Commute for millions. Al says a big warmup is on the way. Heading to the jury. Closing arguments getting underway this morning at erin andrews civil trial. Did she prove that shes been damaged to the tune of 75 million . Appealing to the lazy . Another packaging debacle for whole foods. This time, for selling prepeeled oranges in plastic containers. The outrage forcing the grocer to apologize and go back to selling oranges the natural day today, friday, march 4th, 2016. Announcer from n brksbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Im not sure i get the whole controversy in the Republican Party. I did buy the presliced cantaloupe. New lows in the republican race. Donald trump facing fire from his fellow candidates and mitt romney. Governor romney is with us in our studio exclusively. Well talk to him in a moment. Lets start with peter alexander. Heres here to break down last nights debate. Donald trump fended off his rivals and the moderators who challenged his inconsistent positions from the past. This debate was silly, even surreal, with namellg, taunts, accusations, including one we in the media cant fact check. Reporter the blows kept getting lower. Youre the liar. Reporter the show down at motown, coming down to hand to he referred to my hands, theyre small. Something else must be small. I guarantee you, theres no problem. I guarantee you. Reporter donald trump ripping down his opponents to size. This little guy. Reporter hit from both sides but pivoting to the likely opponent this fall. Thank you. Reporter i have not started on hillary yet. Believe me, i will. Reporter making nice with the moderator. Looking good, megyn. Moving to the middle. Im changing it and softening the position. Reporter marco rubio and ted cruz not softening their attacks on the front rumpers errunners failed business dealers, like trump university. Spend the spring, summer with the nominee facing a fraud trial. Oh, stop it. Its a minor case. With Hillary Clinton saying, why didnt you give its a minor case. Hes trying to con the people into getting their vote like he conned these people. Senator marco rubio is the real con artist. Reporter with only john kasich sticking to an uplifting message. Why dont we come together as a country, respect one another, love one another and lift the country . Reporter insisting hell stay through the race through ohio. Were heading up north, to my turf. Reporter hours earlier, the 2012 nominee unleashed an unprecedented attack on the 2016 favorite. Donald trump sais a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. Reporter undercutting his key credential. Nobody is talking about it. No, he isnt. Reporter the stop Trump Movement may have been stopped in its tracks with trumps rivals all pledging to back him if hes the nominee. Even as they continue to challenge trump. Donald has a tenuous relationship with the truth. That is not what you said in the oped. Donald, i know its hard to not interrupt but try. Broout, breathe, breathe. When theyre done with the yoga, can i answer a question . You cannot. I hope we dont sio gaee yoga on the stage. Hes very flexible. Never know. The next super tuesday is march 15th and well likely learn whether donald trump will be able to secure the nomination or if the republican race is headed to a contested convention. That is a scenario mitt romney people to support cruz and kasich. Nobody could stop Party Leaders names from adding mitt romneys name. Mitt romney is now with us exclusively. Thank you for joining us. Thank you, matt. You are either a trader who proves that the establishment of the Republican Party is so afraid they cant control donald trump, that theyll do anything to stop it, or youre a hero who has finally put the race into perspective. To the people who think youre a hero, theyre asking a question, and that is, why did you wait so long . Tell me about the timing. Well, ive wanted to be involved in the campaign, if you will, as a bit of a referee. When there were some foul balls, be able to call them and see if i cant keep people guided on the path to becoming our next president. But the time came when Donald Trumps outrage had reached such a level that i simply had to speech out. You get to the point where you you, papa, what did you do to stop donald trump . I had to get out and speech. Experts are calling this an unprecedented event in modern political history in this country. A former nominee of a party, in a scathing takedown of the favorite to be the next nominee. This isnt a typical front runner. Hes survived moments in this campaign that would have derailed anybody else. Do you think your speech will matter . I dont know if it will or not. But i know i couldnt stand silent anymore. You cant have anyone whose policies are so far from the views of my party become our nominee. And someone who has demonstrated over time he doesnt have the temperament or the personal qualities to be a great president. You said hes dangerous for the country, for working americans. You attacked him on his economic policies, foreign policies, personality, which you call his third grade antics. Heres a quote. You say, isnt he a huge Business Success that knows what no, he