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Debate moderator. a tirade going on on twitter as he insults right and left the people moderating the debate. chris christie and rand paul battle it out. and a contender earns rave reviews. welcome back to "early start." im christine romans. 30 minutes past the hour. donald trump in the spotlight of the first republican debate. the billionaire stirring things up before people had time to sit down. he refused to rule out the independent candidacy if he doesnt win the republican nomination. >> mr....

Other candidates are? >> on issue after issue weve been talking about all these issues whether womens reproductive rights, immigration, in this case marriage equality. the republican party is out of step with the majority of americans on issue after issue. now, that was one example of governor kasich actually being very smart and savvy and positioning himself as a moderate particularly on social issues and in this case on lgbt rights. that actually makes him in my mind pretty dangerous and a con...

I dont think its fair right now. tonight was a good night overall for our party. it brought a lot of new eyeballs to the direction that all 17 candidates want to take this country in. lets digest tonight and move forward. >> shawn, priebus says hes not that concerned. but were you at all the that the leading contender in the g oorksop stood on the stage with melons of people watching. saying he couldnt guarantee that hed run against the gop. thats our job as a party.

Be told theres a price. just now the fact that theyre making with basically the war criminal, as far as im concerned, that again shows russia does not have respect for our president, does not have respect for the united states, is constantly making these types of intrusions and incursions, and were putting ourselves at risk. >> i want to make the turn and talk to you about politics now. i know you watched the debate last night. you considered running, you decided not to. do you regret your decis...

And shes joining me now from minneapolis. congresswoman, thanks so much for joining us to talk about this. its great to get your firsthand insight on this. >> sure brianna. >> you know both sides of debate success and also debate stumbles from almost really launching your campaign into contender status with one debate to making a comment about vaccines you sort of paid for later. so knowing how you really navigate this situation, what are these candidates thinking as they go into tonight? >> wel...

Were back live in cleveland where donald trump just touched down. joining me now is former new hampshire governor and former white house chief of staff john sununu. thanks for taking a few minutes. let me ask you the question weve been throwing around here throughout the hour. it seems like were almost conditioned when we mentioned donald trump to say, but he cant win the nomination. but he cant win the president densecy. how do you look at this? is donald trump a serious contender to win the re...

>> i think donald trump is going to be proud to hear what you just said, you put him in the contenders circle. i dont know. >> i think hes going to be there until, you know, they get deep into it and nobody knows what happens. >> okay, last question, who are you rooting for tomorrow night? >> im rooting for a great debate. one in which we get a lot of attention for all these candidates and i got too many friends here to -- thats why i declined doing all commentary after the debate. im afraid ill...

>> indeed, again. >> so thanks to "newsweek." thank you, bill. bill powell, great to have you here. 87 trump, 2015 trump. we asked you to weigh in on our bing pulse question today for the top candidates tonight, do you think donald trump will come off as the victor? lets look at how you have been casting your votes. 37% say yes, 63% say no. now, overall the majority of voters, thats a fluctuation between knneutral and yes. some have been voting no right now in realtime while having a conversatio...

>> hes popular, but he will not be the nominee. >> are you sure? rudy thinks hes a contender. what do you think? we just had rudy on. >> i heard that, but if i lived in new york and went to dinner with trump every once in a while, id say that too. >> until somebody changes the trajectory, donald trump is the front-runner and will be until somebody takes it away from him. up next, president obama invokes john f. kennedy has he sells the countrys diplomatic approach to iran. this is pretty histo...

Have no idea in advance what the dynamic would be on that stage. they wouldnt know who they were going to be on the stage with. naturally no one would be in favor of this, or very few people involved in the process instead. >> it would make not only for interesting -- an interesting challenge for all those candidates, it would make for great tv to see them actually drawing straws or participating in that mini lottery and deal with their fate right there. >> pay per view? >> maybe we can get ufc ...