. >>> we'll talk politics on this monday morning as we always do with bret baier, joining us live from our nation's capital. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's zoom out and show once again, mary lou henner is still with us. we started to ask her during her segment but got derailed with the memory tests. you were on the first "celebrity apprentice" with donald trump. >> i was on it twice, "celebrity apprentice" and "celebrity apprentice all-stars." i made a lot of money for my charity. i wasn't surprised he wanted to run. he's' a game changer and real character and i can tell you 100% that's real hair. i saw him in front of a helicopter, that's his real hair. >> bret i think she's ready for a special report panel. >> get her to come on down. >> mary lou has to do another tv show. >> thank you, bye-bye. >> there she goes. >> bret, willet's talk about the republican side. it's unbelievable. trump and cruz we thought they had a secret deal not to go at each other. now they're going at each other big time as iowa hooks like it's going more and more to the cruz column and new hampshire

bret: i do not have a good answer for that.ould have by now because it does affect the bottom if you one. are on the sales floor and do not wind up going into the fitting room, the store actually makes a lot less money off of you. it is hard to explain to executives that there is a return on investment on lighting. it seems so subjective, but it turns out if there is good lighting, and there is someone there to help you, and the curtain closes, and you do not get stuck by a stray safety pin, you will spend more money. carol: thank you. and that does it for this week's edition of "bloomberg businessweek" on bloomberg television. david: the latest issue of business week is available online and on newsstands. carol: we will see you next week right here on bloomberg television. ♪ ♪ bend me shape me, any way you want me as long as you love me, it's alright bend me shape me, any way you want me you've got the power, to turn on the light shape the best sleep of your life. sleep number beds with sleepiq technology adjust any way you wa

bret: i do not have a good answer for that.u are on the sales floor and do not wind up going into the fitting room, the store actually makes a lot less money off of you. it is hard to explain to executives that there is a return on investment on lighting. it seems so subjective, but it turns out if there is good lighting, and there is someone there to help you, and the curtain closes, and you do not get stuck by a stray safety pin, you will spend more money. carol: thank you. and that does it for this week's edition of "bloomberg businessweek" on bloomberg television. david: available online and on newsstands. carol: we will see you next week right here on bloomberg television. ♪ ♪ emily: he worked alongside steve jobs to revolutionize the way we listen to music and became known as the godfather of the ipod. he spent nearly a decade at apple, then hatched a company of his own. in 2010, he cofounded nest labs, where he promised to invent every unloved product in the home. a promise so thrilling, google, soon to become alphabet s

bret: i do not have a good answer for that.u are on the sales floor and do not wind up going into the fitting room, the store actually makes a lot less money off of you. it is hard to explain to executives that there is a return on investment on lighting. it seems so subjective, but it turns out if there is good lighting, and there is someone there to help you, and the curtain closes, and you do not get stuck by a stray safety pin, you will spend more money. carol: thank you. and that does it for this week's edition of "bloomberg businessweek" on bloomberg television. david: available online and on newsstands. carol: we will see you next week right here on bloomberg television. ♪ ♪ francine: welcome to "leaders" with me, francine lacqua. pearson is an international publishing company with its biggest businesses in education and books. earlier this year, it sold two of its most well known brands, the "ft" and "the economist." in an exclusive interview, i speak with the group's ceo, john fallon, about his vision for the company a

bret? >> mike emmanuel live on the hill, thanks. >>> this is a fox news alert, breaking now one of the president's people appears to be taking the fall on the water crisis in flint, michigan. correspondent kevin corke is live tonight at the white house. with the breaking details. moments ago. kevin? >> good evening to you. the region 5 administrator for the epa, that's an area that covers flint, michigan, susan headmond, has offered her resignation and will be leaving her post on february 1st. this as the investigation into that city's water crisis continues. in explicable and inexcusable, that was president obama's reaction to news that flint, michigan residents were told that their drinking water was safe despite warnings from the environmental protection agency, state and local officials that the water was in fact unfit to drink. >> it's also an indication of sometimes we downplay the role that an effective government has to play in protecting the public health and safety of people and c

