. >> donald gates was the first hair case that sandra levick challenged. in 1981, gates had been convicted of rape and murder in washington. >> she said, 'do you have any information on a man named michael malone?' i said, 'i've got 7gb, i'll send it to you on a flashdrive.' >> michael malone was the fbi hair examiner who had testified against donald gates. whitehurst had named him in 1997. just three years later, the justice department had identified donald gates' conviction as potentially a mistake. but no one notified gates, or his original lawyer. >> you had the complete picture of the identification of mr. gates, the correspondence between the fbi or the doj and the us attorney's office, and then we knew of the failure to inform anybody. >> in 2009, dna testing exonerated donald gates. he had served 27 years in prison, at least nine of them since the doj first flagged his case. >> none of these individuals was contacted. none of the defense lawyers was contacted. again, they were sweeping it under the carpet. knowing that they had people that had been

even though donald trump was center stage, many got their zingers in. let's look at the highlights. right out of the gatey different republican debate. a question about a pledge not to run as an independent. >> raise your hand right now, if you won't make that pledge tonight. mr. trump? >> i cannot say, i have to respect the person. if it's not me the person that wins if i 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 pledge i - will not run as an independent. >> reporter: as

. >> reporter: fireworks right out of the gate. donaldefuse tolg take a pledge not to run as a third-party candidate. >> raise your hand now if you won't make that pledge tonight. >> talking about a lot of leverage. we want to win and we will win. >> reporter: senator rand paul quickly pounced. >> he's already hedging his bets because he's used to buying politicians. >> well i've given him plenty of money. >> here's the thing about donald trump. donald trump is hitting a nerve in this country. he is. he's hitting a nerve. people are frustrated fed up. >> reporter: more sparring between new jersey governor chris christie and paul over the senator's demand for limits over government surveillance. >> i don't trust president obama with all records. i know you gave him a big hug. if you want to give him a big hug gerngs go right ahead. >> senator paul the hugs i remember are hugs i gave to people that lost heir family on september 11th. >> reporter: they touched on everything, from the federal government -- >> power shifted back to the state.

. >> reporter: donald trump came out of the gate swimming.>> sitdown. no you do not. you have not been called. go back to univision.>> reporter: reporter was removed from the conference after he started firing questions about immigration while trump was talking. he later returned and was allowed to ask questions but trump aimed most of his jabs at jeb bush. >> bush does not have a clue.>> reporter: earlier in colorado bush dismissed trumps plan to build a wall.>> it is a great soundbite. but it is not defensible in a practical policy.>> reporter: a strategist said bush has no choice but to go on the offense.>> it is a schoolyard bully strategy. if you stand up to the bully he will pick on someone else. if you do not, he will run the table on you.>> reporter: he also took on lindsey graham on twitter. trump tweeted congrats at lindsey graham you just got four points in your home state. in a interview graham said he would beat trump if he came to south carolina. >>> an update on the baby panda. the zoo announced it will take over the duties of the monda -- mama panda.>>

but let's begin with the big highlights from tonight right out of the gate. donald trump stole the show and probably the headlines. the moderator asked the candidates if they would take a pledge tonight on that stage to support the nominee for president, meaning they would not run as a third party candidate. let's watch. >> raise your hand if you won't make that pledge tonight. mr. trump. >> to be clear -- >> i fully understand. >> the place where it will give the nominee the nod. >> i fully understand. >> and that experts say an independent run would 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 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 it i'm the nominee. i will pledge i will not run as an independent. i am discussing it with everybody, but i'm talking about a lot of leverage. we want to win. we will win. but i want to win as the republican. >> sec

donald trump. is the talk that the 9 other candidates come out of the gate hard at donald trump and poke him heart and attack him or is it better they pull back and go after hillary clinton, after the president of the united states in hopes of gaining support? >> reporter: there are two schools of thought on this. no one knows till the debate arrives. donald trump is the man to beat right now. last week he leads in the last 7 national polls. i happened to talk to -- there are a million people from the media here. i talked to an independent radio talk show host. he says his callers call in 25- 1 in favor of donald trump. he says we in the main stream media are out of our gorge if we don't think trumptrism will get the donald trump will get the nomination. political watchers say he has a small shot at gaining the nomination. right now it is anyone's game. one thing that a lot of people are predicting across the board, this will be one of the highest rated debates possibly in the history of the debates. >> with the 10 candidates up there, how important for the three moderators to keep them on track a

