and there was a moment in the romney campaign where mitt romney accepted donald trump's endorsement. i'm going to show you a clip of that. >> it's my honor, real honor and privilege to endorse mitt romney. so, governor romney, go out and get them. you n do it. >> thank you, thank you. there are some things that you just can't imagine happening in your life. this is one of them. being in donald trump's magnificent hotel and having his endorsement is a delight. >> now, you write in the book... looking back on that moment, did you help legitimize donald trump? i mean, this is the man who ran against obama on the birther. >> i mean, this probably wouldn't have happened had it not been for me, so i should take the hit on this. so, what's interesting is we started getting calls. i stard getting calls from donald trump's people. "mr. trump has cleared his schedule and he's free to travel, leave nevada with governor romney." i was like, "no, that's not going to happen. we're not going to do that." and what was fascinating, talking to him, michael cohen and the other people, they literally co

mitt romney -- mitt romney and paul ryan will rebuild us at home, and they will help us lead abroad. they will provide an answer to the question, "where does america stand? " the challenge is real, and the times are hard, but america has met and overcome hard challenges before. whenever you find yourself doubting us, just think about all of those times that america made the impossible seem inevitable in retrospect. our revolutionary founding against the greatest military power of the time, a civil war, brother against brother, hundreds of thousands dead on both sides, but we emerged a stronger union, a second founding, as impatient patriots fought to overcome the birth defect of slavery and the scourge of segregation, a long struggle against communism, with the soviet union eventually in collapse in the emergence of europe, free and at peace, and in the aftermath of 9/11, making the hard decisions that secured -- the willingness to take really hard decisions that secured us and prevented the follow-on a that everyone thought preordained. -- follow-on attacks that everyone thought pre

[cheers and applause] mitt romney and paul ryan understand this reality. that our leadership abroad and our well being at home are inextricably linked. they know what to do. they know our friends and allies must again be able to trust us, from from israel to poland to the philippines to colombia and our friends have to know that we will be reliable and consistent and determined, and our foes, our foes, can have no reason to doubt our resolve, because peace really does come through strength. [cheers and applause] our military capability and our behnological status will safe in mitt romney's hands. we must look at a global economy and pursue free and fair trade to grow our influence and exports abroad. if you are worried about the rise of china, just consider this. the united states has ratified only three trade agreements and the last few years, and those were negotiated in the bush administration. signed 15 freeas thee agreements and is in process of negotiating as many as 18 more. sadly, we are abandoning the field of free and fair trade, and it will come

mitt romney is wrong. mitt romney was wrong in 2012 and blew the election to barack obama. which we should have won. mitt romney should take a look at patterson, new jersey, a quarter of the votes were thrown out. take a look at carolyn maloney, is the winner of that. look at nevada -- >> but let me stop right there, because when the votes are thrown out, that shows that the system are working, the votes that could have been fraudulent, get taken out. if indeed they don't meet the requirements. >> but to carry on for six weeks afterward, did carolyn maloney really win that race? her opponent doesn't think so. you take a look at patterson, new jersey, a quarter of the vote -- george, even when your marketplace competitor, cbs did a test run, mailed out cards, a return rate, they had 3%. a state where you have 10,000 votes separating the two candidates like we did in wisconsin last time, you're going to throw a 3% error rate potentially into that. the fact of the matter is, it takes time. it takes upwards of five, ten years to safely and responsibly get this in place. democra

when does mitt romney speak at the dnc? america hasn't gotten into any big wars in a while. in fact, this administration is the first in more than 40 years to not get us into a new war but there's a big effort underway to change that. more war. we will tell you who's doing it, we will be right back. ♪ >> tucker: this is a fox news alert, day two of the democratic national convention begins tonight, barack obama will be speaking, hillary clinton, kamala harris. we are monitoring that, of course but sometimes it's easy to miss the things that don't happen. we are living under an administration that has not started a new war. that hasn't happened in more than 40 years. no one ever says that. some people are upset about it, they would like more war. all a lot more war. you are watching the proceedings of the democratic national convention last night, you heard speaker after speaker urging america's young people to get out there and get killed in some foreign country they can't find on a map. you saw the democratic nominee from several years ago, john kerry, urged voters to vot

