romney: thank you. mark: how are the six people coming here why are they coming here to talk to this group? mr. romney: there are a couple hundred people who are very supportive of my campaign. there are some folks that were with other campaigns as well and they want to share their message and to get support. from my standpoint this is a chance to cheer different people's visions for the future. as well as understand some of the lessons of leadership we could learn from. mr. romney: you have become a learned student of the nomination process. how do you think the current jockeying is going. mr. romney: it is too early to make any real assessments of who is going to come out on top. even a discussion of who are the front runners is like my goodness as you look at the polls, the gaps between the candidates are smaller than the margin of error of the pollster. we really don't know who is going to emerge. it is a starting process. you have to look and say there are some who have done a better job at raising

the difference between mitt romney and fdr is mitt romney never embraced those policies. mitt romney embraced policies drsh. >> that's your opinion. you didn't think those policies would. enough americans agreed with you that they stuck with what they had. so ben, i'm looking at this and wondering where does donald trump go now? because no pless than carl icahn, he was telling me on fox business i'm flattered that donald trum subpoena considering me as the treasury secretary. i think he pooh-poohed the idea. but he does agree with donald trump on his views of the markets that they're rigged they're propped up by helium and a lot of fed buying and all of that and does think it's dangerous and is saying it's getting choppy out there. does that insight give donald an edge that maybe other candidates don't have? >> donald trump is not a particularly smart person in my opinion. he has unlimited chutzpah. i think a very thorough investigation of how he made his money is in order and let's see what that turns up. i think it's going to be a pretty interesting story. >> all right.

is a romney -- in a romney primary, who are the front-runners? mark: you have six residential hopefuls, and romney's core financial supporters. there will be a lot of people here that look at the faction. jeb bush is not here. i think people at this event are like a lot of people in the party, marco rubio, and c are the once they are looking at. john: i know there is no doubt romney has been interested in marco rubio. when he decided not to run himself, he made allusions to running in a new generation. i know that he likes john kasich an awful lot, the kind of governor he would like to get behind, especially if the party rallies behind kasich. john: there is no clear front-runner. -- mark: there is no clear front-runner. people are kicking the tires. there will be jeb bush peopl e here. people are filtering out -- is it rubio, is it kasich? they want someone to win back the white house. who can beat hillary clinton? that remains to be seen. your washington post is the source they for jeb bush -- the source today for jeb bush turbulence news. ital

that is the romney base. and you know so to the extent that he's praising both of them that probably works to rubio's advantage because jeb bush had been considered the front-runner when it came to the, you know the big money that mitt romney knows so well. so to put them both in the same sentence gives a boost to rubio in the money chase there. >> but wouldn't you think that he would be smart enough maria, to know he's sending that signal to put rubio on an equal basis with jeb bush is that intentional or is that just romney again saying things that were not well thought out? >> well let's see who is actually right now at his event, right? it's marco rubio while jeb is off in europe. so i think it's by design. who is doing the flag football? it's marco rubio. i think it might be by design feeling that they're actually trying to create more of -- there's folks in the leadership that might not be espousing jeb bush. he's had a lot of slippery steps and the official campaign hasn't even started. people are look

is a romney -- in a romney primary, who are the front-runners? mark: you have six residential hopefuls, and romney's core financial supporters. there will be a lot of people here that look at the faction. jeb bush is not here. i think people at this event are like a lot of people in the party, marco rubio, and c are the once they are looking at. john: i know there is no doubt romney has been interested in marco rubio. when he decided not to run himself, he made allusions to running in a new generation. i know that he likes john kasich an awful lot, the kind of governor he would like to get behind, especially if the party rallies behind kasich.

