that does it for us. our coverage continues live all our coverage continues live all night from cnn in atlanta. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the first presidential debate and the republican candidates came out with 'roar. >> there was i reality star, i think you know who that is, even a neurosurgeon and we saw some

knockdown political fights on the stage. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie allen. you're watching "cnn newsroom." and good day to you. we begin this hour in cleveland, ohio. the first u.s. republican presidential debate where candidates met face to face for the first time. front-runner donald trump and his closest rival jeb bush were at center stage. hometown favorite john kasich, the governor of ohio, got a huge ovation. >> the candidates' top target, democrat hillary clinton, president barack obama as expected but they also went after each other at times arguing over government surveillance and their ideas about immigration reform. the debate got off to a rousing start when fox news anchor bret baier asked a question clearly aimed at donald trump. would every candidate pledge to support the republican nominee and rule out a third-party bid

for president? >> we're looking for you to raise your hand now. raise your hand now if you won't make that pledge tonight. [ cheers and boos ] mr. trump. mr. trump, to be clear, you're standing on a republican primary debate -- >> i fully understand. >> -- the place where the rnc will give the nominee the nod. >> i fully understand. >> and that experts say an independent run would almost certainly hand the race over to democrats and likely another clinton. you can't say tonight that you can make that pledge? >> i cannot say i have to respect the person that if it's not me the person that wins. if i do win and i'm leading by quite a bit, that's what i want to do. i can totally make that pledge. if i'm the nominee i'll pledge i would not run as an independent. i am discussing it with everybody. but i'm talking about a lot of leverage. we want to win. and we will win. but i want to win as the

republican. i want to run as the republican nominee. >> and florida governor jeb bush, the former governor there, admitted that the u.s.-led invasion of iraq under his brother's presidency was a mistake. but he said that the bigger problem is the way the obama administration has handled the situation in the region since then. listen. >> knowing what we know now, with faulty intelligence and not having security be the first priority when we invaded, it was a mistake. i wouldn't have gone in. here's the lesson that we should take from this, which relates to this whole subject. barack obama became president and he abandoned iraq. he left. and when he left, al qaeda was done for, isis was created because of the void that we left. and that void now exists as a caliphate the size of indiana. to honor the people that died we need to stop the iran agreement for sure because the iranian mullahs have their blood on

their hands and we need to take out isis with every tool at our disposal. >> next issue, the iran nuclear deal. wisconsin governor scott walker came down hard on that agreement meant to keep tehran from developing nuclear weapons. >> iran is not a place we should be doing business with. to me you terminate the deal on day one. you reinstate the sanctions authorized by congress. you go to congress and put in place even more crippling sanctions in place. and then you convince our allies to do the same. this is not just bad with iran. this is bad with isis. it is tied together. once and for all you need leaders to stand up and do something about it. it's yet another example of the failed foreign policy of the obama-clinton doctrine. our political reporter eric bradner is live in cleveland following the aftermath in this debate. good to have you with us. the debate's over. what are the reactions you're hearing from people about what happened today? >> well, forget minutes. it took seconds for this night to become about donald trump.

and now the question is how conservatives will react to his bombastic style, being on full display on stage with nine other candidates. here in cleveland both in the hall and at some parties around town the reaction was, well, this is trump being trump, this isn't going to hurt him, this is the sort of style that has catapulted him to the front of polls. so the question really is whether that mood sort of plays out across iowa and new hampshire in these early states where donald trump has roared to the front of the polls and is now sort of being himself on a big stage with more people tuning in. so the chatter tonight is about him. a lost it is also about carly fiorina, who participated in the much earlier debate for the people who didn't even make the cut for the main stage tonight. and she did really well. she was the breakout star of the night including the primetime debate. so look for her to possibly get

a bump in both fund-raising and in the polls as a result of a really strong performance here. >> eric, so you mentioned carly fiorina. that's important to bring up that happy hour debate as it was called. and then i remember hearing john king make the point whether the general rules, the general political rules, whether they apply to donald trump. we have yet to see. we'll have to see what the reaction is in the coming days. but from what you saw in this primetime debate, what you're hearing from those who were there, who watched it, who were the other winners and who were the other losers from what you're hearing from people there? >> one of the big winners tonight was marco rubio. he showed he's got a lot of natural political talent. the moderators tried to put him in a box with donald trump. they tried to provoke a confrontation over the issue of immigration. and rubio showed some real skill sort of defusing it by relying on some statistics that he was able to pull and then sort of

pivoting into defusing the confrontation and pivoting into his talking points that he really wanted to hit. somebody who struggled tonight was scott walker, who was kind of nowhere. he didn't have any standout moments. nothing that really is going to prove very memorable. but for scott walker that might be just fine. he he's leading in the polls in iowa. and he wasn't being attacked. he really didn't need to put up much armor. >> hillary clinton's campaign has in many ways been focusing on jeb bush. what was the reaction to jeb bush's performance in this debate? >> right. jeb bush showed that he's a policy wonk. he showed that he's really able to handle questions on immigration and common core and sort of the way he wants to. he wasn't on the steadest footing all night. he didn't have any particularly strong moments. jeb bush was outshone a bit by marco rubio, his fellow florida republican. so it didn't hurt him. this wasn't a bad night for jeb

bush. but it wasn't a particularly strong one either. he showed them it takes a little while to warm up to the stage. whether it's getting comfortable delivering speeches. it took him a little while to sort of get into practice on that. or the debate format. i suspect you'll see a better jeb bush in the second debate and future debates after that. >> and it will be interesting to see what the reaction is in the coming days to what we saw this evening. eric bradner, thank you so much for your report there in cleveland. well, beyond jeb bush there was some fireworks. one of the most heated exchanges of the night was between new jersey governor chris christie and senator rand paul over americans' privacy rights. >> that's a completely ridiculous answer. i want to collect more records from terrorists but less records from other people. how are you supposed to know, megyn? >> use the fourth amendment. >> how are you supposed to -- >> use the fourth amendment. get a warrant. >> let me tell you something -- >> get a judge to sign the warrant. >> wait.

wait. governor christie, make your point. >> senator, when you're sitting in a subcommittee just blowing hot air about this you can say things like that. when you're responsible for protecting the lives of the american people, then what you need to do is to make sure that you use the system the way it's supposed to work. >> here's the problem, governor. you fundamentally misunderstand the bill of rights. every time you did a case you got a warrant from a judge. i'm talking about searches without warrants indiscriminately of all americans' records. and that's what i fought to end. i don't trust president obama with our records. i know you gave him a big hug. and if you want to give him a big hug again, go right ahead. >> candidates paul and christie going after each other there. and you knew that obama hug would come up. joining us is the director of the university of virginia center for plinths larry savado. you've been watching this debate. thank you for joining us first of all. we saw some fireworks there but not a whole lot in this debate. how would you characters the

gibs, the jabs and the jebs in this first republican debate? >> i think the most memorable moment, what will be remembered for at least a month until the cnn debate, is the very first question and answer delivered to donald trump and delivered from donald trump about whether or not he would run as an independent. >> and he answered he would. >> he refused to rule it out. yes. and he lost the crowd right there. he lost the crowd. he never got the crowd back. maybe he never had the crowd to begin with. but from that moment on this was a hostile environment for donald trump. >> right. and he was booed by the crowd when he reiterated that stance. and then later was asked and questioned because he has some views that aren't hard-line conservative views, when did he become a republican? so he was challenged a little bit about whether or not he is

solidly the candidate that could represent the conservative base. >> natalie, we thought that there would be a lot of fisticuffs between trump and the other candidates. there really wasn't. what we didn't anticipate is that the main bout would be between donald trump and the fox moderators. >> that's true. >> that's what defined this debate. they went after him hard. >> right. he was questioned about derogatory comments he's made about women in the past, and he used that to answer the way he answers other things. he made no excuses that he's not politically correct. and interesting, the only time really that hillary clinton was mentioned in this debate is when he said that he invited her to his wedding and she came. so yes, it wasn't donald trump's night to shine. it wasn't the donald trump show at all for this debate. what about jeb bush or any other

candidates? we saw the exchange between governor christie and rand paul there. did anyone else do anything to set themselves apart from the pack? >> i think the three strongest performances were by first of all governor john kasich, who had a tremendous advantage. he had home field advantage. and clearly he had a lot of supporters packed in that hall because it's cleveland. it's ohio. it's his state. so he came across looking good. and he needed that because he squeaked into the debate in the tenth position. second, i would say marco rubio did well. most of his answers were crisp and articulate. and i think he connected with the viewers. and the third would be scott walker. he gave some predictable answers, but they're answers that have sold with the republican base. as far as jeb bush is concerned, i would give him a gentleman's c, which is enough to pass. and i think that's all he

wanted. he wanted to survive. he's going to let his $119 million speak for him. and that's far more money than any other candidate has. he'll outspend everybody by a mile. >> so when the newspapers hit tomorrow and have headlines about this debate, what would you say it would be? is it going to be about trump? >> well, the real headline that matters for the election is trump refuses to rule out independent bid. because if he actually follows through, and who knows, but if he actually follows through and runs as an independent hillary clinton will have to really try to lose the election. it reminds you of 1992. it could be a clinton versus a bush versus a trump instead of a perot, and the clinton could win with 43% again. >> could be interesting. well, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. the director of the university of virginia senator for

politics, larry sabato. nice to see you. >> thanks, natalie. many people thought donald trump would dominate the conversation, and he did. just look at how much speaking time each candidate got during the debate. mr. trump came out with the most air time, twice as much as senator rand paul. jeb bush came in second with almost nine minutes, but that's still two minutes less than donald trump. >> rand paul just five minutes. >> you can see the first debate featuring the democratic presidential candidates including hillary clinton and senator bernie sanders right here on cnn. >> that will be on thursday october 14th in nevada. cnn's first republican debate will be wednesday september 16th at the ronald reagan presidential library in the state of california. >> folks, it is debate season. >> it is. i think we're in the season now. >> what else do you do in august? you know, stay inside in the air-conditioning and watch the debates. september will be hot as well. well, anyway, we're going to

