lou: whoa.ump hitting right back at the senator from texas saying, quote, anyone who wants to knock new york values needs to go through me, end quote. he went on to say new york is full of energy, the same energy that helped rebuild the empire state after the september 11th attacks and so the stage is set, if you will for that debate, a debate in which donald trump says he will be asking about the senator's failure to disclose his loan from goldman sachs, based, headquartered in new york i believe. joining us tonight fox news contributor ebony williams, former pentagon official, kt mcfarland, "national review" editor rich lowery. let's start if i may, rich, with you. every time trump is attacked he turns it, now he is the defender of new york state, not just simply manhattan. >> lou, i want you to pay very close attention. i want you to write this one down. i think that was the single best thing that donald trump has said in this campaign. he absolutely knocked it out of the park by going straig

here's lou. lou: good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs. terror on the streets of philadelphia.hiladelphia police officer tonight is in stable condition after he was shot three times by a man who said he had pledged allegiance by the islamic state. officials say 30-year-old archer confessed to committing the crime. he says he believes police defend laws that are contrary to the teaching. police describe his act as an outright cowardly ambush. >> you can see the male in question. going towards police officer hartnett already firing, second shot he is literally inside that car. he's got his arm extending -- extended firing at officer hartnett. i'm absolutely amazed that officer hartnett is here with us today. this male fired at least 11 shots from a 9-millimeter at close range. you can see he begins to run away, continues to fire, even as he flees away. . lou: we'll take up the growing concerns about radical islamist terrorism. we'll be talking with former secretary service agent dan and former nypd homicide detective bowe. also tonight donald trump is back in south carolina for a

lou dobbs. lou: good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs. republican presidential candidates getting ready to take the stage for their final debate before the iowa caucuses monday. brand-new polls out of the three early voting states show donald trump still leading in iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. senators cruz and rubio follow in second and third place in iowa and south carolina. and in new hampshire it's cruz and kasich and then rubio tied for third place there in new hampshire. we'll take all of that up with our political panel tonight. joining us national review's rich lowry, the blaze's amy holmes, including senator jeff sessions who has had significant influence on donald trump's views on illegal immigration and international trade. >>> also tonight, the bernie sanders campaign raising questions. important questions about microsoft's involvement in the iowa caucuses. is iowa's voting system rigged? that's essentially what concerns senator sanders. what is microsoft up to here? the technology giant rolling out new apps for the

lou dobbs next. lou: good evening, everybody. trump is putting more distance between himself and the rest of the republican field. the new poll shows trump with 34 percent support among iowa caucus goers. trump turning his iowa numbers completely around over the past two weeks, just two weeks ago crews had a five-point lead over trump. his pledge. this morning trump hammered home the message in a facebook video. >> i am self funding my campaign. i don't know anyone anything. they are really trying to stop me. everyone knows it. everyone sees it. lou: trump denied holding a campaign event in farmington, new hampshire. set to take the stage within the hour. and he will talk about whether trump as the ground game to convert polling support and to voters in the caucuses. also tonight bad news for hillary clinton. just-released fox news poll showing clinton's lead has shrunk to the smallest margin yet. president obama trying to undercut sanders surge. listen to the president taking a less than veiled shot. >> been in the public eye fo

lou? lou: dan, thank you very much, dan springer reporting throughout this standoff from burns, oregon. >>> we're coming right back with a lot, lot more on economies, on market, on the middle east and, of course, politics in washington, d.c., such as they are. stay with us. . >>> mr. obama appeases enemies and isolates allies. will his reckless policies in the middle east lead to all-out war? foundation for defense of democracies john hannah joins us here next. >>> and in drought-stricken california, they've been praying for rain for years. their prayers finally answered in almost biblical fashion. torrential rains, mudslides, freeways flooded. we'll have an update on el nino next. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like ordering wine equals pretending to know wine. pinot noir, which means peanut of the night. so strap yourselves in for action flo! small business edition. oh, no! i'm up to my neck in operating costs! i'll save the day! for plumbers and bakers

