that helps donald trump. jeb bush probably needs to pick on scott walker or one of the other former governors and see if he can get a little bit of -- a little bit more energy going on the stage. >> all right, margaret. what about carly fiorina, one of the most captivating candidates to emerge from round one. she's on the main stage. she's getting a lot more publicity but the poll numbers, at least nationally, haven't seemed to move that much. >> carly's biggest challenge, biggest goal, is to solidify her status as a top-tier candidate. look, she has all the advantages she needs. she's an outsider from washington, the electorate is craving someone who is not a professional politician. and it's easy to break away from the kid's table like she did last time. she's got to keep that going forward so she can really solidify herself as a credible, top-tier candidate. her biggest risk, look, she's got to answer to some of the hits against her that donald trump, frankly because he's donald trump, has picked up steam.

grow up, donald trump, grow up. >> even glenn beck has had enough of donald trump. but glenn beck clings to the optimism that donald trump might someday actually grow up. glenn beck's disgust with trump comes on a day when donald trump continues to explore what he can get away with saying no other presidential candidate can say. this time about the only republican woman running for president and rolling stone showed the scene of the trump entourage on the trump jet watching carly fiorina on tv. look at that face, he cries, would anyone vote for that? can you imagine that the face of our next president. the laughter grows haunting and fantd me hind him. she's a woman andite i'm not supposed to say bad things but come on, are we serious. donald trump made the rounds on tv doing his vision of damage control. pretending what he said, look at that face, he didn't mean that face. >> probably i did say something about that. i am talking about persona, not look. when she and other people hit me on things no one comes to my defense. >> you come to your defense. >> carly had

we are still waiting on donald trump. he was supposed to do a walk through, but turns out one of his aides is doing that before. so yet again donald trump shedding the trappings of a traditional candidate not doing this debate walk-through. look, we're at a really interesting point for the donald trump candidacy. it seems to be setting in to him that this is real. he's really running for president. and there's a lot at stake. and i think tonight he's going to try to walk this line of appearing more presidential, of being a little bit more disciplined and sort of teasing some of these policy specifics while still being himself. you know, there's a certain trump flare, trump straight talk that has gotten him as high as he is in the polls. and he still wants to be true to that while also making people think of him as the republican nominee as a general election candidate, wolf. >> sara, don't go too far away. let's bring in the chairman of the republican national committee reince priebus who's with us as well. by the way, do

donald trump: beautiful. [applause] donald trump: she did a good job. look at this guy. tim scott: as you know, the way this works, i ask the questions from the audience members. they committed questions. my goal is to make sure we get through as many of these have possible. we are looking for thorough answers. we start with a question from samantha bailey. , when you immigration look at the challenges we face in this country, what would be three other priorities that you would have? donald trump: we have to get rid of some of the debt. we are up to $19 trillion. we have a country in serious trouble. [applause] donald trump: i want to get rid of obamacare. we want to repeal it. [applause] donald trump: we want to replace it with something terrific and we have a lot of options. your premiums are going through the roof. right? one person said 55%. the third thing can be the military. we want to build up the military. i say it all the time. it will be my strength. everyone says jobs will be my strength. cnn did a poll i was through the roof with jobs and leadership. a littl

all eyes, of course, are on donald trump. the republican front runner giving a hint today that he is interested in using tonight's debate to show a different side of himself. >> i think i can tone it down a little bit when pressed. i think i have a great temperment. you couldn't build a great business like i built if you didn't have great temperment. i think sometimes i can tone it down and hit a little less hard. >> but others sound like they plan to hit plenty hard. scott walker's campaign telling nbc if he gets the chance to mix it up he's going to. since the last debate walker has fallen from being one of the top contenders to the bottom of the polls. all 11 candidates on that stage tonight have a whole lot at stake. here is what they say they're planning. >> i don't think my strategy is going to change at all. it is going to be to tell the truth and to talk about my vision for america. >> i think mr. trump is going to be hearing quite a lot from me. >> i am going to mix it up because i like to rumble and make sure people

jueves frente a las avenido oficina de donald trump. >>> hay un patrÓn de conducta que el seÑor donald trump es responsable. >>> y es que segÚn la demanda entablada en una corte del bronx el principal agresor identificado coidentifico es el jefe de seguridad del donald trump. >>> estamos demandando a donald trump a su campaÑa sus empresas y au jefe de seguridad por agresiÓn y violacion de derechos civiles. >>> para notero fer ir con el proceso legal la organices ha cancelado una manifestaciÓn para el 15 de septiembre. >>> originalmente, donald trump habÍa dicho que, demando ria al activista que denunciÓ la agresiÓn pero no hizo comentarios al respecto. >>> un jurado determinarÁ si falla o favor o en contra cuando los inmigrantes y donald trump se encuentra en en los tribunal. >>> en new york para telemundo. >>> gracias isolda. >>> bueno saben que donald trump sigue generando controversia el presidente candidato presidente