even though donald trump was center stage, many got their zingers in. let's look at the highlights. right out of the gate donald trump's presence made this a very different republican debate. a question about a pledge not to run as an independent. >> raise your hand right now, if you won't make that pledge tonight. mr. trump? >> i cannot say, i have to respect the person. if it's not me the person that wins if i 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 pledge i - will not run as an independent. >> reporter: as they booed, rand paul's status went. >> he buys and sells politicians of all stripes. he's already hedging his bet on the clintons. >> reporter: trump later lashed out at paul. >> i don't think you heard me you are having a hard time tonight. >> you call women you don't like fat pigs dogs slobs and disgusting animals. >> only rosie o'donnell. i think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. i have been -- [ applause ] >> i have been challenged by so many people. i don't, frankly, have time for total pol

in a pentagon beat is to get a dateline on an aircraft carrier or get an interview with donald rumsfeld or sect gates or something like that. the prestige thing is to have a seat at the press conference. i'm note getting a seat at the press conference. right? i'm not getting invited into the backrooms to see the technical plans. and be treated like half a buddy. so that's a failure of reporting, i think. >> being they took the narl for this, what happened to money they received from the contract after the fact? >> so the united states government received what's dahl -- get the numbers wrong but let's call 70 million rounds of aq47 from china. they excepted it issueed it. it was used in war, and then when the "new york times" story ran they refused to pay for it so a frame diveroli is suing them. last i heard. for like 20 million bucks. what, you can't take something, use it, and then say, oh, and it works, and then say, you -- poor me. so i don't know how that's going to turn out bit it is a good way of sampling the inaccept of this in terms of dudes, what happened to the dudes, as i say, efraim disr

if you're me or bill gates or donald trump, you don't need social security. we certainly should slow the growth of it. the thing about indexing to prices rather than wages, again other than the retirement age, there are things we can do to avert much of the disaster in social security. i get all of the politically unacceptable to most politicians but it's got to be done. deirdre: mark, great, logical constructive thought, mark clabria director of studies. >>> do you think this sketch looks like new england quarterback tom brady? we have the artist with us, the one take all the heat with her direct response to critics. >>> but first, have you seen the catastrophic images of this factory explosion in china. new images reveal it was so big, it could be seen from space. we will show you more. it's a fact. kind of like mute buttons equal danger. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda. can a a subconscious. mind? a knack for predicting the future. refle

you've got people out of the gate falling into these camps of this or that whether it's donald trump or ted cruz or someone who has had strong things to say at the beginning of this cycle. how do you begin to change that within the body of the gop? >> we have to remember our purpose. not just as republicans, i'm an independent, it doesn't matter. we need to remember our. we need to remember our purpose as people. it's never to fight against policies but as a person in a leadership position it's not to fight against policies, it's to fight for people. this is what all people have in common and all ethical people have in common. who are you going to fight for? who, not billionaires. how can we get a better capital gain for billionaires, that doesn't come up. what can we do to create greater opportunities for people who are being left behind. that's that's what we actually talk about. number one is remembering our purpose in fighting for people. remembering the faces of those people and telling the stories of those people. in this book i have dozens of stories about people. >> that was

right out of the gate, donald trump asked to take a pledge, would he not run as an independent, trumplled by fox news moderator megyn kelly about offensive comments he's made towards women in the past. >> you've called women you don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals. your twitter account -- >> only rosie o'donnell. >> reporter: and there were other heated moments. senator rand paul and governor chris christie going at it and since the stage was so crowded ten candidates on that stage, some had a hard time breaking through even those that are leading some polls like governor jeb bush but others did find a path. senator marco rubio, governor john kasich of ohio and dr. ben carson all connecting with the audience. the next debate is in about five weeks. we're see who is on stage. >> tom, thanks for that. >>> carly fiorina is widely being praised for her performance in the earlier debate. fiorina was the most searched for candidate online after the debate ended. for in-depth analysis of all the candidates logon to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! >>> well, this morning w

