Romneys accusation that could be a bomb shell in Donald Trumps tax returns. Mark, mitt romney launched a bomb shell tonight by predicting a bomb shell for donald trump. What happened . Reporter he did. Donald trump is motoring towards in nomination, causing a lot of fear among the republican establishment. A few hours ago on fox, mitt military speaking about Donald Trumps taxes had this to say. Lets take a listen, don. Frankly, i think we have good reason to believe that theres a bomb shell in Donald Trumps taxes. What do you mean . I think wills something there, either hes not anywhere near as wealthy as he says he is or he hasnt been paying the kind of taxes we would expect him to pay or perhaps he hasnt been giving money to the vets or to the disabled like hes been telling us hes been doing and i think thats the reason that i think theres a bombshell in there is because every time hes asked about his taxes, he dodges and delays and says, well, were working on it. Hey, were not talking about the taxes that are coming due this year. Of course theyre working on those. They wont be ready for months. Were 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 bombshell but really perhaps indicting donald trump on his charitable givings. The eye rirony behind this is t same thing happened to mitt romney himself. You know donald trump is going to respond. He did this with anderson. Youve been asked when youll release your tax return. Monday you said youll do it at some point. Today mitt romney said, quote, i think theres a bombshell in trumps taxes. Romney refused to release his taxes for quite a while. Eventually he did. Why not just get them out there . Because theyre extremely complicated. Ill make a determination in a couple of months. The reason mitt romney brings it it up is because he lost badly. I have a very complex system of taxes and, frankly, i get audited every single year. So mine are unlike everybody else who never gets audited, i get audited every single year, which i think is unfair. But i go through large ad itudi and thats the way it is. Does that mean you will release them, its just a question of when . No, ill be making that determination over i would say over the next couple of months, well make that determination. Absolutely. Mark, it is standard that president ial candidates release their tax returns. I dont know if theyre obligated. Is donald trump going to release his tax returns . At some point hell have to. I dont know that theres enough pressure in the republican primary that hell have to do so. He has won three of the last three contest, came in second place in iowa. If he does win the republican nomination, though, don, he probably will be pressured into doing so heading into the general election. Okay. We have to play this go ahead. Reporter no, i was just going to say i do have to tell up the pressure is going to build on him, no doubt. At one point donald trump and mitt romney had better times. So, mark, there are some different advice for mitt romney pu. You mentioned mitt romney back in 2012 when he was under similar scrutiny. What did he say back then . Reporter lets 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. Lets listen to what he had to say. Going back to tax returns, barack obama released seven years, john kerry released 12 years, mitt militaromneys fath released a dozen years. Whats to stop your friend mitt, people still dont see the offshore records, here it is going back 12 years. As far as im concerned, id 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 im not and ive never discussed this aspect of it but if i were mitt id say ill released all. Rest of them, hes already released a lot, ill release the rest of them if you release your College Records and your college applications. And there you have donald trump defending mitt military ju mitt romney just a few years ago. Donald trump is on a roll heading towards the president ial nomination, mitt romney part of the republican establishment. The Republican National convention establishment is doing their best or trying to figure out how to stop donald trump from winning this nomination, don. Mark preston, always a pleasure. I want to bring in hugh hewitt. Hell be one of the questioners tomorrow night. Hey, don, how are you . Im great. Youve spoken to him about his taxes. How big of an issue is this for him . Why not release him . I do believe its the easiest thing to take last years tax returns and dump them out. 2014 are finished, thaeyre in the box, put them out there, get it out. Theres an old adage in politics, hang a lantern in your program. It was parse moanious in his chari charity giving, it will be over. John kasich hasnt released his tax returns. It typically does come down to the frontrunner has to lead the way on tax returns. I suspect that he will do it, pressure will grow and a lot of republicans will say lets get them out beef get to super tuesday, march 15th, to make sure there arent any surprises. Do you think theres any there there to these mitt romney allegations . The reason he hasnt done it is because theres some sort of bombshell. Do you think theres something there . A bombshell could be any number of things. It could be charity giving not at a level one would be consistent with billions of dollars. It might be can overseas tax situations, such as mitt romney had grand cayman cultures. It could be with anything that provides a grip with which to launch an attack. I think donald trump has the best accountants in the world, has one of the best countries in