Mitt Romney faces a daunting to-do list as he transitions into the role of likely Republican presidential nominee.

Thousands of relatives, colleagues and friends of the 97 people who died in last week’s Rhode Island nightclub fire joined in a pair of memorials and pledged to see each other through the disaster.

At least 96 people died and nearly 200 were injured when a US nightclub erupted in flames after a rock band’s pyrotechnics display sprayed the stage with sparks.

A NIGHTCLUB erupted in a raging fire during a pyrotechnics display at a rock concert, killing at least 95 people and injuring more than 160 others as frantic mobs rushed to escape.