going after donald trump. what's so interesting is the huge crowd here in anaheim at the convention center in deep blue california and a lot of people in the crowd here said they would not vote for trump under any circumstances, that they love that ben carson is this calm cool reasoned voice in the race. they don't like trump's tone. be really interesting to see whether or not this is actually the moment where trump and carson just really start going at it and whether the polls start to change and we see trump slide a bit. >> any idea how many people showed up at that event in anaheim that's under way right now? >> reporter: i know about 8,000 people rsvp'd. there's some empty seats but it's a big crowd and a lot of excited people in line who say they are committed to carson. a lot of them. not as much candidate shopping as you might see in iowa or new hampshire. >> fascinating development. we'll get back to you and monitor that rally out there for dr. ben carson. hillary clinton is now trying to get out from

donald trump keeps calling him low energy. he is living up to donald trump's name-calling. how does he get out of that? >> he will have to use his money. he has got more money than anybody. assuming trump doesn't really dip deep into his fortune. and he is also going to have to rely on bush world, which is this enormous network of republicans in every state, they have been around since the elder bush's career. but even then, it's going to be tough, eric. he has fallen far. many, many people say they will not vote for him, under any conditions. and only scott walker seems to have collapsed more than jeb bush has. >> all right. we're going to have to leave it right there. caitlin and larry, thank you very much. straight ahead, g.o.p. presidential candidates bobby jindal and carlie fiorina. how do they plan to take donald trump down? up next. take a look at these bbq trophies: best cracked pepper sauce... most ribs eaten while calf roping... yep, greatness deserves recognition. you got any trophies, cowboy? ♪ whoomp there it is uh, yeah... well, uh, well there's this one. be

donald trump first place by a lot. the street, the street donald trump 52%. that's a lot when you have all of these guys. that's a lot. it's not against two people. it's against -- donald trump 5 2% and then slate and that's also donald trump. so we had a great time. >> well from there he took questions, the first one is getting comments tonight. take a look. >> so i'm really honored by the crowd and we're going to have some fun now because instead of making the speech, which i've been doing over and over and over. i want to take questions. don't we like that? right? okay. all right. let's start with this group right over here. come on. okay. this man. i like this guy. >> amen, okay, we have a problem in this country, it's called muslims. we know our current president is one. >> right. >> you know he's in the even an american, birth certificate, man, but anyway, we have training camps growing where they want to kill us. >> uh-huh. >> that's my question. when can we get rid of them? >> we'll look at a lot of different things and a lot of people are saying that

donald trump. donald trump has take answer couple stabs at jeb bush. our reporter sara muir rmurray s in the room with donald trump. we expect him to take questions which is significant because this is the first time he's had a town hall in new hampshire since he was asked a very hateful question about muslims which he chose not to challenge. he's expected to take questions. we'll bring that to you live. in the meantime, as these two town halls are going on, i want to go now to our panel of guests, katrina peterson, republican strategist and former rnc communication strategist doug high and s.e. cupp. good to have all of you with us. >> thank you. >> doug, he came out swinging talking about polls. that's the donald trump we all know. right, live speech, he comes out with the polls. today he had the ammunition. suffolk university, he's solidly in the lead, up six points since july. at the same time, you see jeb bush falling. this is a significant lead in his poll. are you surprised? >> i'm not surpr

donald trump, another ad campaign against donald trump from the club for growth. it's an outside group, they're going after him, saying falsely advertising that i will raise taxes, that's what trump says about this ad campaign they have just launched. take a look at donald trump's tweets. when you attack donald trump, get ready to be hit back even harder. >> right. look, one of the things that this helps donald trump with is his able to say, i'm the anti-establishment guy, i'm the one that's going against all of the money interest, all of the washington insiders are gearing up. sort of plays perfectly into his message. and the other interesting thing about it is that they're going to put, you know, a couple -- a million dollars into ads out in iowa but with one tweet, donald trump can counter that and doesn't have to spend a dime. it's a fascinating dynamic to watch as part of modern campaigns and how the trump campaign is using it to their advantage. >> he doesn't have to spend money for advertising because he go on television. unlike other candidate whose are af

