Trump defends record on women as presidential rivals pile on

Billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump's doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon.  

The other 16 Republican candidates fighting for attention and breathing room in a primary field eclipsed by Trump hoped he'd be finished off by latest firestorm to consume his campaign, sparked by provocative comments about women.

But he was back August 9, splashed across the weekend news shows, dismissing the latest firestorm to consume his campaign and explaining how he cherishes women and would be their strongest advocate if elected.
     
"I'm leading by double digits, so maybe I shouldn't change," he boasted.
     
The latest controversy started August 6 when Fox News debate moderator Megyn Kelly recounted Trump's history of incendiary comments toward women. Angry over what he considered unfair treatment at the debate, Trump told CNN on August 7 night that Kelly had "blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever."
     
The remark cost Trump a prime-time speaking slot at the RedState Gathering, the Atlanta conference where several other presidential candidates spoke to about 1,000 conservative activists.
     
But Trump refused to back down, insisting August 9 that only "a deviant" would interpret his comment beyond a harmless barb.
     
"I apologize when I'm wrong, but I haven't been wrong. I said nothing wrong," said Trump, who spoke to four August 9 news shows, skipping only Fox News, the network with which he is feuding.
     
The flap is just the latest from Trump's unconventional, insurgent campaign, which has excited many anti-establishment conservatives while confounding party leaders already facing the prospects of a bruising fight among 17 candidates.