your uncle, mitch romney now senator from utah has also appeared several times. this is a special welcome to you. now a bit of background and she grew up in michigan and got her start in the family business early by helping her mother campaign for relatives. she went out west to byu for college but came back to work on her mother's 1934 senate campaign. after graduating she moved to dc and work for a political consulting firm and eventually return to michigan, got involved in state politics in 2012 and helped her uncle mitt romney, presidential campaign, and became republican national committee woman for michigan in 2014 and 2015 she was elected chair of the michigan republican party. during the 2016 election ms. mcdaniel served as a delegate to the republican national convention for donald trump. soon after his victory she was elected to succeed the rnc chair where she has been ever since. now for the ground rules. we are on the record but please no live blogging or tweeting. in short, no filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway. once the session ends

your uncle, mitch romney now senator from utah has also appeared several times. this is a special welcome to you. now a bit of background and she grew up in michigan and got her start in the family business early by helping her mother campaign for relatives. she went out west to byu for college but came back to work on her mother's 1934 senate campaign. after graduating she moved to dc and work for a political consulting firm and eventually return to michigan, got involved in state politics in 2012 and helped her uncle mitt romney, presidential campaign, and became republican national committee woman for michigan in 2014 and 2015 she was elected chair of the michigan republican party. during the 2016 election ms. mcdaniel served as a delegate to the republican national convention for donald trump. soon after his victory she was elected to succeed the rnc chair where she has been ever since. now for the ground rules. we are on the record but please no live blogging or tweeting. in short, no filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway. once the session ends

her late grandfather, michigan governor george romney was our guest several times. he was the guest at the third monitor breakfast. in 1966. and her uncle, met romney, senator from utah has also appeared with us several times. this is a special welcome to you. background.f she grew up in michigan and got her start in the family business early by helping her mother campaign for relatives. she went out west to byu for college but came back to work on her mother's 1994 senate campaign. after graduation, she worked to d.c. and worked for a political consulting firm. she eventually returned to michigan and got involved in the politics. in 2012. she helped her uncle, mitt romney, in his presidential campaign and that became the republican national committee 2015, she014 and in was elected chair of the michigan republican party. she served as a delegate to the republican national convention for donald trump. soon after his victory, she was elected to succeed reince priebus as chair which brings us to today's breakfast. the ground rolls. we are on the record. please no live

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 devious if not insincere, i.e., lying members of congress. schiff

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

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 violated his oath of office. >> reporter: a trial in the senate would likely start in early january and could last several weeks, possibly overlapping with the early caucuses and primaries. that could disrupt the campaigns of the president's democratic rivals who also happen to be senators. ben tracy, cbs news, the white house. >>> on "cbs this morning," formula -- form trump chief of staff reince priebus will discus

[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

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 healthcare, a public option and think that in the case of deval patrick think warren's wealth tax is in effect a good idea. the progressive ideology is still there even among the so called centrist democrats. david: we wish deval luck. >>> we will tell you the push to oust a student body president because of an invitation he sent to don jr. that's coming next. ards. it's just not right. but with sofi, you can get your credit cards right, by consolidating your credit card de

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

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 devious if not insincere, i.e., lying members of congress. schiff

. >> -- 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.

work that they alleged romney was doing. that he's a greedy capitalist. i think he's got a lot to answer for. of course, democrats live a life of contradiction and exception and they'll give him a pass. certainly joe biden is not up to the job. other democrats know that. and i think we'll see iowa, new hampshire not be kind to joe biden and that's where others will be able to generate and pick up steam in fund raising and also broad support. cheryl: and kevin, also too, private equity we should say, sometimes kit be good, sometimes it can be bad. even elizabeth warren who has gone after the banks and the finance sector and private equity, these corporate raiders, if you will, he'll have to explain what bane capital did to toys r us for example. how does he do that? >> he manages something called a double i'm pact -- i'm pac impa. he's going to say he's investing in companies that are making an impact on communities. but i think it is going to be tough. i disaa agree with brad, that he'll get a pass. this time with the way th

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

romney made a fortune. reporter: neil, when that obama campaign ad ran, there was one outspoken critic of that, then mayor cory booker who called obama's ads nauseating. we'll see if he changed his tune on that. neil? neil: hillary, thank you very much. before i get to my buddy charlie gasparino routinely breaking news, i had the honor of doing that, i tried to push the massachusetts governor to say, well, barack obama wasn't leaning too far left. take a look. governor, governor, do you have a minute to talk to us? >> i have got to fly. neil: getting good reaction to the speech. >> i feel good. neil: you did you expect the reception you got? >> i expect a lot of enthusiasm about the president and his agenda. neil: what about the backbone comment? what were you trying to say there? >> we have to be about our values which are central american values, central 208 american character, stand up for that, we win. we deserve to win. neil: you said the party should embrace what it stands for. not duck away from it.

