trump. thank you for joining us. mr. trump: great to be with you both. john: there has been a tragic shooting today in virginia. two people killed, three people shot on live tv. what do you think about that? mr. trump: i have not seen it yet because i have been at the office, but i have been hearing about it and it is horrible. it was literally on live television. what a shame. mark: i want to ask you about your presidential campaign and show you some vintage footage of donald trump from about two months ago. in this building, we talked to you the day after you announced. i want to show you one of the questions we asked you. mark: what are the odds that donald trump will be the next president of the united states? mr. trump: i am running against political people who have done this all their lives. i don't do this. i would say anywhere from 10%-20%. mark: you said 10% to 20%. what are the odds today? mr. trump: maybe 21%. i don't know. if i have a deal that is ready to be done, literally, and it is ready to be signed, i say 50-50. mark: just give us a number. straight talk. wha

mark: i'm mark halperin. john: and i'm john heilemann. and "with all due respect," mr. trump, you aren't the only one who knows how to escalate the situation. ♪ mark: hello, hello, from trump tower in new york city. we are the first reporters to get a tour of the trump campaign headquarters in this very storied building. more on that in a moment. but first, our guest tonight joins us right now. he is the man of the hour and the man of the tower, donald trump. thank you for joining us, mr. trump. john: there has been a tragic shooting today in virginia. peopleple killed, three shot on live tv. give us your thoughts. mr. trump: i haven't seen it yet. i have been in the office all day. but i have been hearing about it, and it's just horrible. literally on live television -- what a shame. mark: i want to ask you about your presidential campaign and show you some vintage footage of donald trump. i want to show you one of the questions we asked you. >> what are the odds that donald trump will be the next president of the united states? >> i am running against political people who have

man of the hour, and the man of the tower, donald trump. thank you for joining us. mr. trump: thanks. a tragicre has been shooting today with people getting shot on live tv. that?o you think about mr. trump: i have not seen it yet, but i have been hearing about it and it is horrible. it was literally on live television. what a shame. i want to ask you about your presidential campaign and show you some footage. i want to show you one of the questions we asked you. what are the odds that donald trump will be the next president of the united states? do this.: i don't i would say anywhere from 10%-20%. john: used -- mark: you said 10% to 20%. what are the odds today? mr. trump: maybe 21%. if i have a deal that is ready , and ready to be ,igned john: mark: just give us a number. mr. trump: let's say 25% or 30%. mark: still pretty low. mr. trump: if you're conservative. mark: i want to ask you about something president obama is facing this year. reagan and others have had to face raising the debt ceiling. tould republicans agreed raise the debt ceiling, or is there too much of a danger to

tower, donald trump. make you for joining us, mr. trump. john: there has been a tragic shooting today -- shot on live tv. mr. trump: i haven't seen it yet. i have been in the office all day. but i have been hearing about it and it's just horrible. literally on live television -- what a shame. you about yourk presidential campaign and show you some vintage footage of about two years ago. i want to show you one of the questions we asked you. >> what are the odds that donald trump will be the next president of the united states? >> i am talking -- i don't do this. i would say anywhere from 10%-20%. --k: then you said 10%-20% what are the odds today? 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

week in mobile, alabama. he spoke for just under an hour. mr. trump: unbelievable. that is so beautiful. now i know how the great billy graham felt, because this is the same feeling. we love billy graham. we love billy graham. you know, this all started, we had a hotel and we were going to have about 250, 300 people. and they said, something is happening here. we cannot hold this. this is crazy what is going on. then we went to the convention center and they could have 10,000 people and we were all set and excited and the next day, they said, too many people, we can't put them in. so, we came here. we came here. [cheering] mr. trump: you know, today, if you notice, we have a stock market not doing so well. we have a country not doing so well. we have politicians other than the few politicians who are with us tonight. we will exclude them. we have politicians who do not have a clue. they have -- they are all talk and no action. what is happening to this country is disgraceful. and when i announced i was running for president, i brought up the subject of illegal immigration. [cheering] mr

