get. maria: a little back up against the wall, right? >> certainly. maria: jon hilsenrath, john scaramucci. thank you both. coming up tomorrow, we'll sit down with meghan mccain and jim rogers. time for stuart varney. stuart, "varney & company" is next. stuart: i'll take it, thank you. everyone, cheap oil has just delivered a christmas present to everyone who drives and we love it. ♪ . [laughter] >> there it is, yes! $1.99 the national average for a gallon of regular, don't you love it? better, nine states already average below $1.80. with oil down again, we can expect gas to get cheaper still, we love it. stock is up this morning this monday, but it's not much recovery after friday's huge selloff and by the way, if oil keeps falling, this rally at that we're about to see, maybe 100 points, may not last. trump winning, there's a headline and he's making

headlines this morning, calling hillary clinton a liar, strong language. demanding an apology, and he's getting almost 40% support from republicans in a new fox poll. and then we have this, odell beckham, jr., making headlines not for brilliant play, but a dirty play, watch that carefully, this is not going down-- oh, yeah! we let you see all of it. it's not going down well, folks, but it's christmas week, we have another dynamite show. mark stein coming up later. "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ >> miss universe 2015 is colombia!

i have to apologize. the first runner up is colombia. let me backtrack and explain. it was clearly a rough night for steve harvey at the miss universe pageant. he read his cue card incorrectly, mistakenly crowning the second place contestant. well, then the crown was removed from miss colombia's head and placed on miss philippines. awkward shall we say to say the least. ashley: i have to say to make it worse, steve harvey tweeted out an apology and misspelled colombia and philippines as well. stuart: did he misspell colombia? >> yes, with a u, columbia not colombia.

stuart: and donald trump said i sold it six months ago record price, and this never would have happened. ashley: you see he got in there a record price, a brilliantman. stuart: how did he get in the miss universe pageant: he's everywhere. >> he is. stuart: trump close to 40%, almost double cruz. rubio, carson way down at 9. katie is here. trump is winning and now he's going right after hillary clinton. he's calling her a liar. >> right, well, he should call her a liar and carly fiorina called letter a liar months ago and got killed in the press for the left and right. it's about time he goes after hillary clinton. he spent time in the g.o.p. race and got some points at 40%, but spent a lot of time attacking fellow republicans. stuart: nobody else would do

this and go up against a former first lady and call her a liar. >> carly fiorina did. there are people who have done it and donald trump gets the most attention for it. how popular and well-known in the country and now maybe some people will look into is hillary clinton a liar and whether she's done some serious things. stuart: will he stay at the top? >> and well, hillary clinton beats donald trump, but not marco rubio or-- >> and i'll have to look at how to beat her in the general election. stuart: his political analysis is better than everybody else's political analysis. >> a wise man said the common man knows a lot of things.

although donald trump isn't common, we don't give enough people credit for knowing about fields they should know about. stuart: and who would have been thought, donald trump wins again and called the first lady a liar, former first lady. >> we were wrong four months ago when we thought he'd go away. he's very much in the lead and i think will continue to be there. stuart: you better stay there. >> yeah, across the table here. stuart: i've got a news update for you, and this is very important stuff to afghanistan, a suicide bomber attacked a native patrol near bagram air base. six troops killed, their nationalities have not been released, but that just happened. next story on domestic politics. hillary taking direct aim at roll that tape. >> we also need to make sure that the really discriminatory

messages that trump is sending around the world don't fall on receptive ears. he is becoming isis' best recruiter, they are going to people, showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. stuart: let me repeat that, they are going to people, showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims. okay. trump fired back on twitter. here is the quote, i demand an apology from hillary clinton for the disgusting story she made up about me for purposes of the debate. there never was a video. peter is here, the author of "clinton cash", what do you make of this? you've documented everything. what do you make of it? >> i think it's kind of a ridiculous claim. without taking a position on what trump has said his policy would be, with regards to immigration, and islam, it's kind of laughable to argue that what is recruiting to people to isis are so-called

discriminatory policy. this is not the naacp this is an organization that is beheading people, that is at war with the west, is a the war with judeo-christian values, they don't like the way reraise our sons, they don't like the way they raise our daughters. and to think that a statement about what our immigration policy should be with regards to muslims would be the main recruiting tool is just laughable and i don't think should be the subject of serious discussion except for the-- >> i'm sorry, we're discussing it. look, it's monday morning, here we are, we're almost at the end of the year. and what's top of the news? donald trump. top of the news, he's top of the polls, top of the news and he's calling a former first lady a liar. i mean, isn't this extraordinary? have you seen anything like this before? >> wait a minute. stuart: hold on, i've got more. wait a second. do you think that trump goes up more in the polls having called

a former first lady a liar? >> i think he probably will, yes. and i think that's part of, you know, the trump approach and the trump mystique, which is working, is a significant portion of people, i think, that are supporting him like the fact that he is poking his finger in the eye of the political establishment. whether it's republicans or democrats, that's part of his appeal. he goes after both sides of the establi establish. and for that, we're not going to-- and i think it's going to be interesting. oh, stop it. >> do it, are you going to do it or not. are you going to tell me whether he gets the nomination, yes or no? tell me. >> i would say he's not going to get the nomination. stua: alrigh we' got the swerherepete weovedour oks,y th way. thks vy mu indd. ter hweier. time to move away from politics and get to the markets. will you look at that.

dow futures suggesting a $100, $120 point gain when you open up in 20 minutes after two big down weeks, now, there are a lot of people looking for a santa claus rally at the end of the year, what we've got this morning, i'll say is a modest bounce. how about the price of oil, down again, oh, look at this. 34.20 on the verge of droppi lo34 what happens if stocks, to stocks if we get below, if we get a plunge to below $30 a barrel? >> i think we're almost certain to. there's more oil than ever used at this point. stuart: this is monday morning and we're at 34.20 and town already. that is fascinating, that's the bad news, i guess you could s say, this is good news, 1.99 for the average price of regular. and 30 states, counts them, 30 states have a. >> a below $2.

and i say this every day. ashley: you do. stuart: this is what i really like, the cheapest gas in america is a buck 31 for regular, got to pay cash, but four locations in garden city kansas. you can fill up the yank tank and-- >> that's what we used to call the big cars. my first car i bought was a delta, automobile, delta 88. that was a yank tank. 1973. >> a tuna boat, yeah, nine miles to the gallon. ashley: a wheel about this big. stuart: 25 cents to the gallon, we didn't care. let's get serious again. president obama in a year end interview with npr thinks isis should be taken seriously, but he says, non-islam terror is just as big a problem. roll that tape, please. >> if you just look at the numbers, then non-islamic, non-foreign motivated terrorist actions have killed at least as

many americans on american soil as those who are promoted by jihadists. >> all right, katie, have at it. >> he's making that statement because barack obama has a tendency to compare and treat crime in the united states as the same thing as terrorism overseas, they ignore the ideology, ignore the threat and by him trying to now say, especially after americans are so concerned about what's going on, well, it's happening here in other ways, just don't be concerned about it, didn't doing him any favors. there's a reason the white house has been out there trying to save face when it comes to making the american people feel better about what's happening, but when he down plays a threat again, it goes back to why we're in the this position in the first place, in the sense the white house will not name the enemy, will not accept it for islamic radical terror and they fail to recognize it's not just an issue that affects the united states, it affects the world. a slap in the face, especially to people in paris or san bernardino, well, crime in

america is simply the same thing as what you've suffered in paris or san bernardino. stuart: a huge distinction. >> a huge distinction. stuart: religious ly motivated terror and common crime. >> you can't hand itle if you don't treat it what it is. what they've done for years is why we don't have a solution to the problem. stuart: what a pressure having you. >> merry christmas everyone. stuart: and to you, too. totally different subject, we're talking "star wars," why not? how about a half billion dollars worth of box office receipts, that's worldwide and by the way, disney is not close to being done with "star wars." we'll have the "star wars" pipeline for you next.

