blake berman live in north charleston, south carolina. r, what are some of the final thoughts here, who won the debate, what are people talking about? >> blake: the talk is really donald trump, ted cruz going after each other for the first time face to face in charleston. and you knew one issue in particular was going to be brought up, the questions about whether ted cruz is a natural-born citizen. cruz came with a ready-made answer and trump responded in part by saying that some of his concerns in case he potentially wants to name cruz as vice presidential running mate. >> my friend said that he would have the lawyers look at it in every which way. there was no issue. there was nothing to the issue. [laughter] >> since september, the constitution hasn't changed. [laughter] >> but the poll numbers have. >> the fact is there's a big question mark on your head and you can't do that to the party, you really can't, you can't do that to the party. you have to have certainty. >> blake: trump was also asked about proposal to temporarily ban musli

blake berman standing with the story. good morning to you, blake. >> blake: president obama with the vice president will speak about executive actions 11:40 is the scheduled start time. the administration has outlined several key points, though, among them requiring a license for sellers and background checks for buyers even if those firearms are sold online or at gun shows. that takes aim at the shph atf has established online investigation center. fbi's background system will be overhauled for 230 fbi agents. president obama said this is well within his legal authority. >> these are not only recommendation that is are well within my legal authority and the executive branch, but there are also ones that the overwhelming of the majority of the people including gun owners support and believe in. >> blake: $500 million to better access to mental healthcare, also involved however, republicans have largely slammed the president's set of executive actions. house speaker paul ryan called it a dangerous level of executive overrea

thank you very much, blake berman in washington. we are awaiting that presser.not often you hear a republican calling for a czar but it might be needed when it comes to iran, we may be need and iran is thought. could you explain why you think so? >> what are we supposed to do? rely on the obama administration to certify, john kerry, everything iran is doing is terrific, they are complying with every part of the complex iranian deal, a deal but by the way iran has not signed, nor will they be signing, they're getting everything they wanted so why believe speaker ryan should appoint a congressional czar in your word, a coordinator to make sure all the relevant committees are still looking at the iranian deal to make sure the administration is doing what it should to keep iran's feet to the fire and check whether iran is actually complying with this deal. i expect them to comply because the bar is so low. we had u.s. sanction legislation that was really tough. we had un resolutions also tough. now all of that has been wiped out with the very weak, ineffective deal

blake berman with all the highlights. blake, good morning to you. >> blake: hillary clinton positioned herself as a stewart of the obama administration while bernie sanders continued to call for a political revolution in the final democratic debate before the iowa caucuses. those two clashed throughout the night on the issue of gun reform, single-payer welfare and it took minutes for sanders to highlight that he has made this a real race. >> secretary clinton well knows that when he began she was 50 points ahead of me, we are all of 3% points. guess what, in iowa, new hampshire, the race is very, very close. maybe we are ahead. [cheers and applause] >> blake: clinton was asked why she can't gather democratic enthusiasm like sanders. >> i have a great respect for sanders and his supporters and i'm going to keep working as hard as i can to reach as many people of all ages. i hope to have their support when i'm the democratic nominee. >> blake: clinton can a 25-point lead nationally over sanders but polls show a different bat

the fox business blake berman with the very latest from washington, blake. >> hi, cheryl, lots coming in here. here's what we can tell you at the moment. 10 navy members aboard two ships are now in control of iranian authority. the senior defense official tells fox that group was headed-to-kuwait earlier today when they lost contact. the official says it does appear that the ships went into iranian waters. now, those sailors are now being held on farsi island, which is in the middle of the persian gulf. senior administration official says they have been in communication with iranian authorities. that official says they were told the sailors will be allowed to continue on and that was described as promptly. we're also told that secretary of state john kerry has been in touch with his iranian counterpart on the matter. that would be muhammad who of course carried the nuclear deal with. cheryl. >> blake out of washington, thank you, blake, and retired colonel ralph peters will be weighing in on this developing situation. we'll bring you any breaking news out of iran as we get it here at

