don't pat yourselves on the back too much. we've got a debate, milwaukee here, 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. eastern and hosted by maria bartiromo, neil cavuto and gerald baker. stuart: good to be back in time for the great debate. it's a big story, is it not? the candidates take the stage ten hours from now. the economy, your money, right there in focus and they have to tell us, the candidates, how they would return america to prosperity. this could also be, make or break for some of those people on the stage tonight. this probably will not come up tonight, but it's turned into a very telling story. donald trump, the front runner. he says maybe we should boycott starbucks over the new plain red cups?

now, that's a headline. and hillary clinton jabs the republican field, quote, they want to complain that the economy isn't growing enough, she says. it's the republicans that caused the problem in the first place, she says. we'll discuss that. and this is a huge day for your money and for this network and look at this, you're watching the death of freedom of the press on a college campus in america and we're going to talk about it. "varney & company" about to begin. ♪ first thing we'll do this morning, after watching the dow sink, what, 200 points yesterday, we're going to look how it might open this morning, probably ever so slowly lower. down around the 17-7 level. bearing in mind the international agency says opec's strategy, keep on pumping, could keep oil at $50 a barrel for years.

we may not see $80 oil until 2020, says the international agency. $43 right now. gasoline down a fraction, 2.21 is your national average. the first debate starts at 7 eastern. hosted by sandra smith and-- the second debate hosted by neil cavuto, and gerald baker, that will be donald trump, ben carson, marco rubio, ted cruz, jeb bush, carly fiorina, rand paul, john kasich. we thought this was rescued from oblivion, donald trump

wants to boycott starbucks, roll that tape. >> did you read about starbucks? no more merry christmas on starbucks, i wouldn't buy-- i'm speaking against myself. i have one of the most successful starbucks in trump tower. maybe we should boycott starbucks, i don't care. by the way, that's the end of that lease, but who cares? who cares? but today, a big story that's got starbucks is taking merry christmas off, no more merry christmas, i will tell you, lots of big things, lots of little things, you can call this anything you want, but if i become president we're all going to be saying merry christmas again, that i can tell you, that i can tell you. [laughter] >> he's got a way with words. ashley: so good, isn't he hitting those buttons and a lot of people say absolutely. and it's become an issue in britain's parliament now.

stuart: you're kidding me. ashley: no, a conservative says that this is an example of political correctness gone mad and the idiot who came up with this should be sacked. stuart: who is the idiot or trump? >> the person at starbucks who came up with this should be fired, oh, yes, it's across the atlantic now. stuart: i thought that was a non-story when it first emerged and right now-- tamara holder is here. what do you say? >> i think we should get rid of christmas trees and starbucks. stuart: you do not. >> no, no. i grew up in a half and half family, half jewish, half christian, in southern eastern colorado we had christmas carols and christmas trees and i press those things. the pledge of allegiance, all of those things that are leaving schools are part of the culture of america, not religion, but culture was trump onto something with bringing the story back.

boycott of starbucks? >> it's a perfect trump issue. stuart: go to tamara on that one. wait a sec. >> it's interesting that the pre business guy is now anti-business, boycott starbucks. stuart: that's stretching it. >> he says he's going to lose the lease, and don't by starbucks by not buying starbucks e do you know what kind of a mood i'd be in if i didn't have coffee? >> and next up, hillary clinton blames republican policies for the current slow rate of economic growth. roll that tape, please. >> and then they've complained, oh, this recovery is so slow. really? why did we need a recovery? what was the original sin here,

it was bad republican policies. stuart: oh, bad republican politics. look who is here. art laffer, he's the man who wrote the plan for prosperity under ronald reagan. is it legitimate for hillary clinton to blame republican policies for the slow growth on president obama? what say you? >> it's selective, she's correct, but it's also the democratic policies. there's no difference with b and obama. they've done it with stimulus packages and economics that caused the great recession. we've had the second worst recovery in the history of the united states with the great recession. anyone who says the economy is doing well. 14 is million jobs a year. stuart: art, is it legit to say it's the republicans' fault? >> no, it's republicans and democrats fault. it's w and obama, both did the stimulus spending and all of

that that created a nice natural sort recession into a great recession that lasted ten years now. that's the problem, it's not republican or democrat. save that for politicians. stuart: we want a lot more from you. hang on a second. tamara holder is still here, that must be music to your ears from art laffer. >> it's true. it's both party's fault and look at the frontrunners, carson and trump because they're anti-politicians, politics as usual and that's what the american people feel. however, why are you blaming obama for everything. hillary blames bush or bush policies, that's wrong. stuart: i'm asking the question. will we get 4% economic growth if we have hillary clinton and the -- hillary clinton as president pursuing the same policies as obama. >> more growth. stuart: you're going to get 1%,

2%, 4% with hillary's growth? >> i don't think that tamara is correct on this. stuart: thank you. >> she's wonderful and all that, but with the good tax policies and good spending restraint, sound money and free trade minimal regulations we could get growth rates 6, 6 1/2, 7% for seven years and that's only espoused now by the republicans. there are no kennedy or clinton-- well, clinton democrats meaning bill clinton democrats. stuart: that's music to all our ears. got it? don't say a word. how about this one. we're seeing a new, i'm going to say feistier side of ben carson. roll tape. >> i could stay now until the election on the defensive of something somebody accused me

of because i've written books and talked about things. and we could talk about things that are important, the future threatening our children. stuart: i said feisty. that's not feisty. any comment, tamara. >> yeah, i have a comment. this is a guy who has fairy tales. he's written all of these books and given these speeches, things that don't exist, that he stabbed a guy, that the guy doesn't exist. the pyramids, all of these things, he's full of it and it's not just an attack, i'm interested in the republicans candidates, but why want somebody that makes things up that aren't true. it's vetting as usual. stuart: art, do you think that ben carson is doing the right thing, coming back as he has come back against his attackers. >> i don't know if he's done the right thing. that's a political strategy, but i can tell you that ben carson is one of the most accomplished, intelligent, spectacular human beings i have ever met. i'm chairman of the board of

centennial hospital in nashville, tennessee. we have 14 physicians and when ben carson came here to talk to me, everyone wants the to come on touch him. he separated conjoined twins and they both lived. well they-- he's a spectacular person. i mean, they really are gifted hands and he's got a very gifted brain and he's a phenomenal person and great candidate and i wish him all the best of luck. stuart: that was the last word there from art laffer, stay silent. all right. and we've got several big-name retailers and they say they will open their doors on thanksgiving day. cheryl casone has the story in case you missed it. >> i missed you, welcome back, mr. varney. >> like a hole in the head. >> my blood pressure going up. and standing by their belief,

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isla island. you're from a political dynasty, no stranger to controversy. give advice to someone like ben carson. he's been hit strongly and he is trying to come back strong. what's your advice to ben carson. >> thank you, stuart for having me on. i think the challenge, as ben carson said, is for our country to father the issues rather than be consumed with the personalities. our country is at a crossroads with mental illness and addiction claiming so many of our fellow americans' lives. suicide is two to three times what the homicide rate is and overdose rates are surpassing car accidents for leading cause of death. we actually have a mortality rates for white men 45 to 55 grow so rapidly they surpass what we saw during the height of the aids epidemic, so, hopefully tonight we focus on

actual issues, stuart, not just personalities. stuart: i hear. you said that the democrats are the ones who address mental reform. i'm not sure that's accurate. >> no, no, stuart, i-- >> i just want to roll tape from chris christie as it appeared for the huffington post. roll tape and your comment after that, patrick. >> so the 16-year-old teenage girl on the floor of the county lockup addicted to heroin, i'm pro-life for her, too. her life is just as much a precious gift from god as the one in the womb and we need to start thinking that way as a party and as a people and the president needs to say those things. stuart: now, patrick, carly fiorina has addressed this, donald trump has said we need to address mental health, every time there's a mass shooting, what's that he says. the republicans are right there in on this issue, they're with you on this issue. >> you know what?

