california. cnn hosting the debate. jake tapper moderating. new poll numbers showing mr. trump widened his lead in the republican field. 32%. gain of eight points since august. the first republican candidate to break the 30% threshold. now this morning on cnn's "new day" mr. trump talked to chris cuomo in a wide ranging interview. chris joins me tonight. >> fascinating interview you had. we will play the whole thing. how did you think it went? >> how do i think it went? kind of like when you are doing hurricane coverage. at the time you are just happy to make it through. then afterwards, people will tell you what the event was look for them. as you know very well. you are all learning all the time as you see the polls. donald trump is the gop leader. and in the new polls, his lead is bigger than ever. so we wanted to sit down and ask the man at the front of the race right now why does he think he is winning, why does he think he can go all the way.