MITT ROMNEY SITS DOWN WITH MATT LAUER LIVE IN STUDIO TOMORROW ON NBC NEWS’ TODAY

Romney’s First Interview Since His Utah Speech Criticizing Donald Trump

NEW YORK – March 3, 2016 – – In an NBC News exclusive, Mitt Romney will sit-down with Matt Lauer live, in studio in his first interview since criticizing Donald Trump in a speech today in Utah.  The interview will air tomorrow, Friday, March 4 on TODAY.

Romney called Trump “a phony” and “a fraud” in his speech at the Hinckley Institute of Politics Forum in Salt Lake City.  In an interview on TODAY this morning, Trump called Romney “a stiff” in response.

The Romney/Lauer interview will be posted on TODAY.com after it airs.  The Trump interview from this morning is available at http://on.today.com/24E8Ncd.

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