seriously, trying to kiss the behind of mitt romney to get him on board. romney is a democrat to the extent he can think that well. what do you make of mcconnell's urging the president to stop attacking republican senators? >> i am unimpressed. is this the same mitch mcconnell that hasn't had the president's back for the last three years? i get it. you want a legacy with judges put in place, but it isn't just about your legacy. how many people on capitol hill out of the hundreds with the letter r behind their name have fought for this president. it's a handful of people we know. we could make that list right now. it's jim jordan, matt gaetz, lee zeldin. mark meadows. 12 guys. mitch, are you going to fight for the president who has been chosen by 63 million americans or lecture him on fake conservatives like mitt romney. gregg: nobody on the right voted for the impeachment inquiry. 2/3 super majority in the senate to remove the president. but we played a sound bite of president trump attacking adam schiff. that's easy to do since he's one of the most deviou

susan collins of maine and mitt romney of utah. rob in particular is one the white house is very concerned about may vote with the democrats if this thing does get to the senate and there is a trial and the vote on whether or not to convict. romney said in the halls of congress before heading down to the white house that he will not bring up impeachment at this meeting, and that if it is brought up he will sit there and listen like he is doing to the television set. there are other things he wants to talk about including the trust act. impeachment not big on his agenda. with this follows along with what the white house has been doing over the last several weeks. it has held now more than 80 meetings with members of congress. they've had a couple movie nights, meetings up at camp david. just to kind of get everybody on the same page here, and really -- it was described to me at one a time-share sails pitch and terms of the intensity to say, "we need you folks to step up." "the democrats are to against on this road and we need the re

seriously, trying to kiss the behind of mitt romney to get him on board. romney is a democrat to the extent he can think that well. what do you make of mcconnell's urging the president to stop attacking republican senators? >> i am unimpressed. is this the same mitch mcconnell that hasn't had the president's back for the last three years? i get it. you want a legacy with judges put in place, but it isn't just about your legacy. how many people on capitol hill out of the hundreds with the letter r behind their name have fought for this president. it's a handful of people we know. we could make that list right now. it's jim jordan, matt gaetz, lee zeldin. mark meadows. 12 guys. mitch, are you going to fight for the president who has been chosen by 63 million americans or lecture him on fake conservatives like mitt romney. gregg: nobody on the right voted for the impeachment inquiry. 2/3 super majority in the senate to remove the president. but we played a sound bite of president trump attacking adam schiff. that's easy to do since he's one of the most deviou

is duvall patrick obama 2.0 or is he another version of mitt romney? we're going to debate that coming up. plus, could socialist darling alexandria ocasio-cortez be headed to the white house? details coming up on "fbn: a.m.." ♪ makes me that much stronger. ♪ makes me work a little bit harder. ♪ makes me that much wiser ♪ do you recall, not long ago ♪ we would walk on the sidewalk ♪ ♪ all around the wind blows ♪ we would only hold on to let go ♪ ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we needed somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ all we need is someone to lean on ♪ cheryl: duvall patrick has many challenge as a late comer to the presidential race, one of them is how does he explain his work at private equity firm, bank capital. >> there is a place for private equity in the private economy. there is a place for business in our lives. but it is also true that capitalism generally has a lot to answer for. thats is so. and we need to be able to confront that. that's exactly the work i'

that's what they called mitt romney, when mitt romney -- >> tucker: correctly. >> first against ted kennedy, then against barack obama. they said basically kill the women in indiana, they had canceled their insurance, but half of the state of indiana out of work by closing factories. so then deval patrick leaves as governor, and bain capital says, i guess we can immunize ourselves against media persecution, so they hired deval patrick, the first black governor of massachusetts, to work for them.ev they set up one of these green investment funds, and sure enough, they've been immune from any kind of criticism for theur last three or four years. but now he is in the race. >> tucker: can i just ask you -- i wish we had more time on this, and i don't think he is going to be a real candidate, but how can you -- if you are in the democratic party, how can you with a straight face even consider nominating a finance guy like this? or michael bloomberg, s tom steyer? arerg they for real? to the democrats believe anything at this point, do you think? >> i know bernie sanders is going to say, he's a p

