i want you to listen to what trump said about megyn kelly last night. >>> megyn kelly is a lightweight. this is not a reporter. she's a lightweight. megyn kelly shouldn't be in the debate. when megyn kelly didn't ask me a question, she made a statement last time, i thought it was inappropriate. everybody said i won the debate. >> the statement is when she posed a series of things he had said about women. this is what megyn kelly said last night about trump. >> trump is not used to not controlling things but the truth is he doesn't get the control the media, and while he's made his position clear about me after that first debate, roger ailes made his position clear, too, and, you know, when trump started it up this past saturday and resumed it again and again and again and again, he was told repeatedly our debate team is settled. the debate will go on with or without mr. trump. snoopz does this help him? does this hurt him? does this help someone else in the field? what happens now? >> we've never seen this before, number one, especially in a political race like this. taking on the nati

megyn kelly. donald trump is not showing up because he doesn't think megyn kelly has been fair. also saying fox news is toying with him. that roger ailes directed himself when he first talked about not china. it is a debate for iowa voters in des moines. -- when he first talked about not showing up. let's talk about megyn kelly's question of the first gop debate. the things: one of people love about you is you speak your mind and don't use a politicians filter. however that is not what it sounds like when it comes to women. you call women you don't like fat cakes, dogs, and disgusting animals. donald trump: only rosie o'donnell. megyn kelly: no it wasn't. -- for ther account record, it was well beyond rosie o'donnell. your twitter account has several disparaging comments about women's looks. told a contestant on celebrity apprentice it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. does that sound like the temperament of a man we should elect as president and how would you answer the charge for hillary clinton who is likely to be the democratic nominee, that you are part of

megyn kelly is one of the moderators. before the hawkeye state votes first in this primary battle, tedy bruschi of texas said it's -- ted cruz of texas said it's like not showing up for a job interview. host: he talked about -- in this news conference, he said he was most likely going to be skipping the debate. it was later confirmed by his campaign manager. listen no what donald trump had to say yesterday in iowa. >> well, fox is playing games, yeah. fox is going to make a fortune. i'm not a fan of megyn kelly. i think she's a third rate reporter. i think she's not good at what she does and they could do a lot better than megyn kelly and i'm going to be making a decision with fox. i see that they picked me as number one, not only as number one, number one by far. i won't be doing the debate. i'm going to have something else in iowa. we will raise something for the veterans and the wounded warriors. we will do something simultaneously with the debate. i didn't like the fact that they sent out press releases toying, talkin

that would be anchor megyn kelly. this latest controversy only bolsters this with his die-hard supporters. cnn spoke to 150 americans in 31 cities asking the question, why are you voting for donald trump? here's what some first-time voters had to say. >> 18-year-olds, we really value action and who's going to come through and, to us, that's trump. he walked out to, "we're not going to take it." >> look at all of these kids. it's crazy. look at them. >> being an 18-year-old, being younger, the fact that donald trump doesn't care about the quote/unquote political correctness. >> she was favorite to win and she got schlonged. >> ordinary citizens say that and i wouldn't say that any of us are sexist for making those comments. if you take that away, then you lose the authenticity. then you lose the fact that he's speaking from his heart. >> there's a movement going on which is totally beautiful. >> politics is supposed to be boring so when three 18-year-old kids are driving out 30 minutes to go to a trump rally, i mean, t

they say that megyn kelly made herself the story. but to be fair to her, it was a two-way street. >> well, and after that, she has really kind of stayed under the radar. >> she certainly has. >> as eric pointed out, this feud has been driven by donald trump. but you hit on my next point, dana. when a news organization, moderating what is supposed to be an unbiased debate, questioning a candidate's ability to be president, can you blame the candidate for battling back? >> no. and, again, when i was talking to a trump source just before coming on with you, that's exactly what they claim happened, that he was on his plane heading to iowa, as he just mentioned generally in that sound bite there, and he saw this statement that they put out mocking him. and doing it officially from the news division, the news network of fox. and so when he saw that, he said, wait a minute, i can't go there. so, no, you can't blame him. having said that, guarantee that any other candidate, when it comes to never mind just the media but when it comes to fox,

>> hear megyn kelly seconds after trump announced he is boycotting the fox news debate. >> megyn kelly is a lightweight. >> our tough questions for megyn. >> can you honestly say you could you have done a fair and neutral >> now outrage over the o.j. mini series. >> nobody has approached us. nobody consulted with us. >> from nicole brown simpson's sister to o.j. himself. did he just threaten to sue from jail >> as we flash back it happier times. their wedding with kris jenner. >> you hung in there. we're so proud of you. >> what made kate hudson break into song during our interview? ♪ ♪ >> now in our 35th season, this is entertainment tonight. >> i'm not sure who has more fireworks, housewives reality series or donald trump and his race for president. >> he flipped the tables on fox news last night declaring he will boycott thursday's gop debate because megyn kelly won't step down as moderator. >> talking about being in the right place at the right time, jennifer paris at fox news sitting down with megyn for an interview just as the donald wag detonating his bombshell announcement.

