SIX MONTHS NOW.

BUT WE ARE GETTING DOWN TO THE NITTY OF THE GRITTY.

IOWA CAUCUSES ARE THIS MONDAY AND TONIGHT FOX NEWS HELD A

7th REPUBLICAN DEBATE.

NOBODY TELL ME WHO WON IT BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO WATCH.

I HAVE WATCHED EVERY OTHER DEBATE BUT I MIGHT SKIP THIS ONE

BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE ALREADY DID.

>> JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT HE COULD NOT SHOCK YOU ANY MORE, HE

DOES.

>> DONALD TRUMP LOCKED IN AN EXPLOSIVE FEUD WITH FOX NEWS

STILL SAYS HE IS BOY COTING THE DEBATE.

>> FROM DIGGING IN HIS HEELS BOY COTING TONIGHT'S FOX NEWS

DEBATE.

>> HE CLAIMS MEGYN KELLY IS BIASED AGAINST HIM.

>> Jon: >> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT,

TRUMP IS SKIPPING THE DEBATED BECAUSE MEGYN KELLY WILL BE A

MODERATOR.

AFTER ALL WHY WOULD HE WANT TO PRACTICE GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH

A STRONG BLOND WOMAN.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) FOX NEWS STOOD BY MEGYN KELLY

AND I DON'T BLAME THEM.

A NEWS CHANNEL CANNOT LET A POLITICIAN DECIDE WHO THEY PUT

ON THE AIR.

THAT'S WHAT RATINGS ARE FOR.

NOW TRUMP WAS STILL PLANNING TO ATTEND UNTIL FOX NEWS RELEASED A

MOCKING STATEMENT QUESTIONING TRUMP'S GUTS.

QUOTE WE LEARNED FROM A SECRET BACK CHANNEL THAT THE AYATOLLAH

AND PUTIN BOTH INTEND TO TREAT DONALD TRUMP UNFAIRLY WHEN THEY

MEET WITH HIM IF HE BECOMES PRESIDENT.

(LAUGHTER).

>> Stephen: MEOW.

GET A-- OF MILK FOR FOX NEWS.

FOR A NEWS ORGANIZATION, INVITING YOU TO ATTEND THEIR

DEBATE, THAT IS A LITTLE DOUCHEY.

I MEAN YOU DON'T SEE ME MAKING FUN OF PEOPLE THEN ASKING THEM

TO BE ON MY SHOW.

WHICH REMINDED ME, BRADLEY COOPER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE

TONIGHT.

NOW WHEN TRUMP SAW THIS PRESS RELEASE FROM FOX NEWS HE

IMMEDIATELY DROPPED OUT.

>> I SAID BYE BYE.

OKAY.

THEY CAN'T TOY WITH ME LIKE THEY TOY WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO LET THEM HAVE THEIR DEBATE.

AND LET'S SEE HOW THEY DO WITH THE RATINGS.

>> Stephen: HE'S RIGHT.

WE ALL KNOW HE BRINGS HUGE RATINGS.

AFTER ALL, HE IS THE STAR OF THIS YEAR'S TOP REALITY SHOW

CELEB RITA-PRESIDENT.

AND WITH NO TRUMP, WITH ZERO TRUMP IN TONIGHT'S DEBATE, THERE

ARE NOW 24 MILLION VIEWERS UP FOR GRABS.

AND I'M GRABBING THEM.

(LAUGHTER) IF FOX NEWS HAS NO TRUMP, THEN I

AM ALL TRUMP.

WELCOME TO "THE 2016 TREMENDOUS ALL YOU CAN TRUMP LUXURY

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE."

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) WELCOME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

TO DEBATE NIGHT AMERICANA STYLE, A NATION IN THE BALANCE.

TONIGHT THE LEADING REPUBLICAN FACES OFF AGAINST ARGUABLY HIS

GREATEST OPPONENT, HIMSELF.

TONIGHT IS MANO-O-MOUTHO.

TONIGHT IT IS DONALD AGAINST TRUMP, OR AS THEY'RE KNOWN BY

THEIR CELEBRITY COUPLE NAME, DUMP.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).

>> Stephen: GENTLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW THE RULES.

YOU SAY THE FIRST THING THAT COMES INTO YOUR MIND AND NO

MATTER WHAT IT IS, YOUR POLL NUMBERS GO UP.

(LAUGHTER) ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET STARTED.

DONALD, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Stephen: AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME YOU, MR. TRUMP.

>> I WROTE THE ART OF THE DEAL.

>> Stephen: YES, YOU DID, SIR.

BUT IN FAIRNESS, YOU HAVE NO READ IT.

(LAUGHTER) DONALD, LET'S START WITH YOU.

YOUR CHIEF REPUBLICAN RIVAL TED CRUZ HAS ATTACKED YOU FOR

SKIPPING TONIGHT'S FOX NEWS DEBATE.

DO YOU BELIEVE YOUR ABSENCE WILL IMPROVE CRUZ'S CHANCES.

>> I DON'T THINK TED CRUZ HAS A GREAT CHANCE, TO BE HONEST WITH

YOU.

HE'S A NASTY GUY.