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>> now this qualifies as a news alert. remember when donald trump talked about people celebrating

in the streets after 9/11. ashley: going back and examining what mr. trump said and what happened. what they found was several accounts do back up donald trump, not in the thousands, but celebrations. retired police captain peter gallagher said he had to clear off a rooftop celebration of 20 or 40 people unobstructed view of lower manhattan when the second tower fell, some men with children on their shoulders, and women in arabic and there was another count of people celebrating on john f. kennedy boulevard not far from the mosque where the blind sheik preached of course involved in 1993 world trade center bombing effort. so maybe not thousands, but we read this there are 911 calls made by people saying look,

we've got people out here celebrating. stuart: ashley, good stuff. huge, huge win for disney, with the "star wars": the force awakens" movie. joining us the resident "star wars" nerd, forgive me for calling you that, kevin mccarthy. >> mr. varney, an honor to be on your show, thank you so much. stuart: it's stuart, okay. how many times have you seen the movie? i've seen the film twice now and going again tomorrow night and then next weekend as well. probably close to seven or eight times before it leaves theaters, i'm sure. stuart: i was one of the guys who kind of pooh-poohed this. i didn't realize, didn't think would be as big as it is. look down the road, am i right that say that disney is going to produce four more "star wars" movies. >> there's going to be so many, stuart, episode 8th in 2017, episode 9, 2019. next year, in between, rogue

one and 2018 the han solo spin-off. there's going to be so many "star wars" and you mentioned made a half a billion dollars alt the box office, globally had the biggest north american debut of all time with $238 estimated breaking the estimate of jurassic world. i've got to say, this is the best "star wars" world since the empire strikes back. five out of five, dramatic, action pack. loved every seconds of it. >> six out of ten who watched it are over age 26. it's not just teenagers or young guys. 40% who went, half the people who saw it saw it on the imax big screen. extraordinary. >> right, the beauty of "star wars," you have three generations. you have the generations who saw it in the '70 he is and '80s, and the prequels and the '90s and 2000's and this version of it. three generations of people going to see the film and the

movie was done so well, it was made for fans and nonfans. you could sit in the theater and watch it and haven't seen the other "star wars" and enjoy it as a stand alone movie. stuart: sorry we're short on time. good luck when you see it yet again. >> thanks a lot, stuart, have a wonderful day. stuart: thank you. how about this one, odell beckham, jr., one of the darling of the nfl, not anymore. dirty play and the twitter universe explodes. whether he should be punished and for how long. don't forget, everybody, mark stein joins us for the 10:00 eastern hour. talking hill larhillary, isis, wars" and maybe stein at 10:00. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself,

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>> beckham, jr., slammed for dirty play during the giants-panthers game and called for penalties including one he launched himself head first at the quarterback josh norman. look at the tweets that poured in from golfer jordan spieth. he's embarrassing himself. supermodel brooklyn decker told him, grow up. jared max is here, he used to be a darling, but after that, i guess he's not. >> he lost her head trying to

take off another man's head and what happened earlier in the game dropped what would have been a 52-yard touchdown. instead of looking at the oing defender the entire game. all week long the trash talk leading up to it. stuart: watching the game you could see him going after that guy. >> when he speared his head and the play was over, and stuart, on christmas, the movie "concussi "concussion" is coming out. as a former nfl quarterback ron jawarski said, if if they care about it he has to be suspended. the penalties were laid down, but suspended? >> i think he's going to get suspended. big e-story. the front page of the new york post calls him giant jerk. and driving in this morning to

the studio, every caller on sports radio station as well as the host says he needs to be suspended. these are giants' saying this. stuart: i can't realize it was so serious. head first launches. >> head to head hits banned by-- >> does the nfl have the final say for discipline during the game? my understanding they don't. >> during the game it's the officials, but after the game the nfl can-- >> and so the call, should have been kicked out? >> haven't heard that this season. stuart: sarcasm is a low form of wit. >> it is. stuart: thank you for filling us in. >> thank you. stuart: in a few moments we'll find out how wall street opens. it will be up 130 points maybe, but follows huge losses last week, the opening bell is next.

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>> the white house will not name the enemy. they failed to recognize it that this is not just an issue that affects the united states, it affects the world. well, you know, crime in america is simply the same thing.

stuart: we stopped every weekday morning start at 9:00 a.m. the opening bell will be ringing in 15 seconds. expecting a triple digit gain. in a moment, oil is down. stocks look like they will go up a little bit. it is 9:30 a.m. exactly. where are we? up 35 points. looks like we will be up about 100-yard of 45 points, up 44 points, i still think we will be up 100. by something. [laughter] who is with us? we will start with bob seeger. we do not have a santa claus rally. i guess you are right. >> the bottom line right now with this market is extended

beyond where it should be. anybody that will buy because of the predicted santa claus rally is wasting their time. this is very typical. we get these big selloffs. then we get these rebounds. the traders love to come in. rise a little bit. i do not think anybody should pay much attention to this. they should really look at where we are at. >> how many people said now 18,000? stuart: quite a few. he has always been bearish. now we are up 128 viewed you have to take a look at oil. it is down $0.50 a barrel. it just has that feel as if we are about to see another plunge. what do you say to that, scott?

>> we cannot trade a ton lower. we are getting closer and closer every day. i think we will see a santa claus rally as soon as we save santa claus recovery and i do not see that anytime soon. i think that that is not very well for the future. commodities index. like i said on friday, that is cut in half. that is why oil does not vote well. >> bearish sentiment coming through. more widely used oil. an 11 year blow today in london. worse than the 2008 financial crisis. i think that that tells the story. >> meeting at opec. deutsche bank among watch this. two more years.

oil continued to stay low. oil is priced in dollars. stuart: if we reach a bottom and oil and a bottoming commodities, at that point, we bounce back. >> there is a lot of supply. we understand that there is too much supply. oil is telling us something. it is telling us that the worldwide economy is slowing down drastically. >> i heard you say yes. >> i am nodding my head. he is absolutely right. we are only talking about inflation will we do not have any. they go ahead and raise interest rates. where are we going to be in six months time? i absolutely agree. you have to ramp up your expectation and they are not doing that.

stuart: we have the band off of exporting oil. look at apple, please. that stock is in traditional bear market territory. you do not buy anything, but would you buy apple? [laughter] >> i have been saying this about apple. everybody wanted to feel all warm and cozy yesterday after 60 minutes. the reality of it is apple will have a very hard for and a very hard for us. analysts are already downgrading. they cannot continue to rollout new of old products. they cannot continue to counter on the iphone. there is a lot i wanted to hear from apple. it is very, very anemic right now. tim cook, who appeared on 60 minutes last night, lost his

cool over taxes. watch this. >> this is a tax code, charlie, that was made for the industrial age. not the digital age. it is backwards. it is past time to get it done. stuart: a guy talking about why he does not bring apple products back to america. 74 billion is sitting off seized. bring the money back. he says, no. until you change the tax code, that is where the money will stay. 15%, 20%. internet companies can move d.c. see. that is what they meant by the industrial age. stuart: all of these silicon

valley guys make oodles of money and they are big obama supporters. what is going on here? have they no influence? >> apparently not. you look how they are sophisticated companies. they can save 60, close to 60 billion in taxes. most companies do not have the ability to do that. i think tim cook should acknowledge the sophistication of apple has given him a dramatic advantage. >> drop it down. i will bring the money back. >> why does he not just say that? >> i am getting carried away. call now. a big-name stock in it bear market territory. give it to me, please. >> there are so many of them in this territory. take a look here.

walmart, chevron, oracle, ibm. down 35% off of its recent highs. the number one leader in the dow jones industrial average. the dow was negative by more than 3% this year. the first down year since 2008. this is a tough one. more cautionary tones. sell the rallies. >> that is interesting. that is an interesting contribution to the santa claus rally. i will call this crunch time for shoppers. we have three companies for you. this is the ultimate online shopping year. amazon, fedex, ups. they're basically online shopping companies. amazon, that stock is up.

fed app, they deliver the stuff, down 15% this year. i have breaking news coming in. what do i have here? senator lindsey graham dropping out of the 2016 race. no financial impact whatsoever. >> i do not think. i think that there will be others out follow. >> we have not confirmed this yet. it is an initial report. >> that is right. >> he was one of the early ones to go after donald trump. it did not hold well for him. stuart: i will be intrigued to see what happens with hillary. i wonder what happened in that little debate.

