he mocked romney for warning that.g about it now but let's welcome to the show u.s. deputy special envoy to the middle east, morgan ortega said. it's great to have you out again. they are not talking about obama here, why? russia took crimea under obama's watch. >> absolutely. he invaded and the obama presidency and in the bite in a presidency. of course boots and did not do that in the trump presidency. what is the big difference? president trump talked about this in his meeting with zelenskyy last friday. he talked about president obama gave blankets, blanket words of support. but it was president trump at his first term he gave antitank javelin missiles to the ukrainians, armed them with lethal aid and then the russians did not invade in his presidency. fast forward, we have the war. remember there are several big missteps of president biden made leading to that war he said maybe russia could do a small incursion kind of giving them the green light he took all the sanctions off the pipeline. and, he took many action

it is true after mitt romney they had a come to john smith moment. a little mormon humor.mon humor. still humor nonetheless, i maintain that was funny! dana... what i loved about this was what happened on twitter. that it used to be some of these things would happen and then nobody would be able to catch up to it. like it could be anything, a hoax or whatever. the moment this was released, somebody got them all, put them together. if anything, what happened, the exposure of it was the uniquely organic moment. we're figuring this out, we are way ahead of them. they tried to bamboozle us and no, we will show you. they are all cheating off of each other. >> think of how much money they must have paid consultants in order to get this done and the technology and you have to organize it and by all of those tiny microphones and get everybody to say the same thing. i don't know if they all knew they would be doing this, that would be interesting thing to find out if cory booker in his genius let everyone know we would look like idiots, please join me. they should doge their consul

there was no president romney. guys will join me, just to push back can we all by a tesla? let's all go by a tesla. get rid of your pinto, your hatchback, whatever you are driving and go get a tesla. there has to be some pushback. >> greg: i don't know. landing in the chopsticks. is that what you said? maybe he is in bed with china. [applause] >> that is good. >> greg: did i say something wrong. coming up on normal due to get stumped. -- gets dumped. i had the worst dream last night. you were in a car crash and the kids and i were on our own. that's awful, hon. my brother was saying he got life insurance from ethos. and he got $2 million in coverage, all online. life insurance made easy. check your price today at ethos.com. when migraine strikes, do you question the trade-offs of treating? ubrelvy is another option. it works fast, and most have migraine pain relief within two hours. you can treat it anytime, anywhere. tell your doctor all medicines you take. don't take if allergic or with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors.

so michael steele, who was the responsible for president romney? yes. oh, wait a second.there was no president romney. they asked him to leave the party. so i can't believe it. i will say this if you guys will join me just to push back, can we all buy a tesla? let's all go buy a tesla. get rid of your pinto, your hatchback, gremlin, whatever you're driving, and go get a tesla. even if you don't want an electric car, there's got to be some pushback. >> yeah, i don't know. landing in the chopstick chopsticks. is that what you said? yeah. yeah. well, maybe he is in bed with china. >> oh. >> that's good. >> did i say something wrong? coming up, a normal dude gets dumped. >> the numbers don't lie. brett baer is number one for the biggest interviews. more americans turn to special report than. >> anywhere else. >> ukraine wants peace. >> how do you get to a. >> deal when. >> the world is watching? >> how would you characterize this. meeting today? >> i wanted to. >> come here first. >> to convey a message of friendship. >> brett baer has the interviews that matter most. >> succ

romney during a presidential. >> debate, saying. >> when he said that when mitt. >> romney said that russia was our biggest threat. >> and he said, oh, no, the 1980s. >> want their foreign. >> policy back this where are all those people now? >> look at lindsey graham. >> what a hypocrite. so many. >> of them. >> this hypocrisy. and lack of courage, they're cowards. is potentially. >> going to change the course of the history of this country and. >> the western alliances. moving forward, because. >> they are. >> too cowardly to stand up for western democracy and america's. >> position in the world. >> for donald trump. >> it was outrageous. i'm embarrassed. >> for this country. >> every republican. >> that is backing. >> trump and vance's. >> ambush of zelensky. >> who is a hero. this man is. >> a wartime. >> president in europe. >> our grandfathers fought world war two. >> they crossed oceans to make sure that democracy. held in this. >> world against fascism and authoritarianism. >> and what putin and russia represent. and this. >> is the this is. >> what we do to their legacy. it's