all of just met a donald trump. he might be a family member who embarrasses us regularly, he's the person you probably don't want to take home to mother and the idea of that guy being seriously considered as a candidate for the president of the united states is inconceivable. look at that face he recently said about fellow candidate carly fiorina. he called rosie o'donnell a slob and a pig. it doesn't matter what's written about you as long as you've got a young and beautiful piece of ass said the man seeking the job of leader of the free world. these are a few comments made by donald trump over the last several years, that an overtly sexist candidate continues to poll so well among potential caucus goers reflects negatively on all of us. it's increasingly difficult to believe he could garner support from any male with a mother, daughter, wife, or sister let alone support from any female. the way he talks about the opposite sex is disgraceful. then again, maybe it's just that time of the month for this editorial boa

now, pure, uncut, 100 proof donald trump. tom foreman shows us trump's world in his words. >> they rip us off. they take our money. they make us look like fools. >> reporter: donald trump talking about iran and the nuclear deal, but he might have been talking about any number of countries. on the trail he is relentlessly describing the world. >> they're bringing drugs. they're bringing crime. >> reporter: his comments about undocumented mexican immigrants made headlines recently. last year he was railing against russia. >> i mean putin has eaten obama's lunch therefore our lunch for a long period of time. >> reporter: in iraq and syria, he are ggued for bombing of ass held by isis. >> i would bomb the hell out of the oil fields. i wouldn't send many troops. you won't need them by the time i got finished. >> reporter: he favors renewed relations with cuba though he insists there and everywhere else the u.s. is making bad deals. >> i know the best negotiators in the world. one for each country. believe me we well do very, very

between donald trump and me. i'm a proven conservative with a record. he isn't. i cut taxes every year. he's proposed the largest tax increase in mankind's history, not just our own country's history. >> tonight we'll see if it's all shadow boxing or if one of those jabs will land. they've been riding on escalators going in opposite directions. and this debate could tell us if jeb bush is headed for an exit. >>> still to come, decoding the debate. we'll have your guide to the republican showdown and a bush super pac gets called out for its outsourced american imagery. the details ahead. stay tuned. >>> i'm mary thompson. stocks rise as the fed begins its two-day meeting. the dow climbing 140 points. the s&p adding 17 and the nasdaq closing 28 points higher. they're deciding whether or not to raise interest rates for the first time in nine years. chair janet yellen is due to hold a news conference after the central bank's statement is released at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. >>> and oracle shares are lower after hours. the

and donald trump. number two, the next debate is on cnbc, donald trump did well on the first debate, not so well on the second, heading into the third more of a player and more center stage and more of a driving force in the race and as he said to erin burnett, this is in his wheelhouse. as this gets analyzed, there will be people who say it explodes the deficit. people will say you never get the economic growth you want for it. we'll see how it plays, trump is trying to get back as the driving force. amanda, jeb bush released a tax with plan not that wildly different with than this one but it didn't get with nearly the attention that this is getting, so is this the trump effect we're seeing here? >> well, certainly, whatever donald trump has a way of getting more attention than the others but i think the easiest way to think about this plan is that a, it's very much like jeb bush's plan and collapses the brackets from seven to four and has a big healthy dose of populism on top in terms of wiping out t

that was donald trump. speaking in rochester, new hampshire, a town hall event, taking questions from voters in a traditional new hampshire-style, you know one-on-one. intimate but large gathering. we talk about donald trump the economy, and who can best fix the situation we're in. your reaction, richards, to whether trump is right when he said he won the whole thing last night judging by internet. >> you cannot judge off this debate. you have to see polls, how american people viewed him. i think that big winner last night was chris christie, too bad for him this bump is not going to be enough to put him in totop tier candidates. because he has opinion so weak. trish: he is not bad in that debate-like setting, he goes into an attack mode, as opposed to giving a strategy, we saw this last. >> we did. it worked out for him in the first one, i don't know if it was three hours, and people could not take it how long it went. i think that real winner from last night was hillary clinton. th went through and looked

donald trump. if he becomes the republican nominee. so they can call it the trump republican party and that works for them. i'm not so sure it works for the other republican candidates. particularly, jeb bush who's been going mono-e-mono against trump on immigration, for example. hillary clinton could use it against jeb bush on the issue of imgags saying, wait, you said you would support a guy because he wants to build a wall so, you know, i think this works for trump to a degree and not sure it works for the other republican candidates and sure works for the democrats. >> well, anna, let me turn to you because you support jeb bush. would trump signing this pledge now that he's done it change the race dynamics, do you think? >> i don't think so at all because i think there is no doubt that every other person on that stage was going to support the republican nominee. the only person who left it up to a question was donald trump. he was the only one person who raised his hand. for everybody else, the

