erick erickson just fog the stage a short time ago. he decided to read some of the e-mails he has been getting from trump supporters. let's play what he had to say. >> are you sure you aren't a democrat? you're going to be the next bruce jenner. hey, i don't know that i'll look like that while i'm that well in a dress. >> reporter: you have eric ericsson read many other e-mails i wouldn't say comfortable with saying on our air, disparageing erick decision to not invite donald trump. we are hearing from the rivals with trump for that nomination the likes of carley fiorina, george pataki and now from mike huckabee. we also heard from ted cruz a short time ago. let's hear what he had to say. >> i also think we're not going to solve the problem, we're not going to defeat the cartel by obsessing over the politics of personalities. this is about real challenges facing the american people. >> reporter: and ted cruz what's interesting about his comment there, fredericka he has not been as critical of the other nominations of donald truch. a fe

i also like erick erickson. know erick erickson, but i have to say, megyn kelly is being treated here like some sort of delicate flower. she is a serious professional journalist and professional journalist who dish and she dishes, i mean, it's not unusual to journalists of either sex, get hit back by politicians all the time. they say things that are, you know, unfair, untrue, hard hitting, whatever. and this notion that suddenly megyn kelly should be held up as some sort of frail flower, i think it is insulting to her. i think to be perfectly candid, my friend erick owes her an apology. she accused him of sexism on her own show for remarks about the women's role in the home and all of this kind of thing. >> right. i remember that. >> i don't know if he's trying to regain her favor here or fought. but this to me is equally sexist. i think it's flat out dead wrong. >> let me ask you this, megyn kelly isn't complaining about what donald trump said. you are saying she is being held up like the delicate flower. she

>> erick can speak for himself, and he does. erick's a father. he's a husband.for women last night and he took a stand for the republican party, and quite frankly, the country in general. we just don't stand for misogynistic messages, and we're looking forward to having a great day. >> okay. so, let me ask you this, what do you believe the impact of the comments that donald trump made here on cnn last night will be on republican women, registered republican voters in the last cnn poll, picked him over every other candidate running this year. what will be the impact? >> i think we'll start seeing the front-runners come out. this is just the beginning. we have a very, very busy primary season and we're going to see the other players move forward. the game's just beginning, so we'll see folks pulling forward and moving back as months go on. >> all right. national committee communications director for the rnc, shawn spicer, was asked about mr. trump's comments this morning on "today." listen. >> do you renounce those comments then? >> look, i know -- my job is not t

erick represents a more conservative side than the rnc. for legal reasons, the rnc can't disinvite him for a debate. if you qualify and there is eligibility criteria, they get invited. we have seen the rnc ask for an apology. i'm not sure how much more they can do. it rests with the voters, the folks attending this red state gathering right behind me. quite frankly, his rivals for the republican national convention. it will be interesting what scott walker and jeb bush has to say. we have seen some of the candidates come out and chastise them. >> let's not forget this about donald trump. even folks who i talked to who were happy that donald trump was disinvited. they did make this point. it is true. donald trump is talking about issues and forcing issues into the lexicon that conservatives want to hear about even though they are not happy with the megyn kelly comment. donald trump has his supporters. let's not forget that. will he drop in the polls? very likely. who knows how far that drop is going to be? >> do we really think a very likel

because erick erickson has said many other things. >> well, the difference here is that erick erickson apologized, more than once, and he came out again today and apologized and admitted that he has said some dumb things in his life. there's a difference. donald trump hasn't apologized. he's doubled down and continued to throw visceral, venomous attacks at any of his critics, which, frankly, to me is juvenile. it's juvenile, it's classless, it's low-brow. and frankly, it's not presidential in any way. and unfortunately -- just to finish the point -- >> go ahead. >> unfortunately, the reality show aspect of this campaign has, the celebrity of this has overtaken any kind of seriousness and level of respect or dignity. and that concerns me, frankly, to be honest with you. you know, trump has been able to turn this around and make himself look like the victim, but then when he continues to do these kinds of things and doubles down on them, i don't think that that helps his cause at all. and people need to really think about, really? this is who you really want to be the president of the un

erick erickson, i hear, look, he has such a spotty record. have you seen what he said about women and other things over the years? i've seen things that he said where he was admonished. but look at what this guy said. the guy's a loser. he's backed so many candidates that have lost. and i frankly, i didn't want to do his event in the first place. but somebody said oh, you -- you know what? it was even a small event. and tell me, what happened at his event when i didn't show up? you know the unrest and do you know how devastated people were when i didn't go there? >> i wasn't there. i'm sure there were people that were upset about it. you have a lot of fans. this is what's interesting about your campaign. every time you make these comments or you make comments that a lot of pundits or republican candidates say are going to end your campaign, whether it's comments about mexico sending in illegal immigrants, or your comments about john mccain's war record, every time you do that, pundits say oh, he's gone. and then you go up in the polls. i'm wo