something you just indicated there that i think is also really important in the time from 2012 when romney runs on the ryan budget and loses to now, 13 years later, the coalition of republican voters is has lower incomes. they are more dependent as a group on precisely the programs. i mean, truly medicaid, food stamps. there was a time when, because of the class composition of the two party coalitions, republicans could try to sell some story that, like snap, is for other people, medicaid is for other people. no, these are trump voters. >> and so what's happening is, as these republicans in congress are meeting up with resistance to this in town halls, the message is getting out there. don't do town halls. the hope here is that this budget passes and it's now in the past, it's we've gotten past that and we're into other things. it's literally the most important thing. the only thing in the constitution that congress has to do is now being done. you know, amidst the distraction of a whole lot of other distracting and bad things that are going on in government. but this one is serious and da

did he do a mitt romney thing, a george bush thing? what republicans have done for our lifetimes? which is just be the better man and say, you know how they are, let's walk away. no, he thought, he sued, and he won -- he fought, he sued, and he won. [applause] that's what we have to do. we are doing a victory lap right now because we have rendered the media irrelevant, but they are not going away. the fight continues everyday. alex: 100%. 60 minutes tried to edit that kamala harris interview. how did that go? the fcc has released the entire thing and we saw what a sham it was. they messed up because they put the pro out with a different answer. larry: the word salad answer. alex: what happened here? larry: kurt, this goes back to the arrogance. donald trump have the choice of sitting 40 minutes with 60 minutes and letting them condense it down to 20 minutes they decided we could see. they edit these packages because they think you have a short attention span. they talked down to you all the time. instead he said, i don't need freaking

the big democratic blood at the poll, 63% of seats in favor of republicans and paul ryan was mitt romney speaker of the house. it is hard to compete with what the president has to say. some people tune out and never hear what the minority member has to say. >> steve: one problem, democrats don't have a unified weller or a really good message. when the president gets up there and talks about how significant the drop-off is in people coming across the northern and southern border, people love that. that is a good thing. when they talk about making government more efficient, that's a good thing. it is hard for democrats to be critical of stuff that is good. >> chad: and watch tonight for sight bites. president trump has a line about the border, it gets applause from republicans and you will see cameras pan the chamber and democrats may be sitting on their hands or scowling or whatever. they have two master's to serve here, they have to gin up their base and don't want to see going too far the other direction. hard balance to strike, especially for members who represent swing sdrekts. >> ain

peter: wasn't this mitt romney's idea with, like self-deport?after they won the election to put it out. and so they can try. charlie: probably smart. but, you know, it does go back to the point that this was probably the most -- just like 2016, this is the most important issue that got donald trump elected. and the problem in 2020 was illegal immigration largely had been solved. the problem at the border had a largely been solved. and, but thanks to four years of joe biden, it was wide open again, and the problem was even bigger than it was in 206. peter: the problem is going to be, like we were talking about earlier, there are sanctuary jurisdictions where people are going to say they don't want to self-report, and they are not going to get in trouble. charlie: at which point it becomes a political fight, and trump wins all day long. okay, next topic. jeff bezos overhauls "the washington post" opinion section, says it will focus on personal liberties and free markets. in a tweet on wednesday he wrote: i'm writing to let you know about a change

the start of the salt negotiations years ago when i asked leaders running the salt negotiations, ed romney was one of the guys who led that he said understand how you negotiate with the russians. when you come into a room to doors . americans come into a room and negotiate we walked halfway across the room. the russians go in and stand on the side of the wall so what did the americans do ? we go another quarter of the way across the room and we understand how to negotiate . but the fact is that the talking is very very important and i think that's the first step so when you say there's a change there willing to talk about and i think not necessarily what the terms and conditions are, look what pres. trump said about that. he's been pretty good about what he said, he said basically all options are on the table for the united states . he's made that very clear to president clinton when he talked to him and when steve witkoff talk to him as well but the fact that you're starting to talk is important because you don't know where you are at until you get a term sheet . i think we've got a preli

