mitt romney group those rules. no hitting below the belt, no rabbit punching. >> that's what we have seen particularly from donald trump and also ted cruz who has come out swinging. but what trump did not tweet back, no problem i'll release my taxes. >> the problem is everyone is saying what's the problem with trump? he's not strong enough? not presidential enough? ronald reagan had the same thing. he was pro-life, pro-choice, pro-am necessary city. all of the above. he was not considered conservative at all. we have had the conservatives since then and what have we got. we have a war we can't win because we are afraid of offending terrorists. >> we are talking about more information about donald trump. i think it's time we had more information about donald trump. people are voting for him on big and vague promises. other than that we don't know. >> have you been to his website to check out his policies? >> they are not fleshed out, they are very thin. >> maybe i can clear it up for you. charles: you don't want to

now, just a few hours ago on fox, mitt romney had this to say. let's take a listen. >> frankly, i think we have good reason to believe there's a bomb shell in donald trump's taxes. >> what do you mean? >> either he's not near as welt wealthy or he hasn't paid the type of taxes or hasn't been giving money to the vets or disabled like he's been telling us he's doing. and every time he's asked about his taxes, he dodges and delays and says we're working on it. we're not talking about taxes due this year, they won't be ready for months p. we're talking about taxes already filed. back taxes. >> and there you have mitt romney just a few hours ago, not only questioning whether there is a bomb shell and really perhaps indicting on his charitable givings. the irony is the same thing happened to mitt romney in 2012. the senate democratic leader that time suggested that mitt romney, himself, had his own tax issues. >> you know donald trump is going to respond. look at this. >> you've been asked when you'll release your tax returns. you know mitt romney said

for mitt romney pu . you mentioned mitt romney back in 2012 when he was under similar scrutiny. what did he say back then? >> reporter: let's take a listen. there was better times between mitt romney and donald trump back in 2012 when he was under the scrutiny, donald trump was defending mitt romney at that time. let's listen to what he had to say. >> going back to tax returns, barack obama released seven years, john kerry released 12 years, mitt militaromney's fath released a dozen years. what's to stop your friend mitt, people still don't see the offshore records, here it is going back 12 years. >> as far as i'm concerned, i'd la like to do a swap. his returnss are beautiful. i looked at them. those returns are perfect. i would say if i were mitt and i'm not and i've never discussed this aspect of it but if i were mitt i'd say i'll released all. rest of them, he's already released a lot, i'll release the rest of them if you release your college records and your college applications. >> and there you hav

we expect mitt romney to eventually endorse rubio. for now the rubio campaign says marco will release his taxes in just a couple of days. erin? >> all right. thank you very much. joining me now amanda carpenter, she was communications director for ted cruz, and jeffrey lord, a donald trump supporter. jeff, let's start with both these issues. >> where do we start? so much, so little time. >> i cannot resist playing the ex-president of mexico one more time. here he is. >> i'm not going to pay for that [ bleep ] wall. he should pay for it. he's got the money. this nation is going to fail if it goes into the hands of a crazy guy. what is trump? he's not a republican. absolutely not. those are not the republican principles. he is not a democrat. he's just himself. he's egocentric. >> i suppose listening to this again i hear him actually take the wall as a de facto thing. he's saying trump should pay for it. >> i'm waiting for the news to leak it that vicente fox is on the trump payroll. trump is blessed in the enemies that he attracts. to

i want one question about mitt romney. he on a phone call says he thinks there's a bomb shell inside donald trump's taxes. is this forgetl ground for going after donald trump and is mitt romney the right messenger? >> no, no, no. >> three nos to one question. >> mitt romney shelters income and carried a lower rate interest. if that comes out that donald trump did the same thing, he's like yeah, of course i did. i'm a smart businessman. i don't think see how anything in the taxes could hurt donald trump. >> i disagree for one reason. he says his tax returns are complex. they're already done, though, so all we care about is the bottom line. this is not complex to make a copy of your tax returns. there is, obviously, something in there that i think donald trump does not want people to say. -- >> here's one thing. he. >> he could have lied about how much money he made. for him to say his tax returns are complex, they're already filed and done. there's nothing complex about making copies. >> right. >> i'm sure he has someone th