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what about the fact in 2012 we had another bain capital alumni running for president, mitt romney who was excoriated over his association with bain capital. do you think they will go after deval patrick the way they went after mitt romney for his association with bain capital? >> they will go after him if they think it will affect their candidacy, no doubt. i just still remember the romney thing because i remember a very we wealthy guy ran, and they said nothing about his wealth. and all of a sudden romney ran, i mean, it's amazing to watch politics and how it plays out. david: by the way, elizabeth warren for all her leftist rhetoric, has 12 million dollars, steve, that's ain't nothing? >> how did she get it? she's been a politician and university professor her whole life. when you asked that question whether they would attack patrick for being at bain capital when they did romney? are you accusing the left of having a double-standard? i mean come on, that never happens. [laughter] >> and even the centrists, the so called centrists in the democratic party, david, support universal he

people like mitt romney, susan collins, who are not saying much after that, but have made clear they are not happy. then you have a few people like pat toomey of pennsylvania who, at last check this past week was washe -- that that call inappropriate but not impeachable. that seems to be a bucket that could get a lot bigger. that a lot of senate republicans could ultimately not vote to but have some harsh words for the president's conduct. that is something that happened in the clinton hearing. ultimately, the democrats lined up to protect him from removal. that could be where things. are going -- where things are going. it is hard to at this point. one thing i do not think is an actual removal. as a senate republican, you are essentially voting for the end of your career because somebody is going to run against you and probably beat you if you remove a president they like. >> a lot of developments with the impeachment as they unfold. thank you for being with us on this sunday. we appreciate it. >> this week, the house intelligence committee and chair adam schiff continue impeachment

if anything, trump did better than mitt romney. mitt romney had that, you know, very milktoast message, don't offend anyone other than that 53% remark. he tried very hard to run a conventional campaign. i don't think pandering really helps. i recognize you are not saying that. there's a distinction between pandering and being offensive. i certainly think trump could dial back his offensiveness. but i don't think that's the main issue here. i think at the end of the day we are talking about long-term historical trend which you noted, i disagree with your assessment about the southern strategy, this was the result of a long shift in african-american voters from the 1930s and '40s during the new deal, when the democratic party was overtly racist. forget about what trump's saying. neil: but whatever minorities you woifrin over, you are losin women, suburban educated men and women. that's offsetting. >> trump's biggest problem is with college educated women in the suburbs. i think even though -- neil: that's white and black and everythi

he's meeting with mitt romney. he's bringing mitt romney into the white house, a guy sitng there and he's trying to make -- under mitch mcconnell's rybody direction. he said you better start turning around with senate republicans. one thing that struck me this week amazing about this wholeda sc is how many people knew. there were a lot of people in washingt and keefe who knew robert: mike pompeo. >> it doesn't break until late august. there are reports on the meeting being held up. i went through it.ht there are a couple o dozen peopleho knew which is stunning, the atmosphere in the white house. robe: that's so true. why aren't democrats waiting to hear from mick mulvaney the chief of staff? ambassador john bolton who has been referenced in so many of these hearings? why are they moving forward? and is the i puzzle isomplete? >> i think the puzzle is definitely incomplete. i'vead a source tell me that we are only halfway through this gamen terms of knowing wngt everythat happened. what's missing? mulvaney, bolton,

among them, utah's mitt romney and maine's susan collins, both critical of the president, and he doesn't want any defections if it comes to a senate trial. >> this remains deeply troubling. >> reporter: last month, romney's critiques prompted the president to call him a pompous ass and argue republicans are not as united as democrats. >> they don't have mitt romney in their midst. they don't have people like that. they stick together. >> reporter: after the lunch, romney said their contentious relationship did not come up. democrats in the senate cried foul. connecticut's richard blumenthal said republicans will be jurors and should not be discussing impeachment with the president at all. >> his agenda's pretty clear. he's trying to taint the jury pool, and they should be above it. >> reporter: this as it appears house democrats are moving closer to impeaching mr. trump. house speaker nancy pelosi -- >> the evidence is clear that the president, the president has used his office for his own personal gain. and in doing so, undermined the national security of the united states. he has viola