and we hope and frankly, there's 23 million americans in long-term recovery. i would encourage all of those who are republicans to vote for chris christie, honestly, he's the one most articulate in describing this as a disease, it's a chemistry issue and not a character issue as he just did in that clip. i think if republicans want it take on president obama on this, they should. president obama has failed to implement the mental health parity and addiction equity act that was signed in law a bipartisan bill and that law requires insurance companies to no longer discriminate against a person who has a mental illness or addiction, but to treat them the same as if they were someone suffering from diabetes or cardiovascular disease or cancer. so, stuart, hopefully these republicans will take on the administration and force them to cover mental illnesses and addiction just like every other physical illness.

stuart: we shall see. i'm sure it will be put to the candidates. they're hearing you. they know what you're saying, patrick and we appreciate you being with us this morning. >> thank you very much, stuart. stuart: yes, sir. coming up, freedom of the press on a college campus dying at the university of missouri. protesters blocking the media in a public space. wait until you see this one. and obama's legacy challenged. a federal court ruling against his plan for millions of immigrants. here he is, judge andrew napolitano fired up on this one. jeb bush: leadership means you've got to be all in. it's not about yappin'. it's not about talking. it's about doing. i know how to do this because i was privileged to serve

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about this one. the students formed a circle around the protesters in the middle and they wanted to create a safe space for them. ashley: journalists out, but it's on a public campus quad they set up a semi tent city for and decided that they wouldn't allow journalists in. stuart: i could understand safety from physical attack, that's what you want. but safety from opposing ideas. what's with that? >> well, it was a student journalists apparently infringing on their right to be alone. i didn't know there was such a right, infringing on my right to be alone. if you want to be alone, go back to your dorm. stuart: that's pathetic, isn't it. >> it is. stuart: it's absolutely pathetic. ashley: and this professor is a symbol of this. melissa click is her name and calling for muscle to get someone out who has every right. i'm glad that the young man stood up to are himself. i have every night to be here,

and he did. >> you're making it a side show and this is on racist issues. >> and they wanted the media then. >> and they then they were answers it. ashley: outrage. stuart: coming up, the opening bell. we were 200 points yesterday. we're a long way from 18k. and sea world revamping the whole killer whale show. more on that in a moment and the opening bell, too.

>> and there's a good tax policy and good spending policies that mean spending restraint and free trade regulations we could get growth rates up to 6, 6 1/2, 7% for several years and that's now only espoused by the candidates. and there are no clinton kennedy-- meaning bill clinton democrats. stuart: that's art laffer. remember, we begin every weekday at 9:00. and you'll hear the bell clack and the usual story. we'll start 30, 35 points lower, following a selloff

yesterday. 200 points to the down side. that took the dow back to 17,700 at the close yesterday. that was yesterday. today is about to hope, the bells are ringing and that means seven seconds to go. as i said, we should be on the down side when all is done. 9:30 precisely, we're off and running down to 6, down 19. before we go, down 45. okay. we're down, folks. ashley webster is here is and so is liz macdonald. tom horowitz and hillary kramer join the crew. what happened to 18,000 on the dow? we're a long way from it. >> we could still get there, stuart, by the end of the december. we need today take a break and everyone adjusted to the fact that we will have tightening. it's more expensive for companies to borrow. if you look at the data, there are expenditures plans, i'm not worried-- >> the fed raises rates. >> not at all.

we have the stocks. stuart: tom horowitz, 18 k by the end of the year, you're not worried if the fed raises rates? >> good morning, stuart, i do not think that the fed will raise rates, i think that's a bunch of rhetoric to manipulate where you are. around 18,000, i wouldn't be surprised if we hit the highs, however, we're going much lower. the garbage that we'll see back and forth here, there's no volume, no volatility. the markets could run higher. yesterday was-- it wasn't real fearful. i look for much lower prices, but maybe not by the end of the year, but certainly going to the first quarter and next year, and i think we'll be down 20, 25% next year. stuart: whoa, there's a headline. the last mine is the best line. liz, before we get on with this, i want you to tell us, if the fed raises rates in december, is that necessarily a bad thing for the stock market?

liz: no. we may be in a sales recession and the majority of the s&p 500 companies reported down 3%, meagerly 3% in sales. stuart: we're down 39 point in the dow jones industrial average, not much movement out of the stock market, i'm going to stay on politics. hillary clinton blames republicans for slow growth. ashley: she says the original sin was caused by the republicans who created the great recession and hang on, trickle down economics help the country and if we hang onto this liz: i said this in 2010. the democrats are spending and makes gdp look better because the government spending adds to gdp. stuart: hilary, you look

frustrated on this. >> if hillary clinton ends up in the white house she'll bring up the tax rate, personal tax rates. we're going to be down 10 to 15%-- >> who is to blame, the republicans to blame for seven years of slow growth, go. >> i think it's really, who is in office now, but the general rule of thumb, everybody is to blame because they're all full of it and somebody's got to step up here and really make it correct because we've gone away from what our founding fathers intended, it's not what's being today. we've got too many special interests, too many guys who can donate to both parties looking for the edge. we've got to quick wasting on

the election and instead of worrying about the other stuff. stuart: he means it. look at the price of oil. the international energy agency says opec strategy, which is keep on pumping, could keep oil at $50 a barrel for years. we might not see $80 oil until the year 2020. todd, you trade this stuff. what do you say? >> we've got the commodity indexes down to 16-year lows right now. the u.s. dollar is flying to the moon because of the potential for a rate hike. the bol will continue to explode and commodities, most are bench marked against the u.s. dollar. so we're going to see probably some pressure here. so far, we're able to overcome the overall strength of the dollar, but should we choose to raise rates which we need to. but if we need to raise rates, it's going to put that much more pressure-- >> brent oil, and it's more

expensive. >> from the investor's side, stuart. we'll see so many acquisitions in the energy space. and the rumor that apache, that hess could be taken over by exxonmobil. it's-- >> so you see the opportunity for mergers. >> very much across the board there. stuart: and then we have sea world. they're going to end their trademark killer whales shows. >> what are they going to do? >> the shamu event was theatrical, iconic. so they're going to replace it. stuart: we took the kids like everybody else does, and got drenched. ashley: splashed. >> there you go, the orcas and animal rights groups say they suffer damage. they're in the open sea and swim hundreds if not thousands of miles daily.

and there will be a new experience, a natural setting for them. yes, open sections of the ocean, you know, fences off for the orcas, this is sea world responding. stuart: could you get a good view. when the thing splashes you, people love it. >> they won't be able to open up a sea world in chicago or the midwest. >> people think it's medieval and primitive. >> sea world up 1%. got it. how about apple, the ipad pro goes on sale tomorrow. by the way, ceo tim cook says the pc is dead. he's over in london right now and gave an interview to the daily telegraph and said, why would you buy a pc anymore, question mark? he talks about the new tablet, the tv device is where that's going to help power apple's growth. the new twiew device, the ipad

he says it's going to reconfigure the office space and security. we could break a record this coming quarter because what are we measuring against? he said the medical application of the watch is particularly encouraging and there could be more with regard to medical divisions. stuart: now, that was a hint about medical devices. a vague hint? >> he will with, it's a big business for them and i think this will be pursued because this could be insurance reimbursement. because if you have an apple watch on. the fda approved and it can measure heartbeat and your sugar level. stuart: you're telling me that maybe down the road, the insurance company will pay for my apple watch, seriously? >> wouldn't the fda have to get involved there? >> it would, not the apple watch, but he would welcome the fda for the next medical device, a hint of something to come.