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he's dealing with mitt romney as you know, john, over the last 24 hours, he and mitt romney have been in the twitter war over trump's tax returns. the gop front-runner has not released his tax returns. last time around, four years ago, you know that all too well, there was a controversy about mitt romney's tax return, when are his tax returns coming out. so mitt romney is sort of dishing this out to donald trump, saying, hey, i did this, all the traditional candidates did this. you got to do this too. just in the last hour, mitt romney put out a tweet saying #whatishehiding, so i think that's a clear indication inside the gop establishment, john, there's some panic going on about donald trump and they're trying perhaps what is a last ditch effort here to weaken this gop front-runner to perhaps give people like marco rubio and john kasich a chance to shine on this debate stage later on tonight, john. >> jim acosta, thank you so much, inside that debate hall where as we said, it may be the last best chance for some of these candidates to shake the momentum that trump does seem to have n

this was the argument against mitt romney in 2012. release it now, while republican voters are still making their estimations and see if there is anything there that could hurt the republicans in november, do it now so republicans can make their judgment now. >> yeah. and there were many republicans that privately communicated to the campaign in 2012 that holding back when governor romney initially resisted, or at least took his time in releasing those tax returns, that it was a mistake. and to put it out, disclose it, and go on. >> and he did that, and it ended up not hurting him at all. >> he eventually did. and if you remember during the general election, what the democrats did was make requests for additional disclosures. and when those additional disclosures didn't come, the democrats framed it as this is somebody you can't trust. what is he hiding? now even though there is nothing to hide and he could be trusted, those questions in the voters' minds were oftentimes crucial in whether or not people decided -- >> what's so interes

one of the problems mitt romney had. he's grown on me in the last three years but one of the problems is he was very awkward about his wealth. donald trump is not. he's told everybody in the loudest voice he can muster. i'm rich. >> donald trump said tonight and i try to pay as little taxes as possible. getting that out of the way. i'm -- if i can, i pay as little as possible. >> who amongst us doesn't? >> i think it is an interesting question. we know donald trump is a walking exaggeration. the one thing he does value is his wealth, how much money he's worth. frankly, i think it's interesting to find out how much he is worth because he takes that as such a large measure of value for himself and for a reason why he should be -- >> he's also dodging and weaving on the question because the -- how does -- most candidates release two years of their last returns. he keeps saying they are very complex and takes a lot of time to put together. those returns are already filed. he can release them today. >> the story is there are

that guy is mitt romney. the first time the nevada caucuses were held in 2008, mitt romney not only won here, he won by a mile. he came in with 51% of the vote. second place was a very distant ron paul. ron paul came in second with only 14% of the vote. awkwardly even though ron paul only got 14% of the vote, that was enough to give ron paul supporters a tow hold that they used that year to hijack the nominating prosays and take over the party to a point where the whole nevada state republican convention was shut down and replaced with a back room conference call where they picked their delegates instead. it should have been a sign. we should have known with that first contest in 2008 that nevada was going to be more than meets the eye. any way, the bottom line, that first one mitt romney won. second one, mitt romney won. the second one was in 2012. in 2012 it was a volatile moment when nevada was having its caucus. mitt romney won for day and the republican party said it was a tie and they said rick santorum

other tweets have been directed at mitt romney. a few over the last 24 hours or so endures one saying, quote, mitt romney who was one of the dumbest and worst candidates in the history of republican politics is now pushing me on tax returns. dope. and he has a near -- 0 to do with network sec statements are, quote, great. the topic of trump's net worth doubted by many of their. ted cruz was one of them, ted cruz also said he thinks mitt romney has a point. >> an awful lot of people speculate he hasn't made as much money as he said. who knows? he doesn't release his tax returns. i think mitt romney has a good point that voters are entitled to know before the vote because you better believe the democrats if there's anything in their democrats are going to go to town on this. >> for comparison we looked at when the last few eventually nominees released their back taxes like mitt romney is calling for. amid criticism to do so romney release his in january of 2012. he was still locked in a primary battle at that point. john mccain relea