he later coached romney and michelle balk map. they spend hours trying to replicate debate moments. >> you have the candidates stand in front front of a body why um like this? >> yes. look at collin powell he just commands a podium. it's like this. it's about, you know making sure that you fill the stage more than your opponent does. >> the candidates practice debating stand in hads last cycle for obama john kerry played romney rob portman played obama. >> you never see videotape of this you don't even see pictures. >> no. there's a reason why. you don't want to show those vulnerable moments. we don't want to give away any component to our prep. >> in the 2000 campaign one of mckinnen's secretary gave bush debate prep video to the gore campaign. >> the gore campaign went right to the fbi. >> and what happened to her? >> she went to prison for a year. >> what's to secret? i pretended to be a candidate. >> clear and simple limited government. >> you say limited government. what kind of limits are you talking about? can you be specif

romney did not -- i supported mitt romney and he didn't bring out the people. he choked in the end. >> mitt ran and failed. you can't have romney, he choked. >> it's not like getting that man's endorsement is a real prize, especially if he's willing to turn on you like that after he endorsed you. but they all line up for it. it's an interesting phenomenon in mainstream republican politics. they all line up for donald trump during the 2012 primaries when newt gingrich was the front-runner to win the republican nomination that naent newt gingrich too had to come to new york and kiss donald trump's ring. >> the new republican front-runner newt gingrich in new york city today. >> i've come to new york for two different reasons today. one is to make the case that if i do become the nominee, we're going to compete in all 50 states. >> the second reason, to pay a visit to businessman donald trump. >> donald trump is a great showman. he is also a great businessman. >> the republican party at the highest levels has built donald trump up. built him up and built him up as

the candidates are looking to mitt romney for help. marco rubio, scott walker john kasich lindsey graham carly fearino, they want his advice. maybe it's smart. with the country demanding fairness, they can learn a lot from his mistakes. >> 47% of the people will vote for the president no matter what. there are 47% who are with him. they believe they are victims, they believe the government has a responsibility to care for them they believe they are excited to health care food housing, you name it. >> this was a peek into romney's world. the haves and the have-nots. it was a defining moment for the campaign and for the country. romney would later agree, saying it did, quote, real dang to his campaign. today income equality is dominating politics. look at this number. 66. 66% say the district of wealth should be more even. but these candidates aren't getting it. they still sound just like mitt romney. >> state waivers from obamacare to begin its repeal. >> repeal and replace obamacare. >> propose that we bring our rate from 35 to 25. >>

mitt romney will deliver his remarks tonight. as of now, having seen what you have seen and heard what you have heard, who has won the day? mark: one of the things that has struck me is the quality of the speeches across the board. walker, rubio, and lindsey graham, they all had stump speeches that are not -- they are pretty well honed. from looking in the room, the reaction, marco rubio got the best reception and held people the best. weekends have -- we still have more. the undecided people impressed by different aspects of different potential candidates. john: i can't tell anything except reading the transcripts and the notes in hearing from you.

i think unfortunate lay, mitt romney is correct that that's a vulnerability. now if you're from the bush family and you've got your own tens of millions well that sort of blunts that argument. we can have the old money/new money fight in the 2016 election. the little guy takes it on the chin again. >> sounds great. >> shira, these big announcement days, there are two things that are important. you want obviously a smooth rollout and a message people can take away with them to know why it is they're running for president. for example, hillary clinton wanted to be our champion. what is it that the jeb bush team and jeb bush himself what the american people to walk away with today after hearing him in a few moments? >> according to some of the excerpts we have seen from the speech already, it seems like the message he would like the people in the room and everyone listening to walk away from saying is he's the best candidate. he talks about his record a lot. he talks about stuff he's done in florida as governor. but it's really not about what i will do in the fut

so governor romney, go out and get them. you can do it. [ applause ] >> there are some things that you just can't imagine happening in your life. this one is of them. being in donald trump's hotel and having his endorsement is a delight. i'm so honored and pleased to have his endorsement. >> it was a delight. mitt romney in 2012 superior honored to have his endorsement. and these days this is how he talks about mitt romney. >> you know frankly, he just choked. he choked like a dog. and, frankly, we cannot allow that to happen again. i agree with him. i agree with him 100%. did he not -- i supported mitt romney. he didn't bring out the people. he choked in the end. >> mitt ran and failed. you can't have romney he choked. >> it's not like getting that man's endorsement is a real prize, especially if he's willing to turn on you like that after he endorsed you. it's an interesting phenomenon in mainstream republican politics. they all line up for donald trump during the 2012 primaries when newt gingrich was the front-runner to w