>> he did say hacking of medical devices, watch out. stuart: 2 1/2%. a drop of apple, 2 1/2% at 117. >> the whole thing with the laptop is self-serving. look at hewlett-packard, hpe. and 13, it could be a $20 stock. people are still going to buy laptops, don't listen to tim cook on that one. stuart: how about this one, washington state health officials say they found no source for the e. coli outbreak related to chipotle. the chain's pacific northwest restaurant, they could reopen later this week. and they're up 11 1/2%. $9. have they been left with pa bad pr image which will effect their customers on the east coast? >> not nearly as bad as pink slime in chicken mcdugouts liz: good morning, everybody. stuart: hi, everybody. [laughter]

keep going, kids. >> and chipotle has free range chicken and considered organic, it's considered clean, people like it, but it's a thousand calories, that's more of the issue there. ashley: more concerned when he couldn't find the source of the e. coli liz: oregon officials say it's the vegetable. stuart: the thing has gone up 2 bucks. how about this one, lower sales at the gap. getting hurt by the strong dollar. i've heard that before. nicole: you've heard the whole gap story before. the stock is down this year. it's the seventh month in a row they've seen same-store sales cline. the only bright spot is old navy and the forecast is weaker than expected and the stock is down over 5% and the biggest loser in the s&p 500. stuart: 5% just like that. down it goes.

>> here is the story, i'm not sure i fully understand. facebook is told by a belgium court, stop tracking people who are not on facebook. ashley, what's going on. ashley: apparently if you're know the a member of facebook, but you go to a facebook page and check it out. the moment you do that, a cookie is installed, a simple file that, tra-- tracks the fact-- wait a minute, you've never been here. we've got a new person that is know the belonging to facebook and tracking your internet history. stuart: it's a cookie placed on your inquiry. >> and nothing to do with facebook. the judge says wait a minute, you've got to stop that in the next 48 hours. facebook is appealing it. they've been doing this for five years. i don't know if that's a good defense. stuart: maybe the belgians have got something right. ashley: chocolate, they do great chocolate. stuart: certainly do.

[laughter] check out the big boards, please, this is tuesday morning, we're ten minutes into the session and we're down 18 points. 17-7 for the dow industrials. coming up, president obama's legacy on the line. an executive order affecting millions of immigrants blocked by a federal court. the judge is here to explain. and the scene is set for one of the most important debates in years. it's the g.o.p. debate and the candidates are getting ready to get up on that stage. make or break for one or more people. more varney in a moment. ♪

big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern.

>> yes, it will. coverage kicks off at 5:00 eastern time. a special varney and company at 5 eastern followed by lou dobbs and first debate starts at 7 p.m. eastern.

now, jo ling kent is following the trends on social media ahead of the debate. she's in milwaukee. and what people are talking about on facebook, what are they talking about on facebook, jo. . jo: i want to show you the top five candidates, what people are talking about. government ethics and hillary clinton's e-mails certainly taking up a large share of that conversation. no surprise here, stuart, donald trump, the top candidate on facebook right now. but, interestingly, more women are talking about him than men. 55% women and then if you look at the age group here you see that it's dominated by millennials. where are they talking about trump, california, texas through the east coast. it's not like this for the candidates. ben carson, a completely different story, his engagement are throughout the midwest and south all the way through the deep south into florida, stuart.

stuart: i'd love to know what they're saying in california about donald trump. what are they saying as opposed to saying something? jo ling kent, thank you, see y you soon. jo: sure. stuart: a federal court ruled against president obama's executive action on immigration. that blocks his program that would have protected millions to deportation. judge, let's get at it, the court ruled 2-1 that said mr. president, you cannot do that. a big blow to the president? >> a tremendous blow to the president and a tremendous for the rule of law. and sent issues to various holm security. if illegal immigrants do a, b, c, d, e, like get a job, get a high school diploma, taxes a social security number.

he he made them up after congress rejected them. if they do a, b, c, d, e, we will not deport them even though the law demands they be deported. the state of texas says it's easy to say you won't deport them, they live in texas and we don't have the money for it. if they live here, they're entitled to health care, public education, transfer of benefits if they can't eat, otherwise known as welfare and we don't have that in our budget. 24 other states joined the texas lawsuit and a single federal judge enjoined the president, almost unheard of. last night, the appeals court in new orleans, which overseas federal district court judges in texas by a 2-1 vote, upheld that injunction and made it permanent. the president of the united states of america and everybody who works for him in the executive branch, is permanently enjoined from enforcing his executive orders which would have substantially modified and rewritten federal law in a way that the congress

rejected. stuart: now, can the president-- the president, of course, can go to the supreme court. >> yes, of course. stuart: but it's a very busy session in the moment. could he interject that and say, hey, make your mind up. >> he could find an emergent appeal and they could say we're not hearing it in an emergent capacity. and it will stay in place. the effectiveness of the injunction, believe it or not, is now a trial in texas in which the state of mexico and the other 24 states, will prove that they can't afford this. i don't think such a trial will happen. i think the injunction will effectively be permanent and outlast the president's administration. meaning it will be in place when the next president succeeds him. stuart: judge napolitano, thank you, sir. fast food workers on strike in hundreds of cities today. they want a higher minimum wage. one guy who knows all about that is dan price.

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>> and now, here is a huge loser. that's company, x-one, not to be confused with the energy company. x-one actually exone. down 15%, got it. now, look at ge, they used to be the widows and orphans stock. now $37 a share. the g.o.p. debate is hours away. and this could be make or break for candidates on the stage tonight. ge is 30 a share. and angela mcglowan is here. this is marco rubio, you think it's his night when he catches

up with carson and trump. >> he came from a position of position. when jeb bush attacked him, he was not defensive, he was on the offense. and that's why he has this ad that he's put out in preparation for tonight. and the great thing about rubio is this, he has crossover, when he first ran for the senate i was in florida and attended a minority event for him and people stood up and applauded. and i attended a hoity-toity event and the white men in the room stood up and applauded. stuart: so what? >> and means he can appeal to all-- >> i want to address the attack ad against jeb bush, roll at that tape, please.

>> marco has, i think, is something that the republican party needs to have which is a hopef hopeful optimistic message based on our principles. i'm a huge marco fan. stuart: that's interesting, that was an ad from marco rubio attacking jeb bush, using jeb bush's own words against him. >> that's right, he's on the offense. it's something when you can get your enemies own words to promote yourself. isn't that smart? >> do you think that's smart. is he your guy? >> rubio kasich and fiorina, my gallon and guys. you don't like ben carson. >> donald trump as my president i don't want, he's very clever. stuart: suppose rubio's attack lands on jeb bush. could jeb bush if he doesn't show up, do you think he's out? >> no, i don't think he's out.

i haven't written jeb bush off yet. those are my favorites. do you remember clinton the comeback kid, if jeb shows passion, i think he'll do well. stuart: which of all the republican candidates could get the most votes from the black community. >> rubio. stuart: not carson? >> rubio. carson from a religious standpoint, but that's it. some of our tax policy under the conservative right and backing the federal government kind of hurts us. stuart: we hear you. angela, i started to all you angela, as in angela merkel. >> the leader and-- >> you want to be the chancellor of germany? >> i can be anything i want to be. stuart: angela, thank you very much indeed. next hour, a cheating scandal at the olympics. russian athletes accused of enhancing drugs at the games. and is donald trump not happy

about the design of starbucks christmas cups, they're red, no christmas. you'll hear it from his own mouth. second hour of "varney & company" two minutes away.

stuart: israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was in d.c. donald trump sounding off the starbucks holiday cup. he says when he is president, everyone will be saying they christmas. "varney & company." the second hour starts right now. ♪ the republican candidate takes center stage tonight.

right here on fox business. the first debate at 5:00 p.m. eastern. rick santorum, bobby jindal, rick huckabee and chris christie. 9:00 p.m., donald trump, ben carson, marco rubio, joe bush, carly fiorina and ran paul. let's check the big board. down five points this morning. apple down and dragging the dow down with it. that, by the way, that $3 loss caused the dow three points. the price of oil is roughly 44 hollers per price of barrow. next case, chipotle will be reopening the stores that closed in the northwest do to the e. coli outbreak. that brought the stuck up nearly 3%. gas. a big loser.

