Has climbed to new heights in another national poll. A New Washington postabc news poll puts trump at 38 support. 23 points ahead of his closest rival, senator ted cruz. This is the second poll this week showing trump with a massive lead over his rivals. And los angeles officials tonight forced to defend their decision to cancel classes across the entire city today after they received an emailed threat. New york city received a similar, if not the same threat deemed it to be a hoax and kept schools open. New York Police Commissioner bill bratton who once ran the Los Angeles PoliceDepartment Says l. A. Overreacted. L. A. Is a huge school system. 600 square mile school system, and to disrupt the daily schedules of half a Million School children, their parents, day care, buses, based on an anonymous email, without consultation, if, in fact, consultation did not occur with Law Enforcement authorities, i think it was a significant overreaction, yes. Lou well, bill bratton talking straight. Congressman adam schiff a member of the House Intelligence Committee later said the threat appeared to be as he put it, quote, a hoax or something designed to disrupt School Districts in large cities, end quote. Well, our top story tonight, the obama administrations outright deceptions about the war against the Islamic State. Just a day after president obama said the Islamic State has lost thousands of square miles of territory in iraq and syria, a new pentagon report released today warns the terrorist group is, quote, operationally emergent in afghanistan. The commander of u. S. And nato forces in afghanistan, general John Campbell says Islamic State supporters in the country are rising and trying to establish a base in the eastern city of jalalabad. Campbell says that as of right now, the Islamic State loyalists dont have the capability to attack the United States or europe but does say theyve expressed a desire to do so. Joining us tonight, former army vice chief of staff, fox news military analyst general jack keane. General, good to have you with us. The president on one day talks about a shrinking Islamic State and the pentagon the next releases a report about a growing, expanding Islamic State. What are we to make of this . Believe the report. The harsh reality and weve spoken about this on fox before, the Islamic State has expanded with formalized, documented affiliate relationships with nine countries, and theyre expanding into three more, probably within the next 3060 days. Two of the countries are what were talking about tonight, afghanistan and pakistan. They there are, one, because they can, but number two, theyve got two strategic reasons. One is they truly want to undermine the al qaeda Senior Leadership that operates out of pakistan. And secondly, theyre going to take advantage what they believe is another u. S. Withdrawal, much as they did in iraq, and they see this as huge, strategic opportunity to put them to succeed in that part of the world. Lou the United States retained significant special Operations Forces in afghanistan. But frankly, the United States is dependent entirely upon the special Operations Forces to exert the political will of the United States, and were looking at the possibility, are we not, that those troops could be withdrawn relatively quickly, are we not . Yeah, the president has not truly committed to a sizable force beyond 2016. Hes committed to hold the force until the end of 2016. He holds the cards on that decision. And listen, our special operations very close to command in ft. Bragg where the delta and others were there, listen, they are marvelous but cant win wars for you. They are considerable multiplier and enabler. And you need intelligence to feed to them so they can act. We pulled a lot of that intelligent out in terms of our guys on the ground. Lou it is almost as though this administration has decided to use our special Operations Forces in ways for which they were never intended, never a strategy, if we can discern the Administration Strategy at all, a strategy that has a requisite number of regular forces that have to be deployed in order to seize and hold significant regions of territory. No doubt about that. Conventional force on the ground win wars supported by airpower and significantly enabled by special Operation Forces and thankfully, we have the best of all of that. The best special ops, conventional Ground Forces and best airpower in the world. Lou and all of them likely coming home if this administration has its way very soon, a further vacuum about to be created. Ash carter, the defense secretary, as you know, in turkey today. To what end . Well, i think hes trying to get turkey more involved in dealing with isis. But the problem is, the president of turkey has told us for two years now, as have the other arab states in the region that their priority is assad, and his removal and the removal of the alawite regime so syria can be stabilized and this civil war can come to an end. We have disagreed with that because what was a priority for us has been a nuclear deal with iran, and that has