>> well, eric ericson reached out to megyn kelly herself to invite her to take trump's speaking lot. we have no idea whether she will take it. it's a lot to ask on short notice. but would make for an interesting show if she showed up in his place. >> have you heard conzrengsal wisdom who won the debate on thursday? >> well, the biggest name i've been hearing about wasn't in the main debate. there was a plot of attention to carly fiorina in the undercard debate. a lot of people who haven't seen much from her before they want to hear more. she was pretty well received when she came yesterday afternoon. there was a lot of buzz. bear in mind this is a very conservative crowd. this is not exactly a cross section of the republican party. i was at a watch party on thursday with them, they were booing jeb bush, booing john kasich. some of the more moderates here. i'd say the person with the most popularity is probably ted cruz. everyone seems to love him here, whether or not they are actively supporting him yet. and i wouldn't be surprised if he gets the strongest reception. >> and given wha

a fellow might disagree is eric ericson, the redstate.com editor who disinvited donald trump to an event this weekend. eric, good to have you. >> thank you for having me. >> i noticed donald trump was not invited to the gathering but his name kept coming up so its as if he was there. do you regret the disinvite? >> i don't if would have done it over again, based on his comments and then reaching out to his campaign to get clarification i got multiple stories and overnight, then they had changed again. so ail wanted was a straight answer of what he said and a clarification, and he was going to do a q & a and i would talk to him but i don't know it was donald himself but members of the campaign. first they didn't want to acknowledge he said what he said. then they said he when whatever, not wherever, but on the tape it was clear he said wherever, and i just couldn't get a straight answer, so i felt like shy disinvite him from the event. i would have done it again. to hillary clinton's point, donald trump being in the race right now actually can the she realizes it's a benefit to the republ

. >> reporter: eric ericson says trump crossed the line of decency. >> if you haven't heard, i disinvitedonald trump. >> reporter: in response, trump called ericson a total loser but there were unmistakable signs of turmoil in his campaign saturday. in a rare occurrence, the billionaire businessman tried to soften his remarks but in a very trump way tweeting blood would have been coming out of kelly's nose and releasing a statement saying only a deviant would think anything else. his political adviser roger stone apparently didn't agree and left the campaign. >> we don't have time for political correctness, but the campaign seems to have gone into a cul-de-sac and i'm disappointed by a lack of specificky. >> trump is measuring his success by the drudge report. he didn't appear in public today, but in an interview with the washington post, he said i have a lot of money and i'm not getting out. i'm going to win. >> donald trump will appear on face the nation tomorrow morning at 8:30 right after the sun morning edition of kpix5 news. >>> well, this is as far as democratic presidential candid

we have seen eric ericson address the issue. i was able to speak to some attendees here to get their reaction. we saw the crowd reaction. by and large, it was received favorably. i did speak to one woman who came down all the way from indianapolis. she was upset about it. she is not a donald trump supporter. she said she is probably going to vote for ted cruz or scott walker but she said the media is twisting these words and that donald trump should not have been disinvited. we have heard from carly fiorina, george petaki and lindsey graham and i was able to talk to governor mike huckabee and ask him what he thought about donald trump's comments. >> you know, mark, megyn kelly was a colleague for me for 6 1/2 years when i was at fox. she is one of the most remarkable people i know, intellectually, unsurpassed as a broadcast journalist. she has great integrity. i'm going to stand for megyn kelly. >> reporter: do you think it was inappropriate? did he cross the line with that comment? >> i certainly would never say anything about

eric ericson tweeting, i have rescinded my invitation to mr.mp, while i have tried to give him great at latitude his remark about megyn kelly was a bridge too far. gop presidential hopefuls try to focus the discourse on policy and break through the trump headlines. already yesterday candidates were firing back over trump's initial treatment of kel when asked about the disparaging remarks. >> i think donald trump can speak for himself. i'm not going to use that language. >> no. of course it's not. everybody knows that. >> anybody who paints with a broad brush, calls people names, it's not helpful to our political process. >> reporter: eric ericson wrote that the campaign attempted to clarify trump's comments saying he meant to say whatever, not wherever. but in the statement from the campaign, a spokesman only says this is just another example of weakness through being politically correct and they will who would campaign stop at another location, anthony, no word on the details. >> thank you. >>> breaking news overnight. 12 people are dead in th

and i was reading something eric ericson said. those comments largely closed the door on evangelical support for trump. do you think that's true? >> i don't think necessarily think that's true. at least at this point. this was classic donald trump. i don't think anybody thought he would go to an iowa evangelical event or any evangelical event and talk about yes, i've asked god for forgiveness and i'm on my knees every night. they realize that's not the authentic donald trump. donald trump knows that's not the authentic donald trump. he is authentic which has been his calling card all along. evangelicals can deal with some truth telling. they've had many lies over the years to them as it relates to politics, being used as a pawn many times in political games. get out the evangelical vote and those issues are dropped. so donald trump is in essence showing some truth telling here. at least on the for giveness front. at least they know where he stands. >> i should say i put these questions to trump as well and he said what you said, t