? audience: no! mr. trump: like sergeant bergdahl. has anyone heard of sergeant bergdahl? the traitor. i called president obama. six people at least, that we know of, six people were killed trying to get this guy back. six people. they went after him. they wanted to get him back. sergeant bergdahl and they get five people they desperately wanted for years that are right now back on the battlefield tried to kill everybody, including us. how stupid are we? how stupid are we? reason -- no, the matter where i go, the overnight , new hampshiree was so incredible. every time i go on television, it's got to be live. it's alive. restd, can i have a please? it is live on fox. who likes fox? i like fox. [cheering] mr. trump: it's live on cnn. who likes cnn? [jeering] mr. trump: and it's live on msnbc, right? [jeering] mr. trump: they are still working. every time i speak, it has to be live. it's ridiculous, but it's ok. right? we have to suffer with it. but look. the reason i have this really incredible enthusiasm, and the really appreciate it with this weather and his heat and everything else, bu

. >> i'm here as the new national co-chair and senior policy advisor for mr. trump in this campaign and i'm excited about the opportunity and a chance to change the status quo in america and i think he's the man that can do it. that's why i'm here. >> up until five minutes ago that man was running the rick perry for president campaign in iowa. but today he let it be known he has signed on with donald trump instead. robert costa at the "washington post" reporting not only that move but a bunch of other ones. the donald trump campaign staffing all over the place. mr. trump not only picked up sam clovis, this iowa conservative, as a new national co-chair of his campaign. mr. trump also today hired a new state director in nevada. he hired two new staffers in new hampshire, in south carolina he's made two new hires as well including a woman named nancy mace, the first woman to ever graduate from the citadel, now working on donald trump's campaign in south carolina. individually, none of those hires, none of those announcements is the sort of thing that would make for a spectacular and entert

? i think so. i hope so, to the kids. thank you. >> mr. trump will join us momentarily. it's the largest crowd the facility has ever seen with an overflow capacity, thousands of people inside and out. please welcome, the next president of the united states, donald j. trump. [applause] ♪ try to believe when the going gets rough that you have to hang tough to make it history repeats itself never doubt that you are the one and you can have your dream. ♪ mr. trump: beautiful. so nice. [applause] they say we set a record tonight. [applause] i am going to make the people outside angry. they love me. i love them. we have over 1000 people outside. hundreds in the second auditorium. you people got the good real estate. [applause] this has been an amazing time. i know it is very early. the polls have been through the roof. every one of them. [applause] because, i don't know if it is me or the message, or a combination, but i brought back a term that hasn't been used in a long time for the silent majority. there is a tremendous silent majority that politicians have taken advantage of. t

moment. here's mr. trump friday night here on cnn lashing out at debate moderator megyn kelly of fox news. >> you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her, wherever. >> yes. that man wants to be our next president. now mr. trump often accuses the media of taking him out of context. so let's make sure we are fair. the debate question he didn't like or didn't like most anyway was about his own words, his own pattern of demeaning women. >> you call women you don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. your twitter account has several disparaging comments about women's looks. you once told a contestant on "celebrity apprentice" it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president? >> tough, yes. but remember his own words, more than fair. his answer? >> i think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. i've been challenged by so many people, and i don't, frankly, have time for total political correctness. and to be honest with you, this co

, and immigration policy. this is 15 minutes. 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 another party that has 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. no, not at all. i have been proven right. i have absolutely been proven right. [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, 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. nevada. leading everywhere. that is all i can go by. excuse me? that is the best question. china. china. i think you have to do something to rein in china. the d value to their currency and are making it impossible for the u.s. to compete. china has no respect for president obama whatsoever. you have to take strong actions. how can we compete?

a better look if mr. trump ever reaches the oval office. here are some of the proposals he's discussed in the past week, his stance on economics the wall in mexico. mr. trump: i would said to the head of ford, sorry, you either pay a tax with every car and every part that comes across the southern border, you're going to pay eight 35% tax. -- pay a 35% tax. i would take carried interest out, and let people who are making hundreds of millions of dollars a year case of tax. right now they are paying a very little tax. -- millions of dollars a year to pay some tax. we have companies that are leaving this country to go out and get money. let that money come in and tax it at a lower rate. i know the greatest negotiators in the world. if i put carl in charge of deals, it's over. walk away, let them. they even know that they don't have a chance, okay? lizzie: as a matter of text, -- omicsr of politics, trumpon sounds appealing but does this , make sense? john: i love hearing the words president trump come out of your mouth. the second thing, there was someone who wrote this great ar

