The country is going to start winning, winning winning. Reporter or would he be a dead end for the republican party. Th donald trump the disruchtor. Here is bret baier. Bret a celebrity mogul who never held office has seized the election cycle. He has done it by taking no prisoners. By saying something no politician has ever said, and in do so he changed the face of american politics and somehowit connected with the public in a way few politicians ever have. We joined his campaign in early march at a time that might have been called peak trump. He was riding high going from victory to victory. Spirits were high, the schedule nonstop. Though as with any suchs operation, there was a question looming in the background, is his campaign moving ever upwardai or hates topped out . No one can answer that then. But we ran into some surprising incidents along the way. Here is john roberts. Reporter march 11, st. Louis missouri. Donald trump is on stage. We are going to start winning again. We are going to win with the military. We are going to win with our veterans. We are going to take care of them. Hes in his elements delivering what is his version of a stump speech. We are going to win with healthcare, were we are going to make mayor today great again, i thank you all. And he does seem to love them. And they love him back. After reporter after the speech thefe lovefest continues. His fans surrounding him, then clamoring for an autograph. Trump has been eight for months, but this is something he never seems to tire of. Meeting his fans face to face appears to even enliven him. Here is someone who understands them, talks like them, thinks like them. They dont care that hes not decidedly one of them. Its the trump paradox. P and its this attraction to his core supporters that has been his biggest strength. His next stop is chicago. To get him there is one of the most luxurious jetliners in the world. A 747 nicknamed trump force one. He said switching to air force one would be a step down. The plane can hold up to 43 passengers in oversized first class seats with gold plated seat belts and the trump family crest. There is a bedroom with private shower. Syst here is a picture of you and your father. Roof of the building in 1973. If your father had been told when that picture was taken one day his son would be frontrunner running for president of the united states. He what would he say . He would be very proud. Thats the first time i had my picture on a magazine cover. He wouldnt have believed it actually. Its been an interesting process. I learned so much. T reporter what have you alreadied about yourself . You have to learn how to than pressure. Re my life has been a pressure cooker. But political pressure is apo little bit different. Its coming aught very quickly very personal,. Reporter trump cut our interview short when ben carson popped up on that flat screen tv. A former rival, hes now supporting trump. Why donald trump . P . Because we have political operatives trying to the results. It was a triumphant warning for trump, though there were already warning signs. Cory lynn do youCorey Lewandowski had manhandled a female reporter. As the plane descended into chicago for that eveningsep rally, everything seemed onn track. An no one could know what was in store. It would be the darkest moments the campaign had seen. Bret when we come back well show you the outrageous journey of candidate trump from longshot to frontrunner. And well show you exclusive foot and of a near riot on one of Trumps Campaign stops. This just got interesting. Why pause to take a pill . Or stop to find a bathroom . Cialis for daily use is approved to treat both erectile dysfunction and the urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. 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But last june in trump power tower, donald trump had something to say to america. Ladies and gentlemen imm officially running for president of the united states. And we are going to make our country great again. Reporter the 69yearold billionaire real estate mogul had never held office. But now he was going for all the marbles. One second of his speech got all the attention. When mexico send it people. They are not sending their best. They are bringing drugs, they are bringing crime, they are rapists and some i assume are good people. Bret this is not how candidate normally spoke. Pundits announced his campaign dead on arrival. How should republicans handle donald trump . Ignore him. Hes not going to win the nomination. When he said mexico was sending their worst drug dealers and rape its and some may be okay, and i turned to somebody on the step and said we are in trouble. Bret senator graham didnt like what trump was saying but could sense where it was going. I knew he would exploit the immigration issue which would mean we are going down the wrong road with it comes to figuring this problem as a party. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border and i will have mexico pay for that wall, mark my word. Bret the line become fodder for countless punch lines. What about the economy . Build a giant wall. Bret yet his tough talk struck a chord and his concerns seemed validated when on july 1 in the sanctuary city of san francisco. 