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

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

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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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

former presidential candidate mitt romney, a mormon himself with family in mexico, also offered u.s. support to find the perpetrators. sen. romney: this is really unthinkable, and i agree with the president when he says mexico have to knuckle down and go after these cartels and stop this escalating level of violence. if there is a way we can help in the effort, that we are called will: from the incgly beleaguered mexican president, it was ao polite thanks but thanks. pres. lÓpez obrador: we have all the cooperation we need now. i'm going to tell president trump thank you very much come and see how th can help while eservi our sovereignty as they do and all countries do. will: yet that question, war against the drug cartels or peace, ione that mexico is constantly asking itself.th critics sapresident's strategy of nonviolence isn't working, especiallyll followingn embarrassing episode last monthp in whiice in the state of lnaloa briefly detained the son of the jailed drd el chapo guzman, only to release him after being outgunned by his me he will not be drawn back into a protracted w

trump actually lost ground compared to romney by 5.5%. will these establishment republicans return to the fold and support president trump? i'm joined now by two of our county to county reporters, vaughn hillyard in milwaukee county, wisconsin. --a burns in michigan. >> good morning, chuck. recall back in 2016, donald trump won the state by just 22,000 votes. and last year's governors race, the democrat tony eebers beat scott walker by 30,000 votes. here, it's the most diverse county in the state, and of course, it's not lost on folks' memories around here that hillary clinton is the party's nominee in 2016 didn't visit the state a single time. but more so, i have been repeatedly told it's about what that decision represented. a lack of acknowledgment of the city and its people. voters here say they want their economic situations to be understood and for the candidates to offer real economic remedies. chuck. >> vaughn, thanks very much. if african-american turnout is up there, it may mean it's up in other states as well. dasha, tell me ab

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,

one, it was aversion of romney care, governor romney's plan in massachusetts. before that a version of a heritage foundation plan. more than that, it was the idea that president obama wanted to do things incrementally. he said when he campaigned, michael, if i was starting from scratch, i'd do it differently. since i'm not, we're going to do it this way, stick with a market-based plan. part of being a conservative is recognizing realities and governing not as you want to in your fantasy world but as the real world fits. that's why he went for that instead of, i think, the public option, which democrats really wanted. that's why i think it has remained in place all these years later. >> i think his mistake in terms of the rollout, the technical issues aside, was in not casting it as an issue of personal responsibility. all right, david. be prepared to lose the survey question today. i think that's a forego conclusion. it will be very interesting to see how high you've moved the needle, so thank you. >> thanks, michael. >> let's see what you're saying via twitter

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

romney had lunch with the president yesterday. he called it delightful, he and the president even shaking hands and diverting contention. lindsey graham on one count, ted cruz on another and mike lee. i've been told that they are the core group of individuals who are working with the white house right now on how to shape what's coming next in a senate trial. they were working with pat cipollone. they were involved with pat cipollone and other republicans yesterday in the actual shape of a senate trial. there is notice on capitol hill that a trial is coming, whether the president likes it or not. how that actually firms up, what that looks like may be just as important given the fact this very clearly will end up in the senate's lap in short order, john. >> short order. the question is how short? phil mattingly on the hill. we'll watch the calendar as it plays out. let's start with the house, phil. he doesn't like the president's questions and attacking of the intelligence community. and yet just as we were winding down yesterday,

let's talk about what we just heard senator romney touch upon, dana. he said going after the whistleblower is misdirected, because over and over the president has, and senator rand paul, his colleague, chimed in last night and said the media should release the name of the whistleblower. there is a reason rand paul himself is not doing it. >> right, and you saw one of the president's usual allies, very staunch allies on impeachment, lindsey graham, say he agrees with rand paul. not about the media releasing it, but the president should know the name of the whistleblower. i definitely defer to the lawyers on this panel. but just on its face, it seems to me to be such a political argument. because the whistleblower is kind of moot at this point. right now we are in the throes of a very intense impeachment inquiry where, yes, it was launched because of the whistleblower, but after that, the white house themselves released the summary of the call transcript and then the investigators, republican and democrat, have been doing depositions behind closed doors

of you may have remembered the autopsy or as the republican party was doing to autopsy of why mitt 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 admi

