trump started off but rubio successfully debated him in going full on trump. listen. >> you asked him about the economy and the first thing he does is launch the attack about some little guy thing. >> don't worry about it, little marco. >> supporting someone who has

used private power for gain. >> he's trying to con people into giving them their vote just like he conned these people. >> the real con artist is marco rubio. the people of florida can't stand him. >> breathe. i know it's hard. i know it's hard. >> when they're done with the yoga, can i answer a question? >> so that was trump, rubio and cruz going at it. meantime, john kasich probably had his best debate yet,ngm the crowd on stage, trying to present himself at every opportunity as the adult in the room. listen to this. >> everywhere i go, you seem to be the adult on the stage. he wrote me off before i even got to new hampshire. then when i finished second, he wrote me off in the south. then you wrote me off super tuesday. it's now march madness and we're heading up north to the place -- to my turf, okay? and let me just tell you this. i will win ohio. >> and that could very well be

ohio, governor kasich's last stand. if he doesn't win ohio, he's out. marco rubio turned the discussion about foreign policy into an attack on donald trump. >> the fact that cool, calm, deliberate, effective take care of the job and then come home. that's what we need to do with our military foreign policy. >> every militant on the face of the earth will understand that if they go and join isis, if they wage jihad against the united states of america, they are signing their death warrant. >> we should go for waterboarding and tougher than waterboarding. >> the next president is going to have eight years of a mess of foreign policy to clean up. it can't be someone who simply has not shown the intellectual curiosity and interest in learning about these very complicated issues and donald simply hasn't. >> one of the most interesting moments was at the end when the candidates were asked if they would support the eventual nominee even if that person

turned out to be donald trump. listen to this. >> i'll support donald if he's the republican nominee because the democrats have two people left in the race. one of them is a socialist. the other one is under fbi investigation. >> yes because i gave my word that i would. and what i would endeavored to do every day in the senate is do what i would i said do. >> and i kind of think that before it's all said and done, i'll be the nominee. >> can you definitively say tonight that you will definitely support the republican nominee for president even if it's not you? >> even if it's not me? yes, i will. >> he said he will. what's most interesting about that is because there is a never-trump movement that's gaining traction in the republican party with those candidates now saying that they would support trump, that whole movement may start to ring a little hollow. jackie and heather? >> what an unbelievable night in so many ways. john roberts live for us, thank you, john. the candidates all trying hard to gain momentum ahead of the

michigan primary next tuesday. so who won and who lost? joining me now our political panel, democratic strategist and republican strategist and former communications aide for the mccain/palin presidential campaign, boris epstein. thank you both for joining us this morning once again. >> good morning. >> what a night. >> amazing. >> i mean, it was like nothing i think has ever been seen before. >> how could you up the last one? >> they somehow managed to. let's talk about winners/losers first of all. >> well, in a strong number one, i would have to say the democratic party was an infomercial for the democratic party. >> where's the panel? >> in a close second, it has to be ted cruz. he showed his debate chops. he's so skilled. he seemed semi-presidential although i agree with nothing he says. he was able to kind of maneuver around hits against donald and substance. >> specifically something of substance that stood out for you with him?

>> well -- >> do you remember anything he said? do you remember anything that he said, though? >> that's actually a really good point. >> the following day. what do you remember? >> well, i think he came across strong. >> okay. >> in terms of foreign policy. i don't agree with him so it's very hard for me to say something stood out. byzantine foreign policy. >> loser. >> marco rubio. he's trying to out-trump trump. he looks like he's on a football team and messing around with his pals and that's his way of winning but it's not a path forward and doesn't look presidential and that hurts him in the long term because if he is the candidate, don't forget, the republican party remember this. >> you also thought kasich did as well. >> yeah, kasich has been consistently running his own race in his own lane. the problem is this is not the election for that. >> you thought kasich did as well. kasich was your loser. >> big time. >> i had the ben carson paddle here but i lost it. for me kasich was the loser. i thought kasich was running his

