i want to go to our own peter barnes. donald trump. rivalry. ted cruz. we have a brand-new national poll from monmouth university to tell you about right now. tromp surging among the voters. he jumped to 41% in this new poll out today. compared to 28% in the last. cruz does not rocket in this one. he came in second. marco rubio coming in third from 10%. half of his posting in october. the nbc news poll that was released earlier that you just mentioned. that shows that the big search for crews. a tighter race nationally between him and tromp. a new high of 27%. there is a search there in that one. marco rubio checking in at 50%. carson collapsing to 11% from 29%. trish: i can barely keep up with you. trish: peter barnes, everyone. more insight on all of this. the polls can change very quickly. what is the name? focusing in on his next competition. usually that means that they lose the points. largely because trump can command the media like no one else. the outsiders. still commanding 65% of polling. the establishment is trying to care. trump. what these

peter barnes is with me now. so peter, i'm looking at a third number, a sizable 22% would choose another candidate. how does that fit in? >> well, it means, it suggestses, deirdre, to me we might see a repeat of the 19 '92 election of trumps and clinton's numbers hold here and the other candidates. civics 101, the president is elected based on the number of electoral votes a candidate gets not a popular vote. a candidate can win all of the electoral votes in a state without winning a majority of the popular votes in the state. in 1992 bill clinton got 43% of the popular vote nationally, but won 370 electoral votes, a hundred more than he needed to beat george h.w. bush and ross perot. assuming people don't want another candidate don't decide on trump and clinton by election day, and trump and clinton act like they'll be facing off in november. trump escalating attack on clinton at the rally in. new hampshire. he went after her on the use of private e-mail account while secretary of state. >> she has committed a cr

loan they received before they killed 14 people, injured 22 more in san bernardino, california, peter barnsth the latest. peter, we know the online loan came from prosper but it was backed by somebody else? >> yes, according to wall street dow jones, just in the last hour or so the money came from citigroup and remember that prosper is one of those online lending websites that provides members with lots of loan offers and in this case personal loans and can be applied for by really anyone and syed farook had a full-time job and had apparently good credit history and borrowed $25,500 and according to dow jones the money actually came from citigroup according to people with knowledge of the transaction and it was that citi had bought a loan of package of loans, personal loans and sell to investors. according to dow jones, prosper bought the loan back. no comment from citi or prosper. >> dierdre: the money is hard to track specially through online. thank you. in the meantime peter barnes with the very latest from dc. thank you for joining us on risk and reward, making money with charles payne

david: peter barnes in d.c. peter, thank you. melissa. melissa: support of isis in the u.s., 71 americans have been arrested for isis-related activities since early last year. according to a report from george washington university. fox news's abby huntsman is here with all the details. abby, this is disturbing? reporter: this is disturbing. as you said it looks at 71 individuals charged for isis-related activity in the u.s. found the vast majority are american men. the average age is 26. that is younger than folks that have been arrested for terrorism in the past. >> we have teenage girls. we have 40-year-old men. very geographically dispursed throughout the country. some are drifters and people with mental illnesses. some are graduate students, well-adjusted individuals. reporter: the study also mentions that about 40% of these 71 arrested converted to islam. researchers say because the backgrounds of isis sympathizers are so diverse they're unlikely to be motivated by the same factors but assistant attorney general for national securit

peter barnes has the details. it is not like they just gave the loan.ght it from an online loan. >> trying to get more details. we have asked for comment. this website prosper is actually kind of a loan application aggregator, a nontraditional borrower offer loans through prosper and other online lending websites, and this is where he applied for the $28,500 loan after were just before the san bernardino shootings we have been looking in to where he and his wife got the money to buy these weapons and make these pipe bombs and get the munitions. it looks like we are getting some idea of the trail, but we are asking for comment and looking for verification. >> the financial part is fascinating because it mimics what happens with the subprime loans. bought these loans. some people, unbeknownst to them, about to invest or did invest unknowingly. >> according to the dow jones they bought the loan back from city. prosper is a website that got $350 million in venture capitol funding to get into the online lending business. i would not be surprised once all thi

