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: 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

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: 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

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

[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

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

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

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 the country. people may not remove her, but i was born in houston and came here campaigning for my brother, my father. i love the valley, so i decided to be here, and we are going to campaign hard. on march 1, we have the texas primary, and my intention is to win the texas primary, in case anyone is interested in it. >> do you worry about using the term anchor babies being able to affect your getting the spanish boat? my life, the fact that i am immersed in the immigr

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, 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. we back our 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 be figh

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

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

[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: 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

that is why you see someone like mr. trump or the senator, the democrat, coming ahead fully. people are angry because the policies we have been given, intelligent is supposed to be there and simply does not resonate with the people. your earlier gentlemen commenting on the economic crisis, those of us who have suffered through that sort of thing have a completely different concept than the people that you are interviewing. the real people in the real cliche,hich i know is a they are not at all involved in what is going on in washington. what we need to do is basically stopped everything going on in washington. when you talk about, we cannot afford to take care of people and feed people, the problem is we have weapons all over the place, trillions of dollars being spent uselessly. our school systems are begging for economics. older people are not getting the medical attention they need. we are not dealing with the problems of the nation. has made themeone ridiculous decision to continue on and we need to correct those things. mr. trump is indicating that he wants to build a fe

mr. trump will have a very hard time if he is the nominee. guest: i think i would put money on that prediction as well. if mr. trump is the republican nominee, and doesn't run for an independent party -- they waited until mitt romney was the nominee for the party to run a story. he was the only plausible republican candidate who didn't get an attack until that lay in -- late in the race. in our book, we talk about how every republican candidate, who rose to the top of the polls, got hit with an investigative journalism thing. it was bush with the painted rock. rick santorum's wife lived with an abortionist. i think it is likely that we get all kinds of story from trump's life if you were to get the nomination. host: isn't that the role of the media? as they rise, they let the potential voters know that this is the other side, things that could be caught rishel for you. -- controversial for you. guest: this is where the pick and choose comes in. these are not the stories they will want to do about the clintons -- how is bill clinton behaving n

mark: i had one with mr. trump. he had two boxes of them. gov. walker: so that's it. i just have to feed you guys, right? mark: two boxes. have you heard the expression, "bring enough for everyone?" who does what? gov. walker: she does almost everything and i occasionally grill. i grill, i.e.. >> i remind him that he still has to take the garbage out. gov. walker: if it is 10:00 at night and the garbage needs to go out, what do you do? gov. walker: i take it out. oftentimes she will say this stuff stinks. you need to take it out. shoveling. that is his job. mark: you have shoveling, garbage, grass. >> i have friends whose husband's grocery shop and cook. i asked what the boys are going to eat and he said frozen pizza. mark: the democrats are making a big deal about something you said about mr. trump's plan was similar to your plan. when you said his plan is similar to yours, what did you mean? gov. walker: it is something i talked about months ago when i was on with chris wallace. i said we should secure the border, enforce the law, i did not believe in amnesty. a leg

so joining us now from his new york city headquarters is mr. trump. first of all, why do you think the stock market is going down? >> well, you look at what's going on with china or generally with asia and, you know, i have been saying for a long time on your show and on anybody else that wanted to listen that we're tieing ourself so closely to asia and, in particular, to china, that this is going to be trouble for our country. and not only now have they taken our jobs and they are taking our base and they have taken our manufacturing, but now they are pulling us down with them. i said we can't do this. we can't allow this to happen. and we have to do a big uncoupling pretty soon before it's too late. i have been saying this for a long time, bill. >> do you have any feeling why the chinese economy is collapsing? do you have any knowledge of it at all? >> because it's funny money. they devalue their currency constantly in order to take our jobs and lots of other countries' jobs frankly. they have done a pretty big number in europe, too. not as big as t