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

, 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, because

the democrats don't seem to have any mitt romneys. we do. >> so romney is on his mind there. romney has been one of the most outspoken trump critics who has emerged so far. how do you see the house vote this week? every single republican voted against the resolution. do you read that as if it comes to articles of impeachment, that means they're dug in? they'll all vote against articles of impeachment, or do you see wiggle room that vote doesn't actually indicate? >> i think right now they are unanimous in their support because they're afraid of donald trump. he is obviously bribing them with money, saying if you want money to support your campaign and if you don't want to have an opponent in the primary, you better support me. and he has raised an enormous amount of money. but i think in the end, once they go back home and start hearing from their constituents, who are starting to believe and understand, and we now have almost 50% of the american people -- 49% say he should not only be impeached. he should be removed. that's a very dramatic thing. also if you follow the stati

now however he's at a company when he associate with one mit romney called bain capitol. he was asked about bain capitol and 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's so and we need to be able to confront that and that's the work that i have been doing at bain capital. >> handicap his entry just hours old. >> this is the worst barack obama and mit romney remix that he could release. this is the party of the woke and start talking about how you work from these private equities. these things don't make sense. he does not have a message or a lane. he appears to be coming at the same time that a lot of activists and the democratic party, billionaires and billionaires are worried of elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. he did not buy the proper domain name for his campaign site. we there are scandal about his behavior. this is the worst rule out eve

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,

main rival for the republican nomination, it appeared at that time, was going to be governor george romney of michigan. when the riots took place in michigan, the subtext contributing to what turned out to be so complicated, was that romney did not want to say he could not handle this situation, and therefore needed federal troops did and johnson insisted that romney say he could not handle the situation. even in the midst of a catastrophic set of events that resulted in dozens of deaths, hundreds of millions of dollars in destroyed property, it could not take that sort of political component out of it as two individuals who thought they might be running against each other the following year. wanting to make the situation reflects bad on the other one rather than on himself. >> i do want to point out some of the artistry and how johnson gets presented. johnson had very large parts of his body that he imposed on other people. think about the johnson treatment. but the way he presented his nose here. there is this growing nose that johnson has paid if you pay attention to johnson's body shap

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

right side of the screen, mitt romney. there's a back story there but let's keep it on vaping. next to the president, as romney has been an advocate for getting flavored vaping products off of store shelves. and around the table in the cabinet room, all the stake holders. american cancer society, american lung association, for example, then you have the ceos of some of the biggest companies or at least the top executives. juul, and the vaping association, the lobbyists or at least some of their representatives who were arguing before the president. you have all of these competing voices in the room, trying to state their case as you've got a public health debate and also a big business debate. president trump seemed very concerned and i stress this, seemed very concerned about what we're seeing in the country right now, which is the youth usage of flavored vaping products and there was a general consensus in the room of that has to stop, that children should not get their hands on flavored vaping products, and that the age limit should be raised to 21 for any sort of nicotine p

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

after the lunch, romney spoke to reporters. >> he had made some initial comments that related to the impeachment process, but it's nothing that i haven't heard on tv from him. so there was no, you know, inside story or some, some argument that he was providing for us. >> now, collins told reporters that she did not get the sense that the president was trying to charm her, before the potential senate trial, saying it was a quote good meeting overall. >>> let's talk about some new poll numbers conducted right in the middle of some of these impeachment hearings from this past sunday through wednesday, the latest emerson poll, finds support for impeachment has dropped, by points over the last month now at 43% and 45%, actually opposed to it. the biggest swing is amongst independent, 49% now oppose, and up 10 points over the last month, 34% of independents support it, down 14 points. and 69% of voters say they were watching or following the impeachment hearings overall. let's talk about some of these. joining us from washington, white house reporter for "politico," meredith mcgraw, we jus

republican senators mitt romney and susan collins were among at least eight senators invited to lunch at the white house today. here is what senator romney and senator collins had to say after lunch. >> he had made some initial comments that related to the impeachment process, but it's nothing that i haven't heard on tv from him. >> was the president looking for any kind of loyalty from you or senator collins when it came to impeachment? did he say, you guys will be with me? >> he said nothing of that nature. >> there is a sense he's trying to butter up the people who will be his jury. >> for the morning on "fox and friends," the president will see this ad run by republicans for the rule of law. >> was there a quid pro quo? the answer is yes. >> president trump held up military aid to ukraine in exchange for a investigation into the bidens. >> withholding security assistance in exchange for help with a domestic political campaign in the united states would be crazy. >> republicans know that a quid pro quo is wrong. >> if you can show me that, you know, trump actually was engaging in a

i know i think senator romney was at the white house the other day. is there any work to keep those potentially not as loyal, if you want to put it that way senators, in a loyal place? >> yeah, katy, there are a couple of things going on as it relates to the senate. first of all, the president and those at the white house are extremely confident that the republicans senators by and large are going to stick with trump. they don't feel like they're at risk of a conviction in the senate which would require a two-thirds majority in that chamber. but they're also reaching out, as you said to susan collins and to robert muellemuelle mitt rom interesting to see mitt romney yesterday, he has been the most outspoken with the president of the united states aens comments to ukraine which makes voters feel he's the most likely to acquit the president. the-s we're also seeing the president's close ally lindsey graham, the republican senator from south carolina try to begin an investigation into the bidens. he's requested documentation from the state department rel