wow, megyn kelly really bombed. people are going wild on twitter. then you retweeted somebody, gives low marks at megyn kelly a bimbo. we can gut her. a lot of miami are wondering about this lauveng when it comes to women. do you worry that that kind of talk might drive some women voters away? >> well, i didn't see the last one. but she's able to take care of herself. she's somebody that you know is pretty tough. i'm sure she can take care of herself. >> you can watch the whole interview, of courseen on cnn.com. i want to read a response that disinvited trump, erick erickson in part saying he is not a professional politician and he's known for being a blunt talker, but there are lines that blunt talkers and unprofessional politicians should not cross, decency one of those line, trump fired back saying not only is erick a total loser, he has a history of supporting establishment lossers in failed campaigns and so it is an honor to be uninvited from that event. mark, in addition to all of this, we'll get to that in a moment, more breaking news now on

less so than megyn kelly and trump. but people wondering what was it like for that moment, and blah, blah. somebody said, i appreciate his candor, i like that he doesn't have boundaries on his talk ints po. that he is a guy who says what he thinks. but is he a guy who i want to have his finger on the button. >> don, one voter's candor is another voter's jerkiness. absolutely, a commander in chief should be blunt, should talk the truth to voters. but they also need -- they need to know how to conduct themselves on the world stage. that's exactly what donald trump has demonstrated he doesn't know how to do. >> that's what the world needs. >> exactly. >> no. people say that's what america needs, someone who is blunt now, straight talking, can tell people like putin where they need to go and they think that donald trump is the answer regardless history onics. >> you know what? those people, don, i think have a limited number within the republican party. though katrina said something that is true, republicans do need to take

i like "the kelly file" much more without megyn kelly. perhaps she can take another 11-day unscheduled vacation. he also retweeted saying she is a bimbo. back in town. i hope not for long. today roger ailes release ad statement saying it was unacceptable, unprovoked, disturbing and said trump should apologize. trump addressed the situation a short time ago. >> i thought her questioning and her attitude was totally inappropriate. so it just, all you have to do is look on the internet and you will see who people favor in that one. but i wouldn't -- it is a very small element in my life, megyn kelly. i don't care about megyn kelly. no, i would not apologize. she should probably apologize to me. i just don't care. >> i don't think she is going to apologize. back with us. roger stone joining us. political commentator, margaret hoover, and cnn correspondent brian, there was this cease fire between trump and fox and roger ailes. i guess it is over? >> definitely over. it lasted a funeral days. maybe they'll try to reach a new truce. for now fox

a point saying leave megyn kelly megyn kelly alone. and here's what rupert -- no. roger ailes said donald trump's surprise and unprovoked attack during her show last night is it's a unacceptable as disturbing. megyn kelly represents the very best of american journalism and all of us at fox news channel reject the crude and irresponsible attempts to suggest otherwise. >> i have to say though. in the exchange tonight, i'm not sure. you say that, some people say ramos got best of trump or trump got best of ramos. i did think in the beginning it made him seem strong, meaning trump. and then to be a gracious person because he allowed him back in to answer as many questions as he really wanted to. >>> that's right. it went on four or five minutes. nobody else was giving that treatment by trump. and i'm sure ramos will say he appreciate that's trump at least let him talk like that and we thank media form clip. it certainly added some texture and context on what we're talking about. thank you. when we come back, donald trump is a $10 billion c

megyn kelly represents the very best of american journalism. trump responded to that, quote, i totally disagree with the fox statement. i do not think megyn kelly is a quality journalist. i think her questioning of me was very unfair. at a press conference he said he would not apologize to kelly. here he goes again. >> no, she should be apologizing to me. but i would not do that. >> why should she apologize to you? >> because i thought her questioning and attitude was totally inappropriate. all you have to do is look at the internet today and you see who people favor in that one.

he is retweeting people about megyn kelly. megyn kelly is out to get you with baited questions. she was angry at you. hosti hostile. he took to the mic. he enjoyed the debate although the fox news trio, especially megyn kelly was not professional. he said megyn kelly bombed and people are going wild on twitter. there was an echo chamber on twitter. confirming what he thought about megyn kelly. he took to the air waves this morning to continue this fight with megyn kelly. >> i thought the questions were unfair, but i can live with it. probably you are number one in the polls and they ask you a tougher question. even the other candidates they got off stage and they said to me, it's amazing that those questions were so unfair. they all felt how unfair those questions were. i enjoyed the evening. i thought they were unfair. that's okay. it was an amazing evening. i'm sure it was a great success. >> reporter: so there you have it. continuing this fight. what's interesting is his immediate response after the debate. his campaign sent out a note saying they felt like he won. he was pre