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here with details is our own peter barnes inside of the beltway. t of suspicion out there, peter, what it does mean. reporter: that's right, david, it would include social security numbers. critics are calling a power grab following controversy of audits conservative groups by irs. the agency said any new rules would be optional. they said the idea was prompted by some unidentified non-profits and donors themselves. it says some taxpayers being audited for their charitable contributions complained that charities nailed to provide them with written acknowledgements of their donations of more than $250 as required by law. if charities just sent the irs details of donors gifts along with their social security numbers it would prove the contributions are legal. one critic in congress worries the move could backfire. >> donors may be more reluctant to make a contribution if they feel like this whole big disclosure agenda including social security numbers will be a part of the donation. reporter: others are concerned about cybersecurity. >> think how many

. >> peter barnes has more on this now from d.c.d not hear from tim cook, exactly what he thought would be a fairer tax code revision. is apple hiding money? >> tim cook says no. his company is paying a fair share. as you recall, two years ago, a subcommittee said that they gained the division. by using a strategy involving three offshore divisions. the company did nothing illegal. >> we pay more taxes in this company than anyone. >> i do not deny that. we happily pay that. >> selecting two thirds of our business over there. >> i would love to bring it home. it would cost us 40% to bring it home. >> according to one study, $181 billion of profits offshore. they would owe an estimated amount back here to the u.s. >> 10%? fifteen? it is interesting. apple shares plunging, by the way. wiping out about $160 billion in shareholder value. closing high in february. right now, about 19.8%. not a whole lot of improvement. elizabeth macdonald is tracking this stuff. put that into perspective for us. liz: it is bigger than the number of compan

. >> the senior corspopdant peter barnes has more. peter? >> reporter: well, jon, carter announced new efforts to escalate the fight against isis in iraq after acknowledging that isis is not containing contradicting the comments by his boss. he is ready to order u.s. attack helicopters to iraq to help take back the city of ramadi from isis. >> the united states is prepareed to assist the iraqi army to help them finish the job, including attack helicopters and a company of advisories if circumstances dictate or requested by the prime minister. >> reporter: just this past week, he had personally reached out to 40 countries to contribute more to the campaign. he requested special operation forces and strike and recog aniance and weapons and ammission. this is a week after he deployed a task force with 200 more u.s. personnel to carry out raids against senior isis fighters. >>> the father of a third gunman spoke out in a dramatic interview today regarding the paris attack. the father said he had disbelief and lost track of his son's movements. >

peter barnes has the story in washington.new private e-mails at sp department has retroactively redacted 329 of them because they have classified secret information that should not have been sent under state department rules. here is one from may of 2010 on iran, of the year the administration held secret talks with iran and the nuclear deal. here's another one about a call secretary clinton had with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in 2010 and hundred department rules she says she knew about, any communication involved in a head of state is automatically classified weather is marked classified or not at the time. this one is not classified but it is interesting. it is from her daughter chelsea, the night of the benghazi attacks in september of 2012 and responds to her mother's initial private e-mail to her about from. lc road, quote, i am so sorry about the state department officer killed in libya and the ongoing precariousness of egypt and libya. such an anathema to us as americans and a painful reminder of how lon

stuart. >> thanks very much indeed peter barnes check that big boortd.y up 137 points right now. that pushes above 17,700 right at it. vierra bradley rose 48% in part because of fewer markdowns. stock is up 30%. new high will with strong sales of drones that's what they do they sell drones. wanting to buy before their regulated up 17%. head back to capitol hill please, the climate summit is coming to an end over there in paris committed now america is committed to a war on coal. joining us senator sherry -- from west virginia, right in the heart of coal country. i'm sure you oppose these restrictions on coal. i put it to you that there's not you can do about it in political terms. you have to go to the court to stop it. haven't you? >> well, we passed resolution of disapproval of the clean power plant both in the senate and in the who is. we're going to put it on his desk that will be the first too many ever been able to get something to his desk that he can veto which i'm sure that he will. but what it says not just to americans but people nationally is

