directly ahead, lou dobbs and miss universe doesn't like marijuana. she will be here to tell us why. those reports after these messages. >>. >> bill: new economic numbers continue to show a poor employment picture in the u.s.a.. we have 7.8% but if americans were seeking the jobs the same way they did when president obama first took office the unemployment rate would be close to 11%. that is how many people have given up. question is will things get better this year? will americans be more prosperous. here a lou dobbs and your prediction is? >> i think we're going to see things improve. not as much as we like but improve substantially so we're on the way to prosperity again. i really believe that. >> bill: what going to drive that? >> we're all going to paying higher taxes including the working people because their social rated going up 2 percentage points. >> i think what is going to drive it is a return to some energy in in the housing market. we're starting to see that, higher prices and march more sales. i believe we're going to see as a result wh

with us is fox business anchor lou dobbs. lot of people watching who really don't have stock and don't care in the stock market. a lot of people do have apple products. i have them. we are watching the stock go for 730 what's going on? >> aside from the fact that he would talking about a market that's trillions of dollars here. we are really talking about trillions of dollars. let me put in context what's happened to apple. and as you say we are all connected to it through its products. its brand. we have watched it lose sufficient value it amounts to having lost google over the course of the last four months that's how much it's lost dropping from 702 todd's $400 today. that's incredible. what we are watch something a company now that suddenly everyone in the world. both respects, uses, understands, it's part of their consciousness, certainly there is every question in the world about its viability. will it be worth $400 come next tuesday? that's a high price to pay for a stock. >> high price to pay for a stock. the multiple

joining us now from our new york studio, fox business anchor lou dobbs. , lou, explain this, please. >> well, bill, first, i think we need to give great credit to the department of public welfare in pennsylvania. they're being honest and straight forward and i wish the federal government, as you do, would listen. think about the benefits received by this woman. $25,000 in a take home salary of $57,000, you add to that all of the expenses that we go through, whether it's child care, whether it is transportation. in the instance, one parent and two children in pennsylvania, food stamps amounts to a subsidy of $6300 a year to that family of three. medicare and child health insurance, $16,500 a year. section 8 subsidized low income rent. another 4300. earned income tax credits, modestly, $5,000. they could rise significantly beyond that. but, at any rate, they would total so much money combined with what is the national school lunch program, the needy family assistance programs, we're talking about more take home pay, disposable income, for that woman with her

creation, and it is a, i think, without question, a death nail for organized labor in the country. >> lou dobbs much. see lou every day here at this time and, of course, at seven and 10 p.m. eastern. tonight, a great show coming up, a debate with gun owners of america, eric prat, and criminal justice expert on the effort to reinstitute an assault weapons ban, and you also have nebraska governor on the keystone pipeline who i was trying to book at five so -- >> uh-huh. >> he went with lou. >> i'm sure for you, he'll clear his schedule, and i, of course -- >> i need to follow-up on that. yeah? i'll just watch your show, i guess, take notes, and get him next time. >> or be enterprising and come up with your own idea. >> i was not stealing your idea. you stole my guest. >> forgive me. >> i'll come on your show and steal him from you. >> i will be more enterprising. >> there you go, thank you, lou. >> push to sell electric cars to the massing. >> back with liz talking to carlos, the nissan ceo, coming up next. ♪ . ... melissa: time for knocks now as we do every 15 minutes. we go to the floor of the

fox news middle east analyst and lou dobbs will weigh in. first, time for stocks, let's check with the floor the new york stock exchange, nicole petallides is standing by. the dow just awful session highs, but not having a bad day. nicole: not bad at all. up about 90 points off of the highs of the day. was yesterday a fluke? we had five days of gains, gave back a little bit yesterday and back in the green again. look at the nasdaq up more than half a percent. the s&p 500, gains across the board. economic news for labour numbers and those were good, housing starts have been on the move as well, that was well above expectations. let's take a look at some of the homebuilders in particular, which have had a great run recently. tilden permits at multiyear highs. ben willis yesterday talking about optimism. there is a look at lennar. to give an idea of how well the homebuilders have run up, to put together a chart with our team. granted, the stock market has done just fine, but look at what's going on there. up 182%. versus the s&p gaining about 1