and argued republicans are not d united as democrats. >> they don't have mitt romney in their midst. they don't have people like that. they stick together. >> reporter: after the lunch, romney said their contentious relationship did not come up. democrats in the senate cried foul. connecticut's richard blumenthal said republicans will be jurors and should not be discussing impeachment with the president at all. >> his agenda's pretty clear. he's trying to taint the jury pool, and they should be above it. >> reporter: this, as it appears house democrats are moving closer to impeach mr. trump. house speaker nancy pelosi today: >> and the evidence is clear that the president, the president has used his office for his own personal gain, and in doing so, undermined the national security of the united states. he has violated his oath of office. >> reporter: now, a trial in the senate could start in early january, possibly lasting several weeks. that means it could run right up against the early caucuses and primaries. and, norah, that could cause a big problem for the president's democrati

mitt romney essentially arguing these flavors are meant to attract kids. counterargument from the vaping companies was that banning these flavors could lead to a loss of american jobs. the president effectively said he wanted to do what was best for kids but revealed a little bit about how he might move forward on this suggesting that a prohibition on these flavors might lead people to vape to going on the street to look for these products illegally. create a black market the kind as we saw for prohibition. it's a key issue for the president considering some of the polling done by his campaign. part of the reason reportedly he backed off of this issue after that proposed ban in september. this is the most activity we've soon on this since then, brooke. >> did you say what i think you said about the flavor of the vaping? >> yeah. definitely -- the most amusing moment in that entire meeting. mitt romney saying unicorn poop, brooke. >> okay. >> can't make it up. >> okay. a long week. boris, thank you for that. i just -- what i thought but wasn't sure and need

fair to say mitt romney, more than susan collins. nonetheless, what this has to do with the ongoing impeachment thing, finding a single republican voice to respond to that, anyone's guess. we should get an update very very soon. i should say things have calmed at the corner of wall and broad. we are down about 11 points. i will get to that in a second. it's the impeachment stuff that is gripping main street, obviously. again, not so much wall street. take a look. >> in particular, i asked ambassador sondland if it was true that the president did not give an expletive about ukraine. ambassador sondland agreed the president did not give an expletive about ukraine. i asked why not. ambassador sondland stated that the president only cares about big stuff. i noted there was big stuff going on in ukraine, like a war with russia. ambassador sondland replied that he meant big stuff that benefits the president, like the biden investigation, that mr. giuliani was pushing. neil: we've got former house manager during the clinton impeachment tria

people like mitt romney, susan collins, who are not saying much after that, but have made clear that they are not happy. and then you have got a few people, like pat toomey of pennsylvania, who, at last check, this past week, believe -- was in that the call was , inappropriate but not impeachable. some harsh words for the president's conduct. ultimately the democrats lined up to protect him from removal. could be where things are going. tell at thisard to point. one thing that i don't think is removal an actual barring a collapse in the support among the primary voters because as a senate republican you're ssentially voting for the end of your career because somebody is going to run against you and probably beat you if you president that a they like. as the of to develop as unfolds on wednesday morning. thank you for being with us on this sunday. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> c-span's washington journal every day with knew and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, we'll two of the impeachment inquiry hearings with "wall street journal" vivian -- an senior staff w

. >> -- he doesn't look like mitt romney holding the cash and evil private equity overlord buying up america and what is elizabeth's plan anyway, i don't understand -- >> the bottom line is, i think gary you would take that is issue that has nothing to do social media. >> it has everything to do with social media because if she didn't have so many followers this may or may not have gone on. the many of these people following the importer is power. you can use the power for good or you can use the power for bad and in this case she should do something different, open your mouth up and get your fans to back away because death threats are not good think you. >> police in hong kong say they will be out in force to put up stopped any violence on either side as many people are expected to head to the polls in a citywide election. we will take you there. plus the hong kong democracy bill sitting on the president's desk after passing a bipartisan support in the house and senate, why the president says he is still weighing whether or not to sign it. gordon chang says this is not a good thing.