lower sales. the strong dollar is to blame. gte. for years that was the widows and orphans stock. that angered about six or seven years ago. gt is now back to $30 a share. that is a seven-year high. starbucks. donald trump is weighing in on the controversy about that holiday cup. it is a plain red cup. roll donald spaeth. >> do you read about starbucks? no more christmas that starbucks. i am speaking against myself. i have one of the most successful starbucks and trump tower. maybe we should wake starbucks. i don't know. seriously. i don't care. who cares. who cares.

today, a big story that has starbucks taking merry christmas all. no more merry christmas. lots of big things, lots of big things. you can call this anything i want. if i become president, we will all be saying merry christmas again. that i can tell you. stuart: this story i thought should have been consigned to oblivion several days ago. donald trump has brought it right back onto the front burner >> anyone who is upset about this starbucks cup controversy needs to shut up in soft and stop the embarrassing themselves, embarrassing conservative and embarrassing christians. that is not persecution. persecution is getting your head chopped off. which does happen. just relax. the cups are read in grade. when i see reading -- when i see

green and red, i think christmas. stuart: is is good politics on his part? >> i think he saw an opportunity to get fired up about something. this is insane. i cannot believe that people are actually upset about this. stuart: it is another attack. another example of political correctness. >> starbucks is a private company they can have whatever it wants to have. it is not like the cups say i hate christmas. if you say merry christmas you have to leave. >> it is more stunning to pay $8 for a cup at starbucks. >> i would say things are going pretty well for you. stuart: donald trump taking a very small slice of a story,

extrapolate out. >> that is what he does. starbucks is the devil's coffee. no, it's not. it is coffee. the cups are red and green. a snowflake free cup. the two we are moving on. more on trump's comments. we will have more in our next hour. fox news radio host is a bit conservative. he says he does not understand all the outrage on a plain red cup. he is on the show next. president obama and netanyahu. meeting at the white house yesterday. a former u.s. ambassador to kuwait. mr. ambassador, welcome to the program. thank you for being here. >> good morning.

the relationship still appears to be extremely strained strange between israel's leader and president obama. does that have negative consequences for america in any way shape or form? >> this relationship between the u.s. and israel is a strong enduring relationship. decades of crises, wars, and, by the way, changes in leadership. some good and some bad. i do not think it is strange, at this point, the way it was several months ago over the iran deal. stuart: disagree about whether it is one state or tsdue policy. do they disagree about the random stabbings within israel? there is fundamental disagreement with how to deal with the situation. >> on the stabbings, the president was pre-categorical about that. condemning it and calling the info to that kind of violence.

it was a pretty strong word. he made no references on the other side of the equation. this was a very important meeting. it was a very useful one. pragmatic comes to mind. diplomacy, it is not just personalities. it is strategic relationships. the israeli-american relationship is a strategic one. stuart: i am speculating here, but i see russia's president, presents, in syria aligned with the iranians. i think that that is a direct threat to saudi arabia and the supply of oil from outside. it could explode, could it not. >> interestingly enough, my take on that is that putin is really trying to demonstrate that his russia has power in an area that has been virtually hours for,

what, 25 years. also a question about saudi arabia and kuwait. reaching out to those states in a very clever way. in fact, even today, actually in moscow. this is his effort to add diplomatic angles to the power projection. stuart: thank you very much indeed for joining us. we appreciate it. i want to get back to tonight's debate. it is very, very important. ben carson. he kind of changed his tone. i said that he had been feisty earlier. i think that he was just more forceful in presented his side of the argument. what do you make about the new ben carson? >> i do not think that he can. i think that he is showing that he can be more forceful, if he has to.

in this situation, he really does have to. has to be careful not to take it too far, i think. stuart: carrying the fight to the enemy. >> i think that he will need to keep harnessing what he has. making it look like it is not that big of a deal. liz: over crossing the subtle sometimes. >> was articulate his tax plan and growth plan. he has to go directly straight at it. >> oh four not too much of a distraction of everything is going on. he needs to make sure he can stay focused on the issue. stuart: i think fox business will sort that out. fox business will cut to the heart of this. all about growth and posterity.

cat, thank you very much indeed. a big night for fox business tonight and the candidates. chris regan, sandra smith and gerald start off 7:00 o'clock tonight. 9:00 p.m. eastern, neil cavuto, maria bartiromo and gerard baker host the second debate. it will be right here on the fox business network. it is a yearly battle. whether store should be opened on thanksgiving. what are stores choosing to do? which ones are staying open? ashley: some say store should be close because of family. other stores looking for the revenue. if you open, people will come. target, macy's and sears opening at 6:00 a.m. toys "r" us opening up that 5:00 p.m.

you have staples order outdoor sports company that say they will not open on thanksgiving day. they have been very vocal about it. $1500 luxury smart watch. i know you would spend that on a watch. you may want to reconsider. not impressed with this watch. paying for the name. the gadget is unimpressive in a watch. compared to apple watch and other offsprings out there. heavy heart. we bring you the sad news that daniel fleetwood stars super fan died last night. his dying wish was to see the new star wars film before its official release. the hash tag force for daniel started. we even had daniel on the show to talk about his wish. we got the attention and the cast. daniel did get to see the film before he passed away.

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stuart: not a lot of action on the dow this morning. just below 177. gt is that a seven-year high. such $30 a share just a moment ago. do not forget gold. $1300 an ounce into a new area. now it is $1087. jeb bush. one e-mail that asked him what he would do if he could go back in time. listen to this response.

>> if you could go back in time and kill baby hitler, would you? >> hell i would. stuart: what do you make of that? ashley: you have to step up. it could have a dangerous effect. what is he doing answering this question? >> i do not think he should have answered at that. it is like a do you wear boxer or briefs? stuart: i remember the question being asked. should jeb have answered that question? no. he should have not. i think he wants to project so he answered the question. it did not come off quite right. that guy benson is with us. i will ask the same question of god. should he respond to it more forcefully? >> silly question. i could not quite figure out

what the context was just from the audio. if you have a campaign that has been floundering a little bit and you have to focus, baby talking about hypotheticals maybe not the best thing. i have no problems with guys taking weird questions and answering them when they're running for president. that is kind of the gig. here we are talking about jeb bush and baby hitler instead of his actual campaign. what he has to do to pull this thing together. right now he is in the low single digits. stuart: jeb bush does have a tax plan. i kind of like the tax plan. it is about lowering corporate tax rates. an interesting plan. if he does not get that out, put it on the table in a forceful and clear fashion, do you think that jeb bush is really out of it after tonight?

>> he launched a failed attack on marco rubio. that really hurt him. here is the thing about jeb. obamacare replacement plan that is good. and entitlement reform plan that is good. he has a record that is strong. it just sort of seems like that is not translating in this campaign so far. he is viewed as the establishment guy. getting ready to drop maybe $20 million on marco rubio. i understand he is in desperation mode a little bit. you wonder what would be the case if he ran this campaign. more forcefully from the get go. fighting from a position of weakness where he is now. stuart: it is a television thing. you have got to succeed on television. project that of being in charge, forceful and in control.

you do not do well in a televised debate. >> that is an important point. think about it. remember the cnn debate out in to see me valley. jeb bush was already to demand that jeb bush wife needed an apology from donald trump. he had a premeditated attack against marco rubio. rubio was completely ready for it. counterpunch hard. job was never ready and that debate. he does not seem like that awful mail and control that a lot of voters are looking for. that has been a stylistic thing for him. gerri: this could be rubio's night. >> trying to figure out what sort of questions.

i hope that they will ask serious questions. we were certainly lacking them. hopefully getting a real substantive exploration of policy detail. people with good plans and are prepared in granular detail to explain their plans and helping the american people, help american people get jobs, help the american people, that is who will get jobs. stuart: that is what you will get tonight. guaranteed. guy benson. talk to you very soon. starbucks plain red holiday cup. donald trump's leading the charge. my take on that is up next. it's more than the cloud.