you look at the television and what is happening with the candidates and people like donald trump right out of the gate it's not really angry. most liberals live in these communities they don't have that many conservatives and their families they see them yelling and screaming and saying things about immigrants and poor people when i became a conservative in my 20s studying economics it's because i realized - i was brought up in a liberal family but i realized that conservative ideas are the best ideas to get people out of poverty. we pulled 2 billion people out of poverty with these ideas since 1970s and i was a child it is incredible what has happened in the conservatives themselves can't think to shout this from the rooftop of you expect anybody else to? >> host: the idea of putting on a different face schilling who we are in expressing what we believe in a manner as welcoming and inviting for some of the steps that we can take to do that because as you noted you got everyone out of the gate already falling into these camps of this or that. how do you begin to change that? to begin with we have to r

we've got donald trump out of the gate, did not even have to say a word to fire up the crowd but how did he do overall? >> good morning. it really does still feel like good evening. it's been a long one here in cleveland. how he did if you ask donald trump, he did very well. he came to be himself, to be the person who breaks this debate up, who breaks up this race. he broke to the decorum of republican presidential politics right from the very beginning. he was asked questions about how he would run would he be a lone wolf out there let's say he didn't win the nomination, is there anyone on the stage who would run as an independent but donald trump has been consistent and that didn't change last night. >> i'm looking to you to raise your hand now if you won't make that pledge tonight. mr. trump. >> if i'm the nominee, i will pledge i would not run as an independent, but -- and 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. >> i spoke to someone who w

donald trump. right out of the gate that moment when bret said basically are you going to sign on, are you going to get behind whoever the republican candidate is, and it was so clear that question went right to donald trump. let's look at that moment again. >> raise your hand if you won't make that pledge tonight. mr. trump. [booing]>> to be clear you are g at a place where the rnc will give the nominee the nod. >> i fully understand. >> it was interesting for a couple reasons. number one, donald trump spent the last several days say he he was not going run third party. i talked about it with sean hannity and he said donald trump told me he would not run a third party, and you start the debate and donald trump says maybe i will run third party if i don't like the way i'm treated. it was the perfect way to open the debate because it was a tough question. bill: he said on fox and friends he doesn't want to lose his leverage. in the same sentence he said i'm not going do it. what are we to believe? >> he says things that are in direct conflict with one another. he did that last night on immigration a

gate. it featured the donald. i can totally make that pledge if i'm not the nominee, you pledge i will 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. >> reporter: of course he was the only one on the stage that wouldn't promise not to run as a third party as an independent candidate. that had tear apart of the party and ensure a democratic likely a hillary clinton win for sure. >> that kind of set the stage for me at the beginning. i was excited. they set him up for that and knew he was the only one. question was for him. >> it made for great tv. >> absolutely absolutely. >> i have to say i thought the folks at fox news did a great job of pointed questions direct in the begin. they hit each one in the achilles heel bush with the family name rubio's inexperience. >> especially when megan kelly asked about his remarks about women, she had the comments

donald trump's harsh words for the moderator who singled him out. >> a grueling swim to the golden gate in shark-infested waters. forget what happened to ,,,,,,,, >>> the republican candidates for president hit the campaign trail today trying to seize momentum from last night's debate. it was a ratings blowout. 24million people watched. the highest rated primary debate in history. ken bastida here and ken, you might call it trump see tv. >> what a night! many expected trump to steal the show last night in cleveland. the big question today, whether his performance helped or hurt his chances come november. one thing's for sure. trump is still at the center of the conversation. >> mr. trump how did it go? >> great. >> reporter: the republican front-runner was the man to beat in a debate on fox newschannel last night. and he made news with the first question. not ruling out a third party candidacy. >> you're not going to make the pledge? >> i will not make the pledge at this time. >> reporter: trump also offered no apologies today for this tense exchange with the mod rather megyn kelly. >>

