But this would be big, this would be jolting, and this for mitt romney would be a big turnaround from comments he made earlier this year to me. Why are you doing this . Well, im someone who cares very deeply about the country and about my party and i have watched from the sidelines a long time, playing kind of a role as umpire, calling some foul balls now and then, but i couldnt sit back and say nothing as i watched donald trump be more and more outrageous. In the course of that interview, the former standard bearer was saying the guy was pursuing the nomination this go around wasnt fit for the nomination and certainly not the presidency itself. We all know what happened, a lot of people are letting bygones be bygones, but this dramatically changed the landscape. If only remotely true. The meeting alone would be a big deal. Lets go to connell. Reporter we confirmed from senior aide to president elect donald trump that meeting will take place with governor mitt romney and will happen th
Right here in london with another very busy show. Facts been a busy week in with announcements and speculation from donald trump. The president elect plans to meet with mitt romney. According to a transition official. Mitt romney is a former critic of donald trump as being and is being considered as secretary of state. Continue his. Ge strengthening for a seventh time in eight days. That is my chart of the hour. Nikkei 225 entering a bull market. Up from its june lows. On that. Eep you posted with a little more than two weeks until the referendum in italy, and the primary elections in france, we also bring you the best of our interview with the former italian Prime Minister. Weekly brexit show, we have an exclusive interview for you, gina miller found herself all over the worlds newspapers. She took the u. K. Government to court. Ahead of the case reaching the Supreme Court next month, we speak to her about the brexit results, and what it is like to be thrust into the global media spot
President elect in florida where mr. Trump and his team are vetting and choosing his Top White House advisers as well as looking over some potential cabinet picks. Garrett tenney is live in washington following this story. Garrett, whats the latest on i hate to call it adivide, maybe its an understandable disagreement within the Trump Transition Team over mitt romney . Reporter that is very generous wording on your part, gregg, a divide certainly would be fitting here. Earlier this week we were hearing from some contacts that president elect trump was leaning towards mitt romney for secretary of state. Apparently, mr. Trump was so impressed by his former political rival after their meeting last weekend that romney moved to the top of his list. That sparked this internal tugofwar that weve been seeing playing out over the last few days, and according to the wall street journal, there are three camps within the Transition Team; those who support the romney pick, those who prefer Rudy Giu
Are historically unpopular. Their integrity and honesty doubted by many. What can they do to win the confidence of voters . Hello and welcome to Hofstra University. I will be with you here for the next hour, largely dedicated to the big news with the debate right here tomorrow. Its expected to be the most watched debate in american political history. You can see people are pumped. Lets start with the new reaction pouring in this sunday as the campaigns are looking ahead. Here is what they are saying. I dont appreciate campaigns thinking its the job of the media to go and be these virtual Fact Checkers and these debate moderators should do their bidding. We all have the experience a few years ago of mitt romney being interrupted and being challenged on an assertion he made. I believe it was about the tragedy in benghazi. It turned out the moderator was wrong. The important thing is that the American People hear from these two candidates. We need to hear from these two candidates. I hope
Democracy is messy. Every day, my life is messy but if you want everything to be quiet and orderly and want things to proceed without vigorous debate, thats not what democracy is about. For more on the campaigns, lets bring in cnn correspondent phil mattingly, joe johns, our chief analyst, Gloria Borger and political director. Phil, Hillary Clinton is bringing up Donald Trumps past bankruptcies, warning that hell do the same for the u. S. Economy if he were president. How does this fit into the Campaign Strategy . Wolf, the idea is to hit donald trump on his perceived strength and it repeats what president obamas team did to mitt romney in 2012. Early on in the campaign, the earlier stages of the general election period, attack the republican opponent on the area that he and his team think is his strength. Hillary clintons issue here is trying to make it appear that donald trump does not care about middle class workers. You saw that on the housing crisis and saw the continued attacks r