" article a little defensiveness about his boss announcing on national television that the end was decided upon and agreed upon in consultations of the white house, certain

mitt romney has already said he has not decided one way or another whether or not he's going to acquit the president, whether or not he's going to fall in line with a republican process here, saying they want to move as quickly with this trial and move on. so there could be some pressure there placed on these republican senators. that doesn't mean, of course, we're going to see defecks. that of course is good politics to these moderate senator tuesday say i'm going to be an impartial juror because that is what they were saying, when eany reporter would go up their line was for a long time i can't comment because i'm a juror and it would be unfair. mich mcconnell went a step further and has essentially forced the republicans and his party to follow suit with the exception of course of these moderates. >> how much of this do you think is being driven by the white house? how much of it is being driven by mitch mcconnell because i get the sense and i've heard mark schwartz say this on the record the president would be open to witnesses. that's not something mcconnell has said publicly, so

others on that list, folks are watching include maine's susan collins, utah's mitt romney. collins of course facing a tough re-election next year. so does colorado's cory gardener. worth remembering. they also have to get through republican primaries. president trump tried tokerry favor with collins this week, he endorsed her and quoted a tweet from senator lindsey graham saying, quote, she showed unbelievable courage in justice cav gnaw's confirmation adding i agree 100%. for her part murkowski said she has not discussed her plans with other senators. >> if it means that i am viewed as one who looks openly and critically at every issue in front of me rather than acting as a rubber stamp for my party or my president, i'm totally good with that. >> so richard, we talk about there's the question of ultimately who's going to vote how on convicting or acquitting president trump. there's also the immediate procedural question the senate would have to face at the beginning of a trial, how does the trial look? what are the rules? are there witnesses? which witnesses? take us throu

it read senator mitt romney's mission, trial first, verdict afterwards. so maybe splitting the difference here. what do you think here, jennifer? >> yeah, i think that there is pressure on -- there are a few senators who are either exerting their own internal pressure and i think mitt romney is a perfect example of that, where he in announcing his decision to run for senate more than a year ago was talking about holding president trump accountable and has certainly still voted with -- since he's been in office since the beginning of this year, has voted with the president quite a lot. but he does seem to be somebody who really does want to have a fair trial process and to really perhaps consider the facts. senator murkowski is somebody else who has concerns about the process. and i would guess that there are more senators who have private concerns but in public want to be seen as very much aligned with the president. and then when you see the president continuing to go after speaker pelosi, tweeting the name of the whistle-blower, all of those kinds of th

cigarette mitt romney writes you are overrated. smoke according to the name on this card. kennedy: there we go. you know what, he's norman any needs to loosen up. kennedy: >> you're making it worse. kennedy: one more. >> sammy says you have no credentials get some glasses that fit, and stop screaming please. kennedy: what? these glasses fit great. chelsea says we can do one more. >> kennedy ... terrible sucked all the way back on mtv in now. kennedy: you're telling me, why do you think i still have a job. kennedy: i hope this will motivate you to be more exemplary. kennedy: thank you come back anytime just not anytime tonight. follow me on twitter. see on >> the following is a paid advertisement from time life. these are the country hits we remember, played on jukeboxes across america. >> ♪ and when we get behind closed doors ♪ >> ♪ i am a lineman for the county ♪ and i drive the main roads ♪ >> ♪ and she believes in me ♪ ♪ i'll never know just what she sees in me ♪ >> from glen campbell to kenny rogers. from patsy cline to george

you've been hearing from or speaking to others now they've seen her go first you could get a mitt romney, you could get a susan collins and begin now with the polling showing saying that the majority of americans actually do want to see the president convicted in the senate, that may bolster their argument for this to be a fair process. >> well, certainly going to leave reporters to ask the senators about lisa murkowski's comments and thereby forcing them to respond to them, republican senator john kennedy of louisiana was asked about this earlier today, said each senator is entitled to his or her opinion, but this stuff does have the potential to embolden say a mitt romney or a susan collins. mitt romney has already said he has not decided one way or another wlofrhether or not he's going to acquit the president, whether or not he's going to fall in line with a republican process here, saying they want to move as quickly with this trial and move on. so there could be some pressure there placed on these republican senators. that doesn't mean, of course, we're going to see defecks. that of

mitt romney you heard there, marco rubio standing by the facts.y and he was asked about who interfered in the 2016 election. take a listen. >> the intelligence community assessed that russian president vladimir putin ordered an -- influence campaign in 2016 aimed at our presidential election. >> was the kremlin's interference election a hoax? >> no. >> are you aware of any evidence that ukraine interfered in the 2016 u.s. election? >> i'm not. >> does it undermine u.s. intelligence agencies when people like senator john kennedy or president trump come out and publicly contradict all of the work by all of the intelligence agencies and the state department and the senate intelligence committee. >> you know, jake, i think we're past that. we're so used to this administration and members of the republican party coming out and den gadi -- denigrating the intelligence professionals who work there and not to mention the stream of professionals that we had last week testifying, people like dr. fiona hill and the rest. that is become the norm. but there ar