mr. trump: no. john: old testament guy? mr. trump: probably equal -- i think it -- the whole bible is incredible. i joke, they hold up "the art of ," and i say my second favorite book of all time. i think the bible is something very special. mark: have you ever read the koran? what is your view of that as a piece of important world history? mr. trump: well, it is certainly a piece of world history, and lots of things are happening, but it is not something that i have a lot of interest in. i would like to find out what's happening and why there is such hatred. you look at what's going on in the world, and it's wonderful to say, hey, let's look at norway, at sweden, but you look at what's happening with the koran, it is a pretty scary thing. john: scott walker said there are a handful of moderate not attractedims to the war on jihadist ideology. do you agree? mr. trump: i'm sure he knew exactly what he meant -- define it? mark: i'm not sure what he meant, either. there are a handful of moderate muslims -- do you agree? mr. trump:

mr. trump: bush. mark: why? mr. trump: i was hoping he would do a good job. mark: what didn't you like about gore? mr. trump: i became more and more conservative. he was certainly more conservative, who wasn't, then gore. but bush was somebody i was very disappointed in. as you know, in 2003 and 2004 i said iraq was a mistake. i am a person who believes strongly in the military. i would have a very powerful, strong military. no one is going to mess with us, believe me, but to do iraq was a terrible mistake in my opinion. the way we got out was a mistake also, because i say we should have kept the oil. but these are things that i say, some people agree, some strongly, and some don't agree at all, but i was very disappointed with him, but i voted for him. john: you are going to stay right here. you're not going anywhere? mr. trump: no. john: we have two more questions. we are back with donald j trump after this word from our sponsors. ♪ ♪ mark: we are back with donald trump from trump tower. thanks for hosting us. earlier today, jeb bush, someone you have b

mr. trump mr. trump: i would take current interest out and make people who make hundreds of dollars -- 100,000 of dollars a year pay more tax. i want to lower taxes for people who are making a lot of money that need incentives. that would also affect people in limited real estate partnerships, of which you are in a fair number of postop -- a fair number of. you are saying you would like to raise taxes on yourself. mr. trump: you see my statements, i don't mind paying some taxes. the middle class is getting copper -- clobbered in this country. the middle class built this country, not the hedge fund guys. i know people and hedge funds you pay him was nothing. it's ridiculous. john: there has also been a longssion this week, a story in the new yorker magazine that talks about your appeal and the extent of which your support comes from white supremacist groups. david duke, a former grand dragon wizard of the ku klux klan, came out and said he supported her candidacy. why do people, like that like donal

mr. trump: thank you so much. this is unbelievable. >> 47,000 veterans -- for all kinds of other reasons. no one is being indicted. no one is going to jail. they have been proven to cover it up. he just lost his job recently. when you are president, can i have your word that you will bring in the fbi and start investigating this v.a.? [applause] mr. trump: it can't be. great question. it cannot be just incompetence. because it is so bad what is happening to the vets and the v.a. it is so bad that it cannot be just incompetence. it is got to be theft and a lot more than what we are hearing about. so i would do that. thank you. [applause] go ahead. come on. >> i have to fight for this because my son is an active duty gunny sergeant in the marine corps. i will not let him walk into this nightmare like i did. mr. trump: ok. i love it. thank you. [applause] go ahead. let's take. who wants to leave? does anybody want to wait? >> no! mr. trump: i have all night. >> do you think you can fire some of these federal employee

audience: trump! trump! trump! trump! [cheering] mr. trump: ah, what a group. well, you know, it's sort of interesting. thank you. cnn does this big report that came out last week. everybody says why don't i have a pollster? why do i need a pollster? everyday i wake up and there's another poll. unless they have something vetted with her pollster, they can't talk. what do i need? save your money. cnn does this really expensive, really well done poll. they had leadership. i was ahead of everybody. you know the thing i'll be great at? military. i am the toughest guy. i will rebuild our military. it will be so strong and so powerful and so great. it will be so powerful and so great that we will never have to use it. nobody's going to mess with us, folks. >> chanting: "usa, usa, usa!" mr. trump: i look at the various things to do with our country. they did another poll on who is one of the most popular. i was the most popular person. the 35 years these senators -- other than jeff -- the senators, congressmen, people in washington -- they have done nothing to take ca