own debate and far, far away from the rest of the field. >> a lot of people say he's been doing that all along, out on his own. >> here they ask him a question, they're talking about something and then kasich would say, well, in the town halls i had and go complete non sequitur on everyone else. it didn't make any sense. the mister rogers routine, i think the country's tired of it. that's why he's not gaining traction. to me it was a bad night for kasich. >> not a good day in the neighborhood. >> not a good day in the neighborhood. he hasn't done anything to get himself up from single digits. >> who's your winner? >> donald trump is my winner. there was nothing that hurt donald trump. again, he answered the attacks very strongly, withstood a lot of two-on-one attacks from rube y rubio and cruz. some of the things he said, working across the aisle and listen, i've got to be common sense. we've got to get things done in

washington. >> in favor, and the others tried to use flexibility against him. let's talk about moving forward. did kasich and rubio gain the momentum that they need in order to win their home states, you know, ohio and florida coming up march 15th. >> no. >> and to do anything to knock donald trump out? >> rubio did not. so rubio does not have a chance at this point. he's down by 20 points. it's been consistent. the gap is actually growing between trump and rubio. >> 99 delegates up for grabs in florida. >> and winner take all. florida is like a second home to trump. his campaign is out of florida so he's doing well there. no for rubio. kasich, too close to call. >> but neither of them, to be fair, in florida have a spectacular reputation. even though rubio was speaker of the house, he was funded by the sugar industry which floridians hate. he has a poor record in the senate. he barely shows up for votes. >> he's not running for re-election. >> and he's not running for

re-election. >> we also have ohio with kasich. >> ohio. >> and reputation in ohio, he does. >> if anything comes out of this, governor kasich has kept his reputation as a good guy. even to a demographic who doesn't like his record. >> the debates and the campaign isn't going to sway anybody in ohio against him or for him. >> 66 delegates there. also winner take all. >> now he's down by five. >> we have to wrap it up now but you're coming back, so don't go far. >> thanks. >> jackie? >> thanks, heather. that was quite a debate. social media is buzzing over that debate from the most tweeted-about topics to donald trump's big digs at marco rubio and everything in between. here to bring you trends from the web is "fox & friends" weekend cohost, clayton morris. >> whether it was donald trump talking about his hands, his large hands or other parts of his anatomy which were some of the most tweeted-about candidates last night and tweeted-about topics, donald trump once again dominated the social media discussion last night right on top with 62%

compared to ted cruz at 16%. it wasn't even close last night. take a look at the most searched-for across google last night. donald trump once again crushing it. this was even further for donald trump. 74% to rubio's 13%. this was people jumping on google to find out more about his business practices, his super tuesday victories, et cetera. then the most tweeted-about overall topics last night, one of the moderators, of course, everyone was checking in to see how this would go. megyn kell megyn kelly came out number one as the most searched for topic. and mitt romney, after his, of course, speech yesterday slamming donald trump. immigration, taxes and foreign policy rounded out that role. some big moments last night. of course during the debate. and the number one most tweeted-about moment was donald trump coming out and defending his businesses. he took some big hits from the candidates last night. and of course, showing clips about some of the people who had come out talking poorly about his donald trump university. he had to defend those.

the number two most tweeted about topic last night is ted cruz telling donald trump just to relax. do some yoga, as rubio followed up with the yoga joke. and number three, donald trump calling marco rubio little marco. and chris wallace then live fact checking donald trump on the whole thing. watch this moment around little marco. >> don't worry about it, marco. don't worry about it. don't worry about it, little marco. >> let's hear it, big donald. >> don't worry about it, little marco. >> little marco. that was the third most tweeted-about moment last night. but overall, as we just talked about in our political panel this morning, the most positive reaction last fight was governor kasich. 61% had a favorable opinion of him last night to 52% for ted cruz and marco rubio, 44%. donald trump at the bottom at 36%, guys. over to you. it looks like john kasich, he might have played that mister rogers role well, but he was the

most well received last night. back to you guys. >> we'll see what all that means and how it shapes up as we move forward. we'll check back with you a little later. the time is now ten minutes after the top of the hour. and marco rubio amping up attacks on donald trump. listen. >> two-thirds of the people who have cast a vote in the republican primary or caucus have voted against you. they do not want you to be our nominee. and the reason why -- >> which lines worked and which ones didn't? we have brand-new dials on the gop debate. and john kasich playing hillary in the polls more than any of his rivals. is that true or false? we're fact checking the candidates next. don't go away. ♪ i thought by now you'd realize ♪ ♪ there ain't no way to hide your liein' eyes ♪ d performance sales event is on. with extraordinary offers on the visionary ls, the generously appointed es

