At least five injured in this store. The roof collapsing, semis flipping, homes destroyed and more severe storms on the way. Stanley cup stunner. The superstar athlete under investigation reportedly accused of Sexual Assault. What his team is saying about it this morning. And showstopper. Jon stewart signing off from the daily show. That is our program. Saying goodbye to americas favorite fake newsman, the allstar sendoff and surprise salute. And good morning, america. Happy friday. Boy, what a rollicking kickoff to the campaign, the first gop debate last night and love him or hate him, donald trump dominated. He was the most searched on google, the most talked about on facebook, the most mentioned on twitter. Making it a very exciting start to the political season but trump not the only candidate who had a big night. Ten on that stage, many standing out. Tackling important issues and take a look at this moment from before they took the stage, thats all ten of them in an elevator together, say it with me, awkward. Yeah, not easy to make small talk right there. And there was a lot of talk on the stage as well and a lot of ground to cover. Donald trump will join us live in a moment. First abcs tom llamas starts us off from cleveland. Good morning, tom. Reporter good morning to you. Trumps past, record and wedding came up during last nights debate but this morning republicans want to know one thing, are you with us or are you with yourself . Businessman donald trump. Reporter right from the start donald trump not letting go of the spotlight kicking off his first president ial debate with a controversial move. When asked whether there might be an independent run. Mr. Trump. So reporter fueling the fire his path to the white house may not include the Republican Party refusing to pledge not to run as an independent. Youre not going to make the pledge tonight. I will not make the pledge at this time. Okay. Reporter trump then called out for offensive tweets and statements about women. You call women you dont like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals. Your twitter account only Rosie Odonnell. No, it wasnt. For the record, it was well beyond Rosie Odonnell. Yes, im sure it was. How will you answer the charge from Hillary Clinton who is likely to be the democratic nominee that you are part of the war on women . I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. What i say is what i say and honestly, meghan, if you dont like it, im sorry. Ive been very nice to you although i probably could not be based on how youve treated me. Reporter blasted for donating to democrats. Because hes used to buying politicians. Well, ive given him plenty of money. Reporter inviting Hillary Clinton to his wedding seen in this photo from 2005. I said be at my wedding and she came to my wedding. You know why, she had no choice because i gave i gave to a foundation that, frankly that foundation is supposed to do good. I didnt know her money would be used on private jets going all over the world. It was. Reporter postdebate he claimed he was picked on. I thought it was an unfair question. They didnt ask those of anybody else. Reporter senator rubio putting a focus on a real republican threat. If this election is a resume competition Hillary Clinton will be the next president. Reporter while those at the top of the polls, jeb bush had trouble breaking through. Facebook and google showing them searching the most for donald trump and dr. Ben carson. Im the only one to separate siamese twins. The only one to operate on babies while still in their mothers womb and take out half of a brain although you would think if you go to washington, you would think someone beat me to it. Reporter a debate over the nsas collection of phone records turned nasty fast. I dont trust president obama with our records. I know you gave him a big hug. If you want to give him another big hug, go right ahead. The hugs i remember are the hugs to the families who lost people. On september 11th. Those are the hugs i remember and those had nothing to do those had nothing to do with politics. Reporter a very powerful moment last night. Now, there was an earlier debate with the other seven republicans running for president and one person did stand out, former hewlettpackard ceo Carly Fiorina, the only woman in the field. Newt gingrich tweeted she earned a spot to be with the top ten. The next debate in five weeks. Well see who is on stage. Thanks very much. Right to the man of the moment, donald trump joins us by phone. Mr. Trump, thank you for joining us this morning. Im looking at the the New York Times. It says trump steals the show. We heard you say the questions were unfair. You tweeted megyn kelly and her fellow moderators were not professional. Are you worried they drew blood . Number one, i had a great time. It probably got record ratings. I wonder what they would have been if i wasnt in the mix. Interesting to see, frankly. I had a great time. Some of the candidates i got to know. I never met. I didnt know and they were really great people. I really had a wonderful evening but the questions asked of me were much, much more difficult and poignant and really unfair than other people were asked but that was okay. I guess thats part of the game when youre number one in the poll, i guess thats what happens. The others got tough questions, as well. Republicans seem most bothered by your lack of a pledge to the nominee if its not you. You said it depends on how the party treats you. What i want to know if you are not the nominee what would the Republican Party, what would the nominee have to do to convince you not to run as an independent . Well, if i respect the nominee, which is very important to me, again, im not really a politician, i mean, im running the opposite because you are a politician now, arent you . Well, i dont view myself as a politician to be honest with you, george. I think im somebody thats going to try to straighten out this country and make America Great again. Thats what im looking to do but i want to run as a