peter barnes, thank you, happy new year.regg: bill cosby's attorney mounting a vigorous defense hours after the entertainer was arraigned on felony sexual assault charges. his attorney monique presley saying he will be done rated by a court of law cleaning charges against him are politically motivated. >> this is not the effect of wage and of justice. what we have is fulfilment of a campaign promise from a prosecutor who used this case and use the current climate about the allegations against my client in order to get into office and had to make good before the statute of limitations completely ran out on what he promised in order to get in that office. arthel: ebony williams, attorney and fox news contributor and criminal defense attorney, let me go to you first. in cases like this, and in the william kennedy smith rape trial, an acquittal, the jurors in the end did not believe the accuser when she took the witness stand and melted under withering cross-examination by defense attorney. these are tough cases to prove. >> abs

peter barnes in washington, d.c. for the latest. he was very, very intransigent it seemed on the issue, jack lew was. has anything changed since then? reporter: obviously the situation has gotten more urgent for puerto rico financially. the substance how washington may end up helping puerto rico remains unchanged among both republicans and the white house. no taxpayer bailout. so investors are on edge just what washington will do to help the territory. roughly 130 municipal bond mutual fund in the u.s. hold bonds issued by puerto rico which is struggling with recession and a financial crisis. default obviously could hurt millions of americans invested in those funds. and now with a bailout off the table, congress is working on legislation to allow puerto rico to restructure its debt somehow. >> they're making cuts in their budget. they're raising taxes. but when you're inch solvent you need restructuring. that requires legislation. reporter: but the fight is over whether to allow puerto rico to use federal bankruptcy law for restruc

peter barnes has more on the president's plans to cement his leg t lega legacy. >> the president thinksd thinks he can have a stronger 2016. at a press conference the president said decent jobs, pc trade agreement, a blast of bipartisanship with republicans in congress, that included a highway bill, a budget and tax deal. for 2016 the president and his aides say the big ticket priorities are stopping up to fight against isis, protecting the homeland. criminal justice with an executive order and gun control. the president faces a critical republic congress. for the president, he still has his veto pen next year and of course, there will probably be more executive actions and more regulations coming out of the government. in terms of actually getting new legislation through, i think the cupboard is pretty bare for this white house. the president plans to get engaged with the debate for the white house with hillary clinton cl clinton. ashley: and coming back with me now, keith, hit me begin with you. what is mr. obama's legacy? >> his legacy? well, his legacy is an economy that grows at 1

he instead is blaming the tax code saying it's outdated, needs to change, peter barnes in d.c. the political fallout. peter? >> reporter: tim cook says his company is paying fair share of taxes in the u.s. and around the world. as you recall two years ago, a senate investigation subcommittee charged that apple gamed the international tax system, which it claimed help the company avoid paying $9 billion in u.s. taxes in 2012 alone by using a strategy involving three offshore divisions. cook told charlie rose on "60 minutes" last night that the company did nothing illegal. >> we pay more taxes in this country than anyone. >> well, they know that and you should because of how much money you make. >> i don't deny that. we happily pay it. >> you probably have more money overseas than any american company. >> we do, as i said before two, thirds of our business is over here. >> why don't you bring it home? >> i'd love to. >> why don't you? >> it would cost me 40% to bring it home, i don't think that's a reasonable thing to do. >> reporter: apple parked $181 billion in profits offshore