lou: 12 days away. john roberts thank you. >> one of 5 americans freed by iran, making his first public appearance today, smiling swraisojason rezaian. in germany. >> what is first thing you are going to do when you are home? lou: washington post reporter did not answer the question but he said he is looking forward to catching up on what haze been going on in the world, and seeing the new star wars movie. lou: islamic state destroyed another ancient religious site, oldest christian monastery in iraq, has been reduced by the islamic state to rubble. stone and mortar structure, a place of worship for 1400 years, in 2010, american troops celebrated easter there government officials estimate that islamic state destroyed more than 100 historic relin religious sites in syria and iraq. lou: turning to wall street, as a wild session for stocks, dow jones industrial finished day with a 250 point loss. but it was down more than 550 at the session low. s&p lost 22 points. closing at lowest level since 2014. >> an

lou: whoa.ump hitting right back at the senator from texas saying, quote, anyone who wants to knock new york values needs to go through me, end quote. he went on to say new york is full of energy, the same energy that helped rebuild the empire state after the september 11th attacks and so the stage is set, if you will for that debate, a debate in which donald trump says he will be asking about the senator's failure to disclose his loan from goldman sachs, based, headquartered in new york i believe. joining us tonight fox news contributor ebony williams, former pentagon official, kt mcfarland, "national review" editor rich lowery. let's start if i may, rich, with you. every time trump is attacked he turns it, now he is the defender of new york state, not just simply manhattan. >> lou, i want you to pay very close attention. i want you to write this one down. i think that was the single best thing that donald trump has said in this campaign. he absolutely knocked it out of the park by going straig

lou: good evening, everybody. i'm lou dobbs. breaking news tonight, the state department at this hour set it release the next batch of e-mails from hillary clinton's personal e-mail server. some 1,000 e-mails to be released. fact it's taken this long for the state department to release these e-mails is both a disgrace and outrage, but add to all of that a bombshell development tonight. the state department is also withholding 22 e-mails because those e-mails are deemed top secret and deemed too potentially damaging to our national security to release under any circumstance, and that's not all. 18 other e-mails between mrs. clinton and president obama also being withheld, but the state department will not tell us why. >> i'm not going to speak to the content of these documents. i understand there is great curiosity much i'm going to put that right out at the top. i am not going to speak to the content of this e-mail traffic. we're aware there is intense interest and announcing this decision now because the process regarding the e

lou dobbs in charlotte. lou: good evening, everybody. i'm lou dobbs. tonight, coming to you from the north charleston coliseum and performing arts center in charleston, south carolina. this is where tomorrow evening republican presidential candidates will be taking the stage for the first debate of this new year. votes are set to be cast in iowa less than three weeks from now and a new des moines register bloomberg politics poll shows ted cruz holding lead on top with 25% support, but donald trump is now challenging him. just three points behind at 22%. only last month, trump had a 10-point deficit, and trump tonight in a fighting mood. the political establishment went after him last night with both president obama and south carolina governor nikki haley hitting him in her response to the state of the union and trump firing back at both the president and governor haley. >> he doesn't want to talk about what's going on in the world. the real facts that are going on in the world. he's living in a fantasy land. she's very weak on illegal immigration, and

here is lou dobbs. lou: good evening, i'm lou dobbs. coming to you from the north charleston coliseum and performing arts center in charleston, south carolina. we are one hour safe way from the first republican presidential debate. three candidates will be taking the stage in this first debate. carly fiorina, rick and tore you have and mike huckabee will take the stage and trish regan and sandra smith will moderate. tonight marks the 6th time the republican field has gathered on one stage and the second time the fox business network has had the privilege of hosting the event. it will be a terrific evening. only 7 candidates in the second debate. fashion stall security, illegal immigration and our economy are topics that dominated the campaign trail and our news over the course of the past half year in this country. i'll be joined by familiar faces to you all, and the candidates will be joining us for interviews throughout the evening. right now chris stirewalt and ebony williams join me in north charleston. relationship can strategist e