in the world . he said mr. trump, could i ask you a question? how does it feel? how does what feel? >> he have done something that nobody else has ever done. you have taken over television, the airways. it is the summer of trump. they are calling it the summer of trump. [applause] this is a highly respected guy. i said i haven't done anything. on.aven't w it starts with one in the primaries than going on and winning. i consider it a waste of time. he said you are wrong. you have done a great thing. i won't be happy. but we are all doing well. think of this. if you look at saudi arabia, and they make a billion dollars a day. a billion dollars a day. ok. when they have a problem we send over ships and planes. i don't mind doing that. they have to help us out. they have nothing but money. they are wonderful. i love their investing in the united states great i love their investing in new york. they have to help us. we are a debtor nation. trillion. massive unfunded liabilities. we are a nation that is in serious trouble and it is going up rapidly. obamacare is a disaster. a catastrophe

at doing it actually got onto trump's radar at the debate. mr. trump: if hillary clinton is the candidate, which i doubt, that would be a dream come true. >> how is hillary clinton going to lecture me about living paycheck to paycheck? >> hillary clinton lies about benghazi, she lies about e-mails. she is still defending planned parenthood. and she still the front runner. mark: very little attention seemse of trump, but it that voters would like the best hillary clinton attacker to be their nominee. so far in those examples, who is doing the best? john: undoubtedly, carly fiorina has been the strongest, most acerbic, most serrated edged attacker of hillary clinton. it has not made her a front runner, but it has put her in contention in a way. certainly the fact that bush has been that added is one of the problems -- has been bad at it that is one of the problems. mark: i think walker, you saw the one-liner. like with a lot of things in the walker arsenal, it is a little bit rote. it seems a bit canned. fiorina will talk about e-mails. certainly things like that. i think the rubi

are being used by rand paul. think of >> i work with a veterans advocacy group. mr. trump: good. did you hear that? it takes over three years to process one veterans claim. i think they have run out of competence. peopleve incompetent running it. it starts with our senators and congressmen and our president. i run things properly. what i run runs properly. one of the things i will do is take care of our veterans. it is going to be very important. you are a perfect example. three years to process a claim that should take 24 hours? yes, ma'am. >> on a lighter note. marty walsh is a clown. i don't even know who he is. he spends all this time and effort and money on an olympic bid and then he goes out and talks about ice bucket challenges. get a real mayor. he came out and he was strongly against -- when we had the original problem, as you know, when i was totally misquoted. now, everyone has apologized to me. he said i don't like trump's statements. now, everyone is apologizing because i turned out to be right. you had beautiful kate in san francisco and many others, even a few day

he says she owes him an apology. mr. trump got things going here on friday night a day after the feud with her. >> that was friday night. touched a nerve among conservatives. erick erickson disinvited trump from a high profile candidate forum. mr. trump called erickson, a major sleaze and buffoon. by the weekend, gop rivals were weighing in about his comments about megyn kelly. >> they were completely inappropriate and offensive comments. period. >> we all know they are reprehensible. and in my view just one of many reasons why donald trump is unqualified and unfit to be president of the united states. >> i didn't think we should reward vulgarity. i don't think vulgarity equates with insight. >> give me a break do we want to win? do we want to insult 53% awful voters. what donald trump said is wrong. >> not surprising mr. trump does not agree with the reaction or notion he was talking about anything inappropriate when he was referencing blood and megyn kelly. >> he went on to tweet this about megyn kelly. oh, really, check out innocent at megyn kelly, on discussion at howard ster

that pledge tonight. mr. trump. >> polls are in, and also, is donald trump changing his mind about a possible third party >> i would knock the hell out of them. >> and then donald trump's plan to make isis work. >> i would put boots on the >> i would put boots on the >> lieutenant colonel oliver north is here. and ben man carson, they are here to debate their strategies. and the latest out of ferguson, missouri, hanitty starts right here right now. >> welcome to hanitty tonight. could donald trump change his mind about a possible run for the presidency? a senior trump adviser said that trump may pledge to not run as a third party candidate and he doesn't get the nomination, and however, he pulled back on that, after last week's debate when he refused to pull out as a third partykf9eg candidate. >> raise your hand if you won't make that pledge tonight. >> mr. trump. >> i have to respect the person, if it's not me, the person that wins, if i do win and i am leading by quite a bit, that's what i want to do. i can totally make that pledge, if i'm the nominee, i won't run as an independen