for romney? >> because he can beat obama. >> rick perry -- >> his super pac is going after with his web video, targeting jeb bush on the issue of bailout spree at why are they targeting him? john: he is the front-runner according to you. rand paul, not in the top tier. jeb bush is the biggest target out there. take a shot. mark: the video is largely accurate in terms of allegations, to go after bailouts is right in the wheelhouse of the paul message. >> that is one of the things we will talk about common core integration. those are things if you are an antiestablishment candidate. >> his state races to take down the confederate flags. more remarks on all of this. >> nikki haley wrapped up remarks. we are joined by our colleague al hunt of bloomberg view, who is in our washington bureau. let's listen to a part of what governor haley said. governor haley: the hate filled murderer who massacred our brothers and sisters in charleston has a sick and twisted view of the flag. in no way does he reflect

when it comes to the romney primary, who are the front-runners? mark: you have six presidential hopefuls, and romney's core financial supporters. they are a big part of the party. there are going to be a lot of people here that look at the faction. jeb bush is not here. i think right now people at this event are like a lot of people in the party, marco, rubio are -- volcker, rubio, and john kasich are the ones they are looking at the most. john: i think that makes sense. i know there is no doubt romney has been interested in marco rubio. when he decided not to run himself, he made allusions to how the party needs to look to a new generation. marco rubio is someone we know he likes. i know that he likes john kasich an awful lot, the kind of governor he would like to get behind, especially if the party rallies behind kasich. mark: there is no clear front-runner. people are kicking the tires. there will be jeb bush people here, but a lot of people are still sorting out -- is it rubio, is it case it. -- kasich. but they need someone who can win back t

>>> mitt romney is hosting the 2016 republican field. jeb bush's time as governor is coming back to haunt him, even while he's in poland. >> mitt romney is hosting several 2016 gop candidates over the weekend. >> jeb bush is it not there. ♪ >> more tough headlines for jeb bush. >> obviously, it's something he'll have to deal with head on. >> i don't think another bush can get elected. i think there's bush fatigue. >> just to be clear here we don't have an organization for candidate for president until the candidate announces. >> there is trouble in paradise. >> he may not be running for president yet -- well no he already did. mitt romney is rustling up his own gop cattle call making his mark on the 2016 race. mitt romney's third annual policy summit is getting underway in deer valley utah. those on the list include chris christie, john kasich and carly fiorina. but wait there is more. in addition to being dazzled by the likes of scott walker donors can enjoy flag football with marco rubio, skeet shooting with lindsay graham and horseb

romney is calling this the e-2 summit. "time" magazine describes it as club met. things like playing flag football with marco rubio, skeet shooting with lindsey graham or sunrise pilates with ann romney and mark halperin. it's a mix of business and pleasure. a chance for candidates and potential candidates to wine and dine wealthy donors who could keep their campaigns alive. kasie hunt is in utah and joins us live. kasie hunt, this is politicking in the mega donor area. you bring the candidates out to an event like this they try to make an impression. who is out there this weekend? who is making a good impression on this crowd? how influential is this crowd? >> steve, i actually will tell you senator lindsey graham has made quite an impression with his mix of down home humor and directness. we're actually at the range where he's going to be shooting skeet later today. some of the members of the lieons club say they line up and if you miss the clay pigeon and you're done. we'll see if they can rope lindsey graham into playi

romney last time. governor romney, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thanks, chuck, good to be with you. >> let me start with something that i saw that you did i believe two days ago. your main power point to the donors and, frankly, to the candidates and their aides that were there, you spent i think it was 20 30 40 minutes all about foreign policy and national security. yesterday we heard secretary clinton do a speech that was 97% about domestic policy. your campaign four years ago was about the economy first. do you believe that the republican nominee in 2016 needs to make this about national security first, that this is a national security election? >> well that's certainly an important issue and of course the fact that secretary clinton was the secretary of state during a period of time where america's interests around the world have been badly damaged, that's an issue. but i think the heart of the campaign in 2016 is going to be about who has the policies most able to lift people out of povert

