let's bring in erin zitner, national politics editor for the "washington journal." the video doesn't get erased. i mean, they're aware we were watching, right? >> boy, to be a fly on the wall when mitt romney meets donald trump or maybe a caddy in the clubhouse because they'll meet at bedminister, the golf club in new jersey. they're not rivals, they're not adversari adversaries. mitt romney and trump are political enemies, if you spin back to when mitt romney stepped up and done what many in the party thought that the other -- the other candidates for the nomination should do and said, do not nominate this guy. called him ay and a fraudy and . at a time when the primaries were rolling. that's a -- it's a lot of bread to break, to resolve that conflict. >> yeah. you've said that it's possible if not floobl some of of this is

for those who control the levers of power in washington and for the global special interests they partner with these people who don't have your good in mind. political establishment that is trying to stop us is the same group responsible for our disastrous trade deals, massive illegal immigration, and economic and foreign policies that have bled our country dry. the political establishment has brought about the destruction of our factories, and our jobs as they flee to mexico to china and other countries all around the world. it's a global power structure that is responsible for the economic decisions that have robbed our working class, stripped our country of its wealth, and put that money into the pockets of a handful of large corporations and political entities. the only thing that can stop this corrupt machine is you. the only force strong enough to save our country is us. the only people brave enough to vote out this corrupt establishment is you, the american people. [cheers] >> i'm doing this for the people and for the movement and we will take back this country for you and we will

and in washington, kim strassel. dan, i think the bigger problem

and in washington, kim strassel. dan, i think the bigger problem is donald trump, no question about it, than the wikileaks thing. how big a crisis is it for the trump campaign? >> it is truly a significant political crisis. the personal aspects of trump aside, you know, i'm reminded of a similar political crisis, paul, that was when richard nixon resigned the presidency. why did nixon resign? it wasn't because of watergate. it wasn't because of the missing tape. nixon said he resigned when he

and amid gop demands that he quit told "the washington post," quote, they're not going to make me quit and they can't make me quit. he told "the wall street journal" there's, quote, zero

donald trump says he will never withdraw from the race, and amid gop demands that he quit told the "washington post" "they're not going to make me quit and they can't make me quit."

and amid gop demands that he quit told "the washington post," quote, they're not going to make me quit and they can't make me quit. he told "the wall street journal" there's, quote, zero

and in washington, kim strassel.

and in washington, kim strassel. dan, i think the bigger problem is donald trump, no question about it, than the wikileaks thing. how big a crisis is it for the trump campaign? >> it is truly a significant political crisis. the personal aspects of trump aside, you know, i'm reminded of a similar political crisis, paul, that was when richard nixon resigned the presidency. why did nixon resign? it wasn't because of watergate. it wasn't because of the missing tape. nixon said he resigned when he lost the political support of

he also told "the washington post" a short time ago he will never withdraw.

he also told "the washington post" a short time ago he will never withdraw. the correspondent robert costa who interviewed donald trump saying in a couple of tweets they are not going to make me quit, they can't make me quit, also saying i have never quit in my life, i give you my word that i am never leaving. martha mentioned this a second ago. let's put it on the screen, the tweet from donald trump. this is the first time he's taken to twitter since releasing that apology last night, saying certainly has been an interesting 24 hours, exclamation point. how did we get to this point? it was in 2005 he was doing a piece for "access hollywood" traveling in a bus with the host billy bush. the two of them were miked up. we have seen this happen before. donald trump perhaps not thinking that he was being recorded when he said among other things this. >> i moved on her and i failed. i'll admit it. >> whoa! >> i did try and [ bleep ].

he was hoping to make a real comeback in tomorrow night's debate here at washington university in st. louis. he's been practicing hard all week. he did that town hall in preparation for it on thursday night then this comes out. now he's seeing a lot of republicans who are turning their backs on him. so late last night the campaign made the decision that the only way to try to get ahead of this at least at the very beginning was to make a nonrepented apology, if you will, so just after midnight last night donald trump released on twitter and facebook this message. here's a part of it. >> i've never said i'm a perfect person, nor pretended to be someone that i'm not. i've said and done things i regret. and the words released today on