after 2012 when mitt romney lost, it took a while, and people didn't even think donald trump was goingwinning in 2016. so i'm not nervous about that. what i think is a positive sign for democrats, though, is there seems to a bit of coalescing around a message that is resonating. hakeem jeffries gave a press conference today, he had two signs through one of them, said elon musk is making $8 million a day in government contracts. the average medicaid recipient gets $65 a day. we know in the new spending bill that speaker johnson has put forward, that narrowly passed the house, that -- why are you -- this actually matters. >> jesse: you said it was this great new message and i got bored. [laughter] >> jessica: you got bored the second i opened my mouth. it does matter to say that somebody who is running the government in a serious capacity and is supposed to be rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse is making $8 million a day, and they want to cut your medicaid. you know how serious the threat is, because josh hawley of all people is saying he will not allow that spending bill to go through

mitt romney back in 2012 when had you like the first round of u.s. chamber of commerce reports saying oh, we don't always love how we get treated in china. but we are probably going to keep plowing in anyway. and that's done. i think you have seen most of the u.s. big tech companies pulling out starting roughly around 2018. more dramatically since a.i. became more central to a lot of what they are doing. i think the tesla experience has been a particular cautionary tale for anyone who thought if you showed up and smiled enough and say enough things about socialism or something, you'll end up coming out ahead. that's not true, either. so i think at this point you see very little technological, certainly partnership exchange. a lot of withdrawing of technological bets that were placed in the past. then i think what you started to see with the biden administration was some export controls and what you are likely to see more of with the trump administration is, what i would call a cycle, which is that as you have more business pull back, it becomes more

and one year later, businessman and politician mitt romney was born to chicago blackhawks player bobby season, setting records and in honor of women's history month we recognize lawyer and public official janet reno who was sworn in as u.s. attorney general becoming the first woman to hold that office. plus, it's the streaming service. many can't get enough in 2008 launched right here in the united states. >> welcome back. 10, 45. let's look outside at a very stormy mount tam summit right now. >> more anything, it is the wind up there that is causing all the issues. we've had wind gusts already in excess of 50 miles per hour for some coastal and mountain top areas. so the wind and the rain compounding for what is pretty stormy on top of some of our bay area mountains. most of our rainfall this morning has been comparatively light to what we'll see you later on today, which is going to be very heavy rains as we do move into the afternoon, already seeing some of those to the north. but the heavier bands of rain fall yet to make their way our direction descending into the north bay right

brian has a long history in republican politics and john mccain, mitt romney, donald trump, and chaired three in florida and 60 clients since trump won and some of those are amazon, comcast, mlb, tik tok, walgreens, it's a lot of clients. so between you two, i think we have every interest in this town covered. >> let's hope so. >> okay. coombs. so let's talk about-- >> there are some more people we can find. >> so what makes, jeff, i'll start with you, what makes a good lobbyist in trump's d.c.? >> i think what makes a good lobbyist in any d.c., people trust that you're giving them good information. i think our firm's successful because people trust us, we give them and won't put them in trouble when asked to do something and i think in the trump admin, the same way. >> brian, give me your talk. >> i think it's that and also, client selection. a lot of times choosing the wrong client, especially in this town, can set you way back. >> what do you mean by that. >> well, there's a lot of folks, you know, our firm we've decided on china, specifically. if a company is trying to get out of th

