"Apprentice" Star: Comment About Me taken Out of Context
BOLDUAN: Tonight, Donald Trump and his team are on the attack, taking aim at FOX`s Megyn Kelly after her question to the billionaire about whether he is part of the war on women. A senior adviser to the presidential contender retweeted this message today about the FOX News anchor, quote, "we can gut her." And as Suzanne Malveaux report, this is just the latest of Trump`s attacks aimed at women.</s>SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Donald Trump standing center stage at the first republican debate, confronted with his insults against women.</s>KELLY: You have called women you don`t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals. Your twitter account --</s>TRUMP: Only Rosie O`Donnell.</s>KELLY: For the record, it was well beyond Rosie O`Donnell.</s>TRUMP: Yes, I`m sure it was.</s>KELLY: Your twitter account has several disparaging comments about women`s looks. You once told a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president and how will you answer the charge from Hillary Clinton who is likely to be the democratic nominee that you are part of the war on women?</s>TRUMP: I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. I have been challenged by so many people, and I don`t frankly have time for total political correctness.</s>MALVEAUX: Rosie O`Donnell responded almost immediately tweeting, "try explaining that to your kids." The bad blood between them reportedly going back nearly a decade to 2006 when O`Donnell questioned Trump`s decision not to fire Miss USA Tara Conner over drug abuse. Calling him a snake oil salesman.</s>ROSIE O`DONNELL, ACTRESS: Left the first wife. Had an affair. Left the second wife. Had an affair. Had kids both time. But he is the moral compass of 20-year-olds in America.</s>MALVEAUX: Trump shot back.</s>TRUMP: I did take a look at her. She`s a slob. If I were running "The View" I would fire Rosie. I mean, I`d look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. I would say, Rosie, you are fired.</s>MALVEAUX: Trump also said this to Brandy Roderick, a contestant on his Apprentice reality show.</s>TRUMP: It must be a pretty picture you dropping to your knees.</s>MALVEAUX: Most recently, the billionaire was asked about a claim from a female attorney that Trump called her disgusting for asking to take a break to breast pump during a deposition.</s>TRUMP: Not true. She wanted to breast pump in front of me. And I may have said that`s disgusting. She`s a vicious, horrible person.</s>MALVEAUX: Trump says he doesn`t have a problem with women.</s>TRUMP: It`s the biggest applause of the evening was when I mentioned the name Rosie O`Donnell, the place went wild.</s>MALVEAUX: Still Trump criticized moderator Megyn Kelly`s handling of the debate, going on a twitter rant overnight. "Wow, Megyn Kelly really bombed tonight. People are going wild on twitter. Funny to watch." He also retweeted disparaging remarks from others, including this one calling Kelly a bimbo.</s>MALVEAUX: The polls are mixed. A recent CBS poll shows that 62 percent of registered female voters have an unfavorable view of Trump. Among republican women, it is 42 percent. But another poll has Trump leading among women when compared to the other republican candidates taking 20 percent. And the question Kate of course is whether or not this debate is going to have any impact on Trump`s approval from this very critical group -- Kate.</s>BOLDUAN: That`s a key question now for sure. Suzanne, thanks so much. And OUTFRONT is Brande Roderick, she is the celebrity apprentice contestant Donald Trump was speaking to when he made that comment back there 2012. Brandy, thanks so much for joining us. Looking back at that moment on the "Apprentice" now, were you offended?</s>BRANDE RODERICK, FORMER "CELEBRITY APPRENTICE" CONTESTANT: You know, obviously not. Because I didn`t even remember the comment. I actually had to go back and re-watch the clip. And no, I think it was taken out of context. If you actually watch the clip, it`s not like he said, oh, wow, you would look great on your knees. It was nothing like that. In my experience, I`ve always had a great experience around Donald Trump. It has always been positive. It has never been negative or derogatory. So that`s been my experience.</s>BOLDUAN: In the debates, it was part of kind of a list of comments that Donald Trump has made towards women that he had been derogatory towards women, demeaning towards women. And a lot of women were offended when they heard the comment that he had made towards you. Does it bother you now when you think about it?</s>RODERICK: No. Because in my situation and some of the others, it was all on television. He is the host of a reality show. They definitely didn`t hire Trump because of his filter. You know what I mean? That`s his job is to make -- to make people wanting to come back for more. So, absolutely not. When you are in the television world, you have to have a thick skin.</s>BOLDUAN: Well, that`s the truth. What do you make of the fact now Brande that you have been brought in to this presidential race?</s>RODERICK: It`s a bit bizarre and surreal, definitely. But you know, I want to say my side of the story, because you know, I don`t want people out there thinking, you know, he is this horrible man because he is not. You know, like I said, my experience has always been positive with him. He has always been an encouraging type of person in my experience.</s>BOLDUAN: You say that he`s encouraging. You say that you`ve always have a good experience with him. You`ve also described him as an entertainer. You say, he`s on TV. With all this experience in mind, is Donald Trump presidential material do you think?</s>RODERICK: I think that it`s early in the race. I take voting very seriously as a mother and as a business person. So, for me, it`s the very beginning. And I need to see the entire race.</s>BOLDUAN: Are you -- you are not counting Donald Trump out. But a lot of folks are looking at his past experience and who he encounters as to try see if he has the temperament of a president. What do you think?</s>RODERICK: I think I need to see more. I definitely need to see more. I`m not going to decide either way right now. I definitely need to see a lot more from him and from everybody else.</s>BOLDUAN: Brande Roderick, thanks so much.</s>RODERICK: Thank you.