. >> he's take morgue shots at megyn kelly. >> i'm not a fan of megyn kelly, i think she's a second rate reporter. they do a lot better. >> and the feud with trump and roger ales is heating up. >> i said bye-bye. >> so what is behind all of this? >> donald trump could be the only candidate that could get more attention by refouzing to debate. one first, take a listen to the front-runner himself. >> fox is playing games. i told fox they should give money to the wounded warriors. i'm not a even of megyn kel oo. i think she's a third rate reporter. i think she's frankly not good at what she does. i see they picked me at number within, not only number one, but number one by far. i'll going to have something else in iowa. we'll do something where we raise money for the veterans ndd the wounded warriors. i didn't like the fact this they sent out press releases toying, talking about putin and playing games. i don't know what games roger ales is playing, but what's wrong over there? something's wrong. when they sent out that press roo also a talking about, i say what are these people playing gam

he said that they want to make this about megyn kelly. it's not about megyn kelly. it's about fox news. i want you to jump in here as well because all i have heard from donald trump's camp is it's all about megyn kelly. there's an instagram post saying megyn kelly is really biassed against me. do you think she can be fair at the debate? these snarky comments from fox news that many are saying are beneath them, is this providing political cover for donned trump to pull out of the debate and blame fox news and no longer blame megyn kelly? >> that is the view from fox right now. what executives there believe is that trump was looking for a way out of this debate for weeks and he is using megyn kelly as an excuse. now we're using the statement as an excuse. fox believed it was trying to set trump straight, use humor to diffuse the situation. instead a bomb blew up in his face. you could argue that they failed to stand up to trump. whether trump is there oornt, megyn will be there. this is more than megyn kelly. this is about -- that is a crazy scenario and one i don't t

megyn kelly shouldn't be in the debate. i don't care about megyn, when megyn kelly didn't ask me a question, she made a statement last time, i thought it was inappropriate. everybody said i won the debate. let's see how much money fox is going to make on the debate without me. okay? all right? let's see. >> mr. trump, the sound bite, the full sound bite from tim russert you said to him, i'm very pro-choice, i hate the concept of abortion. >> correct. by the way, why didn't you read that before? >> i pulled it up -- >> why didn't you read that before? i hate the concept -- >> i'm reading it to you -- >> excuse me, excuse me. >> are you trustworthy -- >> very trustworthy, more so than you. you know what, you didn't read the question. see, when you quoted tim russert, you didn't read what you just said. read it again. >> i'll read it out. "i'm very pro-choice. i hate the concept of abortion -- " >> why didn't you say when you asked the question before that i hate the concept of abortion? >> the question from the pro-life group

megyn kelly shouldn't be in debate. i don't care about megyn kelly. when megyn kelly didn't ask me a question. she made a statement last night. i thought it was inappropriate. everybody said i won the debate. >> and with that the front runner donald trump is out. he says he will not participate in tomorrow's republican debate. there is less than a week to go before the iowa caucuses. the people will now not have the full slate before them when the debate happens. how does that meet voters expectations? let's ask them. two registered republican voters in iowa. adam and michelle. nice to see you again. yes we sat down, we taped that segment. the cameras didn't work right. we're doing it again. and now we have something knew to talk about so thanks for being with us. adam you have ted cruz in your head and heart right now. but how does donald trump's decision effect you? michelle i know you are a first time caucuser and you are undecided so we'll get to you next. >> okay. >> well donald trump's refusal to debate is really nothing more than -- i compare t

one clear winner, megyn kelly who "washington post" writing sorry trump, megyn kelly is a fantastic debater. and salon said, megyn kelly just crushed the debate. trump's interview over the weekend with chris wallace suggests that the trump/fox war may have proved to be another skirmish. >>> now to the media microscope. trump almost two-thirds of the media attention in top mainstream outlets according to the new analytics company. ted cruz got one-quarter of the mention. marco rubio less than 5%. but on friday, the day after the debate, trump was down ten points to 56 points, and cruz was down five points and marco rubio's coverage more than doubled to 12%. plus, the media coverage got less negative rubio a bit more negative for the other two but donald trump still dominating whether he's on the debate stage or not. >>> next on "#mediabuzz," chris wallace and bret baier on why they used the video clips in the debate and what they would have done had donald trump showed up. >>> and bernie sanders rips "the washington post" as he starts to face more intense scrutiny. you're here to buy a car.