. >> the moment they do it, donald trump comes out of the gate and complains they are managing the currency. this is exactly what people -- >> they managed the currency in the direction the u.s. wants only when it suits them. >> right. >> because they want to play a greater role in the global economy. i'm not defending them. i'm just saying you can't have it both ways. >> thank you, guys. stay with me. opening bell just 18 minutes away here on wall street. we will bring that to you live. futures reporting much higher than yesterday. >>> still to come, politics. is biden going to make a third run for the white house? he just got a major green light. woman: this is not exactly what i expected. man: definitely more murdery than the reviews said. captain obvious: this is a creepy room. man: oh hey, captain obvious. captain obvious: you should have used hotels.com. their genuine guest reviews are written by guests who have genuinely stayed there. instead of people who lie on the internet. son: look, a finger. captain: that's unsettling. man: you think? captain: all the time. except when i sleep.

donald trump continuing to get support from the republican voters? they believe he is connecting with a disenfranchised public. jeff barnes explains. jeff: he came flying out of the gate. >> mexico sends people, they are not sending their best. they are bringing drugs, crime, they're rapists. jeff: it drew backlash and reignited a national debate. >> if it weren't for me you wouldn't be talking about illegal immigration. jeff: trump is backing up tough talk with the specific on immigration. he supports a wall between u.s. and the mexico to be paid for by the mexican government. mandatory deportation of undocumented immigrants, ending automatic u.s. citizenship based on birth. defunding of sanctuary cities. >> we are building a wall, it will be a wall that nobody is going through my wall. >> this is not a negotiation of a real estate deal. that makes no sense. jeff: according to a poll released last week republicans in iowa belief donald trump is the best g.o.p. candidate on illegal immigration, terrorism and not so surprisingly the economy. >> he is a smart businessman. reporter: the overwhelming media coverage good and bad is good for business for donald trump's came

gate. some indexes were up after a tumultuous week what will that break - - bring? >> donaldfor brings on the tax code. coming up. we live in a world of mobile technology, but it is not the device that is mobile, it is you. . melissa: the dow wrapping up a very exciting and volatile week. in fact, the average daily-point swing from between session highs and lows this week was nearly 600 points. liz claman is standing by on the floor of the new york stock exchange with stephen guilfoyle. you guys must be exhausted. ready for the weekend. >> we were saying our necks were hurting from the whiplash right and left. stephen guilfoyle, aka sergeant has been watching and participating as a trader. in a word, how would you describe the action this week? >> you still take this? right. trying to be creative with the vocabulary. >> wow. it's been nuts. go back to last thursday, you saw moves that were incredible. and then all of a sudden it stopped. yesterday around lunchtime, up to today, if you take out dip caused by the computer glitch, we stabilized in the 1980s on the s&p 500. >> do

as you've noted, you've got everyone out of the gate already falling into these camps of this or that, whether donald trump or attackers are some others have had some strong things to say at the beginning of this presidential cycle. how do you begin to change that within the body of the gop? >> we have to remember a purpose not just as republicans. it doesn't matter. remember our purpose as people in our purposes never to fight against policies. my purpose as a person in leadership position is not to fight against things. to fight for people. this is what realtors all have in common and ethical people is to say who am i going to fight for any of there is not billionaires. saying how can we get a better capital gains tax for billionaires. it doesn't come out. that is what we actually talked about in our private lives. fighting for people -- the second thing is remembering the faces of those people so when this book i have dozens of stories of people who don't survive. >> that was fascinating because in one section i made a note of it. you talk about -- let me pull it out because it's really interestin

donald trump taking aim at the thousands of foreign engineers working at silicon valley. his immigration plan would h-1rease the amount paid to visas. a group o representing mark zuckerberg in bill gates heading back at his plan. the group forward u.s. wrote in a blog post, "the idea we should restrict them is just wrong." the h-1b visa program is hugely popular among these take u.s. companies. this year, 65,000 slots were filled within the first week employers could apply for them. love technology companies to employ people from overseas. coming up, the new product behind salesforce better than expected forecast. yelp gives taxpayers a place to how much they love the irs or tsa. stay with us on "bloomberg west." ♪ matt: hot storymatt: we are watching today, california regulators say they have evidence uber field to read out 25 drivers with serious criminal records. fromfailed to prevent it hiring registered sex offenders, identity thieves, burglars, a kit wrapper, and a convicted murderer. -- a kidnapper. to full themwsuit forgiven giving. assurances that its drivers are safe. --they filed a lawsuit for failing to give assurances. in ubse, let's bring managing director of software an

