>> i am not interested in being politically korment. i am interested in being correct. >> we hait is post debate frida. we have the big comments from last night. >> marco rubio says he regrets some of his personal attacks against trump so the republican debate was comparatively so civil and the previous so agracive even the frontrunner took note. >> i would say we are all in this together. we are going to come up with solutions and find the answers to things and i can't believe how civil it has been up here. >> they still criticized one another this time not with incomprehensible yelling. >> after four decades of being part of the influence after hillary clinton being part of the influence selling that

suddenly he will change. >> florida and ohio are the home states of the third and fourth candidates in the delicate count. both are promising and will need home. >> you know what's the great thing about politic as soon as the reason we watch it because what's true today is not necessarily true tomorrow. let's not get ahead of ourselves. >> i believe in the end of this process we will make the right choice. god will bless america god's hand are on this country and the great stadays are yet to come. >> rubio is trailing in florida. their primaries is tuesday. this is the first time i have ever gotten a report on a debate and got eerie candidate in. thank you very much. rich was just discussing on last night's debate stage the republican candidates really dialling it back. did it help or hurt any of them

for next week's political primary. we have republican strategist and former aid for palin campaign. who won and who lost? we are going to ask our experts. we have people with their opinions on twitter. who won first of all? >> who properly won is marco rubio. he showed again why he's in this race. >> i think that the audience was largely pro rubio. i am not sure if that's just because of what he was saying. i think after a debate where he lowered himself to trump's level and went after him and elicited the awful hands moment from last week, he stuck to the message which i think is hopeful and forward looking and to show why he is a great debate tore. he is so quick. i think he really is the best

the republicans are offering. donald trump was a winner because donald trump always wins. his voters will stick by him through anything. we saw that requewith the quest about the protester rallies that have been beaten. he doesn't say he elicits it he encourages it. he said he will pay their legal fees. >> and the employee accused of doing it, the person denies that. >> michelle fields who the fox audience knows well. accident invent the bruises and the story is not going away. a lot of people talked about it. trump has already lost 15 points with women. if you ignore violence -- when you compare it to ted cruz firing his friend he lied about marco rubio saying something. the fact that he is denying it it mind blowing to me. >> there has been incidents of violent protestors at a lot of the campaigns democrat and

republica republicans. >> not on the same level. >> the winner for you? >> the winner was donald trump. he is cruising toward a nomination. no question about that. he had a good debate. he had another substance and was more presidential. that's why he needs to focus on that. we need to focus on super tuesday. it was strong. another candidate at this point marco rubio tried to out trump trump but he completely failed. now he's coming back to say i am the nice guy. when you are trying both sides of the coin you are failing at both. he is not ready for the next nominatio nomination. >> you have a feeling trump will be answering more to the allegations. win or lose, loser who do you think lost? >> john kasich who i thought waudz the winner out of the fox

debate last week by coming out and being the adult in the room. he didn't get involved in the personal attacks and the focus groups were resoundingly for him. he had a message of unity, he talked about how he balanced budgets. he worked with democrats. john kasich won 86 of 88 counties in ohio, which is remarkable. he had 56 percent favor ability rating. i think he has a chance next week. when everyone else is behaving john kasich isn't that interesting, unfortunately. he's my loser. >> fades away. who did you think lost last night? >> the viewers lost. it was a boring debate. after the debate donald trump said that after the debate was over. it wasn't as exciting as what i would like. all three kasich, rubio and cruz lost. they didn't do anything to make more of a shot.

>> people are saying, though, i have listened to pundits last night this morning. everybody has different opinions. different people have said almost each one of them dwon th debate and did a better job job. >> rubio did a getter job than last night. >> it isn't to win the debate it's to gt nomination. rubio has been on every part of that nice, not nice spectrum. >> accusing of flip flopping on the issue he has flip flopped on his personality. >> he is only down 8 points on the polls. >> we will continue that thought. >> it is full speed ahead for the sunshine state. donald trump about to add a gop

