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of day today are not the same as what an officer faced at 2:30 in the morning that night. >> tom fuentes, sunny, don, thank you. that is it for me. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. "outfront" tonight, breaking news. donald trump says he has a bull's eye on his back as his fellow republicans attack him in the first debate of the 2016 race. my guest tonight, carly fioriona who took trump on directly. all eyes on jeb bush. he can recover from his stumbles? more airplane wreckage found off the coast of africa if it's from mh370, what could it tell investigators about how the plane went down. let's go "outfront."
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good evening. i'm kate baldwin. breaking news taking on trump, republican style. republican candidates on a debate stage for first time in the 2016 race trying to break out of the pack and move up to their party's top ten. among the 17 republican hopefuls in cleveland for the debates, donald trump is clearly the man of the night. trump and his wife they made what some would describe as a presidential-like arrival in cleveland as the two stepped off a private jet. trump gave only a small hint of his debate strategy. >> i have been preparing all my life. we have to make our country great again. >> preparing all his life. while trump has made a point of saying that he is not really prepping for the debate he appears to be doing just that or at least reading a binder on the way to cleveland. this is a picture his daughter shared earlier. for the candidates in the second tier debate that just wrapped up it was a chance to go after
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trump, who was referred to as the elephant not in the room. >> i have had my issues with donald trump. i talked about donald trump from the standpoint of being an individual who was using his celebrity rather than his conservatism. >> i didn't get a phone call from bill clinton before i jumped in the race. did you get a phone call from bill clinton? i didn't. maybe because i didn't give money to the foundation or donated to his wife's senate campaign. >> the main event though the debate with the top ten republican candidates it is less than two hours away. even after this early stage of the campaign the stakes could not be higher. dana bash is "outfront" in cleveland where the first debate wrapped up. the candidates were asked about trump even before they discussed isis. >> reporter: that was kind of remarkable. wasn't it? but look the candidates i'm sure all of them only two of
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them spoke -- you played that about donald trump. i'm sure all of them had their lines ready to go. rick perry has been trying to pick a fight with donald trump for some time which was one of the many reasons he was -- i know was bummed out that he was not on the stage with donald trump. which is going to happen later tonight. for carly, it was an interesting moment. they probably have the most similar resumes and kind of reason for running, the fact that they are both business people who have never been in elected office and so forth. it was clearly a moment that was stirred up by the moderators and probably not unlike what we will see later but a different kind of response since trump is in the center stage later tonight. >> absolutely. you talked about carly. listen to her taking on -- talking about the iran nuclear deal. >> on day one in the oval office i would call netanyahu to reassure him.
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the second will be to the supreme leader of iran. until you open every nuclear and military facility to full open any time anywhere for real inspections, we are going to make it as difficult as possible for to you move money around the global financial system. >> we will talk to her in a moment. she's been getting a lot of praise for her performance tonight. would you consider her the breakout star? >> reporter: absolutely. in style, in substance and also in performance, as you said. look there is a very diverse field this time around on the republican side. you have two latino candidates. you have an african-american candidate. you have an indian american candidate. you only have one woman who was unfortunately not at the debate with the big boys so to speak, that has to do with polling. i understand that. it was a moment. i talked to a lot of republicans, even here you know how these events work. you have members of the republican national committee are milling around.