donald trump's presence made things very different -- right out of the gate.n he refused to agree to support the eventual nominee. he's even indicating that if 'he' doesn't get the nomination - he might run an independent. but the biggest fireworks may have been between chris christie and rand paul -- over personal liberties versus security. "the u.s. subcommittee by hot air about this and say things like that" "not just present a bomb of our records and i give him a big hug if the one given a big hug again go right ahead" "a us senator paul hawkinses' ya ya hugs remember the one i gave to the families who lost their people on september 11th" >> catherine: on the campaign trail. scott walker, for example, visiting a cleveland deli. jeb bush was in new hampshire. bush, by the way, claims he's surprised by all the attention "was there no game on.?" a lot of people are admitting they watched because of their curiousity over what trump would say. >> pam:donald trump's centerstage momen is the biggest trending story ofthe insider's louis aguirre joins us from los a

why is it donald trump and bill gates decided to move to a two-bedroom apartment in the richmond, they could still benefit from rent-control? we need better regulation s to protect both tenants and landlords. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is howard epstein and i'm the vice president of the small property owners of san francisco. and we're here to oppose this bad law. a couple of things that haven't been mentioned -- i don't want to go over everything that has been mentioned last hour or so, but something that hasn't been mentioned is the fact when people sign leases, leases are, in fact, contracts. and according to this legislation, it says contracts are no good in san francisco. if you say we're going to have two people move in, and you can't have anybody else, and you consenting adults sign the lease, this says that is no good. you can move anybody else in you want. some of the other ramifications are, again, somebody earlier mentioned the number of vacancy-by-choice units. this will skyrocket that number, because we, the landlords and i have been a small propert

why is it donald trump and bill gates decided to move to a two-bedroom apartment in the richmond, they could still benefit from rent-control? we need better regulation s to protect both tenants and landlords. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is howard epstein and i'm the vice president of the small property owners of san francisco. and we're here to oppose this bad law. a couple of things that haven't been mentioned -- i don't want to go over everything that has been mentioned last hour or so, but something that hasn't been mentioned is the fact when people sign leases, leases are, in fact, contracts. and according to this legislation, it says contracts are no good in san francisco. if you say we're going to have two people move in, and you can't have anybody else, and you consenting adults sign the lease, this says that is no good. you can move anybody else in you want. some of the other ramifications are, again, somebody earlier mentioned the number of vacancy-by-choice units. this will skyrocket that number, because we, the landlords and i have been a small propert

gate stage thursday night. here is nbc's dee prikd line up for thursday, donald trump, scott walker and jeb bush on top, chris christiejohn kasich or possibly rick perry rounding out the top ten. all through were talking issues at last night's voter forum. >> you can secure the border, it takes boots on the ground. >> we need a balanced budget amendment. >> reporter: it was a big tune for toes at the top slamming the fight against isis. >> creating a strategy and sticking with it. >> reporter: those in the middle. >> i think we need a new gop. >> reporter: and hose not expected to make thursday's prime time debate, bobby jindal took on iran. >> i absolutely disagree. this is a bad deal. >> reporter: donald trump was a no show even though he's polling 24% in new hampshire. our new nbc wall street journal poll shows republicans almost evenly split over trump is epps or hurting the party. marco rubio is the candidate most primary voters say they could support. >> what we have today on immigration done work for america. >> reporter: as for the democrats. >> i'd love to go against whether it's hillary clinton or joe biden.