coming up, however, a new england democrat born in chicago who works at mitt romney's old company, yes, it's complicated and this man just made the democratic race more complicated. his story, the rest of the day in politics when we come back. if you have medicare, listen up. the medicare enrollment deadline is only days away. with so many changes, do you know if your plan is still the right fit? having the wrong plan may cost you thousands of dollars out of pocket, and that's why i love healthmarkets, your insurance marketplace. with their new fitscore, they compare thousands of plans from national insurance companies to find the right medicare plan that fits you. call or visit healthmarkets to find your fitscore today. in minutes, you can find out if your current plan is the right fit or if there's another one that can get you extra coverage or help save you money. best of all, their service is completely free. does your plan have $0 copays, $0 deductibles, and $0 premiums? if not, maybe it's not the right fit. does it include dental and vision coverage? well, if not, maybe it's not

susan collins and mitt romney among them. you know the history between senator mitt romney, 2012 presidential nominee for the republican party and this president has not always been very smooth. but romney and collins were turned to the capitol earlier this afternoon, after having lunch over here at the white house and told reporters that what they heard from the president did not vary very much from what he said publicly about this impeachment inquiry so far and the words of mitt romney, he thought lunch was delightful. so at this point it doesn't sound like the president is twisting a lot of arms in terms of republican senators. and at this point, wolf, nobody in washington believes there are enough republican senators who will cross over and convict the president in the senate barring some unforeseen bombshells that may not be -- or maybe yet to come, wolf. >> jim acosta at the white house, thanks very much. coming up, we're going to go back to capitol hill for an update on what's next in the timeline for possible articles

2, 3, or senate republicans who have said very critical things about the president's phone call -- mitt romney, susan collins -- who are not saying much after that, but have made clear that they are not happy. and then you have got a few people, like pat toomey of pennsylvania, who, at last believehis past week, that the call was inappropriate but not impeachable. and so that seems to be a bucket that could get a lot bigger, that a lot of senate republicans could ultimately not vote to convict but have some harsh words for the president's conduct here. that is something that happened in the bill clinton and treatment. if you remember, joe lieberman gave sort of a scathing speech about clinton's conduct, but ultimately the democrats lined up to protect him from removal. and that could be where things are going. it is really hard to tell at this point. one thing that i don't think is likely is an actual removal, barring a collapse in the president's support amongst public and primary voters, because then come as a senate republican, you are essentially voting for the end of your career, b

and senator mitt romney. he is speaking, let's watch. >> it is a very dangerous area, because there are drug cartels that are working along the border, and their number of american families that live in that area, and that is a great risk too many, many people. women and children are going to be brutally murdered for the unthinkable. >> reporter: at this point do you still want to hear from him or her? but do you think that there is enough otherwise that comes up? >> i will not be giving advice to the house or to the individuals of the house that will be presenting the case, if they decide to go forward with articles of impeachment, nor to the president's council, let them decide what they think is right, but i do think with regards to the whistle-blower, they blow the whistle, than other people have to look in and capture the facts and present those facts to the individuals that will make a final determination. >> reporter: thank you all. >> harris: so there were a couple of things that was all right there,

among them swing states, mitt romney, susan collins. though susan collins said they didn't talk about that and they didn't feel like he was trying to butter up the jurors or what have you and mitt romney said they didn't talk about their differences. but do you think he's going to just try to keep an eye on these senators even though it's along party lines right now? >> you know, i just wouldn't give him credit for that much cleverness or even for that -- even for any kind of strategy. i mean, one of the -- i was listening to carl bernstein earlier and john dean, who was saying that this was worse than watergate, and i think they're right. but one of the really striking similarities to me is it's not the first time we had a president who was delusional. dick nixon was convinced the cia was out to get him. he thought there was dirt somewhere in the brookings institution on an opponent. >> that's paranoia. >> the safe. he wanted haldeman to go and blow the safe and get it out. haldeman didn't do it. but that delusion almost pales in compa

we take them all seriously. >> how often do you see your uncle mitt romney? >> how often do you see your uncles? [laughter] i get a lot of -- i love my uncle. he lives are lived in massachusetts growing up so i a fair amount but probably most people with your uncles. it depends. but i see him at senate policy lunch and my dad was sick a couple months ago and i talked to him when my dad was sick and my dad is fine and now. it's a family stuff. i think it gets a lot of attention because of the roles we are in but a lot of families have disagreements right now about politics and i think people relate to that. we just choose not to talk about it. [laughter] >> you're not having a -- >> no, there never has been a big thanks giving with my uncle. that is not something -- not in a negative way but i host things giving in michigan and i don't know maybe for big families and i'm one of seven siblings and my mom -- my romney side was on my moms side loved tromp and my aunt toby wrote anna is a paper when tromp was a candidate he will win in a landslide and she gave it