peter barnes joins us from d.c. with the president's 2016 docket, peter?eporter: the president believes he had a productive 2015 and thinks he could have a good 2016 in final year of presidency. president said accomplishments included decent economic and job growth in 2015. the iran nuclear deal, climate change in paris. the big pacific trade agreement and blast of bipartisanship with republicans in congress that produced an education bill, highway bill and 1.7 trillion dollar budget and tax deal. for 2016, the president and aides say the major priorities are stepping up against isis and protecting the homeland of course. criminal justice reform and executive order on gun control and closing the u.s. military prison at guantanamo bay, cuba. the president plans to get engaged in the democrats' fight for the white house. >> i think this president would prefer to focus on the economy, which appears to be getting better gradually, certainly the labor market is improving, and i think he'll tout that. he wants to let the public know things have improved. he want

peter barnes in d.c. with latest on the war of words. peter. >> that's right, david, hillary clinton warning not to use her husband to attack him especially with women's voters. trump says if hillary thinks she can unleash her husband with his terrible record of women's abuse, playing women's card on me, she's wrong. in a interview yesterday trump brought up bill clinton's sex scandals. latest salvo in a flight that erupted last week when trump use ad yiddish slang word calling clinton beaten badly by barack obama in 2008. asked about that by "the des moines register" last week, clinton, charged it was not the first time that trump's quote, demonstrate ad penchant for sexism. clinton plans to send her husband out on the campaign trail for him early next month in key voting or early voting states. here is what trump told "fox & friends" on sunday. >> i think he is fair game because his presidency was really considered to be very troubled, to put it mildly because of all of the things that she is talking to me about. mentioned sexism. she i

fox business's peter barnes in d.c. with very latest. peter? reporter: hi, david. the new poll shows trump climbing or soaring and cruz may be soaring and carson definitely plummeting. new monmouth university poll, trump surging among republicans and republican-leaning voters jumping to 41% compared to 28% in the last national monmouth poll in october. cruz is up from about 10% recently. marco rubio coming in third at 10%. benjamin carson falling to fourth and 9%, half of what he had in october and jeb bush trailing to 3%. monmouth poll does not actually track a new "wall street journal/nbc news" poll yesterday which shows a big surge four cruz and tighter race nationally between him and trump. trump hit a new high in this poll of 27%. cruz more than doubled to 22% from the last nbc-journal poll in october. marco rubio clocked in at 15%. carson collapsed to 11% from 29% in the october journal-nbc poll. jeb bush clocking in at 7% in this one. now these and other polls suggest that carson is losing ground and cruz and trump perhaps gaining ground because carson lacks

. >> peter barnes, fox business, ma'am. on financial market conditions, is there a problem developing in the high-yield sector of the bond market, the junk bond sector? as you know last week a mutual , 3rdhalted redemptions avenue management, so that it would not have to in the sharp selloff of these kinds of bonds. are you concerned at all? in the meeting did you discuss any systemic risk because of the conditions in the junk bond market? individual institutions sold trillions heavily because of low rates. did the fed's low interest-rate policy help to sow the seeds for this development? thank you. chair yellen: risk spreads have been partly moving from last year with funds over recent months, 3rd avenue focused credit funds were a rather unusual open-ended mutual fund with very concentrated positions , they were especially risky in illiquid bonds. this had been facing very significant redemption pressures . my understanding is that the sec is in touch with 3rd avenue. as you should probably know, the sec has imposed some

peter barnes is in d.c. melissa was saying this in the break.ything that gets him trouble, right? >> that's right. doesn't, you're right. so, yeah, now he is trying to make an issue out of the bill clinton sex scandals saying it is fair game because of hillary clinton's charges against trump this past week that he sexist. as you recall in a tweet just yesterday trump said bill clinton had a quote, terrible record of women abuse. but as you may recall hillary clinton was asked directly about some of the allegations against her husband at a town hall meeting in new hampshire on december 3rd by audience member who cited three women by name. secretary clinton's response could provide clues how she might handle the issue, if donald trump should bring it up in a debate with her, for example? >> you recently came out to say that all rape victims should be believed but would you say that about broaddrick, kathleen wiley or paula jones, should we believe them as well? >> well i would say that everybody should be believed at first until they are disbeliev