. >> hello, i am adam shapiro in for lou dobbs. rich edson is live on capitol hill in washington dc to bring us up to speed on the latest. it will be get a vote tonight? >> we could get a vote tonight. reporter: they will be heading up to meeting and some details exams in $400,000 for individuals, $450,000 for married couples. from a tax increase. it would go back to clinton era rates for capital gains dividends under $450,000 per year would save the current rate. income amounts above that, we are talking about a 20% tax. taxes would increase there. the alternative minimum tax would be couch. it sounds tens of millions of middle-class americans, and this would be a permanent exemption for those people. as for the estate tax, it would go to 40%. there would be a one-year extension of long-term unemployment benefits. adam: what is the sticking point? it seems to me that the democrats felt they wanted, even a delay on the spending cuts. reporter: they did, and that's the problem. it is the delay on the spending cuts democrats wanted t

joining us from our fox anchor stewio lou dobbs. explain this for us, please.ve great credit to the public pennsylvania. i know then federal government as do you would listen. think abouigt these benefits being receiveded by this woman. 25,000 and take home salary of $57,000, you add to that go through whether it's child care or whether it is transportation. two children in pennsylvania. foot stamps amounts to a subsidy of $6,300 a year to that family of three. medicare and child health insurance. $16,500 a year. section 8 subsidized, low income rent. another 4300. s earned income tax credits. modestly $5,000. they could rismoe significantly beyond that but at any rate. they would total so much money, combined with the -- national school lunch m program, needy family assistance programs, we're talking about more take home pay, disposable income for that woman with her two children on public assistance than a woman with two children earning $57,000 a year. it's extraordinary. >> all right. and if she were earning 69 wouldn't get any of that. >> right. >> bill: t

>> back now with lou dobbs, host of "lou dobbs tonight" on fbn. remember this in american theater.playing in "norma rae" and romanticized what could happen of the need, really for unions in the shops that didn't treat their workers well enough and there could be no power for them unless they banded together. that was then, this is now. with these states and yethey hak laws or tried. but the decline in the union membership seems to have pre-dated that. so while the union wants to blame their troubles on these right to work laws, this chronology does not support that. how did we go from na norma rae to this? >> a lot of of what happened, the conscious efforts on the part of big business to get rid of the weight, the burden of very expensive labor, there's no kidding about that. that was an absolute contest that raged over 30 years. it is also the result of globalization. american labor weeded down with these massive benefits-- weighted down with the massive berths for union workers could not produce a product that was competitive. and chrysler twice, and general motors and chrysler r

it is time for lou dobbs now.i have to say, it is breathtaking to watch the secretary of state who is singularly responsible for the security of that consulate and all that occurred there to take on that tone of righteous anger with senator ron johnson who is making a straightforward factual point. that is, that the american people were lied to and why to consciously by the obama administration, not four days, four weeks. to have her sit there in that chair without performance, political theater. some may find it amusing. i find it alarming that this administration is setting forward a legacy for itself that looks to me as though it will be the most dishonest low-paid deceitful administration since the nixon administration. lori: we do care. lou: who could not care? lori: of course you do. melissa: what she said is what difference does it make. lou: if it did not matter, why did the administration lied to the american people for three weeks? why do they continue to withhold information about what transpired and wh

joining us now from our new york studio, fox business anchor lou dobbs. so, lou, explain this, please. >> well, bill, first, i think we need to give great credit to the department of public welfare in pennsylvania. they're being honest and straight forward and i wish the federal government, as you do, would listen. think about the benefits received by this woman. $25,000 in a take home salary of $57,000, you add to that all of the expenses that we go through, whether it's child care, whether it is transportation. in the instance, one parent and two children in pennsylvania, food stamps amounts to a subsidy of $6300 a year to that family of three. medicare and child health insurance, $16,500 a year. section 8 subsidized low income rent. another 4300. earned income tax credits, modestly, $5,000. they could rise significantly beyond that. but, at any rate, they would total so much money combined with what is the national school lunch program, the needy family assistance programs, we're talking about more take home pay, disposable income, for that woman with h