mitt romney didn't fight hard enough, i will. mitt romney didn't win, i will. and it has served as a bit of a motivator for some of his supporters. you'll continue to see that, which is that's the past. i'm the future. >> do you think romney continues to kind of be in the forefront? >> i do. first he cares about the direction of this party -- sorry, the direction of the country and thinks it would be important for him to lead some of the criticism against somebody he thinks would be a -- would not be a good president. also would not be a good nominee for the party, a good representative of the party. he believes that's deeply and will continue to have a voice in this process. >> interesting. >> it's got to be incredibly frustrating for mitt romney. he's got to be tearing the beautiful head of hair out because, look, mitt romney got labelled a flip-flopper. donald trump has flip-flopped on every possible issue under the sun and yet the label has not stuck to him. >> different time. donald trump is seen as an antidote to the ills of that party and the process. >>

four years ago this month donald trump endorsed mitt romney, and mitt romney said he called donald trump an extraordinary businessman. a man who knows how to produce jobs, create jobs and praised him for strong stand as one of the few who takes a strong stand. and unfortunately what happened today sort of reminded me what harry reid tried to do to him four years ago. lou: it's a terrific point. i want to go back to, on this broadcast, a little over a week ago, you were talking about the technology gap. we discussed the fact that the republicans have not created the dynamic 21st century data mining and base that they require to turn out the vote this year, and you said on this broadcast you were fearful that no matter what else happened that the democrats were going outclass the republicans once again as they did in 2012 and would lose no matter who the nominee is. >> it is so important. we've got to have the mechanism to get them out. lou, in 2012 mitt romney won the independents, but lost because we didn't turn out our own people. that's why having the right technology platform is so im

what mitt romney did, mitt romney knew he would get rid of for that. he did it anyway. because he's frustrated. he's essentially saying, hey, guys, let me teach you how to throw a punch punch. you've let this gone too far. you shouldn't be waiting a couple of days before super tuesday, where you might fall so hopelessly behind you can't catch up. >> it's interesting, so many people have tried to define donald trump and he's resisted all efforts. nikki haley said, he's the angry guy, and he said, i am angry. i'll be the angry candidate. others have tried to say, he's a flip-flopper. he said, look, i was playing the game that i've played the game, i know how not to be vulnerable to anybody else who's trying to game me. >> even on taxes, he's inoculated himself by saying, look, i try to pay the lowest tax rate i can possibly pay. which is not -- you know, mitt romney had some problems on that front, because his tax rate was lower, because it was investment income. so i think in many ways, what amanda was talking about, the character, the temperament, all those -- i think i

he came in third behind both mitt romney and ron paul. ron paul pulled in 14% of the vote and came in second. you know, that should have been kind of the end of that story, the first caucus. interesting, romney, ron paul, and mccain. that was only the beginning. because when you vote in the nevada republican caucus, they elect delegates to the state convention and it elects delegates to send to the national convention to select a presidential nominee. oh, democracy. and in 2008, when ron paul did not win on caucus day, his supporters decided that nevertheless, they would still out box the other campaign. they would still get all of their delegates sent to the state convention. so it was nuts. a couple months after these caucuses, which technically mitt romney had won, when the noh republicans gathered at their state convention, the ron paul delegates mutiny basically they took over. it was complete chaos. and what they were threatening to do is send a slate of themselves as ron paul delegates to the national convention, even though mitt r

mark: mitt romney. trump struck back, romney struck back again and so far, as elton john would say, he's still standing. john: two winners today. mitt romney but also donald rump who dom name it would poll. check tout website for our debate coverage and mark's comments. those are key. mark: "bloomberg west" coming up. see you tomorrow, sayonara. ♪ >> you're watching "bloomberg west." let's start with a check of your first word news. apple wants a federal judge to vacate an order that was force it to hack into the iphone of one of the san bernardino shooters. apple says the f.b.i. is seeking dangerous powers for the court. the case may set a precedent for smart phone access. a poll shows republican presidential frontrunner donald trump with a substantial lead in southern states ahead of next tuesday's super tuesday contest. trump is backed by 37% of likely primary voters in alabama, arkansas, georgia, oklahoma, tennessee, and virginia. senators marco rubio and ted cruz are tied at 20%. navy governor br