gate. check flight status there. there may be minor residual delays. >> happening today, more comments from donald trump that are sure to stir up debate on immigration. in the national news show he said he will deport undocumented immigrants. he said if an effort to keep families together he would deport people who have legal standings to stay in the u.s. trump was at the iowa state fair and talked immigration there promising to build a wall along the u.s. border that nobody would get past. he said he'll release his full immigration policy next month. hillary clinton was at the iowa state fair. she was asked about the controversy over the private server while secretary of state. she argued that she did not send classified e-mails on the service and blamed gop for turning the questions about the server into a partisan affair. >> turning to our coverage of the pope coming to philadelphia. if you're planning to take new jersey transit trains into the city that weekend. tickets are on sale. there are a limited number of special passes available, 4,140 for each day. it is important to know that regular tickets will not wo

the clinton camp is trying to talk about anything but e-mail gate but it's not going away any time soon. and on the republican side it's donald week he made the cover with the headline deal with it. chris christie is dealing with it. >> why be frustrated about the fact that there are people who will do well at times and not do well. focus on yourself. i'm focusing on the fact that i'm the guy who's vetoed more tax increases than any governor in american history. >> no matter what they say, you know it has to be tough for all the gop candidates to watch trump attract the crowd that he did on friday. about 30,000 people turned out for that rally in a football stadium in alabama. elizabeth? >> thank you, kristin. of course, let's get right to our fair and balanced debate. amos sneed is partner at bryant roe and former secretary of the house republican whip roy blunt. and we have the president of the patriot majority. thank you both for joining us. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> amos, i want to start with you. we saw in kristin's piece, the trump flair. the 30,000 people in the stadium, still doing phoners on sunday political

donald trump took aim at the thousands of foreign engineers working at silicon valley. -- trump'srom's immigration plan would increase the amount paid for h-1b visas. a group representing mark zuckerberg and bill gatesitting back at his plan. the president of the group wrote in a blog post, "the idea we should radically restrict pathways for highly skilled immigrants to come and stay here is just wrong. the evidence is clear that high skilled americans create american jobs." one reason this is a contentious issue is because the h-1b visa program is hugely popular among these tech u.s. companies. this year, 65,000 slots were filled within the first week . employers could apply for them. of course giant technology , companies love to employ people from overseas. coming up, the new product behind salesforce's better than expected forecast. plus, yelp gives taxpayers a place to write about how much they love the irs or tsa. stay with us on "bloomberg west." ♪ ♪ matt: hot story we are watching today, california regulators say they have evidence uber failed to screen out 25 drivers with serious criminal records. according to prosecutors, the companies background check failed to prevent them from hiring re

gate. a pro football players makes his kids return their trophies. the reason ahead. >>> first donald trump arrived at the manhattan courthouse this morning for jury service. >> what will happen if you get picked for jury duty. >> going to be very interesting to see. >> [ inaudible ]. >> i look forward to it. something we have to do. >> like most of you trump rolled up in a stretch limousine. however he was just fulfilling his civic duty like the average american. this weekend was a different story. he was bat man. donald offered helicopter rides to children during a saturday campaign stop. one nine-year-old asked, are you bat man. trump confirmed, i am bat man. the missed engagement was a small blip on an otherwise successful week. trump avoided the state fair soap box sponsored by the des moines register as the by-product of the newspaper. a new poll shows trump still leading, doubling the candidate in second place. the strong poll numbers come after the tense republican debate. trump wasn't happy. he openfully complained that fox news wasn't treating him well. the president of the

gate bridge. they will have stickers on their helmets during the go pro grand prix. >>> donald trump tips to win supportn presidential polls. more questions are raised about his campaign. our partner at cnn said it is the use of a questionable phrase and his campaign war chest. >> reporter: the washington outsider caught in the act. acting like a politician. >> give yourself a nice applause. wow. >> reporter: this time, stirring up debate after using what some consider yet another controversial phrase. the silent majority. >> you have a silent majority in that country that feels abused. forgotten, mistreated and it as term that hasn't been brought up in years as you know. people haven't heard that term and it is interesting ass to why. >> reporter: the main reason, the phrase originally coined by nixon. >> the great silent majority was fruit with racial under tones and appeal to white voters amid the civil rights movement. wooing the voters with the promise to reject big contributions. >> someone came to me. very powerful lobbyist. i would like to put money in your campaign. $5 million. >> i don't want