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. this is "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie allen. we're bringing you all the best moments from the first debate, featuring the u.s. republican presidential candidates. no surprise that illegal immigration was one of the hot topics. here's former florida governor jeb bush. >> we need to deal with people that come with a legal visa and overstay. we need to be much more strategic on how we deal with border enforcement, border security. we need to eliminate the sanctuary cities in this country. it is ridiculous and tragic that people are dying because of the fact that local governments are not following the federal law. there's much to do. and i think rather than talking about this as a wedge issue, which barack obama's done now for six long years, the next president, and i hope to be that president, will fix this once and for all so we can turn this

into a driver for high sustained economic growth. and there should be a path to earned legal status for those who are here. not amnesty. earned legal status which means you pay a fine and do many things over an extended period of time. >> donald trump on the other hand took credit for bringing the issue of illegal immigration to the forefront. >> this was not a subject that was on anybody's mind until i brought it up at my announcement, and i said mexico is sending. except the reporters, because they're a very dishonest lot generally speaking in the world of politics, they didn't cover my statement the way i said it. the fact is since then many killings, murders, crime, drugs pouring across the border, are money going out and the drugs coming in. and i said we need to build a wa wall. and it has to be built quickly. and i don't mind having a big beautiful door in that wall so

that people can come into this country legally. but we need jeb to build a wall. we need to keep illegals out. >> well, the cnn fact-checking team, we have one of those, has been working to verify some of the most notable claims made by all 17 republican presidential candidates. tom foreman does that for us. >> reporter: rick perry went after donald trump saying that trump likes the idea of a government-sponsored and paid for insurance plan, the so-called single payer plan. >> how can you run for the republican nomination and be for single payer health care? >> the thing is perry's wrong about that. but carly fiorina did her homework and she hit trump on that and two other topics as well. >> since he has changed his mind on amnesty, on health care, and

on abortion, i would just ask what are the principles by which he would govern? >> so let's consider her basic claim here. she's saying trump changed his mind or flip-flopped on amnesty, health care and abortion. trump has for years suggested that when people come into this country illegally, the question of amnesty, that they should all be deported. he still says that but now he recently told us that maybe you should let some of them then come back into the country. so he's sort of straddling the border fence there. on the question of health care, yes, in his 2000 book he said the united states government should consider the single payer plan. since then he has soured on obamacare and now doesn't seem to think it's a good idea anymore. and lastly, on this question of abortion, back in 1999 donald trump said he was strongly pro choice, meaning he supported the idea that women should be able to get an abortion. but now he says he is strongly pro life. in the end all it adds up to is that carly fiorina is right.

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> no. donald trump. i don't know. i think many people don't know. who is him? i don't know. >> i think from america's point of view he's not the right choice. i think he's doing it more for his benefit than america's. >> i watched "the apprentice" but i don't know much about him. he's been very successful. that's what i know about him. >> [ speaking foreign language ].

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie allen. thanks for being with us. we are devoting much of this hour to the first debate featuring the republican candidates for the u.s. presidency. the top ten hopefuls met on stage in cleveland thursday night. >> many people were looking for sparks to fly between billionaire donald trump and former florida governor jeb bush. that didn't really happen. but there was some sparring between other candidates. listen to this. >> is there anyone on stage, and 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? again, we're looking for you to

raise your hand now. raise your hand now if you won't make that pledge tonight. mr. trump. [ cheers and boos ] >> i cannot say i have to respect the person that if it's not me, the person that wins. if i do win and i'm leading by quite a bit, that's what i want to do. i can totally make that pledge if i'm the nominee. >> i mean, this is what's wrong. he buys and sells politicians of all stripes. he's already -- >> dr. paul. >> he's already hedging his bet on the clintons. okay? so if he doesn't run as a republican, maybe he supports clinton or maybe he runs as an independent. but i'd say he's already hedging his bets because he's used to buying politicians. >> and megyn. that's a completely ridiculous answer. i want to collect more records from terrorists but less records from other people. how are you supposed to know, megyn? >> use the fourth amendment. >> how are you supposed to -- >> use the fourth amendment. >> i'll tell you --

>> get a warrant. get a judge to sign the warrant. >> wait, wait. governor christie, make your point. >> listen, senator, when you're sitting in a subcommittee just blowing hot air about this, you can say things like that. when you're responsible for protecting the lives of the american people, then what you need to do is to make sure that you news the system the way it's supposed to work. >> i don't trust president obama with our records. i know you gave him a big hug, and if you want to give him a big hug again, go right ahead. >> and you know, senator paul, the hugs that i remember are the hugs that i gave to the families who lost their people on september 11th. those are the hugs i remember. and those had nothing to do -- and those had nothing to do with politics. unlike what you're doing by cutting speeches on the floor of the senate, then putting them on the internet within half an hour to raise money for your campaign. and while still putting our country at risk with iran. >> we're making a deal. you would say we want him, we

want him. we want our prisoners. we want all these things. we don't get anything. we're giving them $150 billion plus. they are going to be -- i tell you what. if iran was a stock, you folks should go out and buy it right now because you'll quadruple. this what's happened in iran is a disgrace. >> dr. carson. in one of his first acts as commander and chief president obama signed an executive order banning enhanced interrogation techniques in fighting terror. as president would you bring back waterboarding? >> well, thank you, megyn. i wasn't sure i was going to get to talk again. >> we have a lot for you. don't worry. >> mr. trump, i'll give you 30 seconds. i'll give you 30 seconds to answer o'my question, which was what evidence do you have he, specific evidence that the mexican government is sending criminals across the border? 30 seconds. >> border -- i was at the border last week. border patrol.

people that i deal with, that i talk to, they say this is what's happening, because our leaders are stupid, our politicians are stupid, and the mexican government is much smarter, much sharper, much more cunning and they send the bad ones over because they don't want to pay for them, they don't want to take care of them, why should they when the stupid leaders of the united states will do it for them. and that's what's happening, whether you like it or not. >> 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. we're not going to win by he doing what barack obama and hillary do each and every day, by dividing the country, creating a grievance kind of environment. we're going to win when we unite people with a hopeful optimistic message. >> news flash. the republican party's been fighting against a single payer system for a decade. so i think you're on the wrong side of this if you're still arguing for a single payer system. >> i'm not -- i don't think you heard me. you're having a hard time tonight. >> most of the people thon stage i've given to, just so you

understand. a lot of money. >> not me. but you're welcome to give me a check, donald -- >> that's right. >> to be clear, and charlie crist. >> but i have -- >> donald, if you end this campaign, i hope you will give to me. >> sounds good. sounds good to me, governor. >> with us now to talk about the debate is ron brownstein, cnn senior political analyst. ron, good to have you with us. you got an opportunity to watch that debate. who won and who do you think lost? >> well, i think the debate was most interesting less for what it said about any individual candidate and more about what it revealed about the state of the race. really the entire top tier of the race, if you think of what the top tier was going into this debate, was donald trump, jeb bush and scott walker. and each of them in their own way showed their limitations. donald trump played to his audience but probably reinforced the doubts with his temperament among those voters who are

skeptical of him. jeb bush really did nothing to combat the impression that he doesn't have enough energy and vision at this point in the race. and scott walker kind of faded into the curtains. you've really got to look at why no one has been able to seize control of this race. it's remarkably fluid and ill defined. and probably the strongest performances of the night were from candidates who are now in the second tier. senator marco rubio and governor john kasich of ohio probably had the best night. but i think the overall takeaway from this debate, george-s a reminder of why this republican race has been more unsettled than probably any we have seen in many years. >> there was certainly talk about immigration. there was also that dust-up over the nsa and surveillance between rand paul and chris christie. what did you think about what you heard there? >> yeah, i thought chris christie was pretty energetic all night. but you know, that was sort of a dust-up between the candidates who are 8 and 9 in the polls. rand paul is in a position,

again, speaking to his constituen constituency, but i think having that issue highlighted shows why it's so difficult for him to grow. and i thought christie was pretty good tonight as well. but he has fallen into a pretty deep hole with republican voters over the last year, and it's hard to see him fully climbing out. i think this race after tonight, even though it was an enormously entertaining and well-done debate and strong credit to the moderators who ask very tough questions, i think the race is more muddled after this debate than it was going in and i think it's just a reminder as i said of why this is so fluid. marco rubio kind of played the gary hart 1984 card in american politics, i'm the future, these other candidates are the past. that may have been the single best sound bite of the night. but john kasich showed why jeb bush has to be looking over his shoulder. kasich o'could be a very formidable competitor for the same kind of establishment center-right voters bush needs. i thought kasich was empathetic, he was relatable, he was

energetic. he this many of the qualities that bush simply did not show tonight except in a few answers toward the end. i think kasich sort of served notice he could be a factor at competing at the center-right skon stichs but the bush, kas h kasich, to some extent rubio lane. trump dominating the more populist blue-collar side of the party. and i thought he spoke to those people already who like him but he showed he does not have a second act that is broader and more presidential. if anything he was kind of petulant and angry tonight in a way that again, while some of his supporters may like i think kind of puts -- reinforces the limits he may face in broadening his appeal broad enough to contest the nomination. >> so ron, all eyes this evening were on this primetime debate but before that there was the undercard debate, the happy hour debate as some called it. and there was a lot of interest on carly fiorina. can we listen to a sound bite here from her performance and let's talk about it here on the

other side. >> hillary clinton lies about benghazi. she lies about e-mails. she is still defending planned parenthood. and she is still her party's front-runner. 2016 is going to be a fight between conservatism and a democrat party that is undermining the very character of this nation. >> a lot of people looked at that debate and they believe she was poised and she was direct. what were your thoughts? >> i thought she was probably the best performer on that stage as well. the problem is you're talking about a debate that might help her go from 2% to 3%. you know, this is an enormously big field, the biggest field in either party since the 1976 democratic race that gave us jimmy carter. there are so many cars in front of you it's hard to truly move up. but i do think even if carly fiorina can't get into the inner circle of people truly contesting the nomination she is performing her way into the viermt'll conversation and more realistically into the cabinet conversation if republicans win.

