it's because of his performance in new hampshire coming in fifth place after he was accused of being mr. roboto and getting into the sparring session with governor christie. >> we just received word -- had is a semifox news alert, according to "the huffington post," mitt romney, who is a republican party standard-bearer last time, has just endorsed marco rubio. not a shocking endorsement. we probably figured that would be coming. >> it's not. i think this is part -- look, if you think the romney campaign could win this year, then, you know, maybe you think -- >> rubio? >> right, maybe it's rubio. this is a debate over what the republican party stands for, what it takes to win a general election. it's super interesting. it's unfolding now. the bottom line is trump offers a very different vision of what the party should be whether you're for it or not it's not the same. >> we're seeing rubio shake hands with other major endorsements, senator scott, trey gowdy and governor haley. another big storyline this morning is governor jeb bush has suspended his campaign, and here is senator rubio a