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lou? lou: ed, thank you very much, ed henry reporting. >>> there are troubling new reports that thousands of cuban refugees are moving in and crossing our southern border with mexico. congressman henry cuellar's office says the refugees are coming from central america through mexico and the numbers crossing into the united states are rising. one report says the border patrol expects some 7,000 cuban refugees over the coming days. and another troubling story tonight out of milwaukee. fbi officials there arresting 23-year-old samy mohamed hamzeh who allegedly planned a mass shooting at masonic temple in milwaukee. charged with possession of machine gun and silencer. >>> pope francis meeting with iranian president hassan rouhani, the first meeting between a pope and the leader in 17 years. they met for 40 minutes at the vatican. they talked about human rights and iran's role in middle east conflicts. at the end rouhani asked the pope to pray for him and the pope says he hopes for peace. accom

if you miss it, dvr it, now lou dobbs. lou: good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs. president obama today trampling on the second amendment, congress picking a fight with republicans and the american people. the president using executive powers to bypass congress and go straight after our guns, expanding background checks for gun buyers. the president tearing up as he announced new fiat and recalled the sandy hook shooting president obama:. >> every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. and by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. [applause] . lou: the president's controversial action sure to spark legal challenges. we'll take up the case tonight on the broadcast. also tonight, donald trump set to hold a campaign rally in claremont new hampshire. the second stop for trump in his new england campaign swing that so far has been hugely successful. last night more than 8,000 people showed up to hear trump speak. by comparison. 600 people showed up to hear hillary clinton speak in mason city iowa last night. we'll talk about the race with fox ne

lou. lou: carl, thank you very much. carl cameron. the battle over the president's executive immigration fiat is now headed to the u.s. supreme court. justices will be considering a lawsuit by 26 states that argues president obama went beyond his constitutional authority when he blocked deportation of millions of illegal immigrants. a decision is expected to be made by the high court by late june. just as the presidential election is getting into full swing. and it took three and a half years but a federal judge has finally rejected president obama's assertion of executive privilege to protect documents related to the operation fast and furious scandal. district court judge amy burman jackson ruled the justice department's public disclosures about the gun-running operation supported by atf and the justice department under cut the president's executive privilege claim. the obama administration can appeal and likely will. hillary clinton's e-mails scandal today if you can imagine worsened. the intelligence communities internal watch dog

lou dobbs. he's next. lou: good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs. we're now five days from the iowa caucuses and a new poll out of iowa shows donald trump with a seven point lead over senator ted cruz, the monmouth university poll shows trump at 30% while cruz is at 23%. political analysts are telling us what seems to be the obvious, that trump faces hurtles as they see it. trump's victory depends whether his campaign can move enthusiastic audiences to enthusiastic and large numbers of caucusgoers monday night. and i want to point out, the monmouth poll was conducted before trump announced he's a no-go for tomorrow night's fox news debate. trump tonight, he's campaigning in gilbert, south carolina, the republican front-runner set to take the stage there within the hour, and we'll be bringing that to you when he steps up to the podium. >>> we also are focusing on what in the world is trump up to? what motivated his abrupt withdrawal from the republican debate? what are the likely consequences in iowa and new hampshire and south carolina? we'll be tak

lou: and you were absolutely amazing. >> thank you, lou! thank you. >> thank you, lou. lou: trish regan, sandra smith. can't wait for the next one! up next, new details on what led to the capture of the sailors as days before the obama administration is preparing to lift sanctions against iran and deliver $150 billion. congressman mark meadows with me next. stay with us. we're coming right back. ♪ ♪ it was always just a hobby. something you did for fun. until the day it became something much more. and that is why you invest. the best returns aren't just measured in dollars. ♪ lou: among the stories and issues likely to be taken up in tonight's second debate coming up in just a little over an hour and a half here on the fox business network. new details on ten of those sailors who were captured and then humiliated by iran. defense secretary ash carter said the sailors made what they called a navigational error, end quote, causing them to stray into iranian waters, but the sailors did not communicate that to navy commanders. the sailors have been released, not before bein

lou: boost it?t it, yeah. >> sorry, nothing funny about one of these bombs, but it doesn't -- anyway, i'm sorry to interrupt. >> no, but my sources tell me that it was -- ended in a fizzle. it wasn't as big as they hoped. but then again it was a nuclear weapon. and what we look for next time probably in a month or two is testing the missile, this unha missile which has a range of 4,000 and 6,000 miles capable of reaching hawaii and alaska. this is sort of their double whammy to essentially extort the west. to shake down the united states. lou: but we've seen this since bill clinton. >> of course. lou: and the first deal. and we're no more sophisticated, and by the way, you know, the north koreans have got to be watching what president obama's done with iranians saying i think we can extort this guy. >> and they do, the north koreans have a crisis they manufacture every january, february, march, they're running out of food, provocative action. the worlds is no! don't do that! they get bought off, sto