mr. trump told the "times" "i assured mr. trump we'll continue to cover this campaign with fairness and balance. we had a blunt but cordial conversation and the air has been cleared." and it was. the following morning mr. trump was back on with "fox and friends" like the good old days. some truce was worked out in that phone call. the air was clear. now that truce is over. the war is back on, the leading contender for the republican presidential nomination is back at war with the unofficial official tv network of the republic part yy that's hard to understand. for whatever reason mr. trump kicked it back on. he went back to criticizing fox news, specifically criticizing megyn kelly. he sent out a series of tweets and retweets criticizing her and her fox news show, sometimes in profane terms. in response something very unusual happened. fox news a competitor of ours at msnbc but they're also something unlike anything else in the media landscape. they are republican party television. so we compete with them but we cover them as

mr. trump: 21%? if i have a deal that is ready to be done, and by the way this year, if i have a deal that is going to be done and it's ready to be signed, i say 50. give us a number again -- straight talk. mr. trump: let's say maybe 25%-30%. mark: still pretty low. -- everye president president has had to deal with raising the debt ceiling. should republicans later this year agree to raise the debt ceiling or is it too much of a danger? mr. trump: i would like to see them not have to do it. i think there is so much waste, scandalous waste in washington. they have people -- if they had people that knew how to make deals. we have trade deficits with all these countries -- we are rebuilding the world, china. but short-term, maybe it is going to happen. i would not be an easy one to do it. mark: do you think it is worth playing a game of chicken with president obama? mr. trump: i would say it is worth the fight, because honestly, there is so much fact in washington that -- so much fat in washington that

audience: trump! trump! trump! trump! [cheering] mr. trump: ah, what a group. well, you know, it's sort of interesting. thank you. cnn does this big report that came out last week. everybody says why don't i have a pollster? why do i need a pollster. everyday i wake up and there's another poll. somethingy have vetted with her pollster, they can't talk. what do i need? save your money. cnn does this really expensive, really well done whole. poll.l done you know the thing i'll be great at? military. i am the toughest guy. i will rebuild our military. it will be so strong and so powerful and so great. it will be so powerful and so great that we will never have to use it to read nobody's going to mess with us, -- it. nobody's going to mess with us, folks. usa!"nting: "usa, usa, trump: i look at the various things to do with our country. they did another poll on who is one of the most popular. i was the most popular person. senators -- these other than jeff -- the senators, congressmen, people in -- they have done nothing to take care of our vets. they do this poll

mr. trump: thank you so much. this is unbelievable. >> 47,000 veterans -- for all kinds of other reasons. no one is being indicted. no one is going to jail. they have been proven to cover it up. he just lost his job recently. when you are president, can i have your word that you will b ring in the fbi and start investigating this v.a.? [applause] be.trump: it can't great question. it cannot be just incompetence. because it is so bad what is happening to the vets and the v.a. it is so bad that it cannot be just incompetence. it is got to be theft and a lot more than what we are hearing about. so i would do that. thank you. [applause] go ahead. come on. >> i have to fight for this because my son is an active duty gunny sergeant in the marine corps. i will not let him walk into this nightmare like i did. mr. trump: ok. i love it. thank you. [applause] go ahead. let's take. who wants to leave? does anybody want to wait? >> no! mr. trump: i have all night. >> do you think you can fire some of these federal employees at

>> it is not just mr. trump. what mr. trump says what republicans believe just in a more unvarnished way. set aside trump. scott walker, repealed wisconsin's equal pay law for women. i think all of them owe pose the democrat's prem to strengthen e pay laws. jeb bush said i didn't think we should spend $500 million. and brags about defunding contraception. >> he misspoke. >> he favors defunding contraception. nothing to do with mr. trump. there is a war on women. republican tuesday. >> no, no. paul he favors defunding planned parenthood. >> and title 10. anna. his father wrote into the law. >> he favors. well he favored defunding planned parenthood which we have seen some of the most gruesome, callus videos come out in the last several weeks. that's another thing we are not talking about. because donald trump is suck up all the oxygen in the room. >> this is going to be a liability with or without mr. trump on the ballot. the republicans are running really, anti-women campaign. >> interesting. in 2012, the war on women was

