the republicans kicked off their first debate of the primary season. the top ten were there. they did not hold back. many of them targeting donald trump. he was quick to strike back. to the wee hours this morning, one candidate getting strong reviews wasn t on the main stage with the top ten. carly fiorina scoring huge for her performance. how could this first debate shake up the rest of the race? let s begin the debate coverage with chief congressional correspondent, dana bash live in cleveland. good morning. reporter: good morning. that is just one of the many way this is debate was like nothing we have ever seen before. i believe that my phone is still lighting up with tweets from donald trump going after the moderators in this debate because he was not happy with how it went or what they said about it afterwards.
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that debate, whatever people are upset about, the political class and the government has failed them. so we need to try something different now. and i think you even said that donald trump had tapped into that anger. carly, thank you very much for joining us. and i hope you ll come back. thank you, greta, for having me as always. and there s incredible outrage tonight. an illegal immigrant in california arrested for rape and murder while on probation for other crimes. that s next. plus more on the record-setting gop debate coverage coming up. staying in rhythm.
nice? do you remember brit at the last election constitution derby. there was a little of that but it was nice to hear them be human beings. it was. thanks for everything. a key part of our debate team and we are very lucky to have this man. our debate coverage continues next with the dnc chair and what the candidates said about hillary. unlike hillary clinton who has a radical position in material of support for planned parenthood i defunded planned parenthood more than four years ago, long before any of these videos came out.
a few hours ago the republican candidates for president went head to head for the very first time. good morning. you are watching fox & friends first . i am heather childers. this has been a long night. it has been. what an exciting night. we have live post debate coverage. james rosen, anna kooiman and clay marsh are in the studio with us. let s go to james rosen live with the big event. good morning are the quicken loans stadium. what a thrilling event from the opening moments. we had viewer ship in the millions watching the first debate. the moderators were also engaged