with governor romney. they had a wonderful conversation, according to president trump. they discussed, among other things, what president trump did the day before in utah with the national monuments and talking about historic tax cuts and the like. >> so it's not true that the president doesn't want romney to take a seat. >> i didn't see governor romney file papers for orrin hatch's seat. the president as he did with luther strange, he supports -- he was supporting an incumbent republican. a reliable vote for their share. >> if orrin hatch steps away, would he support romney? >> you're asking me a hypothetical. >> you said they have a great relationship. why wouldn't i assume the answer would be yes? >> i just want to make sure that you know the truth coming from the white house. the president of the united states and governor romney spoke, i don't know, 10 hours ago, less than 12 hours ago. otherwise, there's speculation, hand wringing about who the president speaks to. the only endorsement that matters i

steve bannon attacking everyone from republican senator jeff flake to mitt romney and mitt romney's family at a rally for roy moore. the democrat in the race, turning up the heat, as well. we'll take you live to alabama. ♪shostakovich playing ♪ from our family to yours... may all your wishes come true this holiday season. why do people have eyebrows? why do people put milk on cereal? oh, are you reading why people put milk on cereal? why does your tummy go "grumbily, grumbily, grumbily"? why is it all? no more questions for you! ouph, that milk in your cereal was messing with you, wasn't it? yeah, happens to more people than you think... try lactaid, it's real milk, without that annoying lactose. good, right? mmm, yeah. i got your back. lactaid. it's the milk that doesn't mess with you. hey julie, i know today's critica...a sick day. need... dads don't take sick days... dads take dayquil severe. the non-drowsy, coughing, aching, fever, sore throat... ...stuffy head, no sick days medicine. when i met my team at ctca, they put together a comprehensive plan, that gave me an opportunity to

. >> to have him attack mitt romney and mitt romney's mission nairry work and i think even mitt romney's family and attack one of the most decent men i've ever met in public service just shows you how horrified he is, how frightened he is at the prospect of mitt romney running in utah and getting into the senate. there's such easy tells. last night was more about mitt romney than roy moore from what i've seen and he attacked -- he just attacked everything about mitt romney, how interesting that he's attacking mitt romney's because he was a missionary in the 1960s and you look at the guy that he worshipped, steve bannon, donald trump, five deferments for bone spurs while he's playing football and golfing and it's -- it's unbelievable. >> well, we have mike barnicle with us and john heldman and alyss jordan, david ignatius and let's continue with that thought. here's more of what steve bannon as -- what he said as he plunged deeper and deeper into alabama's senate race. >> you hid behind your religion. you went to france to be a missionary while guys were dieing in vietnam in rice paddies.

but mitt romney's relationship has gotten chillier. >> there was no love lost between trump and romney. it was odd that romney would do that dance after saying he was unfit for office. the worst thing romney could say is that he lost to obama. he ran a great business life. gave a lot of money the charity. >> neil: i guess he's off the list for being considered secretary of state now. what do you make of this and where it's going? >> we've said this in the past. this is just -- it's another example of a battle royale within the republican party, a fractured party. it's divided between the populous led by bannon on the outside. i'm going to go to a book party tonight that steve bannon is putting up for corey le windowski. i wonder if this is a smart part by romney. doug jones is very, very left wing. partial birth abortions, the whole thing. >> neil: he's opening up other possibilities, but not this one. you know, you're right. it's exposing -- >> as obnoxious as roy moore is, doug jones is a far left liberal. >> neil: we'll watch closely. this shows as charlie pointed out the schisms in

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romney is not afraid of donald trump. he's another jeff flake, bob corker. these are the types of people that donald trump does not want in the senate challenging him day after day after day. and it's part of the reason why he is quietly supportive of some of the efforts that steve bannon has been trying to agitate behind the scenes in driving some of the incumbent republicans out of the office and picking challengers to run against sitting republican senators. >> and one thing that sort of stuck out to me, because i was trying to square in circle of president trump did strongly consider governor romney to be his secretary of state. >> no, he didn't. >> well, they had dinner together, et cetera. governor romney believed it was a serious offer. if he had done that, he would have worked for president trump and i think the president has learned, in his time here in washington, bob corker said it directly to him, i don't work for you. >> right. >> it would be a much different proposition. >> it would be a very different propo

