Needed military equipment. This recent payment came a little part from the Treasury Department and allowed president obama to bypass direct congressional approval to make a settlement. Fox business washington correspondent blake burman is with me now. Blake, what are your sources in d. C. Telling you . The u. S. Government acknowledging for the first time this afternoon, its completed a 1. 7 billion payment to iran. This is the outstanding claim the u. S. Says it owed iran. The first 400 million payment, irans principal was delivered in cash flown overnight in unmarked plane as prisoners were exchanged earlier this summer. The president has insisted that was not a ransom payment, rather returning iran, long disputed but rightfully owed money. We know the remaining 1. 3 billion. Interest accrued over decades made in 13 separate payments, two days after that initial cash drop. 13 payments each totaled 99,999,999. 99. The white house and state department are not saying why the 13 payments fell to that number or how the money was delivered. Here is the press secretary josh earnest from earlier this afternoon. No, its not odd. Its my understanding this is essentially the way the funds are administered out of that account, but this is the payment from the Judgment Fund to iran for the 1. 3 billion in interest. Reporter the administration, deirdre, contended that the initial 400 million was delivered in cash because there are not banking ties with iran. Deirdre there are ways to work it out. Im taking it at your word. That is a fact, and blake burman, thank you very much. Numerous outstanding questions about the nature of the 1. 3 billion worth of payment. As blake said not known if the 1. 3 billion were in hard cash, what blake told you is true, the amounts were broken up in small payments of just under 100 million each along with a final payment of 10 million. For his thoughts former governor Mike Huckabee is with me. Great to see you, governor. Do you know of a reason why the Treasury Department kept the individual transactions under 100 milliony. Why they were broken down like that . Theres obviously some attempt to try to obscure reporting, whether its to congress or on the daily record, i dont know. It just doesnt make sense, but the one thing that is very clear is that this stinks, this whole thing stinks worse than 49th street after a twoweek garbage strike in new york on a hot august day. Deirdre thats very mean, for, sometimes we have those conditions here. I take that very much to brain and to note. We know that this 400 million payment was in cash, which already theres a lot of people who find that odd. But we dont know if this 1. 3 made it through a more regular Banking System because there is a way to go through different mechanisms, but aside from the stench, does one form indicate a broader concern to you than another meaning traditional banking mechanism versus cash . Not really, i think the absurdity is we paid 1. 3 billion for a 400 million supposed payment that was obligated, and that was the interest over that period of time. I mean, thats like lone sharking, and look, it ought to rankle every american that we paid this to the iranian government under the ayatollahs that financed hamas, hezbollah, kidnapped and killed americans. They were responsible for the funding of a lot of the military action that has caused a lot of american soldiers to be wounded and dead. Why are we giving them any money . Not just how much and what the Interest Rates are, its that we should have shut off any obligations whatsoever to the iranians once the ayatollahs took power, kidnapped americans, held hostage for a solid year and then have been funding terrorism, the Worlds Largest funder of terrorism over the last 35 years. This is an outrage, and i dont understand what the Obama Administration thinks that it owes the iranians, other than it owes to us some obligation to make sure they dont ever have Nuclear Capacity that theyre just crazy enough to use. Deirdre governor, backing up exactly the point you just made. Fox is confirming right this minute, four iranian boats came within 300 yards of a u. S. Navy destroyer that was in the strait of hormuz. We settled the score that was supposed to clear old debts, and people saying this is the thanks that we get for cleaning the slate . Theyve no respect for us, no respect for the rule of law, they have no respect for life. These are murderers and thugs and practiced this kind of barbarian behavior since they took power. They murdered their own people. Remember the Green Movement in 2009 when they were taking 22yearold women killing them in the streets and the blood running down the sidewalks. This is not a government we should feel obligation to give money to. Zero. In fact, we should have said like Charlton Heston with the gun, youll get the gun when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers. What we should have said is youll get that money when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers but there is one heck of a gunfight buffer get that close. Its an insult to the rule of law and human decency. Deirdre governor, thank you for your thoughts. Thank you, deirdre. Deirdre with more on domestic matters and the president ial race, new revelations depict a pay to play organization, the Clinton Foundation, a report by the Associated Press shows that more than half of the people outside of the u. S. Government