donald trump, first place by a lot. the street, donald trump, 52%. that's a lot when you have all of these guys. that's a lot. it's not against two people. it's against donald trump, 52%. then you have slate. %-p. >> from there, he took questions. the first one is getting quite a lot of comments tonight. take a look. >> i've been making speeches over and over and over again. let's go to this man. i like this guy. >> amen, okay. we have a big problem in this count country. it's called muslims. we know our current president is one. >> right. >> we know he's not even an american. >> we needed this question, first question. >> but anyway, we have training camps brewing with people who want to tell us. that's my question. when can we get rid of them? >> a lot of people are saying that and a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening out there. we're going to be looking at that and plenty of other things. go ahead. >> so i have the question about the trump wall. >> trump wall? >> when it comes to paying off debt -- >> trump wall? see, that's wh

but donald trump went after him today. that gave rick perry a reason to go on television which he did just after donald trump's remarks to answer donald trump's contention that he, governor rick perry is about to jump out of the presidential race. it didn't go well. >> joining me now former texas governor rick perry. do you want to make news today on the real story? is donald trump right? are you getting out of the race? >> you know, a broken clock is right once a day. >> how many times a day? come on, governor. come on. >> are you getting out of the race? >> you know, a broken clock is right once a day. so the bottom line is i'm still here, still working. >> god bless him. governor rick perry had to let go of the staff member whose job it was to remind him about the numerical ending of common american idioms. wait until the bird in hand versus birds in bushes things. that's a tough one in terms of the map. rick perry is having a hard time. more on the question of whether or not his campaign is over later in the show. toni

trump, donald trump, donald trump! >> reporter: a new poll from abc news and "the washington post" shows him with a health 13-point lead over ben carson but carson has a healthy lead over the rest of them. less healthy, jeb bush pulling down at 8%. tough news for bush going into wednesday's cnn debate where a strong performance could be crucial after what critics consider a lackluster job in the first debate. >> maybe the bar is higher for me. that's fine. >> reporter: new bush is getting his wife columba into the mix. >> we go to church every sunday. we have celebrations. >> reporter: as she speaks about their family while jeb speaks in spanish. [speaking foreign language]. >> reporter: it's not just good news in the national polls for donald trump but in the key early state of new hampshire, as well, the latest university poll gives him an 11-point edge with carson gaining ground at second. trump will bring polls and pop to dallas tonight, a rally two days before the big debate. but it's not all rosie for trump, one

a new poll has him at 32%. >> donald trump, donald trump, and donald trump. mark: in our ongoing attempt to understand the trump phenomena, we partnered with our colleagues at purple strategies into the best and did a focus group last night with 12 donald backers in new hampshire. >> when you hear him call mexicans rapists, does that bother people? >> didn't bother me. >> what would a trump presidency look like? >> classy. i think he would bring a lot back. >> i look forward to it. >> it's an interesting thing every day. mark: what, if anything, will pierce his teflon? al: he is successfully parlaying a sense of anger and anxiety and there's a healthy dose of racism and what he is doing. >> a normal candidate in trouble with the stuff. john: in ames, iowa, mark asked trump about his suggestion mccain is no war hero. will trump survive this? will he thrive for will he take a dive? mark: as someone who likes donald trump before this, i can't imagine this will turn them off. john: with all due respect to macy's, you can take the donald off of your shelves, but y

are about donald trump, trying to get a fight with donald trump. and eventually they had to take over the show. from jake. watch. >> while i'm as entertained as anyone by this personal back and forth about the history of donald and carly's career, for the 55-year-old construction worker out in that audience tonight who doesn't have a job, who can't fund his child's education, i got to tell you the truth, they could care less about your careers. they care about theirs. the middle class in this country is getting plowed over by barack obama and hillary clinton. let's start talking those issues tonight and stop this childish back and forth between the two of you. >> now are you saying that you haven't -- that the knowledge to be the president that mr. trump does not have? >> well, you should ask some questions in detail about the foreign policy issues a president will confront. >> if i were sitting at home and watching this back and forth i'd be inclined to turn it off. i don't know, i think a lot of people -- >> actually i didn't have a problem with

it's donald trump? >> in many cases, i probably identify more as a democrat. >> trump wants us to think he's mr. tell it like it is, but he has a record. and it's very liberal. he's really just playing us for chumps. trump, just another politician. >> in many cases, i probably identify more as a democrat. >> this is the kind of well funded right win attack that any typical candidate would fear. but donald trump is not a typical candidate. and he doesn't seem to be afraid of anything right now. joining us to discus, ezra klein, editor in chief and a policy analyst. and back with us, david and james. anne, starting with you, what's the significance of this kind of conservative attack in iowa for trump? >> i think so far everybody who's tried to attack trump has found themselves back on their heels. i think it's fascinating to see some of the leading voices of the republican party take this stance. i mean, you mentioned this in your intro that the republican party for weeks was wringing their hands, trying