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but there's speculation mitt romney, mitt romney could run for hatch's seat in 2018. if romney runs, if he does, and if he wins, if he does, that could put one of the country's most prominent anti-trumpers in a position to complicate the president's agenda. remember, during the 2016 campaign, romney called donald trump a phony and a fraud. joining me now is somebody who remembers that, remembers the 2012 run as well, deputy press secretary and republican strategist ryan williams. so let me start with the question you're getting from a thousand reporters every day, is mitt romney going to run? what is the latest? >> i don't know myself, but i do think the governor has a desire to serve the public. he's done that over the course of his career as governor when. when he ran for president, he tried to serve the country in that respect, but there needs to be an opportunity for that. with regards to utah, that's up to senator hatch. if senator hatch wants to run again, that's his decision. the governor wouldn't channel him in a primary. he has a lot of respect for senator ha

romney, he went after his faith and his kids. >> reporter: yeah, poppy. he certainly went in very hard to mitt romney during that speech last night. steve bannon came down to alabama to rally support for his candidate in this case, roy moore. he spent more time bashing mitt romney than he did his opponent, doug jones here. that doesn't come as a surprise because mitt romney not only called for roy moore to step aside in the race but recently said if he was elected as a senator it would be not only a stain on the gop, but the nation, and that seat was not worth losing honor or integrity. steve bannon clearly did not take kindly to the criticism from mitt romney and repeated a criticism that he leveled against romney before which is that he hid behind his religion to avoid serving in the military, steve bannon says. >> you avoided service, brother. you hid behind your religion. you went to france to be a missionary while guys were dieing in rice patties in vietnam. you had five sons and not one day of service in afghanistan and iraq. judge roy moore has mor

after that, romney got snubbed. trump picked rob tillerson for the job and mitt romney went back to utah. for your heart... your joints... or your digestion... so why wouldn't you take something for the most important part of you... your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is now the number one selling brain health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. >>> joining us now, chairwoman of the national republican committee. happens to be mitt romney's nice. congratulations on the job. >> thank you. my first interview since being elected. >> ronna romney mcdaniel, tapped by donald trump top head of the rnc. picked her one day after snubs mitt romney for the secretary of state job. tonight we're learning something new and strange about trump's decision to hire ronna romney mcdaniel. reports president trump had a request, would she be willing to stop use are her middle name publicly? trump followed up saying in a light-hearted way, mcdonnell, niece of romney cou

willard mitt romney. what'd he say yesterday? honor and integrity. honor and -- that judge moore lacked honor and integrity and that's why he couldn't vote for him. while we're on the subject of vietnam and honor and integrity, you avoided service, brother? right? he likes being called leader mcconnell. are you kidding me? donald trump won in wisconsin and brought ron johnson across the finish line. he won in pennsylvania and brought toomey across the finish line. he won in north carolina and brought burr across the finish line. mitch are you owe your job to donald trump. >> here to talk about it cornell belcher democratic poster who works on the campaigns. jill colvin back with us white house reporter for the associated press and david jolly back with us former congressman from florida. okay, congressman, mike murphy who is funnier than the average gop political consultant said on this broadcast steve bannon can't deliver a pizza let alone a congressional district race. do you think bannon's going to have better luck this time around? >> well, the p

romney has a political future? >> i sure do. if i didn't run, i would love to see them run in my place. he would be good wherever he serves. >> someone who would be less than enthusiastic about mitt romney in the senate is probably president trump. romney has criticized trump for supporting roy moore and blasted the president's response to charlottesville. >> mike: a topic will cover with the panel. ellison barber here in washington. thanks a lot. tomorrow is the day a tight state house race in virginia supposed to be decided by a drawing. reports say that democratic, it -- candidate preparing a lawsuit. with the g.o.p. candidate wins, republicans will maintain control. up next, parents of public school students in california prepare for some big changes in what your kids are taught. first here's what some of our fox affiliates are covering today. fox 32 in chicago. christmas time carnage sees five men killed and at least 20 other people wounded in holiday weekend shootings. this city is in the midst of a multiyear

romney you respect before the show, you talked about how much you respect mitt romney. why does he have contempt for moore and let's be honest, trump. >> with roy moore it is beyond politics. >> what is beyond politics. >> the fact that a accused child molester is a nominee for senate in alabama. that is beyond politics. it is not about his policies. he lacks for moral character. >> okay. >> and the governor sees politics moving toward this dark area that bannon puts forward. >> do you think he'll be in the republican caucus by this next next year? >> i don't know. >> isn't romney running for the senate. >> i think he has a desire to contribute and that desire and opportunity -- >> wait -- it is up to the voters of utah. isn't that what we say. >> i think it is up to senator hatch. >> of course it is up to him. but you are getting the pressure any way. trump has to stick around. clearly bannon would rather have -- well the whole thing is -- so let me get down there to alabama. let me ask you about this thing, john, down there. this fight nationally, again back to the qu