i am a true supporter of mr. trump's. i feel he is the person that can make america great again. >> what do you believe about the comments he made about megyn kelly saying that blood was coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of wherever, suggesting to many that she was hormoneal and that's why she was asking him tough questions? >> well, you know, if you want to talk about a person putting words in mr. trump's mouth. i would never even have thought about that. i think it was disgusting from the person from the republican party who made that suggestion. i'm just out raraged by his comments. i as a woman would have never thought about that. >> you don't believe that's what he meant? >> i don't think so at all. >> mr. trump has said over the years, he has called rosie o'donnell many names, a fat pig, a columnist, having the face of a dog. there have been reports of him telling a woman that it would be a beautiful sight to see her on her knees. those are things that mr. trump has said. are those concerns? >> well, you know

mr. trump: i have all night. let's take a couple of questions. >> do you think you can fire some of these federal employees at the v.a.? mr. trump: ok. mr. trump: how about the epa? how about our common core folks in washington? how about common core in washington? right. good question. yes, sir. here. >> i'm a nasa space technology research fellow at the massachusetts institute of technology. mr. trump: my uncle was a professor at mit. >> and harvard medical school. and i am a graduate of winnacunnet -- mr. trump: he is a smart guy. go ahead. >> when you announced you were going to run for president you said that america needs the trees again. -- victories again. mr. trump: we have no victories. when did we beat somebody in trade? we do not beat anybody. >> in my industry -- mr. trump: we are going to have so many victories -- you watch. go ahead. >> in my industry, one of my biggest victories was putting a man on the moon. what do you think about putting humans on mars? mr. trump: honestly, i think it is wonder

what donald trump said is wrong. mr. trump ought to apologize. >> with us to share reporting and insights. nia-malika henderson of cnn. laura mechanicler of "the wall street journal" and cnn's jeff zeleny. let's start here. the republican establishment this morning is saying this is it. this is it. his comments about mexican immigrants didn't do it. his comments about john mccain didn't do it. ron is there any reason to believe this assault on megyn kelly and his whining about the debate will hurt? some think it might actually help? >> i don't know. one thing i know is republican establishment has nothing to do with this. this is up to the voters. his voters have a real and justified reason to be upset with the political establishment. they have a real and justified reason to be anxious about where we are in these times. and they're going to outlast -- that anger is going to outlast donald trump and go somewhere outside of the system and hopefully change politics, either for the better or for the worse. this anger is not

trump, mr. trump will take his call. he's going to have input as they progress further in this campaign. >> we have donald trump leading in iowa, where historically somebody conservative would be leading, you have a 19-point lead there. and second goes to scott walker and that's a big lead in iowa. nbc has him up 23 point, an increase from the previous polls, and the two other polls that have him significantly since the debate. >> you have the morning consult poll, that has him up 32% in that poll. 7% increase for mr. trump in that. and here's the thing, which is why mr. trump wanted to be treated fairly and equally because the people want him. the people are the ones that are adamant that mr. trump should be heard. that his message, which is resonating of an open and honest and productive donald trump, this is what they're looking for. >> looking at the polls, ted cruz jumped into second place in the nbc poll. and benjamin netanyahu is third. carly and marco are tied at fourth. for the most part, we're talking about all

advice to mr. trump will remain private. i have said that i thought it was a distraction, the back and forth. from reporting, i have seen that the responsibility for that is with donald trump. roger: i'm not sure how i heard anyone else giving him advice on it being a good idea, let alone my own advice. getting people to latch onto him with memorable phrases. i think that is what has gotten trump to where he is in the polls and what he needs to return to. i think he was ill served by whoever leaked the fact that he had a conversation with former president bill clinton, which was a private conversation. i don't believe it was political, but i don't know. bill loves politics and cannot help but give you his two cents in the weather you want it or not. i do recall three years ago -- his two cents, whether you want it or not. i do recall three years ago money was thinking of running, bill said you should run as an independent and people are ready for it. he reject that advice. primary voters, bill clinton is the devil and he giv

i actually believe in mr. trump. mark: if your office is on 5th avenue, you might think, not a normal campaign. but this looks like a campaign this could be anywhere. >> that is what i like. i don't need all the jazz that comes with it. [indiscernible] mark: i'm not saying that you should lose your job, but that woman is so on message. every thing she said. every sentence ended with make america great again. i asked, what are you having for lunch? she said pizza, make america great again. people just send this stuff? >> a guy in pennsylvania said, i'm going to send you a flag. mark: are these is suitable for wearing? they look big. >> they do. if you are a 44 or 48. mark: have you ever worked on a campaign? normally something people spend their lives working up to as a trip director. how did you get this job? >> i showed up and said i will do anything. mark: you are wearing a tie, is that office policy? >> yeah, i think everybody wears a tie. mark: in vermont, they would be probably wearing tie-dye shirts and ripped

