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Times" reports that romney recently texted a friend saying he will be running for the open senate seat in utah to replace orrin hatch. good morning, kevin. >> good morning. >> is mitt romney running? >> i think he very much is. i don't have any inside information or anything to break for you. i was not the receiver of that text, but i do think that if a rumor like this got out and mitt romney wanted to stop it, he could have. so since he hasn't, i think he's leaning towards running. >> mitt romney sent a text -- the story goes, to his friend who then showed it or read it, i guess, to the gover...

Shot that it's going to happen. and i think that's exactly what newt gingrich is doing. and i'm going to tell you one thing, what i know from my reporting in romney world, which as i've been saying the last day or so has gone dark, is romney is not talking about this with a lot of people. he's not asking people to lobby for this job for him. he did enough lobbying this other night at dinne when he ate crow. but he's not telling people to talk to the transition team or reince priebus or vice president-elect pence. he's just letting it happen and talking to donald trump as he's asked to do. but ...

>> well, look, i think this is high profile and they know it. and inviting mitt romney back for dinner, i was told by a source in the transition is meaningful. that was the word my source used. and i think if you're looking at this it is meaningful. these men could not be more different. they've said an awful lot of stuff about each other. i don't expect they're ever going to be best friends. but i think what they are coming to and maybe i'm wrong is some kind of mutual respect. and i think what trump is going to demand from mitt romney is loyalty and trust. and i think, if i had to guess, tha...

Is that sources in the romney world have kind of gone dark on this. and kevin you know this better than i do. but they are dark. mitt romney isn't talking to them. they are not talking a lot to us. and and romney is not lobbying for the job. nor has he asked anybody to lobby on his behalf for the job. if he gets it it is clear to me he want this is job or he wouldn't be having dinner there tonight. if he gets it great. if he doesn't, he'll go back to his life. >> even if he's not the pick it does help donald trump to not only have a relationship with mitt romney but to be seen to be consulting...

Cabinet position in his administration. we know and we've been reporting very extensively over the past several days about the deep division among donald trump's advisers that obviously spilled out in public with kellyanne conway making clear she doesn't think it's a good idea but there are others who do thing it could be a good idea. so this dinner tonight is -- and how it pans out is going to be fascinating. especially given the fact the recent history of donald trump's sort of end matt meetings with his chief foes, president obama, obviously the brightest example of that, end up with donald...