. moderator: welcome back to the republican presidential debate right here in north charleston, south carolina. let's get right to the question, maria? >> mr. trump, your net worth is in the multibillions of dollars, and have an ongoing thriving hotel and real estate business, are you planning on putting your assets in a blind trust you should become president. with such vast wealth, how difficult will it to be to disentangle yourself from your business and money and prioritize america's interests first? >> well, it's an interesting question because i'm very proud of my company, as you, too know i built a great company. if i become president, i couldn't care less about my company. it's peanuts. i want to use the same, up here, whatever it may be, to make america rich again and make america great again. i have ivanka and eric and don sitting there, run the company, have a good time, i'm going to do it for america. i would be willing to do it. moderator: you would put your assets in a blind trust? >> i would put it in a blind trust. i don't know if it's a blind trust if ivanka and don a

the candidates. that does it, everyone, for the first debate right here in north charleston. in just about two hours from now, at 9:00 p.m. eastern, seven more candidates are going to be taking to this stage. right now special coverage of the republican presidential debate continues right here on fox business. . >> and there it is, the first presidential debate, the first republican presidential debate of this new year, and another in store in one hour and 57 minutes. good evening. 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, g

. moderator: welcome back to the republican presidential debate right here in north charleston, south carolina. let's get right to the question, maria? >> mr. trump, your net worth is in the multibillions of dollars, and have an ongoing thriving hotel and real estate business, are you planning on putting your assets in a blind trust you should become president. with such vast wealth, how difficult will it to be to disentangle yourself from your business and money and prioritize america's interests first? >> well, it's an interesting question because i'm very proud of my company, as you, too know i built a great company. if i become president, i couldn't care less about my company. it's peanuts. i want to use the same, up here, whatever it may be, to make america rich again and make america great again. i have ivanka and eric and don sitting there, run the company, have a good time, i'm going to do it for america. i would be willing to do it. moderator: you would put your assets in a blind trust? >> i would put it in a blind trust. i don't know if it's a blind trust if ivanka and don a

national debt, war on crime attack reform. more from north charleston, south carolina, when we come moderator: welcome back to the republican presidential debate here in north charleston, right back to the question, governor christie we've spoken about cutting spending. according to a report, american needs $3.6 trillion in infrastructure spending by 2020, here in south carolina, 11% of bridges are considered structurall deficient. what is your plan to fix the ailing roads and bridges without breaking the bank? >> here is our plan. we have all been talking about tax reform. if you reform corporate tax, which has mentioned before is highest rate in the world, we double tax, that led to over $2 trillion of american company's moneys that are kept offshore because they don't want to pay that second tax. they pay tax once overseas they don't want to pay 35% tax on the way back. beside reforming that tax to bring it down to 25 percent, and eliminating loopholes, but also, a one-time repatriation of the money, bridge that money back to u.s., we'll tax 88.75%. i would dedicate that money to

to the republican presidential debate. right here in north charleston. right back to the questions. governor bush, gun rights, one of the top issues seen on facebook. with close to 3 million people talking about it in the past month. right here in charleston, dylann roof accused of killing nine people in a nearby church reportedly had not passed his background check when he got his gun. what is the harm in tightening standards for not only who buys guns, but those who sell them? >> first of all, i'd like to recognize governor haley for her incredible leadership in the aftermath of the -- [applause] >> the emanuel ame church killings, and want to recognize the people in that church that showed the grace of god and the grace of forgiveness and the mercy that they showed. [applause] >> i don't know if any of us could have done what they did within 48 hours after that tragedy taking place. here's the deal, in this particular case, the fbi made a mistake. the law itself requires a background check, but they didn't fulfill their part of the bargain within the time that they were supposed

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

presidential debate right here in north charleston, south carolina. let's get right to the question, maria? >> mr. trump, your net worth is in the multibillions of dollars, and have an ongoing thriving hotel and real estate business, are you planning on putting your assets in a blind trust you should become president. with such vast wealth, how difficult will it to be to disentangle yourself from your business and money and prioritize america's interests first? >> well, it's an interesting question because i'm very proud of my company, as you, too know i built a great company. if i become president, i couldn't care less about my company. it's peanuts. i want to use the same, up here, whatever it may be, to make america rich again and make america great again. i have ivanka and eric and don sitting there, run the company, have a good time, i'm going to do it for america. i would be willing to do it. moderator: you would put your assets in a blind trust? >> i would put it in a blind trust. i don't know if it's a blind trust if ivanka and don and eric run it. i would have my children r

debate right here in north charleston, south carolina. let's get right back to the questions. i will start with you, senator cruz. now you are of course a strict constitutionalist, no one would doubt that. and as you know the u.s. constitution says only natural born citizens are elgible for the office of president of the united states. stop me if you heard this before. now you were born, you were born in canada to an american mother. so you were and are considered an american citizen. but that fellow next to you, donald trump and others, have said being born in canada means you are not natural born and that has raised questions about your eligibility. do you want to try to close this topic once and for all tonight? >> well, neil, i'm glad we're focusing on the important topics of the evening. [laughter] [cheering] [applause] back in september, my friend donald said he had his lawyers look at this from every which way and there was no issue there. there was nothing to this birther issue. now since september, the constitution hasn't changed. [laughter] but the poll numbers have. [cheer