it hasn't been that long after 2012 when romney lost. it took a while. and then, i mean, people didn't even think donald trump was going to be the leader and he ended up winning in 2016. so i'm not nervous about that. what i do think is a positive sign for democrats, though, is there seems to be a bit of coalescing around a message that is resonating. so hakeem jeffries gave a press conference today. he held up two signs, and one of them says elon musk is making $8 million a day in government contracts. the average medicaid recipient gets $65 a day. and we know in the new spending bill that speaker johnson has put forward in that narrowly passed the house that you're going to. why are you. this actually matters. >> to this great new message. >> i got here. >> you got bored the. second i opened my mouth. no, but it it does matter to say that somebody who is running the government in a serious capacity is supposed to be rooting out waste, fraud and abuse is making $8 million a day, and they want to cut your medicaid. and you know how serious the threat is,

the way, that would have made the skin crawl of former republican leaders like john mccain and mitt romney and many others. well, let's just back up for a second, because there were some things that happened before friday, before that meeting and friday that just gave you a sense it was going to be a bonkers day at the white house. i just want to focus on one of them, just for a moment, because i think it's telling, because earlier in the day, we started getting reports from journalists at the white house that a member of russian state media had gained access to that meeting in the oval office. we also learned that reuters and the associated press were left out. now, just to be clear, to put a fine point on this one, that means an outlet that literally takes direction from the kremlin briefly had access to a meeting between the sitting u.s. president and the president of the country that their bosses invaded. it also means two global wire services, known for reporting straight news around the world were denied access. and we know that decision to kick out the ap and reuters was made by the

former obama campaign advisor marcia cross and former romney campaign advisor kevin madden.s great to have you both here. i mean, the answer there. he went on to say you know, other than that, how was the opera play on the mrs. lincoln? but but he he was asked about the backlash in terms of the other companies that he does run. and this is what he said. >> how are you running your other businesses? >> i with great difficulty. >> yeah. >> i mean. >> but there's no turning back. you're saying. >> i'm just here trying to make government more efficient. >> you're going to go another year? >> yeah, i think so. >> i thought it was such a notable exchange there. >> i thought. >> it. >> was notable. >> because it showed a little bit of vulnerability. >> and i think to this point he hasn't really shown much of that. he's been very aggressive and sort of trying to exhibit the trump aggression with the task that he has at hand. but, you know, like so many other businesses, their focus is and so many ceos, their focus is on their industry. their focus is on their growth of their company

you know, that's what that's what mitt romney called him, the number one threat when he was running for president. and all the republicans were aligned on that. and now you're even seeing lindsey graham, you know, aligning himself with trump and sounding a little bit more favorable to vladimir putin. it is it's really surprising. >> yeah. i don't think there's any doubt that lindsey graham in particular, the posture that he has changed as it relates to zelensky being the most shocking. i mean, we saw the video that lindsey graham was a part of just a few hours before that oval office meeting where lindsey graham was posing for selfies, smiling and hugging zelensky, promising the support of congress to continue ukraine's efforts to defend itself against russia. and then he came out on the north lawn after that meeting and just hammered zelensky, and has now gone on to even say multiple times that he thinks it may be time for ukraine to consider a different leader. this is another example of how house and senate republicans continue to fall in line behind donald trump, despite their past

mitt romney had lost in 2012, but i interviewed donald trump in iowa in 2013. right. there was someone there was a republican on the stage who would then go on to dominate our politics for ten years. do you see anyone who could be a national democratic figure? i mean. >> i see i. >> go ahead. >> i see a whole lot of them, and i see people out there articulating. i see young members of congress stepping up. i see folks that are out there. i see it out here. state senators, state legislators, folks that are getting ready, labor union members who are out there talking. so i think the thing we need to do is we can't cede the space. if donald trump's going to be out there. and then senator slotkin gives her response, we have to be there every day because this guy is a master of continuing to just throw everything at the wall and see what sticks, and then we take the bait on it. so i would argue this we need to be better organized. there is going to be an organic uprising, which we're seeing out of folks, and many of those are independents at these republican town halls. bu

front, a lot of people get burned enough that they are actually starting to learn, so i work for mitt romney back in 2012 when you had u.s. chamber of commerce report saying, oh, actually we don't always love how we get treated in china but we're okay. and that is done. i think you see most of the u.s. big tech companies pulling out, starting roughly 2018 really since ai has become more central to what they are doing. i think the tesla experience has been a particular cautionary tale, and not saying enough about socialism or something, you'll end upcoming out ahead, that is not true either. so i think at this point the technological partnership exchange a lot of withdrawing of technological bit that were placed in the past. and i think what you started to see and what your administration is what i would call a cycle, is that as you have more business pull back it becomes more plausible to clamp down on the policy front and the more you clamp down on the policy front the more what ever business is left is going to have to pull back. it's clear that the first trump administration thought they