she has been doing well on the stadium. and that continued tonight in the debate. >> cnn's senior political analyst ron brownstein. ron, thank you so much for your insights on this debate. earlier anderson cooper spoke with democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz to get her opinion on tonight's debate, and she really took issue with the candidates' comments regarding women. >> the misogyny that was on full display, that not a single one of the other republican candidates for president criticized or called donald trump out on or any one of the other comments they made that may be troubling to women. the fact they want to roll back women's access to health care, the fact they aren't for equal pay for equal work, they are not for focusing on making sure that everybody has an opportunity to reach the middle class, those are issues that are important to women and layer on top of that the misogyny that none of them criticized -- for me the winner of tonight's debate was the

eventual democratic nominee because i think they will ultimately go on to be president of the united states. >> we will see. personally the most astute comment i've seen came from my friend karen on facebook. "i'd pick trump hair over rand paul's hair any day." there will be a lot of that too on social media. you're watching "cnn newsroom." we have more coverage on the first republican debate later in the program. but next, malaysia says more items resembling plane parts have surfaced on reunion island. could they be from missing flight mh370? not everyone agrees. benny's the oldest dog in the shelter. he needed help all day so i adopted him. when my back pain flared up, we both felt it. i tried tylenol but it was 6 pills a day. with aleve it's just two pills, all day. now i'm back! aleve. all day strong.

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island. >> but none of the other countries involved in the search or investigation have confirmed that. the items will be tested by the same international team that is examining a wing part. as you'll republican remembmemb last week on the island. meanwhile, the search is expanding with france. it now saying it will send aircraft and ships off the coast of reunion island in the coming days. >> crews on nearby islands are also on the lookout. cnn's erin mclaughlin is covering the search from mauritius. >> reporter: these coast guardsmen knows the odds are against them. after all, they don't even quite know what they're looking for. their mission, find anything that resembles plane debris. >> it is very difficult to undertake a search for a small object from the air. >> reporter: up here you get the idea there's a lot to search. the water is vast and the coast expansive. >> we're really hugging the coastline, flying very slowly to help with that visual search. >> reporter: the team scans the

crystal blue waters off mauritius, just over 100 miles from where they found the mh370 flaperon. >> there has been the reports of reunion has been very promising. >> reporter: they're on the lookout for anything white or shiny, anything roughly the flaperon size that the radar might miss. >> did you spot anything? >> yes. >> the captain just told me they see a white object waters but they can't find it again. so they called it into the operations room to send out a boat to investigate. >> reporter: another look around and still no signs of the object. the captain veers the plane back to base. but a glimmer of hope there's something out there. more clues to solving this mystery. erin mclaughlin, cnn, mauritius. >> well, many of the passengers on mh370 as you know were from china. cnn's will ripley joins us from

beijing with reaction from their families regarding the investigation's latest developments. you've been talking with these families, will, from the very start working on this story. and during this long horrible saga they have continued to get mixed messages and they're still not happy about that. >> no. it was another emotional angry morning here in beijing, natalie. we were with the families this morning bright and early when they went to the malaysia airlines office. and there were about 30 of them i would say. more than 150 chinese passengers on mh370 but a lot of the families are outside beijing. but those who were here in the capital city showed up and they were so angry, one, because they wanted news cameras to be allowed inside the meeting. they thought the malaysia government would go to the malaysia airlines office and meet with the families in front of the cameras. they're demanding transparency. at one point they tried to tie themselves up in front of the offices. and then when it came clear that the malaysian government officials were not going to be at the malaysia airlines office they were forced to leave without getting any new

information. they went over to the malaysian embassy, they protested a bit more there, and still have not gotten any information. this is after yesterday. they also stormed the malaysia airlines office. they're furious, natalie. they're saying they're getting mixed signals. the french investigators saying one thing, the malaysian government saying something else. they have no trust, many of them, no trust for the malaysian government. they feel malaysia is trying to force closure to this case by talking about evidence that they are not convinced actually exists. they are not convinced that there is proof that mh370 crashed in the indian ocean, and they want the investigation to continue. >> right. and they're not buying yet that pieces of window seat cushions, aluminum that the malaysian transport ministry says has come ashore on reunion island. they want clear-cut answers and they want their loved ones back. until the plane is found, until remains are found, they cannot have peace.

is that right? >> that's right. if you try to put yourself in these people's positions, for more than 515 days now, they have had no substantive proof, no evidence of what has happened to the plane. there have been a lot of educated guesses. just two weeks after the plane disappeared the malaysian prime minister month pronounsed it had gone down in the southern indian ocean and there were no survivors and they weren't even close to finding any evidence at that point yet. so families have built up this wall of mistrust that really is only growing higher because of the differences between the message from the malaysian government and the investigative team in france. and so they -- yes, they want to find the fuselage of the plane. they want to find human remains and until that happens there are some who will continue to believe that there is some sort of a conspiracy perhaps or that perhaps somehow people survived and that they're not being told the whole truth. imagine that pain and just the anguish of uncertainty that they've been living through now for a year and a half. >> those pictures we just saw as

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like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. your twitter account -- >> only rosie o'donnell. >> no, it wasn't. [ cheers and applause ] your twitter account -- >> thank you. >> for the record, it was well beyond rosie o'donnell. >> yes, i'm sure it was. >> your twitter account has several disparaging comments about women's looks. you once told a contestant on "celebrity apprentice" it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president? and how will you answer the charge when 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. [ applause ] i've been challenged by so many

people, and i don't frankly have time for total political correctness. and to be honest with you, this country doesn't have time either. this country is in big trouble. we don't win anymore. we lose to china. we lose to mexico. both in trade and at the border. we lose to everybody. and frankly, what i say and oftentimes it's fun, it's kidding, we have a good time. what i say is what i say. and honestly, megyn, if you don't like it, i'm sorry. i've been very nice to you although i could probably maybe not be based on the way you have treated me. but i wouldn't do that. but you know what? we need strength. we need energy. we need quickness. and we need brain in this country to turn it around. that i can tell you right now. >> he calls it fun and kidding. but there are a lot of people who took issue with it. >> yeah.

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show. >> and america is sad about that, i think, for most part. >> funny guy. >> we want to welcome our viewers from the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. >> u.s. presidential hopeful donald trump says he will not rule out an independent bid for the white house if he doesn't get the republican party's nomination. that's how the first debate featuring the top ten republican candidates began. >> and moderators quizzed mr. trump without his controversial comments on illegal immigration. >> this was not a subject that was on anybody's mind until i brought it up at my announcement. and i said, mexico ascending. accept t except the reporters, because they are are a disgenerous lot, in the world of reporters, they

didn't cover my full statement. the fact is, since then, many killings, murders, drugs, crimes across the bored are are money going out and drugs coming in. i said, we need to build a wall and it has to be built quickly. and i don't mind having a big beautiful door in that wall so that people can come into this country legally. but we need, jeb, to build a wall. we need to keep illegals out. >> and there was a moment where the former florida governor jeb bush admitted that the u.s.-led invasion in iraq under his brother's presidency was a mistake. but he said that the bigger problem is the way the obama administration handled the situation in that region since then. listen. >> knowing what we know now, with faulty intelligence and not having security be the first priority when we invaded, it was a mistake. i wouldn't have gone in. here's the lesson that we should

take from this which relates to the whole subject. barack obama became president and he abandoned iraq. he left. and when he left, al qaeda was done for. isis was created because of the void that we left. and that void now exists as a calla fate the size of indiana. we need to stop the iran agreement for sure. because the iranian mullas have their blood on their hands and we need to take out isis with every tool at our disposal. >> chris christie and rand paul talked about government surveillance. >> that's completely ridiculous answer. i want to collect more records from terrorists but less records from other people. how are you supposed to know, megyn? >> use the fourth amendment. get a warrant. get the judge to sign the warrant. >> governor christie, make your point. >> senator, when you sit in the