peter barns with more on the story. >> hey, gerri, apple saying they pay their fair share of taxes herearound the world. as you recall two years ago a senator subcommittee charged that apple gained the international tax system which it claimed helped the company avoid from paying $9 billion in u.s. taxes in 2012 alone by using a strategy involving three offshore divisions. cook told charlie rose on 60 minutes last night that the company is doing nothing illegal. >> we pay more taxes in this country than anyone. >> well, they know that and you should because of how much money you make. >> well, i don't deny that. we happily pay it. >> you have more money overseas than any other american company. >> i do because as i said two-thirds of our business is over there. i'd love to bring it home. >> why don't you? >> because it would cost me 40% to bring it home, and i don't think that's a reasonable thing to do. >> according to one study apple has parked $181 billion of profits offshore and would owe an estimated 159 billion in taxes if they tried to bring the money back to the u.s. gerri. gerr

peter barns is standing by with the latest on these new polls. wow, peter >> well, 35% is the magic number for donald trump. that's what he registered among republican voters in the latest national poll from cbs news and the new york times. also what the latest fox news poll for south carolina shows. that's 35%, it puts him 20% -- 20 percentage points clear of his competition in south carolina, doctor ben carson and senators ted cruz and marco rubio coming in at 15% and 14%. and jeb bush coming in at 5%. that state is important because it's third in the nomination schedule but also the first in the south and while trump's comments on banning am i grants has been widely rebuked including by many in his own party, his stance appears to be helping him among the rank and the fire. trump lastly policy position monday arch, republicans in south carolina who were polled on monday and tuesday went for trump 38% this who were polled before he announced this position on saturday and sunday polled at 30%. now, part of the polling period for the new national

in the meantime peter barnes with the very latest from dc. thank you for joining us on risk and reward, making money with charles payne start now. >> charles: 3% for the week. fed red hike, we are are going to have set out for you. i'm calling all of you, guys, forget the constitution. president obama using a more powerful weapon to take away your guns. we are talking war on guns. donald trump flirting with idea of third-party run now ben carson, against won't run against the nominee threatening if the establishment doesn't listen to the will of the people. just moments ago with niel cavuto. >> neil: what would bring you to the point that i'm no longer republican? >> if it became clear that they were using various types of procedures to get around the will of the people. i wouldn't be part of it. >> neil: would you stop being a republican? >> i don't know but i might go back to being an independent. >> charles: a lot of people talking about this, big news, could this be part of the gop explosion. david, you know, a lot of people are saying --

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former secretary of state during day rally last night, saying he is clinton's biggest nightmare peter barnest what does -- attacked pretty much, well everybody, peter. reporter: i guess the enemy has similar surrounded can fire any direction; right? >> trump as i say dagen escalated attack on hillary clinton last night in new hampshire went after her over her use of her private e-mail account while secretary of state. >> she has committed a criminal act. a criminal -- what she did with the e-mails is criminal. >> trump kept up attack on former president bill clinton who will start campaigning for his wife more actively next month, in a tweet last night, trump said quote remember the bill clinton was brought in to help hillary against obama in 2008. he was he terrible, failed badly, and was called a racist,trump confirmed last night he plans to start spending a lot of his own money on campaign advertising, starting january 4, and one time earlier this year, he had budgeted at least 25 million dollars for tv ads in you e-mail last night campaign deputy said quote i have a message for donald tr