trumped this action. And now were on there with our hand out saying we need help with isis, and hes not going to do much to help us until we make a move to change the military momentum against the assad regime. Lou jack, just yesterday, the president is saying weve got to deal with the Syrian Civil War before we can go after isis. Today secretary kerry meeting with sergey lavrov, the foreign minister of russia and Vladimir Putin, and accepting the terms of the russian president and that is that the socalled Syrian People will decide the fate of Bashar Alassad, which means Bashar Alassad and Vladimir Putin will decide assads fate. This is an extraordinary 24 hours in the first u. S. Policy as to syria, and the acceptance of the initiative on the part of the russians. This is another example of u. S. Policy commitment to the belligerent. Putin, Vladimir Putin from russia. He holds all the cards. Militarily intervened. Propped up the assad regime which it was in danger of being encoached upon. He salvaged all of that. Sitting at the table and saying these are my terms. Assad and the alawite regime will stay. He may trade assad for a better deal and were backing away from the principle that we always had is that assad and the regime had to change because they have killed and murdered their people, almost 300,000 now and displaced 9 million and were wiping that slate clean and have done it before with iran and we have done it before with iraq. Its tragic, but it is a pattern of behavior thats so sad to see play out, lou. Lou and, of course, sad indeed. And, if syrias partner along with russia is iran. Today the iaea agreed to close the file on Iranian Development of weapons. This after two icbm missiles were tested and Security Council resolutions, and the march toward the lifting of sanctions and the release of 150 billion to the iranians next year under way at full speed. This was stunning today, lou. This is the board of governors of the iaea meeting after weeks of inspection attempts at the Parchin Military facility to try to determine what irans complicity was in making, weaponizing nuclear weapons. That is what the issue has been and militarizing them. They put that in the reports iran lied and deceived them. They have decided that is not going to be a factor in the conditions to lift the sanctions, and that sanction vote takes place on tuesday, and theyll lift the sanctions, despite the fact obviously iran is lying to us again. Lou im sure well hear a lot from senator Mitch Mcconnell and Speaker Paul Ryan on this. Theyll have a way to make sure the National Security is assured. I will not ask you to respond, that is my aside. General jack keane. Turning to the trump phenomenon. Donald trump increasing lead in the republican race for the white house again, and his Momentum Matters now more than ever. The final Republican Debate of the year tonight. Were less than 50 days from the iowa caucuses. Fox news chief Political Correspondent carl cameron with our report. Reporter Foreign Policy and fighting terrorism are expected to dominate the questions tonight. Polls say donald trump viewed strongly on both issues despite inexperience. He was in his element in vegas last night. I promise you this, i swear to you this, President Trump will never change his tune. This country needs to get away from political correctness. Its killing us. I expect to win iowa. We think were going to do great in iowa. Reporter trump would temporarily ban muslim immigrants in the u. S. And looking to go after ted cruz who said he would carpet bomb isis. Rubio says cruz has isolationist tendancies. Cruz is picking too soon. Carson has plummeted in the polls and trying to beef up Foreign Policy chops, laid out 7 steps for a safer america before the debate starting with declaration of war against isis. I sure hope we get a lot of questions about Foreign Affairs and nasa defense. Reporter he wants to establish himself in the top tier, christie surged into third in recent polls in the first primary state of New Hampshire. Nine candidates, the undercard features four. The last debate before the holidays. Next debate is january 14th hosted by Fox Business Network in South Carolina and comes two weeks before the iowa caucuses. A month ago bush predicted trump would be in decline by now. The pro bush super pac spent more than 35 million dollars. A New Washington postabc news poll finds him in fifth place. Trump up six points from november. Cruz gained seven and second followed by rubio and carson. So much bickering and fighting, tonights debate is expected to be a brawl, which may have voters looking forward to the holidays to get a break from it all. Lou . Lou perhaps, thanks, carl cameron. Things not going so well for the democratic president ial frontrunner. Two intelligence agencies reaffirmed that at least two of Hillary Clintons emails stored on her private email were considered top sec rit, a review conducted after the state department argued with the Intelligence Community about their classification status. One of the emails has been downgraded to secret, but both were considered top secret when they were sent over clintons servers. Clinton denied she knowingly mishandled any of the intelligence. Fbi will determine whether she acted criminally, that is violating criminal law. Were coming right back, stay with us. Paul ryan and Mitch Mcconnell retreating from the talk of a brokered convention. I think all this talk about brokered conventions is ridiculous. I think its highly unlikely to happen. Lou does this mean Establishment Republicans are rolling over now and supporting donald trump . Not so fast. Jedidiah bila and Daniel Halper join us next. 