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

spotlight of the palmetto state will shine on them. >> good evening and welcome to the north charleston performing arts center. tonight you will hear from 10 republican candidates vying to become president of the united states. i'm trish regan along with my co-mod p -- -- co-moderator sandra smith. sandra: for the next hour three of the candidates will be answering questions voters want answered. trish: former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina. former arkansas governor mike huckabee. and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. this debate will last one hour. each candidate will have up to the 0 seconds to responds to each -- up to 90 seconds to respond top each question and one minute for follow up. when your time is up you will hear this bell. in tuesday's state of the union address the president said our economy is strong and said millions of jobs have been created. what else your after he saysment of the economy right now? i would like to hear from all of you on this one, beginning miss fiorina. >> if i may begin by saying how honored i am to be standing here with two former iowa caucus winn

. here at the north challenges ton coliseum and performing arts center in charleston, south carolina. welcome to the sixth republican presidential debate of 2016 campaign. here on the fox business network. i'm neil cavuto alongside my friend and comoderator maria bartiromo. moderator: tonight we're working with facebook to ask the candidates the questions voters want answered. and according to facebook the u.s. election has dominated the global conversation with 131 million people talking about the 2016 race. that makes it the number one issue talked about facebook last year worldwide. moderator: now the seven candidates on the stage tonight were selected based on their standing in six national polls as well as polls in the early voting states of iowa and new hampshire. those standings determining the position on the stage of the candidates tonight. and here they are. businessman, donald trump. [cheers and applause] texas senator ted cruz. [cheers and applause] florida senator marco rubio. [cheers and applause] surgeon ben carson. [cheers and applause] new jersey governor chris chris

look forward to you on the other side, bret. thanks for being with us, live from north charleston coliseum. stay with us, our coverage continues right now.egin. enjoy yourself. announcer: the road to the white house is long and winding. the twists and turns have captivated america in record numbers. but with a new year comes a new focus. the first contests are within sight. the field of candidates is getting smaller. and with every day the end of the road gets closer. tonight the road leads to south carolina, home of the first in the south republican primary. where history has proven the eventual nominee needs a strong finish. american industry is thriving, unemployment is on the decline, and people are moving here in record numbers. charleston has also suffered unimaginable tragedy. it has lived the nightmare that has haunted too many american communities. but its citizens have come together and they look toward a brighter future. there are just 18 days until the iowa caucuses. 37 days until the south carolina primary. tonight the election year officially kicks off. with the very first de

republican presidential debate. right here in north charleston. right back to the questions. governor bush, gun rights, one of the top issues seen on facebook. with close to 3 million people talking about it in the past month. right here in charleston, dylann roof accused of killing nine people in a nearby church reportedly had not passed his background check when he got his gun. what is the harm in tightening standards for not only who buys guns, but those who sell them? >> first of all, i'd like to recognize governor haley for her incredible leadership in the aftermath of the -- [applause] >> the emanuel ame church killings, and want to recognize the people in that church that showed the grace of god and the grace of forgiveness and the mercy that they showed. [applause] >> i don't know if any of us could have done what they did within 48 hours after that tragedy taking place. here's the deal, in this particular case, the fbi made a mistake. the law itself requires a background check, but they didn't fulfill their part of the bargain within the time that they were supposed to do. we don'

north charleston, south carolina. friday, june teams. we are at the site of last night fox business network of republican presidential debate. the republican candidate for president all assembled on stage last night for the second time i network. the evening was marked by a serious discussion of the issues that are most important to the electorate and a remarkable candor displayed by everyone on stage. now some of the night's biggest highlights. tuesday night i watched storytime with barack obama. i got to tell you, it sounded like everything was going amazing. >> hillary clinton national security disaster. she gets elected her first hundred days. she might be going back and forth between the white house and the courthouse. >> hillary clinton is disqualified from being commander-in-chief to the united states. we cannot handle intelligence information cannot be commander-in-chief than someone who let the families of the four big guns can never be president of the united states. >> she was born in scotland. she was naturalized. on the issue of citizenship, donald -- on the issue of ci