>> mitt romney and anne romney did our party a great service by admitting that embracing self deportation in 2012 was their biggest mistake. they have given us chance in 2016 to win. they're not going to self deport 11 million people. not going to be able to do that i'm not going to be a republican nominee wanting to try to do that. if you pass criminal background check, i'll allow to you stay here and earn your way to citizenship it will be hard earned pathway but i open every candidate on republican side will follow mitt romney's lead and admit it was a mistake tomorrow brace that deportation i hope self deportation is in our rear view mirror if it is not we will lose in 2015. >> is there any candidate -- you need to talk to them. i'm only advocating comprehensive approach that include long hard earned pathway to citizenship requiring learn english language, getting in the back of the line so you don't sit in front of the line, people the in my party i don't know exactly where they are m. people taking we need to limit legal immigration to me they're just looking at a different world th

but mitt romney never embraced those policies. >> americans agree with you, some of them. i'm wondering where does donald trump go now. carl icahn telling me on fox business look i'm flattered that donald trump is considering me as treasury secretary. i think he pooh-poohed the idea. but he agrees with the views that the markets are propped up by helium and fed buying and all of that and thinks it's dangerous. does that insight give donald an edge that other candidates don't have? >> donald trump is not a particularly smart person in my opinion. he has unlimited chutzpah. i think a very thon of how he made his money is in order. let's see what that turns up. >> chutzpah those not familiar gall. when we come back did a former fed chief named paul volcker call chris christie a joker? if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me... and you're talking to a rheumatologist about a biologic this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira helping me reach for more. doctors have been prescribing humi

and mitt romney came out and said absolutely not. leland: really a very strong statement. martha: vice presidential candidate and went in the other direction for completely other reasons. okay, we also want to bring this to you because it shows president obama arriving on the hill for a last minute trade deal plea to get this trade deal done, and there's the president with nancy pelosi and some other members of congress as they walk in here. he is not -- he doesn't do this frequently, so he is clearly concerned about getting this deal passed tpa and taa which is all a lot of letters that means he wants a fast track trade deal. will he get it? he's got republicans on his side paul ryan's on his side more on that as we get it. leland: also this, video capturing a terrifying scene as it happens. there it is, a van plowing into a cafÉ causing a deadly explosion. you can see everyone running out. plus this: >> the president's just trying to run out the clock. he is not taking steps that are going to make a real difference against isis. m

. >> mitt romney and ann romney did a great service by admitting embracing self-deportation in 2012 was their biggest mistake. they have given us a chance in 2016 to win. i hope self-deportation is in our rearview mirror as a party because if not, we will lose in 2016. >> it's not about mistakes it's policy on immigration, on the inclusive pathway to citizen ship. that's the question. why they still set on repealing obamacare, which impacts african americans the most is another question? and how about adopting economic policies that are fed to low income and often minority communities? the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results. we will see. joining me now is clarisa martinez deputy vice president out national counsel and salon.com joan walsh. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> are you seeing a shift of tone in policy immigration? >> with a few of these guys there is a definite shift in tone and i welcome it. it's a shift away from hateful language and hopefully away from self-deportation which was an ugly idea. you heada