erick erickson adding he has invited megyn kelly to speak in his place. kasie hunt is at the red state gathering and joins us this morning. casey, a very quick response from red state canceling dronal trump. has there been any statement from the trump campaign? >> reporter: they did put out a statement calling this another example of weakness through being politically correct. they also called erick erickson a weak and pathetic leader and claimed trump is going to be stopping in public somewhere other than the red state gathering today. jonathan, this is an example of trump not translating, especially in the south. the south doesn't really do crass especially when it comes to women. ericsson's reaction was pretty quick. >> kasie, has there within responses from other republicans? is. >> reporter: so far you had carly fiorina on twitter saying there's no excuse for this. sean spicer was on the "today" show. take a listen. >> i'm hoping that mr. trump because he does speak off the cuff, doesn't ascribe to political correctness, was speaking in a way that wa

. >> immediately erick erickson disinvited trump from his red state gathering in atlanta. >> i don't want my daughter in the room with donald trump tomorrow night, so he's not invited. i'm sorry. >> trump's campaign hit back, calling organizer erick erickson weak and pathetic and saying, quote, mr. trump said blood was coming out of her eyes and whatever, meaning nose. only a deviant would think anything else. some of trump's republican rivals, enthusiastically condemned his remarks. >> come on, give me a break. i mean are we -- do we want to win? do we want to insult 53% of all voters? what donald trump said is wrong. >> i agree with carly that those comments are inappropriate. >> but others, including marco rubio, whom i interviewed yesterday, took a different tact. >> i've made a decision here with donald trump, if i comment on everything he says, my whole campaign will be consumed by it. that's all i'll do all day. >> i'm joined now on the phone from new york by donald trump. mr. trump, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thank you, chuck. >> well, you've had 24 more hours to re

yes, i think erick made the right move.it's not a signal that should be among conservatives trying to say they're rebuking these comments. i think overall the basic tenet for running for president is respect for women. we saw this in 2008 that's why i wrote "you've come a long way maybe." there were a lot of sexist remarks and people rolled over them. there was a moment when women's groups, who are very silent right now, and some conservative womens groups are saying and carly fiorina has said enough is enough. let's have an exchange of ideas about what it takes to be commander in chief but this politics of personal destruction and particularly the sexism against one anchor in this case or a pattern of it -- there's no place for that in running for president. >> do you think on the whole party leaders wish they didn't have to deal with the donald trump situation? >> party leaders are excited there's people looking at the republican primary. i can't speak for them. it's a very important election. there's some really solid an

the organizer of red state.com erick erickson saying he's not a professional politician and is known being a blunt talker but there are even lines blunt talkers and professional politicians should not cross. decency is one of those lines. let's talk about this with kate bonner, who co-authored "trump, the art of the comeback." you are a big supporter of donald trump. you came on a few weeks ago and said he is anything but sexist, he has been incredibly respectful to all the women you witnessed, including yourself working with him. is this a trump you haven't seen before? >> this is a trump i haven't seen before but remember, i worked with trump one-on-one in a confidential setting co-authoring a book together. i wasn't that familiar with the trump that we're seeing on air. it's not exactly apples to apples. but when i -- i did watch the debate. i have seen watched it again. i saw don lemon's show. my overall comment here is he's not doing himself any favors. this is a comment about a woman who actually is quite brilliant, who has an enormous body of work behind her. she is smart, she

. >> immediately erick erickson disinvited trump from his red state gathering in atlanta. >> i don't want my daughter in the room with donald trump tomorrow night, so he's not invited. i'm sorry. >> trump's campaign hit back, calling organizer erick erickson weak and pathetic and saying, quote, mr. trump said blood was coming out of her eyes and whatever, meaning nose.