i'm lou dobbs. it has been just over 36 hours since radical islamic terrorists seized this natural gas complex in the eastern algerian desert gas fields. the house syrian government sent in its military to stop those terrorists tried to transport their hostages from the plant run by bp and the terrorists held dozens of algerian, asian, european, and american hostages. the government at this hour is reporting a special forces have completed their operation to free the hostages held by the terrorist group linked to al qaeda. there has been almost no independent reporting on the ground of what has occurred, the reported number of hostages ranging as high as 41. the number of american hostages as many as seven. the white house and state department confirming only the presence of some american citizens among the hostages, obviously relying principally on the algerian government for most of its information, although the united states has had drones over that plant for much of the time. so at this hour thi

joining us from new york city, fox business anchor lou dobbs. lou, according to a "wall street journal" poll, president obama's approval rating is at 52%. what do you think of about b. that. >> first of all inexplicable. man who has raised taxes on just about everybody. has run up 4 consecutive trillion-dollar federal budget deficits in his first term. he has an economy that is not being returned to prosperity. 23 million people still unemployed. we have, i think bill. i think if i may. you undersell folks just a little bit in that i think everybody is smart enough to know there is is a problem. i think everybody is pretty much smart enough to know that we have got to come up with a solution. when you have a national media part of this coalition of interest and depen dense on the democratic party, there is no way for them to have validation. there is no way for them to have an aggressive watchdog that would normally, traditionally, historically be attacking the miss adventure of those in power. >> we agree that the media is in the tank. i'm almo

lou dobbs is back.physical -- fiscal advice for washington as lawmakers gear up for the next debate on the debt ceiling. i don't know. lori: interest rates today. 1.83 on the 10-year. we're back in a moment. melissa: it wasn't pretty but congress got a deal to save is from the fiscal cliff so everything is great now, right? no. another cliff is coming just two months from now. congress will have to act to raise the debt ceiling. lou dobbs is here now to weigh in. -- raise the debt ceiling. >> i have to say i'm just relegating to all this the same trash heap that originated mayan apocalypse as well as the fiscal cliff. i'm not paying attention to their bull anymore. melissa: no. >> it gets kind of funny when you think about it, democrats save us from the republicans, republicans are saving us from the democrats. taxes just about everybody going up 2% because of the end of the payroll tax holiday. and the president is going to just talk about he nailed those rich son of a guns. melissa: yeah, good for him

lou dobbs on calling people who try to reform welfare racist. it's happened again. tters world looks at chaos on new year's eve. those reports up ahead. >> bill: lou's the boss segment tonight. as we reported earlier this week the data from the state of new york shows some welfare recipients are accessing entitlement cash in strip clubs, imam gling dens and liquor stores. the story is fraught with danger for those who report it. >> what stops people from going to whole foods and using the atm card there and then going to a casino? it is just, just another effort to berate those people who are in the lower class. >> bill: playing the poverty card once again. here now to comment fox business anchor lou dobbs. so, you were in the middle of this when you called for stronger border security with mexico and stronger immigration laws to get that kind of chaos under control. what was that four or five years ago, right? >> right. and immediately you are called a racist because it just so happens most illegal immigrants crossing that border happen to be hispanic. >> bill: all