inald trump got fewer votes winning that mitt romney got in losing. so i think the trump campaign feels there are more voters to be had in the base did not vote. these conventions matter anymore? it's all virtual now, we had one pole indicating no bump for joe biden last week. do they matter? mike: if done well they should. it's eight hour of television commercials to a national audience. it should matter if they are done well, even if it's just reinforcing your own base. but they do matter less. politics has become so polarized , there some more people who have their minds made up you will see much less tuition in the polls, what you've said earlier about the trump campaign support being solid and stubborn. we have fewer swing voters and we had maybe 20 or 30 years ago. david: what about money and add a spending? apiece was out today saying that joe biden is spending a fair amount during the republican convention during advise and the trump campaign is pulled back this week and next week almost entirely. mike: probably a smart move since they are get

subpoenas, around burisma, now we know that mitt romney is amongst those trying to block ron johnson obamagate investigation. no one is raising -- mitch mcconnell, majority leader, the party leader should be demanding more -- much more from senator romney. >> we have to have people willing to stand up for those who stood up for this period, for last 18 months. all these folks who wanted to take down this president, who tried to show there was a corrupt -- my question is now, let's be honest with the american q people, whether they republican or anyone that wants to stand in the way of this investigation let them go on a camera and let them why they know to know why they don't want to know about corruption. why would we not want t not wanw more about what happened with jejen -- general flynn. it time we show the world we're serious about this people need to be held accountable for what they did, if they don't, they will think't they can get away with i it, that is not right. lou: well, to see senator langford s and romney, and you know trying to block this by all appearances. we have

what does mitt romney think of the looting of downtown chicago? mitt romney for theft, for crime? most people aren't -- most democrats aren't. but no one is saying this. so instead of condemning blm they are getting rid of columbus day for juneteenth. if they are marching with blm. and think that? yeah. and when the dnc gets a prime time speaking spot to sandy cortez, maybe it's kind of an endorsement. you bet it is. a reporter tried to explain all of this to the mayor of chicago, lori lightfoot this weekend. and she didn't take it well. >> don't take it from me. just go by what's been done. i don't want to be her job for you but just go by what's been done. there were no consequences for the people arrested. >> don't bait us. do not bait us. do not bait us. >> not trying to bait you. just asking a question that seems -- >> asked and answered. do you got another question? >> tucker: don't bait us, shut up and obey. if don't ask questions, that's not your right. that's the position of lori lightfoot. they don't have to answer questions about their own culpability and destruction of

romney in 2012 but have ship the way from president trump and towards democrats. republicans are worried kamala harris will complete —— we are getting a sense of how the republicans are going to attack kamala harris. how much of a problem is she for them? i've been talking to sources and experts today and the biggest thing she talked about was her attraction to women across the board, not only women of colour and democratic women which are very much riled up right now but also suburban women and women in the suburbs may be voted forjohn mccain and mitt romney in 2012 but have ship the way from president trump and towards democrats. republicans are worried kamala harris will complete that shift and bring over those women who were once a very stable source of support for republicans. thank you, we shall see. the president of belarus has dismissed the people protesting against his re—election as ‘criminals and unemployed.‘ violent demonstrations have been held since alexander lu kashenko's victory, which several groups say was rigged. paul hawkins reports.

we know that mitt romney is amongst those trying to block ron johnson's obamagate investigation, and no one is raising -- mitch mcconnell, the majority leader, the party leaders should be demanding more, much more from senator romney. >> we've got to have people willing to stand up. look, for those of us who stood up for this president, stood up the last 18 months and followed the lies of nadler, schiff, pelosi and schumer, all these folks who wanted to take down this president, who were trying to show that there was a corruption around every -- my question is now let's be, let's be honest with the american people. if there's a republican or anybody who wants to stand in the withdraw of this investigation, then let them go to a camera and say why don't they want to know about the corruption of hunter and joe biden, the corruption we saw with comey, strzok, mccabe and page, why would we not want to know more about what happened to general flynn when he was unmasked? joe biden himself as vice president. lou, it's time that we show the world that we're serious about this because people

we know that mitt romney is amongst those trying to block ron johnson obama gate investigation. and no one is raising -- mitch mcconnell majority leader, the party leader should be demanding more, more much more from senator romney. >> we've got to have people willing to stand up and those of white house stood up for this president and those who stood up for last 18 months and pelosi and schumer, and all of the folks who wanted to taken down president who tried to show that there was a corrupt. my question is now, let's be, let's be honest with american people that they're republican or anybody who wants to stand awayon this investigation let tm go to camera and don't know want to know about corruption of hunter bideen and say with mccabe and page and why not want to know moreor about what happed with general flynn when he was unmanned by almost everybody in obama administration senior leadership but joe biden as vpght lou it is time we're -- we show the world that we're serious about this. because people node to be held accountable for what they did and don't they'll think they