why is mitt romney relevant? that's a story in itself, suggesting there could be a bombshell in trump's tax returns. mitt romney channeling harry reid, it seems. >> this is so fascinating, chris. this debate comes at such a pivotal time. this could get very heated very fast. donald trump and marco rubio dropping hints they are preparing tonight to take each other on. >> i will be totally prepared. people have not done very well against me. >> the gop frontrunner is set to face-off with his four remaining rivals tonight in the last debate before super tuesday. >> so far everybody that has attacked me has gone down. >> donald trump already has double the number of delegates than his closest competitors, marco rubio and ted cruz combined. >> there has never been a candidate like trump. >> trump absent from the town hall last night, and they are arguing it's only a matter of time before his ballooning lead pops. >> we are the only campaign in the position to beat him on super tuesday. >> obviously, once this race beg

going to interview mitt romney, i was shocked to see him do this. >> yeah, mitt romney essentially was channeling his inner harry reid. harry reid said mitt romney hasn't paid tax, in ten years, and i can prove it. well, as it turns out mitt romney went on cavuto to say this about taxes and mr. trump. >> i think we have a good reason to believe there's a bombshell in donald trump's taxes. i think there's something there. either he's not as near wealthy as he says he is or he hasn't been paying the taxes we'd expect him to pay. or perhaps he's not giving money to the vets or disabled like he's been telling us he's doing. >> i did think it was kind of strange that donald trump released his financials and said, i got big beautiful taxes that's very complicated. nobody really has released their taxes, but i just believe this is beneath mitt romney. this was the mitt romney that was attacked ridiculously by harry reid, although he did it from the senate floor which was inappropriate. but just to come out and make accusations that we have reason to believe there's a bombshell. does he have a

nobody's been bringing it up except mitt romney. he brings it up because he lost and lost badly in the last election. i have many companies. i have tremendously -- i have a very complex system of taxes. frankly, i get audited every year. so, you know, unlike everybody else who never gets audited every year which i think is unfair. i go through large audits and that's the way it is. we make a determination over the next couple of months. it is complicated. >> he'll make a determination over the next month couple of m. what about the debate here at the university of houston? let's talk about this with political reporter tom lobianco. tom, do you expect this to be a subject that the candidates seize on in tonight's debate? >> it's a good one. it is hanging out there. we heard ted cruz talk about it a bit. an easy one for them to seize on. it sure sounds like the republican establishment found something that may be an effective tact against trump. >> let's talk about what every other candidate in this race wants. they want trump one an

fox news. >> i think mitt romney has a voters are entitled to know before they vote. you better believe if there's anything in there, democrats will go to town on this. >> reporter: marco rubio and ted cruz have the most to gain, both claim to be the best alternative to donald trump. >> he has alludeed to the fact he thinks part of obama care are pretty good. >> reporter: polls show cruz leading in his home state of texas by 15 points. donald trump leads marco rubio in his home state of florida by 16. >> anchor: texas is the biggest prize super tuesday. residents able to safely escape after fire broke out in catawba this morning near hickory. flames broke out 5:00 this morning in the basement of this home. the chief says heavy smoky filled the house, took firefighter about an hour to put out the fire. investigators are working to a lawsuit is being filed against the university area apartment complex where a unc charlotte student was shot in november. claiming they failed to provide safety for tenants. he was shot outside his apartment complex two days after thanksgivi

romney got over 50% so donald trump actually underperformed what mitt romney did not once but twice in this state. >> rubio pulled in seven delegates in nevada and the donald gained 14. >>> south carolina senator lindsey graham is quoted by "the new york times" implying that the senate's refusal to hold nominations on the supreme court nominations is political pay back. he said this is the consequence of an abuse of power. don't ask for fairness if you're not going to give it. responding to the president's plan to close gitmo, senator pat roberts tweeted this video showing him throwing white house plans right into the garbage. >>> and we have heard a lot about bernie sanders pulling in the younger vote and a toy company is banking on that demographic, fuelling the nostalgic bern. ♪ my bernie, my bernie, my bernie and me 12340e9. >> the company is trying to fund the action figures via kick stater. >>> hey, political junkies, think you'd make a better president? thomson reuters built a app and lets you build it up into the general election. that's your morning dish of "scrambled pol