that's it for tonight on "lou dobbs tonight." have a great night. ♪ lou: >> a very good evening.'m lori rothman. the obama -- obama economy heading a stumbling block, suffering its first decline since the end of the recession. the government cutting spending and u.s. businesses trying down inventories in the fourth quarter causing the economy to contract for the first time in more than three years. u.s. gross domestic product falling a rate of a tenth of a percent, that is the worst performance since the second quarter of 2009. this is growing at a 3% clip in the third quarter of last year. the federal reserve today saying that growth has stalled, but telling the public temporary, pledging to continue with the easy money policy into the outlook for employment improved substantially, the news coming as somewhat of late surprised as economists predicted. the economy hit with super storm sandy in late october causing extensive damage along the east coast, seen as a major factor. economists see the same growth in excess of 3 percent will be needed to significantly lower unemployment

fox business network, lou dobbs is the host of lou dobbs tonight. nice to see you.his inaugural address about immigration, he talks about climate change, he talks about gay rights. he talked not at all about unemployment. he did occasionally mention jobs. are you surprised by the tone of the subject? >> all that he talked about is certainly important to the country, to the american people, but nothing will have greater impact on the principal issue facing the american people about which they are most concerned, than is the economy, the budget deficit, than restoring prosperity. he did not for a moment suggest a tone that would be strong and positive leadership for the next four years, he did not for even a moment. not even just a hesitation layout a plan for the future to restore economic growth above 3%, to bring 23 million unemployed people back to dignity and to work. in that, i don't understand how in the world the man could stand there and not extend to it those millions of people the hope that their dignity will be restored, that they will have an opportunity

lou dobbs here with us. an agreement that lays down a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants in this country. let's head to the floor of the new york stock exchange. the dow pushing session highs right now. nicole: it certainly is. we are back touching them once again. the nasdaq composite has been one of the three industries that we have followed so closely and it has been in the red. it is down, not even two points. the s&p 500 also setting new highs here. going back to these levels that we have not seen since 2007. let's begin with ford motors. it is down about 5.5%. he talked about europe. that is something that is still plaguing them. they did say that europe still remains a problem. the outlook in the near-term is troublesome. they did see that they had and and a deep to climb in prices. back to you. lori: we will see you in 15 minutes. melissa: oil topping $97 a barrel today. sandra smith is taking a closer look from the pits of the cme. what is going on there? >> you have an east coast

here now to comment fox business anchor lou dobbs.ere in the middle of this when you called for stronger border security with mexico and stronger immigration laws to get that kind of chaos under control. what was that four or five years ago, right? >> right. and immediately you are called a racist because it just so happens most illegal immigrants crossing that border happen to be hispanic. >> bill: all right. so you were in the middle of that. and la raza was after you? >> media matters. center for poverty, the southern poverty law center without hint of conscious attacking and offering baseless charges just because they want to pursue ideological goal that was in opposition. >> bill: they also wanted to send a message to other people you better not take dobbs' stance or we are going to get you like we are trying to get dobbs. >> the politics of personal destruction have overtaken the country, particularly the ideological left. >> bill: so now we do a report that says the authorities in new york state know that some people using thes

lou dobbs is here on the latest fight in washington. for everyone. >> it is and it is one of those fights that is going to be, already begins to ring hollow in this sincerity of people really going after him. the idea that he has made mistakes, clumsy statements without any question in the past. he has made some horrific votes when it comes to iran in particular. but the fact is this is a distinguished, distinguished former senator. he is successful businessman. he is a decorated, wounded warrior serving in the vietnam war. as the president today pointed out of the he will be the first, first, noncommissioned officer enlisted man, to serve as the head of the department of defense. that alone, i think will strike a lot of people as sufficient reason to put him at the top of the, at the top of the defense department. lori: one of the things that makes me chuckle that the comment that the pentagon is bloated in its spending. >> right. lori: as he approaches sequestration, meant to be punitive defense spending cuts how is all that going to

what can we expect as the new congress is sworn in lou dobbs is here. we've got all kinds of questions. melissa: lori has to the a lot of questions. let her take it away today. lori: speaker boehner regains his speakership i'm sort of sarcastically if he really wants his job still? >> aren't you thrilled for the man? this is a position of the great power. he sits three steps from the presidency. my goodness --. lori: his party is in disarray. what a last couple of years they have had. boy. >> the idea this guy who had his posterior kicked by the president, by his own party, you know, you have got to wonder what is going through his mind. why would you want that job? he is just violated the, the hastert rule which, he represented the minority of the majority party in alignment with the president to get the president's bidding done. he's, is he a republican? he is certainly the speaker. it is a very confused time in washington, d.c. for the republican party in particular. lori: i wonder though if turning around the plan on the sandy aid package won him ba