oh i would i wouldn't be at all surprised if mitt romney can do it yes it's always great seeing you thank you so much thanks so much for your time it's good to see where we welcome to politicking richard painter professor of law at the university of minnesota former chief white house ethics lawyer during the george w. bush administration and he has tweeted that secretary of state mike pompei or has violated the had checked what is the act and how has he why a bit achey act specifically prohibits the united states government employees from using their official position to indorse or oppose a political candidate it also prohibits the use of united states government funds to support a political party or political candidate secretary palm pilot taxpayer expense florida diplomatic mission over to the middle east including the city of jerusalem . he had a speech written that it was going to give at the republican national convention and he taped that speech in jerusalem with the old city of jerusalem and the western wall as a backdrop or a political speech while he was on the diplomatic mission

what i saw in 2012 was that bond that mitt romney had with paul ryan. that really was the decisive factor because you're never going to have a perfect vice presidential pick. there's always going to be some element of that candidate whether it's their record, whether it's their geography, what are the factors that might come into play that's going to make them less than perfect. so what it really does come back to beyond the vetting and the issues in that process is really that relationship that will develop between the presidential nominee and the vp nominee. is there trust there, does the presidential nominee know the rp nominee's going to be on message, making the right case. i think that's going to be the most important factor, and that's why all the conversations up-to-date really short. chris: really, really briefly, lonnie, on this, did -- because i wonder about a conversation. you sit down, you talk for an hour, whatever it is. did mitt romney favor paul ryan before any of those conversations happened, or was there something in those conversatio

but it's also remarkable that the republican party as creatures -- has creatures like mitt romney who tried to block the subpoenas around burisma, now are trying to block subpoenas, we know that mitt romney is amongst those trying to block ron johnson's obamagate investigation, and no one raising -- mitch mcconnell, the majority leader, the party leaders should be demanding more, much more from senator romney. >> we've got top people willing to stand up. for those of us who stood up for this president, who stood up the last 8 months and -- 18 months and all these folks who wanted to take down this president, who trued to show there was corruption around every turn. my question is let's be honest with the american people. if there's a republican or anybody who wants to stand in the way of in this investigation, let them go to a camera and say why they don't want to know about the corruption of hunter biden and joe biden. why don't they want to know about the corruption we saw with comey, strzok, mccabe and page, why would we not want to know more about what happens to general flynn whe

back in 2012, you played a key role in mitt romney's selection of vice presidential running mate. briefly, take us inside the process. what are the keys to who gets picked, in that case paul ryan and who doesn't get picked? lanhee: chris, i think the most important point that people don't often catch on that there's a deeply personal kind of part of this which is does the presidential nominee feel comfortable with the vice presidential nominee and that's why the one-on-one meetings coming up this week are really going to be so important. what i saw in 2012 was the bond that mitt romneyed that with paul ryan, that was a decisive factor because you're never going to have a perfect vice presidential pick. there's always going to be some element of the candidate, whether it's their record, whether it's geography, what other factors that might come into play that's going to make them less than perfect and so what it really does come down to beyond vetting and beyond the issues in the process is really that relationship that will develop between the presidential nominee and the vp nomin

mitt romney, other than mitt romney. [booing] one half a brain. another friend of mine, the freedom caucus. we have a man named andy biggs here. he is a fighter. [applause] he is a fighter. he loves our vets. he loves our military. and you love our second amendment, right? we are not going to do anything with it. they will destroy that second amendment. just remember i said it. you don't have to worry about it because it is not going to happen. a woman who really distinguished herself. she became a star, she became a star overnight. there was nobody tougher, nobody smarter, nobody better than debbie. [cheering] job, thank you. rightt her on our side, ellis? to the arizona republican party chairman. i knew, she never stops and never gives up. kelly ward. thank you. [applause] thank you, great job. are we winning? ok. i think we are. that is what we say. if we do not win, this country is in big trouble. also a great friend of polar bears, former study -- state treasurer of arizona, jeff to wit. [applause] and, a man that did not choke under pressure