after that, romney got snubbed. he picked rex tillerson and romney went back to utah. you think that was hugh militating? thing 2 in 60 seconds. >>> joining us now is the republican national committee, happens to be mitt romney's niece. congratulations on the job. >> thank you, my first interview since being elected. she was tapped to be the head of the rnc. he picks her one day after snubbing mitt romney for the secretary of state job. tonight, we are learning something new and strange about trump's decision to hire ronna romney mcdaniel. would she be willing to stop using her middle name publicly. trump said it in a light hearted way that she could do what she wanted. but, the change was soon plane for all to see. she used her maiden name for years in michigan, where her grandfather had been governor, mcdaniel dropped romney from most official party communications and rarely used it since. >> joining us now to discuss is ronna mcdaniel. >> thank you very much. >> ronna mcdaniel. >> thanks so much. >>> arizona senator jeff flake was the republican resistance to donald

i want to take a step back and talk about mitt romney here. it was not that long ago that mitt romney wanted to be secretary of state, and he's hanging out with trump and saying nice things, and he doesn't get picked and now it's bitter. >> you think that's what this is about, not that you have credible allegations that roy moore was a child molester, and you have four women accusing him of sexual assault or abuse, and you think it's about romney being bitter? >> i think mitt romney is personally bitter about president donald trump. he's fine to go and criticize roy moore, and i have criticized him as a lot of people have, but every since mitt romney has gotten passed over, he attacked the president, and i hope orrin rafp -- i never thought i would say this i hope orrin hatch is elected to another term in the senate, and i think mitt romney just needs to hangout in san diego -- >> anybody that knows mitt nominee knows there's no bone in the man. the man wants this world to be better for his 150 grandchildren. >> we are up against the top of th

lou: mitt romney talking to mormon leaders. this has been romney's latest contribution. roy moore in the u.s. senate would be a stain on the gop and the nation. leigh corfman and other victims are courageous heroes. this guy is so fumbling, incompetent and aggravating. i can't manage him back in public life. ed: he lost the u.s. senate race and the presidency. he ought to sit up in his mountains and ski and watch the process and stay out of it. if he ruins that senate seat he will be up trump's tail and he will run for president. be sure to vote in our poll. do you believe fbi agent peter strzok's anti-trump pro-clinton proclivities are the showing that mueller's team is aimed at undermining the president? do you think there are no depths to which we'll descend to help sea animals. the seal liked the cut of their jibs and hitched a ride. up next, a victory for the trump administration. the supreme court saying mr. president, you are in charge of national security. stay with us, we'll be right back. retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology t

willard mitt romney. >> reporter: romney tweeted that electing moore would be a stain on the gop and on the nation. in alabama, bannon slamming romney, a mormon, for not serving in vietnam while moore did. >> you hid behind your religion. you went to france to be a missionary while guys were dying in rice paddies in vietnam. you had five sons. not one day of service in afghanistan and iran. >> reporter: today, both of utah's senators, mormons themselves, came to romney's defense. senator orrin hatch calling bannon's words "disappointing and unjustified." senator mike lee denouncing bannon for bashing romney "on the basis of his religious beliefs." bannon's attack begs the question what he thinks of his former boss. >> i had a minor medical deferment for feet, for a bone spur of the foot, which was minor. >> reporter: president trump avoided vietnam. five deferments because he was in college and for those bone spurs. back here in alabama, both campaigns taking very different approaches in these final days. the democrat, doug jones, campaigning all over the state with multiple events,

mike lee tweeted mitt romney is a good man. you agree on disagree on any matter, you can't credibly call into question his patriotism or moral character because of his religious beliefs. mitch mcconnell, who bannon also attacked last night, echoed that sentiment. >> i can tell what i think of mitt romney. i think he's a great american and has had an outstanding career and is a truly remarkable republican. i'm glad he's a member of our party. >> joining us now from alabama to take a closer look, vonn hilliard in fairhope. in birmingham, robert costa. so, robert, in a year of political weirdness, add this bannon tirade. it's bannon being bannon and we'll even put aside the fact he's criticizing mitt romney when he has supported a president who had multiple deferments for bone spurs, so not sure where that comes from. but what does he think he's going to accomplish and could i be a good strategy? >> in terms of bannon's aims, you have to think about the broader civil war happening within the republican party. steve bannon is battl