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

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

. >> sending a mixed message, mr. trump. say you'll get rid of whole families, then you want them back. >> they have to go back. they're illegal. >> one part of his immigration plan is under attack by rival jeb bush. >> reporter: donald trump and jeb bush. facing off over immigration. >> you are going to love me in terms of immigration. >> mr. trump now has a plan, if that's what it's called. >> reporter: trump arguing the united states should revoke the citizenship of people born here to undocumented immigrants. going a step further than his earlier proposal to end birth right citizenship for such children. that right is enshrined in the 14th amendment to the constitution which says all persons born in the u.s. are u.s. citizens, but the gop frontrunner isn't so sure about that. >> if you speak to some very, very good lawyers, some would disagree, many of them agree with me, you're going to find they do not have american citizenship. we have to start a process where we take back our country. our country is going to hell. >>

jeb bush was equally critical of mr. trump saying, do we want to win? do we want to insult 53% of all voters? jeb bush making those comments at the red state gathering. eric erickson the leader of that group disinvited donald trump to attend. the wall street journal editorial board blames eric erickson for the rise of donald trump and say, this is too much for mr. erickson though it is fair to ask what took them so long. that is what donald trump does. approvingly wrote that the number one thing you hear when you ask any republican about donald trump is this, he fights. , eric erickson wrote that while he would not vote for him unless he became the nominee , donald trump is a nontraditional candidate running a nontraditional campaign and kicking the asses of traditional campaign consultants. they can make a political argument beyond calling everyone terrific or stupid. yet with donald trump dominating media coverage they are not getting the hearing they deserve and mr. trump was guarantee gop debate -- defeat next year if you ran as a third-party spoile

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

that was aimed squarely at mr. trump. scott walker today said he doesn't share the view that all the american leaders are corrupt and incompetent losers. walker did also slam bush. that line a minute ago about having to consult cabinet lords and others before deciding if the iran nuke deal is a good one or bad one was aimed really at jeb that might actually said you might want to consider talking to your cabinet before abject objection to it. that was during the process where the details of the deal were just being resolved. so, they are hitting back and forth. it's a question of do you take on somebody like that? and onesly, jeb bush has been trying to do that and trump had a great week. >> you are right. so these candidates have to figure out did doo they take on trump in this big ship that's moving along that's steaming along or do you develop your own policy and put those out there? now, scott walker wanted it hit on some foreign policy. >> sure. >> what's the right answer? i mean, if i'm a viewer and i'm watching, i

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

they canceled trump's appearance. carly fiorina said, mr. trump, there is no excuse today wisconsin governor scott walker avoided naming trump fiorina. >> i think it's worth commenting on. >> reporter: absent but upset. he said mr. trump made megyn kelly look really bad. she was a mess with her anger. he said he was talk nose. only a deviant would think anything else. and called the red state organizer who bumped trump a total loser. erick erickson read to the crowd several angry e-mails from trump supporters. >> i'm so sick of political correctness i may puke. >> reporter: among attendees, views were mixed. some disappointed. >> i've heard enough. and i'm a big girl. donald is free to say what he wants. >> i want to see them all be who they are. if they act like a buffoon, any of them, that's how we decide. >> reporter: and more turmoil for trump. a top long-time associate, both from his business world and in the political realm, roger stone is out tonight, a dispute whether he resigned or was fired. many say they are anxious to get beyond

clip] mr. trump: he said how does it feel? i said how this what fuel. he said you have done something that no one else has ever done. you've taken over television, the airwaves, it is the summer of trump. they're are calling it the summer of trump. i said, and this is a highly respected amazing guy -- i said, i have not done anything. if this all happens and i do not win, it starts with winning the primaries, getting the nomination, and then winning. i consider it a waste of time. he said, you're wrong. you have done a great thing. trust me, i won't be happy. host: donald trump in new hampshire last night talking about the summer of trump. donald trump is a leader in the gop polls right now. do you think he is the early winter of campaign 2016, and who do you think the early losers are? >> we are going to leave that recorded portion of the washington journal. we have reestablished our signal with rick santorum at the iowa state fair. this is live coverage. didsantorum: the other guys not get it right. we did not win. you give us the opportunity to go to

mr. trump. so, mr. trump, to be clear, you're standing on a republican primary -- >> 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 to democrats and likely another clinton. you can't say tonight 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 make that pledge if i'm the nominee, i will pledge i will not run as an independent. >> trump has continued to taunt and threaten republicans by invoking that leverage and many have taken him at his word that he has leverage. >> well, i have leverage. i do have leverage and i like having leverage. i'm a business man. i'm a natural business man. i do like leverage. i'm not talking so much in terms. i am right now leading by a lot. not just by a little bit. i'm leading by a lot. i want to