we take them all seriously. >> how often do you see your uncle mitt romney? >> how often do you see your uncles? [laughter] i get a lot of -- i love my uncle. he lives are lived in massachusetts growing up so i a fair amount but probably most people with your uncles. it depends. but i see him at senate policy lunch and my dad was sick a couple months ago and i talked to him when my dad was sick and my dad is fine and now. it's a family stuff. i think it gets a lot of attention because of the roles we are in but a lot of families have disagreements right now about politics and i think people relate to that. we just choose not to talk about it. [laughter] >> you're not having a -- >> no, there never has been a big thanks giving with my uncle. that is not something -- not in a negative way but i host things giving in michigan and i don't know maybe for big families and i'm one of seven siblings and my mom -- my romney side was on my moms side loved tromp and my aunt toby wrote anna is a paper when tromp was a candidate he will win in a landslide and she gave it

but, first: breaking right now, president trump and senator mitt romney in the same room and it is getting heated. not about the two men's long standing rivalry but about vaping and sounds like the president is about to make some big changes that could shake up the entire industry. we will bring you video from the meeting just as soon as it comes. in reporting begins now. ♪ >> jon: fox news reporting begins with an fbi lawyer who may have manipulated a document connected to the surveillance of a former trump campaign advisor carter page. that's according to the reporting 6 "the washington post" and others as the justice department's inspector general wraps up his final report on the origins of the russia investigation. good afternoon, i'm john roberts. back in 2016, the feds obtained a secret surveillance warrant to monitor carter page's communications. he has never been charged or accused of any wrongdoing. for years, president trump has repeatedly called the russia investigation a hoax and a witch-hunt. the inspector general expected to release his final report in the next couple of we

now, however, he is at a company we associate with one mitt romney called bain capital. before you answer, he was asked about bain capital. let's run his answer and we'll talk about best campaign practices with our friend jason. >> there is a place for private equity in the private economy. there is a place for business in our lives. but it is also true that capitalism generally has a lot to answer for. that is so. and we need to be able to confront that, and that's exactly the work i've been doing at bain capital. >> handicap his entry just hours old so far, if you will. >> this is the worst barack obama/mitt romney remix that he could ever release on his debut day. i mean, you know, the bain capital, but the south side of chicago. you can't say that this is a party of the woke and then start talking about how you work in this private equity firm. these things don't make sense. but those aren't the only mistakes that he's made. he doesn't have a message. he doesn't have a lane. he appears to be coming in at the same time that a lot of the activists in the democratic par

president, i am senator mitt romney. we have often offered flavors so we ban do not have kids getting hooked on nicotine products. we also insist cartridges are tamperproof so kids cannot add contaminants to the cartridges. very bigthis is a subject and a complex subject. probably a little bit less complex than some people think, listen and cover divergent views. who would like to start? maybe i will ask alex to get started, maybe give us background on where we are, what we are doing. >> thank you for your work and leadership on this issue. your attention to it demonstrates your deep commitment to americans' health and in particular, the health and well-being of our youth. while e-cigarettes can potentially be an offramp to adults that are addicted to combustible tobacco, we can all agree we cannot allow them to become an on-ramp to nicotine addiction for our kids. individuals and organizations who represent many different aspects of the issue, the question of how to regulate e-cigarettes is highly complex, so it is vita

mitt romney's grandson dressing up as senator's alter ego. i like that one. >> a reporter saying that mitt romney had a secret twitter acount, his grandson made a light hearted attempt at a halloween costume. dressing up with a mysterious young man. and a beret and an i.d. tag. david: my wife's fact ri favorie actor, the rock, kevin hart trolling him. >> i'll cover-up in iconic look. was a blue jeans with a fannie pack, iconic black turtleneck with gold chain and gold watch. david: from a long time ago. >> and it just rocked the internet. david: miranda great stuff, tune in to my show "bulls and bears," every weekday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, it is nowr kennedy, and guy benson is in for kennedy. >> well, impeachment show has rolled into town. dc is about to become a political war zone, happy halloween, i am guy benson in for kennedy, it's actually me, that is the costume. democrat pass a resolution on their rules for a impeachment inquiry, not a single republican voted yes, two democrats voted no, regardless, nancy pelosi did her best to pro tend