doesnt. Bankruptcies crushed Small Businesses and the men and women who worked for them. He inherited his business. He didnt create it. Ill take you back four years. Listen to this. Extraordinary ability to understand how our economy american people. I spent my life in the private sector, not as successful as this guy, but successful nonetheless. That was four years ago, donald trump and mitt romney. Hes made a lot of money but hasnt been uniformly successful and is far from a genius. Trump mortgage. Trump university. Trump vitamin company. One after the other, failure after failure. Just because hes made a lot of money, one, you dont measure your life on how much money youve made, but it doesnt mean his economic policies are right for america. The people that are angry at you this morning, governor second, he willingly welcomed the endorsement of donald trump, though he was kneedeep in the berther movement and made other comments. Why go 180 degrees on the guy now . I was seeking his endorsement and now hes seeking mine. A lot of people that endorse me, i wouldnt endorse for president. A lot has happened in the last year. Had i heard him say the things i had now, i wouldnt have welcomed his endorsement. When he calls george w. Bush a liar. When he says putin is a strong and powerful leader, popular with his leadpeople. When he attacked a reporter. When he talks about women that way. Did you beg him for his endorsement four years ago . I was happy to have his endorsement. I was looking for as many as i could possibly have. When it comes to who i would support for president , there are wouldnt want to see as president. You said if the other candidates can find common ground, i believe we can find a person who can win the general election and who will represent the values of the party. Given the process, this means i would vote for marco rubio in florida. For john kasich in ohio. And for ted cruz or which ever of the contenders has the best chance for beating trump in other states. Youre calling for a suppress donald Trump Movement that will lead to cleveland and a convention. Im going to do everything we can to make sure we dont nominate donald trump. I dont think he would be fit or has the temperament to be president. I want to see one of the other three to be the nominee. After march 15th, i think youll see it narrowed to one or two contenders opposing donald trump and i intend to support one of them. Rubio and ted cruz to back up and led john kasich win ohio. Do you want them to back off to let rubio win florida . If we get to cleveland and a contested convention, how do the million of voters, some of whom have come to the process of the party for the first time because of donald trump, how will they feel to have the establishment wing of the party pull the rug out from under it . A lot of people, establishment or not, agree with me that donald trump should not be president of the United States and dont want to see him become the republican nominee. Now, its about 65 of republicans who would like someone else. Thats the way politics works. You fight for the people you support. The person who wins through the process is your nominee. You didnt endorse anybody yesterday. Thats angered people. It cant be about anybody but trump. Why didnt you endorse . Three people on the stage endorsed me and are friends. Is he a friend of yours . We get along. I doubt well spend a lot of time together now, but were going to see on march 15th, i think, a narrowing of the field. A that point, i wouldnt be surprised if i endorse one of the guys. Not endorsing someone now, governor, have you left the door open just wide enough for you to ride through it on a white horse . Do you want to be considered as an alternative to save this party if it gets down to a contested convention in july . No, no. The people who can save this party are ted cruz, marco rubio or john kasich. Were going to get a sense within a few days of who that person might be. Im going to be supporting that person and doing everything i can to make sure they become the nominee of the party. Im going to be a little stubborn on this. Under any circumstances, governor, if large numbers of people in the establishment wing of the Republican Party come to say and say, mitt, you can save the day, under any circumstances, would you be a part of this president ial race as a candidate . Can foresee where that would possibly happen. Let me Say Something else. I can foresee. No reasonable scenario i can imagine. Just slam the door on it. Close the door. Unammiousbiguous unambiguous, i will not run for president. I wont run for president. There are mainstream republicans who believe in conservative values. Whether established or not, people around the political world have watched whats going on. Whats happening with donald trump, people are angry, as they should be, but hes channelling the anger in a way that wont help americans. We need to create good jobs for the american people. The tone of the race. Candidates call each other losers, liars, sweaters, chokers. Theyve made of each others appearance, the size of their ears, the size of their hands. You read between the lines. Is there one person