his fight with megyn kelly was a bit of a distraction. >> some other fox folks speaking out. democratic strategist tweeted this. we have that we can put up. maybe trump wants to be president of a cable network. everyone vacations in august. that's why i'm here in l.a. rick, your take? >> i think this is where trump really begins to lose it. he has great points about washington being a problem and politicians being people that we can't relate to. but when you immediately start acting like you're on "the apprentice" this is a problem. you look at how he would be viewed around the world with this type of attitude. you have to get people to follow you. this whole i won, you lost mentality is terrible and so juvenile that this is where people look at trump and say the entertainment is now going to stop because we have to get serious about electing a president. >> a new fox news poll out today still shows trump with a pretty healthy lead. 25 points nationally among likely republican voters. the next closest candidate is ben carson with 12%. it shows that he's down among women by 3%

his shocking complaint about debate moderator megyn kelly. >> she gets out and she starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions. and you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. >> with republican outrage mounting, will he apologize? i'll ask him in moments. >>> plus, the only woman in the republican race reacts. >> i've had lots implied i was unfit for decision making because maybe i was having my period. >> after a star turn in her debate, can carly fiorina break through? >>> and ohio governor john kasich. he won over the hometown crowd at the debate. will that translate in the polls? >> i do believe in miracles. >> plus the best political team on television will be here with insights from the campaign trail. >>> good morning. i'm jake tapper in washington with the state of our union is tuned in. 24 million people watched thursday's first republican debate. a record, and we are feeling the fallout now. this morning conservatives are pushing back on comments donald trump made on cnn about moderator megyn kelly. redstate.com edi

it shows megyn kelly practically choking or tackling donald trump. do you have a problem with this cover? >> yes, this is ridiculous. i don't know what "the week" is -- >> it's a well read magazine and i guess you want to have a provocative cover. >> maybe i'm just not reading "the week." would a male journalist have that caricature. you think about michele bachman, there's a long history of con seb tif women in the media and i think it's a tasteless cover. >> bernie sanders weighed in on the question of sexism recently having to do with another female candidate. take a listen. >> do those people though who are making a link between her e-mails and trust worthiness, are they mistaken? are they giving into gossip? >> let me be frank, some of it is sexist. i don't know a man would be treated the same way hillary is. >> are attacks on hillary clinton also sexist? >> there's some attacks that have been sexist towards hillary clinton. any woman in political office will have sexist attacks on her. the e-mail leak, i don't see that at all. >> e-mail leak, c

kelly. >> he went on to tweet this about megyn kelly. oh, really, check out innocent at megyn kelly, on discussion at howard stern show. five years ago. i amount innocent pure one. for the record, ms. kelly talked about pregnancy, breast size and the effect on her and her husband's sex life. no apologies from donald trump. criticism from republicans. today, hillary clinton got into the act. senior washington correspondent has that. >> what donald trump said about megyn kelly is outrageous. >> done aald trump spilling int the democratic primary. >> megyn kelly is a strong woman and more than capable of defending herself against donald trump. i'm worried about what republican policies would do to the rest of america's women. and i will continue to speak out and speak out about that. >> today in new hampshire, hillary clinton weighed in for the first time on trump's controversial remarks. >> if you just focus on the biggest showman on the stage, you lose the thread here, the thread is that the republicans are putting forth some very radical

if you watch megyn kelly -- i watch the megyn kelly report. she sits there, obviously very attractive person, but she sits there and judges with almost no expression on her face. she looks just like trump. just like trump in the "apprentice." but she's judging him. you can see it during the debate. it wasn't that she asked him tough questions. she's judging him. and he hated being judged. >> especially by a woman. that's a really good point. i consider it professional. she has a thing she does. it's not everybody's thing. but i don't think it's unprofessional. i don't think it's wrong. she was tough. you were right to predict they might have fireworks. she got him in a particular way. bret baier asked him the toughest question. chris wallace went after his finances. you could say those two guys were tough on him that night. but it's megyn kelly that he can't let alone? there's something psychological here that this woman seemed to put him in his place about other women and he will not leave it go. >> and joan, she was judging him as a person.

he said he meant megyn kelly's nose. you have daughters, i wonder if you have discussed his comments with them. >> we all know they are reprehensible. in my view, just one of many reasons why donald trump is unqualified and unfit to be president of the united states. but brian, this election should be about who is going to protect us from radical islam, who is going to get our economy going again, who is going to end the crony capitalism in washington where the powerful and rich get all the breaks and the average american gets the short end of the stick. who can governor successfully. i ran a deep blue state for 12 years successfully, bringing people together. that's what we need as the next president. not that's right. not reality show. not candidates setting their hair on fire so they can get on tv because that's all you guys talk about. they want to hear about who can lead this country forward and that is me. >> he has a lot of hair to set on fire. governor, thank you for setting the table with us this morning. apprec