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We heard the same thing from speaker ryan whos gotten so far over his skis, hes got a few scars on his forehead. This is a full retreat on the part of the leadership on capitol hill. Well, they realize they think theyre starting to understand how much people dont like them. Mitch mcconnell does not have a large fan base on the conservative side. Lou what do they think theyre talking about when they see the polls at 8 . I dont know, i think they hang out with each other too much in that little circle and starts to peel like lou cant be an energy thing for either one of them. They are waking up now. Trump is a force to be reckoned with and will continue to be. You are turning more people against you. People are frustrated with the likes of Mitch Mcconnell and with how john boehner used to be and likely with how paul ryan will wind up being. The establishment is not loved so everybody they battle becomes more endearing to the conservative public. Lou daniel, has the obvious become obvious to even the republican establishment in washington . I dont know, look, donald trump was up 27 points in a recent poll. 23 points in another poll. Hillary clinton leads the democratic field by 20 points or 19 points. Thats her next closest competitor is 20 points below. Donald trump comparatively is doing better in the republican field than Hillary Clinton in the democratic field. Lou and with 14 competitors. Nobody is talking about a brokered convention or anything like that. Shouldnt donald trump be the clear favorite and think hes the inevitable nominee if were going to use the same standards. Retreat to the original question, do you think the leadership is finally waking up here, and were going to hear the last of this nonsense about fighting donald trump . No, i think theyre living in a complete fantasy world. They seem to believe that donald trump still will not win, when it comes time to vote. They cant vote for donald trump, have to support jeb bush or marco rubio. Lou second question. And theyre going to win, and theres no proof, obviously to lou second question, daniel, and that is they do understand that the last time the establishment had their way which is with john mccain and with mitt romney, they got their butts kicked. They do understand that part, right . Well, thats obvious, right. Lou im sure it is. People tend to be in denial and not necessarily look, people are not so introspective as they should be. Lou the Intelligence Community holding the emails in dispute by the state department are top secret. They view her as dishonest, they dont trust her. A big problem. For her what matters is how formidable that gop candidate is. Who the Republican Party puts forward. If they put somebody that looks efficient. Lou efficient . Yeah, efficient. Someone who looks like they can get the job done, know what they talking about. Lou the democrats . Republicans. Republicans put forth somebody that looks like a solid rival to her, shes toast. Shes completely entrenched in scandal and looks dishonest. An hour or two ago, she gave a speech how to cure or root out homegrown radical terrorism, on the same night as the Republican Debate. She doesnt want anything heard, continue to give policies. Not have scrutiny, and it is working for her. She doing quite well, positioned well, but were not sure how long it will last. She has no competition, thats why shes doing well. Lou the longer it lasts, the better for the republicans. Daniel halper and jedidiah bila. Thank you, both. Thanks, lou. Lou be sure to vote in our poll tonight, the question is cast your vote at loudobbs. Com. Follow me. Surveillance cameras at the Oklahoma County courthouse capturing the moment an Armed Robbery suspect tried to flee the courtroom. The 19yearold learned his bomb was revoked. He was heading back to jail. He said bull, and he bolted. He twice escaped jail deputies but efforts were foiled when he ran into the Oklahoma County d. A. David prader. The District Attorney and few other folks tackled the man and pinned him to the ground. Dont mess with the d. A. D. A. Young man. Lord hes going back to court tomorrow, bring your track shoes. Up next, a few thoughts on the republican establishments efforts to take down donald trump. More than a few. And extra special rocket launch to the International Space station just in time for christmas. Well tell you how the soyuz made history . Coming up next. Thats the capsule. I built my business with passion. But i keep it growing by making every dollar count. Thats why i have the spark cash card from capital one. I earn unlimited 2 cash back on everything i buy for my studio. And that unlimited 2 cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business. Thats huge for my bottom line. Whats in your wallet . Spending the day with my niece. 