we're less safe than we were eight years ago, and washington is totally broken. hillary clinton and her kind have run our country into the ground. i've said some foolish things, but there's a big difference between the words and actions of other people. bill clinton has actually abused women, and hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed, and intimidated his victims. we will discuss this more in the coming days. see you at the debate on sunday. >>> well, there are several aspects to his apology statement, but the written one and the video one we just showed

we're less safe than we were eight years ago, and washington is totally broken. hillary clinton and her kind have run our country into the ground. i've said some foolish things, but there's a big difference between the words and actions of other people. bill clinton has actually abused women, and hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed, and intimidated his victims. we will discuss this more in the coming days. see you at the debate on sunday. >> so donald trump wrapping up

we are losing our jobs, we're less safe than we were eight years ago and washington is totally broken. hillary clinton and her kind have run our country into the ground. i've said some foolish things, but there's big difference between the words and actions of other people. bill clinton has abused women and hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed and intimidated his victims. we will discuss this more in the coming days. see you at the debate on sunday. >> see you at the debate on sunday, we'll talk about this a little bit later. right now we take a break and please stay with us. >> we'll be right back.

we are losing our jobs, we're less safe than we were eight years ago, and washington is totally broken. hillary clinton and her kind have run our country into the ground. i've said some foolish things but there's big difference between the words and actions of other people. bill clinton has actually abused women and hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed and intimidated his victims. we'll discuss this more in the coming days. see you at the debate on sunday. >> so donald trump says his words that were heard on audiotape do not reflect who he is.

we're losing our jobs, we're less safe than we were eight years ago and washington is totally broken. hillary clinton and her kind have run our country into the ground. i have said some foolish things but there is a big difference between the words and actions of other people bilt accused women and hillary clinton attacked and shamed victims. we'll discuss this more incoming days. we'll see you at the debate on sunday. >> so there it is and we have

clinton retweeted the washington post article and added, quote, this is horrific. we cannot allow this man to

all the editors at "the washington post" apparently missed mr. trump's comments about the clintons came after he was branded a woman hater by his opponent. also, trump, refrained from mentioning the marriage in the last debate. now, it seems to me that any fair-minded news operation would have included those two facts in the article. or am i wrong? anyway, this is an embarrassment for donald trump. no question. here is the latest on the hillary clinton front. the hacker outfit, wikileaks, apparently accessed some of her speeches to wall street

washington post editorializing, quote, encouraging armed

bottom of the hour to talk about the day's political headlines, as well as the new reaction coming from washington on the controversial $400 million cash payment to iran. >>> it was made four americans held in teheran were freed. president obama denied it was a ransom payment. instead it was part of the iran nuclear deal, unfreezing iranian assets that had been held inside of the u.s. for years. tom cotton, arkansas senator, who sits on the intelligence committee said the money sends the wrong message to bad people

washington insiders remain in control. americans losing their jobs, homes, and hope. in donald trump's america, people are put back to work. our families are safe. the american dream achievable again. change that makes america great again. >> i'm donald trump, and i

washington insiders remain in control. americans losing their jobs, homes and hope. and in donald trump's america, people are put back to work. our families are safe. the american dream achievable again. change that makes america great

. >> but ryan's rapid rise to prominence in washington was tied to his emphasis on reforming entitlements, he's still passionate about fixing them to lower the debt. >> you cannot tackle the debt crisis if you don't fix this entitlement problem. >> still veteran republican strategists are hopeful that none of the trump/ryan

constitution who's taken on washington and won. he's tested, trusted and ready to lead. i'm honored to join ted cruz as his running mate. >> i'm ted cruz. >> i'm fiorina. >> we approve this message. >> did it work?

joining us now with reaction from washington, former speaker of the house and fox news contributor newt gingrich. so, i will ask it plain and

. >> as washington pads wall street's pockets, hard working americans get left behind. my tax plan will change that. >> replaced by a simple fair 10% flat. at a. >> trump has been off the road since monday. he tweeted moments ago that cruz has been blaming him for so many things. he is starting to think cruz is having a mental health crisis. >> good to see you in person.