subcommittee blowing hot air about this, you can say things like that. when you're responsible for protecting the lives of the american people, what you need do is make sure you use the system the way it is supposed to work. >> here is the problem, governor, you fundamentally misunderstood the bill of rights. every time you did a case, you got a warrant if a judge. i'm talking about searches without warrants indiscriminately of all-americans' records and i don't trust president obama with our records. i know you gave him a big hug. if you want to give him a big hug, good ahead. >> let's bring in eric bradener live in cleveland. from what you've heard today and folks who are there who watched it, what are people saying about who the winners were and who were the losers? >> well, it just took seconds for this to become the donald trump show. i mean, he was right off the bat

threatening to run as an independent and throwing personal insults at rosie o'donnell. a lot of debate revolved around him. the front-runner in the gop race and biggest presence in the room. now, voters learned a lot about donald trump tonight, about his past political affiliations. having donated to hillary clinton and having supported universal health care in the past. and it remains to be seen how that will play. but there's no question trump supporters were not turned off. at least the ones i've run into here in cleveland in parties and the room. we are not turned off by his style that they've come to expect from him. but others did well too. john kasich, the hometown hero, the ohio governor in his home state. got the wbiggest cheers from th beginning of the debate, through some of his bet he movements, through the end. marco rubio showed talent,

defusing what could have been rough areas through donald trump and policies showing command. and you heard chris christie and rand paul get across the points they wanted to get across. who won that exchange is sort of in the eye of the beholder. >> for viewers who watch this debate, was this debate more about policy or was it more about just standing out and getting some sort of recognition or you know, getting noticed by these potential voters? >> there are ten people on the stage, right? ten people in two hours p. it is hard to have a substantive policy discussion and donald trump had about 11 minutes of talking time. that was the longest of anyone. so candidates weren't really able to get into too many weeds on policy. it was more about creating a moment. something that people will remember. that will stick in their minds. say, oh, yeah, that's why i want to support that candidate bp and there were some, like mike

huckabee, who didn't have any real standout moments until the very end where he was able to sort of par par lay a joke that would have been about trump but ended up being about hillary clinton. >> you mentioned these moments where they are, you know, trying it make an impression on the voters. eric bradener, thank you so much for your reporting there in cleveland. >> joining us is director of the university of virginia center pour politics larry is a van why. thank you for joining us, first of all. we saw fireworks there but not a whole lot in this debate. how would you characterize the jibs, the jabs, and the jebs in this first republican debate? >> i think the most memorable moment, what will be remembered for at least a month until the

cnn debate, is the very first question and answer delivered to donald trump and delivered from donald trump about whether or not he would run as an independent. >> and he answered he would. >> he refused to rule it out. yes. he lost the crowd right there. he lost the crowd. he never got the crowd back. maybe he never had the crowd to begin with. but from that moment on, this was a hostile environment for donald trump. >> right. he was booed by the crowd when he reiterated that stance. and later was asked and questioned because he had some views that aren't hard-line conservative views, when did he become a republican. so he was challenged a little bit about whether or not he is solidly the candidate that could represent the conservative base. >> natalie, we thought that there would be a lot of fist to

cuffs before tramp and the other candidates. there really wasn't. what we did an it the pace is the main bout would be between donald trump and the fox moderators. that's what defined this debate. they went after him hard. >> right. he was questioned about derogatory comments he made about women in the past. and he used that answer the way he answered other things. he made no excuses that he's not politically correct. and interesting, the only time really that hillary clinton was mngs mentioned in this debate is that he invited her to his wedding and she came. it wasn't donald trump's night to shine. it wasn't the donald trump show at all for this debate. what about jeb bush? or any other candidates? we saw the exchange between governor christie and rand paul there. did anyone else do anything to set themselves apart from the pack? >> i think the three strongest

performances were by, first of all, governor john kasich who had a tremendous advantage. he had home field advantage. and clearly he had a lot of supporters packed in that hall, because it's cleveland. it's ohio. it's his state. he came across looking good. and he needed that because he squeaked into the debate in the tenth position. second i would say marco rubio did well. most of his ans were crisp and articulate and i think that he connected with the viewers. and third would be scott walker. he he gave some predictable answers but they're answers that have sold with the republican base. as far as jeb bush is concerned, i would give him a gentleman's c, which is enough to pass. and i think that's all he he wanted. he wanted to survive. he he's going to let his $119 million speak for him. and that's far more money than any other candidate has. he will outspend everybody by a mile. >> the director of university of

virginia center for politics, larry sabato. nice to see you. >> thank you. >> earlier, speaking to debbie waterman schultz to get her opinion on tonight's debate. >> for me, the winner of tonight's debate was the eventual democratic nominee. because i think they will ultimately good on to become president of the united states when we have a general election in which the contrast is very clear. our nominee will be for working families and helping people reach the middle class. and they will continue to double down on the extremism that we saw tonight. >> you can see the democratic presidential candidates. a much smaller stage than tonight. including hillary clinton and senator bernie sanders right there. it'll be here on cnn. >> that will be on thursday october 13th in nevada. wednesday september 16th at the

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mauritius. >> reporter: these coastmen know the odds are against them. after all, they don't quite know what they are looking for. their mission, find anything that resembles plane debris. >> it is a very difficult search for a small object from the air. >> reporter: you get the idea there's a lot to search. the water is vast and the coast expansive. >> we are really hugging the coastline, flying very slowly to help with a visual search. the team scans the crystal blue waters off mauritius, just a hundred miles from where they found the mh370 flaperon. >> there has been reports of reunion has been quite promise willi willing. >> looking for anything white and shiny. anything radar might miss. >> did you spot something? >> yeah, i think so. >> reporter: the captain just

told me they saw a white object on the water but can't find it again. so they sent in a boat to investigate. still no sign of the object. the captain veers the plane back it base with a glimmer of hope there is something out there. more clues to solving this mystery. >> beautiful area of the world for such a grim task. cnn is following this developing story from many areas. will ripley is in beijing getting reaction from the families who continue to be so angered. let's begin with you andrew, the investigation and what malaysian officials are saying so far. >> this has been quite controversial, natalie, as you know. malaysians saying that new

debris had been spotted but we didn't get any response from france or reunion. i interviewed the malaysian transport minister. i spoke to him just about an hour ago. an i began by asking him and just this little sharp clip we have exactly what debris they have found and why they think it's so important to this ongoing investigation. for. >> we found debris. and this debris is all aircraft materials, window payne materials, cushion materials. so once by collect it, we hand it over to the military police. >> are you sure this is aircraft grade material? how do you know. >> this is from the technical side. from malaysian and they train in these areas. so they can defined whether it

is material so we trust in the expert and it is so verify whether it is mh h37mh370. >> they aren't saying this is part of mh370. this demands further investigation, natalie. they have their own team in reunion working with the local authorities. and the minister also showed me after and after our interview, a confidential report sent to him by his team on reunion. i looked at pictures of this debris. we can't show you them because it is confidential. but two pictures. i saw. one a loose bowl almost, of the alminion. and also bright blue material on the rocky beach there.

some bright blue material. which again they say that is material from a seat cover. they do say it is aircraft grade material but that's the most likely source of it. they have people on the ground. they say they are trying to get information as they can verify it out as quickly as possible. >> i know the families hope it is factual when they do release information. andrew stephens for us there in kuala lumpur, thank you. george? >> many of the passengers on mh370 were from china. will ripley joins us live from beijing with reaction from their families, regarding the investigation latest developments. will, good to have you with us, even with the news that a piece of the palestinian has been found. there is still outrage from victims' families. explain why. >> they don't feel it has been proven, george, that it is a piece of the plane. a lot of that has to do with the

difference in the message earlier from the malaysian prime minister and then from the french prosecutor who spoke within an hour of each other. malaysia saying it is cannot collusively from mh370. but then the french prime minister saying they don't have the conclusion yet. malaysian investigators are trying to force this issue it a close. they are trying to say, look, this is the plane -- [ inaudible ] just two weeks after mh370 vanished last year. creating outrage here. because families feel that malaysia is not fully invested in figuring out exactly what happened. that's why you see them angrily protesting yesterday and today outside of the malaysia airlines office. they also marched off to the malaysian embassy demanding to meet with officials who have not met with them today.

they feel they are being stonewalled. some sadly are still holding on to hope that their loved ones are alive, george. >> and touching on that point, natalie and i were just talking about this, trying to put ourselves in the shoes of these families, if it was a loved one. and something like this happens. you would want to know where is that loved one. what happened. that is really what these families are dealing with. just not knowing and not having that ability to have any sense of closure. >> and they have that uncertainty for more than 515 days. they have seen false leads evaporate. they have been told that their loved ones are gone but provided with no proof. the plane is still missing. the people on the plane is still missing. even if this debris is announced to be from mh370, there still might be some who are not entirely convinced. some family members asking, how do we know for sure that everyone was on board when the plane crashed.

how do we know it didn't last somewhere first. these things go through someone's mind when they lost someone they love. when they desperately want that person back and don't have proof that they're gone. there's a lot of compelling evidence that they didn't survive and that the plane crashed. but these families want proof an they still don't have it which means they still don't have closure. >> very difficult situation for these families who, as investigators look at these pieces of, you know, other pieces as the malaysian transport minister says, they just want proof. will ripley, thank you so much for your reporting there. >> hopefully that news comes sooner rather than later. we have more highlights from the republican presidential debate. >> and a happy hour debate before the main event coming up. find out which candidates stole the show. man: definitely more murdery than the reviews said.

