Good evening. Im kate baldwin in for erin burnett. Donald trump dominating. Trump by many accounts, including his own, the big winner in the first president ial debate. He has been in a fighting mood all day long. Taking on anyone who dared to question him. Trump and his campaign posting and reposting increasingly hostile tweets toward his critics. To the host network, he said this. Fox news, you should be ashamed of yourself. I got you the highest debate ratings in your history and you say nothing but bad. To a pollster who said voters didnt like trumps performance, he is a local class slob who came to my office looking for consulting work and i had zero interest. He made it clear who he thought won the debate trump wins gop debate. Candidates who were trying to talk about anything but trump today could not escape him. Jeb bush in an interview compared him to barak obama. Language that divides us this reminds me of barak obama, not as a candidate but as president. All he does is push people that dont agree with him down to make his side look better. The divide makes it hard to solve problems. I dont think we will win that way. Trump stole the show last night. But did list strhis strategy wo . Reporter with the most fervent supporters, it did. It seems like he has very little interest in expanding his base of appeal, particularly with that tough talk toward one of the debate moderators that may have been offensive to a lot of women. Tonight it has become clear, even more clear than it has been, that donald trump isnt going anywhere any time soon. The rest of the republican field is trying to navigate around him. In any other republican president ial race it would be a simple question. Is there anyone on stage can i see hands who is unwilling tonight to pledge your support to the eventual nominee of the Republican Party and pledge to not run an independent campaign against that person . Mr. Trump. Reporter settle in and watch. This is no ordinary campaign. Donald trump showed one thing at the first gop debate, he is here to stay. Republicans, like it or not, must now decide how to deal with him and his veiled threat to run ace third party candidate. I cannot say im talking about a lot of leverage. Reporter leverage sounded more like extortion to rand paul. He buys and sells politicians of all stripes. So if he doesnt run as a republican, maybe he supports clinton or maybe he runs as an independent. Reporter trump not only dominated the debate, he dominated the clock. Getting more than twice as much time as some rivals. Ohio Governor John Kasich cheered on by a home state crowd in cleveland took the gentle approach. Donald trump is hitting a nerve in this country. He is. He is hitting a nerve. People are frustrated. Theyre fed up. They dont think government is working for them. For people that want to tune him out, they are making a mistake. Reporter jeb bush did not. Mr. Trumps language is divisive. I want to win. I want one of these people here or the ones at 5 00 to be the next president of the united states. Were not going to win by doing what barak obama and Hillary Clinton do each and every day, dividing the country. Reporter carly fiorina, who gnt ma didnt make the cut for the prime time show called out trump for being close to the clintons. I didnt get a phone call from bill clinton before i jumped in the race. Did any of you get a phone call from bill clinton . Maybe its because i didnt give money to the foundation or donated to his wifes senate campaign. Reporter it was marco rubio who urged republicans to choose a candidate who can take on the real opponent. How is Hillary Clinton going to lecture me about living paycheck to paycheck . How is she going to lecture me about Student Loans . I owed over 100,000 four years ago. Reporter the republicans i talked to today in the early voting states iowa, New Hampshire and south carolina, including several who were open to supporting trump, said they cant get over the fact he wouldnt pledge to back the republican nominee. That could be a deal breaker for so many conservative activists who were so eager to win back the white house. Thank you so much. Outfront tonight, ed goaz editor of brightbart news and david gergin. Its great to see you all. Thanks for joining me. David, 24 Million People watched the debate last night. Donald trump sure seemed to make it mustsee tv. When you get to what he said, did the debate help or hurt him with voters . What do you think . Theres certainly two sides to this. He deserves an enormous amount of credit for electrifying the republican race. He drove that 24 Million People to the to watch this. So all 17 candidates yesterday had a chance to audition before massive audiences they would never have seen had it not been for trump. Thats a plus, especially for those that did well. The other side of this is, we dont know yet. We dont have definitive signs. But by all normal rules, trump hurt himself. The nfollowup suggesting he is not only retaliating but he is vengeful. Theres hate in there that he has to go out and hit somebody if he is challenged. Thats not what americans normally rally to in a president. He will get he will continue to have some support. I think you will see the conservative activists peel off. We are likely to see women begin to peel off or at least go the other way. Not just on the way he answered but the general tone of his remarks. I think you are going to see other conservatives