by the way, erick erickson has invited megyn kelly in the place of trump. alex, back to you. >> kristen welker thank you. donald trump may have been disinvite bud many other gop hopefuls are taking the stage in atlanta today. we have already heard from former governor mike huckabee and ted cruz and editor of red state erick erickson took to the stage to explain if trump was not going to apologize for his comments he would not be able to take the stage. joining me from atlanta now, msnbc's benjy sarlin. benjy, how is the red state audience gathered there? how are they reacting to trump's absence from today's schedule? >> alex it's been striking. i've been here since thursday where i watched the debate with hundreds of red state activists and attendees and they were cheering wildly for trump then. i heard nothing but wonderful things for the whole next day. show up this morning, erick erickson announces he's disinvited, applause and cheers along a smattering of boos. and it's been frankly hard to find trump supporters. people are upset about that megyn kelly

it says megyn kelly has his full support. it starts by saying "donald trump's surprise and unprovoked attack on megyn kelly during her show last night is as unacceptable as it is disturbing. megyn kelly represents the best of journalism and all of us at fox news reject the crude and irresponsible attempts to suggest otherwise." he went on to say that donald trump rarely apologizes, we all know that. he says "donald trump rarely apologizes but in this case he should." the statement went on to say "we have never been deterred by politicians or anyone else attacking us for doing our job, much less allowed ourselves to be bullied by anyone and we're certainly not going to start now." this is all the more notable, wolf, because a couple weeks ago we saw trump going after megyn kelly repeatedly and fox mostly stayed quiet. megyn kelly tried to stay above the fray. roger ailes tried to make peace with trump through a series of phone calls after that presidential debate where trump was so angry. all of this stems from the tough quest

stone, you saying, stop with the megyn kelly [ bleep ], it's crazy, it's killing us. trump, what do you mean? i love the debate, people loved it. you didn't win the debate. yes i did, look at the polling. you, the drudge report poll season the a scientific poll, you won't give me the money to pay for a scientific poll and you're off message. trump, there are other polls. you, they are bs polls, we need to run a professional campaign and talk about what people care about. >> is i do not retort my phone call, somebody might. >> is that true? >> i think it's an accurate reflection of my views, now, i'm not going to kiss and tell about my advice to donald, my conversations with him are between he and i. i think that's a fairly accurate reflection of my view. we should wait a few days and see some scientifically based nononline polls and see how the republican race has been affected. the question of a third party candidacy is an important one and prop itic with the republican voters. >> i want to get to that in one second. you said i will not disrespect my friendship with

to megyn kelly. will you do that? >> no, i would not do that. she needs to apologize to me. >> why should she apologize to you? >> because i thought they are questioning and attitude was totally inappropriate. look at the internet today and see who people favor in that one. it's a very small element in my life, megyn kelly. i don't care about megyn kelly but, no, i would not apologize. she should probably apologize to me but i just don't care. look. i have a lot of respect for roger. i mean you know? maybe, maybe not. i really don't know. look. i think they cover me terribly. fox news, i think they cover me terribly and i'm winning by double digits on every poll, so i don't know. maybe it matters, maybe it doesn't. i don't think i get good treatment from fox. >> fox news anchors and chairman roger ailes standing firmly behind kelly in the battle with trump and several hosts tweeting their support and ailez releasing a statement saying the following. >>> onetime front-runner jeb bush will be campaigni

i'm megyn kelly. last night trump tweeted "liked the kelly file much more without megyn kelly. and retweeted others that called her a bimbo and a waste. >> something totally out of control yesterday. he started tweeting against megyn kelly totally unwarranted. >> reporter: and online. "leave megyn kelly alone." and "this needs to stop." it started here. >> you've called women you don't like fat disgusting animals. >> what i say is what i say. and honestly, megyn, if you don't like it, i'm sorry. >> reporter: from there it went downhill. >> you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. blood coming out of her wherever. >> reporter: the two reached a truce after the debate and an ailes-trump phone ailes a great guy, ailes insisting the air has been cleared. apparently not. this afternoon ailes teed off on trump for his verbal assaults on kelly last night, calling it an unprovoked attack that's as unacceptable as it is disturbing. trump shot back insisting he totally disagrees with ailes' defense of kelly and said he doesn't think she's a quality journalist. at the same ti

>> i think megyn kelly asks tough questions because she is megyn kelly. if you watch her show any night she is a tough questioner and i think the comments that were made as the package eluded to or made late last night, i think mr. trump, part of the reason that he gets the plort that opu has is because he is not politically correct and what goes with that he has to be more careful with his words. i think no question he needs to immediately clarify that comment. >> and do you renounce those comments then? >> look. i know -- my job is not to renounce comments or not. i think he needs to clarify that. if he stands by them, that is highly inappropriate. >> we will continue to follow the story. you have had so much to say about it and we are all reading it on twitter. we appreciate the insight you're sending to us as well and please continue to do that. at the top of the hour we are talking to a spokesperson for the red state gathering about this disinvitation as well. >> the latest on the search for mh-370 and crews on reunion island are ramping up search ef