32yearold kate steinle was shot dead by an illegal immigrant and repeat felon who had been deported five times. By mid july trump shot to the top of a crowded republican field. His freewheeling style got the lions share of media attention. For instance, no one make fun of a war hero except donald trump talking about john mccain. Hes not a war hero. Hes a war hero base was captured. I like people who werent captured. I like to tell you that. Bret were once again the pundits counted the him out. He wont be a viable candidate. You cant say the kind of things you can without crashing and burning. Bret instead his polling improved. What would make other candidates radio active only seemed to make tim stronger. There was the comment he made in Rolling Stone magazine about carly fiorina. He said quote look at that face. Would anyone vote for that . He even mocked a reporters disability. You ought to see this guy. I dont know what i said. I dont remember. I dont remember. Maybe thats what i said. Bret but trumps position atop the polls remains firm. They say i have the most loyal people. I could stand in front of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters. Its incredible. Bret he was still taking political stances many considered extreme. He said he support sad data basese and surveillance for muslims in the u. S. Yes, we have to look at mosques and see whatsas happening. The First Amendment protects religious liberty. Bret but the news seemed to go his way. We are getting word from the Fire Department in the city of San Bernardino that some people having been shot in a mass shooting. Bret on december 2 there was a terrorist attack by a muslim couple in San Bernardino california that killed 14 and injured 22. By years end trump had a21 21point lead in the polls. But 2016 would truly test his candidacy. So far it had been all talk. But now it was the voters turn to have their say. After a misstep in iowa where he lost to ted cruz. We finished second. Im honored and i want to congratulate ted. Bret trump recovered, taking three states in a row, new hampshire, South Carolina and nevada. St if you listen to the pundits we werent expected to win too much. Then we are winning winning, out of winning. Bret on super tuesday he took 7 out of 11 states. Now trump was the unquestioned frontrunner. The dwindling field turned their sights on him. But were they too late . He seemed to be the only candidate with a clear path to victory. The campaign would go on perhaps to the bitter end. But one thing had changed. No one would mock trumps chances again. Donald trump didnt express himself like other politicians. But what mattered most was he seemed to be expressing the feelings of a lot of other americans. But well talk to some of them next. Before i had the shooting, burning of diabetic nerve pain these feet learned the horn from my dad and played gigs from new york to miami. But i couldnt bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. So i talked to my doctor and he prescribed lyrica. Lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. Tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. Or swelling, trouble breathing rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever tired feeling or blurry vision. Common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs, and feet. Dont drink alcohol while taking lyrica. Dont drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. Those who have had a drug or alcohol problem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. Now i have less diabetic nerve pain. Ask your doctor about lyrica. Thank you. Ordering chinese food is a very predictable experience. I order b14. I get b14. No surprises. Buying Business Internet on the other hand, can be a roller coaster White Knuckle thrill ride. Youre promised one speed. But do you consistently get it . You do with comcast business. Its reliable. Just like kung pao fish. Thank you, ping. Reliably fast internet starts at 59. 95 a month. Comcast business. Built for business. Bret its safe to say donald trump came as a surprise to the political and media class, partly because he seized upon issues that mattered deeply to Many Americans but werent part of the conversation among the establishment. One such issue, trade. From the start of his Campaign Donald trumps economic populism made him a favorites among white, working class voters. Then once again it seemed that he anticipated the news cycled when this cell phone video went viral last february. The best way to say competitive and protect business long term toys move production from our facility in indianapolis to monterey mexico. Bret it shooked moment when 1,400 workers at carrierianapolis to airconditioned were told their jobs were moving to mexico. Mark reynolds who worked at carrier for 24 years was there when management made the announcement. I want to be clear. This is strictly a business decision. Ome people [boos] some people were hollering and raising cane. You heard one guy say f you. Bret dave has worked at carrier for 30 years. My friend came in and she was crying. It devastated her. I was just basically numb. I didnt know what the hell to think. Brett just days later during the cbs news gop debate donald trump was the only candidate to speak about the mass layoff. These 1,400 people were laid off. It was a sat sad situation. Im going to get consensus from congress and well tax you when those airconditioners come. Stay where you are or build in the united states. Bret that talk conflict with decades of thinking by the republican establishment. I thought hell yeah its time for someone to say something. Bret though mark is a democrat and a union worker, this time hes supporting trump. It needs to get changed. Nothing gets done that benefits the american people. It benefits somebody else. This election is important to everybody. Not just me, but to everybody. We have got to start doing something. If we let everybody go to mexico we wont have any jobs for our grand children. They got fed up with th government letting things like this happen. I appreciate any candidatee who will do more to keep jobs in america. I hope he can save my job and everybody elses job whos in the same situation. Bret another example fills niagara ceramics in buffalo, new york that closed in 2013. It was impossible to compete with the foreign market. Asia in particular. Reporter joe bronco was the vice president. It was difficult to manufacture a product in the u. S. A. And dollars per piece more than you could bite or land it at a port on either coa bret today the old warehousewa feels almost haunted, not by ghosts, but by memories