lou: thanks so much. >> thank you. lou: great to have you here. be sure to vote in tonight's poll, should he stay out of the american politics? cast your vote on loudobbs.com. and do you think the vatican should stop accepting capitalist money from the united states because the pope said it's really the dung of the devil, and he wasn't a fan of capitalism. the answer from our audience, 88% i have said "yes." the vatican should stop accepting money from the united states because it is so tainted, so soiled. dash cam video, just kidding. dash cam video captured terrifying moment on the highway, it happened a silver car blew out a tire and smashed into the truck, the 18-wheeler out of control, skidding down the road, watch this, incredibly, incredible pictures and no one badly injured in what was a very enlightening scene. up next, europe's refugee and immigration crisis sparking concerns in america, and a crime wave is worsening, we talk solutions here next. stay with us (patrick 1) what's it like to be the boss of you? (patrick 2) pretty great. (pa

lou: good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs. donald trump's presidential candidacy looking more and more like an unstoppable juggernaut. trump may not be everyone's cup of tea but certainly running strong. phenomenally so. he not only continues to run strong in the polling, he's number one in every single poll. and not only that, with his blunt language and straight talk about, well, every issue, he's become not only the strongest candidate in the republican field. he's also becoming, are you ready? increasingly more likable. in fact, the latest polling shows just how wrong just about every pundit in the country has been about trump, the candidate. the new gallup poll shows his favorability among republicans is not only rising, but has doubled in the past two weeks. and so with all of that, how does trump spend part of his campaign day? not only going after his detractors on the campaign trail, but today, denouncing what he called gotcha questioning by talk radio host hugh hewitt. we'll have a few report and take it up with lisa

lou: good evening, everybody. i'm lou dobbs. stock markets today again plunging, ending investor hopes that last week's volatility subsided. not hardly. an economic report out of china rekindling fears that the second largest economy is slowing much more than expected. far more than the chinese government has acknowledged in its reports. add to that investor anxiety driven by speculation, the federal reserve might ignore global economic and market weakness and raise interest rates on the view that the united states he and actually strengthening. result, a huge sell-off on wall street. following global markets. the dow jones industrials plunged 470 points today, a bruising month of august setting the stage for what is the first day of trading in this new month. we'll have expert analysis on the market sell-off. why now and what tomorrow? what should anyone do in these volatile, uncertain markets? all of that coming up here tonight. and the obama white house and attorney general mute tonight, not a word said in washington about an

lou: dana peterson thank you. >> thank you. lou: we appreciate it. lou: up next today's sell-off, adding to what has been a difficult few weeks, trader say a lot hinges on jobs report, i'll have a few thoughts on market felt down -- meltdown and market felt down -- meltdown and what prospects are ther their n. gla all waiting to help us build something better. something more amazing. a safer, cleaner, brighter future. at boeing, that's what building something better is all about. ♪ at boeing, that's what building something better is all about. you can't breathed. through your nose. suddenly, you're a mouthbreather. a mouthbreather! how can anyone sleep like that? well, just put on a breathe right strip and pow! it instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than cold medicine alone. so you can breathe and sleep. shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. breathe right lou: in the markets this was a brute a daal day for stocks and many other assets, we hope your pain has not been too severe, it may continue into tomorrow or may not. we taken a l

lou? lou: indeed, carl, thank you very much. carl cameron. >>> turning to the democratic race for the white house and what has been months of bad news for hillary clinton's campaign, a new poll is out that may be the most brutal yet for her. fox news chief white house correspondent ed henry with that report. >> reporter: as hillary clinton took another hit in the polls this was not the image her campaign needed. a collapse of the stage at the university of wisconsin-milwaukee. particularly rough coming hours after fox news reported clinton's earlier event in ohio was only about half full. clinton and aides raced to tout the larger size of the wisconsin event. tweeting to fox, quote, this is just the overflow as clinton greeted supporters in the overflow room. >> sorry there wasn't enough room in the venue before i raced to see all of you. thank you! >> reporter: clinton surround intense pressure from campaign donors to show she can halt the crash from the e-mail controversy, with a new cnn