who the fox questioning really brought to light that he is not a true conservative in a traditional sense, or at least he hasnt been until recently. He has held a lot of positions that are contrary to what the conservatives say. When he says i may run third party, he may run as something other than a conservative. There are a lot of republicans who think they will cost them the white house. I dont think he was ready for that question. I think he blew the answer to that. There was a more artful way to say what the point he was trying to make. He, himself he acknowledges that artful is not necessarily something he even he is good at. When you look at this nuance is not his he has Better Things to worry about. When you listen to this, this is this is what frank luntz said. Listen to this. I have to tell you, this was an mazing debate performance, not amazing because it was effective. Amazing because i saw the destruction of a president ial campaign over those two hours. Destruction of a president ial campaign over the course of two hours. What do you think . We could call that wishful thinking. We saw a great debate. It was a great debate between the anchors and donald trump. I enjoys the christie and rand spat. They are trying to take out donald trump. Fox is positioning themselves as an establishment republican network. They are not interested in didn donald trump. His supporters are grass he doesnt let people push him most often. Whats wrong with pushing him . Nothing wrong with pushing him on his record. Its the tone i think made trump seem like a victim. He was sitting there smiling in the beginning while he is getting badgered. Instead of opening with something about Hillary Clinton or policy positions, which i heard in your opening segment, interest in policy positions, no, it was just are you going to pledge allegiance to the Republican Party. This is a got you question. It was a got you debate. Thats not a got you question. Thats a home run question if you want to answer it right. Theres lots of got you questions throughout the debate. When were going up against presumably Hillary Clinton married to bill clinton, accused serial sexual harasser with accusations on the table. The difference between the man on the stage saying some words and someone hill cry cl Hillary Clinton is not what was asked was, are these he is mean, sure. But he was mean to frank luntz when he called him a low class slob earlier today. Ed, weigh in on this. I want to hear what you think your candidate did. Alex doesnt think anybody else got any questions. Your candidate, walker governor walker, his performance some describe as lukewarm. He seemed he began to shrink over the night. Was that because trump was on the stage . No. The opposite. All the press said he got stronger as the night went on. I thought that was interesting is we had several goals. We saw him as president ial. We saw him as very articulate in terms of what he was saying out there. He had probably one of the best punch lines of the night when talking about Hillary Clintons emails. Thats true. Almost all of the articles going into the debate was a question mark of how he would do on the Florida National defense issues. He knocked every one of those out of the park. In terms of trump, first of all, theres a lot of things being labeled on who he has and who he doesnt have thats not realistic. He doesnt have the republican base. In fact, most of the National Polls coming out right now david knows this having done this for so many years. Theyre asking questions of all republicans, maybe even republican independent leaning republicans. When you cant show me a state that more than 20 of the republicans vote in the primaries in the president ial election. Theres no effort to get to the real voters who will be the participants, the base of the Republican Party. When you look at those surveys and several of the iowa surveys that have come out that look at the caucus goers, trump is not doing that well. He is doing better with the broader spectrum of voters. He does as well with moderate and lib rerals. It has driven to a great extent because he has a name i. D. I am excited to see and fascinated to see what the numbers look like after this debate though. Thank you so much. Its great to see you. Have a great weekend. Dont forget, c n nn will h the next debate wednesday, september 16th on cnn. Set your calendars. If trump made one big stumble last night, it may have been with megyn kelly and women voters. You have called women you dont like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals. Your twitter only Rosie Odonnell. Trump told an apprentice contestant it would be a nice picture to see her on her knees. She is my guest tonight. Trump brags that he has given money to almost all the other candidates. Has he donated more to democrats . Well, well. If it isnt the belle of the ball. Gentlemen. You look well. Whats new, flo . Well, a name your price tool went missing last week. Name your what, now . 