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>> it is 14 after the hour. the candidates went head to head on the issues facing america. did they get their facts straight? here to fact check the debate is radio talk show host tammy bruce. let's get right to it. kasich says he's the biggest competition. >> i would make it clear since we are talking about polls. i beat hillary clinton by more than everybody by more than 11 points. >> it is technically clear. the real clear politics average has him at 7.4 against hillary. but everybody is beating hillary but by a lower amount except for mr. trump. he's minus about 1 or 2 points with her. 11 points is pushing it. but his real clear politics average isn't bad. >> trump says a u.s. trade is being crushed. >> if you look at china and if you look at japan and mexico

both at the border where they are killing us both at the border with trade, every other country we do business with we are getting absolutely crushed on trade. >> true or false? >> one of those false dynamics for mr. trump where he exaggerates a bit too much. we are getting nailed with china and mexico but we have a number of other partners. we have a trade overage, if you will, with our major partners including australia, singapore, brazil, chile, belgium and egypt. we are in a better position with them. we are not getting crushed. it's a great relationship. a couple would suggest he's went too far with everyone. >> cruz says wages have been stagnant. >> for seven years millions of americans we have been struggling, wages have been stagnating, people are hurting our constitutional rights are under assault. >> the word stagnant is interesting. he gives the impression that

everything is static that it is flat. stagnant, though, can also mean sluggish. in our case wages have actually gone up a tiny bit, 1.1 percent. the difference is an example 2015, 10.50 an hour. january 2016, 10.66 an hour. people making those wages feel they have slowed down or stopped but there's a tiny tick upwards certainly not enough. he is mostly false in this case. >> our last kuone, trump claims trump university gets high marks from the better business bureau. listen to this. >> this is a case thaktd have settled very easily. i don't settle cases very easily when i am right. 98 percent approval rating. we have an a by the better business bureau. >> true or false? >> trump is true in the past it is false now but i don't blame him on focusing what was good.

the most recent was a d minus. one time they had an a but not now. >> the time now is 17 minutes after the hour. coming up, the candidates facing off on money matters in michigan. >> i know what's happening with the economy. you don't know bhaes happening. >> don't worry about it, marco. don't worry about it little marco, i will. >> who has the best plan to revive the economy? our next guest breaks down the candidate's plan.

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a oo we will pass the flat tax and abolish the irs. we will see millions of high paying jobs. >> when you create jobs you make america the easiest and best place in the world to start a business and expand an existing business. >> i will do the best thing for the economy. you haven't employed in your life one person. >> there's one person on this stage and one person who has been a candidate for president in either party that restored economic strength, growth, a balanced budget, paid down debt, cut taxes. >> the economy, a hot topic at last night's debate. who has the best plan? here to weigh in is terri sheffield the founder of bold dot global. thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> good morning. how are you doing? >> i am doing great. the economy amongst a lot of other issues in between the name calling. we want to talk to you about who

you think did the best job and who has the best plan? as we go through each one individually. let's start with donald trump. we can put his plan up there. 0 taxes for those making 25,000 dollars their income or less. what do you think about his plan? >> well, you are right, they were name calling school children. i would have loved to hear more specifics. for donald trump i love what chris wallace did he called him out on saying i am going to shrink the businesses by cutting all of these agencies. he put them on the screen he could not deny the deficit he was saying he was going to slivengz off by multiple hundreds of billions of dollars. thank you to chris wallace for calling him out on that. donald trump as far as 0 taxes people under 28,000, we effectively already have that. i don't think it's anything new to be honest. >> massive tax cuts for works and investment increase and economic growth here at home.

>> let's move to cruz. cruz's tax plan includes a 10 percent flat tax on individual income and corporate income tax. all of the payroll taxes with a 16 percent business transfer tax. where do you think he did in terms of economic issues and what he talked about last night? >> well rngs he -- he was talking about dodd frank. it is a business killer. it kills the small banks. the small banks lend to community lenders and community and small businesses basically. i thought that was a strong point for ted cruz. in terms of the flat tax there have been lots of analysis to show that would cause significant deficit. i am a little more skeptical but it is a little more practical than other plans out there like trump for example. >> what about rubio's tax plan? how did it go up against his including cutting 7 tax brackets to 3 eliminating all taxes on investment income cutting the