>> does a bear like jeff seger have any comments? >> i think the money comes into play now. >> that might be the bottom line. trump does not need any money. he gets all the attention he needs. stuart: look at us. almost every day we lead with what has trump said now. >> how about this one? it was a record weekend for star wars. star wars getting back again. 109. >> the entire weekend trying to get into star wars and could not. >> the whole franchise. unfortunately, this is a big stock. i think they have done a lot of

things right historically. this is how it will be with the rest of the companies. the top of the heap. stuart: would a commodity trade by walt disney at $109 a share? >> i agree with mister seger. you will get better prices across the board. down here on the floor, we have a blue buying a red. a lot more red cards bamboo sided cars. >> the rally is still there. still triple digits for the dow. 105 points. why would we come back a little bit? because the price of oil has dropped a little more. getting perilously close to the 34 range.

>> 3407. 3407. awfully close to that. martin arrested for security problems three. he said he was targeted. the authorities are trying to find anything to stop me. that was the attitude of the government. they did not like the fact that i raised that. the former company and law-enforcement saying his activities predate the direct price hike back to 2009. >> television. start with that big board. now we are up only 97 points.

the price of oil comes down. within moments, we may be at the $33 per barrel level. how is this for a headline? a muslim song performed during a holiday concert at a high school in minnesota. the story on that is coming up ♪

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$33 a barrel. that hurt stocks. breaking news. we have confirmed that senator lindsey graham has dropped out of the presidential race. you will now see oil at $33 a barrel. the dow is up just 95 points. minnesota. complaining at a muslim song at a school christmas concert. a catholic high school in michigan. offered a prayer room. >> they were basically singing a muslim song at this event. separate from that, there was a prayer room. tolerance is a two-way street. it is not a one-way street. i muslim mosques going to be allowed to be song?

>> these kids were taught christian songs. jewish songs and then a muslim song. they said that they did not want to sing it. they did not have to. it is insensitive in the wake of terrorist attacks. >> the muslim faith teaches that christianity, some have said it is worse and murder to be a christian. it is worse than fornication and ranking alcohol. if you are going to allow this, have an open debate. have them also welcome questions. there is no muslim holiday at this time of year. stuart: what do you make of this? muslims in our society.

in our schools taking part in christmas celebrations. >> it is fake laugh like school. they should deal with whatever they want to do in terms of celebrating christmas. this is as mentioned a song that has nothing to do with the holiday season. it is sort of strange to me. you were right. tried to bring other cultures in. i do not find that to be that offensive. the better question is, are we teaching people the islam that is being practiced in the middle east right now. they have to do a better job of informing people of what that really is. stuart: what about donald trump? no muslim immigration. temporarily until we figure out what is going on.

>> we have not figured out what is going on. clearly, we have a very bad system. the important point is that we do not have a good system of being able to that people. when we have, would you look at a country that has a preponderance or a large number of radicals or is a country that is background checks that are virtually impossible, places like libya and yemen, syria and iraq. because of the difficulties of the government, we cannot do that and have adequate background checks. there are large numbers of radicals. >> stop immigration from those areas. stuart: would you positive for now? once you figure out the vetting process. figure this thing out. would you go about favre?

>> i would not go that far. you do not have a significant number of radicals. it is not like we are being overridden. the bottom line is we have a system that is not working well. we need to go where the high incidence of potential danger is. a high density of radicals. you cannot do sufficient background checks because of the instability of the government. stopping immigration from those countries. continuing to probably improve the process that the meantime. >> there is now one person with deep national security experience left in this race. realizing they will keep this

country safe. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. >> a guess gift that says that millennial's will flock to donald trump. that guest will make his case. he is on the show next. anthony weiner will be here. ♪ >> you think that it is wrong thing to vote no. >> the government will reserve regular order. ♪ 's

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>> you think that the millennial's goal for trump on the issue of guns over hillary. you think that. the latest pew poll shows that when it comes to gun legislation, they are in the favor that protects gun rights rather than limit gun rights. >> who would have thought. >> you are a good reporter on these millennial's. i appreciated all. >> take you for having me. hillary clinton says ice is using donald trump as a recruitment. varney and company favorite cast

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>> all right. mark steyn is here for hour number two. he'll make an appearance. there he is. a cute little pocket hanky there. >> it's started already. stuart: yes, got a british accent. you're fair game. here are your stories this monday morning. put the trumpets out there. ♪ . stuart: gasoline is under $2 nationwide and get this, nine states have an average price below $1.80 a gallon. merry christmas everyone. you may not have noticed, but there was a democrat debate over the weekend saturday night. i'm calling it a virtual coronation of hillary clinton. president obama admitting that he did not know how anxious people were about terrorism, that there was a quote to that effect and it was left out of an article in the new york times.

huge blunder at miss universe pageant. steve harvey crowned the wrong person. the second hour of "varney & company" starts right now. ♪ ♪ jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ♪ ♪ oh what fun it is to ride ♪ >> hold on a second, didn't mark steyn at some point put out a christmas cd. ashley: did you really? >> that's some guy called frank sinatra. stuart: spare us, please. christmas week in new york city and in some parts of the country will not feel like christmas. it won't feel like winter at all. we're forecast to hit 70 degrees in new york city on christmas day. ashley: get the shorts out.

stuart: global warmers, unite. we come off the high we were up 150 and now we're up 99 because of price of oil briefly dropped below $34 a barrel. as oil comes down, some of that rally in stocks starts to fade. how about apple? it's in what they call bear market territory. in other words, it's down 20% from its high. it's up only 46 cents at 106 right now. a lot of big names in the s&p, they're in bear market territory and here are the others, wal-mart, chevron, oracle, and would you believe, ibm? let's get to the price of oil, that's the market mover today and in fact, it's been like that for some time. we've touched 33.98 earlier and that took away a lot of the stock market rally. we're up 100 points though. here is the really, really good news for oil, gasoline falls below $2 a gallon, that's the national average.

better yet, 30 states have an average price below $2. and this is the bit we like, the cheapest gas in all the land, $1.31, at four separate locations in garden city, kansas. ashley: keeping it away. >> you could fill up a truck and walk away with change. >> you do that. stuart: i drive that, and steyn would, too. >> that's worth the drive. stuart: politics, the latest polls show donald trump at the top. cruz, rubio, and carson and 9. and lindsey graham officially is out of the race. he's out of the 16 race, now this. a new report appears partially to back up trump's claims of muslims cheering in new jersey right after 9/11. ashley, you've got that, please. ashley: jersey city, they went

back and interviewed a lot of people and went through the 911 calls that came in on that day. and they said, a police officer said, yes, there was about 20 to 30 people on the four-story building on the roof celebrating when the second tower came down. shouting al akbar. kids on shoulders waving and shouting. another group on john f. kennedy boulevard. they say in each case, three separate locations about a dozen or more, in many so cases a couple of dozen, and numerous 911 calls came in. so they have confirmed let's be clear it's not the thousands that trump said. stuart: it wasn't thousands, it was dozens. >> pockets of people celebrating. stuart: steyn has a frown on your face. >> it's another one of these so-called gaffes that, would for trump. none of the things that supposed to take him out do not take him out. we're arguing about the precise number of people in new jersey who celebrated 9/11. that's a victory for trump.

stuart: that's right, we're not argument whether they were celebrating, it's just the numbers we're arguing about. >> that's essentially in support of the trump man. stuart: you would be for given for not knowing there had been a debate on saturday night, the democrats debate, following the debate of bernie sanders, told a local news station, quote, inge it's a good debate, but i think there's a desire on the dnc, democratic national committee to protect hillary clinton. in iowa, do you know when the debate was held? it's the night of the big football game in iowa. do you think that's a coincidence? mark steyn, this is the coronation of hillary clinton. >> i like bernie sanders, i've watched his , and the reason he's not the democrat's donald

trump, this is fine to say after the debate, or when debby wasserman schultz. and trump took out jeb bush with one word, low energy. stuart: he doesn't want to win. if he want today win, he would gole all out to win. >> he needs to have iowa and new hampshire to have sufficient momentum to go to south carolina. he shouldn't complain after the fact. he should say it to her face. that's trump, trump says it to jeb bush's face and that's why jeb bush is a margin of error candidates. stuart: we've got donald trump calling out hillary clinton, a former first lady, saying you're a liar, you will apologize that there's a tape of me used as a recruitment tool for isis.