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together, we're building a better california. here in the united states and around the world. welcome to cnn. i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. here are our top stories. donald trump mand presidential candidates met face-to-face. taking shots at president obama, hillary clinton and comedian rosie o'donnell and refused to rule out a possible independent candidacy. he was booed for are that. >> coming to hunt for possible

mh370 wreckage, malaysia says more plane parts washed up. but keep in mind no other country confirmed that. the items will be tested by the same team that is examining a wing part, that as you will remember, was found last wek week on the island. >> chuck schumer said he will vote against the deal with iran. he calls deep study an careful thought. and in a 1600-word statement, he says he opposes the agreement because he believes iran will not change. >> the republican presidential candidates certainly did not pull any punches in their debate. >> we're off and running. here is a look at some of the best jabs of the night. >> is there anyone on the stage, and can i see hands, who is unwilling to pledge your support to the eventual nominee of the republican party and pledge to not run an independent campaign against that person.

again, we are looking for you to raise your hand now, raise your hand now if you won't make that pledge tonight. mr. trump? >> i cannot say i have to respect the person that if it's not me, the person that wins. if i did win and i'm leading by quite a bit, that's what i want to do. i can totally make that pledge, if i'm the nominee. >> you know, that's a completely ridiculous answer. i want to collect more records from terrorists but less records from other people. how are you supposed to know, megyn? >> use the fourth amendment. get a warrant. get a judge to sign the warrant. >> governor christie, make your point. >> when you sit in a subcommittee just blowing hot air about this, you can say things like that. when wur responsible for protecting the lives of the american people then what you need to do is to make sure that you use the system the way it is supposed to work. >> as president, would you bring back water boarding? >> thank you, megyn, i wasn't

sure i was going to get to talk again. >> we have a lot for you. don't worry. >> with iran, we're making a deal. you would say, we want him. we want him. we want our prisoners. we want all these things. we don't get anything. we give them $150 billion plus. they are going to be -- i'll tell you what, if iran was a stock, you folks should good out and buy it right now because you are quadruple. this what is happening in iran is a disgrace. >> the court ruled and i said i will accept it. i just went it a wedding of a friend of mine who happens to be gay. because someone doesn't think the way i do doesn't mean that i can't care about them or can't love them. >> i'm going to have to earn this. maybe the bar is even higher for me. that's fine. i've got a record in florida. i'm proud of my dad. and i'm certainly proud of my brother. and florida they call me jeb. because i earned it. >> here is what the election better be about. the future, not the past.

it better be about the issues our nation and world is facing today, not simply the issues we once faced. if i'm nominated, we will be about the future. >> ron, good to have you with us. you've got the opportunity it watch that debate. who won and who do you think lost? >> well it is interesting. it said less about an individual candidate and more about the entire race. the top tier of race, if you think about the top tier, donald trump, jeb bush and scott walker. and each showed limitations. donald trump played to his aud yns but reinforce had doubts with his temperament of the voters that are skeptical of him. jeb bush did nothing to combat the impression that he doesn't have enough energy and vision at this point in the race.

and scott kwawalker faded into curtain. it is remarkable fluid. and probably the strongest perform uns of the note were from candidates who are now in the stooer, rubio of florida and kasich of ohio probably had the best night. but the overall take away of this debate, george, is a reminder of why this republican race has been more unsettled than probably any that we have seen in many years. >> there was certainly talk about immigration. there was also that dust-up over the nsa and surveillance between rand paul and chris christie. what did you think about what you heard there? >> yeah, i thought chris christie was pretty energetic all night. but that was a dust-up between the candidates that are number eight and nine in the polls. rand paul is in a position again speaking to his constituency but i think having that issue highlighted shows why it is so difficult for him to grow. i thought christie was pretty good tonight as well. but he has fallen into a pretty

deep hole with republican voters over last year and it is hard to see him fully climbing out. this race, even though it was enormously entertaining and well done debate and strong credit to the moderators who asked strong questions, i think this is more muddled after the debate than was going in. it is a reminder, as i said, why this is so fluid. ru rubio played the gary hart saying, i am the future. that may have been the saying of the night. there could be the same kind of establishment centerized voters that bush hemnneeds. kasich was energetic. he he had many of the qualities that bush did not show tonight. except in a few answers toward the end. i think kasich sort of served notice that he could be a factor.

center rigconstituency. but you have trump dominating the blue collar side of the party. and again spoke to those people who like him but he showed he doesn't have a second act that is broader and more presidential. if anything he was angry tonight in a way that again while some supporters may like, i think kind of puts reinforces the limits he may face in broadening his appeal to tackle a nomination. >> ron brownsteen. thank you so much for your insights on this debate. >> so a lot of talk about the prime time debate, but there was another debate. seven republican candidates that are trailing in the polls squared off in this second tier debate before thursday's main event. they discussed everything from terrorism to immigration. iran and isis and the u.s. economy. >> even climate change came up in this debate. some analysts say one of the standouts in the so-called happy

hour debate was former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina. >> hillary clinton lies about benghazi. she lies about e-mails. she is still defending planned parenthood and is still her party's front run ir. 2016 will be a fight between conservatism an a democrat party that is undermining the very character of this nation. >> there you have it from carly. much more to come from these presidential candidates. cnn will be hosting its first republican debate on wednesday, september 16th at the ronald reagan presidential library in california. >> that's right. you're watching "cnn newsroom." still ahead. >> packing storms and rain and heading for taiwan. derek will have that for you in a moment.

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taiwan bracing for a powerful typhoon that is expected to make a direct hit. >> typhoon soudelor is expected to strengthen before making land fall early saturday morning. taiwan is in the bull's eye there. >> and derek van dam is tracking this for us. derek? >> it looks like it will fall just south of typhoon's most populated city, taipei. but that doesn't mean that taipei will feel a major chunk with heavy rain and strong winds. some of the outer harbors on the island continue to brace themselves. all preparations should be done because outer lands are lashing the east coast. this is preparation efforts for boating and fishing industry. they have tied up, secured all of their boats as best as

possible but this will make a direct hit over the central portions of taiwan. currently, 195 kilometer per hour sustained winds and this storm continues to strengthen. continues to deepen. can you see the track right over the central portions of taiwan. look at this. it makes a second land fall in southeast china. in a weaker state but none the left a storm. if you are in taipei or anywhere on taiwan watching us, we have deteriorating conditions. between 3:00 and 6:00 local time. so they are still going to feel a formidable part of this. i want you to notice the topography across the island. this is known as central mountain range. as the storm passes over the

island, we expect the northwest facing parts of the island chain to really get the brunt of some of the heaviest rain fall. we can experience anywhere between 500 to 700 millimeters of rain fall and the 24-hour period. then it crosses over the island and the return flow brings it back on the southwest facing island part of the island that is the mountainous regions there. and that area could see the possibility of mudslides and landslides. this is the anatomy of a typhoon or hurricane. and the periphery of the eye, you see that warm rising convective air. and that bring the extreme thunderstorms and the intense, intense part of the typhoon and outer rain bans again also encompassing some of the stronger thunderstorm as well. and it is not only the possibility of heavy rain and strong winds, it is rough seas that could easily exceed 30 feet, some of the open ocean swells are enormous at this stage. and that means that the possibility of storm surge going forward for some of the coastal

locations. fortunately, the east coast of taiwan is not as populated as the northern portions of the island, taipei. roughly 7 million population. but the east coast is a little bit more sparsely populated. so that would be the only saving grace in this direct hit after typhoon. >> we'll take it. >> derek, thank you so much. >> thank. >> u.s. lawmakers, they are looking into claims that this year's government report on human trafficking was manipulated for political reasons by diplomatic officials. >> critics say the trafficking and persons report upgraded the status of cuba, malaysia and india despite minimal progress from those governments to address trafficking more impressively. the head of the senate foreign relations committee grilled the u.s. state department under secretary sewell thursday and threatened to subpoena information from the department.

>> this is the possibly the most heartless lacking of substance presentation i have ever seen about a serious poppic. and i don't see how anybody could believe that there was integrity in this process. >> senator bob menendez also criticized the obama administration for inflating the standing of certain countries. >> i took to heart what secretary kerry said when he released the report. he said, we have to be true to the principle that although money may be used for many things, we must never ever allow a price tag to be attached to the heart and soul and freedom

of a fellow human being. i don't know that we didn't pervert that lofty goal by a report that clearly seems to me has been politicized in a way that is not justifiable and cannot be justified. >> the state department has denied any lack of credibility in the trafficking in persons report. >> a powerful car bomb has detonated in the afghan capital, kabul, killing at least eight people. >> the blast injured at least 100 more and the fatalities are expected to increase. the bomb struck a crowded residential area harming mostly civilians and destroying shops and houses. >> next here on cnn, it is the end of an jer why in american television. >> that's right. politicians he poked fun at may be breathing a sigh of relief. as jon stewart end his reign as the host of the "daily show."

one of america's favorite comedians and satirists ended

his reign. >> signing off after more than 16 years at the helm. >> reporter: hey there, jon stewart's moment of zen has arrived. he taped more than 2,600 episodes of the daily show over the span of more than 16 years. but tonight with a is his finale, taping it in his studio at the far west side of manhatt manhattan, the usual time and usual place but unusual circumstances. bruce springsteen and the e street band were here to perform. stev stev steven colbert and steve correl. also bill o'reilly spent over a videotape of the kmemcation. so did hillary clinton, lindsey graham, john mccain.

and predecessor craig killborn. it was a star star-stud had affair. stewart is, to choose one word, tired or maybe even exhausted. president of comedy central told me he has been ready to go for a while. no second thoughts. but stewart isn't leaving television all together. not leaving the public eye all together. we will certainly see him on tv and in media in the future but definitely not on the "daily show." the new host, trevor takes over in november. but he teared up and so did some of his fans as well. >> oh i guess so. >> jon stewart will be a very tough act it follow. >> what a unique show he had. and the young people of course think he is the news guy in the country. >> yeah. >> but now that he called it quits, what kind of legacy is he leaving behind?