i compliment you, bret. adam, your thoughts on trump and his ability of this, a big thing. >> huge. >> wall street is really on trial on this one, it seems to me, and how trump can disavow his relationship to wall street is a little -- well, it seems like a sizable chore as well, what do you think? . >> i think trump can goes on offensive on this because it goes right to the core, the constituency for ted cruz, the people, the tea party, furious with the banks, goldman sachs made a $1.5 million settlement for lying to investors, and you have ted cruz, yes, he used own assets as collateral for the $500,000 loan, but you're not supposed to do that because the law says you can't use more -- it gets tricky, but it's 50% of assets if jointly held with your wife. he has to explain to supporters. >> there are millions of people thanking you for giving us the threshold on assets. [ laughter ] >> but the reality is here, wall street is on trial, it seems, as far as the democratic party is concerned, even by the bigge

moderated by bret baier, megyn kelly, chris wallace.e from the iowa events center from des moines, fox news channel and streaming live on foxnews.com as well. no excuse not to witness this. bill: bret an carl need to get out. only 10 feet away from each other? martha: sniffling in the back ground i think. bill: there is new fallout from the planned parenthood videos that appear to show officials talking about selling aborted tissue from babies. texas grand jury talking about whether or not they broke the law has cleared the organization. instead charged creators of those videos. james rosen sorts through this live in d.c. what are the specific charges of these two anti-abortion activists face, james. reporter: good morning a state grant jury in harris county, texas, a leader of a fairly new activist group, center for medical progress, and one much it is employees broke the law after posing as officer of a biomedical firm proposed to planned parenthood employee in texas sale of feet tissue. they recorded hundred of hours of video at nume

bret has been using he bus and asking friends for help getting around. we've got you covered live in the newsroom... amanda gilbert... kwwl news. if you think you might have seen this bike or have any information on where it might the city of dubuque is working on adopting a new budget. r some...thatatould mean paying more for property taxes. the dubuque city council voted against a proposed tax hike for commercial properties. and now --,they're working on a lower still aren't'tin favor of ii that no matater what they do, it's gonna be passed down to the gonne be affected by it." the city manaar plans onn submitting a new budget recommendation by february first. if there is a property tax increase - owners won'' see it until fall when their bill goes out. we're hearing from a bar manager this morning, after a customer complain about new y]ar's eve servic online. she wrote on therestaurant'' facebook page she would never return. bar staff was focused on another customer -- a woman who suffered a heart attack at the restaurant. a manager responded to the c

bret: i think there will be targeting of trump. there will be an interesting dynamic been ted cruz and donald trump after all the birther talk and whether he's a natural born citizen. i believe that will result in some fireworks. rubio-cruz is also an interesting look at things. then you have christie and rubio and kasich all fighting along with bush for the establishment lane in new hampshire. there is a lot of ways this could bubble over. donald trump has in the past up until now kind of hung back and not been as forceful as he is on the campaign trail on the debate stage and that's worked well for him. he hasn't had to. kennedy: marco rubio has drawn fire from so many side. but i think there has been a sift since the last debate and cruz doing so well in iowa. which one of them is a bigger target to the rest of the field? bret: i think cruz will take a lot of incoming because he's leading in the in most of the polls. it's either trump or cruz in iowa. i'll bet he will take a lot of incoming and there could be fireworks there. wh

liz: bret baier host of special report on the fox news channel.e there as he and chris and megyn host the next republican presidential debate on the fox news channel. watch fox business for all the action in iowa on caucus day. neil cavuto hosting february 1st and watch maria's entire interview she just taped with donald trump tomorrow morning beginning at 6:00 a.m. eastern. we're coming right back. the dow is losing 192 points right this second. the s&p getting smacked, down 28. we're the hottest young company around but if we want to keep the soda pop flowing we need fresh ideas! >>got it. we slow, we die. >>what about cashing out? no! i'm trying to build something here. >>how about using fedex ground for shipping? >>i don't need some kid telling me how to run a business! i've been doing this for 4 long months. >>fedex ground can help us save money and deliver fast to our customers. not bad, kid. you remind me of a younger me. >>aiden! the dog is eating your retainer again. let's take a short 5-minute recess. fedex ground is faster to more locat

we'll talk the moderators bret baier and chris wallace. >>> hillary clinton hit by damaging new headlines about her e-mails as she's trying to avoid an embarrassing upset and bernie sanders ripped "the washington post." is the press finally taking this race seriously? >>> and why do we all grant this small rural state so much power in choosing a president? i'm howard kurtz and this is "#mediabuzz." >>> there's no question that donald trump stole the spotlight before the fox news google debate here in iowa, monopolizing the potential audience for a trumpless debate. >> what donald did is make this line in the sand which was preposterous for him to do over -- what was megyn kelly going to do? go up there and whack him around? it's ridiculous. >> well, look, he's gotten what he wanted to get which is blanket wall-to-wall coverage of him. blocking out everything else going up to the debate. that was well played. >> whose a going to watch a debate between the two cuban guys? who's going to watch the debate between marco rubio and ted cruz? who cares? >> when cruz, rubio, carson, bush, paul and