a 180 from donald trump. cool, calm, mild-mannered. >> he's not the opposite. >> have you looked at the two of them side-by-side? even their hair is opposite. >> one of them is real light skinned. and one of them is real dark. >> there you go. they are the opposite. sq >> here's what they have in common. neither one of them know anything. >> come on, the guy is a neurosurgeon. he's a brilliant doctor, peer-reviewed. he's not an idiot. >> but that doesn't make you president. >> let me be clear. i don't want to get attacked by the right wing, too. i never said ben carson was an idiot. if he's running for brain surgeon or chief of surgery, i'm down with it. >> based on what? >> who knows what it's like to be president until you're actually president. no one knows that. >> very articulate on his policies. >> let him answer the question. >> offering general platitudes saying i'll give you a great deal in iran. you'll have the best immigration protection you've ever seen is different than knowing basic policy tenur

except donald trump. and it's, what's remarkable is that he is actually crafted this image of himself more than being a businessman. a marketer. right? he crafted this image of himself he is this straight talker who is going to be the honest guy. the honest broker. he doesn't speak in a polished way. like ordinary folks. he went on the view today and said he would defund planned parenthood and have joy behar invite him back to talk in person. >> if you are going to be the straight talk guy. be the straight talk guy. don't pretend as if everybody is stupid for understanding what you actually say. if you say, you're saying to your cronies and according to the reporter, yes men, talking about her face. just own up to it. >> yeah, but he know the consequences of owning of to it, perhaps, right? look, he can say he is doing really well with republican women. which he is. but if you look at the poll numbers of women overall, favorable, unfavorable, he has got a 58% unfavorable. he is underwater by 27 points wit

donald trump is not speaking of that. donald trump knows the issue. the issue is that wall. it has to be built. he knows that moving them out is not something that can't happen, it has to happen. >> the how, to you, you think he'll figure out? >> he's a business man, he's a builder. he's an engineer. he knows exactly how it will be done. besides, moving them out isn't really the issue. we've got to build that wall. we need that wall built. we need it done. everything starts at the wall. inside that wall things will start to develop. things will start -- together, it will become focused for the u.s. >> mario, gale, jacob, thanks for coming in. >>> we have so much more of our continuing debate coverage. let's get right to it. >> more energy tonight, like that. >> i dare hillary clinton, barack obama to watch these tapes. >> i'm a republican in new jersey. >> and this about is changing the system. >> his visceral response to attack people on their appearance. >> i never attacked him on his look. >> we are in fact the a-team. >> 40 years ago i smoke marijuana. >> first thing i'm

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donald trump has run zero of them. he's also not created a network of super pacs like all the other candidates have. he has not started aid campaign fund-raising operation of his pon campaign. tonight he is racing money. tonight his speech on that ship is a fund-raiser but not for him or for his presidential campaign. it is a fund-raiser for someone else and that turns out to be a very weird story. which starts in south dakota in the 2014 senate race? south dakota. that was a really weird senate race. democratic senator tim johnson announced he wouldn't run for re-election. republican governor of the state then announced he would run for the seat but he was embroiled in this complicated corruption scandal and his administration in addition to him, a former republican u.s. senator had been really popular in south dakota but left office almost 20 years ago decided he would run as an independent. then there was this awesome democratic candidate who barnstormed the state and did these little music videos and concertser fro

the establishment made donald trump. the establishment of the republican party and the democratic party and the media establishment. we have let down voters. they are upset with the political and media elite. they have created a huge vacuum for someone to step in and fill the hunger. that is what trump has done, starting with a let down on our part and then it is more complicated. >> it reflects trump's media mastery because he knows how to drive a news cycle and for be interesting and entertaining and insulting enough that when he does give a speech or hold a press conference it is not the typical carefully calculated politician speak which gets the ratings. >> you are hitting on a point that there is symmetry, some commonness in the voter and media. the media and voters love clarity and he gives that. we love covering celebrities and our culture is celebrity-ized. journalists lover what is new, the beginning of the first three leters of new, different, argumentor and voters want something new. in addition, the media ou