and mitt romney is hosting 2016gop candidates this weekend in utah. we'll explain what that's all about. >> near plattsburg, new york, there has been a lead-in the manhunt for two convicted murderers. it has been six days since the men accepted from a maximum security prison in upstate new york and the authorities are refocusing the search just a few miles from the facility. erica joins us with the latest. >> the latest lead came from the canine unit, we're talking about blood hounds, picking up the scent of the criminals a few miles from the prison where the convicted killers escaped. >> we're looking under every rock and behind every tree until we catch these two. >> schools on lockdown, roads clouds, residents urged to lock their doors as the officers descend on the area. on the ground is about in the air, officers are zeroing in on the small town of danimore, new york, just south of the canadian border. >> we're exhausting every single resource that we have at our disposal. >> those resources are scouring through the woods looking for any sign of

no matter how you may think of mitt romney of even broad-based republicans may feel about mitt romney, the donor class likes him a lot. donors still like him a lot. the fact that he's bringing these people to one place to meet and hang out with a lot of donors, that's what this conference is really all about. >> abby other than the big cashola, what role does romney or could romney play in the primaries? >> i think james is exactly right. it really is about the money for mitt romney. he started this summit right after 2012 really to have more influence in the elections to come. who doesn't want to go to deer valley in the middle of june? it's a beautiful place right now. for mitt romney he set the record in terms of raising money the lost goast go-round. but it's a chance for republican candidates to sit in the room with big bundlers and convince them to give them money for their campaigns. having influence and money is everything at this point in the game. >> and it does look like this campaign is going to blow all the past records as far as money raised and money spent. >> and reall

people were saying that's a different mitt romney. this is from ad age. crystal pepsi is poised for a comeback. do you remember when this first came out in 1992? it lasted only a few years. it is just clear pepsi. i remember it. i don't think it tasted very well. we got a bush running for president again, we got a clinton running for president again, bring the mighty ducks back. who else can we bring back? >> everything is a coke. crystal pepsi is a coke. >> no the south is mountain dew. >> is there a crystal mountain dew? >> i don't know but it's yellow. >> when crystal pepsi came out, snl did a fake ad -- they did crystal crystal gravy. be looking for that on a shelf near you. thanks to today's panel, frank zef zeff, april ryan. >>> up next is melissa harris-perry. stay tuned. we'll see you next weekend. have a great week. >>> this morning, my question what makes you black or white, man or woman? >>> plus mckinney, texas and the fraught question of swimming pools and segregation. >>> the young designer who broke the internet this week. >>> but first, hi

there are a lot of former romney supporters. look the whole point of this shindig is to let a bunch of big money donors more than 200, rub elbows and get up close to half a dozen republican presidential candidates. but i think the big question a lot of people had here is, is mitt romney going to try to play king maker? and that's something we still can't tell. mitt romney himself said it's really tough to make a decision with such a strong republican field. take a look at what he had to say about the field so far. >> i think they're probably six or seven or eight who i would look at and say that's someone where they and i agree on major issues. and they could be an effective president of the united states. and how it will sort out among those people. time will tell. what i just can't predict is who is going to star in the debates. who is going to put in the time in new hampshire with all of the town meetings. who's going to visit the different counties of iowa. and then emerge. >> and poppy, this is what we're hearing from a lot

>> mitt romney, i have no words about that. i audibly gasped, that mitt romney would be this figure that would somehow bring the communities of the world together. he couldn't even bring massachusetts together. >> but in. >> the mythology about salt lake city and mitt romney. >> is an outsider like one of those men a good idea? >> well, i think it might be the only person who everyone could rally around and agree to without this being something like the 52-48 split we've become accustomed to in u.s. politics, the world is so divided right now but having a new figurehead is not what's changing fifa going forward. are it's going to be a real independent, real transparent organization that watchdogs the other half of it which does very necessary work of spreading the gospel of soccer and development on a global scale. >> one final question, newly released documents show that an american former fifa executive chus blazer whochuck why blazer who took bribes he has dissented bribes were paid for the upcoming world cups in russia and