corporate tax rate and $2,500 tax credit. >> the child tax credit i think he scored big points with social conservative evangelicals because he talks about wanting to support families. i think that was a strong point. i think that he could get hit by the fact that his tax plan he wants to cut investor tax for example. that is something that the u.s. chamber of chers would be very pro. i am not sure the election cycle would support that this is the rise of middle america or the lower income bracket. so it could hurt him. >> finally quickly we have to talk about kasich tax plan as well amongst be other thing he's saying cut the top tax rate and capital gains rate and corporate tax rate and eliminate the estate tax. >> i like kasich's plan the best. i think that's reflected of the fact that he's the only candidate on stage who has actually balanced a budget. i think he is the most

pragmatic. unfortunately he doesn't seem to be doing so great in the polls. one of the points that hit the economy i thought it was good tv when marco rubio acknowledging donald trump if you want to help people take the stuff back in mexico where you are making all of your clothing. don't be a hypocrite. >> the tax code their thoughts are broken and need major reform to reduincrease economic growth make us more competitive here at home. thank you so much. appreciate you joining us. >> sure, good to be here. >> heather, the time is now 26 after the hour. the candidates sparring over donald trump's off the record interview with the new york times. >> i did have a meeting with the editor of the new york times. many of those things were off the record i think at their suggestion and my suggestion. i think being off the record is a very important thing. >> will he release the transcript? we will tell you next here on

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>> it is friday march 4th. round 11. a throw down in detroit as the remaining candidates go head to head. >> marco rubio starts swinging trying to take town donald trump. let's get right to senior national correspondent john roberts live for us in detroit with the highlights and the low lights. a few low lights. right, john oo oh?

>> detroit a big hockeytown. trump tried to sort of fly above it all at the beginning but they kept holding the bait in front of his nose it didn't take long for him to snap it up. watch this. >> you have to look out for the economy he launches an attack about some little guy thing. >> don't woulder reabout it little marco. >> you are not going to ston the krohnism by someone who used government power for private gain. >> we are listening to the no talk all action -- all talk no action politician. >> he conned people into giving them their money. >> the real con artist is marco rubio. the people of florida can't stand him. he couldn't get elected dog catcher. >> breathe. i know it's hard. but breathe. >> when you are done with the yoga can i ask a question. >> it was a good night for john kasich. he is saying the race is approaching his sweet spot coming into the northern states.

he was the only one to not go into attack politics. >> every where i go you seem to be the adult on the stage. wrote me off before i got to new hampshire. when i finished second in new hampshire wrote me off in the south and wrote me off in super tuesday. it is now march madness and we are heading up north to my turf. i will win ohio. >> in contrast, rubio and cruz barely let up on trump all night hitting him on the trump university lawsuit. his off the record session with the new york times editorial board. >> you have to be able to have some flexibility, some negotiation. sometimes you ask for more than you want and you negotiate down to the point. i may have discussed something like that with the new york times but i would never release off the record conversations. >> if tonight you tell the new york times to release the audio they will do it and we can see your views on immigration. >> he has an easy solution

simply release the tapes. >> he did a number of off the record sessions nobody on the stage would release an off the record conversation. interesting to note all of the candidates said they will support the eventual republican nominee even if that person is donald trump. they sure did. >> john roberts, live for us. thank you. >> the fireworks between gop candidates not testing so well with republican voters. frank luntz asking the focus group who won and why. >> i have a word to describe the debate. i am going to start in the second row. >> sophomoric. >> embarrassment. >> disappointing. >> shameful. >> despicable. >> angering. >> no substance. >> disgusting. >> schoolyard brawl. >> how many of you walked in here supporting donald trump raise your hands. how many of you thought won the

debate tonight raise your hands. one person. who thought john kasich won? remarkable. tell me why. >> he came across as sus sink and on point. >> why kasich? >> the only adult in the room. >> why kasich? >> he was mature he presented sound answers and spoke like somebody who has done it before. >> will it make a difference? voters say the most important issue discussed by the candidates was michigan's e economic condition. >> the anti trump campaign gaining stink pledging millions to stop him. mitt romney coming out swinging with strong words against the republican frontrunner. >> here's what i know. donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. he's playing the members of the american public for suckers. he gets a free ride to the white house and all we get is a lousy hat. >> he failed miserably and it

was an embarrassment to everybody including the republican party. he went away like he went on a vacation the last month. i don't take that. obviously he wants to be relevant and wants to be back in the game. >> so can the gop establishment still stop trump or is it time to unite behind him? our political panel is back with the second half hour to weigh in. welcome democratic strategist and former communications aid for the mccain palin presidential campaign lauren ep -- epshtyn. >> we need to listen to the voters. we need to stop telling the voters what to do or what to say. comes out 49 percent in the nationwide republican polls. he's leading from every state here on out. he has won an overwhelming majority of the state.