. >> and donald trump is the guy to take down. >> and i make good deals, and it is ale talent, and -- it is a t i am fighting nice people and believe me, they don't have it. they don't have it. >> and in the end, he needs a record and has to be serious about it. >> and he has to be a conservative and there is nothing conservative about donald trump. >> i hope that we focus more on the issues. >> we respect to the pollsters and the media people, neither of them decide the elections, and voters do. >> hello, everybody. i'm ashleigh banfield, and welcome to the sen e ter of the political universe for the next couple of hours. anyway, this hour on cnn, 15 republican candidates for president are going to start showing up at the scene on the right-hand side of the screen. the ronald reagan presidential library, and they will be taking brief tours of that massive stage right there, and they are going to be sharing in back-to-back cnn debates beginning in a few hour, and for some of them, this stage could with be the springboard, and for others, this stage could be the last stand. here's a re

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there is john kasich and there is, of course, donald trump. we're back again with john king, gloria boringer, mallika, in terms of what you anticipate. how aggressive do you see some candidates tonight going after donald trump? >> in someways, they box themselves into a corner already because they have been so aggressive with donald trump. they have done it on instagram and in interviews. so in someways, if they don't come into this debate ready to bring the same kind of fire and punch to what

that donald trump had dropped out. oh, wait a minute. that was just for today. >> now, trump's campaign said he canceled today because he's in the middle of a big business deal, which a source tells me will be announced next week. and while he stayed quiet on last night's questioner all day, trump's campaign did release a position paper on the second amendment, a press release about winning a lawsuit. so, jim, it would have been quite easy for them to release a statement about the controversy we've been talking about all day, the fact that he didn't, there's no way it's an accident. he clearly sees all of this discussion and him letting it fester as a political plus for him. >> donald trump tweeted as well about good poll numbers. dana bash, "outfront" in washington. >>> a spokeswoman for the tea party leadership, katrina, i have to ask you, you saw the moment from 2008 when senator john mccain was asked a similar question. he immediately corrected the questioner. don't the candidates have an obligation to correct fals

then they asked donald trump what do you want your nickname to be, donald trump doesn't misa beat and he says humble. >> never, never, never, never. that's not trump. that's not what it's going to be. nicole wallace, the overall tonight for the republican party, is this a more serious step towards the nomination than the first debate was? >> yeah, and you take the first and the second debate together, and i think in that whole evening of commentary and back and forth, you have the kasich against trump, carly, jeb, others have delivered it. and so it's up to the voters. but i think you saw a lot of substance tonight. >> all right, now time for analysis from people who have actually seen the whole debate.

donald trump has been very, very consistent. he doesn't go after these other republican presidential candidates unless they go after him. they say something negative about him, he bounces right back and hits them much, much harder. so i suspect tomorrow night he's going to wait. he's going to be in the room, you and i were there, he's going to see what's going on. if somebody goes after him, whether it's a marco rubio or somebody, i don't think it will be necessarily marco rubio, but if it's someone who goes after him, he'll bounce right back. >> i bet we'll see pouncing. coming up for us, not just candidates it is their fans. see how the superfans are showing their candidate loyalty. technology empowers us to achieve more. it pushes us to go further. special olympics has almost five million athletes in 170 countries. the microsoft cloud allows us to immediately be able to access information, wherever we are. information for an athlete's medical care, or information to track their personal best. with microsoft cloud, we save mil

donald trump taking heat and firing back. we're live at the reagan library in california. >>> a developing story from south america. powerful earthquake shakes chile. strong after shocks still going. the death toll rising. a million people forced from their homes and the effect here in the u.s. >>> and also new this half hour, a well-known comedian comes clean about 9/11. he wasn't there after all and he's apologizing for the lie. but it may still cost him. >>> and should he just stick to music? kanye west shakes up new york fashion week with an army themed collection. how do you look in beige? that's in "the skinny" on this thursday, september 17th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning. we begin with the debate, number two for the republican presidential hopefuls trying to distinguish themselves in a three-hour primetime face-off. donald trump. >> three hours. >> -- told a reporter that it was longer than "gone with the wind." >> that's pretty long. he looked exhausted by the end of it. by the way, t

one of the big questions is donald trump, which donald trump will we see on that stage? our sarah murray caught up with trump and asked if we will see a nicer guy. listen. >> we have no idea. we'll see how everyone else behaves. >> you think you will be in their sights, in their target? >> that's what everybody says. we'll see what happens. >> in their sights, in their targets. mark, do you think we will see a donald trump pile on tonight? >> i think for many candidates, we actually have to see some type of a pile on. for folks like rand palm and folks such as mike huckabee, from scott walker, many thought would be the front-reasoner at this point in the race. they need to have some electricity. they need to do something. they need to excite their donors, right now, donald trump is sucking all the air out of the debate. >> rand paul said i don't think i was tough enough. >> i don't think so, it's interesting the moment in the last debate. it was christie and rand paul that went at it. it's interesting to hear rand paul to say she a rumbleer. we'll see if he is tonight. >