endorsement. phil keating has more. >> there was no mayhem like the last previous debates. donald trump the businessman and frontrunner also dropping an endorsement bomb. dr. ben carson is expected to back the billionaire in palm beach. >> and it was very interesting. i was with dr. ben carson today who is endorsing me by the way tomorrow morning. he is -- i am going to have ben very much involved in education something that is an expertise of his. >> florida's huge winner take all primary is tuesday. last night's debate was the last one prior to the primary. and a couple of new polls

suggest had a truthat trump's l perhaps shrinking. trump 36 percent rubio 27. cruz 19 and kasich 10 percent. it shows trump's lead over rubio just 7 percent. rubio is the home state florida senator and cruz and kasich backing him up. in florida for the republicans 99 delegates are at stake. early vote has been underway. already 1.5 million registered voters have already voted in the democrat and republican primaries. >> thank you, phil. >> the candidates focused on the issues instead of insults. what did the social media world think about the debate? >> here to break it down. clayton morris. >> nice to see you this morning. our show starts on time, but the

debate last night there was a lot of controversy. when is it going to start? when is it not going to start. they went to social media they couldn't believe cnn advertised the count down clock it was going to start at 8:30 then they dragged on and on about 30 minutes talking back and forth p where were the candidates? what that's what social media was exploding about. where is the debate. if i can't believe in the count down clock what can i believe in? this campaign has had low moments with the count down clock betrayal is the next level. then we went over to google and it unfolded. people looked at the google search results last night and trump's hair. looking for policies without policy. his hair had the biggest hair stiek on social media. trump's hair got a little bit of a break last night because it was john kasich's hair taking to

twitter wondering what was going on with his new haircut last night. he got the little spike which haircut. john kasich makes enough money to stop cutting his own air. another tweet kasich's hair always looks like he took a nap in his closet. other people thought it looked tremendous. kasich's hair looks tremendous tonight. very modern. so social media i don't think was focusing much on the policy issues last night. what did you think about john kasich's hair? >> i liked it last night. >> it was a little high and tight. >> going for the high and tight but not quite there. >> you come out of the winter dole du dole drums you want to freshen it up a little bit. >> all right. the time now is 10 after the

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senior political reporter is ashley. >> let's start with trump's theory on why the administration is so reluctant to strike the oil fields. let's listen to this. >> we have to knock them out fast. we are not allowed to fight. we can't fight. we are not knocking out the oil because we don't want to create environmental solution up in the air. >> true or false? >> this one was false. they weren't striking oil but they have been. they have said it was because of the infrastructure damage if it were to be fought off and were to have left in the area. right now isis is super plied in

heavy financial support. he was right to have pointed out there would have been environmental and infrastructural concerns with that. >> we are going to end welfare benefits for any one here illegally. we can solve these problems. it's not that we don't know how to do it. we are lacking the political will. neither of the parties in washington wants to do this. >> he didn't get into specifics of what it would be ending. the truth of the matter is, it's actually the children and spouses of illegal immigrants. at the same time he wasn't being

very specific on that issue. while he does want to be tough on immigration which he needs to do running against someone like donald trump he needed to dig more and explain how he would do that and what benefits they are receiving no you. >> next is kasich brought back this complain about his budgeting skills. let's take a look at that. >> not only did we have a budget we were 8 billion in the hole now we are 8 billion in the black. i want to go back with the same formula to beat the washington insiders again. >> true or false? >> true for the governor. the one that was incorrect here and to be pointed out is that the argument over whether or not

they were 8 billion in the hole is questionable. reports say it was closer to 6 billion. still a good record to come out with 2 million in the black. whether or not that was due to him or due to economic policies put in place, in the local economy by the federal government he did have assistance stance there. it is hard to say whether or not it was his policies that had done it. reducing that hole in the local government there in ohio. >> thank you for all of the clarification. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you to both of you. the time is 18 minutes after the top of the hour. the capital murder suspect who escaped from jail may have gotten the justice he deserved. how the family he held hostage turned the table. >> the answer is not simply to yell china bad, muslims bad.

you have to understand the nature of the threats we are facing and how you deal with them. >> real voters weigh in on last night's gop debate. which ones worked and which ones lost. you will see it right here first. pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both your itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. complete allergy relief or incomplete. let your eyes decide. flonase changes everything.