. >> reporter: erick erickson, the >> reporter: erick erickson, the organizer of today's redstate gathering said trump crossed a line of decency.id >> if you haven't heard, i disinvited donald trump. ( applause ) ( cheers ) hang on. just hang on. >> reporter: in response, trump called erickson 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 that he meant blood would have been coming out of kelly's nose and releasing a statement saying "only a deviant would think anything else." trump's political advisor rogerca stone apparently didn't think so. he parted ways with the campaign and in an interview with "cbs news" said trump has lost his way. >> that is not how we win elections. >> reporter: one by one, republican rivals took trump to task, some on twitter and others, like jeb bush, before the group of conservative activists. >> give me a break. i mean, are we-- do we want toe win? do we want to insult 53% of all voters?ti what donald trump said

erick erickson, i hear he has a spotty record.seen what he said about women and other things over the years? i've seen things where he said where he was admonished. he is a loser, he backed so many candidates that have lost. and i didn't want to do his event in the first place. somebody said oh -- you know what, it was even a small event. and tell me, what happened at his event when i didn't show up? do you know the unrest and how devastated people were when i didn't go there? >> i wasn't there. i'm sure there were people who were upset about it. you have a lot of fans. every time you make these comments or you make comments that a lot of pundits or republican candidates say are going to end your campaign, whether it's comments about mexico sending in illegal immigrants or your comments about john mccain's war record, every time you do that, pundits say oh, he's gone and you go up in the polls. i'm wondering if you think, though, that going after megyn kelly, who is beloved by conservatives and republican voters, i wonder if this

these are personal invitations that erick and i issue.. we want people to hear from influential republican conservative leaders that we think have a great chance of being the next president. >> all right, bryan pruitt, thank you so much. congratulations on a successful weekend. david, let's bring you in now. what's happening to the republican party? what is happening? >> can you please explain? >> i was at red state over the weekend. i take a little bit of an issue on bryan with one point he made. there were a lot of folks that were not happy with erick. they were not happy they weren't hearing from trump. they said hey, let us decide. bring him on the stage. if we want to ask him tough questions, let us ask. that was interesting. >> to add to that point, i feel like whenever i see trump covered or, you know, pushed away or disinvited, i feel like every entity that is sort of trying to get a handle on the story is trying to control it. we had him on last half hour, and i asked him two questions about women, same question twice, and he cou

and it's a big deal when erick erickson disinvites you for sexism, because erick erickson is a huge sexistlaughter ] here are some comments he made to megyn kelly about the importance of men being the dominant ones in society. >> you look throughout society, look at other animals. the male of the species tends to be the protector, the dominant one in that regards. >> seth: it's never good when your argument starts "look at the other animals." [ laughter ] "erik, stop [ bleep ] on the front lawn!" "but the other animals!" [ cheers and applause ] the other ones do! "i'm being punished for my opposable thumbs." in the end, the worst thing about trump's comments about women is they're drawing attention away from everyone else's comments about women, and more importantly, women's health. all of the republican candidates are in favor of defunding planned parenthood. ted cruz is even willing to shut down the government over it. if not for trump's kelly comments, it's likely the biggest news out of the debate would have been marco rubio coming out against exceptions for rape and incest when it com

. >> reporter: erick gordon has a unique perspective on the decaying roads. >> i am a mechanic too, so i see it on the cars i work on. >> california needs to fix our roads and we need to do it now. sfwlr . >> reporter: that's why they spoke but in the special session, they expect law makers to figure it out. >> a pot hole is neither a rerepublican or democrat, it's a just a pot hole that needs to be fixed. >> reporter: here where shipping c containers. >> we're hearing from companies as we never did before who are saying that transportation has risn on the leveling of a strategic issue in their company. we're more fuel efficient but we don't have the revenue from those gas taxes when we're more fuel efficient. >> reporter: one option on the table is to raise gas taxes. >> the roads need to get fixes but the gas prices do not need to go up. >> that's a cunundroom for you. >> yes. >> and whether he supports a tax hike, the governor won't say. in oakland, jonathan bloom, abiabc 7 news. >>> they say their customers reduced water use in july by 40% for the second straight month. the goal wa

then you had this guy, erick erickson who's a total -- he's a known loser. everybody -- >> let me stop you here for a minute. anybody that criticizes you, you've done it to me in the past when you've not liked something i said. when somebody criticizes you, you go after them, you find something in their physical appearance, you go after them personally. >> i don't. >> why? why is this your tendency. >> chuck. i don't. part of the problem we have now is political correctness. we have a country that's in trouble. we have a country where in the middle east they're cutting off -- chopping off people's heads if they happen to be a christian and for other reasons also. we have -- you look at what's going on on the border with all of the problems in san francisco, with all of the problems we've got, you look at what's going on in the country with crime and with our inner cities. and all they talk about is tone. jeb bush said, well, mr. trump's tone is -- well, we don't have enough time top tone. we need enthusiasm. knee need something. we need a much tougher tone t