gated to an afternoon debate. and while all of the candidates came together for a forum in person and by satellite, trump skipped out. he got this message instead. >> this is donald trump and i am running for the presidency of the united states of americans. hope to see you on the campaign trail. we are going to do it. >> the mailbox is full and cannot accept messages at this time. goodbye. >> the real faceoff is less than two days away. abc news, new york. >> well, just because you played james bond doesn't mean you can bring weapons on to a plane. police claim pierce brosnan was stopped because he had a knife at a security checkpoint in burlington. they say the tsa allowed him to proceed after the whole thing was resolved. he played secret agent 007 in four james bond films. tonight people in redwood city watched a redwood museum trainings -- transform into art. they were at the san mateo county history museum and brought the exterior to life. a color -- colors colors and images pulsated as they took it all in. >> netflix is offering employees unlimited maternity and paternity leave. the poll sew applies to those who have a baby or adopt a child. they want to c

do that because as you noted, you've got everyone out of the gate already sort of falling into these camps of this or that whether it is donald trump or ted cruz or others that have some pretty strong things to say at the beginning of the presidential cycle. how do you begin to change that in the body of the gop? >> guest: to begin with we have to demand that the purpose. it's to remember the purpose of people in our purpose is never to fight against the particular policies. my purpose in the policy is the person at leadership position to fight for people. this is what great leaders have in common to say who am i going to fight for and the answer to that by the way having suffered a together singing how can we get that capitalist gains tax. we think about what can we do to create better opportunity for people left behind. that's what we talk about in our private lives, so remembering the purpose, fighting for people. the second thing is remembering the faces of those people and telling the stories. so in this book i have dozens >> host: that was fascinating for me because in the one section you talk about going - lessons from

gate. a pro football players makes his kids return their trophies. the reason ahead. >>> first donaldthe manhattan courthouse this morning for jury service. >> what will happen if you get picked for jury duty. >> going to be very interesting to see. >> [ inaudible ]. >> i look foar

gate continues. can't help keep an eye out for donald trump. he is everywhere including "face the nation," he went after some of his own, hedge funders he said are getting away with murder. >> they are making tremendous amount of money. they have to pay taxes. i want to lower rates for middle class. the middle class, they are the ones getting absolutely destroyed. >> reporter: finally gop candidates are clearly getting irritated at the amount of press trump is getting. one such challenger former arkansas governor mike hub bee will not answer trump-related questions. hopes that will put it to he had about. that is the political roundup, ben and rosanna. >> i somehow doubt it but we'll see. >> let's talk weather at 8:15. mike woods what do you see on the radar? >> a little something on the radar out to the east. looks like it will head up to connecticut and rhode island so not so bad at all. this is the almanac for the day. 82 average high, 67 average loy. we're warmer than normal. middle of summer heading toward the end. looks like another quiet

mitchell in washington back from cleveland where donald trump stole the show dodging and weaving past tough questions from the fox moderators, right out of the gate. >> looking for you to raise your hand now if you won't make that pledge tonight. mr. trump. 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 who i want to do. i can totally make that pledge if i'm the nominee. i will pledge i would not run as an independent. and i am discussing it with everybody, but, you know i'm talking about a lot of leverage. >> 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 would say that he's already hedging his bets because he's used to buying politicians. >> well, i've given him plenty of money. >> but it's what he said about women in answer to megyn kelly's question that is driving a lot of the conv

gated to an afternoon debate. and while all of the candidates came together for a forum in person and by satellite, trump skipped out. he got this message instead. >> this is donald trump and i am running for the presidency of the united states of americans. hope to see you on the campaign trail. we are going to do it. >> the mailbox is full and cannot accept messages at this time. goodbye. >> the real faceoff is less than two days away. abc news, new york. >> well, just because you played james bond doesn't mean you can bring weapons on to a plane. police claim pierce brosnan was stopped because he had a knife at a security checkpoint in burlington. they say the tsa allowed him to proceed after the whole thing was resolved. he played secret agent 007 in four james bond films. tonight people in redwood city watched a redwood museum trainings -- transform into art. they were at the san mateo county history museum and brought the exterior to life. a color -- colors colors and images pulsated as they took it all in. >> netflix is offering employees unlimited maternity and paternity leave. the poll sew applies to those who have a baby or adopt a child. they want to c