neil: so has mitt romney. >> a lot of people. i think she's using this taylor swift story to get some traction there. neil: i just don't remember any of this controversy with adele. >> you are a big fan, aren't you? neil: makes a lot of people uncomfortable. look at the time. i want to switch gears, too. this whole idea of where we have, you know, beyond beef, all these alternatives that keep coming out, a new report finds a majority of consumers who purchase a lot of these plant-based alternatives, they are not vegetarian or vegan. they like it. they like it. i have tested some of this. it's actually very good. this might surprise people, i'm not a vegan. what do you think? >> i think people are intrigued by it. it's something different. neil: have you tried it? >> i have. i've tried pretty much everything that's out there. neil: pretty good, right? >> it's good, but there's not a lot of vegans, i would assume, that are going to burger king or dunkin donuts to get their breakfast or lunch. what they are trying to do is tap into

[laughter] >> are you asking a mitt romney question. [laughter] >> of the president ever calls you when you're in air force one and says how do i deal with your own goal, is there any advice you give the president about that or do you talk to your uncle about the president, is there any interaction about that really but completely aside. >> i'm not going to share my interaction with the president but we talk about a lot of different things and i will say there has been time where the t president says i'm sorry have to do this and been very kind. when it gets out in the public and he's very concerned and i know one day and got a little more out there and he called me at 10:30 p.m. and so how are you doing, it's a tough day. so i think he does not like to see the have to be pulled into the public arena but mitt and i grew up in a political family, my grandfather obviously had very strong opinions, we had h disagreements whenever we got together for family gatherings, it's not as upsetting for us as maybe it is for people outside of it. we

romney. but lawmakers say that while impeachment did come up during that lunch, that the president wasn't trying to putter up lawmakers in their votes, if this goes to a senate trial. dave and christine? >> pamela brown, thank you. >>> new fuel by president trump against his allies. a former fbi lawyer, accused of altering a document, connected to robert mueller's russia investigation. sources briefed on the matter, says the document was part of the package that was used to get a warrant for former campaign adviser carter page. the probe by the internal watchdog, likely to fuel claims of wrongdoing by the fbi, when it investigates russian meddling and the campaign. >>> xi jingping says that china wants to work out a phase one deal with the u.s. but china is not afraid of a trade war. when necessary, we will fight back. we have been working actively to not to have a trade war. time is running out. on a american side, a source familiar with the state of play, says there's two options on the tab

mitt romney is not going to go to the floor and say, this is perfect. one of the questions was, can you get this to the president? was this just rudy freelansing? was that ambassador sondland sort of winging it? ambassador sondland when i first came here, george h. bush. gordon sondland said everybody was. >> everyone was in the loop. it was no secret. everyone was informed via email on july 19th, days before the presidential call. >> by everyone, he meant the vice president of the united states, including the secretary of state, the white house chief of staff and the president. >> that's why, to julie's point earlier, all the facts are mounting up and they do not look good for the president. i think that's clear at the end of the day. what's also clear at the end of the day is despite the parade of witnesses, the mounting evidence, does this change republicans' minds? i think we saw both sides really harden in their respective corners. you're going to have republicans point to the fact that, for example, the questioning of volker and morrison when they

gop colleague senator mitt romney doesn't agree. >> i can and i may but i could do it right now. nothing stops me. >> my own view is whistleblower is particularly those blowing whistles on action within the government should be allowed to remain confidential. >> the republican chairman wyoming senator john barrasso joins us. good to have you with us tonight. let's start there. what do you think of the calls for the whistleblower's identity to be made public? >> we have lost to protect whistleblowers. it is an important law to have whistleblowers, was a lowe's have helped in many ways, taxpayer saved hundreds of millions of dollars, with regard to impeachment let us be very clear, this is a partisan impeachment. there is no precedent for this in the history of the united states and with regard to a whistleblower this individual whoever he or she may be must in terms of due process, in terms of transparency make themselves available to congress, to the president's team, testify in person under oath so people can assess the credibility of the individual, the believability of the ind