. >> mr. trump. >> donald trump making waves right off the bat. >> you've called women you don't like fat pigs. dogs, slobs and disgusting animals. >> only rosie o'donnell. >> a night with a contentious tone and heat the exchanged. >> when you're blowing hot air about this you can say things like that. >> here's the problem, governor. here's the problem, governor. >> president obama and hillary clinton getting most of the criticism from the gop stage. >> if i'm our nominee how is hillary clinton going to lecture me about living paycheck to paycheck. >> barack obama became president and abandoned iraq. >> the analysis, high much lights and who struggled to gather attention. >> and good friday morning to you all. we start with the highs, the lows and, yes, the blows of the first republican debate. >> 10 of the 17 taking center stage in cleveland, ohio, the same venue that will hold the 2016 republican national convention. >> it was donald trump grabbing the most headlines, the billionaire was as

what do you make of the fact that mr. trump appears to be getting very serious? >> it is a natural next step, and he will continue to do well, the combination of policy and populism. he will call for tax increases and closing closing the loophole whereby hedge funds and venture capitalists carry interest, capital gains rate instead of a higher rate of income tax. i will bet that donald trump probably hits a gusher on this combination of clarity and populism. >> here is the thing to me does not get pressure because he is finding his own campaign. that's why people are so attracted to what he is saying and what his policy proposals are. they do not come prepackaged from anybody. >> while that's true. it's a little inconsistent. he raised his own taxes and taxes on hedge funds. obama said that we would call it socialism. i'm anxious to see what he comes out with, wondering who is preparing it for him. he can hire the best minds and finances to come up with a great tax plan, so i'm anxious to see what he says and if it is consistent with some of the statements he has

a big mistake, from peter, dis-inviting mr. trump. not a huge supporter, but he's america's best hope and i'm thinking that trump is the only person who request save the countries. the remark dis-inviting trump showed how skewed the political process is. maybe you should ask the c-word not to ask gotcha questions. >> all right, litsdz talk to these folks very familiar with politics. one here with me is the publisher of the federalist and co-founder of redstate.com. erick erickson, liz, ben, let me begin with you, were you surprised how much support trump is getting despite those comments to dom lemon last night? >> i'm not really surprised. from my opinion, donald trump has been the expression of rage on the part of frustrated voters. he kind of spoke to them in their sort of faux populist way. he doesn't have to get into specs. he can say all these politically incorrect things but there is a difference between being politically correct and a jerk. he's shown himself to be a jerk over the past several days when it comes to his relatio

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 clinton

trump and we set about immigration, hurts the party and the brain. what about this back and forth continues with him going after megan kelly, not responding to roger ailes has stepped in. other fox anchors have stepped in. does seem and what you said her to the republican, the republican party with women? >> guest: i'm now at abc news contributor but i have many friends at fox including megan kelly. love, i don't think what donald trump sai's that is to say for. i wouldn't advise. i don't like the way. it doesn't seem very intelligent to pick a fight with her. what's the point? they're doing their job the summer doing their job more fairly than others the politicians -- ronald reagan, an awful lot of people said a lot of nasty things about ronald reagan when he was running. i don't recall the person picking fights with individuals, men and women. he just said, ridiculous, attitude. it may show a little thin-skinned on donald trump sport. roger ailes and donald trump are pretty savvy as far as ratings. i'm not minimizing roger ailes. when he says you

mr. trump: he was a terrific guy. i met him a few times and i think his policy and demeanor, there was something very solid about him. mark: if you look across the history of the u.s., who is the treasury secretary you think was the best? mr. trump: i think we have had some good ones and some bad ones. i don't think i have an opinion on that. beautifullots of pictures on beautiful bills and we will see whether that works out, but i have no real opinion about that. federal reserve right now in this world, probably has more of an impact than any other position other than a couple of biggies. john: what do you think of reuben ruben? was he a good treasury secretary? mr. trump: he was a smart guy and went with citibank and then citibank crashed after he joined , so that hurt his reputation. he's a smart guy and i think he worked hard at it. he left and the world cratered, so does he get point inductions for that? we have to take a look at it. certainly citibank did not do very well. olivia: we in the media have not been t