here's the man, lou dobbs. lou: good evening, everybody. i'm lou dobbs. shocking new revelations concerning hillary clinton's e-mail scandal. fox news has learned that some of the e-mails on her private server were so top secret that even some senior lawmakers who oversee the state department didn't have high enough clearances to read them. desperate for a defense as the evidence mounts against her, mrs. clinton now claiming the intelligence community's inspector general is politically motivated. >> as the state department has confirmed, i never sent or received any material marked classified. and that hasn't changed in all of these months. this seems to me to be, you know, another effort to inject this into the campaign. lou: we'll have a full report and discuss why the former secretary of state has not been charged? we take it up with our legal panel tonight. >>> also, big news on the power of a sarah palin endorsement. a brand-new poll out of iowa showing donald trump surging a few days after palin endorsed him. the cnn orc survey showing trump far ahe

lou: ed?e, when a socialist candidate, stands toe-to-toe with a wha watch who was -- woman who was secretary of state, former first lady, and not a dime a worth of difference between the two of them that is astonishing to me. lou: trump today calling cruz nasty, cruz saying what he will. rubio and cruz, fighting it out, christie trying to find someone who will get him a couple more points. this is what -- is there in your judgment a undecided out this that will be persuaded soar do most people right now, know who they will slow the for? >> well, -- know who they will vote for. >> starting with iowa, historically there is a lot of movement toward the end, same with new hampshire. lou: last 10 days. >> right, we're now getting into that two week window. i was looking at last 6 polls, about in iowa. it is amazing how little movement there has been. i think of 6 cruz is ahead in two, trump in four of, the rest of lineup is consistent. now that carson has fallen back. there are about 20 points of a

lou: u.s.ttorney, in the district of oregon who brought the case to add to the sentence, she has been relieved of her duties because an inspector general pound impro priority on her part. >> for health issues, this looks like it was a long time in coming for her, she did say, is this job wore me out. it took too much. lou: she is -- if you do that. she is accused of having frat ernized with her staff. >> it seems that there is some issues of employee -- relationships that are inappropriate. lou: she put two guys in prison for burning 127 acres of grazing land to protect themselves and their land, if these fools if that courtroom, that u.s. attorney's office are that ignorant this is rank abuse of power, these people are pygmies. >> what the jury did not hear. it was not the jury's fault. lou: why the hell deputy -- in the state of oregon standing up. >> she said that original sentence unlawful. she said, what kind of precedent does that set, she went back after a judge said 5 years is too much.

lou: we do know this. china's markets crashed last years and it was one of the worst crashes we have seen in global markets. we know it's crashing now. no matter what the nonsense emanating from beijing. they have a market collapse on their hands of immense proportions. what do you see as the impact here in what should we expect in your view? >> the problem is that china was a huge customer of the world. they bailed us out when we had our problems. but who is going to bail china out? the reason the markets are reverberating. their government is trying to tell us they are growing between 6% to 7% a year. they are growing three times as fast as we are. but they feel they need to devalue their currency or cut their interest rates? that's why the world is getting kind of off kilter and that's sending reverberations through the market. keep an eye on what they are going to do and what their policies are. we had the atlanta fed downgrade our gdp here, that willbeing that's significant if you have a weakening chi

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lou: working hard to.0 billion back in the hands ofs iranians. >> north korea and iran is the inabill febility of an adminisn to have cred bill tie, if ronald reagan was in office, he could fly a kite right now in north korea, they would be afraid, they know he means business. with iran this administration has tied compliance with the nuclear agreement, to releasing money to releasing sean sanctions they have carte blanche in middle east to engage in a lot of activity that is harmful. lou: is it your judgment that anybody can stop president obama from ending sanctions and putting $150 billion in the hands of the iranians. >> that is a testif tough quese has gotten this signed without the senate, unfortunately, i think you will see for the year, you will see a number of regulations, including the iran deal from this dodge obama administration he will be allowed to imminent flew executive order. >> this is madness. lou: he refuses to acknowledge you to use the word treaty. the ayatollah khamenei, you go thro