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

now stay tuned for lou dobbs. we've got a special lou tonight, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. >> good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs, and we have a lot to cover tonight. investors on wall street and a stampede for the exits today. this is now the roughest first four days of trading in any year in the history of wall street. china's market crashed last year. it is crashing again as we begin this new year. and today, chinese stocks plunged by more than 7% forcing chinese officials to halt trading for the day after less than a half hour of trading. we'll be examining what's behind all of this volatility, what's driving what is now a global market sell-off. >>> and this is a big

right now you have the very best, lou dobbs at the announcement right now. ♪ lou: good evening, everybodylou dobbs. we now have the official lineup for the next two gop presidential debates. the debates take place later this week, thursday at the north charleston coliseum and the performing arts center in south carolina. the began it 7:00 p.m. eastern, the 2nd and nine. the candidates will be rand paul, carly fiorino, mike huckabee, rick santorum. in the 2nd debate the candidates on stage will be

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

thank you, thank you for watching every night at 6 p.m., now here's lou dobbs. lou: good evening, i am lou dobbs, just 12 days to the iowa caucus, new polls show donald trump dominating the republic race for the white house. trying to bury ted cruz. republican front runner today ripped cruz over senator's reasons for failing to disclose loans and renounce his dual canadian citizenship. >> he said with the being a canadian citizen, he said, i didn't know that. how do you not know that? he said with the loans, oh, i didn't know that. smart guy, he doesn't know that, that worse than hillary when you think about it. lou: later in oklahoma. trump campaigned with his new secret weapon in hunt for conservative iowa votes sarah palin. we take up all things politics with former reagan housous political director edrollins, also here tonight, defense secretary ash carter on the obvious saying that united states and its allies need to do more to defeat the islamic state, he needs to tell his boss, general jack keane telling congress, problem more serious than that, and the o

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

i'm lou dobbs. six days till iowa, and even donald trump's fiercest opponent says he could be unstoppable. listen to senator ted cruz talking with iowa pastors. >> if donald wins iowa, he has a substantial lead in new hampshire. if he went onto win new hampshire as well, there's a very good chance he could be unstoppable be and our nominee. lou: donald trump is clearly the front runner all of the latest polls out of iowa, new hampshire and nationally. in fact, a cnn survey has trump hitting a new high in the race for the republican nomination. 41%. on the democratic side, hillary clinton back to denying misconduct over her e-mail scandal. the former secretary of state told a democrat town hall meeting last night that here use of a private server was not an error in judgment, but that's not what she said only four months ago. we'll take all of that up with my political panel, fox news jedidiah bila, washington free beacon's lachlan markay and republican strategist matt schlapp. >>> and california man

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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

i'm lou dobbs. coming to you from the north charleston coliseum and performing arts center in charleston, south carolina. the first republican debate wrapping up with a vigorous debate. the first three candidates of the evening and the biggest issues, jobs as you expect, the economy, the war on really islamist terrorism. we're going to go to our panel for reaction in just a moment, as i said, we're less than two hours away from the beginning of the second debate which seven candidates will be taking the same stage and presenting their ideas, again, to the american people and voters. 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 be moderating the second debate of the evening. but first, let's get some reaction to tonight's first debate among governor huckabee, carly fiorina and rick santorum, joined by fox news digital politics editor chris stirewalt. sen

we have lou dobbs, host of "lou dobbs tonight" in south carolina. this is getting exciting. you're kicking off coverage 5:00 p.m. eastern. right off the bat, any breaking news we hear about? we know the ben carson campaign had overturning of the finance campaign manager. i'm very interested to hear what you're hearing as far as chatter on the ground? >> dr. carson is having all sorts of trouble. focuses on his campaign finance manage ir. we're not hearing any resolution at this point and as we move toward 5:00 p.m. when we begin our coverage here on the fox business network of tonight's two debates there is so much going on behind the scenes as charlie gasparino was saying. there is great drama, establishment candidates this is really one primary. this is donald trump versus all of the republican candidates vying for the nomination of their party. trump holding a considerable lead and jockeying that you're watching, when you have a situation as we encountered with the state of the union address by the president which the president of the united states and, and, the person ho