. >> hear megyn kelly seconds after trump announced he is boycotting the fox ne debate. >> megyn kelly is a lightweight. >> our tough questions for meggin. >> can you honestly say could you have done a fair and neutral debate? series. >> nobody has approached us. nobody consulted with us. sister to oj himself. did he just threaten to sue from jail? jenner. >> you hung in there. we're so proud of you. >> what ma kate hudson break into song during our interview? >> now in our 35th season, this >> i'm not sure who has more fireworks, housewiv series or donald trump and his race for president. >> he flipped the tables fox news last night declaring he will boycott thursday's gop debate because megyn kelly won' step down as moderator. >> talking about being in the right place at the rtime, jennifer paris at fox sitting down with meggin for an interview just as the donald wag detonating his bomb shell announcement. >> obviously she is breaking news in the last couple minutes, as i sit here with you, that donald is not up thursday night in the debate. that? >> i'll be surprised if he doesn't c

megyn kelly. patricia stark has the story. >> donald trump will be a no-show at the final debate. megyn kelly will be one of the moderators of the debate which has been hosted >> i am not a fan of a megyn kelly. i don't think she's good at what she does. i think they could do better than megyn kelly. >> trump did not mention the debate but his campaign confirmed that he won't be there. unlike the stupid , highly incompetent people running our country into the ground, mister trump knows when to walk away .the donald has to seismic and kelly censor tough questions on women during the debate in august. >> you call women you don't like fat pigs and disgusting animals . >> that was rosie o'donnell. >> for the record it was well beyond rosie o'donnell. >> in the month sense, he was brought up that exchange is evidence of an alleged bias on my part. i maintain that it was a we agreed to disagree. >> what will you do while the debate is going on? >> we're going to do something with the wounded warriors. w

why isn't he here to take questions from megyn kelly and us. most likely we will hear that from someone. the question is, do you do a lot of that or think that's a waste of time. most still think that first and second in iowa -- unless there is a huge trump collapse, which nobody foresees, first and second are going to trump and cruz and that third place slot is incredibly consequential. can it be marco rubio, can jeb bush surprise us, can rand paul surprise us. remember, he has an iowa network too. incredibly consequential. so even if you might want to attack trump, even if you might want to get some attention attacking trump, helping yourself is much more important than hurting the other guy. >> the candidate -- they can say he's weak, call him a cry baby, but he's over across town raising money for veterans. you can call that cynical, whatever it is, it's a very powerful message and trump will say it over and over again. >> brian stelter, good to have you, gloria borger. john king as well. we'll dig deeper into the allegation trump has a pro

-- everybody else who is not as strong, if megyn kelly gets in trouble, if megyn kelly can't stand it, i certainly can't. he's teaching everyone a lesson. don't mess with me. >> i talked to glenn more about why he endorsed ted cruz. part two is coming up later in the broadcast. >>> plus, the state department has released another big batch of hillary clinton's e-mails from her time as secretary of state. we're digging through them as we speak. what we're find, we'll let your know and what if anything, it could mean for her campaign. and what she's saying about the nearly two dozen other e-mails now deemed top secret. now the #1 selling brand for frequent heartburn. get complete protection with the new leader in frequent heartburn. that's nexium level protection. her long day as anne. hair stylist starts with shoulder pain when... hey joanne, want to trade the all day relief of 2 aleve with 6 tylenol? give up my 2 aleve for 6 tylenol? no thanks. for me... it's aleve.

it's not about megyn kelly. it's about the way fox news put out a statement about donald trump that is wholly inaccurate and unfair. >> so you're saying this is fox news, they have someone who is dealing with all of the negotiations, actually supporting and advising marco rubio? >> no, i said the fox news executive, their daughter is a senior executive on the marco rubio campaign. >> their daughter, okay. ted cruz is going to be there tomorrow night. this could be a make or break moment for him. it might not work that way, but it might. he's challenging donald trump to a one on one debate. i know donald trump tweeted today, okay, in canada, making a joke of it. is this a challenge he would accept if it continues to be donald trump and ted cruz in this race? >> of course. at the end of this race it's going to come down to two republican candidates. if ted cruz is that candidate, we'll be happy to debate him one on one. if ted cruz is the last man standing next to donald trump, we'll be happy to debate him. ted cr