his shocking complaint about debate moderator megyn kelly. >> she gets out and she starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions. and, you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. >> with republican outrage mounting, will he apologize? i'll ask him in moments. >>> plus, the only woman in the republican race reacts. >> i've had lots of men implied i was unfit for decisionmaking because maybe i was having my period. >> after a star turn in her debate, can carly fiorina break through? >>> and ohio governor john kasich. he won over the hometown crowd at the debate. will that translate in the polls? >> i do believe in miracles. >>> plus, the best political team on television will be here with insights from the campaign trail. >>> good morning. i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is tuned in. 24 million people watched thursday's first republican debate, a record, and we are feeling the fallout now. this morning, conservatives are pushing back on comments donald trump made on cnn about moderator megyn kelly. redst

megyn kelly has her own head. she is very smart. >> the question i'm saying that we know -- they all wrote the questions. why is he making it personal? >> because she said it. she's the one that said it. he's going to target -- >> he looks at fans on twitter encouraging him to keep going. this may be a case where he only hears the supporters. think about how self-aware he is about the ratings. >> that sets up the other side of it. >> it's a realtime feed loop like we have never seen before. he was attacking megyn kelly while the show was on the air. >> no question. that sets up the other side, which is crazy like a fox. he's going after megyn kelly. it's fox's big star. she's a big anchor. >> he's now annoying his own people. >> he's saying they are my people, not yours, fox. i am the focus. >> your audience is my people. you are going against your own audience when you attack me. they are supporting me, not you. they are not supporting megyn kelly. he's sort of right. >> this is where the guy helped me with the n

i'm megyn kelly. >> reporter: last night trump tweeted "liked the kelly file much better without megyn kelly and retweeted others that dismissed her as a bimbo and a waste. kelly's colleagues rushed to her defense. on air. >> something totally out of control yesterday. he started tweeting against megyn kelly totally unwarranted. >> reporter: and online. leave megyn kelly alone. and "this needs to stop." it started here. >> you've called women you don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. >> what i say is what i say. and honestly, megyn, if you don't like it, i'm sorry. >> reporter: from there it went downhill. >> you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. blood coming out of her wherever. >> reporter: the two sides had seemingly reached a truce after the debate in an ailes-trump phone call, trump calling ailes a great guy, ailes insisting the air's been cleared. apparently not. this afternoon ailes teed off on trump for his verbal assaults on kelly last night, calling it an unprovoked attack that's as unacceptable as it is disturbing. trump shot back, insisti

i'm megyn kelly. last night trump tweeted "liked the kelly file much more without megyn kelly. and retweeted others that called her a bimbo and a waste. >> something totally out of control yesterday. he started tweeting against megyn kelly totally unwarranted. >> reporter: and online. "leave megyn kelly alone." and "this needs to stop." it started here. >> you've called women you don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. >> what i say is what i say. and honestly, megyn, if you don't like it, i'm sorry. >> reporter: from there it went downhill. >> you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. blood coming out of her wherever. >> reporter: the two sides had seemingly reached a truce after the debate and an ailes-trump phone call, trump calling ailes a great guy, ailes insisting the air has been cleared. apparently not. this afternoon ailes teed off on trump for his verbal assaults on kelly last night, calling it an unprovoked attack that's as unacceptable as it is disturbing. trump shot back insisting he totally disagrees with ailes' defense of kelly and s

i think the questions megyn kelly and chris wallace asked, especially megyn kelly, i think they were ridiculous questions. asked in she could've private or something. personally. him i think he lives in a different world. i think he has people attack him for a lot of different reasons. .aybe because of jealousy he's controversial. i love the fact that he speaks his mind. third-party i a very well -- i don't think i would be leaving the republican party, i think the republican party has left the people. host: you are calling on our line for independents. have you voted for republicans and democrats in the past? caller: yes. i'm a conservative. we are too far left now. i think that the democrats now, they have left the democratic party. they are socialists. to tell you the truth, i appreciate bernie sanders coming out and saying he is a socialist. hillary is a socialist but she won't admit it. host: alan in eastlake, ohio. caller: hello. ishink that what's happening donald trump is hitting a nerve with people. the media is the first level of government and he is a check and balance on

but megyn kelly is not a good professional. and she is just not in my opinion, she is not good at what she does. i'm not complaining. not saying do it over. i'm not suing fox. i'm not doing anything. fox should love me because i just broke the all-time record. and if i'm not in there, the other guys they're going to get 1 million viewers and got 24 million because i was in there. so they must love me, but in actuality, they probably don't. and i don't even care. >> megyn kelly is a very respected journalist. >> i don't think she is respected. what is she, she is a lightweight. she is a lightweight. i can't believe that you are not beating her in the ratings actually. you should be ashamed of yourself. if i had your show, i would be beating her so badly she would be thrown off the air. that i can tell you, don. i'm surprised at you, don. just kidding. >> i know that you are. >> but i am not kidding. if i had your show, believe me she would have no chance. she wouldn't be on the air very long. that i can tell you. >> you can come