. >> peter barnes at fox business, ma'am. on financial market conditions, is there a problem developing in the high yield sector of the bond market, the junk bond sector? as you know last week, a mutual fund, third avenue management halted redemptions so that it wouldn't have to, because of a sharp selloff in these kinds of bonds. are you concerned at all, and did you discuss in the meeting any risk to the financial system, systemic risk because of the conditions in the junk bond market? and individual investors and institutions hold trillions of dollars of these ponds which were sold heavily because of low rates. and did the fed's low interest rate policy sow the seeds for this development? thank you. >> risk spreads in the high-yield bond market have been widening since last year. partly reflecting falling oil prices. only partly but partly and redemptions in high-yield bond funds have been increasing in recent months but third avenue focus credit fund was a rather unusual open end mutual fund. it had very concentrated posi

hampshire south carolina used last spot to drop out, juror thank you so much, for that reporting, peter barnesep senator governor george allen good to see you as always, and senator let's talk about donald trump, because, the gop in the state of virginia has well feeling his dislike, so trump has so-calleded scolded officials for call what you want to a statement of affiliation before they go to polls he took to twitter as he often does, to go after the republican party of virginia. calling it bad, saying state seven statewide losses seven times in a row i want to get your reaction to this. >> my reaction is i've been nominated by convention primary so forth when in a primary race back in 2012 i said i didn't want any pledges in it. i think the republicans in virginia, and elsewhere in the country particularly battleground states virginia is one of them should be making it easier for people who want to be interested in our candidates listen to ideas, and their agenda, and they could easier rather that happen difficult to participate. i remember when barbara comstock had what was called a fireh

peter barnes covering the latest from washington is this character arrived as victory this morning. >tely, it is, cheryl but not a complete victory, as of yet, u.s. officials are now of confirming iraqi forces have retaken most of ramadi at least, from isis fighters have raised their flag over the government complex. at its center, video from iraqi state television this more than, shows iraqi soldiers denouncing in streets holding up their country's flag the victory came with a lot of help from u.s.-led coalition forces however. support included more than 630 air strikes training of forces specialized engineering equipment weapons to clear ieds and car and truck bombs, this is third victory for iraqis three months removed isis from sinjar the oil refining community of beijii, praises remove mill tans from other areas of ramadi particularly neither eastern suburbs where many groups holdouts had fled, the day before, as iraqi forces advanced u.s. officials tell fox news they don't expect ramadi fully liberateed ideal next month because of booby draps left behind and pockets wfb isis fig

peteer barnes from dc. >> peter: one of the states that allow open carry of rifle or handgun, that endse license, must have criminal record and must have passed gun training and a shooting test, but the law also forbids open carry in banks, bars and supporting venues and allow other businesses to prohibit customers to carry guns open. >> stuart: i don't know how i would feel about that. if if if you conceal it's one thing. president obama could make it harder for you to buy a gun in the first place, what's this all about? >> cheryl: this is a long-awaited action. he is going to put further restrictions in place, he can't get through congress. here is what we think is going to happen. this is the reports out there, requiring small gun sellers to be licensed and background checks, that would close the gun show loophole. gun shows has been the targets of gun control advocates and if you're gun gets stolen or lost, tighter restrictions and tighter penalties if you don't report that to officials. >> stuart: we think that's coming. we don't know. gun permit applications will go through the ro

barnes had hit him. >>> a cheltenham high school graduate is among six americans killed in a suicide bombing in afghanistan. peter taub was 30 years old and had been in the air force for eight years. his father and stepmother tell us he worked in special investigations and loved what he did. taub also loved his family. he was expecting a second child with his wife next summer. >> he loved his family. he loved his daughter. it's like the apple of his eye. >> taub's father and stepmother say they actually didn't know he was in afghanistan. taub told them he was somewhere else so they wouldn't worry. >>> your first alert weather and the first full day of winter, believe it or not, it's a wet one. you see the umbrellas out there. nbc 10 in center city today as the rain drops fell. the skies have cleared for now. more rain is on the way. glenn schwartz is tracking it for us. at least it's not snow. >> it's not even close, keith. normally at this time of year. kind of on the borderline. is it rain or snow? not this year. we have cloudy skies now. there are some areas of a little bit of fog. and that fog is going to bec