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

right beside me is lou dobbs.so glad you are here because you are wondering out loud why no one is defending them. >> more than that, i'm calling out the entire delegation to the state government of oregon. they are an embarrassment to the state of oregon. all who remain silent about the plight of these two men, father and son, the hammond family. and by way, just to be clear, they have nothing to do with the bundies who are using this right now for their own purpose. and i think everyone should be calling them out for making, trying to make a profit -- deirdre: make that distinction because as jerome just said, the family didn't ask for the protesters to come. >> they did more than that too, deidre. they said get out of the way, go home. you're not speaking for the family. they've got lots of folks, including the cattlemen's association, i talked with the president -- john to o'keefe -- last night. these are good, hard working, salt of the earth americans. and the court system and the u.s. attorney, amanda marsha

and you've got to be sure to tune into lou dobbs tonight 7:00 p.m. eastern.is going to unveil the highly anticipated line up for the fox business gop debate. set your dvr to tivo because the debate is airing this thursday. the first debate begins 6:00 p.m. eastern. sandra and trish followed by the second debate 9:00 p.m. maria and neil. don't miss either one of them. countdown is coming right back. we've got the dow jones industrial down 72 points. when i went on to ancestry, i just put in the name of my parents and my grandparents. and as soon as i did that, literally it was like you're getting 7, 9, 10, 15 leaves that are just popping up all over the place. yeah, it was amazing. just with a little bit of information, you can take leaps and bounds. it's an awesome experience. liz: breaking news with 42 minutes before the closing bell rings. we are looking at the russell 2,000 in bear market territory. what does that mean? that means you're down 20% from your highs; right? 20% from your recent highs. so right now any close below 1,036, right now at 1,033, a v

right now you have the very best, lou dobbs at the announcement right now. ♪ lou: good evening, everybodyi'm lou dobbs. we now have the official lineup for the next two gop presidential debates. the debates take place later this week, thursday at the north charleston coliseum and the performing arts center in south carolina. the began it 7:00 p.m. eastern, the 2nd and nine. the candidates will be rand paul, carly fiorino, mike huckabee, rick santorum. in the 2nd debate the candidates on stage will be donald trump, senator ted crews, senator marco rubio, doctor ben carson, governor chris christie, governor jeb bush, and for the 1st time state polling from iowa and new hampshire as well as national polling in the criteria to determine the debate lineup. the 2nd prime time debate and be sure to join us on the fox business network. the gop debates hosted by foxbusiness, broadcasting from south carolina along with my colleagues who will moderate the 1st debate. at nine our colleagues moderate the prime time debate. be suredebate. be sure to join us right here on the fox business network thursd

but for now lou dobbs is next on fox business. lou: good evening i'm lou dobbs issue three americans traded as part of a controversial prisoner swap with iran are now in germany, they are one step closer to reuniting with their families, a fourth prisoner decided to stay in iran, a fifth, student left separately. president obama hailing this exchange ha he orchestrated that start, disciplined diplomacy can work, but critics say this proof that president has allowed americans to be used at pawns with the iran ra iranian government. as a result world powers have unlocked reportedly some $150 billion in frozen iranian asset, i take that up with congressman lee zelden. >> also donald trump-ted cruz rhetorical attacks heat up. i'll talk about it. with just two weeks left before the iowa caucus. >> he did not respect his bank loans. >> excuse me. >> say whatever you want, he didn't respect -- report bank loans that is okay, he has bank loans from goldman sachs, and city bank, then he acting like robin hood. it does not work that way. >>

we'd like to hear from you and follow me on twitter at lou dobbs news, follow me on instagram, lou dobbsks to everything loudobbs.com. well, cleaning the house may get a lot easier. the team over at boston dynamics creating this. this is the atlas robot now equipped to sweep the floors and carry out the trash. it needs a little polishing but the 6'2" 320-pound robot hasn't been taught to do the dishes yet. we're sure that's only a matter of time and the polish sure to come. up next a few thoughts on the importance of the iowa caucuses and new hampshire's as well. and a truck driver's mistake nearly cost him his life. we'll have the chilling video for you and much more straight ahead. we're coming right back. stay with us. 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 alw

monday lou dobbs will announce the candidates. it starts thursday, january 14. all remaining gop candidates will take center stage. trish regan and sandra smith, then at 9:00 p.m. maria bartiromo and neil cavuto. we have breaking news. your path to retirement may not always be clear. but at t. rowe price, we can help guide your retirement savings. so wherever your retirement journey takes you, we can help you reach your goals. call us or your advisor t. rowe price. invest with confidence. and i quit smoking with chantix. i decided to take chantix to shut everybody else up about me quitting smoking. i was going to give it a try, but i didn't think it was going to really happen. after one week of chantix, i knew i could quit. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix definitely helped reduce my urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. some had seizures while taking chantix. if you