erick erickson has invited megyn kelly to the event.> thank you, kristen. >> we are following the latest on the deadly typhoon in asia. frances. >> the storm dumped more than three feet of rain in regions. wind gusts up to 125 miles an hour knocked out power to millions. the flying debris lead to six deaths and officials are concerned the toll could go higher. >>> the issue of mental illness was a deciding factor for the jury in the penalty phase for the colorado theater gunman james holmes. the jury decided not to order the death penalty, but giving him life without parole. in a "today" exclusive, juror number 17 told craig melvin, one juror held out. >> she did not give her exact reasoning. she felt that life was appropriate and she would not be swayed. >> the attack on the aurora, colorado movie theater three years ago killed 12 people and wounded 70 others. >>> in ferguson, missouri, demonstrations are starting to mark the first anniversary of the shooting death of michael brown. the shooting on august 9th sparked an ongoing review

. >> erick erickson taking the stage to explain why he didn't want the gop front runner to show up all revolving around this comment madebout megyn kelly. >> you can see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. >> reporter: critics saying trump was attacking kelly because she is a woman. the mogul saying whatever meant her nose. some conservative women aren't buying it. >> you can be upset with the situation but if you want to be the leader of the free world you have to practice -- >> reporter: kelly questioned trump about his treatment of women. >> you women you don't like. >> i have been very nice to you although i could probably maybe not be. >> reporter: candidates responded to the new controversy carly fiorina saying trump there is no excuse. >> should mr. trump apologize to megyn kelly? >> i will have to leave that up to him. she is a person as smart as anybody i have known. >> your decision was the right one. mr. trump ought to apologize. >>> scary moments after people complained of feeling sick after inhaling paint fumes. paramedics took two peo

. >> immediately erick erickson disinvited trump from his red state gathering in atlanta. >> i don'tt my daughter in the room with donald trump tomorrow night, so he's not invited. i'm sorry. >> trump's campaign hit back, calling organizer erick erickson weak and pathetic and saying, quote, mr. trump said blood was coming out of her eyes and whatever, meaning nose. only a deviant would think anything else. some of trump's republican rivals, enthusiastically condemned his remarks. >> come on, give me a break. i mean are we -- do we want to win? do we want to insult 53% of all voters? what donald trump said is wrong. >> i agree with carly that those comments are inappropriate. >> but others, including marco rubio, whom i interviewed yesterday, took a different tact. >> i've made a

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he is now criticizing the red state leader erick erickson for being a quote, total loser.et's talk about this. ben ferguson and marc lamont hill are back. even before today, polls have showed trump struggles to attract women voters nationally in some of the key early voting states 37% of republican women say they would not vote for him. ben, a majority of women have voted democrat in the general election since 1992. it's been since 1988 that you have seen the republican nominee win the women's vote. can they afford having trump saying things on stage in the debate like he did and with don lemon last night, or do people see him as not so tied to the party? >> i think people who look at donald trump as actually the brand donald trump, not as a republican because let's be honest he hasn't been a republican for very long. i think people will look at him specifically as he starts to implode. we are seeing that right now. they are going to look at him and judge him for who he is because remember, he also is playing this victim card of the media's against me megyn kelly's against

red state's erick erickson disinvited trump from the forum. mr. trump called erick erickson, a major sleaze and buffoon. >> they were completely inappropriate and offensive comments. period. >> we all know they are reprehensible. and in my view, just one of many reasons why donald trump is unqualified and unfit to be president of the united states. >> i don't think we should reward vulgarity. i don't think vulgarity equates with insight. >> give me a break? do we want to win? do we want to insult 53% awful voters? what donald trump said is wrong. >> not surprisingly mr. trump does not agree with the reaction or the notion that he was talking about anything inappropriate. when we was referencing blood and megyn kelly. >> he went on to tweet this today about megyn kelly. oh, really, check out innocent at megyn kelly, discussion at howard stern show five years ago. i amount innocent pure one. for the record, during the show on howard stern, ms. kelly talked about pregnancy, breast size and effect on her and her husband's six life. so no apologies fro

republican presidential candidate was scheduled to speak at the red state gathering, but organizer erick erickson booted trump from the lineup after hearing his comments about fox news reporter megyn kelly. he said she had blood coming out of her eyes and blood coming out of her whatever. >> i really think it's inappropriate. i got my wife here, my daughter here and i have 800 friends of mine here. it's a family-friendly program and if he's not going to clarify this isn't what he meant, i don't think i am going to invite him. >> trump's campaign called erickson a weak leader. >>> an update to the story we brought you earlier. a dolphin stranded in north jersey has died. the old male bottle nosed dolphin beached itself around noon and died a few hours later. the mammal was in the south river on the border of old bridge and fairville. rescuers were trying to help the dolphin make its way back to open water. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >>> all right. a good saturday evening. lots of sunshine today. we're seeing mixture of sun and clouds right now. a beautiful start to our weeke

