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Reporter michael cranish at "the washington post" says that the january 6th investigation is now weighing whether they will seek testimony from congressmang brooks as well as congressman perry and congressman jordan, although whether or not they will put in a request to congressman mo brooks, who knows how they will deal with these republican members of congress saying they wont testify. members of congress, there is no precedent for subpoenaing them for trying to make it compulsory that they co...

Analyst and white house correspondent pour "the new york times," maggie haberman, cnn political analyst david gregory, senior congressional current for "the washington examiner" david trucker and co-author of the book "trump revealed," michael cranish. david gregory, i cant help but continue to be struck by whats going to happen this morning between president obama, president-elect donald trump. theres been so much acrimony. if there can be a peaceful transition of power and theyre riding togeth...

Candidacy a candidacy. to try to answer this question of why is mitt romney doing this? joining me now is someone who has done extensive research on both men. michael cranish of "the washington post" and author of "the real romney." you have written a book about both men and specifically so much time covering mitt romney. why is mitt romney independence in working for donald trump? >> mitt romney has lost the last two times he ran for president and donald trump was successful. in mitt romneys ey...

Cant lose. ive got to basically make myself viable again so its a little bit of rehabilitation for himself in that he can now say, look. i got along with donald trump and respect what he did and he is the leader of us all. >> michael cranish, thank you for coming in. >> nice to have me. >> one color example of how to make things so much simpler has made them so much more implicated. that is coming up. go, go!

Boston globe reporting michael cranish has written why romney lost the campaign this year. it includes access to insiders on the record including romneys oldest son tagg who says of his father, quote, he wanted to be president less than anyone ive met in my life. he had no desire to run. if he could have found someone else to take his place, he would have been ecstatic to step aside. he is a very private person who loves his family and his country but doesnt love the attention. former huckabee m...

Going to take away? how do you run for any office from now on without paying attention to this playbook of obamas, it seems to me. your thoughts. >> it is absolutely true. this is how you win elections. each presidential election we learn something new and try to build on it. just like the obama campaign in michaels article say they built on the article in 2004 when they increased his turnout. and we never saw it coming. this is what you build on. and in their software program in 2008 which was ...

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I think for romney it is a chance to put it on the party and it gives him an opportunity to rebrand the messaging and as you said, steve, very strong response to denouncing something like this and it can be very helpful, and again it has to be consistent. that oftentimes becomes a problem in these things. >> this conversation will continue. michael steele and steve mcmahon, thank you both very much. of course we heard from the president directly, his first news conference in many months. that do...

Resign about three months ago and so part of that deal apparently was dont ask me to stay for a second term. australias prime minister julia gillard stumbled but was caught by a security guard as she tried to pass through a path of protesters today. gillard was not harmed and come mended police for their assistance on australia day, which commemorates the arrival of the first british colonists in 1788. all right, what makes mitt romney tick? the new book "the real romney" an unvarnished repo...