. >> people like romney. >> i mean. >> they don't win. >> those people. >> the people who can only bers. >> you know. >> stay behind closed doors. that's my message to them. >> so, jim vandehei. >> you've been pretty. >> consistent and clear in the last few. >> months. >> just about the. uphill climb. >> democrats have. >> ahead of them in the. >> wake of. >> november's election. >> and one thing i've been hearing from. >> a. >> lot of people in. >> the. >> party. >> especially in recent. >> weeks, is. >> the sort of lack of leadership. yes. >> rahm emanuel perhaps. >> could fill that role. >> but they're right now they're looking around. they're not really seeing it. they're not. >> sure that minority. >> leader jeffries or schumer. are right now meeting this moment. >> they're look, they're. >> it's too early perhaps. >> for. >> the really. >> the 2028 presidential. field to emerge. >> what's your. assessment here? >> who should be filling the gap. and the way. >> that during the first trump. >> term. >> 2017, 2018. >> that first wave. >> of trumpism, it was. >> nancy. >> pelosi who

those messages and those ideas were never animated or updated in the campaigns of john mccain or mitt romneyublican base was roiling with discontent and dissatisfaction and disaffection from its leaders. steve bannon is the architect or the organizer of all that discontent with traditional elite republicans. trump sort of was the plug that just plugged into the wall. but the person who sort of pointed to all those voters out there was is bannon. and i'm not trying to aggrandize i find his politics and his associations and his co-mingling with white nationalism and white supremacy odious. but in terms of, of powering the voters that are animated by trump, it has nothing to do with that american oligarchy. nothing. it may be authoritarian curious, but it is still allergic to an oligarchy, which is what trump and musk have ushered in. >> yeah, you know, i didn't have on my bingo card that i had to choose between steve bannon and elon musk today. >> here we are. >> but but but you but you point out but you do point out that this fundamental tension here that that you know, steve bannon articulat

number two, it was mitt romney during obama that said that russia was our biggest problem.veryone laughed at him. the left-wing media laughed at him. so, we can go on and on. this is a democrat-caused problem, another issue that trump has to handle. i would remind the democrats, you are the folks who wanted to end endless wars very badly. you didn't want to get rid of saddam hussein, who murdered and executed people. democrats politicized that, getting rid of hussein. drive george w. bush's numbers down. democrats caused this. they own this. now trump wants to put an end to this. clearly, what we saw yesterday, zelenskyy was advised from democrats, the smear machine. this needs to end. host: carolyn in virginia on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: i have been on here for a while, but i've seen the interview yesterday. i've never seen such despicable in my life. i don't understand what he's thinking. i knew he wasn't going to help him because he didn't want the president to help him at all, but if putin wins that country he is going to march over to the other cou

he has purged the party of the of the mitt romney's and the liz cheney's and the adam kinzinger.extent that they say anything that they that they disagree with him on, they do it in a very muted tone. they don't want to offend him. they don't want to get on the wrong side of a social media blast. and so, yeah, this is donald trump's republican party. now, it's also interesting. remember that the last time he gave a state of the union, genuine state of the union, he was on trial in the senate for withholding aid to ukraine, right, in order to achieve a political end. now, this time, he's withholding aid to achieve a geopolitical end in terms of like forcing them to defer to his view of how a peace deal should be made. but it's a remarkable thing, actually, that we're here again, once again with ukraine at the center. >> you know, jonathan lemire, there is no doubt that there are republicans who will say things privately but not publicly. but there still is a good deal of support for donald trump. i think most polls would show it's about where it was in the election. i mean, if you