the fox business blake berman with the very latest from washington, blake. >> hi, cheryl, lots cominghere's what we can tell you at the moment. 10 navy members aboard two ships are now in control of iranian authority. the senior defense official

blake berman joins me now. on the ground in charleston. >> hi, cheryl, good afternoon to you. these debates have certainly shaped the narrative during this entire election cycle and the focus on this debate will be of course attorney night but also with it will be the focus of what exactly is going on in iowa, new hampshire, here in south carolina, the first of the three early states and as you mentioned a brand-new poll out of iowa today. pretty much sums up what we've been seeing there over the last few days, few weeks even really. it comes from the des moines register, and it has ted cruz on top of donald trump, 25 to 22 with marco rubio at 12, dr. ben carson at 11. those two, the cap potentially cruz and trump could be narrowing because that same poll from just a month ago had cruz up 10 now up 3. our fox news poll from last week had cruz up 4. so it appears to be narrowing there in iowa, and i want to show you exactly how much so. take a look at this. this comes from real clear politics. the site that aggregates all the polls and averaging them out. when they look at ted

blake berman live in des moines, iowa with the latest. blake, good morning to you. >> blake: hello, good morning, from des moines. i will tell you this much when we landed yesterday, one of the first things when we saw political billboards everywhere. political advertisements just about everywhere. all candidates trying to making impression. once again it is donald trump who is staying front and center with the headlines. last night trump said he would not participate. a protest no-show because of megan kelly remaining as moderator. without a doubt, trump will not be there tomorrow night. they release it had statement and this is what he said, i'm quoting here. unlike the very stupid incompetent people running into the ground, mr. trump knows when to walk away. this take guts and mental althoughty our country needs to make america great again. ted cruz blasted trump yesterday saying, essentially, he is being weak by not showing up and challenged one-on-one, 90-minute debate. he called donald a fragile soul. >> you know, donald is a fragile

blake berman with the latest on that. hey, blake. >> yeah. you're exactly right. a lot of the people throughout this entire process have been saying wait until we get to the early january. well, here we are and the first fresh batch of polls this year basically shows it's the status quo as we ended 2015. the latest fox news poll shows donald trump has a commanding lead over the republican field. take a look at that. trump with a little bit more than support from one and three voters. ted cruz remains if second there at 20%. but when we move over to iowa the first in the nation caucus, it remains trump, cruz, one, two. but cruz on top at 27. trump four points behind at 23. would point out, though, as you can see on the bottom that does remain within the margin of error. from there, it will be a mad dash eventually over to new hampshire and the latest polling there shows trump still holdings a huge lead in the first in the nation primary. getting support there from 33% of voters. and you'll notice it is ruby second but still cruz there in the top three. this trump/c

blake berman with the latest on that. hey, blake. >> yeah. you're exactly right.process have been saying wait until we get to

the last gop debate before monday's iowa caucus, blake berman is in des moines with the preview of what to expect this evening. blake, good morning to you. >> blake: donald trump continues to maintain that he will not be at this debate tonight. very last debate before the iowa caucus still. this is a hugely important debate on the fox news channel tonight. keep in mind that of the candidates have been campaigning for months here in iowa. some longer than that. over a year. this is the final push before caucus goers head to the polls four days from now, monday night. there will be two debates, the first one at 9:00 o'clock. it will be cruz and rubio, center stage, carson and bush christy and kasich and rand paul will once again reappear on the 9:00 o'clock debate stage. it all starts at 7:00 o'clock with four candidates trying to make a good final impression as well. fiorina, huckabee and santorum and gilmore returns on that stage. i spoke to the campaign of ted cruz, they expect their guy to take fire from all over considering he will be the front runner on that stage later tonight spec