he has been trying to get megyn kelly booted as a moderator. when he couldn't do that he decided he's going to take his ball home. he didn't like the fact that fox news was making fun of him for not wanting megyn to ask questions. >> they can't toy with me like thick toy with everybody else. let them have their debate and see how they do with ratings. after the trump campaign pulled the plug we can't give in to terzations of any of the employees. trump is still welcome and will be treated fairly just as he has been during his 132 appearances on fox news and fox business. he cannot dictate the moderators or the questions. megyn kelly says she is looking toer ward to tomorrow night. >> i will be there. brett is already there. i think wallace is coming today. i am not sure. the debate will go on with or without mr. trump. >> politically what donald trump has done is handed ted cruz the opening that he was desperate for just five days before the caucuses. they are running neck and neck. cruz is literally making fun of trump calling him afraid throw

he's had this on again, off again issue with megyn kelly. fox says they're not changing change the moderator because of donald trump, although said he's welcomsae to participate and this drop out is near unprecedented. they referred to tears arations of their host, megyn kelly. and earlier he dids talk about this. and cruz is hoping to gain ground by challenging trump to this one on one. remember, cruz is a college debart. this is an area he feels and tends to do very well. he feels strongly and tends to perform very well in a debate situation. so, this could certainly help him gain ground in iowa where it looks like he was running very strong but now trump has been gaining ground and even picking up, as you say, key indorsements from people like jerry fallwell. and hillary clinton is touting following bernie sanders today as he sits down with president obama. the white house says this was a meeting meeting first discussed back in november. just ave private meeting with no agenda. >>ag tracie, thank you. >>> some incredible footage from nort

this isn't the first time trump has tangled with megyn kelly. our brooke baldwin takes a look. >> reporter: august 6th, 2015, megyn kelly's very first question to donald trump the question that started it all. >> one of the things people love about you is you speak your mind and you don't use a politician's filter. however, that is not without its down sides. in particular, when it comes to women. you've called women you don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. your twitter account -- >> only rosie o'donnell. >> reporter: august 7th. fueled by what trump calls unfair questions from the moderator, trump tells cnn's don lemon -- >> she gets out and she starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions. and you know, you can see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. >> reporter: trump later said those comments were misunderstood. nevertheless, that did not sit well with women viewers, especially megyn kelly herself. >> apparently, mr. trump thought the question i asked was unfair and felt i was

fox anchor and debate moderator, megyn kelly. >> i'm not a fan of megyn kelly. i think she's a third-rate reporter. i think she, frankly, is not good at what she does, and i think they could do a lot better than megyn kelly. >> reporter: their bad blood started with this question at the first debate. >> you called women you don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals. your twitter account -- >> only rosie o'donnell. >> no, it wasn't. for the record. it was well beyond rosie o'donnell. >> yes, i'm sure it was. >> reporter: as tomorrow's debate approached, trump hinted he might not go. >> do you really think she can be fair at a debate? >> reporter: fox news responded with this snarky statement -- "we learned from a secret back channel that the ayatollah and putin both intend to treat donald trump unfairly. twitter followers." just hours later, at a news conference, trump's fury in full frame. the gop front-runner, e vice rating fox news, kelly and her boss, roger ailes. guy press releases a little while ago, done by some pr person, along with roger ai

megyn kelly. they have a history. last august she asked him this. >> you have called women you don't like, fat pigs, dog, slobs, and disgusting animals. your twitter account has several disparaging comments about womens looks. you once told a contestant on "celebrity" that you would like to see her on her knees. is that a woman we should elect president. >> trevor: hell yes, said millions of americans. what makes megyn kelly fearsome, but not everyone feels that way. >> it's a small element in my life, megyn kelly. i'm not a fan. when you meet her she's not sharp. she's a third rate reporter. who heard of her before the last debate. i refuse to call megyn kelly a whim bow. i will call her a light-weight reporter. >> trevor: nicely done, donald trump. nicely done. same way we won't call you an asshole we too are constrained by political correctness. asshole. [cheers and applause] >> trevor: now trump is entitled to his crazy opinion. it raises the question if he thinks megyn kelly is a lightweight

i promise you, putin is a lot scarier than megyn kelly. deirdre: so i thought that was a great point, right. if you can not engage with an american journalist, what are you going to do with world leaders who are trying to take advantage of us or get some other deal? lisa, what do you think? >> it seems a bit childish. he is not getting what he wanted and taking his ball and going home. i go back to my original point. i think dangerous gamble he is playing. reality, 33% of iowa caucus-goers are currently saying they're undecided. history shows us iowa caucus-goers tend to make the decision at last minute into the home stretch. rick santorum was down and surged heading into iowa and narrowly beat mitt romney. he needs to have strong slowing in iowa. he doesn't necessarily need to win in iowa. but he needs a strong showing heading into new hampshire and south carolina. that is bad move on his behalf from my point of view. i think it's a dangerous game he is playing. deirdre: could in fact seem, i could understand where iowa voters feel insult