NOBODY LIKES HIM, NOBODY IN CONGRESS LIKES HIM, NOBODY LIKES

HIM ANYWHERE ONCE THEY GET TO KNOW HIM.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

SO NO ONE LIKES TED CRUZ.

MR. TRUMP, A REBUTTAL.

>> I REALLY DO, I LIKE TED CRUZ A LOT.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

(APPLAUSE).

>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.

RIGHT OUT.

GATE THERE'S A STRONG DIFFERENCE OF THE OPINION BETWEEN OUR ONE

CANDIDATE.

(LAUGHTER) OKAY.

THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR YOU, DONALD.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF IOWA AND YOUR CHANCES WITH

THEM?

>> I LOVE IOWA.

WE'VE DONE REALLY WELL HERE.

>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, FAIRLY STATED.

MR. TRUMP, YOUR THOUGHTS.

>> HOW STUPID ARE THE PEOPLE OF IOWA?

(LAUGHTER) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).

>> Stephen: WE WILL FIND OUT ON MONDAY.

NOW GENTLEMEN, IF EITHER OF YOU WIN THIS NOMINATION, YOU'RE

LIKELY TO GO UP AGAINST HILLARY CLINTON.

HOW DO YOU ASSESS HER FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE?

>> HILLARY CLINTON IS THE WORST SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> Stephen: WORST IN HISTORY!

WOW, MR. TRUMP, YOUR THOUGHTS.

>> HILLARY CLINTON I THINK IS A TERRIFIC WOMAN.

I MEAN I'M A LITTLE BIASED BECAUSE HAVE I KNOWN HER FOR FOR

YEARS.

I THINK SHE REALLY WORKS HARD AND I THINK SHE DOES A GOOD JOB

AND I LIKE HER.

>> Stephen: THAT IS A STRONG ENDORSEMENT OF HILLARY CLINTON

FROM DONALD TRUMP.

THAT'S GOT TO HURT HER IN THE POLLS.

NOW FOR THE NEXT PORTION OF THE DEBATE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AND

TAKE QUESTIONS FROM EVERY DAY AMERICANS WHO ARE WATCHING.

OUR FIRST ONE COMES FROM A MEGYN K WHO LIVES IN 2011.

MEGYN, WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION.

>> DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT YOU'RE A BETTER MODERATOR THAN I

AM?

>> NO, I COULD NEVER BEAT YOU.

THAT WOULDN'T EVEN BE CLOSE.

IT WOULD BE NO CONTEST, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, BY THE WAY,

AND I MEAN IT.

>> Stephen: THAT WAS A VERY POSITIVE MESSAGE, HOW ABOUT YOU,

DONALD?

>> I HAVE ZERO RESPECT FOR MEGYN KELLY.

I DON'T THINK SHE'S VERY GOOD AT WHAT SHE DOES, I THINK SHE'S

HIGHLY OVERRATED.

>> Stephen: NOW I MUST WARN YOU, SIR, I MUST WARN YOU TO BE

CAREFUL, MR. TRUMP.

IN THE PAST WHEN YOU HAVE TURNED GNS A WOMAN THAT WAY, SHE ENDS

UP WITH HALF YOUR ASSETS.

NOW DONALD, IF YOU YOURSELF ARE ELECTED, WHO CAN WE EXPECT TO

SEE IN YOUR CABINET?

>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SMARTEST, THE BEST NEGOTIATORS

IN THE WORLD.

AND I KNOW MOST OF THEM.

AND BELIEVE ME I KNOW PEOPLE YOU NEVER HEARD OF WHO ARE BETTER

THAN THE ONES THAT YOU DID HEAR.

>> Stephen: THAT IS AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF NO

INFORMATION.

(LAUGHTER) NOW I WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE

HERE, MR. TRUMP.

WHO DO YOU HAVE IN MIND FOR YOUR CABINET

(LAUGHTER) >> YOU COULD OWN THIS.

>> Stephen: MR. TRUMP, IT IS NICE TO SEE YOU FINALLY REACH

OUT TO A PERSON OF COLOR.

WELL, ALL RIGHT THEN.

DONALD-- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).

>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT DEBATE.

A GREAT DEBATE, DONALD, MR. TRUMP.

I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

FOR YOUR FINAL STATEMENTS YOU EACH HAVE FIVE SECONDS.

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU WOULD LIKE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW

ABOUT YOU.

>> BELIEVE ME.

I UNDERSTAND STEAKS, IT'S MY FAVORITE FOOD.

(LAUGHTER).

>> Stephen: AND MAY I SAY, SIR, YOU ARE YOURSELF

IMPRESSIVELY MARBLED.

NOW DONALD, YOUR FINAL STATEMENT.

>> IF IVANKA WEREN'T MY DAUGHTER, PERHAPS I WOULD BE

DATING HER.

>> Stephen: VOTERS DO LIKE A FAMILY MAN.

(LAUGHTER) WELL, THAT CONCLUDES THE LATE

SHOW 2016, TOP TREMENDOUS ALL YOU CAN TRUMP LUXURY

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

I WANT TO THANK DONALD TRUMP FOR BEING JUST AS DIVIDED AS THIS

COUNTRY IS.