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♪ a minister walks into a starbucks and get his coffee and a red holiday cup. it is a plain cup. no writing on it. nothing to say that christmas is a celebration of the birth of jesus. it is the war on christmas 2015 addition. too many christians, outrage over a plain red holiday cup is going a bit far. at a time when christian are being killed by the thousand. outrage over a plain red cup is ridiculous. it tarnishes all christians with the extremist label. the story should have been that today. here comes in donald trump. he suggests a boycott to the leading republican candidates. because that holiday cup.

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>> this is the second low for the dow industrials. 17667. how about apple? yes, it is down 2%. that drags the dow down with it. the ipad pro comes out tomorrow. two chicago, please. jeff flock walking the streets talking about the debate tonight. jeff: you know what we came here to chicago four. democrats are here. they're watching these two dates. this is a biker gang. it may not look like it. the bikes may not have motors on them. with me, a man that has written a poem about the republican debate tonight. would you begin reading right there. >> short. trump draws the electorate like flies the sweetness.

24 million viewers. he is on stage with princess die ronald reagan. jeff: i will pause you there. this is a very long poem. it goes on for some time. democrats in this town, there are some, believe it or not, looking for another candidate out there. you do not see any republicans you could go for. >> not at this moment. i have not seen anybody in the republican party with any kind of ideas for decades. jeff: there you go. this is what they are up against, perhaps. maybe you looking for folks. i hear names like a sick. i hear names like christie. i do not hear carson. i do not hear ted cruz. there you go.

i leave it with a picture of the biker gang. their bikes are right out on the street. >> if you can find a republican, you can come back on the show. jeff flock. he will be back. let's get to hillary clinton. blaming the slow and weak economy on the republicans. roll tape. >> and then they complain. this recovery is so slow. really? why did we need a recovery? what was the original sin here? it was bad republican policies. stuart: bring in former congressman and cochair for carly fiorina. happy to have you on the show.

>> it is an absolute delight for me. thank you, stuart. i am a longtime fan. stuart: keep going. [laughter] stuart: hillary clinton says it is the republicans fall. a slow and weak economy because of the republicans. >> secretary clinton has no understanding of how our economy works nor how any free market works. it is, in fact, those of us that suffer, and we all do, under the burdens of healthcare costs that are too high. houses in their mortgages that are too costly. college tuition that are out of control. all of those are attributed to government policy that has been misdirected. secretary clinton's friends who have been rich themselves at the

cost of the rest of america. stuart: carly fiorina, who you support, if she is going to break her tonight, she has to express a plan in simple and clear and dramatic terms. can she do it? >> absolutely. stuart: how is she planning to do that? >> she is a proven leader. she rose to be the first female ceo of a fortune 20 company. had to account for the numbers, essentially, every quarter. what carly has proposed is a very simple, but clear and powerful mechanism. she says let's make every department of the federal government account for what it spends. stuart: i know that that is the first step of several other steps. do you think that that flies.

it breaks through? does that break through? >> it breaks through in combination with the other things that carly is talking about. we have to review. she is capable of doing it. she has proven she can tear downloaded bureaucracy. stuart: which he cut tax breaks? >> she says we should bring it down to three pages. that is what the average american can understand. she has the leadership, proven ability to do that. liz: a middle-class message, too. we have become a nation of rules. >> she wants to make it favor the rest of us. stuart: she wants to break back into the top two. tonight is the night where she must do it did thank you for being with us this morning. >> i appreciate being here. thank you.

stuart: a facial fox business lineup tonight. another power of "varney & company." 5:00 o'clock eastern time. we will be on the air. lou dobbs. starts at 6:07 p.m. eastern. see world. phasing out the killer whale show. liz: this is after a span of time where they have been under a lot of pressure from that cnn blackfish documentary. they were being abused psychology psychologically and physically. they will go for more natural environment. the complaints have been these whales are encapsulated or have to swim around in enclosed pools that are too small for them. this is the management responding to the market.

ticket sales were down nearly 20%. ashley: we will also start the breeding program. not bringing in other ones. ultimately, they will be out of the way. liz: a year to 50 years old. they will eventually cycle them out. stuart: they are performing animals. as a group, we do not want that anymore. all right. i want to get back to that bombshell report. athletes using performance enhancement drugs at the 2012 london olympics. someone in, olympic swimmer. very good to have you with us this morning. >> thank you. nice to be on your show. thank you. stuart: is this proof believed by all expert authorities that the russians engaged in doping their athletes and if they did that and you are confident that they did that, should they be

excluded from the olympic games next year in brazil? >> i do not think they would come up with this report if it is not true. if this is the case, you know, it is hard on an athlete to say, yes, just ban them. what happened to the other athletes that are cheating from russia. you are kind of lumping them all into one category. you feel bad for the athletes that are not cheating. what do you do? stuart: why was it is not caught at the london games themselves? they have a pretty strong anti-doping regimen. it was caught a year or two later. what is going on? >> i do not know. all these people that are always one step ahead the testing agency. from what i read, it sounds like they really went in depth with

people pretending some of the agents were testing people. how do they get away with that? they walk in and pay off the guys? it is appalling to lengths that they went to to hide this. my question is, do the athletes know that this is going on? not really knowing what is going on? is russia just covering it? we do not know yet. stuart: kate them out of the olympic games next year. that basically sings the olympics next year. >> well, you know, i look back at 1980. so looking forward to seeing the americans compete there. what happens to the russian allies? will they not compete, too? who knows. i have no idea. do they have the authority to make his decision and actually

follow you with it or is this just a recommendation? who knows. as an athlete, you want a legitimate competition. you do not want these cheaters. stuart: forgive me for asking you this, do you still swim? every single day? couple of miles? >> couple times a week. i do everything just to stay in shape. i love working out. i love the way that it makes me feel. stuart: thank you very much for being on the show. >> thank you. stuart: time for the sector report. cheryl has a bitmap in front of her. cheryl: i am looking at apple. it actually opened down a little more than 2%. there is a report out that says the iphone six sales are starting to slow. tough news because we are waiting on the seven next year.

higher technology sectors. other stocks that make the component, the components that go into the apple iphone, all of that sector is falling. it shows you the power of apple, really. stuart: well said. 117 on apple right now. fast food workers across the country protesting. they won a higher, much higher minimum wage. $70,000 a year. that man joins us in just a moment. in new study shows a lowering your blood pressure below the current guidelines could save your life. details after this break. ♪ but the quicksilver card from capital one likes to keep it simple. real simple. i'm talking easy like-a- walk-in-the-park, nothing-to-worry-about, man-that-feels-good simple. quicksilver earns you unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere.

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♪ nicole: i am nicole petallides with your fox business brief. 180 off the dow jones. the dow down about 69 points. 17,761. technology under pressure. visa. apple. some concern about iphone sales. we do have a new ipad pro out. technology names are weighing in. to pull day -- chipotle opening new stores in seattle and oregon. this is after worries of e. coli. they tested the equipment. lions gate.