and donald trump. mr. bush: the differences? i have a proven record. consistent conservative. i have learned how to lead in the public sector. i don't assume it is my way or the highway. there is a big difference. i think you can well see it just in demeanor. i want to broaden our message and bring in a larger number of people. i respect him. certainly, he has made great progress in his campaign. but we are very different. >> obviously. he is bombastic. mr. bush: i don't. i go campaign. i've got my job. i campaign really hard all over. i will turn people. at some point, you have got to be substantive about what you are going to do. trump is not denying a tax on assets. 14.5% tax? come on. you cannot defend that amongst republicans or the whole country. no one wants that. savings ought to be ours. take care. >> [indiscernible] mr. bush: definitely. nice to see you. thank you. mr. bush: thank you. it is nice seeing you again. it is our first trip i think i saw you. exactly. great seeing you. take care. got a picture? >> jeb, i would get you a beer but you look like you need water. mr.

, donald j. trump. ♪ >> ♪ history repeats itself mr. trump: beautiful. so nice. [applause] so nice. they say we set a record tonight. [applause] now, i am going to make the people outside angry. they love me. i love them. we have over 1000 people outside. hundreds in the second auditorium. you people got the good real estate. [applause] this has been an amazing time. i know it is very early. the polls have been through the roof. every one of them. [applause] because, i don't know if it is me or the message, or a combination, but i brought back a term that hasn't been used in a long time for the silent majority. there is a tremendous silent majority that politicians have taken advantage of. they have taken advantage of the people of this country long enough. they are largely incompetent except when it comes to getting reelected. that is what they do. who knows them better than me? i have contributed to everybody. who knows them better than me? they are great at one thing -- don't make waves, serve it out. get reelected again. i have been watching it for so many years. i personally am sick

reason that you wanted to go with you thought it was wrong for mr. jump -- trump to be engaged in a fight with megan kelly and he should be focused on his message and others didn't see it that way. everyone i talked to says exactly what you say and they say that is what mr. trump has chosen to do, were you in fact a lonely voice on that issue? i didn't hear any other voices but i do not want to divulge my private conversations. i have a confidentiality agreement and i do not want to violate it. but have said that i thought the whole thing was a distraction. back and forth with any media personality. blame liesponsibility/ with donald trump and not any advisers. guest: i'm not sure i heard anyone else giving him advice that that was not a good idea never mind my own advice. politics at the presidential level is about big picture ideas and getting people to latch onto them 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 p

fire back? >> number one, you can't take yourself too seriously. the problem with mr. trump is that his policies don't work. you're not going to destroy isil by taking oil from the iraqis. you'll turn everybody against us. that will be the greatest recruiting boom that will isolate our friends in israel and jordan. donald trump would help isil. >> donald trump has been gaining traction in part because a lot of americans like what he says economically. i'm curious, we've gotten these g.d.p. figures that are quite positive. what's your assessment where the real economy is for most people. idea ber one, i have no what his economic plan is other than it's great -- gray and it's going to be big. what are sit? >> to deal with long term entitlement spending which makes us grieve. the economy is tag nant because policies in place make it hard to create jobs. but the next president needs to dust simpson-bowls and adjust the retirement. eans test benefits address the mass retirement that wipes us out by 2040. medicare and social payments as republican and democrats and deal with the unfunded

, is mr. trump willing to apologize for clarify that he wasn't suggesting that a national reporter who asked him a tough question was having her period. he said, mr. trump was talking about her bleeding out of her eyes. sh he was bleeding everywhere out of mr. trump. the bleeding out of the eyes part wasn't the problem. it was what came after that. the campaign manager refused to even acknowledge he had said that. he asked me to send him an e-mail i put the exact quote in the e-mail. everybody, 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 here, 800 friends of mine here. it is a family friendly program. if he is not going to clarify that this isn't what he meant, i don't think i want him at my event. the campaign manager called me back and said, mr. trump had said, whatever. he was trying to move the questions along. she was bleeding out of her eyes or whatever, trying to get don lemon to move on or at least he meant whatever. i asked him if he was going to clarify that publicly. the