mitt romney lost by 15. pathways andle that is what you want. --do you and the president do you see yourselves as the underdogs? not is forwe are or you guys to decide. every day at camping hood quarters we treat this campaign -- headquarters we treat this , we scratch and claw, to have the blue-collar mentality. you guys of the experts. there are 70 days between now and election day. talk about one concrete thing you think the campaign needs to do between now and november 3 to ensure victory for president trump. >> we need to keep talking about joe biden's radical policies. you did not hear a lot last week at the democratic national convention about democrats' policies. you heard about fear tactics and the bad things about america. you did not hear about their policies and that is not because they do not have policies, it is because they are bad. their policies test poorly. deal,orders, the green redirecting police funding, those are poor and that is why you heard little about the policies. the more we talk about democrat policies being pushed

romney's llnning mate on a friday as well. >> host: democratic national convention begins next monday, next tuesday the centennial of the recitation of the 19th amendment so perhapsf see that s part of the rollout of what vice president former vice president joe biden has said will be a woman as his pick for vice president. michigan state with one of those potential contenders to be joe biden's vice presidential nominee, gretchen whitmer, governor there. also estate with key senate race this cycle so let's start there on the phone. ralph is in battle creek, michigan. good morning, democrat. >> caller: yes, i was wondering if this analyst has new swing states or different swing states for this presidential election pretty icing texas and nbc had a electoral college production and they had texas and ohion in georgia, i think, as swing states up for grab estate so is that or is the map changing a lot? >> host: as you answer that question this is the presidential electoral college ratings from crystal ball. if you need to talk to that map it is therefore you. >> guest: great question. i d

ryan wasthat paul going to be mitt romney's running mate was on a friday. host: the democratic national convention begins next friday. next tuesday the centennial of the ratification of the 19th amendment. perhaps see that as part of the rollout of what vice president -- former vice president joe biden said will be a woman as his vice president pick. michigan state with one of those potential contenders to be joe biden's vice presidential nominee, gretchen whitmer. also a key senate race with the cycle. let us start there. ralph is in battle creek, michigan, a democrat. caller: i was wondering if this analyst has new swing states or different swing states for this presidential election. a electoralnbc had college rejection and had texas, ohio, and georgia as swing states or up for grabs. changing? host: kyle kondick, as you answer that this is the presidential it looked world rating from cristobal. if you need to talk to the map, it is there. guest: great question. i think the map of competitive states is relatively large for president's. maybe not relative

voting for rich mitt romney. difference is this group, they're women and men who do not have a college degree. they have not gone on to get a college degree. a very small gender gap. but about 60% of men, a little less than women voting for republican in 2012. this is the data for women and men who have at least a college degree and anything beyond that. again, the same overall pattern that, lower support for the republican candidate in 2012. sorry no college degree on the left. what happens in 2016? let's look first at non-college educated women. what i want you to notice is that there is a small increase among white men without a college degree. if you read the new york times, these are the only people being interviewed and diners in pennsylvania, right? (laughter) the truth is they go up a little bit in the republican support but not dramatically. the dramatic shift, especially in such a close election is among non-college educated women. so much so that they swing to republican candidate, that that gender gap

. >> utah senator mitt romney, a state which already votes by mail, says he has no worries t about more states adopting the practice. >> my biggest concern with regard to fraud would be some kind of hacking of our electronic systems. and that voting machines or tabulating equipment would be hacked, either by an american or hacked by a foreign entity. >> voters weighing the risks. vote in person and possibly get sick? or vote by mail and possibly have that vote not count. >> i'm really just concerned, if i mail it, that it's going to get lost in the system and never get there. >> the president and the first lady have had their mail-in ballots sent tosidence at mar-a in florida. krchris pollone, nbc news. >> switching gears now to the really hot weather in the bay. >> hey, you know, we are under a weather alert but also, now we are looking at the threat of lightning here in the bay area. we have been talking about it since the morning. and i want to give you a look at the central coast. this is a shot using the pg&e cam. they are able to capture images throughout the entire state of calif

in 2012 for mitt romney, 2008 for john mccain. host: ok. jerome in texas. go ahead. caller: i just want to tell c-span i am so appreciative that they run a lot of hearings and also president trump, a lot of times i got the switch. i want to thank you on that. with all of the tv ads, campaign slogans, even knocking on the doors, and of riots. it will be insignificant. havemocrats are allowed to mailing fraudulent votes, they will win. that is a fact. in new jersey, new york, they have had problems. in my opinion, it will go down to the courts. he was appointed by george bush. chief justice roberts will have the last say and who knows which way he will go. i am a veteran and if anyone would like to view my poetry, titled one big scam, just going to youtube. jermone and scroll down and it will open up my poems. host: ok. caller: i have been a big supporter president trump. host: why did you call in on the other line? caller: that was a mistake. host: ok. that is all right. nancy in illinois, democratic caller. caller: yes. i am here. i have been a democrat for 30 years

