Bombshell

Welcome to The Kelly File, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly.

Breaking tonight, polls are moving, the race is changing,

and more than a dozen Republican candidates

are trying to make themselves heard with a little more than one week left

till the debate that could change everything.

And we're the gateway. We, the questioners, are the gateway.

We at Fox and CNN and everybody else who gets a chance

to actually moderate a presidential debate with these guys.

I mean, these guys, they deserve to face tough questioning.

As Chris says, and I agree,

they want George Washington's job and they better earn it.

They better show the American people they're worthy of it.

A lot of folks assumed Donald Trump would flame out by now.

They have been proven wrong. Now wait.

Here. We gotta get to this

because this is just breaking on The Daily Beast.

The headline is,

"Ex-wife: Donald Trump made me feel violated during sex.

Ivana Trump once accused the real-estate tycoon of quote, 'rape.'"

Somebody who speaks for Donald Trump

has come out and denied it as well

and added that legally, he says,

"you cannot rape your spouse."

Here's the one thing you probably know about me.

I have a big mouth.

Roger, you have Megyn on line one.

- Megyn. - Morning, Roger.

What'd you do to piss off Trump?

We did a segment on recent coverage of his ex-wife's rape claim.

You're giving that oxygen before the first goddamn debate?

Roger, we had a full-screen of Ivana's recantation. Which is soft.

She accused him during a divorce.

Well, his lawyer, Michael Cohen,

claims you can't rape a spouse. It pissed me off.

Great. The future of Fox News is now a goddamn feminist.

- No. I'm not a feminist. I'm a lawyer. - We need him.

Clean this up. Now.

Unfortunately, when it comes to politicians and the media,

Roger Ailes knows his shit.

Appointed head of the Fox News channel by media mogul Rupert Murdoch,

Roger transformed cable news, pushing Fox to the forefront.

Years before, to get Nixon elected,

he created the modern town-hall debate.

To get Reagan elected, he made him address the elephant in the room.

I will not make age an issue of this campaign.

I am not going to exploit my opponent's youth and inexperience.

To get George H. W. Bush elected, somebody did the Willie Horton ads.

Roger denies it was him... a lot.

I have been astounded at the number of Americans

who are fine with our country moving in a socialist direction.

Here we go.

Their views on capitalism are quite alarming.

News is like a ship.

You take your hands off the wheel and it pulls hard to the left.

Hey, look at this. James Murdoch.

Tell me those lips haven't sucked cock.

This is what nepotism gets you.

Roger rules Fox from behind these doors, on the second floor.

When employees say, "the second floor," they mean Roger,

or the many VPs paid to enact his will without qualms or questions.

Now, I know what some of you are thinking, and, no,

Roger does not tell us what to say on air.

He doesn't have to.

- Love that dress, Megyn. - Thank you.

No, really. I love it.

He's not horny. He's just ambitious.

Roger is always watching.

The Eagles postponed their appearance because co-founder, Glenn Frey,

is too ill to travel. In a statement, the band announced...

Morons.

The phone in his office connects directly to the control room,

which is down on the first floor.

- Yes, sir? - You fucking idiots!

That's not Glenn Frey, it's Don Henley!

- Dump the B-roll. - Dump it.

Back to anchor. That's not Glenn Frey, that's Don fucking Henley!

- Oh, shoot. - What the fuck, Kayla?

I'm sorry. I don't know secular music.

The Eagles?

- Only the biggest band of the '70s. - When my mom was a toddler.

- They all look the same. They're just old. - Oh, my God.

Down in the basement is the Fox newsroom.

All our shows have crews who work in these pods.

This is my staff.

Hey, guys.

We're below the city, so it smells like mold.

But there hasn't been a rat sighting in four months.

- Four months. - Yeah!

The anchors and their key producers have base camps.

Here, on 17 and 18. Often decorated with viewer art.

And everyone in this building,

even Roger, answers to eight.

The eighth floor is home to CEO Rupert Murdoch and his sons.

This is the power behind the power.

The actual studios are scattered around the building.

Most anchor and show offices are here.

Above are Fox Business, radio,

New York Post and The Wall Street Journal.

Most of the American conservative establishment.

In one building.

The stage is finally set for tonight's Republican debate in Cleveland.

All the candidates are looking for a boost tonight,

but only ten of them have a chance to appeal to voters in prime time.

Trump has a real problem with women. I wanna ask about it.

You can back that up?

Yes.

Good morning.

Morning, Chris.

Excuse me.

Do you think that's it?

Sorry.

It's probably nerves.

No. When I'm nervous, I hear my heart.

I can't hear it.

That's your first question? Is this some feminist thing?

- She's not a feminist. - It goes to his electability.

Did you run it past Tom Lowell?

We can go after Trump.

- The second floor said that? - No.

The eighth. The Murdochs.

Rupert called Roger and said, about Trump, enough is enough.

Look, all Trump does is watch Fox.

Roger gave him air for his crazy theories and idiot grievances.

Why? 'Cause Roger shares a lot of them.

Are you sure you wanna take that on?

Yes.

It's the new look of politics...

Okay, I don't know if these are strong enough, but they help me.

- Nausea? - Yeah. You go live in five hours.

- I'll be fine. - Okay.

Okay.

Donald Trump feeds his own narrative.

Oh, fuck. So nauseous.

If you can try to keep them down.

Yeah.

Fuck. Stop making that face, Julia.

I-I'm not making a face.

Five hours?

- Yeah. - Okay.

Don't worry. We're behind you.

Way behind you.

There's a blanket on the chair and, just in case, a trash can beside it.

Welcome to the first Republican primary debate.

Tonight's moderators will be Bret Baier, Chris Wallace

and Megyn Kelly.

Mr. Trump, 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 downsides.

In particular, when it comes to women.

You've called women you don't like "fat pigs," "dogs,"

"slobs" and "disgusting animals."

What is she doing?

- Your Twitter account... - Only Rosie O'Donnell.

Great TV. She knows what she's doing.

Your Twitter account...

For the record, it was well beyond Rosie O'Donnell.

Yes, I'm sure it was.

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... - She's calling him out.

...from Hillary Clinton, who is likely to be the Democratic nominee,

that you are part of the war on women?

Call me stupid, but I thought he'd respect the challenge.

Trump is pissed. He was up all night, tweeting.

Crap. Really?

What was he tweeting?

"Fox viewers give low marks to bimbo @MegynKelly."

I hate that word.

Yeah. It says you're too sexy to be smart, but not smart enough to be sexy.

2:40 a.m. "Wow, @MegynKelly really bombed tonight.

People are going wild on Twitter! Funny to watch."

- 3:07 a.m. "Dear @Megyn..." - Go, Trump. Donald Trump.

Okay.

How many times did he tweet?

Like, 15.

Yeah.

He's never gonna be president.

Wait. Am I gonna be the story?

- No. - No.

- I'm gonna be the story. - No.

No. No.

I can't let you go without talking about Donald Trump.

Gretchen's giving this two blocks?

It's that far down the food chain?

We should get you a security team. Think it over.

Trump called me before the debate.

He said he knew that your first question was harsh.

- How could he know that? - No idea.

I sure didn't.

It was good TV. Unexpected. Goddamn tough.

Proud of you, Megyn.

Thanks, Roger.

Heard you were sick.

Yeah.

I think it was my coffee.

- Where'd you get it? - My driver.

He insisted on some fancy coffee joint.