>> joining us now is brian steinburg, brian good to have you with us. >> how are you? >> good. so you were in the audience? >> yes. i was in taping of the show. it was a live feed. i think stewart spent a lot of time thanking supporters and staff. not so much focused on himself an his comedy. a different kind of program. not a topical program. missouri more after timeless program of people who have helped him out over the years. >> jon stewart brought the news it a lot of people. specifically millennials who appreciated his take on world events. he will be listed by a lot of people. >> that's true. he was a generation walter cronkite. or mr. rogers. helping make sense of cannot fusing and flashy media issues and other things going on in the world. for some people, this was their

daily newscast. >> who are the notable guest in that audience? >> tonight you will see almost every correspondent who has been on his show from jorge posada oliver to steve correl, and even a couple politicians. hillary clinton, chuck schumer. very fun few segments where a lot of people make a lot of faces, brief surfacing. >> there is a great article right now on cnn.com. jon stewart in his own words. i want to read one graph from it. he says i think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that i actually care about. and that's really it. i have great respect for people on the front lines and in the trenches trying to enact social change. but i'm far laysier than that, he says. i'm a tiny neurotic man standing in the back of the room throwing tomatoes at the chalkboard.

is that jon stewart? >> he is always self efacing. but i with argue he has had a larger influence on today's media watchers. this is a guy who regularly poked back at news coverage and things that, you know, institutions like the press and government, asking people to think for themselves. you know, this guy who insisted that the average viewer could make more sense of something o going on than perhaps the president. >> you have reported on him for many, many years. do you think jon stewart really made a difference? an impact in the news business. >> i do. i think he holds people's feet to the fire. you can ask anyone at fox news. cnn for example, probably well know, crossfire show on this network. jon stewart went on the show and took it apart. i think the show was taken off the air a few months later. and the executive at the time

cited his comments as one reason why the show had kind of finished its run for a while. this guy has influence on the way media thinks. wait things are perceived. he has a lot of push back on institutions in the world. >> he has strong voice that a lot of people followed for many, many years. brian steinburg senior tv editor at "variety." thank you so much. >> thank you very much. the news would happen. people would wait for jon stewart to give his take on it. >> oh yeah. he made fun of the news, including us, when warranted. all right, now the really, really, really big story. >> she loves this story. >> i do. jennifer aniston. finally married. one of hollywood's most famous couples finally had time to tie the knot. jennifer and fellow actor justin theroux had a surprise wedding at their home in l.a. wednesday. 70 friends and family including

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gloves come off for the republican presidential hopefuls after a fiery first debate. we he have all of the reaction as ten candidates traded blows in the race for the white house. >> at their wits end. frustration boils over for families of mh370 victims who say they are bewildered by what they're being told. >> and this is a farewell fit for a king. a political satire. details on jon stewart's final time in the daily show anchor chair. >> we want it welcome our

viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. thanks for joining us. >> u.s. presidential hopeful donald trump says he will not rule out an independent bids for the white house if he does not get the republican party's nomination. that is how this first debate started out featuring the top ten republican candidates. >> and when he says that, he got boos from the audience. moderators though also questioned trump about his controversial comments on illegal immigration. >> this was not a subject that was on anybody's behind until i brought it up at my announcement and i said, mexico ascending. except the reporters, but they are a very dishonest lot generally speaking in the world of politics, they didn't cover my statement the way i said it. the fact is, since then, many killings, murders, crimes, drugs pouring across the border, are moneying going out and the drugs

coming in. and i said, we need to build a wall and it has to be built quickly. and i don't mind having a big beautiful door in that wall so that people can come into this country legally. but we he need jeb to build a wall. we need to keep illegals out. >> on to the next topic, former florida governor jeb bush admitted that the u.s.-led invasion in iraq's under his brother's presidency was a mistake. >> but he said the bigger problem is the way the obama administration handled the situation since. >> we know now with faulty intelligence and not having security be the first priority when we invaded, it was a mistake. i wouldn't have gone in. >> here is the lesson that we should take from this which relates to the whole subject. barack obama became president and he abandoned iraq. he left. and when he left, al qaeda was

done for. isis created because of the void that we left and that void exists as a callafate the size of indiana. to honor the people that died, we need to stop the iran agreement for sure because the iranian mullas have their blood on their hands and we need it take isis out with every tool at our disposal. >> let's bring in eric brad with us, live from cleveland. eric, a fiery debate. who are they saying are the winners, who are they saying were the losers in this debate? >> from the first moment, this is the donald trump reality show. rather than sparring with the other candidates on the stage, though, he went after the moderators. after rosie o'donnell in a strange moment.

trump is bomb bat officbastic. people who support him were not turned off. people who i talked to here in town, there is what they were wanting to hear from donald trump. the question is whether some of these hits on him from other candidates about his prior support for hillary clinton and his prior support for universal health care will hurt him in the polls now that those issues have been brought in front of a national audience. other candidates who did well were marco rubio who showed a mastery of policy and john kasich, the ohio governor in front of a home on how to crowd and got some of the biggest applause in the entire night because he he had a supportive audience behind him from the moment he walked on stage. >> now we're talking about this prime time debate but there was a happy hour debate that happened a few hours before it. a lot of interest, a lot of talk about carly fiorina. talk us to about that. >> yeah. so the early debate was an

opportunity for perhaps one candidate to really stand out. to really prove that they had earned their way to into the main event. and that was carly fiorina tonight. she was polished. she showed she can effect ofly attack both donald trump and hillary clinton. and she was the person that everyone was talking about tonight. people were talking about her even after the main prime time debit. so the question is can carly fiorina turn her strong performance tonight into a boost of fund-raising and in the polles so that perhaps she will qualify for future debates. but there is no question she was the biggest winner and by not appearing on stage in the prime time with the scrum of ten candidates, she didn't have to worry about being challenged too directly or confronted in front of that kind of audience and with that kind of opposition. >> with so many people on the stage, keep in mind, there had to be two different debates.

just so many people running in the republican party for president. was tonight about substance? was it about context? or was it about posturing and just getting recognized by voters? >> it was really about creating a moment. giving voters something that will stand out in their memory. now i just said that mark why rubio had a great night. showed a mastery of policy. but there wasn't any particular moment you take away and sort of say, right. that is what marco rubio did. that is why donald trump isn't going to be hurt too much with some conservatives by his performance tonight. sure he was confronted by some facts that might alienate a lot of republican voters but he did leave you with memories. now someone who didn't is scott walker, the governor of wisconsin. who is leading in iowa, wasn't really attacked by his opponents. he didn't have to put on the body army.

he was able to slip into the background, keep his front runne runners status and survive it fight another day. >> john king brought up a point saying that rules haven't applied to donald trump so far. we will have to see if his comments about women, the comments that created a dust-up tonight, how they play out moving forward. but a lot of people talking about donald trump as headliners from this debate. eric bradener, thank you so much for your reporting there. >> we're joined by cnn political commentator peter bienhert who is also editor are from the national journal. thanks for being with us peter. what do you give the first kickoff debate for the republican field. as far as excitability and how it came down? >> it was extremely entertaining. i think donald trump was

extraordinarily bad. but i think from my perspective he's been extraordinary bad sin the beginning of the race and he leads the poll. after watching trump for two hours giving the narcissistic absurd answers does that start to hurt his position in the polls and do we move to the new phase of the race. >> and he said he would not rule out being a third party candidate. so it might come to that as well. >> it could. how much support does he still have by the end of the process? my suspicion is that he will have a lot less support than he does now and that tonight's debate will be seen as one step in his political descent. but again, many have been wrong about donald trump before. saying he has been buffoonish

throughout the campaign and still have a significant amount of support. >> you're not the first person to use the word narcissus in describing his role there tonight and things he had to say. even being a little bit after bully and not really knocking down derogatory comments that have been made about women by trump. let's look at others. some say that john kasich was a breakout surprise. >> remember, it was a hometown crowd for him in ohio. so i think that helped him. kasich answered well. especially if you are someone who is more progressive or moderate than the republican party is. and a lot of media commentators are. but i suspect that the republican base will not be as enamored with the answers. and won't be as enamored as many people in the media. >> i notice that there are applause when he made his

comments about gay marriage and it was his home team there in ohio. which can swing around the universe of political parties. let's talk about jeb bush. some describe him as falling a bit flat. how would you characterize? >> well, he did. but i think many people expected him to be flat. jeb bush is not a very good public speaker. he was not good. but i think the expectations in many ways were low. what jeb bush has going for him and this is i think a sad commentary on american politics, what he has going for him is that he raised $100 million. that money the loom large in his presidential race. i dent thion't think anyone tho he was a real compelling speaker before tonight and certainly not tonight after this debate. >> we will see where donald trump stand at that point. thank you for joining us. >> thank you.