running on opinion, who has been the biggest adult and the most president ial . Well, its very clear to point to the person who has been the smallest adult, and thats donald trump. Hes taken how about the other way . Ill go both ways. Personal attributes and made fun of people throughout the campaign. Some of the candidates say, i have to return fire. Last night he pointed at marco rubio saying, little marco. Little marco. This is a new low in president ial politics. Its wrong. I think john kasich is saying, im not going to do that. Recognize that if you want to become the nominee, youve got to prosecute the opposition as well as lift yourself. Would you vote for Hillary Clinton or sit out voting as opposed to voting for donald trump . Well, i wouldnt vote for donald trump, and i wouldnt vote for Hillary Clinton. I intend to vote for our nominee and i expect that nominee to be a real conservative and republican. Mitt romney, i appreciate you coming in this morning. Thank you, matt. Lets go to savannah. I have nicolle wallace, a Communications Director for george w. Bush. Governor romney made this speech. Weve heard him a few minutes ago. If you dont like donald trump, i imagine it was ka that arer great to hear that. Do you think it was persuasive to someone who does support trump . A piece was in the wall street journal about how the Republican Party is broken. The establishment split with the base of our party. She makes the point that you can get a new establishment. You cannot get a new base of the party. We are at a moment where, i think, its very perilous to indict the wishes and now the choice of hundreds of thousands of republican primary goers. It was a brave speech, to go out and make a speech like that after people have started to vote and to be against someone without somebody for someone takes political courage. Romney is respected by many i think he was maybe speaking to the decided. The people decided they could never support trump will be cheered by his words, but i dont think he got through to the people who are inspired and animated by trump. There are still a lot of voting left so well see how republican primary voters come down. No question donald trump is a front runner now. Lets talk about the debate. Does it move the needle . Does it matter anymore . I dont think it reshuffles the order of how the races will come down. But we need a new rule. When there is a reference to the size of body parts, they need to defer to john kasich. Talk about someone watching with their 12yearold daughter, cringing through the whole thing. A party has to look at how we resource the elegance to the office. Its like a square jar, drop a delegate in every time. Yeah. On the democratic side, there is new developments on the federal employee who helped manage clintons server is now cooperating with the fbi now that he has immuneityimmunity. Brian pagliano has records that show no evidence of hacking. Clintons use of the private email server during secretary of state has prompted an investigation into whether she and others in her administration mishandled classified information. Snowing here in new york, a little, passing through. Thats right. This will be a quick hitter. This is delaware, and theres a bit of snow but its melting for the most part. There is slushy surfaces. We have School Delays from the washington, d. C. Area to the new york area. For the most part, this will be a quick hitter. The radar, you can see rain along the coast. Youre looking at snow all the way up into new england. As this system pushes up and the biggest thing well see is stronger winds. Galeforce winds from maine to the carolinas, so airport delays. This moves off quickly and then were going to be left with much cooler air here in the northeast. 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By the way, ten days from now, a huge concert in Rockefeller Plaza with one of the Biggest Bands in the world. Coldplay is set to hit the stage monday, march 14th. Start making your plans to be on the plaza right now. Public Service Announcement to our friends and family, dont call us. Well call you. Thats right. The phone starts ringing right around now. Exactly. Inside studio 1a, heres a look at the stories making headlines. Millions of people are last winter storm of the season. Rain and light snow from North Carolina up to the northeast. Going to get als forecast just ahead. It was a fiery debate in detroit last night for the republican president ial candidates. Cruz and rubio stepped up their efforts to take down the front runner trump. The big news, trump defending the size of his hands. He kept talking about them to nbc news in the postdebate room. The hands and see how beautiful my hands are . Those are powerful hands. Hit a golf club 285 yards. I was proud to hold my hands up. These are politicians. They say things and make things up. You know, you have to clear up the record. This morning, some are suggesting Hillary Clinton was the real winner of the debate. She sent out memes mocking her rivals. Including one asking, how many more of these do we have to sit through . Something else that came up at the debate. Mitt romneys speech labeling danger to the