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 and 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 who captured the attention of the masses. that is why he is leading in the polls. trump will not apologize. i will not apologize for doing good journalism. i will continue doing my job without fear or favor. >> if there was a feud with trump and fox news, the air has cleared. trump and aires speaking by phone. trump tweeting, roger ailes just called. he assures me trump will be treated fairly on fox news. >>> hillary clinton also weighing in tying him to the republican field during a campaign swing through new hampshire. cnn's jeff zeleny was there. >> reporter: good morning, christine. hillary clinton adding her voice to the controversy over donald trump. calling his comments outrageous. now this is very interesting. hillary clinton is closer to trump than most any other candidate in

while ago and talking critical of donald trump. mr. bush: this reminds me of barack obama, not as a candidate, but as president. all he does is put people who don't agree with him down to make his side look better and the divide makes it hard to solve problems. we should be talking about issues that give people a sense that the people will be better not the kind of language that is really divisive. didn't get under my skin, didn't anger me -- did it get under my skin, did it anger me about the tweet that says i'm soft and immigration? that is ridiculous. my wife is an american by choice. she wants the border to beak secured as well. mark: comparing trump to barack obama, and the tweet about his wife, why does jeb bush return to rhetoric like this when he passed on attacking him last night? john: doing it on a friday afternoon attacking donald trump on cable went last night he had an audience of many millions -- i think early in this interview he made suggestions. that attack suggest he knows he did not do excellent in the debate. it drove him to this. that looks desperate to me. tha

competition to be the best to do it actually got onto trumps radar at the debate. mr. trump: if hillary clinton is the candidate, i doubt that will be. hillary clinton lies about benghazi. she lies about e-mails. she is phil defending -- still the planning came -- planned parenthood. and she still the front runner. would like the best hillary clinton attacker to be their nominee. so far in those examples, who is doing the best? john: undoubtedly, carly fiorina has been the strongest, most acerbic, most serrated edged attacker of hillary clinton. it has not made her a front runner, but it hasn't put your in -- but it has put her in contention in a way. walker, you saw the one-liner. like with a lot of things in the walker arsenal, it is a little bit wrote. passionate, but can't. wasink the rubio statement actually strong. it is an issue on which republicans had been on offense because of planned parenthood and hillary clinton came back after rubio came out against exceptions against -- against exceptions in abortion. fighting for the middle instead of just the base. john: hillary clinton

takeam: you yourself too seriously. at the end of the day, i think the problem with mr. trump is his policies do not work. he is not going to destroy isil by taking all on with the iraqis, you will turn everybody in the east -- it will isolate friends in israel in -- and jordan. donald trump's policies would help them. that would be his undoing. lizzie: donald trump has been gaining traction in part because americans like what he says economically, i'm curious, we have these figures that are positive, what is your assessment of where the real economy is right now for most people? lindsey graham: i don't know what he says about the coming. i have no idea -- about the economy. i have no idea. all i can say is that the next president ought to deal with long-term spending, which -- the economy is stagnant because policies in place make it hard to create jobs, but the next president needs to dust off adjusting the age retirement for social security, address the mass retirement of the baby boomers that wipe us out by 2040, where all the money goes to interest on debt, get as in a room-- ge

relationship with china and immigration. this is 15 minutes. 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

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

. >> 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 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 o

reached out to the donald trump campaign last night and said, is mr. trump willing to apologize for clarify that he wasn't suggesting that a national reporter who asked him a tough question was having her period? and the campaign manager said, mr. trump was talking about her bleeding out of her eyes. 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 goi

right. i have absolutely been proven right. [indiscernible] mr. trump: i don't think so at all. the polls, 32%. that is the highest for anybody yet. i can only go by the polls. with,ople we are dealing 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. nevada. leading everywhere. that is all i can go by. excuse me? that is the best question. china. china. i think you have to do something to rein in china. the d value to their currency and are making it impossible for the u.s. to compete. china has no respect for president obama whatsoever. you have to take strong actions. how can we compete? devalue theirsly currency. they have been doing this for years. this was the largest devaluation two decades. in they are making it impossible for our businesses to compete. run by a bunchre of idiots. what is going on with china is unbelievable. in twogest devaluation decades. a great question. it is a disgrace. major, fantastic. i watched you with president obama two weeks ago. he was not thrilled. i'm