>> the cnn fact-checking team has been hard at work to verify some of the most notable claims made by all 17 republican presidential candidates. >> yeah. took them a little while to do that. here is tom foreman. >>. >> reporter: rick perry went after donald trump saying that trump likes the idea of a government sponsored and paid for insurance plan, so-called single payer plan. >> how can you run for the republican nomination and be for single payer health care? >> the thing is, perry is wrong about that. but carly fiorina did letter homework and she hit trump on that and two other topics as well. >> since he has changed his mind on amnesty, on health care, and on abortion, i would just ask what are the principles by which he will govern. >> so let's consider her basic

idea here. she said that trump flip-flopped on health care, amnesty and abortion. trump said that illegals should be deported but then says maybe some can come back in the country. on the question of health care, yes, in with his 2000 book, he he said the united states government should consider the single-payer plan. since then he has soured on obama care and now doesn't seem to think it is a good idea any more. and lastly on the question of abortion, back in 1999, donald trump said he is strongly pro close. meaning he supported abortion. but now he says he is strongly pro life. in the end, all it adds up to is that carly fiorina is right. her claim that he flip-flop said true. >> all right. thanks tom foreman.

we will have more highlights coming up. cnn will host, we want you to know, the first democratic debate. that's october 13th in nevada. >> and cnn's first republican debate will be september 16th at ronald reagan presidential library in california. we hope you will watch that. >> coming up next, more news for you here. why some mh370 passengers families say they are outraged still once again over the way malaysian officials have handled the investigation of the latest revelations about the missing plane. >> plus there is a powerful typhoon packing damaging winds and rain. taiwan and china are next in line it feel its effects.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." france joined the renewed search for mh 3. 0. french officials say they plan to deploy resources to reunion island in coming days to hunt for plane wreckage. >> malaysia says more plane parts are washing up on the island but no other country confirmed that yet. that is what malaysia is saying.

sarah mclaughlin has more on the search effort. >> reporter: these coast guardsmen know the result are against them. their mission, find anything that resembles plane debris. >> it is very difficult to search for a small object from the air. >>. >> reporter: you get the idea there's a lot to search. the water is vast and the coast expansive. really hugging the coastline. flying very slowly to help with that visual search. the team scans the crystal blue waters off mauritius. just over a hundred miles from where they found the mh370 flaperon. >> there has been reports of reunion has been quite promising. >> reporter: looking for anything white or shiny. anything roughly the flaperon size that radar might miss. >> did you spot something? >> yeah. >> the captain just told me they

saw a white ogt object on the water but they can't find it again. they called in a boat to investigate. another look around and still no signs of the object. the captain veers the plane back to base with a glimmer of hope there is something else there. more clues to solving this mystery. sarah mclaughlin, cnn, mauritius. >> the families of those on board mh 360 say they frustrated by wait this is being handled. will, you've been on this story sin the start. you've been in touch with the families and they he have gone through so much. explain the outrage they are feeling given where the investigation stands at this point. >> i have to tell you, seeing again this morning the families and grieve they are going through, it is just as strong if

be even stronger now than what we saw in initial days an weeks after mh370 disappeared. we saw family members on the ground, crawling in front of the malaysian embassy, begging on their knees, tie trying to tie themselves up in front of the office because they he feel they are not being heard or getting answers from the malaysian government and they are desperate right now for answers. they don't believe the prime minister when he went on live television and said there is conclusive confirmation. they don't believe it. the french prosecutor said that's not the case. they don't have definitive proof that this plane part is from the missing plane. they think it is a very good chance. but family members don't want good chances. they don't wantedcated giss. they want prove and they don't have it. which means they don't have closure. they can't fully grief. so their pain, anger and frustration continues to consume

them. we saw this once again here in china today, george. >> malaysian transport minister also saying that there were other parts of a plane but as we heard earlier, not confirmed to be part of mh370. still, so many discrepancies in what we hear from the officials. how are these families obviously they want 100% confirmation. they're not getting it. >> george, you and i might look at all of the facts. look at the fact the plane has been gone for more than 515 days. 17 months tomorrow. there is a plane part that most likely is from mh370 even if it hasn't been officially confirmed yet. we can put that all together and feel with some amount of certainty that the plane did crash and there are no survivors. but for these family members because they've had so many false leads, so much false

hopes. sightings of a debris field that turned out to be ocean trash. underwater ping that did not turn out to be from the plane. they've been through so much. and to have the malaysian prime minister announcing that the plane went down and said there are no survivors, did the same thing. they think the government is trying to shut this down, quiet them, offer them a settlement and have them move on. they don't feel that is fair to them or their missing loved ones p. thissing a knee and uncertainty and limbo continues for them even with the other discoveries which could be debris. they don't believe anything until they he have proof. >> will ripley, you've been very clear with all of your explanations of what is happening. at the same time, expressing what the families are feeling. they are outraged and they want 100% confirmation on what's happening. will, thank you so much. we will stay in touch with you as this continues.

>> we will have a live report from france where they are doing the investigation. hopefully we will have more definitive results from that part of the story. a powerful typhoon is packing flooding rain and high winds. on a commission course with taiwan. >> that's right. let's turn to our meteorologist derek van dam here. derek, it is on its way. >> it is on its way. already lashing the east coast taiwan. it does look like the center of the storm will travel south of taipei, taiwan's most populated city. doing as much prepreparation ahead of the storm asrrow windo closing. you can see the shades of orange and purple reaching the east coast of taiwan. that means the storm is quickly

approaching. 195 kilometer per hour sustained wind and is expected to continue to strengthen before it makes land fall between 3:00 and 6:00 in the morning on saturday along the east coast of taiwan. making a second land fall, late saturday night into sunday morning across southeast china. believe it or not. a much weak are state but nonetheless still a formidable storm. look at the winds surrounding the storm. shagd of pink is 150 to 180 kilometers per hour. that is possible in the taipei region. more likely across the coastal regions. this is called the central mountain range. look at the topography across the area. the northeastern facing slopes will see rain fall in excess of 500 millimeters. the return flow will bring in rain and the heaviest amount of rain across the southwest facing slopes of the island.

there is going to be two distinct locations where we may see mudslides and landslides. we find our strongest winds and largest waves and swells across the center of the storm. that brings in the possibility of storm surge and flooding along the coastal areas as well. good news about this storm, if we can find some, is that it will hit of the east coast of taiwan which is a sparsely populated part of the island compared to the northern and south parts of the island. >> that's good news. >> that is some good news. we will take what we can get at this point in time. >> thanks, derek. with typical laughs and this time a few tears, jon stewart had his final night as the daily show host and his final moment of zen. the show brimmed with wit, warmth and sincerity. >> former correspondent and politicians and dear friends all

chimed in to say farewell to the beloved funny man. and legendary rocker. one of stewart's favorite artist closed the show out. here are a few of the highlights. >> jon stewart, thank you very much for coming tonight. may guess what, i got big news. this is the final episode. >> jon, i just don't know what to say. >> i'm sure you will be surpassed by somebody. >> there are plenty of things in the world that keep me up at night. which is why i rely on you to put me he to sleep. >> i'm jon stewart. yeah, i'm dumb. i'm stupid. blah blah blah. >> time to discuss this in-depth. 15, 18, even 20 minutes if necessary. otherwise, what are you really

doing? >> i hear you. but, eventually, we do have to go to commercial. >> hold on. what the [ bleep ] is a commercial? what are you talking about? >> actually, i should -- hey, trover. could you give me like 20 more minutes. oh -- oh, i'm so sorry. so sorry. >> it is cool. great to see you. real quick, if you don't mind. >> yeah, sure. >> thank, appreciate it. >> i'm just so touched that efb could be here tonight. >> me too, jon. is there a party or anything? i brought a lot of people from cbs. an i told them that i know you. >> yes, there is a party and you can go to it. stephen colbert everybody. >> you said a number of years

ago never to thank you because we owe you nothing. it is one of the few times i know you to be dead wrong. we owe you, not just by employing us to come on this tremendous show that you made. owe you because we learned from you. he learned from you by sample how to do a show with intention. how to work with clarity. how to treat people with respect. you are infewer ratingly good at your job. okay? and all of us, all of us -- >> my request to give the man a shout. thanks for everything, jon. we wish you happy and safe travels. ♪ ♪ >> what a great sendoff. >> i got watch the whole show. >> what a great thing to say from stephen colbert. you see trevor there. he will take over at the end of september. he will see jon stewart. he'll be around. >> i'm sure he's not going away.

>> yeah. he will be somewhere. more highlights from the republican presidential debate, including tough questions for front-runner donald trump. >> that's next as this broadcast continues worldwide on cnn international at cnn usa.

welcome back to our viewers here in the united states an around the world. this is "cnn newsroom." good to have you with us. i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. france says it will deploy ships, aircraft and troops to hunt for mh370 wreckage.

malaysia said more plane parts have washed up there but no other countries have confirmed that. the same team will examine a wing part found last week on the island. >> schumer made an announcement thursday night after what he called deep, study and careful thought. the senator says he opposed the agreement because he agrees iran will not change. >> republican front-runner donald trump is center stage as party's leading presidential candidates met face-to-face for their first debate in cleveland. billion air took shots at the president, at hillary clinton, and comedian rosie o'donnell and refused to rule out possible third party candidacy. >> there were punches at rosie and at the debate moderators. they did not pull any punches. >> no, they didn't. oh i just got lot of ---here is

a look at jabs of the night. >> is there anyone unwilling to pledge support to the eventual nominee of the republican party and pledge to not run an independent campaign against that person? again, we're looking for to you raise your hand now, raise your hand now, if you won't make that pledge tonight. >> mr. trump? >> i cannot say i have to respect the person that if it's not me, that the person that wins. if i did win and i'm leading by quite a bit, that's what i want to do. i can totally make that pledge if i'm the nominee. >> you know, that's a completely ridiculous answer. i want to collect more records from terrorists but less records from other people. how are you supposed to know, megyn? how are are you supposed to -- >> use the fourth amendment. get a warrant. get a judge to sign a warrant.