lou: good evening, everybody. i'm lou dobbs. donald trump tonight will try to take his campaign to a new level, and he intends to do so by directly speak to the issues to which he is least knowledgeable, least experienced and perhaps most vulnerable as a presidential candidate. the republican front-runner tonight is in los angeles to deliver his first national security speech, and he has chosen a suitable locale and dramatic venue, the deck of the u.s.s. iowa, less than two hours from now. his speech comes as trump surges in the polls and draws huge crowds all across the country, crowds that defy expectations given that the first caucus and primary election are still four months away. trump has chosen a dramatic moment for his foreign policy and national security address. it comes on the eve of the second republican presidential debate. as trump's rivals are likely sharpening their attacks against the billionaire populist who's revelled in the rough-and-tumble of campaigning and of course, debating, and to this point he's prevai

lou: good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs. pope francis is now in america, launching what is already a controversial visit that's angered many republicans and conservatives, the leader of the world's 1.2 billion catholics hasn't been shy about denouncing capitalism and pushing a leftist agenda including climate change, illegal immigration and the blatant symbolism of visiting the castro brothers in dictatorial cuba before coming to the capital of the free world. we'll talk it up with father jonathan morris. >>> china's president is visiting america as well, beginning his visit in seattle, washington to meet with technology leaders before heading to washington, d.c., and it is hard to imagine those tech titans successfully striking a proper balance between doing business in china, ending cyberattacks against the united states and human rights in china. all those tech companies desperately want to expand their business in china, and bring in more foreign workers to this country. europe's refugee and illegal immigration crisis is

now here's lou. lou: good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs. president obama, at this hour, sitting down to a private dinner in the white house with chinese president xi jinping who arrived in washington this afternoon. xi's visit at a particularly tense time in u.s./chinese relations, while china assisted president obama and the construction of his controversial nuclear deal with iran, china's cyberattacks against the u.s. government and american business have also embarrassed mr. obama by penetrating government networks and ceilings, secret sensitive files containing the personal data of 21 million government workers, and there are new warnings tonight that the number of workers affected by those attacks may be significantly higher than has been revealed to this point. we take up china's attacks with cybersecurity experts bruce parkman and steve bucci. >>> also tonight, you are looking at live pictures of new york st. patrick's cathedral, where pope francis will lead a prayer service this evening. the pope in new york city after going decided

lou dobbs is next. lou: good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs. russian president putin today made it absolutely clear that unlike some world leaders he does far more than talk. less than two days after sitting down at united nations for face-to-face talks with president obama, putin today ordered the launch of russian airstrikes in syria. according to u.s. defense officials, those strikes are not against the islamic state, but on syrian rebels including the u.s. backed free syrian army, who want syrian president bashar assad out of power. the obama administration seemingly caught offguard with defense secretary ash carter and secretary of state john kerry issuing more warnings to russia. warnings that putin is obviously not heeding. and president obama himself nowhere to be found as russia expands its influence in the middle east. >>> also tonight, another foreign policy failure in afghanistan nearly a year after nato ended its combat mission there. u.s. special forces are now on the ground in the northern city of kunduz trying to help afghan for

lou: good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs. the top 11 republican presidential candidates are about ready to take the stage tonight for the second primetime debate of the 2016 presidential election cycle. this debate held tonight at the ronald reagan library in simi valley, california. it's a fitting location considering tonight will largely be a battle between political outsiders and the republican establishment. front-runner donald trump, retired neurosurgeon dr. ben carson and businesswoman, former ceo carly fiorina, they've all been moving up in the polls in recent weeks as they project their lack of government and political experience as an asset. in fact, the latest poll out of new hampshire shows trump in first place, 22% support followed by carson and fiorina. we have predebate analysis tonight with former reagan white house political director ed rollins, pulitzer prize-winning new york post columnist michael good win and weekly standard senior writer steve hayes. senate republicans announcing a plan b to try to stop th