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Im not going to get bill, youve known me a long time. Im not going to get into the ups and downs of the president ial primary. Lou the hell you say mr. Speaker, you got into it last week, i say. Speaker ryan is late for the innocent or power act. Heres ryan last week on trumps call to temporarily ban muslims from immigrating to this country while we figure out what the hells going on. Normally, i do not comment on whats going on in the president ial election. I will take an exception today. This is not conservatism. What was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for. Lou whoa what happened . That was a pretty assertive fellow wagging his finger and saying this isnt conservatism. By the way, set aside whether ryan knows what conservatism really is or whether he is, in fact, a conservative . Today, the speaker was so quick to join his counterpart in the senate, majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and suddenly dismiss all the talk of a brokered convention hed been boosting just previously. I think this talk is ridiculous. We have a primary process. We havent started the iowa caucus for heavens sake. Im one of the millions of primary voters who will help sort this thing out and well have a good nominee. Lou i feel better well have millions of voters sort it out. Last week he was going to sort it out. Hes finding out his britches have gotten pretty dog gone big, pretty dog gone quick. He has figured out he is worthy of his predecessor. Not necessarily if you care, a compliment. And he is a card carrying member of the outoftouch gop establishment still. And with trump only surging in the polls after his comments last week, ryan and the establishment thats been running scared are trying to hide from the very voters who had more than a bellyful of their usual serving of the establishments duplicity, selfserving corporate nonsense. Its beginning to look like some of them are getting the message. Lets hope the message gets bolder, even louder and absolutely inescapable. Thats my wish. Now the quotation of the evening on the frustrations and the disappointments that we mere citizens experience as we listen to the frequently absurd, often grotesquely dishonest utterings of government officials so we turn to a man who knows where few speak, and speaks of this those are the words of president barack obama, who is certainly the change that many now seek. How words live with you. Were coming right back. Youre looking at a truck on a battlefield in syria. It used to belong to a plumber who lives in texas. He traded it in. And the result . A lawsuit, and a big one. Ill take it up with fox news legal analyst lis wiehl right here next. And a disgruntled guest takes his hotel complaints to an entirely new level. The video of what he does right after these messages. You dont want to miss it. Stay with us, were coming right back. Three spreadsheets later, you finally bring home the one. Then smash it into a tree. Your Insurance Company is all too happy to raise your rates. Maybe you shouldve done a little more research on them. For drivers with accident forgiveness, Liberty Mutual wont raise your rates due to your first accident. See Car Insurance in a whole new light. Liberty mutual insurance. Its a highly thercontagious disease. Here. It can be especially serious even fatal to infants. Unfortunately, many people who spread it may not know they have it. Its called whooping cough. And the cdc recommends everyone, including those around babies, make sure their whooping cough vaccination is up to date. 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I told you so. I know. Lou i assume thats what the Defense Attorneys are saying. Not for the prosecution, obviously. Some judges dont do an alan order, go back and try to figure this out. Lou what do they call it a dynamite charge . An allen charge and different steps. Maryland slaw very tough on jury deadlocks, they send the jurors back unless there is a manifest necessity for this to end. Lou what will the jury say if theyre hung up . Do we know how hung . We dont know which side theyre hung, 111 or which side it schl the prosecutors, the former prosecutor, they are sweating bullets right now. Lou it is absolutely silly. Why dont the jurors say, you know, judge, weve had a bulliful. We didnt come to our decision lightly. What are you doing sending us back . Now punishing jurors . You can take it that way. Lou i took it that way. The judge is saying we, the government and everybody else put a lot of time and effort into this. If we have a mistrial. Lou they are still citizens in there, and the Government Works for them. The judge says you go back and talk about it. Lou thats because