. mr. trump. mr. trump, to be clear, you're standing on a republican -- >> i fully understand. >> the place where the rnc will give the nominee the nod. >> i fully understand. >> and the 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 the pledge if i'm a nominee. i will pledge i will not run as an independent. 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. >> tonight you can't say if another one of these -- >> this is what's wrong. this is what's wrong. he buys and sells politicians of all stripes. he's already -- >> dr. paul. >> he's already hedging his bet on the clintons. okay? if he doesn't run as an republican, maybe he supports clinton or maybe he ru

are calling a tirade. mr. bush: there is a big difference between donald trump and me. i am a proven conservative, he isn't. i cut taxes every year, he has propose it -- proposed the largest tax increase in mankind's history. i have been consistently pro-life. he until recently was for partial-birth abortion. i've never met a person who actually thought that was a good idea. he's for a single payer system. he actually advocates these things. he's been a democrat longer than being a republican. i have fought for conservative causes all of my adult life. i think when people get this narrative, this compare and contrast narrative, they will find i will be the guy they will vote for. it's a long haul, man. the immigration policies he has brought up are not conservative, either. it is going to cost hundreds of billions of dollars. it will disrupt families. the idea you have another country pay for the infrastructure of your own country will not happen. the idea that you are going to stop having people remit back to other countries will not happen. all of this is to appeal to people's ange

of a donald trump surge. mr. trump's bombastic ways made it all but impossible for those buying to be the alternative to mr. bush to emerge, and easier for mr. bush the warmer further governor, to position himself as the serious and thoughtful are tentative to a candidate who has up ended the early process. a mammoth university poll of new hampshire voters last emphasized the problem for these other candidates. 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 ha

. that was saturday in nashville. mr. trump easily took first place in a straw poll conducted by a gathering of tea party groups. and where mr. trump presented himself as the tea party movement's perfect bullhorn. >> at least i have a microphone where i can fight back. you people don't. the tea party people are incredible people. these are people that work hard and they love the country, and then they get just beat up all the time by the media. it's disgusting. >> simple math. yes, simple math tells us why running as a republican appears to be mr. trump's best option. brand new iowa poll out just this morning shows donald trump atop the gop pack in iowa 23% of likely caucusgoers back the billionaire businessmen. ben carson at 18%. the wisconsin governor scott walker and texas senator ted cruz are next at 8 and jeb bush and marco rubio at 6%. now there's a similar pro-trump anti-establishment ring to the latest national numbers, too. again it is trump and dr. carson leading the pack. look at the slide month-to-month. hard not to notice. the sliding numbers of the two candidates who,

, let's be -- there's no question about it. the comments that mr. trump has made about women have been demeaning and disrespectful. they do not reflect the principles of the republican party or the majority of republicans. they certainly have offended women that i know here in new hampshire. but the important thing to understand is women make up 53% of the vote in this country. and all issues are women's issues. so we need a candidate that can speak to women in a respectful and inclusive manner. we need a candidate who can speak to all voters in a respectful and inclusive mner and share that very uplifting, optimistic vision that republican principles offer. >> he keeps hitting jeb bush on recent comments that bush made about funding for women's health. take a listen to this. >> i think that jeb's answer the other day on women's health department issues is a disaster for him. and i don't think -- he then went and said he misspoke. how do you misspeak on that? i will be great on women's health issues. i cherish women. and i will be great on women's health issues. believe me. >> so, jenn

g.o.p. donor saying you called mr. trump a clown, and something elsie cannot repeat on television, is it true. >> no, it is not true. i said mr. trump's language is divisive. i want one of these people here or ones at 5:00 o'clock to be the next president of the you had. we will not win by doing what barack obama and hillary clinton do each and every day dividing the country. >> jeb bush coming out strong. we will have a live report from cleveland with more, must see moments from that debate in just a few minutes but this first. >> we are getting look at surveillance video of the road rage attack on a driver in north philadelphia. >> the suspect was armed with a baseball bat, steve, give us details on this from the round house. >> reporter: all right mike, it was tuesday into wednesday. right around midnight. let's show you video that the police put out yesterday. this is a 26 year-old woman chris o'connell spoke with last night. she's driving up broad street at lehigh a very famous intersection in philadelphia. very busy one. instead of flagging help there she decides to drive home into