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campaign aides who are current and former and a lot of people -- the buzz is why isn't she getting more traction? i think the answer is probably going to be she likely will for those who are watching this happy hour debate that just happened. >> absolutely. happy hour and then the big event happening in just under two hours. thanks so much. tonight, the republican presidential candidate, we were just talking about it congratulations on getting through the first 60 minutes. >> thanks. it's not the first 60 minutes of the campaign. it's not going to be the last 60 minutes of the campaign. it's one set of 60 minutes in the campaign. >> how did you think you did tonight? >> well i was pleased. i went into this knowing that only 40% of republicans even know who i am. so i have the lowest name i.d. of anyone in the field. it shows up in national polling. so this was a chance for people who had never seen me before to see me. that's important for somebody
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like me. i also was pleased that we had limited time but i had some time to really deal with some issues of substance. because i do think our nation is at a pivotal point. this isn't a game. it's not a sport. politics and politicians and the policies they pursue impact every single american's life for better or worse. and i think we're at a pivotal point where we need a new kind of leadership. >> you say you have the lowest name i.d. that may be changing tonight. i'm told google trend says your name is topping -- is the top searched name in more states of any of the gop candidates in that debate. that's changing. that's for one thing. you also -- you are talking about delving into some of the issues. one issue you took on very quickly, you came out swinging against donald trump and that phone call between him and president bill clinton just before trump announced his candidacy. what were you getting at there? >> i'm not sure frankly, i would call that a substantive issue. i was responding to a question
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specifically about him. i think the substantive issues we talked about were iran and isis and the economy and the fact that we have woven people's lives in webs of depen dense. i was asked a question. i am curious about why he got a phone call from bill clinton. i presume it's because they have been family friends. that's what they said. i asked a serious question of donald trump as well. because he changed his mind on issues that matter to me and to americans on amnesty, on healthcare on abortion what are the principals by which he will govern? >> after the debate you took on jeb bush as well over his comments on funding for women's health. what is your problem with what jeb bush said? >> because unfortunately, he played into democrats' talking points. the democrat talking point is that the planned parent videos that late-term abortion is about women's health. it is about nothing of the kind.
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the planned parenthood video is about picking over babies for body parts. in fact that's what the employees of planned parenthood call them in this video, babies. they are picking over them for body parts. that has nothing to do with abortion or women's health pro-life or pro-choice. it's an abomination. it's hypocrisy for democrats to say they care about women's health when they push for late-term abortion. the majority of americans agree abortion is a problem. and it's also unfortunate that the majority of americans don't understand that the democrat party platform -- hillary clinton's platform is that it's not a life until it leaves the hospital. that is an extreme position. people need to know that instead of falling into the trap that somehow this is a discussion about women's health. >> i have to get this last one in for you. i'm sure you have a lot do. at one point it almost -- almost sounds like governor perry nominated you for secretary of
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state. listen here. >> i would rather have carly over there doing our negotiation than john kerry. maybe we would have gotten a deal where we didn't give everything away. >> carly, is that a job you would be interested in? >> you know what? maybe i would nominate rick perry as secretary of commerce because he and i did a lot of business together. he did a good job in attracting businesses to the state of texas, which is where we first met when i was the ceo of hewlett-packard. i negotiated a lot of deals in my life. not an iranian nuclear deal. i know there are cardinal rules. know what your goals are and be prepared to walk away if you don't get them. president obama laid out a set of goals that he said were important, imperative for the american people. he caves on every one. rule two, walk away from the table. if you don't sometimes, then no one believes you ever will. john kerry, barak obama never walked away which is why we got
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a terrible deal. yesterday barak obama, as usual, presented a false choice. better choice was a better deal. but now we're with a terrible deal which will make the world and the region a far more dangerous place. >> you are hitting all the message points tonight. congratulations on the first debate. looking forward to seeing more of you on the campaign trail. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> of course. we will bring in john king right now. john we heard -- we are hearing a lot from carly. she's getting a lot of applause on social media for her performance tonight. how did she do? >> she did very well. she's the breakaway. go online look among conservative comment taters who have influence with republican voters. they say she is the winner tonight. we are in the first hour of the boom. how big, how long? we can't answer that question. if she keeps this up she will down the road maybe not in debate two, but maybe by three or four find herself in the
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prime-time event. she does have a decent organization in iowa a decent organization in new hampshire. she hasn't taken off yet but she understood the rule of going into a debate understand what your goal was. she knew this was hello. she knew this was the first time she would get this level of exposure make your points and she enjoyed herself. the fact checkers will go after her, critics will question. but in terms of a performance with substance and with some energy and joy, she had a great night. >> john were you surprised how quickly the debate turned to donald trump and do you think when it did turn that direction the attacks were effective? >> i think what happened it was carly and governor perry who went after donald trump with vigor. carly with humor as well working bill and hillary clinton into the criticism. pretty smart. he's a flip flopflopper. she is right. now grown-ups change their
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minds. but she's putting the pressure on to explain those to conservative voters who might not know about donald trump's history, not know in 1999 he thought about running for the reform party. he said i'm quite liberal on healthcare. talked about the single payer system. the way i judge them is do they grow? if you look at when carry ran for senate a couple years ago and you look at her now, she is a vastly improved candidate. she's going to make at least a ripple in the republican race tonight. we will see if it turns into something bigger. >> and we have another -- a part two or i guess we call it part one and this was .05. we have the main stage coming up in a little while. "outfront" next tonight's debates promise to cut down the republican field. who wins? who loses? who breaks from behind? donald trump's campaign has been long on sound bites, short on
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in less than two hours, ten republican presidential hopefuls will be squaring off in a debate that is unlike any political match that we have seen in recent memory. the candidates have made their way to cleveland, including the frontrunner, donald trump, who spent part of the afternoon signing autographs as the other nine candidates well tonight we are getting a look into how they are preparing.