lou: good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs. president obama today defending his strategy to defeat the islamic state, a strategy that critics say is murky at best and clearly not working. the president opened a summit on fighting radical islamist terrorists, a u.n. sponsored summit warning that the u.s. led fight in iraq and syria will be what he called a long-term campaign, but the president ignored the new reality in syria, that is the role of the russian military forces that have been pouring into syria over the past three weeks. instead of intensifying the fight, mr. obama announced he's slapping new sanctions against more than two dozen islamic state leaders. critics question why he hadn't already put sanctioned on all identified terrorists. not only republicans blasting the administration's inept tactics in syria. former secretary of state hillary clinton admits one of the things xas bathe the crisis is the u.s. inability to train syrian rebels to fight the islamic state. the administrations ineptitude extends to director

lou? lou: ed, thank you. ed henry. >>> in china president xi jinping presiding over a massive military parade to commemorate japan's surrender in world war ii. the extravagant parade, the most forceful display yet of china's military power after weeks of mounding concerns. featuring some of china's newest fighter jets flying overhead, missiles, drones, helicopters and among the high-tech weapons displayed for the first time. the df-21 d anti-ship ballistic missile that experts have called a carrier killer because it's designed not just for any ship but to specifically target and destroy american aircraft carriers. there's considerable anxiety in the pentagon, the ability of the missile to accomplish the chinese claims remains in doubt. china also showing off the df-26 intermediate range ballistic missile capable of striking a naval base in guam with a conventional warhead. at the parade, president xi announced he would cut 300,000 chinese soldiers from the 2 million strong armed forces. that move, the largest

lou dobbs. lou: good evening, everybody. i'm lou dobbs. hillary clinton has for six months denied any culpability in her own e-mail scandal. she's resisted any acknowledgment that her actions were wrong and most likely illegal and utterly dismissive of the charges against her. today mrs. clinton changed all of that, she finally bowed to the polls that show a large majority of americans believe her to be dishonest and unworthy of trust. mrs. clinton told abc news that her decision was a mistake, and that she is sorry for it. her apology comes after a second intelligence review confirms mrs. clinton did, in fact, receive e-mails that contain classified information including top secret information on north korea's nuclear program. so is hillary clinton really sorry for her actions, or is she worried about the prospects of a potential run by vice president joe biden, and is she worried as well about the plummeting poll numbers. biden is closing in on clinton in the polls and he's not even a candidate yet. we'll have a full report for you and t

now lou dobbs. he's the best. keep it on fox business. lou: good evening, everybody. i'm lou dobbs. donald trump has a lot to celebrate tonight. a new poll shows him with the support of almost a full third of republican voters in the country. his highest national number in the election cycle. and while you might find this hard to believe, trump has women to thank for his surge in support. so far no war of words, no public feud is cut into trump's support in any way. but that hasn't stopped trump's rivals from trying and trying very hard. louisiana's governor bobby jindal launched a scathing attack today on trump, excoriating the billionaire as a narcissist and egomaniac and shallow carnival act. i'll be talking with governor jindal and asking him what prompted that absolutely blistering verbal keel hauling. we'll have trump's reply. >>> congress giving the president a free pass on iran. senate democrats successfully blocked a vote on the senate on the republican resolution to reject the president's deal with iran. and in the house, the best republicans could do was to approve a nonb