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shank. >> both happening today the final good-byes the former first lady nancy reagan. she will be laid to rest at the reagan presidential library in sem my valley, california next to her husband former president ronald reagan. including first lady michelle obama, hillary clinton and george w. bush. thousands of people came to say their final good-byes over the last few days as reagan's body was laying in repose at the library. the funeral begins at 2:00 p.m. >> president obama will not be in atense dance. he will be speaking at the south by south music festival instead. this next story makes me pretty sad. lav vic spending on donation

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suspicion for animal true ality. a dog attacked a pig on a training session on the show called caesar 911. animal control visited his center last night but he was reportedly not there. they have 24-hours to get in touch with him. >> 26 after the hour. dozens of battles next week. >> it is a big one, will any one get enough for a brokered convention. ov of oh

>> tit is friday march 11th. the fight heating up in florida. the gop debate like we have never seen before.

they put insults aside to talk politics. >> the final show down for the crucial primary election where donald trump hopes to lock up the republican nomination. his opponent not going down without a fight. >> we used to fight to win now we fight for no reason whatsoever. >> we don't want to pull down the blinds and lock the world out. >> the idea is not to yell china is bad, muslims are bad. >> a president can't say anything. they have consequences in and around the world. >> our jobs are going to hell. >> i will blow the whistle and stand up for the american worker. >> the question ywant to be asking is who is willing to take on washington. >> i am not interested in being politically correct. i am interested in being correct. >> welcome back. we have fox news team coverage

on the post debate friday. >> i am heather childers. we begin with rich edson and the big moments from last night. good morning, rich. >> good morning heather. they started debating. 12th republican presidential primary debate was owe respectful compared to the previous installment. even donald trump took note. ted cruz offered trump a job in his administration. >> if you over take donald trump at the convention what will you do to take the passionate supporters and sabotaging the election? >> make me president. >> donald, you are welcome to the president (inaudible). >> shouting senator rubio debated trump on his comments that he thinks islam hates us. >> something going on>> there's

something going on that you don't know about. tremendous hatred. >> presidents can't just say anything they want. they have consequences. >> we have lots of consequences including airplanes flying into the world trade center and the pentagon. i dwooon't want to be so politically correct. >> i am not interested in being politically incorrect. i am interested in being correct. >> his regret influenced him from the de previous debate. both kasich and rubio must win at home to stay in this debate. >> the trump campaign gaining steam with some pledging millions to stop him.

they have talks of taking him down. some in favor of a brokered convention some saying it would be a nightmare. >> there are some who have fevered dreams of having a brokered convention. i think it would be a disaster and we need to respect the will of the voters. >> the republican party has a great chance to embrace millions of people that it has never known where. embrace these millions of people that for the first time ever love the republican party. >> unit on both sides of the camp. what happens in ohio do they get enough delegates to avoid the brokered convention. republican strategist and former communications aid to the mccain presidential campaign boris ep stein. thank you for coming back. got a little heated in the first

half hour. >> i have more about that to say. >> all right. take a look at this graph. talking about the brokered convention. when voters were asked specifically anti trump republicans how they feel about the brokered convention 63 percent in support and 30 percent of oppose it. maybe not a big surprise since he's in the lead. jessica? >> it isn't a surprise at all. passionate as troe trumpers are and anti trump supporters are also that passionate. >> more. >> there isn't an argument for democracy here and the way it is supposed to, would. >> the voice of the people is not a tie as it usually is to get a nominee over the fen nish

line. donald trump has 34 percent. he's the clear frontrunner. there are many people happy about it but a lot that aren't. >> i can go back to this. >> we go back to use. >> most polls have significant thing and likely drop out. >> ohio is much closer and they are going to see what happens. >> let's take a look at the polls as we discuss this. we were talking about ohio being president this is the latest florida poll trump 43 raub yo 20. come to ohio where we are not quite as hard.

compared to dros 29 percent. >> approval rating the veterans in the home state than rubio are in florida. >> it is great for trump. why? because he stayed there. >> after that, trump, cruz they will be the leader. >> the polls will let you down el dig get the. the trump margins in louisiana were much lower than we thought. people who were deciding late early voting was going to rubio.