mitt romney. more on that in a minute. we have cnn's phil mattingly with donald trump. >> reporter: good morning, john. the victory lap for donald trump after the nevada caucuses and looking ahead to hillary clinton. >> boy, oh, boy. she has become a marshmallow. everything the president does is wonderf wonderful. what she has done is so wrong and unfair. it looks like she will be the nominee and it looks like nothing will happen. it will be discussed. it will be discussed often, often. >> reporter: donald trump will be traveling across the deep south in the days ahead in the nod to super tuesday s.e.c. primary where 25% of available delegates will be up for grabs. if you talk to gop operatives across the campaigns, donald trump has momentum that cannot be halted. and the winner take all states like ohio and florida and governor kasich of ohio. guys, there is an urgency coming about the campaign. one thing to keep an eye on is the cnn debate in houston tonight. full frontal attacks on trump. look toward ted cruz and marco

pull up a chair so we can hear mitt romney emasculated. >> mitt romney is pushing the untax returns. mitt romney who blew the election on tax returns is looking like a fool now playing tough guy. kennedy: anyone who runs for president is crazy, and anyone who thinks they will best donald trump on half cocked insults need on cart out on a stretcher and lobotomized. can rubio and cruz combine forces to stop trump? o.j. simpson's prison guard is going to be here. and he will tell me what happened when he asked o.j. if he killed his wife. find out how apple escalated it brawl with government surveillance. i'm kennedy. mitt rap any is joining the fray and the scramble against trump. let's ask the party panel tonight. joy is the co-host of red eye, steve smith is here, comedian and host of with part of the problem." tonight he will be part of the solution. mike barrack, former cia officer. so we'll start with you. is he projecting on to donald trump what he should really be telling harry reid? i mitt romney frustrated from 2012? >> why is he still upset? i have gotten over breakups sooner

speak of big money, mitt romney dropping a trump bombshell. here is the clip. >> we have good reason to believe there is a bombshell in donald trump's taxes. >> what do you mean? >> either he's not anywhere near as wealthy as he says he is or hasn't been paying the kind of taxes we expect him to pay, or perhaps he hasn't been giving money to the vets and disabled like he has been telling us he has been doing. deirdre: personal net worth statements. it's only a problem if you say those things under oath which apparently donald trump did. it could be a problem for the irs. if he's worth less than he says, it's not a problem for taxes, but overall it's a credibility issue. >> the establishment is expected to hurt trump, his manner, his speaking, his boorishness. people might be trusting he won't release them. i don't know what a bombshell means in some ways. i think we can expect -- deirdre: it's the implication of a lie. he's been covering up something and we'll unveil it. >> he could say he's worth a trillion dollars but combining all of his bu

well, it seems like mitt romney learned a thing or two about the entire incident. he has cast himself to play the role of harry reid. he phoned into fox news yesterday to, you know, raise a few questions. >> frankly, i think we have good reason to believe that there a bombshell in donald trump's taxes. >> what do you mean? >> well, i think there is something there. not nearly as wealthy as he says he is, or hasn't been paying the kind of taxes we would expect him to pay or perhaps he hasn't been giving money to the vets or to the disabled, like he has been telling he has been doing. >> speculation, kicked off a trump tweet storm. thin-skinned republican front-runner succession of replies. mitt romney totally blew an election made him look like a fool playing tough guy. dumbest and worst candidates in the history of politics, pushing me on tax returns. dope. romney responded with a tweet of his own, me thinks the donald doth protest too much. show voters your back taxes. #what is he heightiiding. gop establishment, as for the man, establish the is turning to this el

they bring out mitt mitt romney out of retirement to take on donald trump as part of his push back against him and first thing out of the box he does something like this which obviously reminds everyone's of own kerr if you feel about tax rushes and i don't think the blow has landed at all. >> charles, we sat at this very panel and talked about this very tactic saying where's the beef on the harry reid charge? >> well, i mean harry reid -- is a perfect example as we just saw of situational ethics. we won, who the hell cares? i think -- the tax issue is always a low road. a low tactic. it's always been. but this is a year in which it's been 100 percent low tactics and low road. now all a the sudden everybody is scandalized? didn't we hear a candidate say a few months ago you know that cruz, i really want to help him out about where he was born because he could be ineligible and i'm sure the democrats are going to come after him. so let's clear it up. this has been going all the way through. the reason it comes up is because everything else they have thrown at him has not worked it worked on