my private advice to mr. trump will remain private. i has said that i thought the whole thing was a distraction the back and forth. , mark: from reporting, i have seen that the responsibility for that is with donald trump. not with any of the other advisors. roger: i'm not sure how i heard anyone else giving him advice on it being a good idea, let alone what my own advice was. thetics, particularly at presidential level, is about big ideas that latch people onto with memorable phrases. i think that is what has gotten trump to where he is in the polls and what he needs to return to. i think he was ill-served by whoever leaked the fact that he had a conversation with former president bill clinton, which was a private conversation. i don't believe it was political, but i don't know. bill loves politics and cannot help but give you his two cents in, whether you want it or not. i do recall three years ago, when trump was contemplating a run, bill clinton was among those that told him he should run for an independent. he rejected that advice

mr. trump: ukraine is a problem. at some point, don't you think the countries of europe should be more involved than they are? we are leading all of these fights. ukraine is a big problem. germany is a rich, powerful country. economically, from it is our -- tremendous power. unbelievable economic power. why isn't germany? do we have to lead every fight? ukraine is a problem, and we should help them. but let germany and other countries directly affected, let them work it. we have enough problems in this country. we have to rebuild our country. china and other countries have drained us. china has created the greatest theft in the history of the united states. if you think about it, it is the greatest theft in the history of the united states, the money they had taken out from us. it is a one-way street. so, we have enough problems. folks, and we back our friends. and we want them to straighten out ukraine. i want to see it straightened out also. but don't you think germany and those countries directly affected should b

i don't know how mr. trump fits in that motto. time will tell. >> i'm an economics reporter but i see you a respected member of the armed services committee. withou're slinging insults donald trump. tell me why for you personally this is worth it? >> it's fun. i mean, he gave out my cell phone number on national television. so i had fun with it. at the end of the day we'll get serious. this is the silly season. you know, you have scott walker talk about destroying isil, i like scott but there's no plan there. you don't have american ground troops in iraq and part of a regional army, there's nobody left in syria to help, so at the end of the day if you don't understand we need ground forces in iraq and syria, then you're not serious about destroying isil. you're not ready to be commander in chief. >> mark and i got an exclusive donald trump's campaign headquartersful we'll show you what we found after this word from our local sponsors. >> early this week mark and i got our first exclusive look of trump's campaign office here in new

trump himself. >> the real story is the collapse of trump. mr. trump: i had a great time. i got to meet some of the candidates and they were really great people. i had a wonderful evening. >> how many of you had a positive opinion about donald trump? mr. trump: that was done by a guy named frank who is a real dunce. i think he picks people to say whatever they want. he came up to my office looking for work and then all of a sudden he is doing focus. i have no interest in him. >> she is a woman. she is not the things he called her and women find those remarks offensive. mr. trump: the biggest applause of the evening was when i mentioned rosie o'donnell. people got a great kick out of it. it was an amazing evening frankly and got tremendous ratings probably. mark: trump took to twitter in the last half-hour and went after fox for criticizing him. lots of discussion about this already, but what is your view? did trump help or hurt himself? john: false binary. he neither helped himself or hurt himself. i think most of the trump supporters will not desert him. he did not look p

besides mr. trump, who could be nominated at this point? could have a bb nominated? ted cruz? rand paul? walker?kle george pataki? roger: let's not get carried away. john: it donald trump were hit and that 25%rrow were up for grabs, who among those people you just mentioned would be in the best position to inherit his support? roger: if you look at both public and private surveys, the top percentage of supporters tend to be ted cruz, rand paul. very little crossover with those like chris christie or jeb bush. what is very interesting is, trump, the non-politician, a lot of his second choice voters go to ben carson, the non-politician. those are the two standouts in this race. the two guys you are not career -- the two guys who are not career politicians. inside the mind of donald trump after this word from our sponsors. >> we are back with roger stone formerly of the trump campaign. we said we wanted to take you inside the mind of donald trump. who does he listen to? who are the voices he turns to for big decisions? definitely listens to his wife are cheaters a terrific person