first the comments about megyn kelly. the first that he fired his top advisor. >> trump's former advisor says current controversy have distracted attention from platforms. trump says stone was fired because he was using the campaign to seek publicity for himself. mark, i'm wondering what's really going on here. >> this is one of those really interesting, amazing times right now. the last 72 hours is going to go down in history for presidential politics. we have one of his top advisors, roger stone, saying he resigned. trump campaign saying he was fired. last night roger stone was on cnn and he addressed the issue. >> i have nothing but admiration and respect for trump. >> do you still consider him a friend? >> i do. this is just politics. >> this is a transcript published today in politico of what they said happened here. >> you, stop with the megyn kelly [ bleep ]. it's killing us. you the drudge report poll isn't a scientific poll. you won't give me the money to pay for a scientific poll. they're off message. we need to

i stood up and cheered when megyn kelly asked that question. mr. cohen can come on and say he'd rather talk about the issues. well the purpose of a campaign is to prove that you have the character to become president of the united states. and when you demean a woman for asking a necessary question that voters want to hear about, that shows that you don't have the character to take that office. >> katrina, i mean i know you're a trump supporter. do you have any concerns that he just has a really thin skin? i mean we've had many presidents and many folks in the white house who have had thin skins and often that over time causes real issues certainly for reporters and for many people. do you have any concerns about that? do you think those questions were appropriate? >> i don't have any concerns. i mean this was mr. trump's very first national debate on that stage in that element. so i'm going to give him a pass for this first one and see how things develop. and i do i agree, i think the question was relevant. however, mr. trump is an entertainer. "th

we heard nothing from megyn kelly. i'll be curious to see if she says anything tonight on her show about this entire controversy, whether she has a personal response or her show addresses it. i have no idea what she would say but it's clear when it comes to thick skin versus thin skin, you have to have a thick skin if you run for president and donald trump with his constant thrashing out against enemies calling them losers and zippo and low in the ratings and dumb and stupid, he has incredibly thin skin. >> a new survey in the wake of last week's republican debate shows trump maintaining a strong lead. he's at 23% among republicans that is ten points higher than his closest competitor who is now ted cruz in the survey. trump holds a strong lead in an online survey also taken since the debate and meanwhile, a new ppp poll from iowa shows trump leading the field among republicans there. jonathan, again, we've seen this movie before. we saw it after the john mccain comments. this is going to be the end of him. all republi

calling megyn kelly a bimbo is so beyond the pale. look, he was unhappy about getting tough questions. are you serious? he's the front-runner. of course he's going to get tough questions. that was an absurd statement. what he tries to do to defend himself is points at her and calls her a bimbo, absurd. >> it was a retweet of a tweet today. >> sorry. >> want to make shah clear. we're going to leave it there. to be continued. it's a long campaign. thank you both so very much. >>> and coming up high roller atlantic city donald trump may be gone but he is not forgotten. atlanta city's former mayor joining me next. american express for travel and entertainment worldwide. just show them this - the american express card. don't leave home without it! and someday, i may even use it on the moon. it's a marvelous thing! oh! haha! so you can replace plane tickets, traveler's cheques, a lost card. really? that worked? american express' timeless safety and security are now available on apple pay. the next evolution of membership is here. you focus

i think what he said about megyn kelly would cause him problems, and we do not know. the early indication is that it has not particularly hurt him, but we will have to see. air slowly comes out of his balloon or whether it stays afloat for a while, but i think the longer the poll numbers show that he is holding up, that will in bold and donald trump to continue to do exactly as he has been doing, to run the campaign he has been running, to say the kinds of things he wants to say in any given moment, and it will force others to rethink what they want to do about it. dan, thank you very much, and we will be right back with a play on words. ♪ john: the author of a novel that i totally read, ok, none of it, but other people say it is brilliant, and everyone has a copy, and only be great of us can finish it, but recently, we spoke with someone so brave who not even read the book but who is playing a role in it, called "the end of the tour," and it is jason segel of "how i met your and the serious part. : david foster wallace. there are a couple of compilations. essays as

one, she said, "i stand with megyn kelly." and in another tweet, she said that it was inappropriate for donald trump to make those comments. she's certainly in an interesting position because she is the only woman that we have in the field seeking the gop nomination. we've also heard from the new york governor, george pataki, who jumped on this right away, also said that it was inappropriate. i suspect we will hear more throughout the day, convict rohr. >> all right, mark preston there outside the event. mark, thank you so much. >> reporter: thanks. >> and the man who kicked trump out of this weekend's event, erick erickson, he is no stranger to controversy of the same nature. back in 2012, erickson had this to say on twitter the first night of the democratic national convention. let's put it up. he says, "the first night of the vagina monologues in charlotte going as expected." now, as you might expect, that tweet was met with significant backlash, leading erickson to respond the next day by saying "my apologies to those offe