>> and and we were talking about them cheering 9/11. i didn't see hillary's proof in them using trump's tape in isis videos. stuart: you remember the la debate, where someone was coughing. there was someone coughing, he didn't try to interrupt, but there was anthony weiner, former congressman, the cough meister. >> that's my way to getting into the conversation. i'm from brooklyn not used to being on outside of the debate. and on "varney & company," one for all and all for one. >> you've elected yourself as part of this assembly. >> i'm kicking it with you guys with your staten island accents. stuart: i think it's a tactical mistake on the part of hillary clinton's campaign to have this absolute flat-out coronation.

there is no debate. there's no opposition, it's not happening. it's a mistake. >> sanders is within the margin of error in iowa and new hampshire. getting more support than donald trump. what are you talking about? coronation? and i tell you for a campaign that believes it's a coronation, they're spending millions of dollars on the ground. stuart: and why do they hold a debate on a saturday night? what is that? >> they and the rnc have it in common, debates are trouble for the candidates. you like them, i like them as a consumer, but why on a saturday? i want to tell you something about media because you're unaccustomed to it, apparently here. people time shift everything they watch. i can't remember anything th that-- my wife works for hillary clinton, and i had the jets game on and had the debate on delay. who would tune in to see it happen. stuart: you haven't lost your energy. you may be sick as a dog, but--

>> i'm sick. i'm a democrat. you guys dress up on the holiday season like you're doing great here. stuart: i'm a newly minted american.rue? >> yes. >> donald trump can't get elected fast enough. stuart: and i'm a citizen of these united states and i'm going to vote for the first time in my life. >> congratulations. >> i hold a syrian passport, and they fast tracked me in. i think it's quicker. stuart: i've got to ask you, you're comfortable with hillary as your candidate for the democrats? >> put it this way, and i'll this question, i can't remember a more qualified candidate for president. you've got to go pretty far back to find a secretary of state, united states senate, worked in the white house. stuart: how about performance in the offices. >> i thought she was amazing. stuart: secretary of state, amazing. amazing secretary of state? >> that's right, you do the question and i do answer amazing and then you put it in quotes. and by the way, you know what i

use as evidence, your show. people talk about how we brought iran to their knees. who did that deal that brought iran to their knees. stuart: did i say that? did i-- >> why are you doing a deal with iran because we brought their economy to the knees. and that was under weight-- >> there's a disconnect here. >> i'll try it again. >> simply-- >> iran's economy is at a stand still, the sanctions russia and china, something the bush administration could never do is the only reason that iran has come to a halt on nuclear aspirations-- >> why are we letting the foot off-- why are we taking the boot off their neck with the new iran deal liz: a complete halt? not a complete halt. stuart: excuse me. >> the iranians haven't actually signed this deal yet. >> no, i'm talking about the sanctions deal that put the sanks on iran. >> and that's at the table.

>> who did that deal? not bush, hillary clinton. >> iran is all-- iran runs iraq. iran runs syria. >> no, no, but we're talking about, everyone has said that one of the reasons arguing not to do the iran deal now because the sanctions have been so successful. don't you agree? >> no, i don't. >> you don't agree that they've been successful? why did they-- what brought them to their knees as donald trump says. >> you can bring economic sanctions against sweden 'cause sweden is a society where people want to live well. but in iran-- >> the sanctions have not been successful in changing iran's behavior. >> what change in behavior? >> they've opened up the nuclear program. >> hold on a second they haven't. stuart: hold on a second. >> their economy has besides they haven't been able to export petroleum products, economy is a wreck and including donald trump they're at their knees and why are we

betting letting them off. in that case i've met the only four people who didn't think that sanctions against iran was a very good idea. stuart: you have a very loud voice and a very loud cost. >> a fox news host saying i've got a loud voice. stuart: and these two, please. >> i don't think there's a great record of secretary of state and the coronation thing. the big thing on-- the big thing on saturday night was she apparently was late coming back because she wouldn't use the bathroom stall that martin o'malley's staffer had gone into the bathroom at the same time. i'm not the only one-- >> thanks for getting that. >> i'm stunned to find that the o'malley campaign can afford a staffer. [laughter] . >> all right, everybody, out of time. stuart: we'll take your cough, but thanks so much for joining us. we'll be back, and steyn, you stay. democrats, they kind of went

into a frenzy over donald trump's plan to ban muslim. a new poll shows nearly half of them, democrats, support the idea. that's next.

>> miss universe 2015 is colombia! i have to apologize. the first runner up is colombia. stuart: oh, my goodness. stuart: that was a rough night for steve harvey. let me back up and what happened, miss universe. he read the cue card incorrectly and mistaken ly announced the contestant and it

had to be removed from her head and placed on miss philippines. donald trump goes out there and said i sold that pageant six months ago for a record profit, never would have happened if i were there. >> i don't think it would have. you said it was a bad night for steve harvey, what about the poor girl. there she goes, miss colombia. i wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a lawsuit in this at some point, because the emotional trauma of -- it's like when roger ailes called me and said we're giving you this new morning show on fox business and said, wait a minute, my mistake, it's the other foreigner. [laughter] i was a wreck. i was a wreck. ashley: still haven't gotten over it. >> no, no. stuart: why are you back, i wonder? all right, let's get to the markets, it's a monday morning following a rotten week last week. the dow jones industrials average is up triple digits, barely 112 because the price of oil has been bottoming around

33, $34 a barrel. huge win for disney this weekend with ""star wars": force awakens" this weekend. 105 on disney, go figure. how about this? a fox news poll of democrats shows 25% support for donald trump's plan temporarily blocking the muslims from the country and then when his name it removed 45%. zuhdi, what do you make of that. you take his name off the question and support goes straight up. >> when you get past the bombastic partisan politics, americans are getting fearful. and they confuse the thetheocra,

and there's been a vacuum. it does exclude those who want to destroy our country based on islam that we can find on social media if we cared to look for it, but because of political correctness both parties are struggling, as far as those voters are concerned, to say, wait a minute, we need leadership that's smart enough to target the ideology and so far there hasn't been any. stuart: look, i don't think that americans are bigots. i don't think they're haters, but i think their anger at what's happened in our own back yard is justified. and i think when donald trump goes out there and says, yeah, stop muslim immigration temporarily, i think he's looking at the people of america and saying, yeah, you know, that righteous anger is justified. do you think along those lines, too? >> well, i understand the sentiment and certainly reformers like our muslim

reform movement can't have a seat at the table unless america starts targeting the ideology within islam. we have to be careful and smart and strategic. if we overshoot and conflate the islamists with 30 to 40% with all muslims, you marginalize the solution and basically tell a quarter of the population america's idea of religious freedom isn't open to them, it's not strategically right and ultimately overshoots. right now we're way undershooting, but it overshoots and we have to thread that needle. stuart: we want you to come back on the show soon because i know you've got plans for a demonstration of moderate muslims on the streets saying isis get out of here. i want pa progress report on that the next time you could many on the show. zuhdi jasser. >> thank you. stuart: and "star wars" snatches box office records, huge success, but the vatican says it's not evil enough. what about that? what about that. [laughter]