going to new hampshire and singing barack obama or mitt romney or whoever 20 feet away from you talking to real people, you would never see that in california. it makes the candidates -- even if they have the most money -- it next them talk to voters. the voters relish their duty of asking tough questions of these candidates. chance toves a candidates that don't have money. 2008 campaigne took place in california, would that result be possible? obam wasa able to meet voters and generate excitement and pulling off a surprise win that gave other people in the country -- this all-white state is willing to vote for an african-american man for president. i don't know you could have that in a large state. i've got about an hour on this. [laughter] it is an arms race here. i agree with seema. if you take the first four, iowa caucus, new hampshire, south carolina and nevada -- that four is the lever on the process. it becomes pretty diverse. you get christian conservatives hugevangelicals, you get a african-american vote in the south carolina primary. if you club them together, both regionally

you've seen someone like a mitt romney, family. mitt romney has the luxury of realizing even if trump wins re-tleeks he'll still be in office, not having to deal with the backlash that could come. for many of these members they are concerned about assuring their own base of supporters and making sure they can win re-election and that means not speaking out against president trump. >> speaking of the impeachment process here, we know that he has two deadlines ahead of him as to whether to make the determination as to whether he and his attorneys should take part in this impeachment hearing. he's been complaining about this left and right saying that they haven't been a part of it, haven't been able to bring their own witnesses. a defense attorney was on a couple of hours ago. said the president needs to take part in this. do you believe that's the case? >> well, i mean the question for the white house is would it make a difference? it the looks me like the cake is already baked and the house has decided to impeach the president and

the same company mitt romney co-founded. many said not only was he out of touch with us, kevin, that they portrayed bain as evil entities. i just again, i don't think the deval patrick is going to get the same treatment. >> well, it is an interesting point that you make. i don't think it will be obviously a very popular thing to be running as a former bain capital executive in a democratic primary with the energy we're seeing on the left with regards to the ad you showed from elizabeth warren. so it will be interesting. deval just entered the race today, former governor patrick is in new hampshire today filing for the ballot. he heads to california tonight, recognizing how important california is as a super tuesday state but again i don't think entering the race this late will be a boon to deval patrick's candidacy. charles: obviously deval patrick, perhaps mayor bloomberg, even hillary clinton might sense that something, that there is enough weakness there for them to emerge. brad, kevin, wish we had more time. we'll be tal

romney lost in 2012 and general consensus that hispanic -- [inaudible] >> and the 3 of them, one of them had this article that conservative writer had written, called the case of the missing white-working class and the argument was mitt romney did not lose because he had not reached out broadly enough, he lost because he alienated, he was not popular, he could not get a consensus from the white-working class who saw him assault's as bad as democrats because he was out of touch, he didn't understand working people and he hadn't spoken directly enough to their concerns, that's what they thought he could do if they ran populist play and looking for someone who could do that rather than what the whole rest of the establishment was needed to happen. >> as you point out immigration was the third rail of politics, explain a little bit about why it was a third rail and why neither party really wanted to touch it? >> yeah, so the first -- my first exposure covering administration, george w. bush administration, he talked obviously about comprehensive immigration reform, he talked about being

he has been working for thane capital, the same firm that mitt romney was involved with years ago. the deadline to file for that is tomorrow. in his announcement video, he says this should not be easy and it won't be. back to you. >>> here is a live look at capitol hill. the first public testimony in the public impeachment hearings reveal a phone call. >> the top ukraine diplomat said that a staffer overheard a phone call between president trump and gordon sondland. allegedly, the president was asking for more more keeping. >> that's more piling up evidence that the president was using his high office. >> is this what we want a president to do, letterman their power of the white house meeting, security assistants to involve a foreign government and if we do, can we ever go back? >> some democrats started comparing the situation to bribery. and a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine is set to testify tomorrow. we spoke to a former council to the senate judiciary committee about what to expect. >> and you will hear the politicization of our american foreign policy by president trump and