will mitt romney speak out? they need to because 9 out of 10 americans have a favorable impression of the united states post office. trump doesn't like it. trump doesn't like it because he wants to privatize it and turn it over to people he's given billion dollar tax breaks to and wants to use it to punish amazon. and he also wants to do everything he can to stir doubt and the results of an election he's going to lose. why do republicans stand by as he attacks the most popular institution in the united states government? >> it is absolutely outrageous. it's not only the politics of it, joe, it is also a very serious voter rights and civil rights issue, which the democrats ought to fight it politically and fight the fact that in the time that he with are still mourning john lewis' loss, he's undermining voter rights because he is, in effect, trying to neutralize people's right to vote by using mail-in in the middle of a pandemic. there's no clearer voter rights violation than that. but his politics of this is exa

laura, this is not the party of john mccain and mitt romney anymore. they would never have a convention when people were talking about the opiate crisis or workers in the midwest or the need to confront china or hit the immigration challenge head on. these are wonderful immigrants, we are for illegal immigration. it's not illegal immigration. that's a different project. it's more of their populist workers party. i am for capital gains reduction in private as an social security, but those are the issues today and they are not talking about those things where that's an elite list aquatic party, this is a working party. i know there is criticism of donald trump, his presence is everywhere, his energy in motion. when you contrast that with joe biden, he's a virtual candidate in a virtual campaign in a virtual election. and trump is trying to emphasize that whatever you think of him, he never sleeps, he is in motion or criticizing oaks rating everything. it makes a strong parallel. this was an upbeat idea that 2020 was an awful year. lockdown, covid, possib

a lot of people saw in the last election that mitt romney was not a philosophical conservative. he was more of a pragmatic businessman and maybe was not at the core, bought into all these policies and then we have the debate now between christie and cuccinelli example. one thing i think conservatives have to do is quit killing each other and to give each other a little room to breathe. right after the election, chris christie has beaten his opponent by a moderate landslide and says after that i'm a conservative. and in my view, he has had this sort of conservative impulses to lead with conservative policies. he's obviously in a blue state and not going to have the same success that you have in my home state of kansas, for example. in my view, you cut him a little slack for the kind of place he has to govern. but then republicans come in and call him part of the coalition or have the rhetoric to suggest he's not a real conservative. it seems to me they have to give each other a chance to play that out rather than cut each other off at the knees. i think when conservatives or repu

the president is pretty much standing alone. >> right, because mitt romney gets elected by mail. they manage to vote a republican every time. let me rate yead you a bit of " new york times" article. there is talk about the man who is running the post aal service. erratic service can delay the blank ballots, and this year, before november 3, are invalidated and some team can be disenfranchised. is there anything planned by democrats and can you get any republicans, can bhid romney be convinced to go along with them to protect the post office? it's in the constitution. can they protect it? >> yeah, and republicans in the past have wanted to help the post office. it's very, very important in rural areas, on the election front, roy blunt is working with me to figure out what the fund shg be on elections. it's very important. and the postal service, $25 billion included in the house bill. we are pushing for this. senator schumer is going to talk two the postmaster, not only making problems when it comes to funding but pulling rules in place that made it really hard for mail to be deli

lou: even as, well, mitt romney, mitch mcconnell, lindsey graham are working to avoid supporting this president and, in fact, in in many cases workig dead straight against him. your reaction to their posture. >> look, i've watched mitch mcconnell, i've worked with him a lot of times sitting in the room with mark meadows and others. he's got a very strong front. the difficulty here are the rules in the senate where you've got to have 60 votes to do anything. what we really need is a house majority. go to take the house.com, retire nancy pelosi. and you know what the house would be doing? we wouldn't be voting by proxy. members of congress wouldn't get to stay home and get their paychecks. we wouldn't be coming back for politicizing something, we'd be coming back to rebuilding this economy. we would help those who are unemployed, we'd make sure the schools were safe for the children and also for the teachers. lou: yeah. could we get a twofer deal here, kevin? could we get rid of pelosi and mcconnell? can that work? okay. just wanted to negotiate that deal. kevin mccarthy, always great t