mitt romney tweeted take down the confederate flag at the south carolina capital. to many it's a symbol of racial hatred. remove it now to honor charleston's victims but none of the big names in the gop field did 2016 feel that is, none of them echoed the statement and only coming out now that you've gotten political cover from governor hailey. jeb bush just tweeted kudos to nikki haley and all those standing with her to do the same thing but over the weekend he said south carolina should do the right thing but wouldn't say what that was and last week he wouldn't say the charleston attack was about race we have to go on these issues. using some blunt language. >> the legacy of savory jim crow discrimination in almost every institution of our lives. that cast a long shadow and that's still part of our dna. that's passed on. we're not cured of it. >> racism. >> racism we're not cured of. >> clearly. >> and it's not just a matter of it not being poll litite to say [ bleep ] in public. that's not the measure of whether ris says macism exists or not. it's not just discr

i commend mitt romney. i frankly think, it would help the republican party moving forward, because day have a problem with inclusiveness, with tolerance and for a republican party that wants to reach the white house, that needs lots more percentage of voters minorities latinos, women, this is something that they need to get out of the way so like steve said focus on the issues. >> i do think it's clearly a symbol of pain for a lot of african-americans and i think party leaders need to think about that as we have this debate. i think it's important in this debate while emotions are high right now to acknowledge that not every southerner who's a caucasian looks at that as racism. >> but i think also here what leaders can do is take off state grounds, right, the government doesn't need to be sanctioning this and that is the issue with the confederate flag. >> what jeb bush said. put it in the museum. >> it's fair we heard some voices early in the program from south carolina essentially say saying outsiders can

but this is a very mitt romney-centric crowd. these are his donors that are cultivated over two presidential campaigns, both in 2008 and 2012. so you have some donors who have already committed to chris christie and jeb bush, but a lot of them are still undecided and it indicates the flewuidity of this race and people don't feel compelled to jump aboard with any one candidate right now. but it's a very wealthy crowd for sure. >> thank you both for being with me. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> do you know if your child will do the right thing in a tough situation? coming up a preview of an eye-opening "dateline" series that every parent needs to see. >> cheers to college. >>> she's acting drunk. >> how about another drinkie-poo from the thingie-poo? >> reporter: and he looks like he's making unwanted sexual advances. >> stop stop touching me. >> relax. >> reporter: and these two, summer and max, will have to decide what to do about it. our actress playing the victim heads off to the bathroom. and our actor makes it clear he thin

they make their pitch raised half a billion dollars for mitt romney in 2012. romney himself trying to encourage a different process than four years ago when literally from the get go, the republican candidate started tearing each other apart. while the atmosphere here and what i saw last week in iowa so far has been congenial, there are a few sharp elbows starting. chris christie ripped rand paul over his opposition to the patriot act the day before he was ripping ted cruz for asking for flood relief for texas when he voted against hurricane sandy relief. while he didn't call out anybody by name, wisconsin governor scott walker was taking aim at anybody who is not him. here is what he told me in a fox news exclusive interview. >> a lot of great candidates in this field are members of the congress. they do a good job at fighting against obama but they haven't won anything. a lot of other candidates are governors or former governors who have done a good job of winning elections but haven't taken on the really big fights. we've done both. we've fought and won and

some are calling this the pry romney primary. will somebody emerge with the romney stamp of approval? >> no. no stamp of approval. i'm going to stay forcefully neutral in this process. and i'm not going to be getting behind anybody who's one of our contenders. >> i want to get to the candidates and your thoughts on some of them in a minute but you bring up the topic of leadership and president obama has come under fire this week for his leadership on the question of isis. and has come out publicly and said we don't have a complete strategy yet. and this is you know ten months after he said we don't have a strategy at all. and isis has made some major gains. you wanted the job he now holds. you have given it some thought. do you have any strategy for defeating isis? >> well of course. and it's certainly not based upon all the informed information that one would have as president of the united states i think you have to say it's disappointing, disconcerting for the commander in chief to send 450 men and women in harm's way and say