"leave megyn kelly alone." and "this needs to stop." it started here. >> you've called women you don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. >> what i say is what i say, and honestly, if you don't like it, megyn, i'm sorry. >> reporter: it went downhill. >> you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. >> reporter: the two sides had seemingly reached a truce after the debate in a phone call, trump calling ales a great guy, ales insisting the air had been cleared. apparently not. calling it an unprovoked attack that's as unacceptable as it is disturbing. trump shot back insisting he totally disagrees with ales' defense of kelly and said he doesn't think she's a quality journalist. at the same time touting his lead in polls in south carolina. and feuds not unlike those on reality have come to define the trump campaign. how real is this one? that's anybody's guess. but everybody's watching the spectacle and at least for the moment, both sides seem to be benefiting. lester? >> peter, t

for megyn kelly. she's a lightweight. she came out there reading her little script and trying to be tough and be shock. when you meet her, you really know she's not very tough. i don't respect her as a journalist. i don't think she's very good. i think she's jai-alai overrated. she gets out and starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions. you can see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever, but she was -- in my opinion she was off base. >> quote, blood coming out of her wherever. the blowback swift this morning. donald trump banned from speaking the day at the red state gathering conference in atlanta, georgia, he was scheduled to attend. organizer erick erickson writing in a post at 11:56 last night, quote, i think there's no way to interpret his comment. in attempt at clarification, mr. trump meant whatever, not wherever adding his comments was inappropriate. it's unfortunate to have to disinvite him. trump was slated to be the event's final speaker. erick eri

they almost never undermined megyn kelly. it will be interesting when he goes on fox what those are like. and they have not eliminated the situation about the comments about blood. they are worried. john: coming up, greatest hits, with a special guest soloist after this word from our sponsor. ♪ mark: hillary clinton cooked up quite a storm, and she was there to talk about college loans, and she made her comments about reproductive rights and donald trump, and let's go to the videotape. mrs. clinton: what donald trump said about megyn kelly is outrageous, what the rest of republicans are saying about all women is also outrageous. a lot of men on that stage said was offensive. and i want people to understand, if you just focus on maybe the biggest show man on the stage, you lose the thread here. i do not want people here to be confused about outrageous comments by one and just say we are focused on this, and we are going to let the fact that there should be no exceptions for rape or incest go unnoticed or unmentioned -- i am

megyn kelly. i don't care about megyn kelly. no, i would not apologize. she should probably apologize to me but i just don't care. yes. >> [ inaudible ] a pledge to have the nominee on balance. >> i just heard about it today. we're looking at it. we have plenty of time. that doesn't come due for a long period of time. we certainly have -- september 30th. a long period of time. we're thinking about it. i say to everybody, we're leading every poll, leading every state from iowa to new hampshire to south carolina to north carolina, polls have come in from virtuely every place and we're leading every place. we're doing incredibly nationally. the one poll came out today at 40%. over 40%. so my whole desire is just fairness. i want to run as the republican nominee. i want to win. i think we will win. we have tremendous spirit in this party. i've been contacted by so many people that haven't voted for years. they love the republican party but they haven't wanted to vote. they're going to be out there. we're going on win. i don't think it will matter. i think i'm

and the fact that megyn kelly is declining to comment is really revealing. we heard what she said in that interview on friday before trump's latest round of insults. whatever she says about it or doesn't say about it on monday will absolutely get more attention. i think that debate on tuesday, 24 million viewers watching, that has created a swell of attention that will continue for the weeks and months to come. it's almost like these debates are now the biggest show of the fall season. >> indeed they are. brian stelter, thanks so much. good to see you. >> thank you. >>> jake tapper also asking trump today why so many seem to, in his words, trump's words, misunderstand his blood comments, including several conservative women's organizations. >> why do you think that there are so many people jumping on you, stating that that is what you were saying? so many -- >> because -- jake, jake -- >> in all due respect, sir, we're not talking about the women's studies department at oberlin, we're talking about conservatives. we're talking about the concerned women for a

first the comment about megyn kelly. also the most recent claim that trump fired a top adviser roger stone. stone disputes that. he says he quit. in his resignation letter, trump's former adviser says that current controversies have distracted attention from trump's platform and message. but, trump's campaign says stone was fired because he was using the campaign to seek publicity for himself. >> let's talk about this with cnn politics executive editor mark preston. what is your read and what is the buzz about all of this? >> this is really a he said, he said situation between donald trump and one of his top senior advisers. now, this happened late yesterday afternoon as donald trump was withering this firestorm regarding his comments about megyn kelly. roger stone came on our air to say why he said he resigned. let's hear what he had to say. >> i resigned, largely because i thought i was having no impact and the campaign has been diverted from those dig picture issues that have catapulted trump to the number one positio