what's with mitt romney? >> the cynic in me says they want orrin hatch waiting as long as possible so his chosen person will be running, run for it. >> sorry. i just lost all my audio, guys. hopefully i can hear you again. >> small issues on television. steve, mitt romney potentially going to the senate if orrin hatch does not run again or maybe he runs against orrin hatch. who knows? the salt lake tribune is not going easy on him, orrin hatch. they're using lines that he used against them. back in 1996, in the race to push out moss, he said you should not fall in love with d.c. i'm sorry, 1976. he said you should not fall in love with d.c. if he runs again, it would be the longest amount of time that any senator has, any utah senator has stayed in washington. >> apparently, there are a lot of republicans who have been looking to run there quite some time and orrin hatch has said, just wait, just wait. this will be my last material. he had another great line. what do you call an 18-year senator? >> you call h

willard mitt romney. >> reporter: romney tweeted that electing moore would be a stain on the nation. bannon slamming romney, a mormon, for not serving in vietnam. >> you hid behind your religion. you went to france to be a missionary while guys were dying in rice patties in vietnam. you had five sons. not one day of service in afghanistan and iran. >> reporter: today, both of utah's senators, mormons themselves, came to romney's defense. senator orrin hatch calling bannon's words disappointing and unjustified. senator mike lee denouncing bannon for bashing romney on the basis of his religious bleaches or his outstanding service as a missionary. bannon's attack begs the question what he thinks of his former boss. >> i had a minor medical deferment for feet, for a bone spur of the foot, which was minor. >> reporter: president trump avoided vietnam. five deferments because he was in college and for those bone spurs. back here in alabama, both campaigns taking very different approaches in the final days. the democrat, doug jones, campaigning all over the state, with multiple events. roy

lanhee chen from the hoover institution and policy advisor to the romney and rubio presidential campaign. also joined by cbs news white house and senior foreign affairs correspondent margaret 'brennan and ed o'keefe. margaret, start with you on this question of jerusalem. what do you make of the decision and timing of it? >> well, this appears to have been a significant foreign policy and national security decision made primarily for domestic political reason by the president of the united states. he succeeded in touching probably the most sensitive nerve in one of the most intractable conflicts in history and this is going to make for a complicated visit for vice president pence who has to head to israel and egypt within just a week or so. what the president appears to be doing, with all due respect to the ambassador, doesn't do the thing she said. it doesn't move the embassy. keeping the embassy in tel aviv it doesn't for the moment decide the fate of jerusalem if you listen to the national security team who says, actually, we're still up for negotiation on the final status. in fact if

willard mitt romney. >> reporter: romney tweeted that electing moore would be a stain on the nation. bannon slamming ro vietnam. >> you hid behind your religion. you went to france to be a missionary while guys were dying in rice patties in vietnam. you had five sons. not one day of service in afghanistan and iran. >> reporter: today, both of utah's senators, mormons themselves, came to romney's defense. senator orrin hatch calling bannon's words disappointing and unjustified. senator mike lee denouncing bannon for bashing romney on the basis of his religious bleaches or his outstanding service as a missionary. bannon's attack begs the question what he thinks of his former boss. >> i had a minor medical deferment for feet, for a bone spur of the foot, which was minor. >> reporter: president trump avoided vietnam. five deferments because he was in college and for those bone spurs. back here in alabama, both campaigns taking very different approaches in the final days. the democrat, doug jones, campaigning all over the state, with roy moore, the republican, on the other hand, with bare

what did you think of mitt romney's comments? >> i was wondering while mitt romney was doing while the president was in utah. now i know. he is welcome to his opinions. this president does not want doug jones in the senate. that it would be a sneak attack of a liberal vote, a vote against the shared agenda of tax cuts and second amendment. >> bill: does he think roy moore would be a stain or not on the gop? >> the president spoke with roy moore yesterday and given him his endorsement. i see overnight the rnc is or is considering going back in and providing the resources that they generally provide republican nominees. it is very clear now that mr. moore is not stepping aside. he is the candidate and on the ballot. the election is in one week. the president has stated -- he has made statements on this very clearly and i would refer you to the president's own public statements. everything he said about roy moore is there for everybody to see. the important thing is let the people of alabama decide their election. leader mcconnell h

mitt romney and/or r orrin hatc. would romney try to push him out. would hatch try to fight him off. >> i think whether mitt romney runs in that, he's still going to speak out very vociferously against the president. utah is unique in that it's a red state and they went for trump in 2016. a third party candidate was picked. it's not trump country. >> that's right. it has to be the most anti-republican state. >> the last of the northeast moderate republicans -- >> you guys were talking about it in 2012. >> why would i? >> because my man obama was in the race. but he's the last of the rockefeller republicans. for the democrats, yeah, we work with mitt romney. the question is with the poll thing that voters don't want on it, there was a challenge on to primary. >> the polling out there for hatch, that's his poison so far. roundtable staying with us. we'll take a look at a trump sweep that hasn't necessarily aged well. you're watching "hardball." >>> president trump has made a point of saying the new republican tax bill he signed essentially does away wi