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stuart: song fast food workers are set to walk off their jobs today with one of the biggest

minimum wage job protests ever. detroit to denver. elizabeth macdonald will tell us what they want. liz: they won want a $15 minimum wage. walking out of mcdonald's, burger king, wendy's, kentucky fried chicken. joined by protests. daycare workers, home care workers, fedex drivers could join. they have made, they have had success. walmart, target, big donald's. seattle, san francisco. near the state of $15 minimum weight. they may show up at the debate tonight. stuart: look at who is here on this very subject. the ceo of gravity payments. this is the man that gave his employees a 70,000 minimum per year minimum wage.

welcome back. >> how is it going? stuart: not badly at all. they want a legislature minimum wage. they want them to say by law you will pay them $15 an hour. you came along and said i have a very high minimum wage for all of you. do you approve of legislative minimum wage? >> most americans do not wanted at zero. i think right now it is at historic lows. if you increase it rapidly, you will have downsides. there will also be good things that come from that. stuart: a legislative wage. the workers go to the politicians and say you go for a larger, higher minimum wage. >> are used adjusting we should

abolish the minimum wage? >> am i getting confused or what? >> we abolish the minimum wage. do you think the republican candidates should get on stage and say we will abolish the minimum wage? stuart: no. it would not fly politically. >> i that we had republican candidates that were willing to say whatever the truth is. while my messages, though, companies can hold themselves accountable. a lot of people tend to be conservative watching the show. the conservatives and this should really want a company to hold themselves accountable. when companies take advantage of workers, you build the political pressure. a historic low right now.

do we think that profits should be at historic highs? i think it is an interesting question. stuart: no. it is what you should do about it. run to the politicians to have them do your bidding. i think it should be a free market. you are free to do what you wish. >> you are making it way more black-and-white than it actually is. are you really saying that we should abolish the minimum wage? stuart: i say yes. abolish the minimum wage. i am saying it probably would not fly politically. a large group of people that say i want legislative minimum wage and i want higher than it is now. >> keep the minimum wage where it is forever. eventually, we will have no minimum wage at all.

stuart: grow the economy. four-5%. you create jobs. you create wealth. >> money is relative. the more inflation we have, the lower the current minimum wage is. it is that a historic low. if the economy grows and in the minimum wage stays the same, it rounds to zero. stuart: i have to go. i have a hard break. seriously. i cannot continue the discussion. >> i want to talk about the minimum stage for your staff. stuart: a new study. get your blood pressure down and you live longer. we took time off this guy and we are giving it to you. ashley: your blood pressure is up right now. 140 over 90 is the recommended level.

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>> social media is buzzing with what voters want to hear at tonight's social debate. it is time to shine. jo ling kent has been following the transparent what are you hearing? >> the battle is expected to be pretty huge. let's look at jeb bush and see how he is doing. the real indicator here is how much people are talking about facebook. not exactly a high volume of discussion right now on facebook. let's take a look at rubio. you see the country gets a little redder. more people are talking about marco rubio.

nevada doing very well there. florida, of course, his home state. a little bit more in the northeast and iowa. i want to close out with the map that really hits home. they're real winner of the conversation right now on facebook is hillary clinton. she is dominating the facebook conversation right now across the country and almost every single state. ashley: absolutely fascinating. thank you very much. we will follow those trends tonight during the two debates. 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. eastern. coming up next hour, a student journalist gets blocked. taking pictures at the protest of the university of missouri. judge napolitano is back with more. the greenies ammo in the fight against climate change. your favorite breakfast meat. why bacon is leading to global

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stuart: fox business will get to the heart of the most important issue in next year's election, prosperity, how to get it back. fox business and the wall street journal will question the republican candidates about the economy. surely this is the big deal for 2016. we had seven years of slow growth, lagging wages and massive debt. return to prosperity would reverse that negative friend and put the country on a positive track. that is why this debate is so important, voters want to know what is your plan, but it won't be enough to repeat talking points, each candidate will find a way to explain clearly what they would do and remember it is television. candidates have to explain as well as entertain. tonight the moderators will push for precisely that.

the cnn debate tried to stage a cage fight. the cnbc debate was rude and arrogant and insulting. tonight at std will make a real contribution to the olive coprocessor because it will focus on the issue that unites us all, prosperity. there will be no hostile questions. isn't to the candidates, tell us clearly value will bring america back to the way it ought to be. ♪ stuart: the big debate is all about the return of prosperity. steve hayes, welcome to the program. my premise is that the issue tonight and for the election next year is the return of prosperity. where am i going wrong?

>> i think you are right. not just prosperity but prosperity people can feel. you and i have talked at some length about how the stock work is done well but across the country people still skeptical that there is this recovery, they read about the newspapers and see on television. a big part of the challenge is connecting people who don't feel that and looking to feel the kind of things that some folks on wall street are feeling. stuart: who looks good in that respect? making a candidate who makes people feel they understand that this economy is not doing well and i have a plan. read them. who has the goods on this one? >> good question. the format of the debate, 90-second dancers which is longer and we have seen in previous debates, 60 seconds to respond to other candidate who raised your name, provides an opportunity for candidates who are fluent in the language of the economy.

i would point to someone like marco rubio, jeb bush is a policy that began today who can talk about details of economic policy, rand paul spent a lot of time on the campaign trail talking about the economy, these are candidates who have time to lay out their vision to see what they are arguing on the campaign trail. stuart: when you didn't mention donald trump that he is the guy with the entertainment speak directly without the use of the jargon. she is the guy who has a pretty good tax plan. you didn't mention it. >> donald trump has been passed, understands the economy, look at the substance of his answers, read those sections of his speech he doesn't go on at length or provide many details, he doesn't spend a lot of time,

can donald trump fill in 90 seconds. stuart: when he answers the question directly in 30 seconds which is something most politicians don't. >> in many cases that is positive. he does usually respond to the question, make a joke or hits megyn kelly or what have you. that is often positive. moderator's the going in with the understanding they want to draw candidates out and make some live in the weeds of economic policy and other policy questions. stuart: you got to get out of the weeds, breaks to the jargon and communicate. that is a must tonight. stuart: donald trump taking on a different topic on the campaign trail, those starbucks plain red holiday cups.

watch this. >> did you read about starbucks? no more merry christmas on starbucks, no more. i wouldn't buy -- i am speaking against myself. i have one of the most successful starbucks in trump tower. maybe we should boycott starbucks. i don't know, seriously. i don't care. by the way, that is the end of that but who cares? who cares? but today a big story, starbucks is taking merry christmas off, no more merry christmas. i will tell you lots of big things, lots of little things, if i become president we will all be saying merry christmas again, not that i can tell you. stuart: the man on camera at the moment with fox news radio, seems to me donald trump taken a

minor league story, the war on christmas, he is running with it. >> the executive order mandating we all say merry christmas. i am not going to go out on a limb here, i am going to predict starbucks really does not hate jesus. as a matter of fact, that he is the reason for this season, this is a big hullabaloo, a lot of false outrage over what really is not a war on christmas. stuart: we have thousands of christians being slaughtered by islamists, not a finger is raised to help some, nobody comes to their defense but we are going after starbucks, some christians going after starbucks because christmas is not mentioned on holiday cup. >> i wrote about this in a column, the greatest threat to christianity is a the barista at the starbucks if you believe what we are reading on social media.

it is frustrating that you have folks out there, one or two folks posted a youtube or facebook video that goes viral and all christendom, outraged starbucks, that just is not the case. stuart: you are practicing christian in you are not outraged. >> when the ceo said didn't want to do business with of gun-toting bible clinging son of white privilege. i decided to take my coffee habit somewhere else. stuart: donald trump grabbing the issue and running with it? >> he has been doing this a lot with the evangelical crowd, trying to woo us with i read the bible, was your favorite bible verse, none of your business kind of stuff. some of the big fans of donald trump, i am not quite sure his e evicting starbucks from trump tower will win him over many followers. stuart: this story has been

given legs by donald trump and doesn't deserve legs. >> the same people saying starbucks, we ought to boycott starbucks, put merry christmas on the cups, the same people were defending the bakeries and florists. we should not be telling bakers and florists how to run their business and we should not be telling starbucks how to run there's bleeding when you got it dead right. thank you for joining us. tune in tonight, the republican debate hosted by fox business and the wall street journal. first-round starts at 7:00. moderators, sandra smith, the wall street journal, the second round starts at 9:00 eastern, neil cavuto and maria bartiroma and editor in chief gerard baker. stock alert, dow industrials down 36 points, just around 1760, 1770. $3 lower, that is a dow stock, it is therefore costing the dow