blake berman on the grounds in des moines with the reaction. what are people saying?porter: a couple points. about the reaction, one of the headlines going in, marco rubio and ted cruz getting the opportunity for the first time to be front and center with donald trump not being in attendance. a couple newspapers here statewide picked up on that and from what happened last night, as they put it on the front page between ted cruz and marco rubio, the main reaction, the main headline. one newspaper in dublin, the largest newspaper in the state has this headline. rough , the largest newspaper in the state has this headline. rough night for ted cruz. but that the pri endorsed marco rubio for president. others are questioning a lot of these poll. one campaign doing very well in the polls and another trying to break out. at these polls based on how they are judging voter turnout. 20,000 republicans show up to caucus and some have been testing their models up to 170,000 or 200,000 so they are questioning if indeed the number is going into this. charles: the more turn out the

blake berman is in washington with all the latest details. >> good morning, donald trump was largelyal attacks yesterday while giving a speech on the campus of liberty university. the private christian university is where ted cruz announced his presidential run but donald trump still did clear of that escalating feud. instead the backdrop was courting an important republican voting bloc, evangelical voters. that group is especially significant in iowa. the quinnipiac university poll from that stage shows from does get a large backing from evangelicals but trails ted cruz amongte shows from does get a large backing from evangelicals but trails ted cruz among that group denial of. >> . >> we have agreed with evangelicals we are going to clean the table. we are going to protect christianity. >> reporter: trump who faced questions about the importance of religion in his own life had once got that through some chuckles from the crowd. he talked about, quote, tweet to corinthians, that should be second corinthians. >> i want to say something on that. anyone who has ever been in front of a

blake berman is with here in north charleston with the very latest, hey, blake. >> blake: good morning to you. if there's a constant throughout the debate, donald trump has been front and center and that will once again be tonight as he is joined by six other candidates at 9:00 o'clock. marco rubio on one side, ted cruz on the other. at a campaign event in florida last night in front of some 11,000 people trump really did not get into the issue that he's been pounding over the last ten days two weeks or so, that being whether or not ted cruz is a natural-born citizen, instead he left the audience with somewhat of a tease, i guess you should say, it's something that they will get into tonight. meantime, ted cruz is becoming more confident, more comfortable taking on donald trump and naming him out on the campaign trail. here was his response last night just down the road from us here in south carolina. >> you know, it's very interesting. this issue did not seem to concern donald until a little over a week ago when suddenly he was trailing in the polls in iowa. >> blake: meantime the tex

blake berman is stand tong streets of dc right now. oh, my goodness. [laughter] >> blake: maria, i'm 5'10 tall. it's not like i'm come to go -- coming from the suburbs. show this to maria over here. that's the united states capital that will be a ghost town as local federal government has shutdown. the pictures, video are incredible. fending on where you live. you probably got 20-30-inches of snow. this came in friday afternoon at about 2-3 four o'clock in the afternoon. left saturday at midnight but now the cleanup and digging out begins. 8,000 flight that is were canceled yesterday and at least a but there was some fun in this for a lot of us in the dc area. some shredding, this was allowed because of the bill that was signed and a lot of folks made the walk because you couldn't drive anywhere. brought the kids and family, had fun but the word that i keep using, maria, is this is a mess, the dig out is going to take quite some time. i want to show you two pictures that we have that i took from wacking out from my front door this morning. this is where

charles: sticking with politics, donald trump coming out with a new ad and blake berman still in charlestonll us about this ad. >> yeah. hi, there, charles. donald trump just went up on the air today with a second ad in iowa and new hampshire. trump had been promising for a little while that he was going to spend some money, and he is indeed doing that. a $2 million ad buy, a 30-second ad. in it it takes a little bit more of a hopeful tone i guess you could say. that first ad he talked about chopping off the head of isis. here, though, he lists several different issues as to what he wants to see happen in his words how he's going to make america great again. and i think you'll be able to get a slice of it just from the last seven or eight seconds or so. here it is. >> we are going to make it great again. we're going to make it greater than ever before. thank you. >> so there you have the imagery of trump in front of the crowds, the music, people cheering for him and the like. again, a $2 million ad buy iowa, new hampshire, obviously there on the ground and once again back up on the airwaves