Republican debate as it happened: Top 10 candidates face-off in first debate for the 2016 election

That's a wrap. All the candidates have given their closing statements and are now being joined by family members on stage.

Carson uses his closing statement to talk about what he's done: separated siamese twins and operated on babies while in the womb.

Meanwhile, Huckabee attacked Hillary Clinton (openly) and Donald Trump (not as openly) in his closing statement saying Clinton is "surrounded by scandal" and does not "know how to lead". He was booed while given his closing statement as attendees believed he was talking about Trump.

Candidates are making closing statements.

Facebook question from Chase Norton: "Have you received word from God?"

• Cruz talks about his father, a pastor, says he reads the Bible and hears from God.
• Kasich says God wants the US to succeed.

• Walker says through the blood of Christ, he has been redeemed.
• "God has blessed us," says Rubio. "God has blessed the Republican Party with diverse candidates while the Democrats can't find one."
• Carson brings up race relations and his time as a surgeon.

The military is not a social experiment. The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things. -Mike Huckabee

Donald Trump he is the "polar opposite" of President Obama and that those in Washington DC do not know what they are doing. Says, "What happened in Iran is a disgrace."

Asked about gay marriage, John Kasich admitted to being a "traditional guy". However he said, "God gives me unconditional love, I'm going to give it to my people and those around me."

He added, "Just because somebody doesn't think the way I do...Doesn't mean I don't love them."

Jeb Bush clarifies that he never called Donald Trump a "clown," while Trump says Bush did call him out on his "tone".

First social issue spoken about: Planned Parenthood and abortion.

• Jeb Bush says his "record is clear" despite being a director of an Bloomberg organisation that freely gave donations to Planned Parenthood. Clarifies that as governor in Florida, he defunded Planned Parenthood.
• Marco Rubio also clarifies his comments on aborting foetuses in times of rape. Says he supports life at the time of conception.
• Meanwhile, Megyn Kelly asks Donald Trump why he has changed his position on abortion and when he "became a Republican".

Bret Baier brings up Rick Perry and Carly Fiorina's comments regarding the Iran deal during the earlier debate.

• Walker says he remembers when Iran held more than 50 American hostages and adds he will "tear up the deal" on day one.
• Paul says Obama did not negotiate from a position of strength but that he does not disregard negotiation.
• Huckabee, meanwhile, attacks Obama for "getting nothing" out of the Iran deal, including the four American hostages still in Iran.

Talking about his bankruptcies, real estate mogul Donald Trump takes a dig at Atlantic City in Gov. Chris Christie's home state of New Jersey.

Both Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley have jumped at the #GOPDebate.

Meanwhile, Democratic front-runner has decided to retweet the account @TheBriefing2016, which is "fact-checking" certain issues discussed by Republicans.

The debate now turns its attention the economy. First up is Jeb Bush, who has promised 4% economic growth and 19million new jobs.

Democratic candidates have jumped on the #GOPDebate hashtag conversation on Twitter by tweeting their responses to the debate question.

Donald Trump responds to questions regarding donating to Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Says he's donated to many of the candidates standing on the debate state.

After several minutes of not hearing from Ben Carson, the candidate is asked a question about water boarding by Megyn Kelly.

Answering a Facebook question on Isis, Ted Cruz says the terrorist organisation will not be defeated unless President Obama recognizes "radical Islamic terrorism."

Chris Christie attacks Rand Paul on his opposition of the NSA's bulk data collection programme. And Paul attacks right back. "I want to collect more records from terrorists but less records from innocent Americans," Paul said.

Christie brings up hugging victims of the 9/11 attack, which he says were genuine, unlike Senator Paul's decision to post video footage of his Senate speeches for gain donations for his campaign.

Amid the responses of the Republican candidates regarding immigration, Democratic candidate Martin O'Malley tweeted the following in Spanish:

Fox News host asks Kasich, "I know you don't like talking about Donald Trump but..." before asking him to speak about Trump and his comments on immigration.

Donald Trump is asked to talk directly to Jeb Bush about his comments regarding Mexican immigrants being "rapists" and drug dealers. Trump says if it were not for him, no one would be talking about immigration.

If it weren't for me, you wouldn't even be talking about illegal immigration.

Rand Paul's plan on fighting Isis: not giving Isis's allies weapons.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on abortion: "I'm pro-life... I defunded Planned Parenthood more than 4 years ago."

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is asked about his state's economy. His response: "You should have seen it before I got there."

Megyn Kelly calls out Trump for calling women "pigs" and "animals" and other attitudes against women. Trump responds that he only called Rosie O'Donnell and that he, nor the US, has time to be politically correct. He then tells Kelly he has been nice to her, but that he perhaps should not be.