industrial average 20 points. how about chipotle, they will be reopening the stores they close in the pacific northwest after that he coli outbreak, that is up 20 bucks, the gap, big blue's there, reports lower sales and the strong dollar is to blame, stock is down 3.4%, 26 on the gap. gee used to be the company put your money in, regular as clockwork, earnings went up, great stock. that ended but he is back to the seven year high of $30 a share. market watcher was leawood is with me now. you have some stocks you like the we need to discuss and we start with apple, you like it or not? at $117 a share. >> i do like apple and obviously today seeing it is down as much as it is it might not be the most popular pick but if it is a

long-term hold for investors portfolio we like it for several reasons. their last quarter earnings were positive, a swelling of apple stock, the newest numbers for the phones are down, we like apple, we have $200 billion in cash. stuart: the watch has not been a wild success at least not so far. any blockbuster new products in the pipeline that will not get the stock going it. you are discounting the negative collapse completely? >> not complete the. we like to see them do better and sales up but as the company, not to get too stock market theyy but ratios are very low, stock price just in august of 2014 and '92, up 30%, for long-term hold they are a great company, we are also seeing the

insiders' buying back $24 billion of stock. stuart: when insiders buy back $24 billion in their own stock that is interesting. bank of america, you like that one as well. correct? >> i do. financial companies, insurance companies, bank of america specifically if we believe we are going into a rising interest-rate environment which everything points that direction, don't ask when the federal reserve will increase rates that can stay down this low forever. what will happen is financial sector typically do better because they can increase their spread, make more money on their money and also offer higher loan interest rates which means more money to them. stuart: two big names, with lee would like some, apple and be of a. we will see you again soon. big night for jeb bush, could be make or break for him. we talk to someone who worked for his brother, president george w. bush, he will be next and then donald trump. find out why he thinks hillary is running for president. you are going to want to hear

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stuart: higher profit at rack space, cloud computing co. higher demand for its online storage project. blake berman is in milwaukee. that is the site of tonight's dd. the candidates gearing up for the big event. donald trump has been leading up to the event with the digs that his fellow candidate. tell me all about that. >> on both sides of the political while donald trump had one of the mega rallies we are accustomed to seeing in springfield, ill. with inside an arena thousands of people there and donald trump went right after in one portion, hillary clinton, suggest a motive as to why she is running for president. here it was.

>> hillary is running for a lot of reasons. one of them is she wants to stay out of jail. >> reporter: that drew some lines there. it alludes to the fbi investigation underway. he did not stop there by the way. he also pointed i on saturday night live, happened to have better ratings than hillary clinton and that is his wife told him, the biggest celebrity in the world, that is what he told the crowd. stuart: is there a word for that? fromian, trump-like, trumpesqut. >> reporter: i wrote a list of what he said lag last night. i did not get to all of them. stuart: we will make space for you later on this network. thank you very much. jeb bush supporters looking for

some action from their candidate tonight. former white house spokesperson sage is here. if he does not turn up the passion, if he does not break through and get into the double digits in the polls is he finished? >> too soon to make that prediction but it is a critical moment for jeb bush. when you look at these gop voters. stuart: i am not being facetious -- >> i understand. stuart: it doesn't appear to be the guy who wants to be forceful and obeying the table, not that kind of guy. >> you need a mix of two things. you want to show that passion but more importantly there needs to be an emotional appeal, emotional connection to american voters which marco rubio has done and ted cruz has also done effectively. that is the missing link for jeb bush. he is able to talk about policy

and we see the policy, it makes sense. he has a conservative record. we could talk about the policy papers out there. if you do not have an emotional connection, fighting for the american family, you are going to be stuck because there's a lot of talent on that stage and you need to stand out and that will be critical jeb bush. stuart: is entertainment talent that you need more than anything else at this stage of the political process because we are electing a president we will see everything will day for at least four years on television. you got to relate to that person, got to accept that person is in charge and he is the guy or the lady or the president, he or she is the president, you got to rebate on an entertainment basis. stuart: >> is that emotional appeal. gop voters are saying who's there on stage, we got to season debate hillary clinton.

that is where i think these candidates, jeb bush needs to be aware that he does need to perform. doesn't want to be a performer but that is part of the package when you are running for president. i think free jeb bush he really is going to be a breakout moment tonight. donors are nervous, there are three months before iowa, things unchanged but this has been a very unstable several months on the campaign trail. stuart: would you agree that donald trump is in fact the best tv performer on the stage tonight? >> i think he is a performer. donald trump is an effective performer but i have to say marco rubio when he is on the debate stage he really lights up the stage. he is able to again come across being above the fray and presidential and that is something the american people are looking for, that sense of statesmen but there on stage. that being said you got to hand

it to donald trump, just what he said about hillary clinton, running for president because otherwise she would be in jail, these are classic lines and all of us in the political punditry world are saying oh my gosh, he is incredibly entertaining. stuart: there was an audible gasp. did he really say that? i am sorry i am out of time but we will get your opinion on the performances later. a story we have been covering, the who is, bacon and processed meats could cause cancer, could climate change activism be behind the claim? the full story for you. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself,

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gambling, jpmorgan, targets of customer theft. hundreds of millions of dollars which generated for people. stuart: that was the illegal use of the stolen information. ashley: pumping up stock prices artificially. a very clever what they did. stuart: turns out that widely publicized morning about bacon causing cancer, may not be about process meet. climate change activism may have played a role in making the cancer claim in the first place. explained that. is the who saying eating processed meat causes cancer? exacerbates climate change. cheryl: it was discovered, don't

eat bacon, you will get colorectal cancer which doctors are disagreeing with that. w h o release a huge report before the paris climate talks saying they wanted to go after the agricultural movement, and practices, meat production, and they roads a key action with large potential climate and benefits is to facilitate a shift away from high g-8 gee foods, many of animal origin. what do you do? another division comes out and says that is right, bacon, red meat, causes colorectal cancer. ashley: the production and consumption of meat is bad for you. cheryl: is ruining the climate but a lot of our viewers love me to. don't believe everything you

read. in moderation. honestly. studies come out. stuart: i have a question, what is russia's next step? they are active in syria, in ukraine, taken over crimea, general jack keene on that question. what is russia's next step?

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still at the seven year high, $30 a share, it had great momentum this year, about 18%. apple is down $3, it is a dow stock and it is costing the dow industrials' 20 points. officials considering sending more troops to europe to deter the threat of further aggression by russia. military analyst general jack keene is with me now. i don't want you to speculate, the russians are pressing ukraine, crimea in europe, they are in syria allied with the iranians, may be pressing the saudis and other gulf oil producers. what is their next step? where will they strike or act next? >> interesting you point that out. russia is trying to return to being a world power with global

influence. the strategies they are pursuing a to fragment and splits in nato in europe and also a challenges existence, crimea, ukraine is part of that, the baltics are part of that, eastern europe is part of that strategy. in the middle east, they have a strategic foothold and what they're trying to do is gain influence and power at the expense of the united states. now they have arms deals with saudi arabia, kuwait and egypt and from kuwait, in moscow, all of them visited moscow to include the prime minister of israel and the third factor is the arctic itself, they want to dominate the oil and gas resources and all so a strategic buffer for rush of. those are the three vectors they are pursuing and this is succeeding at all three. stuart: it seems to me their

primary economic goal would be to raise the price of oil because russia is a petro society. that is all it is basically and they want to raise the price of oil and control it. i am intrigued they are looking for an alliance with the kuwaitis and saudis. they have the iranians on their side. i would have thought they are more likely to attack the kuwaitis or saudis to get the price of oil up. >> they are not going to do that. they want relationships with them. the fact that they can solidified these relationships is because of the united states having disengaged with these allies. they don't want to buy russian equipment. they normally by u.s. and selected european equipment. they are buying russian equipment and arms because they won the relationship with russia, a power of influence in the region, that is the direction they are moving, these relationships are changing as we

speak and at the expense of the united states family to say. stuart: does it look like president obama is prepared to challenge this expansion of russian power on many fronts? >> absolutely not. he is not challenging it any place or any consequence. case in deck of the ukrainians have been asking for two years just give us some arms to fight effectively against the russians and we have refused to do that and that is so tragic who we have not been able to provide that level of assistance. they don't want their airplane or troops on the ground, they just want arms to fight and we said no. given the fact we are disengaging from the middle east gives them the opportunity to have these relationships with our allies. stuart: have you seen anything like this in your history of being in the military? >> no i have not. post world war ii is what i have been working on, the united

states is a global power with significant influence in the world, never sought territory or to control people, always tried to stabilize the world and the effect of the we are disengaging from their responsibility is stunning and i have never seen anything like it. stuart: when general jack king, welcome addition to this program, come on back soon. back to politics. the all important debate tonight, want to knowwhich issues are most important to voters? social media trends are a pretty good indicator. facebook, the top five political topics most talked about are in this order, government ethics, religion, guns, the economy and finally taxes. that is an interesting list of priorities there on social network. our president millennial solve math joins us in new york. stack up with your millennial concerns?