here's what bannon said about mitt romney. >> talk about another confusion, mitt romney. it was willlard mitt romney's, his tweet, whatever it was, that the only reason i'm going there a minute is you started it. all the insults you made about the president, all that backwards, everything's fine. you've got to jump in here. what he said yesterday, honor and integrity. honor that judge moore lacks honor and integrity. that's why you can't support him, couldn't support him. >> i did say mitt romney ran eight years for president. it was in 2012, which was five years ago. he did run for president. you heard what he said about romney. it was harsh and continues to go right now obviously people come here to see roy moore running for the u.s. senate in alabama. many people wanted to tell us they wanted to see bannon and they wanted to hear him talk like this. i will tell you another person, people are talking about, donald trump, the president of the united states who has made his endorsement explicit for moore yesterday. donald trump will be coming down here, but in a wink and

. >> secretary, my name is ronna romney mcdaniel. >> ronna romney mcdaniel! emphasis on the original. after the election ronna romney mcdaniel went on to become head of the national republican party but as we know that promotion came with a catch related to her name. according to the "washington post" before she took the reins at the rnc president trump came to her with a request. would she be willing to stop using her middle name, please? and ronna romney mcdaniel said yes. to avoid giving mitt romney any free advertising in trump's new republican party, his niece would drop her name. she dropped the romney, stopped using her full name on party communications on the official republican website, and in media appearances. >> joining us now to discuss is ronna mcdaniel, republican national committee chairwoman. >> ronna mcdaniel, thank you very much. >> ronna mcdaniel. >> ronna mcdaniel, gop chairwoman. >> ronna mcdaniel thanks so much. >> ronna romney mcdaniel, now she's got a new public name. and now we know a name change for the party chair was not the only

instance, tuscaloosa, a conservative town where roy moore lost by five points but on the other side mitt romney won that county by 15 points. but i'm also looking towards wednesday. in the conversation that will take place, if in fact, roy moore wins this, it's a conversation of what do the democrats in the deep south look like. the louisiana governor is the only democrat representing the deep south on a statewide significant level and some of the interesting conversations we've had with folks on the ground here, kasie, are those that are rigid in running for a republican and believing that their party's candidate, regardless of the allegations against him, are. i want to play sound bites that we've had these conversations where i've asked people because roy moore has called this a conspiracy. just this morning he called it a scheme behind the allegations that have come forward. he's played himself to be a victim in this scenario and not unlike what we heard from president trump in his own race and it's been kind of roy moore of his career.

after that, romney got snubbed. he picked rex tillerson and romney went back to utah. you think that was hugh militating? thing 2 in 60 seconds. your next getaway? connecting with family and friends? a big night out? or maybe your everyday shopping. whatever it is, aarp member advantages can help save you time and money along the way. so when you get there, you can enjoy it all the more. for less. surround yourself with savings at aarpadvantages.com >>> joining us now is the republican national committee, happens to be mitt romney's niece. congratulations on the job. >> thank you, my first interview since being elected. she was tapped to be the head of the rnc. he picks her one day after snubbing mitt romney for the secretary of state job. tonight, we are learning something new and strange about trump's decision to hire ronna romney mcdaniel. would she be willing to stop using her middle name publicly. trump said it in a light hearted way that she could do what she wanted. but, the change was soon plane for all to see. she used her maiden name for years in michigan, wh

lou: mitt romney talking to mormon leaders. this has been romney's latest contribution. roy moore in the u.s. senate would be a stain on the gop and the nation. leigh corfman and other victims are courageous heroes. this guy is so fumbling, incompetent and aggravating. i can't manage him back in public life. ed: he lost the u.s. senate race and the presidency. he ought to sit up in his mountains and ski and watch the process and stay out of it. if he ruins that senate seat he will be up trump's tail and he will run for president. be sure to vote in our poll. do you believe fbi agent peter strzok's anti-trump pro-clinton proclivities are the showing that mueller's team is aimed at undermining the president? do you think there are no depths to which we'll descend to help sea animals. the seal liked the cut of their jibs and hitched a ride. up next, a victory for the trump administration. the supreme court saying mr. president, you are in charge of national security. stay with us, we'll be right back. copd makes it hard to breathe. so to breathe better, i go with anoro. ♪