>> hats off to disney and top guy bob iger. he's pulled off a marketing coup and a half. the "star wars" movie is indeed a box office juggernaut. i did not see it coming. this morning, we're waking up to $500 million worth of ticket sales worldwide, easily a record. and there are four more "star wars" movies planned, and disney will revive the indiana jones franchise, too. what a performance. almost half the money that flowed in from "the force awakens" come from 3-d screens which carry a 3 to $5 premium. and it's not just teenagers or young men, four out of ten were

women. and bob iger bet big on it, made a $4 billion investment and looks like it's really going to pay off. when he took the top job, disney stock was in the 30's. now it's powering up well over $100 a share. so, we will no longer make fun of the 40-year-olds who buy "star wars" toys. we won't pooh-pooh "star wars" mania. i will take the grand children to see it and bob iger is surely one of, if not the best ceo of his generation. i'm going to stay on "star wars" and bring you this item of related news. the vatican newspaper has a big complaints about the "star wars" movie. ashley, what is that complaint. ashley: the daily vatican newspaper, they didn't like the movie. they have a movie critic, who would have thought this. the critic said--

you'd think they'd love a battle between good and evil. they say the evil are insipid and says it's thin ly after the original. and says jj abrams, modeled on the sloppiest current films derived from the video games. and the same paper loved the bond movie skybolt and loved the bond girls. stuart: any comment, mark steyn? >> i think the vatican has a point. these films are spectacular, but they're not about anything. stuart: i'm interrupting you and laughing because during the commercial break the audience obviously didn't see this. we talked about the number of scenes that were 3-d and you said to me you should see the king's speech in 3-d. >> it's incredible.

stuart: i bought it, i thought he was being-- >> he's stammering right in your ears, surround sound, i'd ask them to turn it down. [laughter] >> finish your thought. >> these films are about good and evil, that's a primal thing and it's one thing, the catholic church understands, it's primal good and evil and e ey recognize underneath the computer graphics, there is nothing going on and it's the same with ironman 3 and ant man 7 and cardboard man 12, that that's great. and that's why they have the cardboard spectacles for the 3-d. and there's nothing in the end, they're not about anything. they're not about good and evil, they're not primal, and the vatican gets that liz: and that's what the vatican is saying, now they're saying it's an epic fail. stuart: okay.

king's speech in 3-d. >> great. stuart: former secretary hagel criticizing the president saying the white house tried to destroy him the last days in office. the third to say that. and why that admission was scrubbed. more varney in a moment.

speak to john does down dust rules now up 117 points. apple. we are calling this a bear market territory. 106. was at 134. a lot of names are in this bear market territory.

they include walmart, oracle, chevron, ibm in the craft heinz company. releasing late thursday. here is the quote. mr. obama indicated he did not see enough cable tv. making it clear that he plans to step up his public arguments. i friday morning, that had been scrubbed from the article. howard kurtz is here. not wanting people to see that the president had not been watching cable tv and gets his news from cable tv. >> i do not know what else to conclude. remarks from the president. and off the record gathering from columnists. two other paragraphs are added. it kind of undermines the argument.

>> it seems like the "new york times" is front and center cheerleading for president obama. that seems to be an abandonment to some degree. >> i do think it is a very curious move here. this was president of the united states not watching enough tv. to do it in a way without any explanation, that just does not make sense. the headlines were softened in a series of moves where they had been a little tougher on mr. obama. it certainly gave the appearance. trying to protect the president a little bit. >> what is your opening and what should mark. >> well, in this instance, i

think they botched it. i do not think it was good and all. certainly people who think that it is in the cheerleading mode with this president, it gave ammunition. it has not been a great week for the times. often times a very big mistake. publishing the story about the female terrorist in san bernardino, posting her support of violent jihad. it turns out that these were private messages. that story was everywhere. based on anonymous sources. a paper or big organization can be held accountable for these kinds of things. stuart: howard kurtz. thank you. meanwhile, chuck hagel says president obama is ignoring the red line he drew for himself in regards to serious chemical

attacks. whether it was the right decision or not, history will determine when this occurred. mark, that is the third to go against the president of the united states. >> yes. it is in store interesting. it comes to prosecuting a wall from his own defense department. that is what makes hagel joining the previous devastating. >> there is a third party in the discussion. there is the president of the united states. stuck in the middle fair. political people. coming in with clinical opinions. >> what is is is there is not a real world where nations are at war and terrorists are bombing people.

to the president, what matters is, this political filter. this politicized they should of the national interest is one of the worst features. >> it seems like we the people see through it and demand a stronger opinion. >> yes. that is why the new york times thing is interesting. do you remember when trump was asked about military advice. it turns out that they get the root of his subject from the shows. the king was not aware that his ungrateful subjects were all upset about what happened in san bernardino and paris. an incredible example. even by the standards of the

presidency. >> that is what makes you very attractive. [laughter] come back soon. [laughter] it is time to rejoice. look at this, please. $1.99. i will tell you this, too. nine states are already below $1.80. gas buddy patrick is with me now. obvious question. we are at $1.99. how low are we going in this cycle? >> i think that there will be a bump in the road. going back above $2. we will see it go back $1.85. the inflation, when the first star wars movie came out, $2.48

a gallon. today, $1.99. stuart: we have for gas stations in garden city kansas that offer $1.41. that is way down there. the lowest in the nation. do you think that we may see a point where somebody somewhere offers and $0.99 a gallon in gas? >> it depends. either way, probably not. i would love to say yes, but with gas taxes as high as they are today, i just do not see how oil prices would get that low. they would probably have to get into the low 20s to see that

happen. do you think it is possible? >> possible, yes. if oil prices stay at that level, it has to be a week or more. >> okay. you are on record saying i am not totally wrong. thank you very much indeed. >> you want to know where to drive through. >> i-95 to florida. the average that averages already about $1.75. you would not know that. you are from new hampshire higher. this is where it would be a disaster if we were to take them on. they are pumping like crazy right now. >> not denying it.

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>> the latest fox news poll. that is more than double that crews. republican fundraiser is here. this is three days in a row that you have been on the show. you have gradually move closer and closer to an endorsement. >> i knew that you were going to do that to me. okay. first of all, the question is, can donald trump's popularity, will that translate into votes? my answer is, we will see. the first primary in iowa. you need to get out to vote. does he have an organization that can do that? that is a good question.

>> you are saying, no, he cannot >> i do not believe he will win iowa. >> he says that he is a winner. anyway. crews, my prediction is crews will win iowa. however, it is interesting. he thought that carson evangelicals would go to him. they are going to trump. there is a conundrum for you. it does mess up my scenario. no question, there is a contradiction in that. we will see where that goes. carson is in a freefall. here is what is interesting. the republican party is suffering from whiplash right now. now, you look to rubio who has

stalled. where we go next? chris christie? the dark coors. stuart: this show is being led by donald trump. we are quoting what he is saying about hillary. donald trump leads all the time. you raise millions of dollars for republican candidates. aren't you moving closer and closer to the guy that looks like the winner? you are, aren't you? >> moving closer and closer to the guy that is leading. >> give me a break here. >> what do i care? >> you are close to being on a trump bandwagon. >> he knows.

trump will be on the telephone. [laughter] >> i've got it. georgia, thank you very much indeed. i do like those christmas earrings. >> thank you. hold on. listen to this. ♪ >> is that you singing? speak to me? [laughter] >> you said it is pathetic. when i was at the senate with ted cruz the other day, i was testifying. ted cruz introduced me. the top five.

guys give it up. i am getting out of here. >> i thought that this was, not a joke. >> use all my political commentary subsidize my career. >> that is a reality. flying off the shelves at amazon. [laughter] >> seeing your self through this. >> who would have thought. thank you. moving closer. bernie sanders. he says that committee is protecting hillary clinton. they want her to be the nominee. i think after the break, is it now?