mitt romney lost by 15. we see option analogy when we look at the map. we see multiple pathways and that is what you want. >> do you and the president -- do you or the president, or a combination of both, see yourselves as the underdogs? >> whether we are or not is for you guys to decide. i know we every day at the campaign headquarters treat this campaign like we are. we fight like heck to scratch and claw and have the blue color mentality that i talk a lot about and headquarters. you guys will be the pendants, you guys -- that's what you guys do. we're just going to run our campaign like we are the underdogs. >> there are 70 days between now and election day. talk about one concrete thing you think the campaign needs to do between now and november 3 to ensure victory for president trump. >> we need to keep talking about joe biden's radical policies. you did not hear a lot last week at the democratic national convention about democrats' policies. you heard about fear tactics and the bad things about america. you did not hear about their policies and tha

i mean, the 200, i guess, could be family and friends of mitt romney. it's not a particularly large group of people when you consider the overall mormon population in utah, arizona and other states. so i think it's probably much ado about nothing at the end of all of this because i don't think that there is a pro-biden movement in the traditional republican states, and certainly for mormons who tend to be conservative in all ways, this is nothing conservative about joe biden, about kamala harris, about the democratic party these days. as i think we will see over the next four nights. lou: they were speaking as mormons, and that's what made the group unique in talking about the is not steady like mormons are in their lives expect choices he's made. they apparently don't care for leadership that produces the strongest economy in american history, the lowest unemployment rates for minorities, the strongest military that the country has ever had because he committed to rebuilding it and the strongest stance against the policies of free trade that would have

the last presidential campaign he ran was mitt romney's. he opposed donald trump's candidacy from the start and as he watched him succeed in his party stewart stevens began to realize every good thing he believed about the republican party was a lie. it was all a lie. stewart stevens will join us at the end of this hour for his professional analysis of the debut of the democratic ticket, and we will discuss stewart's new book which traces 50 years of republicans' coded campaigning on race which eventually led to donald trump's blatant racism that will surely become even more blatant as the first black woman on a major party ticket campaigns against donald trump. donald trump lives in fear of prosecutors every single day. he is under a criminal investigation right now by the district attorney in manhattan, and he is an unindicted coconspirator who federal prosecutors labeled individual one in the criminal case against donald trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, that sent michael cohen to prison. the federal prosecutor's presentation of the

they like president bush, they like mitt romney. and he's going to have to appeal to that piece of republican party. and i think, look, we've had two republican nominees, one president, who have passed away since the last convention. i know he, the president, has a long-standing feud with the mccain family, but why not do a video honoring their service to the country? that's a subtle way to be inclusive and acknowledge the republican party is a diverse party and yes, the party's policy and platform has evolved, but there's still history. >> sara, thank you very much. mike pence is coming up. we'll be right back. so we collaborate ♪ ocean spray works with nature every day to farm in a sustainable way try new nature's bounty stress comfort. three unique gummies for your unique needs. find peace. boost mood. sleep well. stress comfort comes naturally, only from nature's bounty comes naturally, so you're a small bor a big one you were thriving, flourishing, but then... oh. ah. okay. time to think, plan, pivot. how do you bounce back?

mitt romney, i don't know where they are and i don't think it much matters. i think there is a growing concern amongst the progressives that joe biden is a guy who has had a lot of relationships over the years and a lot of his relationships are with his peer group which is like an older generation. and so you see a lot of tension, i think, amongst the democrats saying we understand that we are against trump. that has been made perfectly clear but what are we for? and yesterday you had alexandria ocasio-cortez, she laid out what she is for. bernie sanders laid out what he is for. specifically about policy and not about character. now, will kamala harris decide to talk more about policy tonight? i kind of don't think so. i think she will be a little more of a broad brush. i am interested to see how she will address the fact that she has a past in law enforcement that she was quite proud of but has run away from since. the other thing is i believe that -- the concern if you're an undecided voter. you know they are against trump. it's been well established. what