erica is here with mitt romney' s shot at his party' s early front-runner. erika: this latest fight coming just hours before another gop showdown. former republican nominee mitt romney saying there might be a bombshell somewhere in trump' s tax returns, which have not been released. >> he is not near as wealthy as he says he is or he is not been paying the kind of taxes we would expect him to pay or he has not been giving money to the vet or the disabled, like he has been telling us he is doing. erika: four years ago romney asked for, and received, trump' s endorsement for president. romney in typical trump fashion, on twitter, mitt romney, who totally blew an election that should have been won and whose tax returns made him look like a fool, is now playing tough guy. when mitt romney asked me for my endorsement last time around, he was so awkward and goofy that we all should have known he could not win. the gop field debates tonight in texas with super tuesday now just days away. emily? emily: on the democrat side, hillary clinton is in south weekend' s pri

now mitt romney wants some answers. we're still waiting for that from the trump campaign. ♪ lots of vitamins a&c, and, only 50 calories a serving... good morning, indeed. v8. veggies for all. >>> we have good reason to believe that there's a bombshell in donald trump's taxes. >>> what do you mean? >> well, i think there's something there. either he's not anywhere as wealthy as he says he is or he is not paying the taxes we would expect him to pay or perhaps he hand been giving money to the vets or the disabled like he's been telling us he's doing. >> all right. donald trump has not released the rurm. he says he's working on it. is this a smoking gun? hard to say. we'll see what happens. in the meantime a reminder. we have live coverage there was and other issues coming up. 10:00 a.m. to 12:00. don't forget fox business later that night. lou dobbs and then taking us to the vote in a crucial must-win for hillary clinton to prove that she is able to put bernie sanders away. we'll see. >>> hello, everyone. i'm kim we area

mitt romney, the 2012 nominee, has taken to twitter yesterday and today. he says quoting here from mitt romney twitter, methinks the donald doth protest too much. show voters your back taxes, donald trump. what is he hiding? trump has responded today saying, mitt romney, who is one of the dumbest and worst candidates in the history of republican politics, is now pushing me on tax returns, dope. now trump did add a picture to his online social media messaging that suggest he's at a desk signing a bunch of papers, presumably that's signing his tax returns. he's said they'll be out in a couple few weeks and we've yet to see them. now we're seeing mitt romney putting the heat under donald trump's feet. mitt romney has suggested there could be a couple of people in there that could be a bombshell. one, trump is not as wealthy as he said he is or you two, in romney's predictions, that it's entirely possible that trump has not been doing as much charitable giving as he's suggested, particularly to veterans groups. maybe that will somehow be lacking and blow him u

herman cain ran against mitt romney in 2012. the former presidential candidate and fox news contributor joins me now. herman what is romney doing here? >> melissa, i believe that was probably one of the most irresponsible speculations on part of mitt romney i anticipated. i don't know whether he came up with that all by himself or whether or not he was advised to say that. melissa: you don't think he knows something we don't? that he has some sort of information? >> he must know something that we don't. now here's my question, how would know something about somebody else's tax return if it hasn't been made public? i call this pure political noise, melissa. because if donald trump, ted cruz, rubio, if they released their tax returns, then nosey nitpickers are going to find something to have the irs chasing to create noise from the substantive issues. melissa, allow me to share with you a personal experience which is why i think this is crazy and it is irresponsible. back in 1994 i challenged bill clinton publicly in a town hall m