donald trump keeps calling him low energy. he is living up to donald trump's name-calling. how does he get out of that? >> he will have to use his money. he has got more money than anybody. assuming trump doesn't really dip deep into his fortune. and he is also going to have to rely on bush world, which is this enormous network of republicans in every state, they have been around since the elder bush's career. but even then, it's going to be tough, eric. he has fallen far. many, many people say they will not vote for him, under any conditions. and only scott walker seems to have collapsed more than jeb bush has. >> all right. we're going to have to leave it right there. caitlin and larry, thank you very much. straight ahead, g.o.p. presidential candidates bobby jindal and carlie fiorina. how do they plan to take donald trump down? up next. dave's been working on his game, and starting each day with a delicious bowl of heart healthy kellogg's raisin bran. how's your cereal? sweet! tastes like winning. how would you know what winning tastes like? invest in your heart health,

donald trump said nothing. he stayed away from the question. >> she has said clearly that he is a christian and that she doesn't believe he's a muslim and he was born in the united states. >> she's in a democrat primary too. >> don -- i'm just -- i am your basic con gregationalist, is it true, does someone know, if you're the child of a muslim father you are considered a muslim, is that true? >> listen, again, i would say, if you guys want to work on that, you can. i won't even dignify that -- >> you're asking why the perception? his grandfather, which he freely says his grandfather was a muslim which makes in turn his father and himself a muslim. >> that doesn't matter jeffrey. i could be born -- i could be born jewish or muslim or whatever and if i decide one day i want to be a christian -- >> correct. >> as an american. >> i agree with you. >> then i'm a christian. i have something new i want to show you. this is jeb bush responding tonight in michigan. >> barack obama is a talented man. by the way, he's an

moment for donald trump. at the end of the day. >> what about for carly? >> it was a great moment for carly. she showed strength and fits the model of what they need to be whether it's margaret thatcher. toughness and strength. >> you just brought up my political hero, margaret thatcher. i actually and can't believe i'm saying this. i can't believe it because it would be like me comparing a band to the beetles. half way through there i said she could throw into a thatcherite conservative. when i say grow, she's doing better than anybody i've seen but like margaret thatcher, bill would aglee ree is a gold stand. she showed qualities that reminded me of thatcher. >> if you're a smart democrat, you're watching this field, all of them, against the perspective hillary clinton. >> you don't want carly. >> and for sure, the performance of these candidates against the performance of their candidate has to be terrifying for a lot of democrats. we saw the debate taking place in california. >> he's terrifying. >> nbc po

at this point it's really jeb bush battling against donald trump, and donald trump loving all the attention, and having this brawl with the former florida governor. he other 15 are content to sit on the sidelines and see which one might survive and take the next shot at whoever the next front-runner is. >> i think i get it now. general -- jeb! and trump are going to go at it. he could just leave the republican party no matter what he just signed, run as an independent or whatever he wants, take a bunch of voters with him and nothing anybody can do because the pledge doesn't mean anything. >> but to run as an independent or a third-apart candidate there is a colassally heavy lift of getting additional petitions on a timetable show. wouldn't be able to run as a republican very long and collect petitions to run as an independent contemporaneously and not get caught. >> i want to see these elbows being thrown by jeb columbia columbia -- jeb columbia columbia and the rest. >> donald trump says head was inappropriate for jeb bush jeb to be speaking spanish on the trail and he takes great surprise

do you think he would take them home. >> donald trump donald trump is on stage. listen to donald trump. ♪ you're the best around ♪ nothing is going to keep you down ♪ you're the best around ♪ nothing's ever going to keep you down ♪ you're the best around ♪ [cheers and applause] >>> and donald trump, there is, the american airlines center in dallas, texas. the campaign has said 20,000 people have gathered to hear him. the tickets -- they have given the tickets away but they have been selling like hot cakes. certainly got a lot of fans there. got some protesters outside. showed you aerial shots of the protesters, latinos very unhappy saying dump trump that's certainly not the sentiment inside that arena. they are very happy to see donald. and, in all likelihood, is he not going to disappoint. donald trump gets up there and unlike virtually any other candidate. he doesn't have prepared remarks, no teleprompter. here he goes. >> wow. wow. [cheers and applause] >> amazing. amazing. thank you. wow. >> so exciting. you noticed what's missing tonight? telepro