joining us from washington, newt gingrich. so how do you assess mitt romney's speech today? why did he give it today? what is he trying to accomplish? >> well, let me say first of all i was a little surprised just because i was with mitt in las vegas when donald trump endorsed him and i remember how efusively he thanked him as a great job creator. it was a little over the top today. mitt represents the panic of the establishment of the republican party. they held their breath through super tuesday. it didn't work. and now they're faced with a very real prospect of donald trump becoming the leader of the party and it absolutely >> why? >> they cannot imagine sharing -- well, because, he is an outsider. he is not them. he is not part of the club. he is uncontrollable. he hasn't been through the initiation rights. he didn't belong to the secret society. and i think that they don't see him -- they have no idea they don't want to pay attention to him. you are right, by the way, he has only gotten 35 to 40% of the vote. he is not yet guaranteed to being the nominee but week by wee

ted cruz, the worst kind of washington insider. >> well, those are uplifting messages.

ted cruz, the worst kind of washington insider who just can't be trusted. >> now, the trump campaign pulled that ad saying they have decided to go, ready?

ted krudz, the worst kind of washington insider who just can't be trusted. >> what do you make of those? >> wow, that is heavy stuff.

ted cruz, the worst kind of washington insider who just

washington insider who just can't be trusted. >> look. i got the trump action figure. >> no way. it's huge. >> what does he do? >> he pretends to be a republican. >> i like bailouts for the banks. >> too big to fail. >> i gave money to pelosi, reid and anthony weinerer. >> i'll give you money to be my friend. >> check out my house, mr. trump. >> that's a lousy house. i'm going to take your house with eminent domain and park my limos there. >> eminent domain! >> we wouldn't tolerate these values in our children. why would we want them in a

ted cruz, the worst kind of washington insider who just can't be trusted. >> look, i got] the trump action figure. >> no way. that's yuge. >> what does he do. >> he pretends to be a

implications of this are, but i believe we need unite around a set of common purposes to fix the problems in washington and that kind of attitude isn't going to help. >> let me get some of the audience questions in. david marcus, where are you? okay. david marcus has a question for you, sir. do you want to read it or do you remember it? >> you can read it. >> david's question is do you have an optimistic approach to tackling the country's problems that can succeed with voters in what has been an election so far defined by anger? >> yeah, in fact, for me to win, people are going to have to believe that our future's brighter than what we have today. if it's all about anger, then i'm not going to be the candidate that wins because i believe we're on the verge of greatness but we've got to fix how we tax and fix the regulatory system. and you can go to jeb2016.com to

town hall.com sky benson and from "the washington times"

. >> well, 60% of americans say they oppose banning muslims, according to a "the washington post." abc news poll. but among republicans, the reverse. almost two thirds say they support the idea. the survey taken just days after donald trump called for the ban. we also saw some drama on capitol hill in 2015. the house speaker, john boehner quit his job. and he sounded pretty happy about it. >>

. >> 50 percent of americans say they oppose banning muslims after a "washington post" abc news poll. almost two-thirds say they support the idea. a survey taken hours after donald trump called for the ban. >> we saw the drama on capitol hill in 2016. the house speaker quit his job. he sounded pretty happy about

. >> but just a few days later, a washington post political cartoonist accused cruz of using his 5 and 7-year-old daughters as political props. and went so far as to portray the presidential candidate in a santa outfit with an organ grinder and little caroline and kathryn cruz as mondaykikeymonk. but the cartoonist is not apologizing. taking to twitter, arguing the little girls are fair game, because cruz put his children in the ad, something many politicians on both sides of the aisle do. the paper's editorial page editor had a different take, saying, quote, it's generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of t i failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. i understand why ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but i do not agree. meanwhile, senator cruz hit back

>> i think what this shows and this comes from a leftist political cartoonist at the leftist "the washington post," this exposes at least for me the inherent racism of some on the left. you have got vicious hypocrisy coming out of the left. you also have their incull incull -- indulgence in identity politics which is what this is. you can imagine if a conservative or political cartoonist put the shoe on the other foot and portrayed a liberal's children in this way? holly -- holy hell would have broken loose. if they do it to conservatives that's fine. they took a latino man's children, eric, turned them into monkeys and try defend that and say that's okay. they do that and try to brand donald trump as a racist and then they are all scratching heir heads wondering why so many of the american people are supporting those two. >> the editor of the "the washington post" said well, it's against their policy to bring children into their editorials, however, he