. >> after his landslide victory in nevada donald trump is now tangling with mitt romney over his tax returns but he's also trading jabs with the other gop candidates who are struggling to catch up. we get the latest from abc's kenneth moton. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, reena and kendis. it is a case of irony. millionaire mitt romney was criticized about his own tax returns but now he's making similar attacks against billionaire donald trump. hours before severe weather ripped through virginia overnight, donald trump was on the ground rallying supporters, talking running mates. >> i do want somebody that's political because i want to get lots of great legislation that we all want passed. >> reporter: trump was a no-show for a republican town hall on fox news hosted by megyn kelly who had a very public feud with the gop front-runner. the candidates lined up as they worked to take down trump. >> we are not going to allow the conservative movement to be defined by a nominee who is not a conservative. >> reporter: all four promise to release tax returns this week aft

mitt romney threw that out there. it was reminiscent of harry reid four years ago who said that mitt romney doesn't pay his taxes. that hurt romney in the election. now, romney goes after trump in exactly the same way, surely romney should come could clean and tell us what the challenge is based on. he said we have good reason to believe. stuart: okay, what reason? what's your evidence? what do yo

mitt romney lost two bids for the presidency. he himself released less taxes than any other president, other gop nominee in our history with the exception of reagan and who is this man for the last seven years -- >> i don't know about that. i'm not so sure fewer than others. but go ahead. >> according to the data that i researched, that's what i found out. but here's a man who for the last seven years sat on the sidelines while president obama destroyed the american economy and now is the time? it's pretty suspect and it smacks to me of the ruling class, the ruling elite, the establishment that mitt romney is well entrenched in. >> wouldn't you want to get that kind of information out? wouldn't you want to get that information out? wouldn't you want to get that out before, sooner rather handle the later? >> well, mr. trump has said he is going to release his finances and all of his tax returns. this is the thing. his tax returns are vast and complex. he has some 500 businesses, neil. and i don't know if i'm an american voter and

millionaire mitt romney was criticized in 2012 about his own tax returns but now he's making similar attacks against billionaire donald trump. hours before severe weather ripped through virginia overnight, donald trump was on the ground rallying supporters, talking running mates. >> i io want somebody that's political because i want to get lots of great legislation that we all want passed. >> reporter: trump was a no-show for a republican town ll on fox news hosted by megyn kelly who had a very public feud with the gop front-runner. the candidates lined up as they worked to take down trump. conservative movement to be defined abobo i a nominee who isn't a conservative. >> reporter: all four promise to release tax returns this week after mitt romney called on them to do so. the 2012 gop nominee efen said he believes there's a quote bombshell in trump's taxes. >> when people decide they don't want to give you their taxes it's usually because there's something they don't want you to see. >> reporter: trump went on the attack andweeted mitt romney who totally blew an election that should

p>> after his landslide victory pin nevada, donald trump is now ptangling with mitt romney over phis tax returns, but he's also ptrading jabs with the other gop pcandidates who are struggling to pcatch up. p>> it's "your voice, your vote." pwe get the latest from abc's pkenneth moton. pgood morning, kenneth. p>> reporter: good morning, reena pand kendis. pit is a case of irony. pmillionaire mitt romney was pcriticized in 2012 pabout his own tax returns but pnow he's making similar attacks pagainst billionaire donald ptrump. phours before severe weather pripped through virginia povernight, donald trump was on pthe ground rallying supporters, ptalking running mates. p>> i do want somebody that's olitical because i want to get pwe all want passed. p>> reporter: trump was a no-show pfor a republican town hall on pfox news hosted by megyn kelly pthe gop front-runner. pthe candidates lined up as they pworked to take down trump. p>> we are not going to allow the pconservative movement to be pisn't a conservative. p>> reporter: all four promise to prelease tax returns this week pafter mitt r

after mitt romney called on them to do so. the 2012 gop nominee even said he believes there's a 'bombshell' in trump's taxes. sot mitt romney phoner when people decide that they don't want to give you their taxes, it's usually because there's something they don't want you to sese trump went on the attack. the billionaire tweeted "mitt romney,who totally blew an election that should have been won and whose tax returns made him look like a fool, is now playing tough guy" sot hillary clinton 15:44:04 well hello ladies of alpha kappa alpha! fewer fireworks on the democratic side. hillary clinton made her case to the sisters of aka ahead of saturday's south carolina bernie sanders who is struggling with black voters there moved on to super tuesday states drawing 9000 people to his rally in tulsa, oklahoma. as for trump's taxes, he says there's no bombshell other than he pays a lot. the republicans will debate tonight on cnn in the super tuesday state of texas where the governor just endorsed his senator ted cruz. kenneth moton, abc