</s>BOLDUAN: And OUTFRONT now, Katie Packer Gage, he is the former deputy campaign manager for Mitt Romney and Andy Dean, he`s a Trump supporter. He also worked for the billionaire for several years. Andy, it`s great to see you. Katie, great to see you. So, Andy, you heard that interview that I just did with Brande. Brande, she didn`t seem to want to give an answer to that last question about whether Trump was presidential material. She needs to see more, she says. Is Trump`s answer to Megyn Kelly`s question last night going to come back to bite him, do you think?</s>ANDY DEAN, FORMER PRESIDENT, TRUMP PRODUCTION, LLC: No. I think it was the only way that he could answer that difficult question. A bomb was thrown at him. And he deflected it with humor because Rosie O`Donnell is a disgusting pig. And we can all agree. It`s not sexist comment. Donald is an equal opportunity offender and when it comes to --</s>BOLDUAN: Why you doubling down on that? Why do you need to use that language?</s>DEAN: Rosie started this fight and Donald --</s>BOLDUAN: Is it a fight with you?</s>DEAN: No. It`s a fight with Donald. But the point is, if he`s attacks, he is going to defend himself with pride. And that`s what our country needs. We are being attacked. I mean, the Iranians with this ridiculous deal. The Mexican border, we need somebody with a vision that`s going to stand up. And this is an example of what he can do.</s>BOLDUAN: It still just blows my mind, we went from talking about Rosie O`Donnell and now we are talking about the Iran deal, Andy. I just don`t know how we got there.</s>DEAN: Because it`s -- look, okay, the point is this. Is that you are saying that the guy is a sexist one week and then he`s a racist the next week. It`s the liberal media trying to destroy whoever is on top. And that`s why good people don`t run for office, anymore. Because whoever is on top, you want to destroy them as a human being instead of looking at the issues. When we looked at the issues last night, Donald talked about having a larger vision. And he tried to talk about Iran, he tried to talk about Mexico. And here we are talking about that he is some sexist one week and then a racist the other. I`m trying to bring this back to what`s important to the American people.</s>BOLDUAN: Taking on the issues is definitely important. I definitely don`t think there`s anything wrong though in bringing up your past statements to ask you about them. That`s what happens when you are in politics. That`s just the way it is. So, Katie, Donald Trump, he shared a tweet that called Megyn Kelly a bimbo. His counsel, Michael Cohen, he retweeted a message referring to Kelly that said this. We can gut her. Now, is this going to hurt the Republican Party? Go past Donald Trump for a second. Is this going to hurt the Republican Party regardless with women voters, do you think the Trump campaign does not think so clearly. And they don`t think it matters.</s>KATIE PACKER GAGE, FORMER DEPUTY CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR MITT ROMNEY: Well, ultimately, it`s not, because he`s not going to be our party`s nominee. And so, people assign these attitudes to Donald Trump the entertainer. As Brande said, he is an entertainer. He should keep these, you know, sort of schoolyard bullying antics, you know, on television where it belongs in the entertainment industry. It doesn`t belong in the context of a presidential campaign. But the reality is, if you attack people of other races, people are going to call you a racist. If you attack women, people are going to say that you are sexist. That`s the reality.</s>BOLDUAN: Go ahead, Andy.</s>DEAN: We`re getting debate lectures from Mitt Romney`s camp. She worked for Mitt Romney for years. I mean, Mitt Romney is why we have four more years of Barack Obama. Mitt Romney is one of the worst debaters of planet earth, that`s why we lost. So, I just find it strange --</s>GAGE: Well, I think that nobody would agree with you on that front. And, you know, but we`re not here to debate 2012. We`re talking about -- we`re talking about the future, Andy. And what I`m saying is that Donald Trump is an entertainer. And I`m all for him staying in the entertainment industry. I do think a lot of women and a lot of Republicans are insulted and offended by dragging this kind of drama, you know, of name calling and treating women in a despicable way degrading Megyn Kelly who is a very highly respected journalist in this way is totally unacceptable.</s>BOLDUAN: Okay. Andy, final word for you.</s>DEAN: I find Katie`s opinions sexist in nature but his -- once again offends people of all genders and all races. He judges people on the content of their character. He runs hundreds of corporations, employs thousands of men and women. I mean, if you look at Katie`s corporation on her website --</s>GAGE: I`m a Trumpist, I`m not a sexist. It`s just Donald Trump that I`m opposed to.</s>DEAN: She only employs women. That`s against the law. That`s a labor violation, Katie. We should have your company investigated. You don`t hire men.</s>GAGE: You are right. You`re right. That`s exactly what we should do.</s>BOLDUAN: So, Andy, what lead --</s>DEAN: That`s a bigotry. That`s bigotry.</s>BOLDUAN: Real quick Andy, on this final point, so what I`m hearing from you is you don`t think we`re going to see any difference from Donald Trump going forward in these debates, right?</s>DEAN: What should be different?</s>BOLDUAN: Okay.</s>DEAN: He had 24 million people tune in, double the audience. He is getting people engaged.</s>GAGE: No, he should keep doing exactly what he has been doing. It was wildly successful --</s>DEAN: He`s the winner, Romney is the looser. Romney is the looser.</s>GAGE: Bring it on.</s>BOLDUAN: All right. Great to see you both. Let`s do this again next week. Because I`m sure we will have more to talk about. Andy, great to see you. Katie, great to see you.</s>DEAN: Thank you.</s>BOLDUAN: Thank you so much.</s>DEAN: Thanks. I appreciate it.</s>BOLDUAN: It`s good TV at least. And Donald Trump, he is going to be a guest tonight on "CNN TONIGHT" with Don Lemon. That is 9:00 Eastern. After that conversation, you definitely don`t want to miss that. OUTFRONT for us next, Jeb Bush with perhaps more at stake last night than any other candidate. Did his debate performance fall flat? And Donald Trump, he bragged about donating to almost all of his republican rivals. But is that true? Ahead, a special investigation into who gets Trump`s money.