? mr. bush: well, i say mr. trump cost hundreds of billions of dollars, it is not realistic, it will not be implemented, and we need to get this country back on track, so i am not going to get into the issues of what he said and i said. the simple fact is his proposal is unrealistic. it would cost hundreds of billions of dollars. it would violate people's civil liberties. it would create friction with our third-largest trading partner, which is not necessary. if he is interested in a comprehensive approach, he would like to read my book. into the mr. trump debate. he is a serious candidate, and he should be held to what serious candidate need to be held to. he should be held to his views. >> political dreamers. [speaking spanish] >> donald trump. [speawking spanish] >> [speaking spanish] -- [speaking spanish] anchor babies. [speawking spanish] [applause] >> [speaking spanish] mr. bush: [speaking spanish] barack obama. [speaking spanish] >> what about this region attracts you? what is it that you are looking for here? i spent a lot of time here growing up. it is a beautiful part of th

now. raise your hand now if you won't make that pledge tonight. >> mr. trump? >> 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'm going to do. >> he buys and sells politicians of all stripes. he's already -- hey. look. he's already hedging his bet on the clintons, okay. so if he doesn't run as a republican maybe he supports clinton or maybe he runs as an independent. but i'd say he's already hedging his bets because he's used to buying politicians. >> and that's a completely ridiculous answer. i want to collect more records from terrorists but less records from other people. how are you supposed to know? >> get a warrant. >> when you're sitting in a subcommittee just blowing hot air about this, you can say things like that. when you're responsible for protecting the lives of the american people then you -- >> here's the problem. i don't trust president obama with our records. i know you gave him a big hug, and if you want to give him a big hug again, go right ahead. >> you know senator pa

. >> reporter: it was dramatic. i was about four seats down when that whole thing unfolded. mr. trump was clearly irritated. jorge is a tough reporter and has had a reputation for throwing fast balls and tries to. trump was clearly having absolutely none of it. while it may have looked uncomfortable on some level it's also true that when a presidential candidate takes on the press and tells them to sit down and shutup a lot of folks at home think we kind of agree because sometimes the media annoys them as much as the politicians do. in this particular case trump had to wave to security guys to assist. some of the reporters started asking questions about whether or not trump regretted what happened. he said he doesn't mind if he comes back in the room. at the news conference i asked the first question which was about what trump was able to do with politics against rick perry. rick perry's co-chair left the perry campaign a couple of days ago. today he joined on with trump as the national campaign co-chairman. a big get for trump, a sign of perry in trouble. the fact that trump chose to hav

mark: i am mark halperin. john: and i am john heilemann. we are having fun with donald trump. mr. trump: we just had a great weekend. mark: happy national smores days, friend. hillary clinton is kindling. she launched a fierce broadside at the republican candidates about what they said of women's issues in the debate and in particular on marco rubio position on abortion. mrs. clinton: when one of their candidates, a much younger man, a senator from florida, says there should be no exceptions for rape and incensed, that is as offensive and as troubling a comment as you can hear from a major candidate running for the presidency. john: mark, we thought that marco rubio's no exception stance, which is shared by scott walker and mike huckabee -- we thought that was a deal when we first heard it, but how vulnerable do you think they are? mark: very vulnerable. george bush did not have this position. john mccain did not have it. mitt romney did not. it does not affect that many women in the country, but the polls are clear in this issue, and these guys taking this position, hillary clinton wan

proposal for a border wall differ from donald trump's? mr. santorum: as i said, i am for americans building the wall, not mexico. i will not make mexico pay for the wall. i want them to cooperate in stopping the influx of immigrants and the instability of the border. let's be very clear, immigration into america is big business for mexico. the estimates are $22 billion a year flows from people into mexico to provide a lot of economic support for people in that country. there is certainly every indication that mexico is doing next to nothing. in fact, some argue they are working to facilitate people coming into this country and doing so illegally. that has to change. a fence or wall is part of it. other measures are a part of it. as long as they are not cooperating with us to secure the border, it will make our job harder. that is why i have suggested i would suspend the border crossing card, the renewal of those as an initial step. i would look at other things if we do not see any additional cooperation from the mexican government to make the border secure. mr. hughes: outside of t