>> it was an anti trump line. >> we asked a question that kind of relates to that. they support trump 100 percent no matter what. those who support trump maybe might change their mind. number were about the same. the same number might change for trump and same thing for rubio. >> the support is so strong. it is the senator of the state. >> i do think that rubio loses, but i think kasich could pull that out. they maybe don't like ted cruz that much. he is anti establishment.

they see anything but a trump move. the interesting thing on campus is democrats most of these people move to hillary clinton upwards of 8 points. >> he is having problems, too. >> that's not the problem. >> he goes back to the board for people and then they have super delegates there. >> overwhelmingly. >> after a while they have been going against each other. >> she will not command rubio she will have a big enthusiasm problem. it is 100 percent on the side of republicans with donald trump. >> she has been drug selling and the op -- struggling. i would wager how much on the fact that independents and moderates will come out for hillary clinton if it is done by donald trump.

>> thank you both. we love having you. boy, wake us up. >> patricia? >> the time is 39 after the hour. a massive explosion caught on camera. dramatic moments outside of a shopping mall sent shoppers running for their lives. >> this is from ben carson today. the doctor said to be throwing support behind donald trump. what will that mean in the key swing state of florida. a live report from miami is next.

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speed ahead in the battle for the sunshine state as donald trump is about to pick up another republican endorsement. the sun is not quite up yet. >> it is still dark in miami but on the campus of university of miami known for the home team hurricane. all four remaining republican presidential candidates very civil and talking substance. donald trump the billionaire businessman is loss the fro frontrunner dropping an endorsement bomb. ben carson who dropped out of the race last week is expected to back the billionaire. >> it is very interesting. i was with dr. ben carson today, who is endorsing me, by the way, tomorrow morning. i am going to have ben very much vved noed kaegs.

something th -- involved in education. >> last night's debate was the final debate before florida, ohio, missouri, illinois and north carolina all vote on tuesday. a couple of polls in florida show trump was leading with 20 plus points. a lot of that due to marco rubio's buy. trump was 36 percent ahead of rubio followed by cruz and kasich. in florida trump was 38 percent. 7 points higher than rubio followed by cruz and kasich. 99 delegates are at steak for t -- stake for the republicans. winner take all as it is in ohio. senator marco rubio in florida is putting everything into winning his hoenl state. >> think of that money.

last i heard was $20.9 million against him. >> thank you, phil. >> they are on tv ail lot. the time is 45 minutes after the hour. donald trump -- cruz taking a shot at foreign policy. >> the answer isn't to yell china bad, muslims bad. you have to deal with the nature of the threat and how you deal with this em. >> brand new dials on the most talked about moments on last night's debate. >> they said it couldn't be done. this guy proves everyone wrong. who is the mystery man soaring across the sky? frank kilmeade. he has been waiting since 1972. you want to use a jet pack you ought to be able to enforce

crime. we are going to recap what happened last night with a guy named donald trump. senator marco rubio will be here live before he gets ready for the big debate. geraldo rivera will be looking at the high points and low points of last night's debate which is like no other. he is extremely funny and he has been watching the primary season. he will be on our couch. don't miss a minute. please wake up.

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ohio shopping center. >> the fire started shortly after 11:00 a.m. today at a construction site. still don't know what sparked the fire but amazingly no one was hurt a marketing stunt reaching new heights in ireland. that's real, folks. that's real. a man in a jet pack stopping traffic as he buzzes overhead and lands in a platform floating in a river. it was an effort to promote a new samsung phone. the entire flight only took 28 seconds. but hey, it is making quite a buzz on line. 28 seconds, that's awesome! >> i would do that. last night was the last gop debate before the polls open in