this isn't about megyn kelly. this is about giving the american people the opportunity to ask questions, to hear from the candidates directly from a fair manner and what we saw we have been the cnbc debate is when the moderators want to be the story and not let the candidate answer or have the opportunity to answer questions or that the american people care about, there's ramifications to that. there's repercussions to that. >> wow. >> we saw cnbc did that and guess what happened? the rnc removed nbc from a future debate because of it. this shouldn't be about the moderators, this should be about the candidates. >> i was just going to say, this is unprecedented in the election season. the rnc did not like how cnbc conducted their debate and unfortunately we all paid for it here. corey, i want to ask you a couple more things because when you talk about fox news, people think you're talking about this one gigantic organization. i want to start with megyn kelly. what was trump's reaction and what was your reaction to

i think he has a very big problem with megyn kelly. i wish that problem didn't exist, but i think you will see donald trump on the other fox shows that he frequents and i think the voters in iowa will continue to get a big dose of donald trump. >> what about rue purt murdoch here. >> brian i'm directing this to you. according to gabe sherman, he says pew purt murdoch will be the head chief. that said, rue purt tweeted today he wants michael bloomberg to jump into the race. >> he is the ultimate boss at fox news. but he gives ales a whole lot of autonomy. there is no confirmation whether he is involved. i do want to leave open just a little bit the possibility that maybe trump makes a surprise appearance. maybe murdoch or ales gets through to him, maybe purr swads him. like you, you've been wrong all along when it comes to this campaign. i don't know i don't want to say anything for sure. maybe trump is going to surprise all of us, if he does have this counterprogramming event i think it will be highly rated. there will be a lot of curi

megyn kelly went on. she is the eighth girl of fox news, if not in the journalism industry by the way. she could go anywhere and get a job. greg: donald trump says she is not fair. i got to tell you. i am not with you on this. rosanna: the bottom line is, donald does not with president to do the debate, sosas, because megyn kelly is one of the moderators. take her off the debate panel. that would shook bad. that would look pad for our try. greg: that is not going to happen. you know what inif donald trump is not. i going to be, less interesting depate. here is donald trump on why he won't attend. he is criticizing our colleague megyn kelly. we don't like this part. >> i am not a fan of megyn kelly. i think she, frankly, is not good what she does. they could do a lot better than megyn kelly. well desomething where we raise money for the veterans and the wounded car year is. we'll do something simultaneous whether i the debate. rosanna: donald said he is going to do wounded warrior's event. pot tom lipe is,

sot full "and i think they can do a lot better than megyn kelly. and so i am going to be making a decision with fox" rob vo it's official... the top g-o-p candidate will not be on stage for tomorrow debate. kara 2 shot good morning -- it's 4:30. i'm kara sewell rob 2 shot and i'm rob williams... let's get our first forecast with meteorologist frank marzullo. a quiet and dry morning but cold with temps in the low 20s. then a sun and cloud mix today with high of 34 degrees. tonight we remain dry with clouds on the increase thursday afternoon and high of 39 degrees. there is a slight chance of some passing snow showers thursday after 5pm. these will be very scattered and the chance will taper during the overnight. then a high of 38 degrees on friday. the warm up arrives on saturday with partly cloudy skies and high of 52 degrees. sunday is dry for the first part of the day with rain showers by evening and a high of 51 degrees. new this morning new this morning... police respond to reports of shots dead. rob dblbx fox19 now's dan wells is live in westw

citing issues with megyn kelly. bill o'reilly spoke to trump. >> they will have terrorists coming at you. as a president, you have to rise above that and do what is best for the country. this exposition we're talking about today, people will say you know trump is too self absorbed to beme to be president. >> there has to be something. you set the all-time cable record in history. >> they want to know you. >> that's fine. a lot of people do know me. >> you are not giving them the opportunity to know them. >> i'm not walking away. >> now trump campaigning late into the night barely mentioning the debate feud. cnn's jim acosta has more. >> reporter: christine and miguel, during a rally in south carolina, donald trump largely steered clear of the controversy surrounding his decision to drop out of the fox news debate. the campaign made it official issuing a press release saying trump will appear at arrival event during the debate. trump would only say briefly during the rally here in south carolina that he felt he has b