i can't believe that mitt romney would go there. his campaign made such a stink about the dirty tricks and lies harry reid told, remember, my friend told me mitt romney didn't pay taxes? now mitt romney does the same thing, but also wants to spark a debate about who's richer than whom? are you kidding me? no one cares what mitt romney thinks, number one. number two, he was a loser. he wasn't a conservative, that's why so many people go you puppet a loser who wasn't a conservative last time, it's just a friendly reminder, and it only encowrlgs -- encourages donald. >> one comment on his wealth. i had a lot conversation with eric, his son -- great kids, i love his kids -- and eric told me that four billion was unfair to trump pause they lowballed every one of his real estate holdings. he's going to have to fund a billion, he's going to have to have cash to pay for it -- sandra: but you're going to have to tell me his supporters would waver in the force of. harris: four billion to nine billion -- [laughter] sandra: we just talked about

is mitt romney the trump slayer, the establishment has been waiting for? stay with us. ♪ (vo) making the most out of every mile. that's why i got a subaru impreza. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. are you powered by protein? we are. milk has 8 grams to help give you energy to unleash your potential. start every day with milk's protein and milk life. >>> do you want to have a little fun? all right, what does donald trump do when things go wrong. he takes to twitter. i have them right here. let's read some. you'll have fun. all right, number one, here is the first one, lightweight marco rubio was working hard last night. this is true. the problem is, he is a chalker. and once a chalker, always a choker, i guess that's what he meant to say. he spelled it choker. >> he went on to say maybe donald trump doesn't know how to spell, or a foreign worker doing donald trump's tweets right there. a small sample of an event still going on. marco rubio just lighting it to donald trump. a relentless barrage of attacks on donald trump. you saw the beginning las

mitt romney said his comments were disqualifying. but the big question is whether states in terms of votes, and super tuesday is looming very quickly, tomorrow, and it's unclear whether this will change the way that people vote when they head to the polls. >> he romney tweet i thought was notable in its forcefulness, as you put it. we have seen now a little bit of -- we saw him last week, we're seeing him again now. should we expect to see him on the trail now, out campaigning against donald trump? >> well, the big question is whether mitt romney will actually endorse someone. it would be hard for him to show up on the campaign trail and simply be against donald trump and not for someone else. the rubio campaign has been working hard for this endorsement. a lot of former romney staffers are either working for rubio or backing his campaign so we would seem like the most natural candidate for romney to endorse. but there is something happening with mitt romney. he seems to be taking this very seriously, the idea of donald trump become

nicole: breaking news this morning and former presidential candidate mitt romney confesses to neil cavuto that the tax return of donald trump make have a bombshell. lauren: good morning, everybody. i am transfixed. ted kristin mccorvey told fox news they can be donald trump in the way to the race house. nicole: the market that for a while day trading with the dow dropping 250 points only to end at 53 points. today right now the second town features 1030, s&p down for. lauren: in asia, stocks plunging after the current itself for the fifth straight day. stocks in japan rose almost 1.5%. nicole: let's take a look about right this second. down 1.2%. lauren: apple ceo tim cook goes on to defend his defiance of a court order to unlock an iphone used by terrorists. nicole: wild weather leaving at least four people dead in virginia and thousands of flights canceled. lauren: college basketball top 10 teams continue to fall including the never went team in the nation. we will have the highlights. welcome to "fbn:am," the latest breaking news and in what to expect for the day ahead. true to form re

mitt romney. and his questions about trump's taxes so trump pointed out mitt romney was one of the worst and dumbest in the republican politics is pushing on tax return, dope. let's remind trump endorsed mitt romney in 2012. my how the times have changed. >> pulled up exactly what donald trump said about mitt romney about four years ago. he said as follows, it's my honor, my real honor and privilege to endorse mitt romney. he is tough, he is smart. so the language clearly has changed over the last 24 hours, now after romney has gone after donald trump here, which really demonstrates the alarm bells going on within the republican establishment right now. we've heard trump go after romney calling him goofy and awkward, saying, knack, he was a fool, so the times have certainly changed. what's interesting here, though, the bottom line is this issue of the 2012 campaign. i remember an interview in july of that year. there was pressure in the last two years. donald trump is on the defensive, next, mitt