mr. trump leading by a lot. 26% to 15% over jeb bush with scott walker third. and john kasich who happens to be governor of state where the debate takes place. he barely squeaks in. the latest monmouth survey showing donald trump with 26% support. gove

here's what mr. trump alleges is going on. he says that it is cheaper for a technology firm like a facebook or google or microsoft to be fair here to hire from overseas, pay 20-40% less know this they would an american worker, give them that visa for a short amount of time. send them back to country of origin, done deal, good for business, what do you say? >> absolutely right. right on the money, it is cheaper to bring in h1-b workers than hire americans. cheryl: what about science, technology, mathematics engineers, some studies are pointing to 74% of them working in fields other than chosen professions because of the h1-b visa. >> the truth is that the people that are coming in, that mr. trump talks about are paid under the law. and in the engineering field, they get 9% higher than the average engineer. yes, many stem graduates are. cheryl: isn't that a competitive environment, it is better for the company. if i'm the ceo, it's better to hire someone from overseas than send them back? >> it's better for you and the country t

the things that people really wanted to hear from mr. trump. they didn't really get that opportunity. mostly because they decided to distract by talking about really what amounts to nonsense. >> but isn't the moderator's job to press the candidates on a whole variety of topics not to just kind of tee up for what the candidates want to talk about? >> well the answer is yes. but we should really be -- this is a gop presidential debate. this isn't talking about an old story about a feud that goes back years which has, you know a long history to it. it's just not presidential. and it didn't make any sense to at least the many many viewers that sent out tweets and e-mails and so on. it just didn't make any sense. >> in the past there have been questions raised about language that donald trump has used even during this race against other candidates. i'm not talking about feuds with rosie o'donnell and stuff like that but even in his response to last night he retweeted somebody who had tweeted calling megyn kelly a bimbo. is that something that a pres

here's his question for trump. dear mr. trump, why do you say, excuse me, when you really mean, shut up, i'm interrupting now. he goes excuse me, like every other paragraph begins with excuse me and then he pushes through. >> right will this be your first presidential election that you vote in? >> my second. >> second as well. >> old are you? >> 20. >> wait a minute, how can you be 20 voting in your second presidential election. >> second election but first presidential election. >> yes. >> second. i'm 21. >> okay. you have been at this for a while. >> here's another one from michael moskowitz. he says to trump, say i'm undocumented do i get a letter, a call, a knock on the door, a hearing, 30 days, 10 days and mo, this is one of the things he's not talking about. how are you going to physically get these people, 11 million and drag out of here. >> he is a very blunt talker. i think whatever trump says will go. we're not hearing much, but we're supposed to take his word for it. so -- >> isabella, you get to witness another

trump is their front-runner. 22%. walker at 19%. fiorina at 7%. mr. trump is getting a lot of conservative votes 678 they say he's not one of us, he's a fraud, but he's getting conservative votes plus the outsiders. carson is doing well. let's look at new hampshire. trump is on top. then you go bush, kasich, cruz, fiorina. guys that have titles, kasich, at 12%. let's go to jeb bush. he's at the iowa state far. 5% of the polls. part of his strategy, forget the drama. pat buchanan challenged my dad, john mccain challenged my brother. you had bachmann. he said forget it. let it go away. he made the case, sure my brother invaded iraq, maybe you don't like that, but in the end the surge was working and obama and hillary clinton blew it. >> where was secretary of state clinton during all of this? like the president himself. she opposed the surge and then joined in claiming the success, then stood by as the allied american forces was thrown away. in all of her record-setting travels, she stopped by iraq exactly once. >> a lot of people make the case, even cr

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. scott walker agrees. what's your response? >> 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. if you really get down to the important stuff. 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. the relationship has been amazing in terms of thousands of employees and top level employees. i was one of the first people in the construction industry to put women in charge of major construction 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. she then ran for the senate and nobody talks about that. she lost in a landslide. other than that, i wish her well.