we're glad -- we're glad to have you here, bret. at do you think the royals chances are to win the world series? [ laughter ] you're getting hyped up. yeah, yeah, what do you think the royals' chanans are to win the world series? well i played for the royals and i also played for the mets so i'd like to not make any premature bets gamblin's a sin and i'm not speculating satan so let's just watch the game and may ththbest team win [ cheers and applause ] nailed it. >> jimmy: you nailed it? you nailed it? >> oh, yeah. ask these guys. >> jimmy: just like rehearsal. >> yeah, even better. >> jimmy: there you go. swinging the bat, yeah. do you have any advice for the team? >> oh, yeah. gotta pace yourself it's a pretty long series it's the best out of seven so don't get weary it's a strenuous game and a lot is menenl it comes down to w w's got better fundamentals you gotta stay focused and don't get bored and when it's all over, come down to buy a ford truck [ chchrs and applause ] >> jimmy: there he is, bret saberhagen, everybody. good t

bret? >> thank you. what was once considered a sure thing is now anything but. tonight the hillary clinton campaign and increasing wore ris over the surge from senator bernie sanders, chief white house correspondent has more. >> as hillary clinton prep force her third debate. her campaign is getting shakier. one analyst telling the "washington post." if democratic socialist bernie sanders wins iowa and new hampshire bay little, it may not matter. though the influential african-american congressman added quotes if he comes out of there with big victories, it could be a new day. today clinton did her fifth interview on msnbc in two weeks as she grows more worried about progressives flocking to sanders on issues like health care. >> basically what he's doing is saying hey we need to start all over again. let's tear it up and replace it. >> sanders dismissed the attacks when fox pressed him in a news conference about clinton's charge he broke a pledge to not run negative ads. >> they're mad at

jon: bret baier, the anchor of special report. heather: fox news is teaming up with google and youtube for the debates. the first debate thursday at 7:00 p.m. sharp. and in the prime time debate moderated bid bret baier. that begins at 9:00 live from the iowa events center in des moines. jon: karl rove, former deputy chief of staff to former president bush. iowa is all about peaking at the right time. who is peaking at the right time? >> if you look at the real clear politics average this is a two-man race. donald trump and ted cruz. but the guy who looks likes he's peaking at the right time is donald trump. we paid a lot of attention to the endorsement by sarah palin and the attack on him as a canadian dual citizen. and over the weekend the state senior republican senator chuck grass reply appeared at a trump rally at pella, iowa. he didn't endorse trump, but he said nice things about him. the mere appearance of chuck grassley who is considered a saint in the state. democrats can't even couple with an opponent for him this time a

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i'm bret baier in washington. we're following the major weather system that is expected to dump two and a half feet of snow in some places in the east. including right here in and around washington, d.c. besides the snow. forecasters are calling for gale-force winds, white-out conditions and coastal flooding. parts of arkansas and tennessee have eight inches of snow. parts of kentucky have more than a foot. seven people have died in storm-related crashes already. we'll have fox team coverage of the storm in just a few minutes. but first tonight what could be the most damaging allegation yet against hillary clinton. in her email scandal. we're learning tonight that among clinton's communications on her private unsecured server, were details about human intelligence assets. people. whose lives were and are at risk in service to this country. chief intelligence krort catherine herridge is here with breaking details. >> one of the clinton emails contained intelligence about human spying according to the intelligence c

it said hashtag bret's awesome.ughter] >> listen, the economy will drive the day, and i'm sure trish and sandra and maria and neil will spend a lot of time on the big issues that really when you talk to people on the ground, that's what they say. they still say the economy drives it even though national security and terrorism is also really important according to the polls. i think there will be fireworks. i think dana's right that the donald trump/ted cruz dynamic is going to be really interesting to watch. but then you have this other lane. you have the bush/rubio/christie lane that is really fighting for second place in some of these places like iowa and new hampshire to be able to fight another day down the road in the primaries. liz: do candidates focus on what attracts these early states versus what may attract the later states? we had kept saying back in november, look, a lot changes by february. bret, february's a couple weeks away, and nothing's changed. donald trump is still the front runner, hillary clint