erick erickson read to the crowd several angry e-mails from trump supporters. >> i'm so sick of political correctness that i may puke. i'm mad as hell. >> reporter: among attendees, views were mixed. some disappointed. >> i've heard enough. and i'm a big girl. donald is free to say what he wants. >> i want to see them all be who they are. if they act like a buffoon, any of them, that's how we decide. >> reporter: and more turmoil for trump. a top long-time associate, both from his business world and in the political realm, roger stone is out tonight, a dispute whether he resigned or was fired. many say they are anxious to get beyond conversation about trump and to talk about issues. candidates are weary of it and so are some of those who attended this event. willie. >> kelly o'donnell in atlanta. thanks, kelly. we heard from another leading candidate today for tomorrow's meet the press. chuck todd asked marco rubio of florida about trump's latest comments. >> if i comment on everything hes, my whole campaign consumed by it. that's what i'll do all day. i have to focus on the message. othe

red state editor erick erickson disinvited trump from the red state gathering in atlanta on saturday. trump's response? >> frankly, i didn't want to do his event in the first place. >> that's right, larry. i didn't want to do it. it was my predecision that they fulfilled. he did the same thing when neil young told him to stop using his song at events. >> i don't even like that song that much. >> yep, that was a horrible song i post hated. you know who trump sounds like? >> i meant to do that. >> larry: of course, larry, it only makes sense. this is unbelievable. the, and the craziest part of it is, with all of this nonsense you would think trump is slipping in the polls, but no. >> despite the controversy and headlines a new poll finds donald trump is still on top with republican voters. nbc news survey monkey poll from friday and saturday shows trump 23 percent, ten points ahead of senator ted cruz. >> larry: i find it richly ironic it is survey monkey who finds trump on top of the polls. in fact, we actually have survey monkey live via satellite. survey monkey, how do you feel about

. >> trump's campaign responded by calling erick erickson weak and pathetic. trump said you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever writing "nose" in parenthesis. just got on with thought. too smart to make a comment like that. >> all i said was there was blood, essentially, pouring out of her eyes and there was blood -- and then i said, you know what? i want to get on to the next sentence because frankly, i don't have to talk about the blood coming out of her ears or nose, a very common statement. i said all right, wherever. let's go. i got on to the next statement. all of a sudden the next day i wake up and i hear that, you know, somebody took it as something else. only a deviant would think that, chuck. who would think it? i went to the wharton school of finance, toughest place to get into. i was a great student. i don't talk that way. >> still ahead on "way too early," remembering frank gifford, the man who espn says made the new york giants cool. >>> the water in this colorado river is not supposed to be orange.

erick ericksson the man behind the event withdrew the invitation following comments made about gop debate moderator megan kelly. >> she ask asking all kinds of ridiculous questions, you can see there was blood coming out of her eyes, wherever. >> reporter: the front-runner tweeted splittal correctness is killing our -- political correctness is killing our country. >> it is not political correctness. it's common decency. >> mr. trump went on twitter and said that um, i was a weak and pathetic leader. [ laughter ] >> which is okay. i actually think it's really weak and pathetic to take a tough question from a journalist and assume she is having her period. >> reporter: trump clarified his comments. it did little to curb the criticism from other candidates. >> i think every candidate should treat everyone else with civility and respect. >> the republican party is not engaged in a war on women. the republican party is not engaged in saying things about megyn kelly one individual. >> reporter: i'm andy rose reporting. >> donald trump says he plans to lay low the rest of the weekend. his next p

. >> after the interview, red state event ordering erick ericson took to twitter saying, i have rescinded my invitation to mr. trump. while i have tried to give great latitude, the bridge to kelly was a bridge too far. trump fired back. this is just another example of weak know through being politically correct. for all the people looking forward to mr. trump coming, we will miss you. >> what donald trump said is wrong. that is not how we win elections. worse yet, that is not how you bring people together on solve problems. >> for donald trump, speculation. if all the controversy there's hurt or help his run for the white house. nbc news. >>> it is back. yahoo! is recreating an ionic billboard to celebrate its 20th anniversary this week. it is reconstructing the purple marquis. you're looking at pictures of it. it sat in roughly the same place until 2011 when they tore it down. the new one is a bit different than the original. the original? take a look. it is on the left. and then the one on the right. yeah. there's more shape to the letters. >> yeah. these days, with online advertising o

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