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protecting hillary clinton. author of clinton inc. joining us now. what are your thoughts on that? trying to protect hillary by hiding these debates. >> i just got word that the next debate is christmas morning. stay tuned. obviously, bernie sanders is correct. making a similar charge over the weekend. totally in the tank for hillary clinton. there is not a fair battle on the side. there is a lot of dissatisfaction with the establishment. they have not let it simmer at all. they will pay a price at some

point. >> martin o'malley back in september. they are only having 60 debates. do you think that that is an important factor here? >> star wars was released. i would personally rather watch the nfl game. as i'm sure most of the other viewers would as well. they do not want people to have a chance to do well against hillary clinton. i do not even think that there is much dispute of thought it. other high ranking members have pushed back against the democratic parties for doing this. the dnc is part of clinton inc. they have a lot of power. they control what is going on.

>> that is the coronation. don't you think that they love what is going on on the republican side? >> that is funny. has it ever been the case? has it ever been the case that the republic can candidates had them for a guest at their wedding years before? that is what will happen here. on the one hand, they have been close with each other over the years. on the other hand, obviously they are rivals. >> we are out of time. thank you so much. let's check the big board for you. we did have a triple digit rally. he still thinks we are in for a correction. the third hour of arnie is just

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stuart: no matter what he says, he gains strength. the elites are almost in tears. who won saturday nights debate? trump was mentioned nine times. he denounced hillary clinton as a liar. rarely such strong language used against a first lady and senator. he is moving up to the 40% level of support. 45% of democrats agreeing. nothing has galvanized trump supporters. maybe it is because the democrats are being so bad it on these issues. look at what they have been saying. climate changes around the rise

of isis. we have isis right where we want them. trump is a terrorist recruitment tool. just as we are butchered, the president releases more detainees. if we the people oppose all of this, any of it, all of it, we are haters. any wonder that donald trump is riding high. voice to the legitimate concerns of what used to be called the silent majority here and through him, ordinary everyday people today hearing. it has been an extraordinary here in politics. who would have thought we would close out the year. that is where we are. trump is winning. that you leads have only themselves to blame. ♪

we have a lot to get at this monday morning. let's start with an update. a suicide attack in afghanistan. >> all six of those soldiers were in fact americans. they were on a foot patrol. absolutely packed with explosives. six americans dead. two others injured. air force base. >> that is a huge, it was back in the day. they were picking up on those attacks. >> next story. now attacking donald trump had on. first of all, listen to what jeb bush had to say. >> i have to get this off my chest. donald trump is a jerk.

you cannot insult your way to the presidency. you cannot disparage women, hispanics, disabled people. >> who is he kidding. >> donald trump and had back even harder. watch this. >> why? he is ashamed of it. >> she works for george w. bush. i am thinking in terms of an establishment republican. >> thrown me under the bus all the time. >> i am not throwing you under the bus stuart: how are you feeling about trump? >> failing to support on the conservative base. they are very upset.

not at the way president obama has managed these past seven years, but also as the gop establishment. while donald trump and ted cruz are vying for this vote, the establishment, they do not have a front runner. they have kind of cozied up. they really had that last january when he came out strong in the polls. right now, it is almost like, they do not know where they are going. stuart: okay. trump's attacks, they have been very, very successful. he has knocked some of them just right out of the race. what do i think will happen? he has called her a liar. trump's video is being used to recruit for isis.

that is a sharp edged attack. >> donald trump can get away with using the strong rhetoric, the strong language. people do not necessarily think about it. there is a shift into third real politician. a front runner in the gop race. four trump, he will pointed out. that is what he did with hillary clinton. obviously a strong language. that is what the gop primary voters are responding to. they want them to go after obama. they feel that the gop establishment has failed them. they have not been able to take on this administration. the administration has controlled the direction of this country. >> here we are with donald trump

all over the show. all over the polls. leading nearly 40%. a great year in politics. >> absolutely fascinating. stuart: we are on it. thank you veterans joining us. we are one hour and a half into the trading session. a terrible friday. of just 78 points now. earlier, we were up 150 points. why have we come down a little bit? the price of oil is becoming close to challenging or going into the $33 per barrel range. it did earlier. now it is coming back down again. harry dent is with us. the most recent prediction on this program. you have been right so far. 18,000. then we have a slow slide all the way down for 6000.

you are still on that same note. >> this market is finally popping. between a few large cap stocks leading the market and most stocks 20% down. already and bear markets. up until may. the market actually topped. we can barely make new highs. we have gone nowhere since november 2014. since nate, we cannot make new highs. this thing is going down. stuart: is this a fundamental market hobbled? is this a fundamental problem? >> the glowing economy keeps slowing. dad reports from china recently. oil prices will go back down to $32. we are close to their.

that kills the fracking industry. the biggest find yet to come, the china bubble burst months ago. it is bouncing only because the government is buying their stock market aggressively. this is tracking the 1929 collapse. china will bounce a little bit more. that will set off a real estate brookline. that is trigger number two. take us in for the greatest downturn in our lifetime. >> trigger number two is this spring or summer of next year. is that the timeframe? >> trigger number two will hit by late january forward. i think by the summer of neptune or we will see the next crash unfolding. we will not see a bottoms until

2017. that is huge. most people will not see this coming. thank you very much for joining us. appreciate it. steve moore is with us. you are an economist. i am not saying that is an insult. you are an economist. he is looking for a crack in china. the bursting of the china bubble. takes down real estate. takes down our market. what do you make of it? >> i do not agree with that. 6000. we are talking about a mini depression in this company. the fax of the stock market dropping by over half with a

catastrophic concern, you want to see donald to become president. the stock market off 6000. i do not see that. i do not see that for a couple of reasons. we have low interest rates. we have low energy prices. it is good for the economy. look, the mother's milk of the stock market is the profitability of american corporations. american companies are very well grand. they are making profits. i just do not see it. >> what happens to the global economy? what happens to america? it is pretty close to doing that. we will be back momentarily. ♪

>> financial news for several months has been what i am calling the collapse in the price of oil. 3420 is the price currently. earlier we were at the $33 level. steve moore is with us. knows what he is talking about here. steve, let's suppose, the price of oil drops below $30 a barrel. i have to say that that will be pretty bad news for american drillers. very bad news for the stock market. all together, not good. what say you? >> think about the big picture here. think about where we were a year and a half ago. if i had told you then that the price of oil was going to be at 30-$35 a barrel, you would have thought i was smoking something.

no one saw this coming. what has been the impact on the economy? you works ackley right. it is hard to make money fracking. thirty, $35 a barrel. a lot of those businesses. drilling. what we were talking about with these lower energy prices, this is the biggest tax cut for the american consumer in 20 years. i have done the calculations. if you look at not just a reduction in oil prices, but the huge production in natural gas, i estimate that the average family is saving $1000 a year. tell me why that is bad news. >> we have been sharing it on on this program.

we are gung ho for low gas prices. you cannot deny that some foreign countries russia, nigeria, venezuela, brazil and several others are in dire straits because of this. they are almost in depression at this point. i disagree with you. all of those companies that you mentioned, let's out isis. it could not happen to a nicer group of people. there is nothing better than lower oil. it drags the world economy down. you and i shortly disagree on this. every time the price of oil

falls, everything that is produced. that is a big, big benefit to every industry. it is a huge benefit for the chemical industry. stuart: here is the conundrum. i will agree with you on this. there are two reasons why you are seeing the price of oil fall. a huge increase in the supply. the supply side shifts outward. that is the good reason. the economy is slowing down. india's economy is slowing down. as these economies fall, the demand for oil has been falling. i will still stick with my point. if we continue to see the oil price fall, let's go back to the

1970s for a moment. you are old enough, when oil went from $4, $45, rising oil prices destroyed the world economy. can we say that rising oil prices destroyed the economy. it does not make any sense? >> well, okay. >> we will have to finish this discussion. it is important. >> just as big of a breath. we are on the cusp of deflation as we speak here and oil right now is at 3427. very close to the 33 mark. down we go. that rally on the stock market has closed. >> we can go ahead and finish this one. that is a good thing for the economy now.

