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For having been unfairly smeared with the war on women and are not going to let it happen again by someone who is an outsider to the party. >> control room, we now do have -- lets take a listen and ill come back. >> youve called women you dont like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. does that sound like the temperament of a man we should elect as president? would you really let a mother die rather than have an abortion? how would you destroy isis in 0 days? if you believe life begins...

Him -- >> is it good publicity about them? now talking more about the red states than we would would have. >> i think some will be disappointed they wont get to see donald trump in person but i think the comments trump made last night had gone too far and crossed the like. he called erick erickson a weak leader but he is anything but a weak leader. >> on twitter, its saturday the meltdown from trump with all due respect to megyn kelly is long overdue. i am surprised and is anybody else surprised...

Blame erick erickson. for all of the people who were looking forward to mr. trump coming, we will miss you. mark preston is in the studio with us. trump disinvited from this red state gathering. what is this? >> its a gathering that happens every year. they meet at a different location. this year happens to be in atlanta. its going to be about 900 to a hundred candidates. expect to hear from scott walker and jeb bush and mike huckabee and donald trump this evening but that is not going to happen...

Independent. sitting next to hanim and being buddy will probably haunt you. the more he says thing about megyn kelly last night, the more you want to distance yourself. i think you have to take big shots at him and go after him consistently and make it very clear that donald trump is not anywhere close who-to-what i am or believe in and hoping he might put his arm around you and he has done national past. a lot of people he put his arm around in the past did not win their campaigns, their electi...

Ridiculous questions and you can see there was blood coming out of her eyes. blood coming out of her wherever. >> a spokesperson for trump had this to say after learning he was kicked out of the event. quote, this is just another example of weakness through being politically correct. for all of those people who were looking to mr. trump coming, we will miss you. blame erick erickson, your weak and pathetic leader. new developments with us and with us is mark preston. disinvited from this event. ...

Ruminate. once he made the comment, thats when it took off. to the point about erick erickson he probably could have disinvited him but the fact he disinvited him so quickly. >> there was an invitation in place of donald trump to megyn kelly. any response? >> we havent heard anything on that yet. i see that erick said while he invited her, he acknowledged she is busy and has a family and he would understand if she couldnt make it. >> and she is out of state. >> mark preston, thank you so much. ...

Conversation as well. thank you so much mark preston. of course the next time that we will see as many of the candidates at once on television and on stage, will be the debate on cnn next week on wednesday september 16th and the following cnn hosts the first democratic presidential debate. you can watch all of that on tuesday october 13. so now what is and is not happening on the campaign trail. now liz may er and also karen and rachel who is a spokesperson for the libra intertif. good to see al...

policy issues like immigration to take center stage. the candidates while looking to distinguish themselves from the pack, largely took the tough stance on immigration supported by republican-based v ed pew po. scott walker was asked by the moderators to explain his flip-flop from his decade long position of supporting comprehensive immigration reform and a path to citizenship, and he explained his evolution was a response to what he learned after visiting the border. >> theres interna...

fighting back. meanwhile, are any other messages getting out from the big red state conservative gathering? at odds on iran. leading democrat chuck schumer and the white house. will the deal survive? its high noon in the east 9:00 a.m. out west. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." donald trumps campaign released this statement saying in part "mr. trump made megyn kelly look really bad. she was a mess with her anger and totally caught off guard. mr. trump said blood was coming out...

Thursdays republican debate for president. and one will likely miss the cut. joining us now, the editor in chief of red state.com, eric erickson. what is your take on the -- i dont feel like were all -- is anyone comfortable with how this is working? >> the debate. >> yeah. >> good. explain. >> i dont think can you have 2,000 candidate on stage. so the top ten based on poll averages, gives you an objective standard. the problem is with the polling. its 200 republicans plus or minus 6.2%. that co...