has cut a deal with nancy pelosi to raise the debt ceiling and fund all of obama's agenda for two years. it turned out some in the media criticized me, saying you don't know that. but that's exactly what they did. people are fed up with it. >> yeah. i've got to run. i would say this is a very big night for you. in part you got more time in this debate than probably the other two combined and probably the line of the night against the media. and i want to say something. i would be all in for a moderated debate with me, rush and mark if they're on board. i'll ask reince priebus if he's willing to do so. thank you, sir. >> sean, let me tell you, the republican primary voters would love to hear that debate because you're strong conservatives who would want to focus on the difference between the candidates and help people make the decision we need to make. >> it wouldn't be a gotcha debate. thank you, senator. good night for you tonight. >> take care. joining us is the number one front-runner in the polls, donald trump is here with us.

how are you, sir? >> hi, sean. >> i've got to be honest. right out of the gate i felt john harwood was extraordinarily unfair to you and attacking you in the line about the clown and unnamed sources that tell him that you would fly before that ever passed. i've got imagine that that's pretty aggravating for you. what's your reaction to it? >> well, i don't know. i think we did very well tonight. the debate itself went very well. and the audience started booing him. i guess i expect it. i'm number one in the polls, and i would maybe expect it. but i thought it was unnecessary. and very interesting. i think the result was very interesting. but the evening was a great success. >> you know, one of the big moments of this debate, and i actually think you got the better of this moment, the exchange you had with john kasich. let me play it for you, remind our outside yens and see how this went down. >> first of all, john got lucky with a thing called fracking.

he hit oil. he got lucky with fracking. believe me, that's why ohio is doing well. and that's important for you to know. number two, this is the man that was a managing general partner at lehman brothers when it went down the tubes and almost took every one of us with it including ben and myself. because i was there and i watched what happened and lehman brothers started it all. he was on the board and he was a managing general partner. and just thirdly, he was so nice. he was such a nice guy. and he said, oh, i'm never going to attack, but then his poll numbers tanked. he's got -- that's why he's on the end. and he got nasty. and he got nasty. so you know you can have him. >> let me just -- let me respond. first of all, ohio does have an energy industry, but we're diversified. we're one of the fastest grows states in the country. we came back from the dead. you know what? it works very, very well. and secondly, when you on the b

brothers i wasn't on the board. i was a banker, and traveled the country and learned how people make jobs. >> what is your reaction? because in 24-36 hours, john kasich seems to be getting more aggressive and hostile. where do you think it's coming from? >> he has very bad poll numbers so he attacked us. i think it was inappropriate but that came from poll numbers. he seems like a nice guy. i think it worked out well for me. >> let me go to the issue of the substance to these unnamed sources. do you talk about trillions of dollars? . >> i don't think -- i don't think those sources exist. i don't believe they exist. >> i got the impression it was his personal opinion. it was a great line mentioning

lar larry larry. he's a good guy. what you didn't see was factor in was repatriated money and a lower corporate tax rate, etc. >> we're lowering taxes, big league. we're bringing rates down. with the highest tax in the world with highest taxed country now and it's not even close. we're bringing the rates down to 15% for corporations and bringing it down to ten. we have right now, $2.5 trillion outside of the country that can't get in. we're bringing it way down. it's going to be used in our country, then, we're starting to cut and we're going to cut expenses and cut waste and fraud and abuse, and we're going to have a really dynamic country, again. >> mr. trump, this estimated that there is $4 trillion

overseas that multi national corporations won't bring back to this country. >> yes. >> and that is about the corporate inversion. >> right. >> what do those corporations spend the money here? build here? if they have ability to bring it back? >> they would. they would spend it here, they want to bring it back. and the paper work is unbelievable. they can't get it back in. they're leaving it in our country, going to another country to get their money and lower taxes and taking thousands of jobs. >> let me ask you. when you talk about john kasich and the issue of fracking, i was thinking couldn't the whole country be lucky? how big of an impact, through your economic estimate and plan, would it have on the economy?

>> massive. bigger than saudi arabia and anything. massive. if a state or area of the country is lucky enough to be sitting on the right soil, and the right land, they should be doing it and should make a fortune for themselves, cut taxes, do a lot of things but absolutely, they should do it. and some people don't do it. some people don't do it. i mean, i can name one not doing it. and sitting on top of a banana. >> you're talking about new york state, where i live. and upstate new york is suffering financially because of it. >> it's on a bonanza. pennsylvania and others are sucking it right now. so new york is losing a lot by not taking the oil and gas. you know how high taxes are in new york? we're losing a lot by not taking it. and other areas, like pennsylvania, they're taking it.

and that doesn't, you know go by lines. it flows and they're taking it. noshg owe noshg is losing a tremendous amount. >> it was interesting to watch how bad the media was and how the candidates were coming to your defense, including mike huckabee and ted cruz. what was your reaction to that? >> i thought it was great. we have a great relationship and i thought it was great. there was a certain camaraderie up there tonight. it was beautiful to watch. >> the media seems to have a hard time grasping the idea you're going to build a wall and make mexico pay for it. i wanted to hear the rest of it. i want you to explain how that would happen because the media seems to lack a comprehension about how mexico's economy is so

tightly tied to our economy, and that it would be in their best interest to do so. >> sean, we're going to build a wall paid for by mexico. we're going to create a real border. if you don't have a border, you don't have a country. we're going to have a door to come in legally. it's going to be a beautiful door but we're putting up a wall, mexico is going to pay for it and we're going to have a border. >> they pay for it why? >> because they make our trade and balance with mexico is $50 billion a year. we give mexico a tremendous amount of money. i love the mexican people, i employ tens of thousands over the years of hispanics and people, generally. these are great people but the leaders are too smart for our leaders. what's happening to us is a disgrace. so we're going to build a wall and you're going to be very happy. >> last question, we're going to let you go.

you've been probably the most critical of jeb bush. for some reason he was out there attacking marco rubio. what do you think the strategy was behind it? you're number one in the polls, ben carson has been surging a little bit this week. what is your reaction to that, too? >> they were going at it. but ben is standing next to me and he is a terrific guy. ben? you're a terrific guy. that is the story. >> why don't you bring him over? group hug on "hannity". i said this earlier, that it was the candidates that beat the moderators tonight. and in spite of what they wanted. >> i think so. >> this is was a debate tonight. >> there were little jabs but a great camaraderie among candidates.

>> mr. trump, thank you for taking time. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> when we come back, more "hannity" as we continue, from los angeles, right after the break.