mr. trump: you did not bring up isis. >> where is the plan? mr. trump: when you are coming up with a plan, you have to be flexible. i recently got something in miami, everybody wanted it. if i had said, here is a 12 point plan, i did not do that. i went in and punched in beat the hell out of people and i ended up getting it. all the smart money wanted it. the old post office. everybody wanted it. i got it. in the obama administration, i got it which is shocking. i got it. i got it because i know how to get things done. you cannot sit down and say, well, i'm going to come up with a 19 point plan to get the old post office and turn it into a great hotel. the most sought after property in the history of the general services administration. trump got it. i am not an obama person. you have to have flex ability. >> you are asking people to trust you. mr. trump: there has to be a trust. if you do not trust, you will not do well. [indiscernible] mr. trump: jeb bush does not have -- he will not be able to negotiate against china. he will not be able to neg

mark: where did you meet mr. trump? >> i met him when i started working here. mark: what was that like? >> nerve-racking, but he is incredibly nice. this is where corey works. mark: this is where trumps campaign manager works. he is from new hampshire. the do your job sign. mark: corey, this is where you work? >> this is it. >>mark: you have worked on how many campaigns? >> 40. i have a balcony, it doesn't get better than this. this keeps me going, the monster. pipes, a little express this -- mark: this is where you stay, this is the headquarters? >> 100%. we will take over the floor and have room to grow. additional space if we want it. we take at market value. mark: not cheap. >> not cheap. mark: but you have a good backer for the campaign. john: this is not a shoestring operation. to everybody, we run a campaign like a business. we make sure that when waste and money, we are turning on our investment, we do not waste. not every candidate has his own helicopter or airplane. it is a little different. >> we try to -- everything. the pizza just arrived. mark: ev

mr. trump: thank you so much. this is unbelievable. >> 47,000 veterans -- for all kinds of other reasons. no one is being indicted. no one is going to jail. they have been proven to cover it up. he just lost his job recently. when you are president, can i have your word that you will bring in the fbi and start investigating this v.a.? r. trump: it can't be. great question. it cannot be just incompetence. because it is so bad what is happening to the vets and the v.a. it is so bad that it cannot be just incompetence. it is got to be theft and a lot more than what we are hearing about. so i would do that. thank you. go ahead. come on. >> i have to fight for this because my son is an active duty gunny sergeant in the marine corps. i will not let him walk into this nightmare like i did. mr. trump: ok. i love it. thank you. go ahead. let's take. who wants to leave? does anybody want to wait? >> no! mr. trump: i have all night. >> do you think you can fire some of these federal employees at the v.a.? mr. trump: how abou

trump: i'm not a fan of jeb bush. mr. bush: all he does is push people who don't agree with him down to make his side look better. mr. trump: jeb bush is totally controlled by the people who gave him that money. mr. bush: you only empower bullies by ignoring them. you have to stand up to them. mr. trump: you know what's happening to jeb down the street? his crowd is sleeping. mr. bush: when people look at his record, it is not conservative. john: mary, you recognize both of those voices -- jeb bush and donald trump. their battle is pretty hot and hot running. it is the center of action on the republican side. who's winning the fight right now? mary: i've been publicly supportive of the trump candidacy, and there are three ways to deal with him. one was to dismiss or attack, which is what the establishment did. that was wrong because it in turn dismisses the anger and anxiety that's real in america. the second is to pander to him, which some of the candidates are doing, which is also wrong, because americans don't want tru

mr. trump: good evening. how are you? yes, ma'am? >> [indiscernible] mr. trump: i think the republican party is going to do well. you have a very, very -- you have another party that has problems. as you saw today with the e-mail situation with hillary clinton, it is a big, big problem. if they judge it fairly, she has got a problem. yes, sir? no, not at all. i have been proven right. i have been absolutely proven right. yes? i have what? i don't think so at all. i mean, i look at the polls. i can only go by the polls. a new poll came out. 32%. that is the highest for anybody yet. go by the polls. the people we are dealing with and whatever has happened, it is what it is. you just look at the results. i guess iowa came out, and leading in i you will, leading in new hampshire, leading a north carolina, leading in south carolina, leading in nevada, leading everywhere. so that is all i can go by. excuse me? that is the best question. china. china. i think you have to do something n china. i they devalued their currency. they are making it absolutely impossibl