you are an attorney, you are just a citizen. I am a citizen, too. Go back and figure it out. I predict at least another day. Lou i feel sorry for the jurors. The texas plumber. I feel sorry for this guy. Lou as we showed you. That fella had his truck in a battlefield in syria and he traded it into a dealer in texas and they were going to take that off. They didnt, theyre sued. He sold the truck, and as he was selling it, going through the paperwork, let me scratch off the mark1 plumbing because he didnt want his truck like that. They said professionals will do that. The problem for the poor plumber is once you sell Something Like a sxaur get the money for it, you have no control over what they do after that. Lou so theyve got the right to his name on the side of that truck . Once they once they get the money. Lou he should go after the dealership. Send decals to the Islamic State. Once there is money, there is nothing you can do. You should have foreseen this is going to happen. Lou i got to tell you, you attorneys wear me out should. Have foreseen, blah, blah, blah. Do you have no liability . Sound better if i talk like that. Lou if you folks were in a big warehouse coming up with the b. S. Approaches to things. What do you think law professors do . Lou i guess you are right. Lis wiehl, great to see you, thanks so much. The customer isnt always right. A texas man held on a milliondollar bond after he purposely drove his truck through a hotel lobby. Why did he do that . Cameras capturing his driving incident as the truck narrowly missed two women who had to dive for cover behind the front desk. The man was upset because his credit card was declined twice, he had been forced to pay cash for the two nights at the hotel and didnt sit well with him. Up next, legendary wilbur ross joins us. 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Lou not much of a story, but thats also theres also an inverse correlation. If its 25 basis points, that doesnt amount to much, why do it at all . I think the reason it needs to be done is we have to start to get back to some degree of normalcy. It is, after all, eight years after the peak. Thats a long time. Lou it is a long time, and i than you strongly support bernankes views that we had to have quantitative easing as a result of the crisis. 4 trillion added to the Balance Sheet of the fed. Where do we go now . Well, i think that they should be shrinking the Balance Sheet over time. They should be letting rates get to some sort of equilibrium level. And even the market seems to be feeling that way. All the economists are beth there will be a raise tomorrow. Lou and the market today making it clear its expecting a price. Not only expecting it, wanting it. I think for one thing, people want to get that over with. What will be the angle . What will be the glide path upward. Lou and we hope its upward. Yes, and i think the most constructive thing the fed could say is give a fairly good idea what the glide path will be. Lou we also have a political system thats in correction. Donald trump breaking through 40 . Hes stronger at this point now than was romney, just about anybody. Right. Lou i mean his numbers are now sending a loud, clear message, if it escaped the establishment that the nonsense is over. At least from the republican side of the ledger. Your reaction . Well, i think that the reason that trump is catching on is even though i dont agree with the way hes articulated some of his points of view, hes raising the right issues. And every time hes brought something to the fore, its become the main topic of conversation for weeks and weeks. Lou the darndest thing is its not only the main topic of conversation, hes setting an agenda, world events, news events are breaking and unfolding before our eyes as if he had called for them. Well, its because hes very much in tune with whats going on. I think he has the best sense of what the real situation is of any of the leaders right now. Lou are you a trump man yet . No. Lou going to be . I know him. Ive done business with him before. Lou you like him . As a person. Hes an interesting character, and i think hes done some very good things by flagging these issues. Lou you make it sound like hes a man who put a couple flags in the ground, going to walk away and salute and say you take it from here. I dont see that happening. Him walking away . No. Lou whos going to take him . Why would he walk away . Lou no, im saying who would beat him, he looks unbeatable. It is early days. Remarkable. This is six months lou im sorry, ive got to say this, you and i have been talking about it being early days for six months now . My point being even though its still early days, for six months hes been a leader. Thats not a temporary aberration. Lou this looks like it could be seismic for the Republican Party, for the country. As you say, early days, but right now, it portends an upheaval, does it not . I think it does, maybe thats the best thing. I keep wondering who the republican establishment is. Who is this mysterious force. Lou did you shave this morning . [ laughter ]. Lou wilbur ross. Thats a violation of my personal rights. Lou im the fella to come to. I apologize for any rights i violated. Wilbur ross, good to have you here. Good to be here, right. Lou Wilbur Wright i mean wilbur ross, amazing, great guy. Astronaut tim peak making History Today becoming the first british astronaut to go to the International Space station. And a russian cosmonaut launching on the soyuz spacecraft from kazakhstan, they will live, work and perform scientific experiments like so many other astronauts and cosmonauts before them. Eight republican candidates, one common goal. Tonight, they will attack donald trump. Oh, boy. 