bret? >> carl cameron with, the golf voice at a town hall of john kasich. a short time ago i went to packed town hall meeting with senator ted cruz and afterwards, i caught up with the senator aboard his campaign bus. about the events of the day. >> i just sat through essentially a town hall, crowded. packed, how does it feel here on the ground? >> it feels fantastic. we're in the middle of a state-wide bus tour. we're traveling around every county in the state and we're doing town halls, sitting around, looking new hampshire voters innite and answering their questions. i think that's something, that's the only way to win in new hampshire. the only way to win in iowa. is to demonstrate the how many illty and the respect to the voters, to come and ask for their support. i don't think anyone will win new hampshire or iowa from a tv studio in new york or washington. it's got to be on the ground. and it's got to be person to person. friend to friend, neighbor to neighbor. our campaign is a gras

bret? >> dan springer live in oregon tonight. dan, thank you. >>> overseas, russian leader vladimir putin is specifically mentioning the u.s. as a threat to his country's national security. while that fact might seem obvious to some, this is the first time russia has put that in writing in recent memory. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight. good evening, jennifer. >> good evening, bret. it's the first time since the end of the cold war that russian has named the united states as a threat. in his first address of the year, putin urged russians to pull together. >> translator: we are united by the same goals, an aspiration to be useful to the mother land and responsibility for its destiny. >> it's been showing off its modern weaponry like these cruise missiles fired from the caspian sea. the u.s. says they are not targeting russia. they state the u.s. and its allies are, quote, striving to maintain their dominance in global affairs and must be challenge

if he assumed that parts would be used for terror, bret, why would he give it? so you know, this is the way we negotiate. so i'm all for cuba opening it up. i do think, i do think if it is going to open up we should make at least a reasonably sane deal. not the deal we're making right now. >> mr. trump, we'll see you thursday night, right? >> we'll be talking. let's see. i didn't like the press releases that fox put out. it is like they're playing games. i don't like it when people play games with me and they're playing games. >> we'll all be there. >> i'm sure you'll be there. >> thanks. >> thank you very much. >>> democrat socialist bernie sanders is continuing to chip away at hillary clinton's once for

look forward to you on the other side, bret. thanks for being with us, live from north charleston coliseum. stay with us, our coverage continues right now.ontinued rit now. ♪ >> this is "lou dobbs tonight," live from the the republican presidential primary debate in charleston, south carolina. here is lou dobbs. ♪ lou: there you are. we're coming to you from north charleston coliseum. good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs in charleston, south carolina. we're less than an hour away from the beginning of the second fox business network republican debate of the evening. seven candidates taking the stage in the debate, the fewest number of candidates we've seen on the stage this election cycle for a republican prime time debate. the candidates are in the building, all of them, all seven of them. and a lot at stake for each one of them. governor john kasich, governor chris christie, senator marco rubio, donald trump, senator ted cruz, dr. ben carson, former governor jeb bush. my colleagues, maria bartiromo and neil cavuto will moder

look forward to you on the other side, bret. thanks for being with us, live from north charleston coliseum. stay with us, our coverage continues right now.ontinued rit now. ♪ >> this is "lou dobbs tonight," live from the the republican presidential primary debate in charleston, south carolina. here is lou dobbs. ♪ lou: there you are. we're coming to you from north charleston coliseum. good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs in charleston, south carolina. we're less than an hour away from the beginning of the second fox business network republican debate of the evening. seven candidates taking the stage in the debate, the fewest number of candidates we've seen on the stage this election cycle for a republican prime time debate. the candidates are in the building, all of them, all seven of them. and a lot at stake for each one of them. governor john kasich, governor chris christie, senator marco rubio, donald trump, senator ted cruz, dr. ben carson, former governor jeb bush. my colleagues, maria bartiromo and neil cavuto will moder