she was bleeding everywhere all over mr. trump. i said, the bleeding out of the eyes part wasn't the problem. it was what came after that. the campaign manager refused to acknowledge he said that. so i told him -- he asked me to send him an e-mail. i put the exact quote in the e-mail. i said, everyone, myself included, is interpreting it this way. i think it was inappropriate. i really think it was inappropriate. i have my wife here, my daughter, 800 friends. it is a family friendly program. if he is not going to clarify this isn't what he meant, i don't think i want him at my event. so the campaign manager called me back and said, mr. trump had said, whatever. he was trying to move the questions along. trying to get don lemon along. at least he meant whatever. i asked him if he was going to clarify that publicly. they said no. i said, i'm sorry, i would prefer mr. trump not come to the event. immediately there after, the trump campaign. after we had reached out to them. before i got involved, our staff reached out to ask if he had

[cheering] mr. trump: and i took a lot of heat. that, i can tell you. rush limbaugh actually said "incoming." two weeks later everybody was apologizing to me. they saw that i was right, between what happened in san such an incredible family, and so many people have been so badly hurt. the other day in california last week, a woman, 66 years old, a veteran, was killed, raped, sodomized, tortured, and killed by an illegal immigrant. we have to do something. we have to do it. so, we are going to talk. we're going to have a lot of fun. the weather is a little dicey. that's ok. who cares if it rains, right? right? [cheering] mr. trump: if it rains, i will take off my hat and i will prove -- i will prove once and for all that it is mine, ok? , we are going to talk about a lot of different subjects, and tonight is friday night, what the heck, right? what is better? what is better? [cheering] what people? the people who built this country, that is what we have here. the people who built this country. good people. so, we will start with a little ,alk on illegal

with mr. trump in the race, mr. christie drew 4% and mr. walker, 7%. if mr. trump were to drop out mr. christie would pick up 50% of voters and mr. walker, 14%. mr. trump is now statistically stride -- tied with scott walker. the front page of "the miami herald," a majority of republicans and republican-leaning independent view jet bush favorably. large numbers also like marco rubio and mike huckabee, far more than dislike them. over half dislike trump suggesting he will have a hard time reaching those hostile voters and attracting more supporters. while several others have room to surge. some of those looking to surge be at tonight's voters first residential forum in new hampshire. 14 candidates will be at this event sponsored by the union leader "the gazette" and "the post and courier" out of charleston. c-span will have the only nationalized coverage of it, starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. take a look at the ad put together in the papers by c-span. it re-airs at 9:30 and 11:30 p.m. eastern time for those of you on the west coast. there is also in the pa

we need someone like mr. trump, general trump, to see that we get the benefits that we are not getting. to also see that we get our benefits from camp lejeune, which no one is calling about. the 15 -- congress is sitting on our .enefits and will not review it we need someone like mr. trump to take that and run with it. ahope general trump will get woman running mate to run with him in this election. the third thing i would like to talk about, you always talk , that we haveedys low-paying job. no one is saying why. the services that we have all of the united states that are killing everybody's income. that is more than share property and involuntary slavery to what we have people working under. until the candidates start talking about the real reason for the low-paying rates -- host: thank you for the call. i will interrupt as democrat lincoln chafee is on the stage in iowa. mr. chafee: and so all americans , in november of 2016 will make an important choice. how are we going to make that

trump and we are likely to go into the new year with mr. trump because he's leading nationally, he's leading in iowa, he's leading in new hampshire and he's starting to talk about spending money and seemed to hintz there that he was ready to say, i'm going to stay as a republican. >> right. there's sort of like a hint of a threat in his remarks on the third party bid. but i think that, you know, every campaign now has realized that he is a serious force to be dealt with. thinking about their strategy, obviously, we see jeb bush hitting a lot harder, coming back at him and some of the other candidates using that as their way to get some oxygen in the race finally. it will be interesting to see because trump really is getting organized in these early states in a way that no one thought possible before. and it will be interesting to see whether he can translate all of that into actual caucusgoers. come next winter. >> and interesting to see. he has risen in the polls in part, not exclusively, but he got attention early on with his tough views