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>> i normally call my mom to get advice. i can't say that on television. >> i have a video from a couple of my very trusted political advisors. >> i go out and run. it's a great way to relax. you can't take phone calls. you are not reading e-mails. you are just out running and that clears your mind. >> i take these hundreds of pieces of paper, because they have all the advice that people have given me about what to say during the debate. and light them on fire. >> what is megan kelly going to ask at the fox debate? >> let me check on that. >> "outfront" now, anna na var row and jeffrey lord written favorably about donald trump and alice stewart, communication director for mike hukckabeehuckabee's campaign. we have talked about this a lot. donald trump has spent a lot of time recently down playing
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expectations lowering expectations. from your perspective as we walk into this what does he have to lose? >> well you know if you notice, he had downgraded expectations and this afternoon we have gone to donald trump saying there's a bullseye on his back. i think he is upgraded here. i think he got a lot of help today from rick perry and carly fear fiorina. >> how so? >> when you go after him, the experience is that when people go after him, his numbers go up. people are looking at a lot of the folks -- i'm not sure they look at carly fiorina this way, but certainly some of the others rick perry, they see politician. this is exactly what they are so upset about. these folks are embodying this. when they attack him, they are helping him. i just am continually amazed that they pursue this line because all they're doing is helping him. >> it sounds to me what he is saying is that donald trump has nothing to lose as he walks into the debate.
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isn't that what makes him so dangerous? >> i think he has a lot to lose because he's the frontrunner. you are going into a debate you have a lot to lose. i was surprised to see what a big part of the first debate donald trump was and, yes, carly fiorina and governor perry went after him pretty hard. i suspect that means that he is going to be part of the second debate too, a question on trump. >> anna quick, on your candidate, on jeb bush he has been struggling recently to say the very least on the question of his family, how he differentiates himself from his family. tonight, is the big moment. how is he going to answer that in a winning way and not fumble it? >> i think jeb is going to talk about his time as governor his record as governor who he is try to have the american public get to know jeb. i don't think you are ever going to see jeb throw his family under the bus for the purpose of
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promoting himself. if that's part of the test that's one that's going to always be hard for him. he loves his family. i don't think it's something that he feels comfortable doing. >> go ahead. >> there's one thing. in addition to problems in terms of his own family that is what i call the reagan bush divide, which is the division between the reagan wing and the bush wing of the party. i think he may have a problem with that. it will be interesting to see which candidates there take him on as representing quote unquote the bushes or moderate wing of the party as opposed to the reagan wing of the party. >> let me bring there alice. let's talk about your candidate. let's talk about governor huckabee. we know him well. he offered up some pretty frank advice for your candidate today, leading into this. let me read it to you. he says relocate your sense of shame. i have known you longer that you have been in politics and yet i barely recognize the cynical man who accuses our president of
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leading jews ss to the oven door. is the governor going to change his tone tonight? >> first of all start by saying ron is a good friend. he does use colorful words in his description of governor huckabee. in terms of that comment the governor believes every word he said when he was talking about the problems with the iran deal and the consequences it has for america but for israel as well, which is our greatest ally. unfortunately, president obama does not acknowledge that. what he will do tonight on the stage, he will take every precious moment he has to talk about his views for the future his plans for this country. he has been traveling around the country talking with people in iowa and new hampshire and south carolina about what's important to them issues like jobs and the economy, the bad foreign policy infrastructure we have. these are the things he's going to talk about. there's precious time they have on the stage. all these candidates realize, you are not going to win a campaign on the debate stage,
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but you can lose it. they will be very cautious in how they display their views tonight. >> who is a bigger target for your candidate? donald trump or is his target jeb bush? >> he is not looking at it from that perspective. he is looking at it from the stand standpoint this is an opportunity to talk about what people are concerned with jobs and the economy. he will not waste time with the other candidates in terms of attacking them. that's not his nature. that's not what got him on the stage in the first place. he is there to talk about mike huckabee and his policies and what the american people are asking him to do and that's talk about jobs and the economy, safety and security of our country, immigration reform and also the current problems with the planned parenthood videos. >> it sounds like he will play nice. donald trump says he's going to play nice. jeb bush will play nice. it's not going to be any fun. let's see what happens. great to see you all. thanks so much.