. >> lou dobbs is the host of lou dobbs tonight on the fox business network. lou, welcome back.hat an extraordinary exchange we saw the president have on that issue. basically his position was, we're raising the debt ceiling whether congress wants to or not. i'm not negotiating with them on it. i'm not following what speaker boehner said is the boehner rule of for every dollar we increase the debt limit there will be a spending cut and i'm not going to let them put a gun at the heads of american people because in his terms, they refuse to pay the bills that they've agreed to pay and when asked about the fact that he himself voted against raising the debt limit back in 2006 when he was a senator he seemed to say that was somehow different than this because-- i'm not sure why. but it's somehow different than this. your thoughts? >> my thoughts, well, to begin with, the president absolutely no sense of irony about his record history or, if you will, the particular, i think, extraordinary contradiction in his career which has been -- it was only just over six years ago that as a u.s

a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. >> back now with lou dobbs host of lou dobbs tonightn the fox business network. and now some are outraged by the unanimous court of appeals because this is nothing more than president bush did when he made recess appointments during his presidency. however, there is a significant difference between what mr. bush did and what mr. obama has been doing. >> don't you love it when, megyn, they-- >> well, you blinked. >> the fact of the matter is there's nothing quite as fearsome as the outrage of a democrat when he or she is lying to the american public and that's precisely what they're doing. george bush, democrat instituted pro forma as a basis to stop-- >> meaning they're not really in recess. they gavel in, this is what the -- they're not really in recess, they come back and gavel in and do this to prevent a president from making recess appointments and go ahead. >> and president bush to make a long story short, respected that and ended the recess appointments when they were quote, unquote in pro forma. >> megyn: so the senate democrats

i'm lori rothman sitting in for lou dobbs tonight. catch me each day on you heard about the consumer electronics show? the device that will kill you. what do you do when hit with bad publicity? there are specialist to deal with bad news. what about the big oil spill? can they help during a disaster? what does the business do when the ceo gets set? what about when a candidate loses? how much bad news is fake? what do we want? when do one.? is bad news good news? >> "the business of bad news." tonight. john: when bad news hits what do you do when you're at the center of it? with a view to manufacture the of bushmaster rifle or manufacture the company that spills whale or the ceo gets .-- said? rohit bhargava and fraser seitel specializes in crisis management. rohit bhargava is the author of like economics. you run bushmaster? >>t a conundrum of sure they differ kept -- difficult was bushmaster the horrible tragedy in connecticut at the private equity company said we will sell immediately. exporting good said we will not sell them but bu

that's it tonight on "lou dobbs tonight." have a great night. lou: good evening, everybody. the last-minute fiscal cliff steel locking in bush-era tax rates for most of america, but that deal still results in a tax increase for nearly 80 percent of america while adding up to $4 trillion the national debt the deal ensures that more than 120 million tax filers will see some sort of tax increase over the coming year. your not hearing a lot about that. well, you will hear tonight. the prident damning repeatedly throughout the campaign and the lame duc congressional session that his stance was all about protecting the middle class with the expiration of the payroll tax holiday. the were not scared. the 2% increase taking nearly a thousand dollars out of the pockets of the typical family per year, spending cuts$75,000 virtually ignored in the final deal. according to congressional budget office analysis, the law calls for $1 in cuts for every $41 in tax hikes. 1-41. far from the peakers long time dollar for dollar demand on spending cuts in exchange for tax hikes and a debt ceilin