mr. trump: good evening. how are you? yes ma'am? >> [indiscernible] mr. trump: i think the republican party is going to do really well. you have another party that has some big problems. i just saw it coming over, the e-mail situation for hillary is a big problem. if they judge it fairly, she has a big problem. yes sir. [indiscernible] no, not at all. i have been proven right. i have absolutely been proven right. yes? >> [indiscernible] mr. trump: i don't think so at all. i can only go by the polls, 32%. that is the highest for anybody yet. i can only go by the polls. the people we are dealing with, and whatever has happened, it is what it is. you look at the results. iowa came out a little while ago. leading in iowa and new hampshire, north carolina, south carolina. leading in nevada. leading everywhere. that is all i can go by. >> [indiscernible] mr. trump: excuse me? that is the best question. china. i think you have to do something to rein in china. they devalued their currency today. they are making it absolutely impossible for the u.s. to compete, a

mr. trump has captured the attention of the elect tohelect. i will continue to do my job without fear or favor. >> if there was a brewing feud with trump and fox news, the air has cleared. ales and trump speaking by phone. expressing 100% support for megyn kelly. trump tweeting, roger ailes just called. his word is always good. hillary clinton tying trump to the republican field during a campaign swing in new hampshire. our jeff zeleny was there. >> reporter: the comments were offensive or outrageous, which adjective you would like to use. hillary clinton is closer to trump in this race. she received contributions interest him and attended his wedding. she said the reason she went to the wedding is she thought it would be entertaining. >> it's entertainment. it's all entertainment. i think he is having the time of his life. being up on that stage and saying what he wants to say. i didn't know him that well. i knew him. i happen to be planning to be in florida. i thought it would be fun to go to his wedding. now he's running for president, it's

at what point do you reach out to mr. trump? >> we have private conversations with all of the candidates and their staff on an ongoing basings. those will continue. i think you noted that the chairman has talked to mr. trump about his tone. mr. trump style is that he speaks off the cuff, he is not someone who has run before. and while that may be part of his popularity, he does need to understand that he is seeking the presidency of the united states now and that words do water and so while people may have a problem with some folks who ascribe to totally political correct innings i think he needs to be much more understanding of the fact that every word you say is being scrutinized at this point and we need to be more careful in how it comes across to different demographics and individuals across this country. >> that was rnc communications director sean spicer. let's go to the fight over the the iran nuclear deal following president obama on the first day of his vacation at martha's vineyard. is senator schumer's announcement h

plpd mr. trump picked someone to ask a question, katy tur ask the next, and mr. ramos didn't ask a question, but went to a five-minute lil question. >> but mr. trump wants to take on all comers. >> but there's an orderly fashion. if you want to ask your question in a professional manner, you're welcome to do that. however you have to be respectful to the other people in the room. >> you did have him brought back in. they did have an exchange. >> they had a seven-minute dialogue, then it became a debate, and that's not far to the rest of the press. they're. >> how harrah moss was asked for an interview. will you sit down? >> look, there's a lot of people asking for interviews. >> he grants a lot of them. >> look, i don't know what he's going to do for his schedule. we have dozens upon dozens of requests. he trying to fill as many as he can do. there's a limitation to how many. but the time and place for a back-and-forth is not in a news conference. to started questioning with derogatory statementings and not a question, but to make a number of blanket statements a

she said she will not apologize to trump. >> apparently mr. trump thought the question i asked was unfair and felt i was attacking him. i felt he was asked a tough, but fair question. we agree to disagree. mr. trump did interviews over the weekend that attacked me personally. i decided not to respond. mr. trump is an interesting man capturing the attention of the masses. that is why he is leading in the polls. trump, the frontrunner will not apologize. i certainly will not apologize for doing good journalism. i will continue to do my job. >> if there was a brewing feud with trump and fox news, the air has cleared. fox news chairman ailes speaking to trump. expressing 100% support for megyn kelly. trump tweeting ailes just called and assures me i'll be treated fairly on fox news. >>> hillary clinton tying in to the rest of the republican field. she was in a swing through new hampshire. cnn's jeff zeleny was there. >> reporter: good morning, christine. hillary clinton adding her voice to the criticism of trump. calling his comments offensive and