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>> it can notsnot be less fun than the last debate. >> we will see what you say about this next one. thanks. great to see you. "outfront" next donald trump making a dramatic entrance just hours before the first big debate. is tonight the night trump's non-answers come to an end? hillary clinton slammed by republican candidates in tonight's first debate. my guest, a top democrat. she will fire back. (music) imagine - these kids won't have to remember passwords or obsess about security. for them, every screen is meant to be touched.
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hours before the first republican debate of the 2016 election donald trump made a dramatic entrance. he and his wife stepped off their private jet in cleveland. some might say they were going for a presidential-like arrival. his daughter posted this picture on instagram showing him preparing. >> what's it like to have the bullseye on his back? >> i have the bullseye. >> what's your greatest fear tonight in. >> i have no fear. >> no fear he says.
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will he be more specific about his policies than he has been over the course of his campaign so far? jeb zellani is "outfront." >> reporter: donald trump arriving in cleveland today with a swagger in his step for the first presidential debate of the season. and his career. >> i have been preparing all my life. >> reporter: on the campaign trail for only 52 days he is driving the republican race. we have heard trump talk tough. >> we're tired of being pushed around kicked around and acting and being led by stupid people. >> reporter: seldom going a day without giving an interview. his confident answers are usually missing one thing, specifics. whether it's building a wall at the u.s. mexico border. >> i will make sure it gets done properly. >> how? what are you going to do? >> i'm going to say, mexico guess what this is not going to continue. you are going to pay for the wall. i have said they will pay for the wall and they will pay for
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the wall. >> reporter: or mexico sending dangerous immigrants over the border. >> mexico pushes people across the board they're are criminals, that are drug dealers. >> reporter: a certain statement with little follow-up. >> have you seen any evidence here to confirm your fears about mexico sending criminals across the border? >> yes. >> what have you seen? >> we will show you the evidence. >> when? >> reporter: or obamacare. >> repeal and replace with something terrific. >> reporter: but what is left to the imagination. tonight, as trump takes center stage, he could be pinned down by debate moderators or his rivals. rand paul says he is ready to rumble. >> i like to mix it up. so my staff is all saying no we need to be cautious. i'm like i like to mix it up. i plan on getting into it with the other candidates. >> reporter: the question is whether it's with trump or
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someone else. rudy the early leader in the 2008 campaign, said trump's elusive answers may be enough. >> i think americans are thift thirsting for somebody who is tough. >> reporter: reagan already had a record when he ran for office. trump is a businessman and he has breaux have a-- responses are limited to 60 seconds. >> they may only scratch the surface. thank you so much. how do you handle a debate as a moderator? let's talk to two people who know how do that. joining me "outfront," gloria borger and political analyst and author jeff greenfield he helped moderate debates in 2000
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and 2004. gloria he is not -- we're talking about trump. he is not known for giving specifics. how do you nail down a donald trump in a debate like this in. >> let me say the normal rules don't seem to apply to donald trump but they do apply to the other candidates. you attack donald trump at your own risk. what happened earlier this evening is very instructive. carly fiorina, who did very well as you have been saying in the first debate and rick perry decided when asked about donald trump that they would take him on from the right. that they -- carly fiorina made the point, he changed hisz edd his mind on healthcare on amnesty, on abortion. and so you know they are attacking him from the right saying he is not conservative enough. i guarantee you the moderators who are all good journalists are going to try and get into some of these questions about donald trump. i think it will be up to them
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once they do it some of the other candidates like rand paul as jeff's piece showed might get into it with him. >> jeff you have written some great stuff about all of this. does donald trump -- gloria is talking about they took him on his record but on the issue of specifics, does he need to get specific? to the point of the piece that you have written, voters don't seem to care so far. >> no. i think mark cuban nailed it. it doesn't matter what he says. it has nothing do -- this is an unusual candidate. therefore, the normal kind of a debate question the kind of question that tim russert excels at we know you said x but what about y and z, it's irrelevant. in donald trump's case it's a different question i like in general. not a boxers and brief question but a question that tries to reveal character like when were you most afraid? what did you learn from it?