sit down like mitt romney does not agree. >> i could do it right now. >> my view that whistle-blowers, particularly those blowing whistles on action within the government should be allowed to remain confidential. speak republican >> shannon: senator, good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> shannon: let's start therapy what you think about the cause for the whistle-blower's identity be made public? >> we have laws to protect whistle-blowers. i think it's an important law to have. whistle-blowers have helped in many ways taxpayers save hundreds of millions of dollars. but with regards to impeachment, let's be very clear. this is a partisan impeachment pair there is no precedence for this in the history of the united states. with regard of a whistle-blower, this individual, whoever he or she may be, i think must in terms of due process, in terms of transparency, make himself available to congress, to the president's team, testify in person, under oath, so people can assess the credibility of the individual, the believability of the individual. that's not something t

and of course your uncle mitt romney now senator from utah has also chaired with us several times. this is the special welcome to you. now with his background as she grew up in michigan and go start in the family business early by helping her mother campaign. 1994 senate campaign. after graduating she moved to dc and work for your a consulting firm and eventually return to michigan and got involved in in 2012 her uncle mitt romney presidential campaign, and then the public and national committee woman from michigan and 2014. in 2015, she was elected chair of the michigan republican party. during 2016 makes mcdaniel serve as a delegate to republican national convention for your donald trump. and soon after his victory she was elected to succeed as rnc chair. she has been there ever since. which brings us to today's practice. now for the ground rules where on the record, but please note live blogging or tweeting. in shortrt no filing of any kind while the breakfast iss underway. and then once the session ends at 10:00 o'clock and margo. we will e-mail pitcher to this breakfast and al

virginia was a state that donald trump lost by five points, mitt romney lost in 2012. it's a state that's been trending toward the democrats. i think the challenge in virginia, is, though, the same challenge that republicans face elsewhere, which is that in the suburbs, particularly those northern virginia suburbs around washington, d.c., and now increasingly even the areas along the coast there, areas that previously were very much republican, those areas are moving away from the republicans. and that is a generalizable trend. but virginia specifically, that's been moving away from republicans for a while. >> jason, what do you make of the successes in kentucky and virginia? the president making the excuse that in kentucky matt bevin was unpopular. it's a fact. matt bevin was a remarkably unpopular governor. but should democrats be able to take some joy in what happened last night? >> ali, anytime you get a victory, you should take joy from it. i think democrats have reason to be happy. i think they have reason to be happy about the turnout in virginia, the turnout th

and that includes even mitt romney. >> reporter: this week's violence isn't the first time this family has faced horrible situations as a result of the drug wars. >> in 2009, a man named benjamin labaron was murdered by a cartel. >> reporter: he was an anti-crime activist, killed by a gang of armed men. his brother spoke to the associated press about the increasing cartel violence. [ speaking in spanish ] >> they're all going to be buried in mexico? >> reporter: we caught up with julio as he mourns this new loss. did you ever think the violence would reach this level? >> not really. i don't think anybody can imagine. what kind of men can call themselves men that murder women and children? >> there's been some talk amongst my uncles, amongst my family living here of thinking about moving out. it's starting to escalate. >> reporter: according to justice in mex kpico, a researc initiative, about a third to half of mexico's homicides since 2006 can be attributed to organized crime groups, especially drug trafficking organizations. >> cartels have such a strong presence, it's especially dan

than mitt romney. talk about this. >> it's funny. i was co-chair of that campaign as you know in 2012. i didn't buy it then and i don't now. look, i think capitalism has a lot to answer for, a lot to answer for. i launched this business called an impact fund. double impact wierp looking for social or environmental impact. we're trying to show you tonight have to trade return for impact and that there's a way to think about long-term value that is more respectful and responsible. >> obama gave a little bit of warning to democrats saying you can get a little bit too activist, a little bit too left, a little bit too twitter focused. you do think there's a danger to this party? how -- >> you know the last thing i'm going to do is be a pundant on my friend, the former president. look, i'm excited that the party is -- feels to me sort of fearless about big ideas. you remember in the -- i think it was at the 2012 convention when i had a couple minutes at the podium one of my points was that democrats needed t