mitt romney waffled on that. he spent all his time with donors on national security but then he went, whoa, whoa, no it's about the economy. >> i think each issue -- i don't think voters think we'll do much about the economy. they would like to lessen the gap between rich and poor but they don't have much faith we will. on foreign policy they sure don't like isis but they don't want to get into a war with isis, so i think both parties kind of know that. they know in the end it's going to be personality and character that drives us more than the issue. >> you buy that? >> i think personality and character are extremely important in presidential races but i don't buy that the american people believe nothing will get done on both topics. i think foreign policy is a republican-based issue which is why you see republicans coming out of the gate -- >> never used to be. this is an extra base issue. >> the republican establishment issue and always has been. i think the problem is that what they're talking about is all cr

he got out early i'm like mitt romney. he paid a lot of taxes unlike mitt romney. he set a standard for transparency which went and better pay attention to. this comes after the sleaze story of the sleazy business associates he had. there may be problems. for a guy who talks about too much reliance on government he is not generous. in 2010 he made $7.3 trillion and gave $111,000 to charity. the question of disclosing who are the firms he consulted for. he did not release those today. this was a smart move. john: no doubt about that. it is a problem to be rich and be this rich. he is a very rich man. not as rich as the clintons but he is a rich guy. being rich and trying to talk about upward mobility and pay attention to the bottom of the income spectrum raises issues. you can't get around it. he is going to be a rich guy. he went to a room today and sat with five news organizations and did questions, talk everybody through this financial background. was in a very good mood, seemed relaxed. the contrast with mitt romney could not be greater. he did it early. he is o

to go to jeb bush who announces tomorrow i'll talk to romney this morning about this. but with jeb bush what is interesting while conservatives believe he's not conservative enough. jeb bush is not going to try to somehow make the case he's with the new conservative movement. what he's going to try to do tomorrow is look what i did in florida. i sort of started a conservative movement in florida, but by the way, i'm a little bit more compassionate than other conservatives. he won't call it compassionate conservativism. that's almost too much of a throw back to his brother. >> we'll be watching you and watching you with mitt romney later this morning on "meet the press." thank you. >>> up next on "today" delivering kindness. a postal worker after finding a ♪ me and you, ♪ ♪ and you and me. ♪ ♪ no matter how they tossed the dice. ♪ ♪ it had to be. ♪ ♪ the only one for me is you. ♪ ♪ and you for me. ♪ ♪ so happy together! ♪ now there's a rewards program that lets you earn points at one place and use them at another. introducing plenti. ♪ ♪

remember when mitt romney and ann romney had to do the donald trump event. donald trump did not run for president in 2012 either. then in 2014 he said he was going to run for governor of new york. at the last minute he decided not to run for governor of new york. now apparently we are on the eve of him announcing whether or not he is going to run for president this time in 2016 as a republican. and here we get to the limits of my abilities as a person who has a job like this. because it is not at all that i dislike mr. trump and therefore don't see the appeal because i don't share the affection for him that his supporters have. it is nothing like that. it's not qualitative at all. i do not recognize -- i cannot see that what he is doing is something that might conceivably to anyone have any political appeal. >> i want to make the country great again. this country is a hell hole. >> i have an absolute way of defeating isis decisive and quick and very, very, it would be very beautiful. >> i do know what to do and i know how to bring isis to the table or defeat

i share that concern with the former governor, mitt romney. i don't know that there's a clearly defined plan which seems to be in response to the polls, just throwing some numbers at it, some bodies to look like he is doing something but it is it the right call? >> using the lily pads you think of frogs but i think of sitting ducks. i think this is not going to disrupt isis. i think it might draw them in a little closer. kimberly mentioned the number break down for us $2.74 billion spent to date fighting isis, $9 million per day and it is a fight many military experts say we are losing. >> it is one thing to talk about throwing warm bodies and to harm's way, more american soldiers into harm's way without a defined strategy and the money angle, the first airstrikes began in august, the american people sent $3 billion fighting isis, that comes under $9 million a day, 55% of that on air strikes, in quarter of that weapons and arrest involved in missions with military carriers. if you are talking about a lot of money and unlimited amount of money