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in trump's case if the moderators have the stones one question might be, you valued your name -- your brand at $3 billion, at least four of the enterprises that you put your name on went belly up. when they did, you said had you nothing to do with them. can't we learn that you overrate the value of your name? that's provocative. it will give us a chance to see how donald trump deals with that kind of question. >> jeff chris wallace, one of tonight's moderators, he acknowledged that part of tonight is the donald trump show. can they avoid that? i guess the question is is it even a bad thing? >> as i said what makes this one interesting -- by the way, i generally think to overstate the importance of the debate six months before the first iowa caucuses -- we don't want to -- defining moments, iconic moments, no. but trump does make it different
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because he is such an unusual candidate. that's why i think there's no way to deal with him the way you would deal with a conventional candidate. he has made sure to the surprise of most of us certainly including myself that the normal political rules, the normal political liabilities that could hurt a candidate, they don't apply to him. >> here is the other thing. if the moderators do try and take him on donald trump will do what lots of candidates do. it works for them. which is -- he has done in this campaign so far is take on the press. >> exactly. >> in a republican primary, there is nothing wrong with taking on the press. that clearly works for you. i guarantee you -- >> as newt gingrich showed us. >> if he gets -- feels like he gets shoved into a corner he will lash out at who were is asking the question. hat will work. i think -- i talked with
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campaigns and they have these one liners somewhere in their pockets with humor to try and deflect donald trump a little bit. they're a little afraid of going after him. they don't want to make this about donald trump. this is their moment to introduce themselves to the american public and show how they are not donald trump. we will see what rand paul does in the end. i'm curious about it. by the way, look out for mike huckabee. he was great in 2008. he could kind of up-end this. he's the only one of the ten who is actually been on a presidential debate stage. >> we will see. we will absolutely see in just a few short minutes. thank you so much. "outfront" next the schedule is set for the democratic debates now. does it actually help hillary clinton how it's set up? the search for mh370. new debris, windows and seats discovered in the ocean. are they also from the missing plane?
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and i want to see the community grow and thrive. every year we work with cities and schools to plant trees in our communities. the environment is there for my kids and future generations. together, we're building a better california. the candidates at tonight's second tier debate they were asked to give two words to describe hillary clinton.