the world. Youre not going to find any misdoing there. Youre just going to find a lot of money and a lot of peoples eyes are going to roll in the back of their heads because it can be complicated. Ill also say, though, i think john kasich and ted cruz have to put them out there because its not enough to blunt the trump momentum. Hes coming off of three in a row. History tells us no one has ever been stopped who has won three in a row. Of course history has strange. Reality politics, not normal politics. Nevertheless, id play it straight, put out 2014, get past it and move on. So he is riding, hugh, a high as a clear frontrunner. You talked about last night that was a big win. But theres a huge debate tomorrow night right here on cnn. Can anything happen there, maybe you have a crystal ball that, could derail him . I got a note from a staff campaigner that said expect the red wedding. I tend to stay away from the night nightmares and i saw the set during the rehearsal this donald trump stands on the middle, on his left is ted cruz, on his right is rubio. Both of them is got to shoot to politically wound if not kill him, at the same time john kasich is playing happy, ben carson is playing a very, very long game and interesting game. So it will be fascinating. The amount of preparation that went into it today, wolf blitzer, the consummate pro at this, dana bash, great questions. I expect it to be the most interesting debate weve seen to date. And youll be there as well. I want to talk about trump looking ahead in is what he said today about his possible v. P. Pick. I do want somebody thats political because i want to get lots of great legislation that we all want passed thats sitting there for years and years and years we have things sitting there that would be so good, including Proper Health care and so were going to probably choose somebody thats somewhat political. So an outsider who wants an inn sie insider. Let me be very shermanesque. If asked, i shall not run. I think hes going to choose someone with a lot of political experience, swup like john kasich, like chris christie, someone like scott walker, if he is willing to do it, someone like governor nikki hale haley. A governor would be at that an great pick. Not another business person, as he said, but someone who has been a genuine successful reformer and not got any of his immigration issues. He cant ask arnold. He cant be his Vice President ial nomination because we know he genuinely is disqualified from running for president. Nikki haley is an interesting choice, a woman and a governor. She endorsed rubio. If trump is the nominee, maybe shell come over. It doesnt matter. George Herbert Walker bush banged away at Ronald Reagan for seven months. After gerry ford said no, he turned to the man he had been in a knife fight with for eight months and picked reagan. Hugh, a lot of people are having fun where you are. The houston people, theyre upset with me because i said go navy, beat houston. Oh, thats it. Thank you, don, be well. Are angry voters the key . And Melania Trump has said nothing on the campaign trail up to now. Do i agree all the time with him . No, i dont. And i tell him that. I tell him my opinions, i tell him what i think. Sometimes he listens, sometime he dont. If you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Isnt it time to let the real you shine through . Introducing otezla, apremilast. Otezla is not an injection, or a cream. Its a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. 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Yeah, well, i think theres something going to be questions about whether or not hes the most effective messenger. I think the case hes trying to make is that donald trump is at some point going to have to endure a higher level of scrutiny if hes going to be the potential nominee. And the tax question is one that not only did donald trump not only did mitt romney have to face in 2012, but so many of the other candidates have had to face. Its something that the democrats are going to bring up. If there is going to be a debate and if he is going to get a level of scrutiny here, has to come forward now. Otherwise everyone is going to continue to question whether or not he has something to hide. I think thats the point of that controversy today. So all of them will have to come forward. Because donald trump is a frontrunner, he sudden be leading the back in doing it first . The way he responded to it today i think invited more questions. He said, look, my taxes are very complex and they take a while to put together. Were talking about taxes that have already been filed. He could release those right away. The democrats will make that argument. The media will continue to make that argument. Any time he doesnt come out and make those disclosures, there are going to continue to be more questions. Kayleigh, donald trump brags about his financials and all the taxes hes paid, why not release them m. Because hes not going to play the rules that everyone has set . He hasnt played by them thus far and it served him well. If you try to push donald trump in a certain direction, hes probably going to go the other direction and good for him. Quite frankly i wonder why mitt romney even waded into this and put these questions out there. When i first heard the story, i asked myself is this Hillary Clinton who put these questions throughout about a republicans taxes . No, it was a republican, mitt romney. Really quick, these are routine questions that candidates get in campaigns. These are