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But i keep it growing by making every dollar count. Thats why i have the spark cash card from capital one. I earn unlimited 2 cash back on everything i buy for my studio. And that unlimited 2 cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business. Thats huge for my bottom line. Whats in your wallet . Lou rnc chairman Reince Priebus shooting down word that he tried to have a brokered convention. Lou joining us is a former member of george w. Bushs senior staff Brad Blakeman. Trump winded his lead, where does he go from here . Hes got to get around New Hampshire and iowa. We talked on this program about cruz being the iowa guy. Hes got to get past that and move ahead. Lou brad, do you agree . I do. I think people will be sniping at cruz, not trump. Trump likes the fact that he doesnt get too much air time because he doesnt control the debate. People like to go with a winner. If you are winning at the polls, you can declare you are a winner. Lou whether trump is in the lead or in second or third place, isnt there a who cares sort of nature to this . Reminding everyone on tore up and huckabee won iowa in the last two cycles, not mccain or romney. Trumps vote is not in iowa. Lou why does anybody care . Writers have to write about something. On the great big day coming up when all the delegates are at stake, not too far after New Hampshire. Lou brad, iowa, does it matter . Would you rather have iowa or New Hampshire. You want New Hampshire but here is why iowa matters. Trump has been leading in the in the polls for six months. He makes pronouncements that hes going to win iowa and New Hampshire. Lou the people in see you what better listen. This is an opportunity for the Mainstream Media to take trump down. Lou i would have to say to you that the National Media looks like a bunch of id yotds. They whined, cried crocodile tears and he just goes higher because the republicans paying attention to this thing, they just say they dont want the usual gang. They want somebody they think has guts. Lou do you eye agree, brad . I think the media is scared of trump because he takes them on. Lou they have a funny way of showing it. He lives the for their attacks. Every time they have attack him his numbers go up. Lou lets go to paul ryan. Speaker ryan. It looked like they were calling off the dogs today and staying scratch our bellies because we are not going to bite on this brokered convention anymore. We are not even going snarl. I think the speaker is in a very difficult situation every day he wakes up. Hes got to step right, accept left, get in the center and step right again. Mcconnell, mcconnell its a Different Institution in the senate. The house is much more combative. Lou they are acting like a bunch of the Republican Leadership in the senate and house, brad, i dont know if you will a he grow with me, they look like a bunch of hacks for the business round table and chamber of commerce. I dont see what their leadership is making. There is a sea change in leadership. The fact that we havent had a Government Shutdown is evidence of that. There is regular order being held to each body. We have got to live toy fight another day. Obama is done. We need to fight for the next election cycle. You have got obama, give us a chance to govern the way we should govern. I admire you to for your loyalty to your party. If they shut down they will lose the next election. Lou i think what we are con cliewfgd is mcconnell and ryan were smart enough not to shut down the government and thats an accomplishment. They didnt draw negative attention on themselves is what that means. Lou it looks like they are back off the brokered convention. Its senseless to have a brokered convention. Lou those were the folks talk their antitrump. There is a procedure. Lou there is a reason all that was leaked to the post . No, brad . Quite frankly i dont think so. It makes the gop look real bad. Lou im running out of time. Brad, thanks so much. In our online poll, 93 of you said you dont believe we can win the war on terror by respecting the Civil Liberties of terrorists which we learned was the secret policiesth of administration all along. Good night from new york. Kennedy im glad you land in my trolley. Im watching donald trump level Blood Pressure while he has recently tested new attacks against Hillary Clinton calling her out on her stamina and strength. Her doctor announced a glowing