republican. I want to win as a republican. Thats the best chance of winning. But depending on what happens, we will see and, you know, ive been treated very nicely but if im treated with respect which i should be, and if i like the person running im not running as an independent, i want to run as a republican. I think everyone knows that. I think the rnc knows that and thats what im looking to do and thats certainly the best chance of winning. Did you see anyone else up there on the stage last night who you could support . Oh, absolutely. I dont want to mention names now but there were numerous people. I have a lot of respect for a lot of the people up on the stage. Anyone not impress you . I dont want to get into that either but i must tell you i really got to know some of the people last night. That was a pretty heated deal. I guess they said it would be record stuff, record type of ratings and it was a very heated evening and you sort of are in the trenches with people and, george, it was it was a fascinating night and i really did get to like some of the candidates. It was a fascinating night for all. You did get pressed hard on a lot of things including your past positions, you used to say you were prochoice. Now you say youre prolife. Did you learn anything from those questions . Do you think youll have to change anything as we head into the next debate. I evolved. I mean Ronald Reagan was a democrat. He became a republican. He was sort of a liberal democrat actually and, you know, you evolve and things happen and im prolife and other things that we talk about. I actually discussed single payer and why it no longer would work and could have worked years ago but it wont work now and we talked about that and i think i gave full answers on that. We discussed all things, but, you know, you grow and you evolve and thats what happens with me and thats what happens with most people on that stage. You know, before we go what was unfair about megyn kellys questions . Well, i think, number one, im not sure and im checking this out. You know, some of the statements she made about the women i dont recognize those words whatsoever. I mean were going to look at that very carefully but i dont recognize those words. You take them back if you did say them . She came up with words i didnt recognize so well see what happens. Well take a serious look at it but when i said the Rosie Odonnell thing that got the biggest i would say the biggest laugh, applause, et cetera, of the evening. I mean that was a pretty startling noise in that arena, so, look, it was an amazing evening. Im not complaining about anything. I think that i think i did very well. You know drudge had me as number one and Time Magazine had me as number one and the New York Times has me as number one. Time magazine says theyre still compiling results but well see. I think im way ahead, george, in all fairness. I guess. Pretty hard when you have a 40 some odd percent of the vote. Pretty hard to beat. That may be. Will you be the frontrunner going to the next debate . I would think so. Some people, most people the real pro said that based on the performance last night my numbers should even go up. Im at 26 . We just had in South Carolina mid30s, in north carolina, mid30s and nevada were doing great and won the hispanic vote in nevada, which is very interesting and i say im going to win the hispanic vote. I won the hispanic vote. We had incredible numbers in georgia, in the mid30s. We will be we are doing pretty well. We will be watching. Thanks. You heard donald trump say he thinks hes going to go up after the debate. Do you agree . He thinks he wins just about everything he does. I think he dominated the debate but i think his momentum has stalled. To me it reminds me of buying a house, find the house which youve never seen before and then you call the inspectors in and start to say, wait a second. Theres cracks here and you may have foundation problems. Thats what happened. People are going to pause for a second. His momentum has slowed. definitely not going up after last night and the biggest mistake he didnt show up and take it to a president ial gravitas level. He stayed at his same sort of mannerism shtick hes come into the debate with. He decided to play the game that brought him there in the first place. There were some strong performances last night. I was struck by marco rubio and john kasich. I thought of the winners, three winners, first marco rubio. I thought he was the most inspirational in the course of the evening, young new generation. I thought john kasich was the most dependable. Somebody you could see as president and Carly Fiorina in the earlier debate, my expectations because she was the most logical is going to jump up into the next debate and be on the main stage in the next debate so one of those ten will fall. And shes rising. Anyone not meet the mark. I thought jeb who needed to get restarted on his momentum didnt show up. He was probably the biggest loser of the night. Not any specific mistake but just no energy there at all and i think he needs it. Hes going to need every dollar of his 100 million to try to get back in the race because he didnt do well last night. Matt dowd, see you sunday on this week. Hillary clinton said she couldnt watch the debate. Was holding a fundraiser in california. Look at this, Kim Kardashian tweeted out a picture of her and kanye west last night. She, of course, is the democratic frontrunner. Drew fire and well talk about it all sunday on this week. We will be watching. Thank you, george. Moving now though to a major breach at the pentagon. Hackers breaking into an email system used by our top military leaders. The attack believed to have possibly come from russia or china. Abcs Martha Raddatz is in washington with the latest. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, lara. The u. S. Is pointing the finger at china or russia. The leading suspect, russia and theyre not just talking about a couple of russian hackers, they mean state sponsored hacking with the blessing of russias secretive and aggressive president vladimir putin. Think about it, the pentagon is one of the most secure facilities in the world and yet hackers were able to penetrate that system. The good news is this was the unclassified email system but youre still talking about at least 2500 people on whats called the joint staff, war planners, decisionmakers, people who the russians would love to know more about. And while this attack was sophisticated, it was also dangerously simple. It was a phishing attack meaning they dummied up an email or login that looked so real that a member of the joint staff could have been fooled by it, lara. So real looking. So what are we doing about this problem . Reporter well, the pentagon mostly plays defense and head of cybercommand is urging the administration to get more aggressive saying we are at a tipping point, lara. Martha raddatz in washington, thank you very much. Turning now to that Severe Weather overnight, storms from california to the midwest. That walmart we showed you battered by a possible tornado. Ginger following it all. Good morning, ginger. Hey, good morning to you. You can see inside that walmart after the storm went through, they will do a survey to determine if that was a tornado, but, listen, there were more than 128 severe storm report, south dakota to South Carolina. At least five reported tornadoes from minnesota to alabama. Driving rain, and stunning storm structure in south dakota. At least five people injured at this walmart in troy, alabama. A possible tornado shredding the store. The roof collapsing. Winds blowing everything off the shelves and in the parking lot, the storm flipping semi trucks. Storms flooding parts of the southeast and midatlantic. Heavy rain and gusts to 60 Miles Per Hour destroying homes and plucking trees. In charleston, South Carolina, this time lapse capturing the moment as lightning stings the land. Splitting this tree in two. And now we go to taiwan where we are just hours from landfall. That typhoon is making its way to taiwan. The northern half, northeast going to get the worst of it. Were losing life. An 8yearold lost her life in the ocean. The high surf going to be an issue. Storm surge will rise up to 10 feet. Others were rescued in that same surf and not just that, you guys, its the rainfall that im concerned about. We have pictures from saipan, what happened there is just minimal compared to what could happen in some of the mountains in taiwan, the landslides, flash flooding. We will cover this for the next 24 hours. George and lara. Ginger, thank you very much. Amy with the other top stories starting with a big announcement from a very influential senator. One of the top democrats, lara, says he will vote against the obama administrations nuclear deal with iran. New york senator Charles Schumer is now the most senior democrat to oppose the president. Schumer says he believes iran will never change. Despite his move opponents do not appear to have enough votes to sink the deal. And new details now about the man shot after launching that attack in a tennessee Movie Theater. Police now say Vincente Montano had cannisters of propane and lighter fluid suggesting he may have been planning on setting off an explosion. He was said to be angry and hearing voices when he attacked moviegoers with a hatchet. And pepper spray. Thankfully no one was seriously injured. And in medical news a tenth person has now died in that outbreak of legionnaires disease in new york. The total number of cases has reached 100. The outbreak blamed on cooling towers on top of an apartment building. All cases have been isolated to sections of the south bronx, but also overnight a fatal case of legionnaires has been confirmed in cleveland. In southwest colorado, a big mistake by epa workers. They were investigating contamination at a gold mine when they triggered a spill sending a million gallons of mine waste flooding into the animas river turning the water a mustard yellow color. Look at that. The river is closed until Health Officials can confirm the water is safe. And in Northern Colorado a massive fire erupted when this natural gas pipeline was struck by workers in the area. The flames and the smoke seen for miles, the fire burning for hours, nobody was injured. And as kids start heading back to school a new report warns classes are starting too early in the morning. The cdc saying five out of every six middle schools and high schools start classes earlier than 8 30 making it hard for teens to get the sleep they need to be healthy. It recommends later start times so kids can avoid being chronically sleep deprived. A backtoschool spelling lesson for teachers and students alike. Take a look at the sign placed outside a middle school in dallas. Students returning from Summer Vacation greeted with the message we are glad you are hear. Parents pounced on social media saying the school staff cant hide behind auto correct. The superintendent saying it was an honest mistake anyone could make and superintendent just unfortunate. I hear you. I would have blamed it on the kids. Maybe theyre sleep deprived. Who knows. The only explanation. Ginger, more and more storms. More storms and so we want to show you the pockets. That will be with us today. A couple of them. Come with me here along the map. Southeast more damaging wind along that same cold front but back in the plains were more concerned about tornadoes there and then back even in utah and parts of nevada damaging winds possible. Isolated tornadoes too. A quick look at the lightning that was happening, this could spark more fires out west east of San Francisco. Good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco. We will check out the microclimate change forecast. Increasing sunshine, lower human. A touch breezy. Seasonal weather. Below average temperatures next week. It will be dry. All seven days. 68 at the coast and lowtomid 70s around the bay and upper 70s to low 80s to the south and north bay and mid80s to nearly 90 inland east bay. My sevenday forecast shows the lightning show and fi