lou: mitt romney talking to mormon leaders. this has been romney's latest contribution. roy moore in the u.s. senate would be a stain on the gop and the nation. leigh corfman and other victims are courageous heroes. this guy is so fumbling, incompetent and aggravating. i can't manage him back in public life. ed: he lost the u.s. senate race and the presidency. he ought to sit up in his mountains and ski and watch the process and stay out of it. if he ruins that senate seat he will be up trump's tail and he will run for president. be sure to vote in our poll. do you believe fbi agent peter strzok's anti-trump pro-clinton proclivities are the showing that mueller's team is aimed at undermining the president? do you think there are no depths to which we'll descend to help sea animals. the seal liked the cut of their jibs and hitched a ride. up next, a victory for the trump administration. the supreme court saying mr. president, you are in charge of national security. stay with us, we'll be right back. it's easy to think that all money managers are pretty much the same. but

lou: mitt romney talking to mormon leaders. this has been romney's latest contribution. roy moore in the u.s. senate would be a stain on the gop and the nation. leigh corfman and other victims are courageous heroes. this guy is so fumbling, incompetent and aggravating. i can't manage him back in public life. ed: he lost the u.s. senate race and the presidency. he ought to sit up in his mountains and ski and watch the process and stay out of it. if he ruins that senate seat he will be up trump's tail and he will run for president. be sure to vote in our poll. do you believe fbi agent peter strzok's anti-trump pro-clinton proclivities are the showing that mueller's team is aimed at undermining the president? do you think there are no depths to which we'll descend to help sea animals. the seal liked the cut of their jibs and hitched a ride. up next, a victory for the trump administration. the supreme court saying mr. president, you are in charge of national security. stay with us, we'll be right back. no matter how the markets change... at t. rowe price... our disciplined a

witness romney will admit and jeff flake, we've been talking about it. there was that strange photo op yesterday of jeff flake sitting next to trump shortly before flake sent that check essentially thumbing truck in the eye. yeah, that's -- that's a strange photo op and you've got to think that trump wanted flake there and not the other way around. >> and senator from iowa who has worked very hard tirelessly really on sexual assault in the military issues, so it's -- >> and who's not comfortable with the nafta renege shagss and what that would do for her state. >> so really interesting the line that these senators have had to walk. so let's talk about taxes because this is where they are unified. they want to rush this tax bill through. i think it was king yesterday who said the faster they go through the worse they tend to be and it is going quickly here. the approval of the poll shows just what, 29% approve. 53% disapprove and a lot of the analysis has been about how middle class people, their tax cuts will be temporary. how high tax states those are g

. >> bannon went after moore critic mitt romney for not serving in vietnam. listen to this. >> you hid behind your religion. you went to france to be a missionary while guys were dying in vietnam. do not talk to me about honor and integrity. [ applause ] and now i'm going to get personal. you ran for commander in chief. you had five sons. not one day of service in afghanistan and iraq. >> john, listen. the president, the current president who he fought for was an adviser to, had multiple draft deferments, four for college and another for bone spurs in his heels. and bannon was of fighting age during the vietnam, stayed in college, and later after the war joined the navy. he did serve. but the question here, hypocrisy much? >> look. i know steve relatively well. you have to put steve in context a little bit. first he's a smart strategist. he figured out for the president what states to concentrate on to win 270. without steve bannon i don't think trump would have won the presidency. second of all, what steve was trying to do here -- and let's remember, steve d

bannon once again blasting the republican establishment and slamming mitt romney but name, accusing romney of hiding behind his religion to avoid serve anything vietnam. >>> world leaders are condemning president trump's announcement today that the u.s. will recognize jerusalem as the israel's capital, making good on a campaign move to move the embassy there. it could jeopardize any hope of peace in the middle east. no one has an embassy in jerusalem, and we will explain why. >> and donald trump jr. facing questions from the house intelligence committee behind closed doors on their russian meddling investigation. this comes amid new questions how much vice president pens really knew about mike flynn's dealings with the russians. we have it all covered. let's begin with caitlyn collins live in fair hope, alabama with our top story. caitlyn? >> reporter: well, good morning, chris. steve bannon has certainly been one of roy moore's longest and most ardent supporters. with six days to go in this hotly contested race, he was to give him a boost. but he spent most of his speech last night attack

what steve was trying to do was get the crowd excited and mitt romney was an easy target. i did the race in 2012 against mitt romney in the primary when rick santorum was running. >> that doesn't give you -- >> let me finish. >> license to be an ass and a hypocrite and talk about someone's service. why is he measuring mitt romney -- >> i'm giving you the rationale and context. >> okay. >> i think steve was wrong to do it. >> all right. >> i got to know mitt romney personally as an honorable man. he's done great things for this country. i think he cares a lot about the country. it was unfair criticism. i think that was the motivation of why steve was doing it. >> it's interesting you said it's something he needed to say -- >> can you hold on, kirsten? i want to get to break. we'll be right back. i have been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer. when i met my team at ctca, they put together a comprehensive plan, that gave me an opportunity to accomplish my goals, and my dreams. learn more at cancercenter.com i'm not really a, i thought wall street guy.ns. what's the hesita