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bret? >> john huddy, thank you. expand beyond the guns and explosives business into something even more dangerous. chemical weapons. and we're also learning the terror organization is gaining followers at an alarming rate. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has new information, a warning here her report contains images that might be upsetting. >> these photos taken by the kurds in northern iraq last fall and shared with fox news show burns and blistering consistent with the use of chemical agents which are described as odorless, colorless and absorbed through the clothing, causing burns or illness hours later. >> i think it could be a perfect testing ground. >> former fbi intelligence officer gills research for an upcoming conference suggest that isis is using safe havens in iraq, libya as laboratories to understand the chemical impact of agents on the battlefield. >> they were particularly interested in using these chemicals, in confined-space environments. soft targets. like shopping malls. movie

i compliment you, bret.ghts on trump and his ability of this, a big thing. >> huge. >> wall street is really on trial on this one, it seems to me, and how trump can disavow his relationship to wall street is a little -- well, it seems like a sizable chore as well, what do you think? . >> i think trump can goes on offensive on this because it goes right to the core, the constituency for ted cruz, the people, the tea party, furious with the banks, goldman sachs made a $1.5 million settlement for lying to investors, and you have ted cruz, yes, he used own assets as collateral for the $500,000 loan, but you're not supposed to do that because the law says you can't use more -- it gets tricky, but it's 50% of assets if jointly held with your wife. he has to explain to supporters. >> there are millions of people thanking you for giving us the threshold on assets. [ laughter ] >> but the reality is here, wall street is on trial, it seems, as far as the democratic party is concerned, even by the biggest beneficiary o

bret bow zell is one of them.re live to react. >> this is a man who said he was a proud deputy crate and supporter of hillary clinton. he said he was a proud supporter of planned parenthood. this is what he said he was. people have to say it's been a lot of fun up until now. . . . . marco rubio. he ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty... then he flipped, and worked with liberal chuck schumer to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote against it. and then voted for it. he supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. marco rubio. just another washington politician you can't trust. jeb bush. he's a leader, so you always know where he stands. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. martha: fox news alert. washington, d.c. mayor muriel bowser holding news conference updating everybody in the nation's capitol the snowstorm that is hitting parts of north carolina and virginia and heads-up the east coast. we'll let you know what you need to know as we get it on

bret? >> carl cameron live in dery. >>> america's election headquarters in-depth. will the people who show up to donald trump's rallies in iowa show up on caucus night? senior national correspondent john roberts is in des moines tonight. >> with 12 days to go until iowans vote, donald trump has added a new appeal to his stump speech. >> february 1st, you got to get out there, you got to bring your friends and i joke and i kid. if you don't feel well, no matter what's happening, if you have to the worst day of your life, it doesn't matter. >> his crowds are usually huge. packed with energy and enthusiasm. but charlie gilbert. who just made up his mind to caucus for trump is worried. >> my concern is will all this enthusiasm, all the people that show up, will that translate into votes? >> the big question with donald trump in iowa is his support solid? or is it just air? >> yeah. i think it's solid. i mean this is someone who is you know, really been at the front of the polls in iowa for over

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bret: i do not have a good answer for that.u are on the sales floor and do not wind up going into the fitting room, the door actually makes a lot less money off of you. it is hard to explain to executives that there is a onurn on investment lighting. it seems so subjective, but it turns out if there is good lighting, and there is someone there to help you, and the curtain closes, and you do not get stuck by a stray safety pin, you will spend more money. thank you. and that does it for this week's edition of "bloomberg businessweek" on bloomberg television. david: available online and on newsstands. carol: we will see you next week right here on bloomberg television. ♪ ♪ >> from our studios in new york city, this is "charlie rose". charlie: we began with politics. now for the latest on the 2016 presidential race sarah palin is , back and campaigning for donald trump. one of the developments that has come out in the run-up to the iowa caucuses. they are managing editors of bloomberg politics and the cohosts of "with all due respe

bret baier plays a very key role in the moderator as prime time debates. good morning to you, bret.feel? >> i feel good. i think a waterfall at the set a really good thing. martha: you like that? >> i say we suggest it for new york. martha: carry it around with us everywhere we go. >> soothes. bill: feels like florida. martha: fall version of "america's newsroom." good to see you, sir. it is interesting to see ted cruz in the center podium. we have not seen that in the previous debates tonight. so what are you looking for, what is the preview? >> the preview is listen, we're going to cover as you know, same broad topics. there are a lot of things to talk about. there are things that haven't been talked about before. the key thing let these candidates you know, interaction breathe a little bit. we've seen a lot of these debates but we haven't seen everything that they have been talking about on the trail recently play out when they're all on the same stage. i think that is one of our goals. i know one of your goals tonight. martha: when you look at sort of the side stories we've been