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. ♪ [cheers and applause] moderator: good evening, welcome to the north charleston coliseum and performing arts center. tonight we hear from 10 republican candidates vying to become the next president of the united states. i'm trish regan along with my comoderator sandra smith. >> this evening fox business is bringing you the sixth republican presidential debate of the 2016 campaign. for the next hour three of the candidates will be answering the questions voters want answered. moderator: let's introduce them. former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina. [applause] former arkansas governor mike huckabee. [cheers and applause] and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. [cheers and applause] moderator: this debate will last one hour. each candidate has up to 90 seconds to respond to each question, one minute for each follow-up. moderator: when your time is up you will hear this bell. [bell ringing] let's dig in, in tuesday's state of the union address the president said our economy is strong. he cited the significant decline we've seen in unemployment rate and millions of jobs th

ebony williams join me in north charleston. relationship can strategist ed rollins joins me now from new york. we begin with carl cameron in north charleston. reporter: one of the main narratives has been the ends of peaceful play between peaceful play between donald trump and ted cruz. for several months the two said they like one another, they like one another and they will refrain from attacking but donald trump has persistently and relentlessly raised questions about whether ted cruz is a natural-born citizen and because he was canadian born and his father was a cuban, american now. cruz is going right back at trump. watch. >> it's very interesting. this issue did not seem to concern donald until a little over a week ago when suddenly he was trailing in the polls in see you what. and i understand, in trump and other candidates in the race being disturbed conservatives are coming together. and when they are disturbed they have try to raise whatever attacks they can. reporter: cruz said trump has quote new york values and conservatives from not the east coast have a different view of t

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.

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north charleston performing arts center. we have the signage up. we have people arriving right and left. we have the staff there, absolutely fabulous. the first kicks off at 6:00 p.m. eastern with former governor mike huckabee, former hewlett-packard ceo, carly fiorina and former senator rick santorum. senator rand paul was invited but said he is passing. he is not expected to show up. you never know. second debate, 9:00 p.m. republican front-runner, donald trump, texas senator ted cruz, florida senator marco rubio, we have retired neurosurgeon ben carson. new jersey governor governor chris chris. former florida governor jeb bush and ohio governor john kasich. 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 financ

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program. to the campaign trail, well all roads lead right here north charleston, south carolina. early even at 6:00 p.m. and moderated by my colleagues sandra smith and trish regan. the later debate. the host of this program maria bartiromo, one of the moderators there along with niel cavuto, that is at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. you don't want to miss it because, well, republican donald trump is already in a war of words, this time with the governor-this grate -- great state. >> one of the commentators said to me that nikki haley, very nice woman, she said i'm an angry person, they said you're an angry person, i thought, i said, i am, i am very angry because i hate what's happening to our country. i am angry. [cheers and applause] >> i am very angry. >> dagen: that is classic trump. turning to the markets futures are searching for direction after yesterday's massive selloff. again you have all three major market gauges even that territory. that's all 10% from the recent highs. oil has been a huge drag on stocks and oil right now is searching for direction. it's up just a little bit, 30 c

. 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 i've known that for a long time. but she's weak on illegal immigration and has no trouble asking me

north charleston, south carolina. back to you. gerri: great race and that's what makes it so much fun. thank you so much. well, you want to be sure to tune in to the republican debate tomorrow night with fox business starting 5:00 p.m. eastern time with lou dobbs. and now more on tomorrow night's debate on fox business 2012 gop presidential candidate herman cane joins me now. herman, hello to you, sir. >> hello, cheryl, thank you. >> i have a question for you. who do you think is in a make it or break it situation tomorrow night? >> i happen to believe that all of the candidates on the stage on the main stage tomorrow night, they have an opportunity to make it or break it. and here's why. i know because of the previous debates that the questions are going to be substantive and it's up to the candidates to make sure that they grab those moments, and they grab those questions and let the the mesh people know where they clearly stand on those issues. so everyone has an opportunity to make it or break it. it's what they do with the questions that i know are going to be coming from the mod

about the city. what a beautiful place, huh? >> charleston is incredible, the venue is in north charleston, but i did have a chance to poke around downtown charleston, the market, the food, the people, incredible hospitality, very political people down there. david: okay. i thought we were going to -- >> give us some of the color? i mean what was it like? did they mob you? >> they did. the nice thing is fox business and fox news are huge in charleston. and all over the south. and it was so great to meet a lot of people. everyone had an opinion about donald trump. i met a support we are a fox news supporter and of course a fox business fan named anne who loves donald trump and she told me she wanted me to crack open her heart like an egg just so she knew how excited he was. and a state, a place rich with history and also very -- david: only san diego has a bigger military influence than charleston because paris island is there, base military base all over. so that's going to be important. military and our defense is here and terrorism. big issues. >> kennedy, who did you feel the

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 thursday evening for special coverage beginning at 5:00 o'clock eastern. now, where the candidates stand in the most recent polling. as of tonight donald trump continues to lead the republican field. the new quinnipiac poll out of

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. it will be held at the north charleston coliseum and performing arts center. 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 s