lou: dana peterson thank you. >> thank you. lou: we appreciate it. lou: up next today's sell-off, adding to what has been a difficult few weeks, trader say a lot hinges on jobs report, i'll have a few thoughts on i'll have a few thoughts on market felt down -- meltdown and [ male announcer ] we know they're out there. you can't always see them. but it's our job to find them. the answers. the solutions. the innovations. all waiting to help us build something better. something more amazing. a safer, cleaner, brighter future. at boeing, that's what building something better is all about. ♪ lou: in the markets this was a brute a daal day for stocks and many other assets, we hope your pain has not been too severe, it may continue into tomorrow or may not. we taken a look at stock futures, and they suggestion a positive open. but, hope that holds through the night, the s&p is now 10% lower than its may record high, officially a correction, markets awakening to fact that slowdown in china's economy is worse than reported, worse than many thought, japanese

i'm lou dobbs. a rebellion by rank and file conservatives forcing house leaders to postpone a vote on the iran nuclear deal. a procedural vote on the deal was scheduled are in afternoon but a number of republican members objected saying congress has no business voting on that agreement until president obama sends congress the side deals between iran and the u.n.'s international nuclear reactors. this, a major blow to house speaker john boehner. it appears lawmakers will never vote on a resolution of disapproval of the president's nuclear deal. instead, this is at this point appears to be a blocking action on the deal that may be effective. all of this occurring in the house of representatives. all of this coming as donald trump, senator ted cruz and tea party republicans were gathering on the west lawn of the capitol to denounce the deal as well. trump told several thousand tea party members that the iranian deal has been incompetently negotiated and he would do a much better job. we'll be talking w

annette: herbert was a senior at the time that lou started. lou was six months older. he was a lab assistant in the lab of dr. john boehner. he had delivered a lecture on geology which had inspired lou to apply to stanford and study there. he took an instant liking to her. he writes about her whimsical smile, her laughing blue eyes, and what an intelligent and delightful young woman that she was. the 4 -- the part that i find so humorous is that i believe she needed some assistance. he was also an eye when and -- iowan and a quaker. there were connections. susan: what happened to their relationship after stamford? there were a lot of letters and a strong connection. his job took in two nevada and then to australia. he was working in australia and they were continuing to communicate. he was then offered a position in china. and at her a telegram telegram went through the post office and the post office's all the names lou and bert. it was not a formal proposal, it just said --heading to china, will you join me? postmaster posted it on the bulletin board for everyone to

lou: good evening, everybody. i'm lou dobbs. president obama at this bhour to welcome president xi jinping to the white house for a reception ahead of tonight's state dinner for the chinese leader. the two earlier today announced they had reached a quote common understanding to cut back on cyberattacks and theft of intellectual property. but little else has been accomplished on xi's first state visit. president obama has skirted direct reference to china's role in stealing the sensitive information of 22 million americans from the u.s. government's office of personnel management, and mr. obama was frustratingly ambiguous about chinese aggression and territorial claims in the east and the south china sea. painfully ambiguous about human rights issues and china's troubling alliance with russia. we take all of that up with general jack keane and china expert forbes contributor gordon chang. >>> also tonight, house speaker boehner shock all of washington with his announcement this morning that he's resigning from congress. boehner s

. ♪ lou: good evening, and welcome to this special edition of "lou dobbs tonight". donald trump will be taking the podium on the deck of the uss iowa. retired battleship and tourist attractions doctor the port of los angeles located in the city of san pedro. national security and veterans issues trample have about 2,000 people the location has been criticized by some in recent days saying the visit is an appropriate use of the historic iowa battleship. there are several hundred demonstrators. the speech coming as he dominates the polls. republican voters continue to support him in large numbers. in the news he becomes the 1st republican candidate to talk more than 30 percent support. trump is crushing the rest of the gop field by double digits in the latest cbs new york times poll. joining us tonight, caitlin hughley burns, the five cohost, and pentagon, former pentagon official kt mcfarlane. good to have you here. let's begin. this is supposed to be trump's foreign policy in broad strokes. what do you expect? what do you think the viewers and voters expect? >> we a