gate. and of course, it featured the donald. let's take a listen. >> i can totally make that pledge.t 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. >> of course, he was the only one on the stage that wouldn't promise not to run as a third party, as an independent candidate. now, that would tear apart the party and ensure a democratic, likely a hillary clinton, win, for sure. >> that kind of set the stage for me at the beginning. you know i was excited, because they set him up for that. you knew he was the only one. that question was for him. >> it made for great tv. >> absolutely, absolutely. >> i have to say i thought the folks at fox news did a great job of pointed questions direct in the beginning. it almost seemed like they hit each one in the achilles heel, bush with the family name, rubio with his inexperience. >> and researched them to donald trump, especially when megyn kelly asked about his remarks about women. she had the comments behind her. >> what's the other big moment

gate. and my primary focus is on the 16 people. you've know i have guys like lindsay graham. >> donald trump there speaking at-raising event.mp at his brashest. getting personal with hillary clinton, jeb bush, clinton aide, her husband, speaking to a crowd there at this fund raiser. we will stick with this just after this break. please stay with us. when you do business everywhere, the challenges of keeping everyone working together can quickly become the only thing you think about. that's where at&t can help. at&t has the tools and the network you need, to make working as one easier than ever. virtually anywhere. leaving you free to focus on what matters most. technology empowers us it pushes us to go further. special olympics has almost five million athletes in 170 countries. the microsoft cloud allows us to immediately be able to access information, wherever we are. information for an athlete's medical care, or information to track their personal best. with microsoft cloud, we save millions of man hours, and that's time that we can invest in our athletes and changing the world. the one on your right is made out of high s

donald trump taking the stage to a sea of supporters. hitting jeb bush and hillary clinton right out of the gate. >> now i don't know that she's going to maketo the gate. trump or bush. >> reporter: along with his push to change the 14th amendment getting rid of a law giving citizenship to babies of undocumented immigrants. >> you can do something with it and you can do something fast. >> reporter: while he didn't get the 40,000 person turnout this stadium could hold or the campaign had hoped for, instead about half that, it was the biggest republican rally by far this political season. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: the curious braving 90-degree heat and air so thick you could cut with it a knife waiting for hours to see front and center the man front and center of the republican party. >> also drove from mississippi to get here. >> he's not afraid of anybody. >> and he's going to eventually take them all to the right. >> trump himself arriving in his 757, buzzing the stadium twice. he left with less punch. standing up a room full of reporters awaiting his scheduled news conference. not an early state trump did come to alabama for a reason.

gate park wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> political junkies are gathering at watch parties all over the way area to view the highly anticipated republican primary debate. the top ten contenders including of course donald trump are swearing off in this epic showdown. there is so much buzz that oakland's new parkway theater is showing the debate in its 120 seat theater. and the event is sold out. >> i think items much more valuable to be in a group where there might be some different viewpoints and folks challenging each other and hope friday makingmake hopefully making us more critical voters. >> abc 7 news caught up with trump as he arrive this hadin scleefcleveland and that is coming up a at 5:30. sdwr >> here are the top five political caltopics. it remains to be seen which will be discussed by the candidates. >>> and one part of the immigration debate is the issue of deportation in the wake of shooting death of kate steinle. she was killed on pier 14 on july 1. francisco sanchez, typhoon time deport tooeee is charged in her murder. tonight her brother is raising a nonprofit to raise money. it will be at jackson in the city's arena district. >>> ronn owens underwent brain surgery today in san franci

in seeing her and learning more about her but donald trump as always finishes big and knows how to get a lot of attention. tomorrow he's hosting a fail gate par tailgate party in atlanta to close out the event. i'm sure he'll make head lines no matter what. still a lot of room for trump to make noise especially in this conservative crowd, where there were a lot of people really cheering him on at the debate watch party last night. he definitely has a lot of friends here. >> benji, thank you very much. let me bring in our "news nation" political panel. former white house political director for president george w. bush, matt schlapp, now chairman of the american conservative union, "daily beast" senior politics editor jackie cue sin witch and senior reporter matt conroy. matt, benji talked about how the crowd there very excited, the conservatives regarding donald trump. the crowd at the debate not so much. did donald trump disappoint you or do you believe he stayed on track? >> look, the american conservative union had a watch party and you know, they love donald trump and really cheered aggressively for him. i was in the hall at the debate