monday lou dobbs will announce the candidates. it starts thursday, january 14. all remaining gop candidates will take center stage. trish regan and sandra smith, then at 9:00 p.m. maria bartiromo and neil cavuto. we have breaking news. an islamic gunman ambushed a philadelphia cop. the big question is how do we protect ourselves. we'll be right back. charles: we are continuing our coverage on the isis-inspired gunman who attempted to kill a police officer. the gun had been stolen from police in 2014. the big question is how do we protected ourselves from these attacks. president obama wants to put through executive orders. hillary clinton has some ideas. how do we protect ourselves particularly if they take our guns. >> it was so wrong for him to try to push his policy through in 11 months. what he has done is given a bazooka to the republicans to hit hillary with. now everyone will be motivated, especially the second amendment rights activists. so this helps donald trump and republicans. >> do you think so, bo? >> my thing is, my nra guys will scream and yell a

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

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

lou dobbs is going to unveil all of it, at 7:00 p.m. only here on fox business. >>> coming up violent protesters in germany after more than 600 attacks on women on new year's eve. the police say many of these felons are recent migrants from the middle east and from north africa. now reports of attacks on women in sweden. that is next. later, could hillary clinton lose to bernie sanders in both iowa and new hampshire? why a new poll shows the race for the democratic nomination is far from over. stay with me. trish: as president obama prepares to give his 8th and final state of the union address tomorrow night, they announce that syrian refugee will be sitting with the first lady. the 55-year-old fled syria in 2013 and cleared last month by authorities to live in detroit. this decision comes as republicans call for temporary halt on all syrian refugees coming into the our country. adding to the complexity of this refugee question here at home, overseas, violent clashes broke out over the weekend over reports of now more than 600 complaint

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

good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs in charleston, south carolina.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 moderate the debate, the prime time debate beginning in just about an hour. joining me now, senior writer for "the weekly standard" and fox news contributor steve hayes. fox news digital politics editor chris stirewalt. we have now about 59 minutes before the onset of the debate. look at you. >> here we go. lou: licking your chops. >> this is what we're here for. lou: is it going to be the fight that everybody is expec

now stay tuned for lou dobbs. we've got a special lou tonight, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. >> good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs, and we have a lot to cover tonight. investors on wall street and a stampede for the exits today. this is now the roughest first four days of trading in any year in the history of wall street. china's market crashed last year. it is crashing again as we begin this new year. and today, chinese stocks plunged by more than 7% forcing chinese officials to halt trading for the day after less than a half hour of trading. we'll be examining what's behind all of this volatility, what's driving what is now a global market sell-off. >>> and this is a big night for donald trump and certainly for the city of vermont. the democratic front-runner is also on the campaign trail, the republican front-runner as you see there, he has a rally set to begin in burlington in moments. city and law enforcement officials concerned about the massive crowds that are expected to descend on the city. here's why they're a li

charles:ly hope so, thank you very much, all 3 of you, at home thank you for watching, now here is lou dobbs. lou: good evening, i'm lou dobb, happy new year, a standoff in a national wildlife refuge, and park in eastern oregon, between law enforcement agencies and armed so-called militia members now in the third day. day. tonight the fbi has taken charg charge. the agency is trying to come up with a peace fill resolution in support of two ranchers who have been persecuted in an overreach of federal power. antigovernment protesters moved into what was a small building in the refuge if burns,

ll 3 of you, at home thank you for watching, now here is lou dobbs. lou: good evening, i'm lou dobb, happy new year, a standoff in a national wildlife refuge, and park in eastern oregon, between law enforcement agencies and armed so-called militia members now in the third day. day. tonight the fbi has taken charge charge. the agency is trying to come up with a peace fill resolution in support of two ranchers who have been persecuted in an overreach of federal power. antigovernment protesters moved into what was a small building in the refuge if burns, oregon. what is behind this case of government overreach and abuse of power? wild talk about it -- we'll talk about with some of the best attorneys in the business, we'll talk with head of oregon cattle man's association they have been supporting the hammond family and the ranchers who are tonight in prison in california. we heard nothing from oregon congressional delegation on what to do about what is a obvious over reach of power. but we'll take that up as well here tonight. the president kicking off hi

if you miss it, dvr it, now lou dobbs. lou: good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs. 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

good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs in charleston, south carolina.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 moderate the debate, the prime time debate beginning in just about an hour. joining me now, senior writer for "the weekly standard" and fox news contributor steve hayes. fox news digital politics editor chris stirewalt. we have now about 59 minutes before the onset of the debate. look at you. >> here we go. lou: licking your chops. >> this is what we're here for. lou: is it going to be the fight that everybody is expec

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