gave a lot of money to the Clinton Foundation and got to meetings with secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Donald trump slamming clinton for third world corruption through that foundation. If our secretary of state can be bought or bribed or sold. It is a disgrace. This is a threat to the foundation of democracy. A threat. This is what happens in thirdworld countries. Its the failed conditions of people, and this is why they flee to america, and they come here and they get no better. Deirdre the New York Post published this cover today, the headline reads look at this headline from usa today author of clinton cash Peter Schweizer disagrees. Peter, welcome back. Always glad to talk to you. What do you make of the distinction between access and favors . It seems like a very gray territory. It is a gray territory, sometimes access is the favor. You get a meeting, you get to voice a concern. You get information from the secretary of state or somebody else, but also there are numerous examples where favorable actions followed and to me its a little ridiculous for people to be so literal that there has to be an email that says we did this favor in return for this money. Thats not how political Corruption Cases are handled in the united states. Youve got a former governor in alabama who is in jail, in that particular case, 100,000 that didnt go him, it went to a Political Initiative and he was later charged and convicted on corruption charges. You have senator menendez in new jersey. In the case of the clintons, have you money going into their pocket in the form of speaking fees, contributions going to the Clinton Foundation. Have you favorable actions. This is crying out for investigation by somebody with subpoena power. Deirdre i feel like clarity is key, and im with you that sometimes the sfafr exactly that access that is entirely the point. But i want to get your reaction on, this Hillary Clintons camp is seeking a correction of ap tweet that promoted the story on clinton meetings saying they apparently considered it but officially decided to let it stand. Seems egregious to knowingly allow a falsehood to remain posted under aps banner. The issue here is that the ap is agnostic, it has always gone for that middle line, the middle of the road. Do you think thats why the Clinton Campaign is reacting so strongly . I think so, but look, this is their pattern, and this is the problem. Lets be very blunt. Same thing with the email case. They have consistently lied about every single aspect when it comes to the Clinton Foundation and pay to play. Hillary clinton said just last month to Chris Wallace there was no connection between the Clinton Foundation and the state department. She signed a memorandum of understanding with president obama saying there would be no connection between the Clinton Foundation and the state department, and yet what does she do . She puts huma abedin, top aide, on the payroll of the state department and the Clinton Foundation. So to me, you know, i dont know why we keep giving credibility to the Clinton Foundation or the Clinton Campaign because theyve consistently lied. Thats why we need an audit. We need an investigation, and we need to stop accepting explanations that they give that oftentimes end up being factually wrong. Deirdre let me ask but the press, there was something they read this morning that said this race isnt so much clinton versus trump, it is trump versus the media, and on that note, the aps investigative report did not appear anywhere, reference or otherwise, in todays 46 page print edition of the New York Times. Does this move media bias now is. You know, i dont know, i dont know what the decision make was on that. I worked with reporters for the New York Times on issues related to the Clinton Foundation, they were always fair to me. Looks, theres no question as the race is getting closer to election day, youre having publications that are going to avoid certain topics and certain issues, but i think in general, news outlets get more cautious on running stories for the fear that somehow its going to affect the election. So i think they make those decisions, i applaud the ap for doing this story. Fantastic research and indicates what we know, which is if you want to get meetings with Hillary Clinton while shes secretary of state, youve got to pay in. Thats basically how it works. Deirdre peter, let me ask you this, veteran democratic operative James Carville fought back against Donald Trumps call to close down the Clinton Foundation. So im going to ask the producers to find that clip. This is carville essentially responding to the idea that the Clinton Foundation should be shut down. Heres James Carville. The Clinton Foundation was, a, taking no money for the clintons, raising money from rich people and giving it to poor people. And all of a sudden, the press has decided that were going to go after this and shut it down, you know what . Your probably going to be successful and there are going to be people that die because of this. Deirdre peter, what is your opinion . Because there are numerous people who say the Foundation Actually does do good work, but if it is funded improperly, does it matter . Well, i mean, James Carville is wrong on three points. First of all, his claim the clintons dont take money, they take money, they get it indirectly. Bill clinton wrote a book called giving a few years ago, all