but all we have mitt romney, susan collins. they expressed concern and alarm. roy blunt and that's it. that's all the republicans i could find expressing concern. this is the destruction of the us postal service and the undermining of faith in our presidential election. it's something that's not just going to bother democrats after election day. this is something for republicans and every one of us to be worried about. >> indeed. annie carney, what is the chance the president is laying the groundwork for a broad kind of conspiracy theory to cover up a potential loss? >> he's pretty open about what he's doing. you know, it's getting to be a trite phrase. he says the quiet part out loud. he said today that he wants to hold up funding for the postal service the democrats are demanding, because if they get that money they'd be able to do the mail-in voting that he doesn't want to be done. case closed. he's been claiming with no evidence that the mail-in voting is rife with fraud. but this is kind of a piece of what he's been doing to undermine faith in institutions

he endorsed roy moore while he derides people like mitt romney. and so those republicans you see coming out, they're not going without a fight. they still care about their country, and donald trump hoped they would just go silently into the night, and they're not. >> scott, you worked in the bush white house. mike pompeo, the secretary of state, is going to speak at the convention. secretaries of state don't do that. it's not something that happens in our country. can you imagine colin powell or condoleezza rice speaking at a republican convention or george w. bush? >> no, i can't. in fact, when i worked there, we had sort of a set of cabinet officials, the secretary of state, the defense secretary, i think the department of homeland security, there was a group of people that were off-limits for any political events, including like a political convention. and so i was a little surprised to see that, although i think when you consider that secretary pompeo is a potential contender for 2024, i understand the impulse behind it. i hope they're followi

romney wasn't and he caused them to take mitt romney more seriously as a conservative. what does kamala harris cause people to take more seriously or think differently about joe biden? >> well, you know, it is interesting. thinking about their relationship obviously during the veep stakes conversation you had a lot of people bringing up the debate exchange last summer. and what i think a lot of people missed in that exchange was that, you know, yes, certainly joe biden seemed to be taken aback from that. but that did, i think, help him kind of grow on the topic of race, discussing race. and i think that that's something that she may bring him along on in this conversation. i mean, not to suggest that he hasn't had black support. he certainly has from delaware which has the eighth largest black population in the country. a lot of people probably didn't know that. but the idea that what his racial understanding, you know, could be on display, he started his campaign saying this is a battle for the soul of america, announced her, you know, as his running mate ticket on the

again, mitt romney is not an ally of president trump's, but he usually toes the party line. he is saying that the president is doing this for political reasons and, in fact, saying that there is evidence that joe biden might be winning and that's what president trump is going off of, if people choose to mail-in vote. and i want to note one other thing because it's not just these claims of fraud that are baseless, it's also what's going on at the post office. i mean, this has been a developing story all week and what we have seen is massive changes put into place by the postmaster general, as you said, a trump ally and donor, who workers say have really slowed down the system. they are concerned of how these changes are going to impact the election in 2020, so concerned that the inspector general of the postal service is launching a review of the changes to see exactly what is going -- what they look like and if they will have an impact. >> we'll see what the reaction will be from the president if, in fact, he will retaliate for the launch of the investigation. he's done that

will donald trump have any rivals like mitt romney or any never trumpers? will we have any democrats speaking for him? >> i don't think he's going to have mitt romney speaking. >> i know -- >> i'm no expert, but i can tell you that. >> i'm sure that's true. i'm asking sort of rhetorically because of course the democrats have this huge tent and joe biden was extremely generous with all his rivals for the nomination to be able to let them have their say and consequently you see this united party. i don't know you're not going to see any of that, and will there any real demographic representation in this convention? so i'll be looking forward to saying that. >> stop before you say it, let me say it. you're going to see a lot of demographic representation and diversity. you know when they show a republican convention they'll be 90% white and four or five black people and they'll show them the whole time? those four or five people of color are going to be a big part of this digital convention i promise you. so don't expect it to be -- >> do you think diamond and

and so what you heard there from mitt romney, it's interesting. the president actually said as much in an april interview he did to a conservative media outlet. if you have all mail-in voting you can never have a republican elected in this country again. there is no real evidence to back that up, but that is the way the president sees it. voting by mail makes it easier for people to vote and more people vote, more people will vote for democrats. that's how the president sees it and that is basically what instructed the entire approach to this mail-in voting issue. >> i want to share with all of us something that brian williams learned in talking to general russell honore last week on what happens to veterans. he's a 37-year veteran, locked down in new orleans. he saved new orleans for everyone, of course, during katrina. this is what he had to say about how had now has to go out and try to find his medicine because of this mail delay. >> you know it soldiers and sailors, marines ashds the world rely on the post office. as a veteran i rely on the o