i supported romney as well so maybe i am somehow part of the establishment. whatever that establishment is you can stop thinking of the election in those ways. there's a reason he lost, romney's speech didn't come over well at all. >> i have to agree but if i was strategi strategizing it is as far left as we can get. >> i mean the reality here is i were advising the republican party we shouldn't be thinking about their future. they want to be more inclusive of hispanics an want to bring in younger people and get rid of this vitriolic type of base that is angry at everything that is not them. but with that said they have to win this election they have to support one candidate.

absolutely no path forward for cruz, kasich or rubio at this point. they have to sit down with c donald trump and move to the middle here. >> what about a rubio cruz ticket. what do you think about that? >> i would love to be a fly on the wall if they are going to try to choose who will be the president of the vp. maybe they will try to arm wrestle for it. there are millions of people supporting the country. >> this is a referendum against being told who to support. the establishment has been stuffing candidates down their throats tore years. donald trump gets up there and he says i like fair trade i don't like free trade. i support planned parenthood. i want to be fair on israel. those are things the republican base doesn't believe. they bought into him. they are not going to surrender?

why? because he stands up to the gop bullies. >> on planned parenthood on trade on health, opens the party up. 2008 democrats had 8 million people come help we had 5 million. 2016 it was flipped. they had 8 we had 5 all because of trump. >> you are a lively bunch. boris epsteyn, we appreciate it. >> the underdog not giving in. >> how do you think you did tonight? >> how did you think i did? >> i am the one asking the question. >> i want to know. >> our own anna kooiman goes one-on-one with john kasich. why he's the one to beat hillary clinton. sales event is on.

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>> welcome back to "fox and friend first. we saw the fireworks on stage. everyone saw it. what was it like behind the scenes at the fox news debate in detroit. fox and friends weekend host anna kooiman was in the sitting room and has all of the juicy details. good morning. >> hey, jackie and heather. good morning to you. the frontrunner donald trump i fe asked him if he felt like he was treated fairly. yes for the most part he got videos some of the other candidate did not catch. some of the other moderators did a good job. >> how do you think you did tonight, sir? >> how did you think you did?

oo would you say you are the best to go after trump? >> well i beat her by 11 points. >> you want fox and friends, right? >> american workers, they just feel like manufacturing jobs coming back here, do you think they are the ones to do that for them. >> we will take them back from japan and mexico and many other places. >> many criticized our temperament that you were not acting presidential. >> you have to win so you have to be a little rougher, that's fine. but you have to win. >> he was attacked from all sides and he did well. >> what would your cause be? >> many problems in the 21st century. i will focus on helping women and children. they are our future, health,

education. i have many ideas. but if it comes to that we will discuss. >> she sportses helping our veterans. donald trump resinated with them as well. we will have more on the interview coming up between 6 and 9:00 a.m. eastern. back to you. >> it was a crazy debate. >> they are acting up attacks on donald trump here just a couple of them. >> business numbers say two third of the people who cast a vote in the republican primary caucus are voting against you. >> we have tried work and which ones didn't? we have brand new dials from the gop debate. this little guy is about to make his first deposit.