this is what he followed up in an attack against romney. >> you want to talk about honor, integrity, brother, bring it. bring it down here to alabama. judge roy moore has more honor and integrity in that pinky finger than your sboir familien has in its whole dna. >> reporter: of course this comes two days after mitt romney tweeted out that they needed to defend the honor and integrity of the american congress by not electing somebody like roy moore into office. but i think you said in your intro right on, the fact that this was actually -- i don't think i'm stepping too far out to a tree branch to suggest this was the most targeted, most focused points of this roy moore campaign yet. steve bannon was there on stage last night and he set this up as us against the washington establishment, against republicans, against jeff flake, against mitt romney, against democrats. roy moore's campaign over the last four weeks has been all over the place. he's been focusing on propagating those allegations. last night he finally went on the attack against doug jones, suggesting that he was the clin

step aside and let romney, who is beloved by his fellow people in utah, that romney would be in that seat. that would mean trouble for president trump, because he would be sparring with him maybe in the way he's been sparring with senator corker, others who maybe sometimes don't give the president a little back talk. >> dana: when does orrin hatch have to make that decision. is there a deadline? >> we have a filing deadline coming up early in 2018. and what you would think we would see would be hatch would run the clock out and then make good on his promise to romney and hand it over. unless the president has convinced him today and throughout recent days. don't overlook the significance of trump making nice with the leaders of the church of jesus christ of the latter day saints. his hanging out with the mormons could be a way to bridge the gap of what they felt about president trump during the 2016 election. >> dana: we should also point to orrin hatch having help deliver the president's his first and only major legislative victory of his first year. tax reform. unstoppable now in c

he has signaled, however, he would support romney if romney chose to run for his seat. but again, we don't know if hatch is planning to retire yet. he's been mum on rumors that he's heading towards retirement. but i do think given his age that it is likely to happen and mitt romney would be the go-to candidate to take the seat in utah. >> the president son the ground a little while longer. we'll see if we get anything out of the senate. gabby, thank you for being with us. that will wrap us this hour of "msnbc live." i'm chris jansing. it's to my colleague katy tur. it says katy tur and i'm standing next to allie velshi. you're practically twins. ali velshi, i'll let you take over. >> i'm ali vels in for katy tur today. these are pieces of land, not that ch statues. those he's traveling over 2,000 miles in washington, it is clear that the fallout from michael flynn is not far behind. donald trump offered this defense of his former national security adviser before boarding marine one at the white house. >> well, i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. he's led

ronna romney mcdaniel said yes, to avoid giving mitt romney any free advertising in trump's new republican party, his niece would drop her name. she dropped the romney, stopped using her full name on party communications and in media appearances. >> joining us now to discuss is ronna mcdaniels, chairwoman. >> ronna mcdaniels. >> ronna mcdaniel gop chairwoman. >> ronna mcdaniel, thank you so much. >> ronna romney mcdaniel, poof, she's got a new public name and we know a name change for the party chair was not the only awkward trump request for the republican party. last month, after "the washington post" published allegations from four named women moore pursued sexual relationships with them, grown women and as young as 14, responded by cutting off all its financial and staff support for roy moore's candidacy in alabama. that principle stand from the rnc lasted all of 20 days. about a week after ronna romney mcdaniel was summoned, the party decided to jump head first back into the race to support roy moore. we know that decision happened after the rnc chairwoman was invited to the white hou

here's what bannon said about mitt romney. >> talk about another confusion, willard mitt romney. now i want you to understand something. it was willard mitt romney's, comment yesterday, his tweet, whatever it was, that the only reason i'm going there, mitt, is you started it. mitt had to go there. all the insults you made about the president, all that backwards. everything's fine. you've got to jump in here. what he said yesterday, honor and integrity. honor that judge moore lacks honor and integrity. that's why you can't support him, couldn't support him. >> i did say mitt romney ran eight years ago for president. it was in 2012, which was five years ago. but either way, he did run for president. you heard what he said about romney. it was harsh and continues to go right now. obviously people come here to see roy moore running for the u.s. senate here in alabama. many people wanted to tell us they wanted to see bannon and they wanted to hear him talk like this. he is treating the audience to what he is known for. i will tell you another person, people are talking about, donald t