routine in is standard operating procedures. Roof teutine questions they d get by democrats, not republicans. No, from everybody. Saying there might be a bombshell in his taxes. You have to ask whether mitt romney is trying to push the establishment in another direction. Kellyanne, why are you are smiling . It is standard operating procedure. The delay by romney was perplexing because we youall kn hed be running again. Im smiling because im thinking of how well donald trump would do under ted cruzs tax plan. 10 flat tax and you file on a postcard. Thats what i call a pivot. Jason, your turn. What do you think . The reality is no one is going to become president of the United States without releasing their tax returns. Marco rubio released his tax returns when he ran for senate this 2010. Hes going to be releasing them shortly. Listen, by Donald Trumps own admission, his are very complex. So we probably need a lot more time to go through them. So i would say the sooner he releases them the better. Lets move on. Kayleigh. So last night three big blowout wins for donald trump. Is the game over . Is he unstoppable . I think hes unstoppable. Look, anything can happen of course, politics is crazy at times butch i think to me the biggest indicator of his strength is looking at home states, and looking at the fact that now a poll just came out showing cruz and trump tied in texas. The latest poll we had, which is unfortunately a january poll in florida, shows trump winning over rubio by 20 points. In ohio hes beating john kasich by 5 points when. Youre beating these candidates in their home states, you got to start and ask yourself the trump train is coming through. Its maybe time for people to get on board instead of questioning it. Those who are riding the trump train, kevin, theyre angry americans. 94 of nevada republicans either angry or dissatisfied with the federal government. Trump won that group. And 61 say the next president should come from outside the establishment. Those voters went big for trump as well. It is these angry voters prop propelling trump to the top. Is that who is propelling him right now . Donald trump has really tapped into this feeling that many voters have that theres this canyon between their community and washington. And theres a lot of frustration about the idea that washington is not listening to people and their every dave concerns. Donald trumps candidacy for many of these voters has become a vehicle for those frustrations. And he has talked about it, whether its been about the economy, whether its been about immigration, whether its national security. He has not offered real substantive positions, but instead he has offered clarity. He has defined what he thinks is the wrong approach by washington and offered really simple recommend dips. A lot of people in the beginning didnt believe he could it it, that he to have more substance, that the people in the Republican Party misjudged the anger of the people. And they really shouldnt have. Absolutely. Go ahead, kellyanne. They really shouldnt have because the three people who are the frontrunners, marco rubio in 2010, ted cruz in 2012 and donald trump in 2015, what do they all have in common . They were the outsiders challenging the establishment. So cruz and trump are still doing that as the outsiders and they have a coalition of close to 70 in some places and marco rubio of 2010 is gone. He wears the establishment label proudly. He has endorsement after endorsement this week. He has the scarlet e. Jason does not like that. Senator rubio was asked by george stephanopoulos, tell us which state youll win. Senator rubio said ill win florida on march 15th. By march 15th 50 of the delegates and 26 of the territories and states will have voted. Hes skipping the first four contest, 0 for 4, hes not going to win anything on super tuesday according to senator rubio himself, nothing on march 5th, nothing on march 8th. Then we get to florida and each may have win florida. I think cruz has a much better chance of winning texas than rubio does of winning florida. Hes going to say how dare you call him an establishment candidate . Well, he is the the original tip of the spear of the antiestablishment. When he ran for u. S. Senate . 2010, he ran against the anointed establishment candidate, charlie crist. Everyone told him he shouldnt do it. The establishment tried to talk him out it have. He rejected that and he ran. Not only did he run and win and beat the establishment candidate and turn that guy into a democrat he beat him so many badly. As a senator he got a 98 conservative rating from the american conservative union. Hes the tip of the spear for the conservative movement and god bless that ted cruz came along. The way you win elections is by addition, not subtraction. Ted cruz does not have one single endorsement you need delegates, not endorsements. Weve got to take a break right here. Hold your thoughts. Just ahead, home state advantage or not so much . Can marco rubio or ted cruz beat trump in their home states of New Hampshire and t florida and texas. Well talk more about that. I just wish one of those people could have been mrs. Johnson. [dog bark] trust me, were dealing with a higher intelligence here. The allnew audi q7 is here. Nobodys hurt,but there will still be pain. It comes when your Insurance Company says theyll only pay threequarters of what it takes to replace it. What are you supposed to do, drive threequarters of a car . Now if you had Liberty Mutual new car replacement, youd get your whole car b