>> okay. i will 79. i live in new jersey. steve, we will revisit this. thank you very much for joining us. how about this one. chuck hagel criticizing our president obama runs things were brand things. here is the quote. there were way too many meetings. we kept kind of suffering the tough decisions. there were always too many people in the room. >> that best describes the obama administration. the accusations of micromanaging the ability to have too many people in the room. talking about pentagon issues. >> the president ruined the

credibility with the redline comments. national security advisor was way too nitpicky. he is saying that there is a suspicion on the part of the white house. >> there is a third party and there. the third party does not know anything about the military. >> and prevent anything from getting done. was this a monumental tv blunder or what? steve harvey crowns at the wrong contestant as miss universe. then he makes it worse on twitter. full story next. >> i have to apologize. the first runner-up is columbia. [cheering] ♪ i built my business with passion.

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>> would you look at apple? it is actually a bear market situation. that is apple this monday morning. quite a few big names. down 20% on the hide. up only 8%. now this. caught everybody's attention.

a major blunder at the miss universe contest. harvey crowns at the wrong person as the winner. watch this. >> ms. universe 2015 is columbia. [cheering and applause] >> i have to apologize. [cheering] the first runner-up is columbia. [cheering] stuart: now, that was bad. here is the tweet. i want to apologize to ms. ms. philippines and ms. columbia. this was a terribly honest human mistake. it just made it worse. there is a part of me that they should be the joke layered winner. >> i think so.

the word possible blunder. >> trompe trump can write out with a tweed of his own. very sad what happened last night. i sold it for six months ago for a record price. this would have never happened. >> this is what happens when i'm not running it any longer. it goes off the rails. >> in the polls. 40% support. now, he is getting into the miss universe pageant. the man is right front and center. what else are we supposed to do. of course we roll with it. one of the highlights was hillary clinton's empty podium. a few minutes longer than expected. what does he think caused that delay? ♪

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. stuart: well, that rally is virtually gone. we were up 150. why has the rally virtually disappeared? because the price of oil looks like it's threatened to go to $33 a barrel again, all kinds of concern, though, that it drops to 33 soon.

the price of gasoline has dropped to 1.99, that's the average around the country. first time below $2 in a long, long time. and look at this. the cheapest gas anywhere in america right now is in garden city, kansas where no less than four outlets will give you to you for 1.31 per gallon if you pay cash. jeff flock is with us at a gas station in chicago. now, gas used to be expensive in chicago. so tell us, how expensive is it where you are right there. >> we're still above the national average thanks to state taxes, local taxes, county taxes, this state is 2.15, the county is 2.31 but i think march 5th, 2019 was the last time the national average got below -- stuart: if there's one place in america that could use dirt cheap gas it's chicago and the whole state of illinois, and it doesn't look like they're going to get it.

>> and there was an article just the other day. this was a perfect time to raise the gas tax because now the prices are coming down, people won't even notice if you raise the gas tax. i'm sure you're supportive of that idea. stuart: times up there, flock, but it will be discussed. >> as always. stuart: and that is a problem. i'm sure you're going to be on all day long with this gas tax hike. thank you, jeff flock. very good man indeed. the budget deal, yes, it is officially the law. many republicans absolutely not happy. there's no change to the refuge program. no keystone pipeline. spending has gone up again. taxes didn't come down. this are just some of the concerns. congressman blackburne is with us, you voted against this bill but you know republicans across the country are mad as hell about this and they're saying why do we have a republican majority in congress when this kind of thing happens? what's your answer? >> and you're right.

they are mad, and they have the right to be mad. what they want to see is something done about the office of refugee settlements, the syrian refugees, the immigration issue, have made concerned about jobs and the economy and the labor force participation right and my hope is and my expectation is that in january when we return to regular order, you're going to see the appropriations bills work their way through the regular order process. and what we're going to have to have is the senate that will say all right. majority rules. 51 votes, it's passed and stop saying, oh, we can't do anything because we get 60 votes. stuart: so you want the nuclear option. >> indeed i do. stuart: you want straight up and down votes among the senate. >> yes. absolutely. stuart: are you going to get it? >> and i think we will because if the senate sends us the bill to the house and wants us

to take action, we should say, no, we have to have two-thirds majority in order to take any action and let them see how that feels. people are tired of this. they want to see something done, and they expect the senate to work with us. we've got about 300 bills sitting in the senate right now. it's time for them to get to work. stuart: yes. i mean a lot of people don't see that kind of dramatic action coming from senate leaders. we don't see it. >> right. stuart: they still think that howard reed runs the senate. >> well, they're wrong about that, mitch mcconnell does and we're leading him to say all right, nuclear option, it's time for it. because what you're doing is the will of the american people. and as you talk about on your show, it doesn't matter what their political affiliation is, they're concerned about national security and terrorism, they're concerned about the economy.

stuart: yeah. >> that it's not not a rosy picture which washington would have you try to be it is. there's wage tag nation, and they want to see things done. stuart: would you agree with the following statement? the reason in part for donal donald trump's rise is that ineffectival party in congress. >> oh, absolutely. it is part of why this is an outsider year because people say, look, establishment republicans have given us this mess and that is why they're saying all right, conservatives, all right. those of you who are considered to be in there shaking things up. we want to see something done and, by the way, we want the commander of chief in thisiation as an outsider who is going to bring new ideas, different ideas and say senate, here's your job, american people, let's get her done. stuart: you've got to get it done because the level of anger out there is

extraordinary. >> you're right. stuart: congresswoman woman i'm sorry i'm out of time. thank you very much merry christmas. >> you too. stuart: the dow is now negative, in two hours we've gone from up 150 to minus 7 and the reasons for that is the price of oil and whether or not where this american economy is actually going. we're now down 5. no matter what donald trump does or says, his numbers continue to surge. look at latest fox news poll, he's got nearly 40% of the vote, way out front of ted cruz. liz? liz: you know, it's interesting these results came after the las vegas gop debate and after donald trump made the comments basically saying no more non-u.s. muslims coming into the country. but when you look at who stacks up against hillary clinton and how that shakes out. he's 11 points behind marathon head-to-head -- tow to tow race with hillary. it's rubio that would beat

clinton. stuart: however, we just had donald trump attack hillary clinton like he's never had before saying she's a liar. liz: yeah,. stuart: he was beaten his competition by attacking, will it work now? liz: well, he claimed that there's footage of people -- isis using donald trump's comments about muslims to recruit. ashley: yeah. liz: and she hasn't come up with that footage yet. ashley: where's the proof of that. stuart: they don't have that and that's what he was called out on. are you with us? >> i'm with you. stuart: you just heard us saying donald trump demanding an apology, calling hillary clinton a liar, you're a big critic, but she doesn't have these pictures of donald trump being recruited to isis, does she? >> no. but interesting i spoke to donald trump this morning. and if you think donald trump has taken hillary on up to now, you haven't seen anything yet. i think he is going to lay

into her like you haven't seen before. stuart: you held a conversation with donald trump this morning before you came on this show. >> absolutely. stuart: and he told you he's going to really go after hillary clinton big time. >> big time. stuart: because he just called her a flat outlier and demanded an apology. >> that's the beginning of what i think donald trump is going to do. he told me that he had calculated that by this time of the campaign that he would have spent 35 to $50 million on tv ads, and he spent as far as commercials are concerned less than $200,000 so far. stuart: was he going to start new commercials? is he going to do it? >> he's only going to do it if he needs to do it. up to now he's getting all of this free publicity. stuart: during the debate on saturday night, very few people who watched it, but those who did watch it saw that hillary clinton was delayed in coming back to the debate after a short intermission. i don't know how many minutes

she was clade delayed for but she was delayed. do you know what happened? >> what happened was she had stationed -- her campaign had stationed some young person at the women's room to keep it open for her and that person made a mistake and let somebody else come in first and that person didn't get out in time. stuart: and there's nothing more than to do with it than that? >> no, it's nothing to do with her health. although in my view her health is an issue. stuart: dark clouds hanging over her, health being one of them. what are the others? >> i think there are two major indications. one she's really not a happy warrior. despite the fact that she wins these databases, you don't get the sense she's really enjoying herself and that she's reaching the public in a kind of warm, likable way. in my view. stuart: that's a very much value judgment and subjective view on your part. >> it may be but everybody i talk to says she just doesn't have that kind of charisma that obama has, that bill

clinton has. the other thing quickly is what happens if she's endited? the fbi is still at it more so than ever, and it's a real possibility in my view that stuart: actually enentitled. not actually a report but endited. >> yes. stuart: i'd give it a 50/50% chance. stuart: will it be january, february, march? >> i'm told spring. stuart: march, april time. >> yes. stuart: interesting information as always. we appreciate you being with us. ed klein, everyone. attack in america and both president obama and hillary clinton downplay the threat. we'll deal with it next w