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lou dobbs and the first four years and looks ahead to critical, the critical second term agenda.if you thought washington satisfied its search to tax breaks it -- rich, think again. senate democrats reportedly want even more knew taxes. lori: breaking details out of algeria after the bloody for a hostage situation at the gas plant. hopes fading for survivors. the grim toll and the unanswered questions that. president obama making his career just a couple of moments ago that he is ready to do battle on the economy and that, but not at the expense of social security, medicare, and medicaid >> we, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity. we must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. but we reject the belief that america must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future. lori: the president giving his second inaugural address this morning. rich edson now joining us from washington d.c., and that was certain

they did to lou dobbs. stuart: really? wait a second, lou dobbs had a flu shot?his staff. and you know dr. siegel is going to get someone to do it sooner or later. and it wasn't as painful as you thought it would be, stu. stuart: it's not a question of pain, it's a question of joining that medical milieu. you go once and-- >> have you noticed how little traffic there is. stuart: yes. charles: it's kind of scary. stuart: and we drive from injure i, you do, too, subway, public transportation. liz: yes, i do. stuart: extraordinary, welcome to "varney & company." let's break away. facebook invites the press to, i'm quoting now, see what we're building. the press conference next week. that's way in advance. is facebook at 30 yet? pretty close, nicole. >> pretty unbelievable. they're saying come and see what we're building tuesday, january 15th. 10 a.m. pacific time. what are they building, stuart? right now, 29.85. stuart: i tell you what they're doing. >> what do you think. stuart: they're building buzz. they announced the press conference next week so you build up b

no surprise, lou dobbs will weigh in on that next. lori: we've been talking and talking and talking about record low rates. there you go. they're cruising lower again after a little bit of a shake-up and backup earlier this week. the 10-year, back up to 1.81%. we're back after this >> i'm sharl casone with your fox business brief. consumer prices remained unchanged in december as lower gasoline offset food and higher rent. retail prices rose 1.7% last year which is down from the 3% rise in 2011. >>> the u.s. fiscal crisis is still the biggest single individual risk facing investors, according to a new survey of fund managers published by bank of america merrill lynch. the european debt crisis came in second and a hard landing for the chinese economy was third on that list. >>> dunkin' brands set its sights on the golden coast again the doughnuts and coffee chain is going to be opening up shops in southern california in 2015, returning to the state after more than a decade. dunkin is looking for more opening in venues like colleges, un

. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs, and tonight, we begin with the weather. deadly cold snap gripping the nation, below freezing temperatures from minnesota as far as tennessee, multiple states reporting deaths because of frigid temperatures and nasty winter weather. an arctic air mass blamed for the low temperatures invading the nation from the midwest to the northeast and bringing with it the coldest temperatures of the winter. temperatures dropping to nearly negative 40 # degrees fahrenheit in parts of northern minnesota and negative 30 degrees in parts of maine. weather advisories in effect as far south as tennessee and virginia tonight. that region expected to be hit with freezing rain and sleet as well throughout the night. the cold snap already causing death and destruction across the country. a 70-year-old man found frozen to death inside his illinois home, and a 38-year-old man dead of hype therm ya outside his home in green bay. this after a 77-year-old found frozen to death over the weekend. slick roadways outside cincinnati last night contributed

♪ lou: in "lou dobbs forum" we will talk about illegal immigration and efforts to change our immigration passed the so-called stem jobs act that would provide 55,000 permanent residency visas to foreign students with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. the republican measure drew fire from democrats, some democrats, some going so far as to level the measu racist. >> tt is racist if not in its intent then certainly in its effect. republicans have received were just received historically low votes from minorities in the past election, yet they want to create an immigration system that gives vises with one hand while taking them away from minorities with the other. lou: joining as now, the co-author of numerous anti illegal immigration laws in a kansas secretary of state, also with us, the attorney, executive director of the national immigration forum. good to have you with t cards in a lottery. i'm not kidding. we were giving them away in a lottery all over the world. what this does is take those 55,000 visas and gives them away in a way that serves our n