donald trump is shallow. he has no understanding of policy. donald trump is insecure and weak. lou: joining us now to talk about those remarks, republican presidential candidate governor bobby jindal, former assistant secretary for the department of health and human services in the bush administration. former u.s. congressman, and two term governor of the state street global advisors of louisiana, and recent polls show the governor gaining more support in iowa. he plans to visit all 99 counties in his campaign. governor, good to have you with us. >> always great to be with you, thank you for having me back. lou: delighted to talk with you. let's start with -- i mean that was a broadside of broadsides against trump. what provoked it. he seems otherwise such a quiet and self-effacing fella. [ laughter ] >> let me say why it was so important for me to do that. i think this is incredibly important moment for our country. we've got a great opportunity. the left has run the economy into the ground, they destroyed our foreign policy. the idea of america is slipping away from us. there

donald trump was just on fox. listen to this. >> it was a little bit like wwe, the great vince mcmahon who was a terrific guy. and every question had to do with me. it was mr. trump said this. mr. trump. i think they said 46% of the questions had something like that. i thought it was a little bit unusual. >> what's your reaction, bob? >> he thought it was unusual they were going to ask a lot of questions about donald trump? donald trump has absolutely dominated the political arena for the republicans. of course they'll ask him a lot of questions. i don't think they asked him some tougher questions. they could have. i'll tell you again, the guy defies the law of political gravity. he gets away with this stuff. i don't think it's going to last forever. so far he's been able to wade through policy issues and not come up with a single policy and people think he has. >> katrina, the day after the debate and the headlines weren't all about donald trump. were you surprised? >> no, i'm not surprised at all. we knew going

what do you think of what donald trump told "60 minutes"? >> i think donald trump is not a bigot. i don't believe he wants to spend his time talking about this issue. in fact, when i was on the stage, don, with jake and dana and the enormously successful debate with 24 million people, there wasn't one bigot on that stage. there isn't one bigot in the republican field. some are more artful than others about expressing what article 6 of the constitution says, which is anyone born of american parents is eligible to be president. but i like to remind people, thousands of americans have gone and fought and died for the freedom of muslim people in afghanistan, in iraq, and we're now trying to figure out how to stop the savage murder of millions of muslims and cops and others in the middle east by the syrian dictator assad. i think it's kind of a side-show issue. donald trump yesterday, i didn't bring this up. i did get some interesting -- >> he seems to be saying in the "60 minutes" interview that there is a problem with muslims. >> i didn't hear it that way at all. i think i heard him

donald trump can be donald trump, but none of these other candidates can beat him at this point. he is in complete, absolute complete control of the republican battle space. >> what does that mean for the republican party, to have donald trump as the potential standard-bear standard-bearer. >> and what stops him -- susan, you covered this for the front page of your newspaper and your bureau. and later in the show, we taped this a few minutes ago, an our ago with bill mauer, i decide we let the people decide. i want to know when this act's going to die. because it's certainly not dying, donald trump. >> and we keep predicting. we've predicted over and over again -- >> how does he keep doing this? >> this is too much. the last debate, we thought, he went too far after the debate in the feud with megyn kelly, not true, right? he continued to gain ground. although i think -- >> what is the grossout point? you say what he said about women's menstrual cycles or what everybody thinks he meant and you talk about the president being a psychopath, running a gestapo operation, steve says yo

donald trump at 6'2". normal gestures could cause them to come into physical contact with each other. that's much, much closer than they were in 2012, the standard was 34 inches. in cleveland, 40 inches, twice as much space. and it could potentially get warm inside the room. there's a lot of windows in the room where they are holding the debate. and it will be light on the west coast when doing it. and finally, it's particularly long. so there are some campaigns who are working with younger candidates who feel like the two hours and 40 minutes, there already commercial breaks in between, but the two hours and 40 minutes could give their candidates an advantage over maybe some of the older candidates who could be debating pretty late at night getting a little tired. so i think maybe the final minutes may be something to watch for potential mistakes. >> it will be -- they don't get the charlie christ fan under the podium? >> reporter: the if they did they need to work that out with cnn. >> kacie hunt, thank

an assault on donald trump? >> i think any time you are your candidate's goal to be survival, that is a bad thing. i think you want more than that. one of the problems is bush is he's got to go out and establish his conservative credibility. so many republicans believe that he hasn't done enough to really establish that. and his resume as a conservative golf. i think you will see more of that in this debate. >> what role is ben carson going to take? >> ben carson. he'll be the same, low-key doctor self, without doubt. >> kevin people he's called low key. he's also called sleepy. does he need to turn it up a notch? >> i think ben carson's appeal. people aren't looking for a fire brand. many are looking for a candidate who isn't afraid to be a values candidate. that is the key to support in early primary states. so i think expect personal appeals to those voters from ben carson. >> how about chris christie. what's he going to do? >> wow, that is a good question. i mean i think the thought was originally that he'd