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>> nice to be here. >> let's start with this. rubio said two-thirds don't want trump to be the nominee. listen. >> two-thirds of the people who cast the vote in the republican primary caucus have voted against me. they don't want you to be our nominee. the reason why is because we are not going to turn over the conservative movement of the party of lincoln or reagan to someone. those are not conservative. to someone last week who defended planned parenthood on the debate stage, someone who thinks the nuclear try add is a rock band from the 1980's. someone who time and again on issue after issue has not brov enhe has the principles that outline with the conservatives and as ted said the things that make america great. >> thinks the nuclear try add is a rock band from the 1980's. >> c plus. >> you need to take town trump you need an attack that is really going to work and resinate. >> rubio and cruz keep going

down the road that he is not a conservative. this election is not about being a conservative. it is about appealing to a whole different set of interests. every time they attack him for e different set of interests. every time they attack him for not being conservative, they fail to find a weakness in trump. >> this was trump answering back saying you have to be flexible. >> megan, i have a very strong way. i have never seen a successful person who wasn't flexible. you have to have a certain degree of fex iblt. >> a strong core because he does a lot of yoga. the grade on that one was a b minus. he was able to use the flexibility issue and spin it in his favor. where you had rubio and cruz trying to use it against him and he won't stick to what he is going to do.

>> he gets a b minus but any other republican would get a dfrmths or an "f." >> what's the difference for him? >> it is the nature of trump. he has convinced people that he is a different kind of candidate and that he is going to get things done. people are going to accept flexibility. they see it as his way of achieving the goals that they want. go ahead and write. the democrats have two people

left in the race. one is a socialist. if you want to be a socialist country, move to a socialist country. the other one is under fbi investigation. not only is she under fbi investigation, she lied to the families of the victims of benghazi and anyone that lies to the family of victims who have lost their lives in the service of our country, can never be the commander and chief. >> what's the grade here? >> an "a" minus. from a communications perspective, a great line. from a strategy perspective, it is a disaster. he complimented trump. the only path to victory is to bring him down. >> he talked about benghazi. that always is a trigger for republicans. >> if you need to bring down trump, you can't waste an opportunity. >> you have to say you are to support trump but have to show why he is not the person to be the nominee. >> all of them said they would

support trump to varying degree of commitment. i guess you could put it that way. they need to keep trump and the trump support in the party. they need to show they are going to go through this process but still make the case that trump is not the man for the job. >> thank you for joining us. appreciate it as always. jackie, what is coming up? >> the time is now 53 after the hour. stealing the show has everybody wondering who that girl is sitting behind megyn kelly at the debate. clayton morris up next with the trending hot topics, don't miss it.

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all you're thinking about, is making sure your little animal, enjoys her first trip to the kingdom. expedia, technology connecting you to what matters. social media is buzzing about last night's debate from the most tweeted subjects to donald trump's hands. >> fox news clayton morris. >> it was very diplomatic of you tweeting about his hands and other things. >> we'll let you handle that. >> donald trump was the most tweeted about candidate. it wasn't even close. donald trump crushed the competition on social media action. that doesn't necessarily mean it was all favorable. people talking about different parts of his anatomy, his business dealings, 62% to ted

cruz's 16%. the most searched for candidates across google and the interwebs, donald trump blows it out of the water, 74%. one of the most searched for in every state, this is according to google trends, donald trump, across all 50 states was the most searched for candidate every state in the union. i don't know how well he did in puerto rico, though. let's check on that one. trump's hands ended up being one of the most talked about gestures and means and gesticulating during the debate. he brought it up about the size of his hands. you can see him there. we had this zoom in, people were taking photos and zooming in and sharing these of his supposedly tiny hands. this was all over social media. here is my favorite. this was something that popped

up, trump's baby hands was all over social media, his tiny little baby hands. one of the noteworthy moments was megyn kelly. she was mentioned 18,000 times. ted cruz, when he told donald to count to ten was one of the most tweeted comments. twitter went crazy for the white speck hanging off of ted cruz's lip. the girl behind megyn kelly is being called the dabbing girl. they were making gestures and talking with her friends. she stole the whole show last night, guys. i don't know who those girls were. they ended up moving them out of there. they were teenagers. how do you get in the most coveted seats? >> hey, i'm on tv sgchlt will they are famous. they are all over. >> the dabbing girls. the new rock band. >> it must be carolina panther

fans let's keep talking about the 11th gop debate, who won, who lost and what were the best moments. logon to foxfriendsfirst page. #keeptalking. have a good weekend. bye, see ya. y'all wrote me off. guess what? it is now march madness and we are heading up north to the place, to my turf. let me just tell you this. i will win ohio. >> this little guy has lied so much about my record. i have never seen a successful person who wasn't flexible, who didn't have a certain degree of flexibility. >> there is a difference tweep flexible and telling people whatever you want to get them to do what you want. >> the people in florida