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Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president and 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 . The big problem this country has is being politically correct. I have been challenged by so many people, and i dont frankly have time for total political correctness. Rosie odonnell responded element immediately tweeting, try explaining that to your kids. The bad blood between them reportedly going back nearly a decade to 2006 when odonnell questioned trumps decision not to fire miss usa over drug abuse. Calling him a snake oil salesman. Left the first wife. Had an affair. The second wife. Had an affair. He is the moral come papass. Trump shot back. Look at her. Shes a slob. I would fire rosie. I would look her in that fat usually face of hers. I would say, you are fired. Trump said this to brandy roderick. Must be a pretty picture you dropping to your knees. Reporter the billionaire was asked about a claim that trump called her disgusting for asking to take a break to breast pump during a deposition. Not true. She wanted to breast pump in front of me. I may have said thats disgusting. Shes a vicious, horrible person. Reporter trump says he doesnt have a problem with women. The biggest applause of the evening was when i mentioned the name Rosie Odonnell, the place went wild. Reporter trump criticized moderator megyn kellys handling of the debate, going on a twitter rand overnight. Really bombed tonight. People are going wild on twitter. Funny to watch. He also retweeted disparaging remarks from others, including this one calling kelly a bimbo. The polls are mixed. A recent poll shows that 62 of registered female voters have an unfavorable view of trump. Among republican women, its 42 . Another poll has trump leading among women when compared to the other republican candidates taking 20 . The question of course is whether or not this debate is going to have any impact on trumps approval from this critical group. Thats a key question for sure. Outfront is brandy roderick, the contestant donald trump was speaking to when he made that comment back there 2012. Thanks for joining us. Looking back at that moment on the apprentice were you offended. Obviously not. I didnt remember the comment. I actually had to go back and rewatch the clip. I think it was taken out of context. If you watch the clip, its not like he said, you would look great on your knees. It was nothing like that. In my experience, ive always had a great experience around donald trump. It has been positive. It has never been negative or derogatory. So thats been my experience. In the debates, it was part of a list of comments that donald trump has made towards women that he had been derogatory towards women, demeaning towards women. A lot of women were offended when they heard the comment that he had made towards you. Does it bother you now when you think about it . No. Because in my situation and some of the others, it was all on television. He is the host of a reality show. They definitely didnt hire trump because of his filter. You know what i mean . Thats his job is to make to make people want to come back for more. Absolutely not. When you are in the television world, you have to have a thick skin. Thats the truth. What do you make of the fact that you have been brought in to this president ial race . Its a bit bizarre and surreal, definitely. You know, i want to say my side of the story, because i dont want people out there thinking he is this horrible man because he is not. Like i said, my experience has always been positive with him. He has always been an encouraging type of person in mmy experience. Sg you have described him as an entertainer. With this experience in mind, is donald trump president ial material do you think . I think that its early in the race. I take voting very seriously as a mother and as a business person. For me, its the very beginning. I need to see the entire race. Are you you are not counting donald trump out. But a lot of folks are looking at his past experience and who he encounters to see if he has the temperament of a president. What do you think . I think i need to see more. I definitely need to see more. Im not going to decide either way right now. I need to see a lot more from him and from everybody else. Thanks so much. Thank you. Outfront now, katiepackergauge and andy dean who work for the billionaire for several years. Andy, its great to see you. Katie, great to see you. She didnt seem to want to give an answer to the last question about whether trump was president ial material. She needs to see more. Is trumps answer to the question last night going to come back to bite him, do you think . No. I think it was the only way he could answer the question. A bomb was thrown at him. Deflected it with humor. Rosie odonnell is a disgusting pig. We can agree. Its not sexist. Donald is an equal opportunity why you doubling down on that . Why do you need to use that language . Rosie started this fight and is is it a fight with you . No. Its a fight with donald. The point is if hes attacks, he is going to defend himself. Thats what our country needs. We are being attacked. The iranians with the ridiculous deal. We need somebody who will stand up. This is an example of what he can do. It just blows my mind we went from talking about Rosie Odonnell now we are talking about the iran deal. I dont know how we got there. Because its look, the point is this. You are saying the guy is a sexist one week and a racist the next week. Its the liberal media trying to destroy who is on top. Thats why good people dont run for office. You want to destroy them instead of looking at the issues. When we looked at the issues, donald talked about having a larger vision. He tried to talk about iran and mexico. We are talking about he is a sexist and a racist. Im tr