of when the factory employed more than 400 skilled workers. It was so unexpected. They told us we were going to have a twoweek shutdown. At the end of the two weeks weon got a phone call saying do not return. We held on as long as we could some day operational and we couldnt hold on. It was one of the saddest points in my life to be honest with you. We had hundreds of families suddenly without work. Reporter bronco was down, but not out. Hes opened a new ceramics facility in rochester, new york called north star. Much smaller but growing. He hired back some of his original employees. Bret bronco may be management but he agree with the employees we saw earlier. Donald trump made it very clear that we made some bad trade deals and they arere affecting businesses like me today. We are definitely not working on a level playing field. Bret he believes trump has the nohow to make the economy expand. The fact that trump is a businessman is playing a huge factor in my support of him. He understands to be where i am in a much larger scale. Bret at what point did you decide to support trump . I started out as a jeb bush an supporter. When all the dust settled andgh jeb bushs Campaign Never caught fire, i looked at who was stillco standing than was donald trump. Chris collins was personally involved in securing funding that kept niagara ceramics afloat for years. We were thinking as an entrepreneurial smaller companyy we could compete with the chinese. By the was unrelenting. That firsthand experience ist one reason he became the first sitting member of congress to endorse trim and is now one of his official emissaries to capitol hill. People get behind a winner which is mr. Trump. Bret do you think he will bring new voters in . He will bring in the working blue collar vote. Many of those living in mymy district in western new york. Bret you are saying he speaks t the language of the blue collar middle class workers. He speaks to getting the jobs back that were stolen by china and mexico. Devastated new york state, much of what we call the rust belt. And a lot of folks say when is enough enough . Thats the language donald trump is speaking. Bret with his views on trade donald trump blasted wide open a phone line in republican andde american politics. It may not be surprising that the frustrations and even anger of the working man have played such a large role in this election cycle. N but how is it this celebrity billionaire of all candidates came to be the one who tapped into those if you areful currents . Thats next. No matter the bret no matter what the outcome, historians will some day write about Donald Trumps rise to president. There was a whole lifetimes worth leading up to it. Martha donald trump was born june 14, 1946 in queens, new york. His father was a building contractor. Young donald grew up around construction workers and he had a rebellious streak. His parent sent him off to a military school to get more discipline. A lot of type a in the trump family. Reporter eric trump is donalds 32yearold son. My father said its the best thing that ever happened to him. Martha i also spoke to theer i 38yearold donald jr. It was a great way to get him on the right track and focus and i think i see that discipline today in the way he carries his business dealing. In 1971 he was given full control of the company which he renamed the trump organize. But trump wasnt your average real estate developer. He had a taste for the spotlight and became a celebrity regularly seen on the town with a beautiful woman on his arm. In 1977 he married ivana, a fashion model from checks rock d from checks mod. He published the art of the deal. He became a national figure. You never knew where he would show up next. Excuse me, where is the lobby in. Down the hall and to the left. Martha become then a gop activist saw political promise in the billionaire. Thats why i started a draft Trump Campaign. Martha in 1987 in new hampshire, donald trump made his First Campaign speech. Speaking without notes, he hit on some of the same economic idea that made him the frontrunner today. F reporter the mess and in 1987 didnt change, just the players. Then it was japan and saudi arabia and today its china and mexico. People who work for a living are the ones feeling it. So trump appeals to us. Martha after the speech they left the restaurant and moved trump to a nearby press conference. I had 0 get him to a side door. As we moved along he kept stopping shaking hand with the wait staff, the firemen, it was the common man that attracted donald trump that he reached out to. And i think thats whats happening today. Hes still reaping out to us, not to the guys in the suits. Martha he didnt run back then, but the seed had been planted. The tag will be the mosting. Spectacular building built inn this country. Martha his businesses had ups and down, and so did his love life in the 1990s. He and ivana had a very public divorce in 191. He then married actress marla maples in 1983. And divorced her in 99. In 2004 his profile rose as never before when he became the star of nbcs hit show the apprentice. You are fired martha and he married his present wife in 2005. But trump never stopped thinking about politic. As he entered his 60s, if he was serious about a run, he could no longer play the waiting game. Ask the president and ceo of thehe Polling Company to do some research to see where he would stand in the 2012 race. What was missing from the field for Many Republican voters in 2011 was somebody who was not a typical politician. Somebody who would be an outsider to the system in washington, but also somebody who was not completely unfamiliar to them. Reporter his role on the apprentice made him appealing to many voters. It was an antipolitical leadership role and they tuned in every tweak see what he would say. Martha 2012 wasnt his year. Instead he endorsed mitt romney. Another businessman who sold himself as someone who could ge