right now is lou dobbs. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everyone. i'm lou dobbs. the european refugees and illegal immigration crisis is widening and worsening by the day. it appears on the verge of becoming a global crisis. european leaders set to hold an emergency meeting this week as thousands upon thousands of migrants and refugees from africa, the middle east, and southern asia are swarming across the borders of the european unions. some countries are acting now, unable to wait or contend with the masses of people who are crashing borders, swamping resources and sapping patients. hungary's parliament today giving the hungarian army and local and national police sweeping new powers to stop the entry of hundreds of thousands of refugees. and after more than 20,000 legal immigrants who fled the middle east, went from their small country over the weekend. it can is a crisis that has been ongoing over the last decade. u.s. officials are warning that there is a notable increase in the number of unaccompanied minors and families crossing into the southern borders. w

lou dobbs is next. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody i'm lou dobbs. congress has caved into pres. obama. pres. obama has secured enough democratic votes in the senate to assure that the deal survives despite opposition from republicans, republicans, some democrats, and a number of allies, including israel. law enforcement officer say they are combing through surveillance video, following up on dozens of tips and leads as they search for the three suspects who gunned down a veteran police officer. his death march 26 time a police officer has been shot and killed in the line of duty this year. we will discuss who and what is to blame. and why the pres. has refused to help stop the madness. and jeb bush donald trump for words getting even nastier. trump called jeb bush low energy and warned bush that his insults against trump may sink his campaign. a insults he hurled in spanish. who is the strongest best candidate on the issues of immigration enforcement and border security? among the feel of 17 gop candidates bush, trump are the original. we take that up with a special guest. repub

lou: is it shocking? >> not to me. >> i was struck by the long discourse on whether there is a letter for them to approve the iranian deal. and i couldn't get anything passed. it may have not been procedural. but i thought that that was a failure of the party to protect the president. >> i think the you are correct. the fact that it was fully expected that they would come together with some sort of document that supported the president's deal. >> i think the iranians definitely call it a deal. and i support it. lou: the iranians call the shots. jessica, thank you so much. jessica, michael, it's been a pleasure and i thank you. a quick look at the online poll results. is bill clinton an asset or liability. it 28% of you said an asset. lou: thanks for being with us and good night from new york. iting up next. ♪ ♪ a. kennedy: i'm watching you watching me, candidate desperately fighting against feeding into the background, the donald trump setting the agenda especially on immigration. creating a litmus te

lou: what are the odds of that? >> federal think they are very good but it is one thing to correct sometng he said i don't think he has to correct the people in the audience for those that may be politically incorrect or hateful. when. >> but not according to hillary clinton. she says she a was appalled. but that means she it is disingenuous. and chris christie had a good debate and mike donald trump to say he cannot do that. would i have somebody that had a question that was a little out of order i correct them. when did this become a rule of politics in america? and donald trump if he is silent that it isn't politically incorrect. >> it is extraordinary to watch with that sanctimonious impulse escalating all around it convenient the of course, . turning '02 joe biden the big problem today was try to correct the political correctness of the audience member in aide donald trump tower hall better numbers continue to sink but her campaign has been shattered. here comes joe biden? refing today she sees this moment here

lou: is it safe to say we are crowded out now? we are nowhere in the equation hoping that will change their reality? >> we see vladimir putin turning inside our circle more nimble on foreign-policy it has crafted to gather the intelligence sharing agreement that you discuss. it isn't too late for us to step up but we have been talking about this four year. we have to put additional boots on the ground. not 150,000 but maybe 10,000 to energize more from the allies to get the turks engaged it is time to consider the no-fly zone to rearm the kurds to get them into the game. they are effective fighters. the tools are out there but we haven't managed to put them together in a coherent strategy and i feel russia is stealing a march. >> the president has refused to arm or support even spiritually the kurds who prove to be the most effective fighters against the islamic state. that option is not available to us any longer he doesn't want any part of it. he never meant our word to destroy the islamic state. >> what we need to do it is a an