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and they did not hold back. >> divisive and with no vision. no vision at all. >> not trustworthy. no accomplishment. >> secretive. >> let's go with three. good at e-mail. >> socialist and government dependent. >> not the change we need at a time we need it. >> professional politician that can't be trusted. >> ouch. when the top ten gop candidates take the stage tonight, they're not likely going easy on her. she won't be able to fight back until october 13th. that's when cnn will hold the first of six democratic primary debates. "outfront" tonight, the dnc chair. it's great to see you. thanks for coming in. in this first debate hillary clinton, she was a key target. we haven't even gotten to the main event tonight. how is she going to push back against this onslaught that is only beginning? >> well you know whether it's
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secretary clinton or any of our presidential candidates at the end of this process, i'm confident that because of the really clear contrast between any of our candidates and the entire pack of 17 republican candidates the american people are going to support our party's nominee because they will fight for the middle class. they will make sure that whether it's fighting for an increase in the minimum wage or equal pay for equal work or expanding access to quality affordable healthcare compared to all of the republicans who support repealing the affordable care act and taking aware healthcare from 16 million americans or focusing on tax cuts for the wealthiest americans, that contrast is clear. it was clear in 2012. that's why the american people supported obama's re-election and they will support our party's nominee. >> in the campaign trail, it has been clear that hillary clinton has been hitting jeb bush and taking it to him at every opportunity. donald trump, as you know he is the frontrunner in the
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republican party right now. why not take him on instead? >> as you can see, even the happy hour debate candidates couldn't avoid donald trump. this is really going to be the republican primary debate starring donald trump. look at jeb bush specifically. he has a lot at stake tonight. some people are saying that he hasn't been in a campaign in a long time. remember he has got his father and his brother's debate consultants. he has debated no less than 25 times. he has to bring it tonight. if he doesn't, and donald trump who is ahead by double digits who has never debated -- that's going to say a lot about the prospects for his candidacy to say nothing of the fact that he is out of step like the rest of the field, with the priorities of the people who are going to go to the polls and vote. >> is it just understood that
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hillary clinton thinks that jeb bush is who she will take on not donald trump? why not take on donald trump? >> you know, i know hillary clinton and all of our candidates are focused on making sure that people understand where her priorities are, where democratic values are and drawing a contrast. like i said democrats are for increasing the minimum wage. republicans are opposed. democrats -- any of our candidates are for equal pay for equal work. republicans, like jeb bush have dismissed it. jeb bush didn't know what the paycheck fairness act was. you have guys like chris christie who actually vetoed equal pay legislation. when it comes to the economics, middle class economics that are going to be what this election turns on the contrast could not be more clear. it will be on full display tonight. >> let me ask you about the democratic debates. you announced the dates for the six debates today. republicans are holding nine. i bring that up only because one
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of your candidates martin o'malley is not happy about the debates for the democratic primary. his top strategist says this is like facilitating a coronation. he is talking about hillary clinton. how do you respond to that? >> well we're really thrilled that martin o'malley and all five of our democratic candidates for president of the united states are going to be participating in our six debates. we believe that will give them an opportunity to demonstrate their policy positions and contrast one another. there will be lots of other opportunities where i'm confident there will be other candidate forums where we will have -- there have been some. we will have all the candidates at our summer meeting in minneapolis at the end of august. there will be plenty of opportunity over the next 18 months. particularly leading up to when we have our convention in july for them to showcase their own policy positions. >> we know cnn will be there. we're hosting that first debate. you know we will be there. >> you sure are. right out of the gate.
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looking forward to it. >> we are, too. thank you so much. great to see you. >> thanks. you too. "outfront" next more debris washes up on reunion island. pieces of windows, pieces of seats. are they from mh370? jon stewart taking a few final moments tonight. fact. advil is not only strong it's gentle on your body too. no wonder doctors and patients have trusted advil... for their tough pains for over 30 years. relief doesn't get any better than this. advil. technology empowers us to achieve more. it pushes us to go further. special olympics has almost five million athletes in 170 countries. the microsoft cloud allows us to immediately
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critical clues into the disappearance of flight mh370. investigators are investigating new pieces of debris that include a possible seat cushion and a piece of window. the items were discovered on the same island where malaysia confirms it found the missing jet's wing flap. also tonight, france is just hours away from launching new crews to search for debris by air and by sea. >> reporter: as investigators wrap up their second full day in france today reports of chilling new discoveries. seat cushions pieces of windows and aluminum material the malaysian government says all washed up on the same shore on reunion island where that large wing part was found. >> the items are collected and are sent. that i cannot confirm the mh370 sample. all of these need to be verified. >> we now have physical