>> i'm nicole petallides with your fox business brief. the dow jones turns to negative territory, two points after losing 621 points over the last two trading days. the s&p up two, the nasdaq up about 9 purchase we've seen energy, oil in particular moving to lows, breaking below $34 a barrel. taking a look here. we see walt disney and johnson & johnson under pressure as visa are gaining along the way. worth noting nike, the number one winner in the dow jones industrial average up 35%, 128, 76 price target and with

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stuart: now, we are following reports -- some reports from afghanistan, they are witnesses in the afghan capital. they say they heard loud explosions coming from the diplomatic district.

no further -- what's that again? ashley: two loud explosions. stuart: and that's all we've got at the moment. ashley: that's all we have but don't forget we had a attack on foot patrol they're near the air force base as well. by the taliban. liz: this is a diplomatic section of the cobble; right? stuart: yes so what we've got is six americans dead. ashley: , yes. stuart: in patrol near the afghan -- the bigger base there. and loud explosions heard. ashley: two. stuart: in the diplomatic area in cobble in the nation's capitol. ashley: , yes. stuart: check this. check the price of disney stock, please. they were down a little bit earlier, down a buck 40 now at 106. now, the new star wars movie called the force awakens, earned more than a half billion dollars worldwide just this weekend. liz, i think they've got a pipeline of stuff -- liz: yeah, so four more star wars movies but now taking a look added another lucasfilm franchise.

indian jones. if they can breed new life the thinking is they can do it with indian jones. prior to indian jones, might have seen -- and i saw them -- were box office disappointments. and what's interesting here about star wars, another big franchise did not perform well. that was hunger games mocking jay part two. less than six million box office. stuart: less than 6 million? and that was this weekend? liz: out already prior to the weekend. stuart: check the big board, the dow -- now, let's see. the dow up only 9 points as we speak. in other words, 150 point rally has gone in the space of the last two hours and largelily because of the price of oil is down. i think that's the main reason. president obama and hillary clinton both speaking about isis this weekend. roll that tape. >> we now finally are where we need to be. we have a strategy and a commitment to go after isis, which is a danger to us as well as the region.

barack obama: it is also important for us to keep things in perspective and this is not something that can destroy the united states, not a huge industrial power they can pose great risks to us. institutionally or on a systematic way, but they can hurt us, and they can hurt our people and our families. so i understand why people are worried. stuart: okay. let me summarize this. hillary clinton says we are where we want to be with isis and the president says isis cannot destroy america, works closely with peat, spell it out for me. spell it out for our viewers. what damage can isis do for america? >> yeah. thanks for having me on, first of all. it's a great question.

i mean this is sort of a fairy tale foreign policy. significant damage can be done not only to our physical structure but psyche. we can't find ourselves behind in this fight. the united states the most effective military in the world. if we don't take leadership in a region like this, then we can expect the enemy to take leadership for us and that's what we're seeing right now. stuart: psychological damage more than that really hurts at this moment in time. we've had an attack in our own backyard. >> right. stuart: and immediately afterwards the nation's second largest school district was flat out shut down because what turned out to be a fake terror threat but shut down nonetheless. that's the damage that we live in fear, and we change our behavior because of isis. that's a presuming problem. >> that's a huge problem you're right and, again, our military is effective and we can avoid this by taking a clear, decisive role. she talked about having a commitment and a strategy. but that's precisely what's

missing in the region is the strategy. we've got the tactics, our men and women fighting this, they are the greatest men and women the arms in the history has ever 'zine hold on a second, jason. where do you think it stands? you're saying some boots on the ground. i hate the expression but that's what you're talking about. we've got a great military, use them on the ground. now, where does the country stand on that? do they want it? does america want that? >> america wants leadership, and they haven't seen that. so we don't really have the voice to say that is wandered there, so they're looking to leaders to see what the solution is but our leaders kicking this down the road, are these rhetorical devices they're using to kick the can down administration. so of course the american people don't have the belief system to fall in line with. we need a commander-in-chief who gets out there, somebody like hillary clinton who has had this double-talk for years now as we've compromised our

national security in region after region after region when, in fact, american people are looking for true leadership. we haven't seen that yet and as soon as that comes along, we can clean that up without much trouble, show clear, decisive leadership and we can close down this enemy and destroy them. stuart: i don't think the president is hearing to the be generals. that's what we hear anyway. thank you for joining us on a busy day. >> thank you. stuart: how about this? a high school in minnesota adds a muslim song to a school christmas concert. parents unhappy to say the least. todd on that next

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stuart: now, you may be familiar with my next guest as a hard -- die hard republican. as of friday afternoon, though, he is no longer a registered republican. why would that be? well, because republicans on capitol hill let that budget deal pass. todd is his name. you resigned from the republican party? >> that's right. i filled out my paperwork, i'm no longer a party person now. stuart: is it that bad? >> i think it's beyond bad, i think a lot of people reached that point that i reached where we're tired of campaigning for -- watching these republicans campaign as conservatives but govern as

democrats. it comes to a point where you say why in the world are we sending these people to washington where they're can a pitchlating, we've got nancy over there -- i can't believ stuart: if you don't pass that party did deal, you shut down the government, and going into an election year, that's not good news. that's did i give the democrats what they want. >> that's right. but we did not send these republicans to washington to bend over every single time to the democrats. and that's what's happened. that's what happened when john boehner was leading the house of representatives. so, listen, i think a lot of folks are saying enough is enough. we want you to go to washington, we want you to put a stop to all of this spending, this taxing, its got to come to an end and protect our borders. how in the world can you call yourself a republican and not

defund planned parenthood? . stuart: there's blain high school, it's in minnesota. they're letting students sing a song about a muslim holiday during a christmas show. by the way, the show contains the -- the song contains the phrase that sounds like a war cry to me. what do you say to that? >> nothing says merry christmas like happy -- a lot of ruth rins up in that neck of the woods, can you imagine all the lutheran mommy and daddies and their kids start chanting. this is pretty outrageous. the school says they're doing it of being inclusive to all religions but quite frankly was shocked for folks. stuart: let's take it at that value that they were being inclusive. do you have problem of inclusiveness in our public schools? >> i don't have problem with inclusiveness but the fact was it was last summer, are they going to sing holy night during the show? i don't think so.

stuart: i think they want to put islam onto center stage in our public schools. disapproved? >> i think that's happening because they're marginalizing christianity and that's a problem. stuart: puts it very easily. very well. we'll see you soon and merry christmas. >> merry christmas. stuart: more varney after this every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? ♪

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>> i wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't a lawsuit in this at some point because the emotional trauma of -- it's like when rodger ails called me and said we're giving you this new show on fox business and then he said, oh, wait a minute, it's the other foreigner. [laughter] . stuart: i thought it was funny at the time but, you know. liz: he had you going; right? stuart: had me going. ashley: oh, dear. stuart: sometimes when ashley and i are together because we

both are british accents. ashley: we do? . stuart: yeah, we do, and from way back. liz: i don't even know you're doing it. stuart: all right, neil cavuto, take it away, mate. neil: thank you very much. ashley: oh, that was dreadful. liz: what was that? neil: my people. how condescending can you be? how condescending can you be? i heard that, varney. by the way, that wasn't a rumor your guest was talking about. [laughter] thank you, my friend. all right. we have a lot going on here. so i don't know where to begin. actually i do because i'm going to begin here, i was right on the force awakens. you hear this? what a disaster. what a disaster. $570million in global sales. oh.