>> the top issue for me is the economy. if you look at the facebook issues there, they had been turned into something, our parents are more active, when it comes to this election, driving force for millennial will be the economy. stuart: which is number two? >> you have foreign policy. millennials, 20 somethings, first priority is the economy and second is the national debt? >> we are drowning in debt. 50% under employment, double digits unemployment, they cannot survive in this economy. stuart: is a revolution because 20 somethings of never had those concerns before. >> they never needed to. in 2007 to now unchanged because we were using monopoly money, our parents' money to get around and now we are in the real

world, paying taxes, having a hard time finding jobs, it has changed, it is all about the economy. those will not be the issues this time. stuart: where does this millennial program come from? >> reliable. not online polls. that is a fascinating reversal of the way it has always been with younger voters in the past. >> it is all about blurting as well. you look at a lot of points as they favor the size of government. they want bigger government, that is true but where do you tell the we want to decrease fees, take away these government programs and favor that, when republicans say let's reduce the size of government, cut the government in half, get rid of

the irs, these programs -- mary cheryl: will they go vote? the older generation -- >> they voted for obama in 2008 because he was the outsider that they related to. any republican out there who is going to be emotionally available to millennials. someone exciting and new. stuart: who might that begins >> i'm looking at donald trump bent marco rubio. stuart: welcome to new york and thanks for joining us. the fox business republican debate starts tonight at 7:00 eastern hosted by sandra smith, trish regan and the wall street journal's gerald seib. than 9:00 neil cavuto and maria bartiroma and editor-in-chief jerry baker, this network tonight, must watch stuff. don't try that in the university of missouri, the protesters will come after you, the judge on this.

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stuart: marco rubio has a new ad that attacks jeb bush using his own words. >> something republican needs and as a hopeful, optimistic message based on principles. i'm a huge marco rubio fan, the most articulate conservative on the scene today. it would be a good president. stuart: is that effective? cheryl: at first glance it looks like this looks bad for jeb bush, but i think voters are smarter than marco rubio's camp is giving some credit for

because jeb bush was out of politics for years, he was the governor of florida, he and marco rubio have colleagues in the republican party for two decades now so now that marco rubio is using these old clips and they are old clips anybody that has an intellect catches on to that fact. ashley: i think they are. i thing. has made a mistake of attacking marco rubio and it just shows how he hit ups on the issues and doesn't have a lot of sincerity behind the attacks and these ads that that out. stuart: the banner on the ad, jeb before -- next case protests at the university of missouri continue but student journalists prevented from reporting and taking photos in a public space at the university. watch this. >> can i talk to you? >> you need to get out.

>> no i don't. >> you need to get out. >> i actually don't. >> over here! stuart: that is fascinating. i need some muscle. judge andrew napolitano is here. that lady who is saying that, we need some muscle, is a communications professor. >> and an employee of the state of missouri which is regulated by the first amendment which was guaranteed freedom of speech. stuart: and freedom of the press. judge napolitano: and oppress under supreme court interpretation is the eyes and ears of the public so the public that owns that land, the un that university, that employs that teacher, that a good case that journalist is being denied the transparency to which it is entitled, this vladimir lenin like playbook, i need some

muscle in here to block the press prevailed over freedom of speech. stuart: incredible at university of the united states of america we are doing this. this is what we are teaching. judge napolitano: this is the way it would work if this were not the motion of the moment and the violence of the moment is that the border was and newspaper for which the reporter work is probably a student newspaper, could go into court before of federal judge and get an order accompanied by an armed u.s. marshals to make sure that person's ability to be the eyes and ears of the public would not indeed it. that is how seriously the supreme court takes the first amendment with respect to matters of public interest and matters of public property and public resources all of which the university of missouri is. stuart: a student is trying to take a picture -- judge napolitano: revealed to the public what is going on. stuart: you are not allowed, you

are not allowed to take my picture, does the journalists have the right to take a picture of the person? judge napolitano: it is not in -- and examination of age are records, a profound interest in a public place on property owned by the public. it is a clear case. stuart: the center of the university, demonstrators, a kansas city kind of thing, students put this ring around the saying they are protecting the safety of those people in the middle of that circle. judge napolitano: when robespierre was cutting off people's heads the call his group the committee for public safety. save the is always the excuse for interfering with freedom. stuart: because it was not physical safety this was safety from listening to ideas or viewpoints which may make you

upset. judge napolitano: this is such a mess. who manages the university of missouri, the board of trustees or 30 members of the football team? decides the president to give the board of trustees with a contract or 30 members of the football team and their supporters like this professor that wants to block a reporter from taking a picture? stuart: this happens when the leftists of the 1960s takeover america's universities, socialism essentially. denial of free speech and rights. judge napolitano: i could talk about the leftists at university at one school of economics. they didn't have any influence on you. stuart: none at all. judge napolitano: you rejected it. stuart: i came to america. judge napolitano: hope you will stay. stuart: another subject of interest the university of virginia fraternity accused of rape in a rolling stone magazine article, that fraternity is suing. find out how much and whether they are going to be successful next. ♪

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judge napolitano: they had two options, the ruling yesterday by a panel of three judges, there are 17 judges on that court so they could ask the entire court, all 17 of them to here, they probably made a qualitative judgment that they are likely not to get that request granted so they went to the supreme court which in my opinion is more along shot because the supreme court is loath with a capital l 2 interfered to interview with litigation in lower courts during the course of the litigation case. this is just the injunction. the restraint on the president, the merits of the case, whether texas and the 24 other states will lose money if the president stopped supporting, seemed like they will but the merits of the case of not been tried. stuart: the appellate court ruled literally yesterday 2:1 and said president obama, you can't do this, you can't say no, i won't di fame these people. judge napolitano: correct.

basically saying the injunction which on paper is against the department of justice and the department of homeland security but in reality is against the president of the united states himself, that injunction stays in place until this matter is resolved. that is what the appeals court in new orleans -- stuart: they give action taken by the present on immigration is not null and lloyd, is on hold. state there, got more for you. virginia fraternity filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against rolling stone. this is over the discredited rape story. ashley: the seeking of $25 million of damages against rolling stone and the reporter who did the story. the suit said the fraternity chapter, austin and alumni members suffered damage to their reputations in the aftermath of the article publication and continued to suffer despite the ultimate unraveling of said

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to say about tonight's debate. brad says hillary's horrible record, i am assured. where are you willing to cut budgets and reduce government? where would you cut? good question. connell mcshane. it is yours. connell: stuart, good to see you. the candidates are coming in. the debate is on. this is cavuto coast to coast. i am not neil cavuto. neil is taking the afternoon to prepare for his big night. i am connell mcshane. it will be charlie gasparino charlie gasparino joining me from milwaukee in a couple of minutes. that is where all of the action is. a live shot of that right now. they're working very very quickly to get the stage set for tonight. the theme is the economy. you want answers and you will get