mitt romney was accused of having to binders full women. that was the big controversy surrounding mitt romney, and yet, at the dnc in 2012, they had a seven minute long tribute video that called ted kennedy a women's right activist, when you let a woman die in his car. >> harris: i want to pick up on mitt romney. he tweeted about roy moore this is what he said. roy moore is in the u.s. senate would be a stain on the g.o.p. and the nation. we forfeit another victim for heroes. no majority is risk losing our honor. regardless if you like his policies are not, he is a good person. his morals and principles are in the right place, and we go back to clarence thomas and the g.o.p. supported despite allegations. people on both sides. >> marie: having a reckoning in this country with how to deal with sexual assault and harassment. by saying, is all democrats or is all republicans, we are avoiding the hard conversation about how to deal with it. we republicans who pay $84,000 in a settlement. are you calling on him to resig resign? you calling on pr

mitt romney is a good man. whether you agree or disagree, you can't call into question his moral character, especially religious believes or outstanding service as missionary. what do you make of this whole debate? what do you think of steve bannon saying this of mitt romney and what his aim was in doing so? >> i would say so i would associate myself with the comments of senator hatch and lee. they are right. this is emblematic of trumpism to attack people because of their faith. this isn't the first time. and this has been part of moore's campaign too suggesting that muslim shouldn't be allowed to serve in congress or going after democratic donor because they are jewish, and tti-semant. so this is what you see between trump and bannon and others. and i think this is a rather foolish move just politically tactically for bannon. bannon has been reported to be seeking ways to block a potential governor romney run for the senate in 2018. if this is how he's going to do that, by attacking the mormon faith, i can pr

go back to something you said mitt romney who you used for took the position of tall other republicans basically said, there's no reason to support roy moore it's a stain on the party. then steve bannon came back at him from -- what did you make of that back and forth, does it have any lasting impact and is it mitt romney sort of emerging here as something in the republican party, put a name on it. >> he sort of the sensible conscious of the republican party in a lot of ways. only reason anybody cares about what steve bannon has to say to the extent that people think he is a proxy to the president. to the extent that people think that steve bannon expressing a point of view that the president holds it's relevant. otherwise he's just a political pundit out there with another opinion. the question really will be to what extent the president carries through this argument, if there is a senate campaign to be having in utah for governor romney, for example, to what extent is the president going to go out there prosecute some argument against mitt romney or try to find somebody to run agains

romney. talk about timing as we wait for the president's sign to show up on capitol hill. he left the trump hotel minutes ago. he's talking with the house intelligence committee there as part of the russia investigation. so you're going to want to hear about the exclusive nbc news reporting on his trump tower meeting with the russian lawyer. went to start here in washington with our team of reporters spread out. kristen welker is over at the white house. when we talk about the jerusalem argument, this boils down to the president saying the status quo has not worked so far. >> this was a key campaign promise. i just spoke with a senior official who underscored that point, but also those who made the point that you just raised which is what we have been doing has not worked. so why not take this step, which by the way past presidents said they were going to take only to abandon it once they got into the white house, including former presidents like george w. bush, but also they think this could

where were the romneys during those wars? you want to talk about honor and integrity, brother, bring it. bring it to alabama. you have the guts to get on the stage of a man who served in vietnam. and you vice president us to believe honor and integrity. judge roy moore has more honor and integrity in his pinkie finger than your family has in its whole dna. >> this is a bizarre answer from donald trump. there's a method here. donald trump was asked by howard stern, how he avoids contracting sexually transmitted diseases. watch this. >> it is a dangerous world out there. >> it is your personal vietnam. >> i'm a great and very brave soldier. >> i think it takes a lot of gall for bannon to bring up milita military service. >> he called john mccain a loser. p.o.w.s a loser. he didn't like people that got captured. he helped elect a guy whose sons have never served. he is asking about romney's sons? how about the trump name? he helped elect a guy who did behind bone spurs while he was playing tennis and golf the entire time. didn't

and roy moore said mitt romney doesn't care about the truth anymore. there's an extent and roy moore is right. if there was a bigger loser than hillary clinton or the second biggest loser in the last election, it was mitt romney. he came out hard against trump and republicans decided they want donald trump. >> that's right. what you see is it's about power and not principle. mitt romney is a lonely voice asking about, what is about principle? some are saying, well, this ain't it, we would rather lie and say we don't believe the women and rather say this is one principle among many, and don't elevate pedestri eleva elevate pedophiles, and so that's the choice the way they framed it in front of voters and the polls suggest, and he's right, they are responding to it. roy moore is leading the last time i looked. >> and they are choosing now -- i am not sure there's a consequence, amy, going forward. is there? >> that's the thing. i think they want -- you know, behind the scenes i am hearing from a lot of republicans, yes, this doesn't look good for us and