fox almost never blinks and almost never undermines megyn kelly. it will be interesting when he goes on fox what those are like. and they have not eliminated the situation about the comments about blood. john: coming up, greatest hits, with a special guest soloist after this word from our sponsor. ♪ mark: hillary clinton cooked up quite a storm today in new hampshire. she was there to talk about college loans, and she made her comments about reproductive rights and donald trump, and let's go to the videotape. mrs. clinton: what donald trump said about megyn kelly is outrageous, but what the rest of republicans are saying about all women is also outrageous. a lot of men on that stage. said was offensive. and i want people to understand, if you just focus on maybe be biggest show man on the stage, you lose the thread here. i do not want people here to be confused about outrageous comments by one adjusts say we are focused on this, and we are going to let the fact that there should be no exceptions for rape or incest go unnoticed or unmentioned -- i

>> i think megyn kelly was asking tough questions because she is megyn kelly. she is a tough questioner. people understand that. the comments made as the package last night, i think mr. trump, part of the reason he gets the popularity that he has is because he's not by his own words politically correct. what goes with that is he has to be careful with his words. there is no question, he needs to clarify that comment. >> do you renounce those comments then? >> look, i know my job is not to renounce comments or not. if he stands by them, that is inappropriate. i hope mr. trump, because he does speak off the cuff and he doesn't subscribe to politically correctness and in a way that was not thought out. he needs to clarify that this morning. >> at what point do these comments become damaging to the party as a whole. specifically to women and minorities. two voting blocks that republicans have been work are hard to recruit. >> we have done very well reaching out to young women and african-americans and hispanic going into the community. putting a lot of money and ma

and when he talks about megyn kelly bleeding. even if we took the most generous interpretation possible i didn't which is she was bleeding from her eyes and nose and i don't believe that at all, he's still trying to minimize her and attack her as opposed to dealing with core issues. >> ben, i had jeffrey lord on last hour a trump supporter. he worked in the reagan white house and said come on now, journalists can take it. megyn kelly is not asking for an apology so why is anyone else. he said we can't and shouldn't interpret what donald trump meant when he said she was bleeding from wherever. do you agree with him? >> look donald trump, it was blatantly obvious he was making a remark a sexist remark based on her being a woman or hormonal or whatever you want to call it. when you do something like this it's real simple. you apologize. but this is what i have been warning other conservatives about from day one with donald trump jumping into this. he doesn't know what he's going to say. he doesn't know how to control himself. this i

taking on megyn kelly. i knew this was coming because i knew she'd be tough and i knew he's not used to that from fox. a real tough question from her which she nailed him with, his language about women which is obviously demeaning and indefensible. and he threw rosie o'donnell under the bus, a gay woman. he thought it would be a laughingstock and he turned her into the joke with that nasty audience last might. >> that was the most shameful moment in the debate and it came near the beginning. when those ten people are on that stage, yeah, they're in a debate, yeah, they're in a television show and for donald trump it's just a broader extension of his reality television brand, but the people at home are looking at that stage and looking at a potential president. and the bar's much higher. the expectations should be higher. and the responses to the questions from the candidates should comport to a president. and i think donald trump's act, his shtick, my hope is that it will start to wear thin because there's

he's offended megyn kelly. in the process we've given the guy millions and millions and millions of media for the last two months. i think it works for him. it's getting him the exposure and those that like him double down and continue liking him no matter what he says. >> jeffrey, one of the interesting things here is that we're able to take how he feels about women. he didn't want to apologize, but he did get put in a position where he had to say something affirmative about women. he said i'll take a look at equal pay for equal work. i'm just worried. i don't want people paid the same thing without merit. but i believe in that and i do it in my own company. will that resonate? >> sure it will. i'm for chris cuomo for debate moderator. that was a truly fabulous interview. i think everybody learned something here in listening to this. yeah, i mean, this is his -- he is a very, very smart guy. and i think people under rate him at their peril. and he is open to having these discussions. we'll get to all the detai

megyn kelly. if you'll recall, during the debate, kelly pressed him about past controversial comments concerning women. here is what trump said last night about kelly to cnn's don lemon. >> i don't have a lot of respect for megyn kelly. she is a lightweight. she came out there reading her little script and trying to be tough and be sharp. when you meet her, you realize she is not very tough and she is not very sharp. i skrus tjust don't respect her journalist. i don't think she is very good. when i came out there, what am i doing? i don't get paid for this. they start saying, lift up your arm. i didn't know there would be 24 million people. i knew it was going to be a big crowd. i get big crowds. i get ratings. this he call me the ratings machine. so she gets out and she starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions. you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. >> so now we're getting response from trump but this comes after a conservative event deci