florida and ohio. how did the candidates do? let's check the dials. leah carter, partner with mezlansky, and partners, is here. thank you very much. it was a different debate last night. >> completely different. >> let's look at the one where trump was talking about the campaign contributions. let's see how it went. >> people control special interests, lobbyists, donors, they make large contributions to politicians, and they have total control over those politicians. i don't want anybody to control me but the people right out there. i'm going do the right thing. [ applause ] >> what grade did you give that? >> gave it a b overall. this is something he keeps harping on. republicans like this. independents will be critical for trump. it's a point he keeps trying to make over and over again. it is important. people love that he doesn't have special interests in his pocket. they love that he has both sides

of the coin on it. when he's at his best, he's off the charts. this wasn't top moment. still quite good for him. >> great. next we had rubio talking about a supporter about why -- sorry, kasich on delegate math, talking about why the numbers don't always add up. let's listen. >> math doesn't tell the whole story in politics. the great thing about politics, the reason we watch it, what's true today is not necessarily true tomorrow. let's not get ahead of ourselves. secondly, look, when you went to school up there in salem, ohio, if you got an 86, you got a b. because everybody else had an 84 didn't mean you got an a. you just have to win enough delegates to be the nominee. >> that kind of made sense. what grade did you give that? >> it made sense. but you see, it was a b. he didn't hit it out of the park. you wanted an answer, you wanted to know what's he going to do. tell us about the delegate math. tell us what is your path, what

are you going do. still, it was a good explanation, and they gave it overall a b. >> okay. terrific. lee carter, thank you very much for your time. have a good day. >> any time. thanks. the time now is about eight minutes until the top of the hour specifically. and the gop candidates often acting like children. so why not use a children's board game to explain the road that can lie ahead for them this summer? "fox & friends" anchor clayton morris on desk with what's trending. ♪

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welcome back to "fox & friends first." a live shot of the washington monument there. someone soon will be taking over washington, d.c. will it be a democrat or

republican? a lot of people want that spot. and they are hotly debating it. big debate last night with republicans. and at that debate, the candidates, they focused on the issues. can you believe it? instead of insults. >> imagine. what did the social media world think of this civil debate? here to break down the social media reaction is "fox & friends'" weekend co-host, clayton morris. >> good morning. there was a lot of discussion last night around the issues. what was kicking off the night last night was what time of the debate actually going to start. people on social media were paying attention to what cnn said earlier, if you watched, they had the countdown clock all afternoon. i think they'd been running it for four weeks now. it was counting down, we'll start. at 8:30 when it got underway, where are the candidates? turns out that that wasn't the case. they wait another half an hour to bring out the candidates. they were kibitzing, talking back and forth. people on social media were furious, wondering if a monkey was running the show. this went viral last night.

a monkey -- started with the "new york "daily news."" people fed up last night, throwing their computers. so here -- people took to social media to complain about the countdown clock. here was the first that popped up from chris at the "washington post." "if i can't believe in that countdown clock, what can i believe in?" others said this, "this campaign has had low moments, but the countdown clock betrayal is the next level." the people jumped in to talk about hair because people were maybe not wanting to talk much about the issues. donald trump had a huge spike on his hair last night. that was one of the biggest searched for items. really it was john kasich's hair that had everyone talking. he got the buzz cut. and so john kasich makes enough money to stop cutting his own hair. that was one tweet. and we have some other tweets about john kasich's hair. always looks like he took a nap in his closet. ouch. finally, kasich's hair looks tremendous tonight. it's modern. there was a lot of debate about his hair. also, one of the questions that came up was about the idea of a

brokered convention. and this had everyone talking last night around social media. what exactly was going on with the brokered convention? using hungry, hungry hippos to explain the brokered convention. guys, social media. >> so creative. >> that's right. >> i need to hire some folks. thank you. >> thank you. >> great to see you. >> that wraps it up for us. nice to have you here. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> have a good day. >> bye. our country is in serious, serious trouble. it's a bubble, and it's going explode. >> the answer is not simply to yell china bad, muslims bad. you've got to understand the nature of the threats we're facing. >> presidents can't just say anything they want. they have consequences here and around the world. >> i have to tell you this -- i don't believe there is any long-term permanent peace solution. >> we don't fight like we used to fight. we used to fight to win. now we fight for no reason whatsoever. >> if you're fed up with washington, the question you ought to be asking is who's