eric ericson, the leader of that group, disinvited donald trump to attend. the "wall street journal" editorial board blames him. this was all finally too much for mr. ericson, but it is fair to ask him what took him so long nap is what donald trump does. he said the number up with thing you heard about donald trump is that he fights. eric ericson said he would not vote for him unless he became the gop nominee, he is running a nontraditional campaign. the "wall street journal" says the debay show there's are several accomplished conservatives who will be formidable candidates. with donald trump dominating media coverage, they're not getting the hearing they deserve. having help to create trumpism, mr. ericson and his angry enabler the are embarrassed by his name sake. donald trump had to say this, small crowds @red state today in atlanta. people were very angry and he has saved me time and money. >> caller: good morning, i would like to see carly when she says that hillary clinton lied, they all lie. when that reporter asked trump, she went back way far and l

eric ericson a conservative blogger and 'siring king maker disinvited billionaire front runner donald trim top his gathering of republican candidates because the first time candidate trump who is at the top of the polls, said a cable news host tough questions in thursday night's debate because she was hormonal. trump denied the claim. and discussion of topics that usually make people uncomfortable at the dinner table. trumps rivals weighed in press releases, public appearances and in 140 character bursts on twitter. it's at the beginning of this campaign you had bet in your office pool on this scenario coming to pass, should you quit your job and turn your attention to the stock market. we'll be right back with our political panel. what if there were only one kind of dog? then it would be easy to know everything about that one breed. but in fact, there are over three hundred breeds of dogs. because no one can be an expert in every one... an app powered by ibm watson will help vets tap specialized knowledge in the cloud for every breed... and whatever else walks, flies or slithers thro

the organizer's name was eric ericson and he said the comment was inappropriate. i don't want someone on stage who gets a who is kill question and his first inclination is to imply it was hormonal. it's just wrong. this is just another example of weakness. we will miss you, blame erick er erickson. 24 million people tuned in to watch the debate. more than 3,000 people went on and decided to submit questions. a woman from our area. >> price describe one action you would do to make the economic environment more favorable for small businesses and entrepreneurs and anyone dreaming of opening their own business. >> that is tonya and she is here with us this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, how are you? >> what was it like to all of a sudden see yourself up there and there's 24 million people up there watching your question? >> jaw dropping. it was an exciting moment. it really was. >> the answer was by marco rubio. here's what he had to say. >> that's a great question. first of all it begins by having leaders that recognize the economy we live in today is

frustration about candidate trump and some who think eric ericson did the right thing by saying please stay away. alex? >> well, we have a couple more coming up jeb bush scott walker still to address that group today. thank you so much kelly o'donnell for that. let's get reaction. i'm joined by matt louis whose latest column appears online. matt, i'm going to reach out to you first as you heard these new remarks about megyn kelly and the disinvitation by eric erickson. where and how does this end? will it end before it does appreciable damage to the gop? >> that's a good question. the republicans had a good debate thursday night despite the fact donald trump was there. i think you saw the candidates -- that the field was much stronger than it was in 2012. i think it was a net plus for republicans but at some point donald trump, there will be a point of diminishing returns and if he stays in this thing forever, for a year or until we get to iowa and new hampshire that could do serious, serious damage. but i want to give kudos and credit to eric erickson. the conservative movement has be

eric ericson withdrew his invitation following what he said about megyn kelly. >> you could see therer eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. >> reporter: he reacted to the snub with usual candor saying political correctness is killing the country. >> it is common decency. >> he went on and said i was a weak and pathetic leader. it's okay, i think it is really weak and pathetic to take a question from a female questioner and think she is having hormone problems. >> reporter: he tried to say it was kelly's nose he was talking about. >> the republican party is not engageed in a war on women or saying things about megyn kelly. one individual is. >> reporter: i'm andy rose reporting. >>> donald trump also lost his campaign adviser roger stone last night. he says he quit, but trump claims he said your fired. he says stone wanted to use the campaign for his own personal publicity. stone says he gave them a resignation letter. stone telling cnn he was unhappy about the direction of the campaign and all of the controversy surrounding donald trump. >>> the next time you have something deliver

eric ericson, good morning. >> good morning. >> there is a difference between a socialist and a democrat to be. i don't know that there is anymore. it's a relevant question because bernie sanders has been an open socialist in the u.s. senate, but he's running as a democrat for president. so there is a difference, but i don't know that there is a difference anymore. >> do you think the reason she was reluctant and just kept deflecting was because she didn't want to anger bernie's 10% oar whatever he's got? >> i think so. most americans don't really care for open socialists, and she can't say well, there's no difference between us and the socialists anymore. >> because. >> there is no difference between them. democrats used to maintain a distinction with capitalism, and they supported capitalism, now it's more governments should control means and ends of production which is more socialist than the democratic party that they are. >> it does seem to many like the line between democrat and socialist, given the way the democratic party has progressed, it's invisible now. >> deeply free markets