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evidence. >> the malaysian prime minister says the wing part or flaperon is from mh370. french investigators inspection have yet to confirm with certainty it belongs to the missing plane. the mixed messages represent a tug-of-war between officials. which has set off the families of the missing victims, desperate for answers, today they stormed into the malaysia airlines office in beijing demanding to know the truth. >> we will go to the site to check it out by ourselves. we don't believe any of their word which are all lies. >> right now we lack a lot of confidence in the malaysian government. whatever they say, we feel they rushed it. >> reporter: in the lab, french analysts continue to focus in on the flaperon, using equipment like these high-powered microscopes to analyze paint chips and metal fatigue. doing everything they can to find out for sure if the piece is from mh370. and maybe learn what happened to
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the doomed plane in its final moments. and even more mixed messages coming in tonight. the head of australia's safety board today questioned whether any additional debris beyond that flaperon was found at all. he says at this stage nothing has been retrieved and nothing confirmed to be associated with the plane, kate let alone, mh370. >> mixed messages for sure we are getting from all of the officials. and the investigation continues. thank you so much. out front with me now, david gallo, director of speshgtcial projects. they have two pieces of debris obviously they need to find out if they're mh370. i want to throw up the, new drift models we have been talking about. they show how the debris could have been blown, been drifting due to wind and ocean currents. it shows, viewers could see anywhere in the southern indian ocean. do you think i items, part of a window and seat do you think they're
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from the missing plane? >> it's possible. but you know it is going to take some analysis. i don't know why malaysia got so out in front of this to make that kind of a statement. even though they said they can't confirm it is from mh370, it is still wound, drives those wounds deeper in the family and loved ones of the victims. >> it is so true. you have the investigation of the flaperon part of the exterior of the plane. can you learn something different from items that might be from the inside of the plane like the seat cushion? >> absolutely. i mean not so much the cushions but the, maybe the window about how it might have come apart. but more importantly is how it drifted. these three thing thousands would look entirely differently, float entirely differently. how did they end up coming to the same potspot in the ocean. it doesn't happen like that over this much of time. it will help with the drift models a tiny bit. we'll have to wait and see. >> that's fascinating. you speak with a lot of experience air france flight
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447, how things drifted there. that's a great point about the flaperon a much larger piece looking at the shape of a cushion or a piece of a window. what do you think would explain that? >> right. >> it beats me kate. it's one of the things the drift modelers would have off to tell us how that is even possible. but my understanding always is that depending on how these things sit in the -- in the water, depend on where they'll end up. >> we will see. the investigation continues as the families continue to wait. david. thank you so much. >> your's welcome, kate. >> out front next as he wraps up "the daily show" jeanne moos has a look at the many faces of jon stewart. and 23 vitamins and minerals. ensure. take life in.
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tonight, jon stewart signs off "the daily show" for the last time. jeanne moos shows us what we will miss the most. >> reporter: who needs actual language when comedian has so much body language. these are the faces of jon stewart that many of us will miss. >> oh yeah. >> reporter: from stroking his chin to -- placing a finger to his lips. a la dr. evil. and of course -- >> shut up. >> reporter: exploding in false outrage for instance how donald trump eats pizza. >> are you eating it with a fork! a [ bleep ] fork? >> reporter: the face we'll miss is the signature stare. the stare that was there coming out of the video.
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the sometimes startled stare, that preceded the joke or replaced it. >> i wonder if suburban women were turned off? >> reporter: okay. not everyone is smitten by stewart's signature stare. tweeted one critic -- jon stewart mugger of faces was never funny. #boring. >> plus he makes funny face sews we know when to laugh. ha-ha-ha. >> reporter: stewart himself said the other day the staff had a running joke he could do the show without saying anything. >> that i could just make stupid faces and grunt. >> reporter: that's what he did for more than 3:30 minutes. stewart came face to face with his own face. when actress melissa mccarthy showed up in a kimono. plastered with stewart's mug. >> i am all over you like a
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cheap suit. >> reporter: jon stewart and his mannerisms are going out with a bang. make that a -- >> boom, boom, boom! >> reporter: jeanne moos cnn. >> boom boom boom. >> reporter: new york. >> you can't top it. why would i try. thank you for joining us. and "ac 360" starts right now. good evening. thank you for joining us. in just about an hour ten republicans who want to be president will take the stage in cleveland for their first chance to persuade an audience they're ready for the job. nine of them will get the first primetime shots at the front-runner donald trump if they choose to take shots. one time 2008 front-runner rudy giuliani said he has a little ronald reagan in him, talking donald trump. he played the part arriving in a boeing 757, one of several aircraft in the trump fleet.