megyn kelly." perhaps she can take another 11 day unscheduled vacation. he then tweeted the word "bimbo." brian stelter, let me read a statement from fox news president roger ales issued a few minutes ago. "donald trump surprised an unprovoked attack against megyn kelly while on the air last night and she represents the best of journalism and all of us at fox news reject the irresponsible attempts to suggest otherwise. donald trump rarely apologizes although in this case he should. we have never been deterred by politicians or anyone else attacking us for doing our job, much less allowed ourselves to be bullied by anyone and we're certainly not going to start now." so trump goes after kelly again. roger ailes is responding here and you just got a response from donald trump. >> it's like a ping-pong match. >> it really is. trump says he's not apologizing and doesn't think that megyn kelly is a quality journalist. hopefully in the future i'll be wrong and she'll live up to fox's standards. the idea t

trump has been facing heat since he made disparaging remarks about fox news anchor megyn kelly after she questioned him during the republican primary debate. republican front runners like jeb bush were quick to criticize the comments, saying that it was -- it is no way to win an election and that trump should apologize. >> i think it's amazing, because three days ago he was talking so negatively about women's health issues. and i thought it was disgraceful, frankly. i think that will go down to haunt him and maybe be the same as romney's 47%, which possibly cost him the election. jeb was very negative on women's health. and when you're negative on women's health, you can forget about it. i'm the exact opposite. i cherish women. i want to help women. i'm going to do things for women that no other candidate will be able to do. it's very important to me. so, you know, it's sort of interesting. he then went back and apologize the following day and said he misspoke. he really did misspeak. >> trump maintaining that he has been misunderstood. is this just another controversy that he will b

trump tweeted at her "wow megyn kelly bombed tonight. people are going wild on twitter, funny to watch." and then he retweeted fans who referred to kelly as a bimbo. earlier he tweeted "i enjoyed the debate tonight even though the fox news trio especially megyn kelly was not very good or professional." i disagree with those comments. >> do so i. i think they did a terrific job. >> is making a situation -- and i get it, some of his followers will be fine with that. >> totally. >> but there are many people like megyn kelly don't want to hear him talk to wum that way. is he making a bad situation worse? >> i think one of the things you want to do at a debate like that is let the american public see you as a potential president. and when you're retweeting a coat that calls an accomplished anchor lawyer and mother a bimbo, i don't think that's really presidential. so in the long run i don't think donald trump did himself any good. again, his supporters will be his supporters. but i don't think he did himself any good. >> carly fiorina, she di

and, i like the "kelly file" much better without megyn kelly. the republican front-runner also retweeted someone else's comment, calling the anchor a bimbo. today fox news chairman roger ailes calling trump's surprised and unprovoked attack as unacceptable as it is disturbing and ailes demanding an apology. >> it's a very small element in my life, megyn kelly. i don't care about megyn kelly, but no, i would not apologize. she should probably apologize to me but i just don't care. >> reporter: in iowa tonight, trump clashing with one of the country ae most influential latin journalist. this is what happened. >> excuse me, sit down, you weren't called. sit down, sit down, sit down. go ahead. >> i have the right to ask a question. >> no, you don't. you haven't been called. >> i have the right to ask the question. >> go back to univision. >> reporter: security guards escorting ram mows away. ram mows as later allowed back in and asked about the wall on the mexican border. >> very easy. i'm a builder. can i tell you what's more complicated? building

gooapologize to megyn kelly, will you do that? >> i'm not doing that. she should be apologizing to me. >> why should we apologize to you? >> i thought her -- you have to look at the internet today and see who people favor in that one, but i wouldn't -- a very small element in my life, megyn kelly. i don't care about megyn kelly, but, no, i would not apologize. she should probably apologize to me, but i just don't care. look. i have a lot of respect for roger. i mean you know? maybe, maybe not. i really don't know. look. i think they cover me terribly. fox news, i think they cover me terribly and i'm winning by double digits on every poll, so i don't know. maybe it matters, maybe it doesn't. i don't think i get good treatment from fox. >> fox news anchors and chairman roger ailes standing firmly behind kelly with the battle with trump and several hosts tweeting their support and ail, z releasing a statement saying the following. >>> onetime front-runner jeb bush will be campaigning in his home state in florida today at 1:30 eastern

fact number one, megyn kelly was not even slightly angry. not slightly angry. and he speeds that description past all his interviewers when he's getting into the blood coming out of her eyes stuff, with this thing about her being angry. and you can see in the video, she wasn't angry at all in asking that question. >> yeah, that's exactly right. i think she did an i have good job at the debate. and the entire exchange, trump's answer was clearly well received by the crowd and probably had that been the end of it we wouldn't be talking about it right now. we'd be talking about something else. but instead, this was allowed to become this weird fight that makes him look pretty bad in the eyes of not just women but in the eyes of a lot of women who are going to be voting, and it's become this multiple support st. she didn't seem mad at all. she asked a measured question. and she kept going after the crowd was cheering, and he answered it. and really, what we should be talking about are what the candidates would do for america. they all want to be president. that's t