about the Clinton Foundation. He pocketed the Million Dollar advance for that book. To his second point, you know, that somehow people are going to die. Thats just absolutely absurd. The Clinton Foundation does some good work, but its in this situation because of the decisions they made, nobody put them in this situation, they decided to turn this into kind of a pay to play circumstance. So James Carville is wrong. And to his third point that the Clinton Foundation takes money from rich people and gives it to poor people. Look how they spend the money. They take money from rich people and give it to highly paid consultants. Thats who gets the bulk of the money from the Clinton Foundation. Deirdre peter thank you as always. Peter schweizer with me now. Next guest is calling out Hillary Clinton for not visiting louisiana flood victims but instead holding a 33,000 per plate fundraiser with pop star Justin Timberlake. Karl rove is with me next. Deirdre Donald Trump Holding a rally in florida. Hillary clintons most recent rally was a week ago and she has not held an official presser in nearly nine months. Critics found out she has had time to hold 33,000 per plate dinners, fundraisers with celebrities such as Justin Timberlake and jessica biel. Former Senior Adviser to president george w. Bush karl rove is with me now. Good to see you. Good to see you. Deirdre the number of fundraising events each candidate held since the end of the primary season is here. Were going to pull them up on screen so everybody follows. Since the end of the primary season, Hillary Clinton held 90, trump 34. What does the bigger democratic money war chest mean for november . What it means is that so far the Clinton Campaign has either run or reserved time for about 150 million worth of television advertising, and the super pac supporting her, priorities usa, run a reserved 43 million in time. Roughly 200 million in advertising virtually all of it in the battleground states. Donald trump by comparison last friday placed his first buy which totals 40 million. A 40 to one discrepancy between the amount of television run in battleground states on behalf of clinton versus run on behalf donald trump. By comparison, more negative ads about marco rubio than about Hillary Clinton. Deirdre karl, as far as strategy, does it matter . Donald trump works well with the media and makes himself available to the media. He engages directly as someone in his campaign would say either for better or worse on twitter, and Hillary Clinton is a much more managed candidate. Do you agree with that . Well, i agree with that, but that doesnt deal with the question of whats the impact of 200 million worth of unanswered television, and the answer to that is, if you have 200 million worth of advertising in battleground states, that is probably a reason why states in colorado are considered out of play in virginia out of play and pennsylvania, which is absolutely critical to trumps chances for the presidency, he now trails in virtually every poll by 1012 points because he gets to be one place at one time and dominates the local media when hes there. Gets some National Coverage but every day persistently since may, she has been present on the Television Sets and the battleground states with programming with ads directed towards target audiences, and its had an effect. Think about it, the National Poll shows the race is three, four, five points. In the battleground states, if the race is four, five points, the National Race is four, five points, ohio should be closer than two or three points. I think its had an impact, no doubt about it you. Said it had an impact, are you sincerely concerned about his chances in november because you just referenced key swing states . Look, i put this in my monday foxnews. Com posting. I think this discrepancy, 401 is critical. Somebody has to get in. He has to, in my opinion, advocate for him, and others need to get into draw her negatives back up. Whats happened since the first ballot. If the real clear politics average, shes gained 2. 4 in the ballot. Hes gained 1. 7, so her lead has widened by 7 10 of 1 . Thats not a lot. Its gone back and forth, not a straight line. Were roughly in the same place than we were slightly better for her. If you look inside the numbers, her favorables have improved dramatically and unfavorables have declined and that presages the future of the ballot. Consistent application of 200 million worth of advertising that is having an impact on his standing versus hers. Deirdre it is a money war. Let me ask you about this, speak of money spent, the campaign for clinton releases a tv ad blasting trump for outsourcing his clothing line. Here it is. This factory has been here since 1883. We have over 60 people here, making shirts labeled made in america. But Donald Trumps brand of shirts come from china. Deirdre karl, this is exactly what youre talking about and Hillary Clinton today had a 50,000 per ticket fundraiser hosted by apple ceo tim cook whom donald trump has accused of being the ultimate exporter or the ultimate person who is making phones overseas, apple iphone, fox conbased in china, trump and others for allowing deplorable working conditions if they are overseas. Suicide nets are installed. People can see them on our screens. Two deaths as recently as last week. So even if Hillary Clinton is being hypocritical, to your point shes the one running the ads. So wil