>> governor christie, make your point. >> when you're sitting in a subcommittee blowing hot air about things like that you can say that. but when you are responsible for the lives of the american people you make sure the use the system the way it is supposed to work. >> as president would you bring back water boarding? >> thank you, megyn, i wasn't sure i was going to get it talk again. >> we have a lot for you, don't werery. >> with iran, we're making a deal. you would say be we want him. we want limb. we want our prisoners. we want all those things. we dent get anything. we are giving them $150 billion plus. they are going to be -- i'll tell you what, if iran was a stock, you would folks should go out and buy it right new because you are quadruple. what is happening in iran is a disgrace. >> i said we'll accept it. guess what? i just want it a wedding aftof friend of mine that happens to be gay. just because someone doesn't think the way i do doesn't mean i can't care about them or even

love them. >> maybe the bar is higher for me. i'm proud of my dad and certainly proud of my father. in florida they call me jeb because i earned it. >> this election better be about the future, not the past. it better be about our issues the world sfasiis facing today. not the issues we once faced. if i'm nominated, i'll be the party of the future. >> who had most talking time? >> donald trump wp 11 minutes. rand paul the least at about 5:30 minutes. >> so the question, where there any real winners or losers? this first debate? we asked political analyst larry sabto. >> i think the three strongest perform uns were by first of all governor john kasich who had a tremendous advantage. he had home field advantage. and clearly a lot of supporters packed in that hall because it is cleveland. ohio. it's his state. he came across looking good and

he needed that because he squeaked into the debate in the tenth position. second, i would say marco rubio did well. most of his answers were crisp and articulate. and i think he connected with the fewers. and third would be scott walker. he gave some predictable answers but they are answers that have sold with the republican base. as far as jeb bush is concerned, i would give him a gentleman's c. which is enough to pass. and i think that's all he wanted. he wanted to survive. he's going to let his $119 million speak for him. that's far more money than any other candidate has. he will outspend everybody by a mile. >> seven republican candidates trailing in the polls. got a chance to square off in the second tier debate before thursday's main event. they discussed everything from terrorism to immigration. the iran deal. isis and the u.s. economy. >> even climate change came up

in this debate. some analysts say up with of the stand yuts in the happy hour debate as it was called, former hul et packard ceo carly fiorina. she has been getting a lot of praise and didn't hold back when talking about hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton lies about ben gzy. she lies about e-mails. she is still defending planned parenthood. and she is still her party's front-runner. 2016 is going to be a fight. between conservativism and democrat party that is undermining the very character of this nation. >> and there's much more to come from these presidential candidates, like duh. cnn will host its first republican debate on september 16th. mark your calendars. that will be at the ronald reagan library in california. >> up next, malaysia says more

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." now to possible new clues in the disappearance of malaysian airlines flight 3 70. malaysia's transport minister says items resembling plane parts have washed up on reuon island. >> but in other countries involved have confirmed this. we want to bring in our correspondent sama months why.

experts are analyzing that piece of the wrengage. we're told, sima, that they will also be examining more of the wreckage if it is indeed found to be part of the palestinian. hello. >> reporter: hi, good morning, natalie. yes, that's a very big if. if that debris is from an aircraft and if they want to test it then it will likely be brut here where investigators have been looking into the flaperon which is confirmed to be mh370 confirmed by the prime minister. now what was found, well what the malaysian transport minister told cnn is that it is debris like a window payne and seat cushions. the crucial thing with these details is this this is now looking at material that's from the inside of the the plane. of course we've got that large piece, the flaperon, from the wing of a 777 aircraft which

malaysian airlines has identified actually as being from mh370. now it seems that if this is from an aircraft, an if it is identified as beg from an h 370, which they should do quite easily because of cost, the interiors are very distinctionive on each different airli airline, different aircraft. having said that, of course, we dent know the condition of this debris. these are all very small items. which could have been extremely damaged. we don't know how long they've been in the water for. pt flaperon was relatively in fact. they were able to bring that here. taking a very close look at that. the kind of equipment here they he have is x-ray, sonogram, 3-d imagery. the flaperon is a bigger clue. but these are crucial elements. andrew stevens, my colleague in

kuala lumpur, covering the story. we are covering this from every angle possible for you. he has spoken from the transport minister, and he asked him, are you certain this is from an aircraft and the transport minister answered according to our malaysian technical experts who looked at it, they believe it is. he also showed andrew photographs of it. so that will all be brought here. the investigators have been here for the last few days. we have taken a look around the complex from the outside. we are of course allowed in. every morning we have he is not their cars parked up. we haven't seen them here today yet. it is early in the morning. they may arrive later today. we have seen them around the complex. invest get united states ntsb. french authorities. malaysian teams from malaysia airlines, civil aviation authority. and who civil aviation authority

members from china as well. all these countries trying to do their bit to investigate what is now the greatest mystery on earth, disappearance of mh370. >> hopefully more definitive conclusions will be made for the families. thank you saima from covering that angle for us p. >> a powerful car bomb detonated killing at least eight people. the blast injured over 100 more people and the number of fatalities is expected to rise. >> the bomb struck a crowded residential area. it destroyed shops and houses as well. no one claimed responsibility so far. united states coast guard received more than 7,000 kilograms of cocaine off the coast of mexico. authorities apprehended smugglers on a 40-foot submersible carrying drugs worth

an estimated $181 million. >> this is the largest seizure of semi submerged vessel in u.s. coast guard history. >> these vessels, many are made just to transport illegal drugs. amazing. >> many people around the world were heart broken by the death of cecil the lion. >> david mckennedy travelled to the park the endangered animal was allegedly lured away from. see how they are tracking their movement. >> tracking the lions at the national park -- >> there are around 450 lions. but here on the borders of the reserve that they are near the real threat. >> knowing 200 of them by sight and by name, but his favorite was always cecil.

magnificent dominate male with a striking black main. >> a big lion lining cecil. we probably knew that's how he was gooding it die. >> so cecil, using gps and radio to track his movements every two hours. but early in july cecil left the park, parking this rail ray in a hunting concession. lured with bait, hunters laid their trap. >> when you so i that significant nag is disappeared and that pit in your stomach, it hurts you deeply. it really does. >> now staple cap many is protecting cubs. but he thinks jericho moved out of the park and could be vulnerable. >> no, not getting any more. >> but gets a faint signal. jericho is about a mile away in the area where dr. walt palmer

killed cecil. legal or not, he said palmer should have known better. >> i'm quite sure that he knew what he was doing. he came for the biggest lion he could find and i this i that was organized for him. cecil was delivered to him lick a pizza. >> he hopes the killing will help save more lions and that is one fate away. david mckennedy, cnn, zimbabwe. >> and of course, the dentist, still has disappeared. for now. >> yes. >> jon stewart made a career out of being outspoken. sometimes the look on his face said it all. >> we will show you even how his expressions managed to leave a big impression. ithout all the c.

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>> he really did. >> he certainly did. over the years he's had plenty to say. even about us. but he didn't always do it with just his words. jeanne moos remembers the many faces of jon. >> reporter: who needs actual language when a comedian has so much body language. these the faces of jon stewart that many of us will miss. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: from stroking his chin to placing a finger to his lips. dr. evil. and of course exploding in false outrage for instance over how donald trump eats pizza. >> are you eating that with a fork! >> reporter: but the face we will miss is the signature stare. the stare that was there coming out of the video.

sometimes startled stare, that preceded he the joke or replaced it. >> i wonder if suburban women were turned off. >> reporter: okay. not everyone is smitten by stewart's signature stare. one critic, jon stewart, mugger of faces, was never funny. hashtag boring. >> plus he makes funny faces so when know who to laugh. >> reporter: stewart said his staff had a running joke that he could run the show without saying a word. >> i could make faces and grunt. >> reporter: that's what he did for 3 1/2 minutes. actress melissa mccarthy showed up in a can i mona plastered with jon stewart's mug.

>> i'm plastered on you like a cheap suit. >> boom, boom, boom! >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> i was going to try a stare. >> i was thinking about it. we couldn't do it. no. >> but for so many people in the united states, jon stewart brought them the news. especially millennials. >> they think that's the news and it kind of was. certainly a good, we needed feedback. and we got it from jon stewart. >> he served a good purpose. a lot of people will miss him. >> all right, guys. thanks so much for watching our three hours of live coverage. we're going to go home and good to bed. thanks for watching. i'm natalie allen. >> thank you. i'm george howell. early start coming up for viewers in the united states and for other viewers around the world, cnn news continues.

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donald trump dominating, creating controversy at the first republican debate. will he run as an independent and chris christie and rand paul making for a stellar performance. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. up first, a feisty donald trump center of attention at the first republican de.