[indiscernible] mr. trump: you want to be vice president? he had great credibility until he said that. one more. 100%, mark it down. ladies and gentlemen, thank you. we will go make a speak and then you go home. have a good time. thank you very much. >> coming up on c-span, epa administrator gina mccarthy. aspenen parts of the institute security forum. nationalion on security threats. and then a look at special ops. and then the spanish ambassadors to the u.s. discusses threats to europe. on the next washington journal, a look at the donald trump campaign and his positions on policies. the director of young s talks about issues impacting millennial's. washington journal, live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can join the conversation with your calls and comments. wednesday, the bipartisan policy center looks at immigration policy and the positions of the 2016 candidates. it is life at 10:30 a.m. eastern. senate in its august break, we will feature book tv programming. starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. at the end of the summer, look for t

mr. trump. mr. trump, to be clear, you're standing on a republican primary stage. >> i fully understand. >> the place where the rnc will give the nominee the nod. >> i fully understand. >> and that experts say an independent run would almost certainly hand the race over the democrats and likely another clinton. you can't say tonight that you can make that pledge? >> i cannot say. i have to respect the person. that if it's not me, the person that wins. if i do win and i'm leading by quite a bit, that's what i want to do. i can totally make that pledge if i'm the nominee. i pledge i will not run as an independent. and i am discussing it with everybody. but i'm talking about a lot of leverage. we want to win, and we will win. but i want to win as the republican. i want to run as the republican nominee. >> so tonight you can't say if another one of these -- >> what's wrong? this is what is wrong. he buys and sells politicians of all stripes. look look. he is already hedging his bet on the clintons okay.

good morning, mr. trump, thank you for joining us. you're hearing the rivals stepping up the rhetoric. jeb bush said you should apologize. carly fiorina had this tweet. mr. trump, there is no excuse. >> i'll start off with jeb bush on women's health issues, just destroyed his relationship with women, what he said a couple of days ago. what he said about women and women's health issues was ridiculous, and i'm the exact opposite. i have always had a great relationship with the women. top level employees. i was one of the first people in the construction industry to put women in charge of projects. my relationship has been great. carly fiorina is having a lot of fun. she doesn't discuss the fact that her stint at hewlett-packard was a disaster. other than that, i wish her well. she's very nice person. >> so, no apologies to megyn kelly, you don't think you crossed the line there? >> no, not at all. i said -- look, she asked me a very nasty question -- i have nothing against megyn kelly -- but she asked me a very, very nasty question, and

do you like republicans in general or is it just mr. trump. >> i love mr. donald trump. mr. donald trump is who i love. >> and you can go to we -- excuse me. you can go to webesisters.com to see all of our views right there. >> that's right. >> webesisters.com. >> i haven't seen anyone who's as passionate about donald trump, except maybe himself, than you ladies. donald trump spoke just a few hours ago. here's some of what he said. he talked about that. i want you to listen to what he said. >> okay. >> in terms of what would you do to address -- and, really, they are at -- i don't know about all time, but certainly they're doing very poorly. you look at what's going on in every place. i mean, every place. we have powder kegs all over the country waiting to explode. you need spirit, cheer leading and you need jobs. >> and he's talking about race relations in this country. what do you say to that? >> he's absolutely right. listen, with african americans with the unemployment rate being high, particularly among african american men, don, he do need -- we need jobs. listen. we n

there is no doubt that mr. trump is more than just a flash in the pan. even former florida governor jeb bush is calling him a quote, unquote, phenomenon, but if i was making adiction i think we're about to see a battle of the board rooms between mr. trump and former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina who performed amazingly at the under card debate and is poised to be on the main stage at the second republican presidential debate, and i think that she is a political outsider that is definitely going to get a look from voters, and we could see a showdown between mr. trump and carly fiorina. >> can't wait to talk to you after the debate. right now i want to take a look at a new fox news poll looking at the shake-up in the gop field after the first debate as well as a peek into the democratic field. who is up, ben carson, ted cruz and carly fiorina and down senator rand paul and bob jush and wisconsin governor scott walker and on to democrats quickly vermont senator bernie sanders continues to make gains on former secretary of state hillary clinton as you ha

are you there, mr. trump? >> can you hear me? >> if you run as third party candidate the consrn frcern fro republicans is you will hand it over off to the democratic person, hillary clinton. >> don, don't worry about it. that's not your problem. that's not your problem. so what happens is, look, i am leading as a republican. obviously it is better to run as a republican. >> uh-huh. >> i am leading as a republican. that's what my choice is. if i am treated fairly and with respect, i will, and even if i've don't get it, i would, most likely go ahead and not do that. but if on the other hand i am not. i very well might. now at some point i may switch over and make everybody happy and, i would be happy also. i will say, with, with that being said, i am being treated very nicely by the rnc. and everybody. treating me very nicely. that's what i want. i want a level playing field. and if i've get a level playing field, fairness, then it's highly unlikely that i do the other, which would be, you would go with third party. >> i don't need