Senator Marco Rubio says the election cannot be a "resume competition" because if it is, then the presidency will go to Hillary Clinton. He gets applause from crowd when saying Clinton cannot lecture him about living paycheck-to-paycheck because he grew up that way.

First debate question goes to Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, who says he has time to learn everything there is to learn about becoming Commander-in-Chief.

Within minutes front-runner Donald Trump is booed after he says he would run as an Independent if he does not win the Republican nomination. Rand Paul quickly takes his first hit against Trump.

Fox News anchor and debate host Megyn Kelly explains the candidates will stand on the stage by their poll standings. Ohio Governor John Kasich by far receives the loudest applause. Candidates have 1 minute to answer questions.

The ten candidates take the stage in Ohio, with the Fox News hosts and the candidates awkwardly beginning the debate.

And we begin the main event. Ten candidates will take the stage in the hopes of breaking out and pulling ahead in the polls. Leading the polls until now is outspoken reality TV star turned politician Donald Trump. Trump, who surprisingly skyrocketed in the polls, has the most to win and lose during this debate.

According to Google Trends, Carly Fiorina was the top searched candidate during the first debate. The rest of the candidates followed: Lindsey Graham, Jim Gilmore, Rick Perry, Bobby Jindal/George Pataki and Rick Santorum.

And that's a wrap for the "happy hour" debate.

Back to immigration for Bobby Jindal. "Immigration without assimilation is an invasion," he says. Jindal adds that if people want to come to the US, they must come legally and must learn English.

The moderators just gave each candidate an opportunity to describe Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in two words. Most went over the two word limit.

If drinking games are not for you, Newsweek has a bingo game to play during the first GOP debate.

On executive orders:

Bobby Jindal (who is a strong opponent against executive orders) says he would use his first executive order would be to repeal those set by President Obama. He also brought up religious freedom.

Rick Perry, Rick Santorum and Carly Fiorina all say they would repeal Obama's executive orders.

Meanwhile, George Pataki says he would sign an executive order freezing the hiring of federal employees in Washington.

The debate has moved on to Planned Parenthood and abortion. George Pataki says he favours defunding Planned Parenthood and ending abortions after 20 weeks. "We should believe in science," he said.

It should be noted that Gov. Jindal has already cut state funding to Planned Parenthood.

Meanwhile, Lindsey Graham says the defunding of Planned Parenthood is not a "war on women," adding that the war of women can be seen in Iraq, which he has been to 35 time.

As the seven candidates debate dealing with Iran, Senator Marco Rubio releases his own plan to "undo the Iran deal". Rubio, who will participate in the main debate later tonight, has been a vocal opponent to the Iran nuclear deal.

Carly Fiorina says her first two calls if elected to office would be to Israel's Netanyahu and to Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei. Said money cannot flow to Iran.

The debate moved quickly from Iran to marriage equality and abortion. Santorum calls the Supreme Court a "rogue" court.

For those looking to make the debates a tad more entertaining, it appears TIME had created the first Republican debate drinking game. Drink with caution!

Senator Graham's response to his questions has been to deflect back to Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. He also added, "If I have to monitor a mosque, I'll monitor a mosque." When he failed to answer a question about jobs creation, it was moved on to Santorum, who was then timed out.

The debate moves on to illegal immigration, a tough topic for Republicans and Democrats alike.

Rick Santorum had this to say regarding immigration:

When we treat everybody equally under the law, that is when people feel good about being American.

More questions regarding Isis and homegrown extremists. Former New York Gov. George Pataki was asked if he would put mosque under surveillance. Pataki spoke of his experience as governor during the 9/11 attacks and how he believes "we are at greater risk today" than any time since 9/11.

Both Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Carly Fiorina were ask about Republican front-runner Donald Trump. Perry, in both of his questions, appeared fired up and confident about his success while in office.

Meanwhile, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham were asked about Islamic extremist group Isis. Jindal took the opportunity to attack President Barack Obama, while Graham touted his belief that the US should head to war.

Many of the questions asked to the seven candidates on stage have amounted to, "Why are you so terrible?" Social media has definitely noticed.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is asked about his polling numbers at home--in the mid 30s--and how he thinks he can win the presidential election.

We begin tonight with the first forum for the last seven candidates in the GOP field. Those in the "happy hour" debate, hosted by Fox News and Facebook, will allow the candidates with low polling numbers make a difference in their campaign.

Conservative strategist and Reagan biographer Craig Shirley told Fox News, "An underdog is going to emerge from this debate."