Stand up to bullies wherever they are. And why we shouldnt let anybody bully his way into the presidency. The war is on according to the latest poll, the donalds comments arent pushing away voters. Hi, gerri, these two frontrunners have really stepped up the crossfire the latest in which donald trump told Hillary Clinton to be careful on quote the war on women. Well, coincidental or not that tweet came from the Des Moines Register with clinton and what she was asked about trumps use of a certain phrase weve all heard it by now in the last couple of days or so. Well, clinton sounded this way. Heres what she said quote. Its not the first time he was demonstrated pension for sexism. She added im sure not anybody is surprised she he keeps pushing the envelope. Now, trump has pushed back against the backlash writing in a tweet that the term wasnt vulgar and is to express how it was in 08. And he feels the talk stems from clinton, not run against his father. Saying she got beat badly and quite frankly she didnt. Clinton is the last person that wants to go against trump. He is tough as nails. Continues on the republican primary the latest poll from cnn out today shows about four and ten voters, he registers at 39 , that puts him 21 points ahead of cruz. That is from the quinnipiac poll yesterday but also falls directly in line with the fox news poll 39, 18, at least the one that was released friday. Gerri thanks for that. And now joining me scotty senator iowa state senator. Welcome both. I want to start with the donald trump comments. And ill go to you first, scotty. If this is what passes for an apology, boy, howdy, weve got a long way to go. What do you make of his comments . Is he backing away do you think from his statement . Well, first of all, mr. Trump never backs away from any statement. And if he was, this would not be the one i would want him to back away from. No, hes going to keep Going Forward request i think he calls it for what it is. Its not vulgar, its yiddish and this is one distract in all that mrs. Clinton can tried to encourage because it takes away from the fact that she lied saturday night about a video slamming trump that he was a major recruiter for isis. Gerri it just goes on and on. Right. Sure. Gerri so maybe you think this is beyond the pale, maybe you dont but hillary saying, hey, the war for women is on. Do you agree with that . Is that where were headed now . Is this the republican this is going to be used, obviously it is given the story leading into our segment here. The Hillary Campaign is trying to sees upon the utilitiesization of this perceived off color language that donald trump is a sexist. Frankly i agree with what donald trump said and im sure its what he meant that as far as saying, well, hes trying to describe the fact that things didnt work out so well for hillary in 2008. And thats all this is. I dont think he was meaning to be sexist. Ill go a step further. Im a democrat female elected in the industrial midwest. I hang out in places like union halls and on construction sites, and if you cant handle course language, if i couldnt handle it, i would be out of a job. People have to get over themselves. Gerri scotty, i just want to ask you, though. They say war on women but what im wondering is in the white house, once in the white house, how will people take this kind of language if he continues talking like this . Well, whos to say hes going to keep this language . He went to one of the best schools, he can speak intellectually. But right now, he is trying to talk to the common man, to the voter. And it works. This type of language is used and guess this is why the 40 enjoy him and his numbers are going to continue to grow because it relates. Something the Republican Party has not been able to do. And resonating with democrats as well. The guys in the union halls. They like the fact that donald trump is a plain speaker. Gerri ive got to tell you, though, what bugs me is hillarys victim card usage here. Ive got to tell you i think its over the top. But lets move to the numbers because the donald has three time as many voters supporting him an anyone else. Can he maintain this kind of momentum . Can this stick . Absolutely especially when youre talking about ohio and New Hampshire, it can absolutely stick because these polls just renderings registering republicans, its not talking about the independents or those who have never voted. Do you remember those people where the republicans wanted to have . So absolutely these numbers are going to continue to grow as we wield out the rest of the field. Gerri i want to turn to jeb now, we had a great interview, my colleague jo ling kent interviewed him last night. I want you to hear what he had to say. I dont think you can insult your way to the presidency. I know that for a fact. Every time he does that, he makes it harder for the eventual nominee to win and thats my goal. Not to be the Big Personality on the stage and to insult people. Disparage people. Tell people disabilities, make fun of them. I mean come on. Were running for the president of the United States, we need a serious candidate to take on Hillary Clinton not someone who is viewing this as a reality tv show. Gerri do you buy that . Can he make it . Does he have any momentum at all at this point . You know, he i would love to run off of justin and be the first lady of canada, it would be a dream. Its not happening, and its not the year for jeb bush either. This is the year for outsiders, its not year for establishment governors for better or worse, i respect the fact that jeb is frustrated, but i dont think its looking good for him. Gerri i like the other thing he had to say about insulting your way to the presidency. Listen to this. Simple fact is i believe im going to be the nominee, and its going to start here in New Hampshire where people take their role responsibly. And theyre not going to support a candidate that insults every single group that exists in this country. Gerri scotty, doesnt he make a good point here, though . I mean at some point dont you have to sound president ial . Any other election i would agree with you, gerri, but right now were dealing with terrorism, and we want somebody who is strong, fierce, and willing to stand up, even if its not the most politically correct thing to do. So Donald Trumps language actually helps him in this situation because it shows he is loyal and strong, and thats what the American People have been missing. 2016 is breaking all the molds. So i think anything can possibly happen and the voters want something different. Gerri well, im telling you were getting a whole lot of different here. Thats for sure. Guys, thanks, scotty and capri. Great job. Appreciate your time. Thank you. Gerri and, hey, dont forget fox business big diagnostic night is just around the corner, were going round two with republican candidates in beautiful charleston, south carolina. It all kicks off january 14th right here on the fox business network. Youre not going to want to miss this. And Hillary Clinton isnt only knocking donald trump but the entire Republican Party. Thats right. Clinton is claiming the economy does better with a democrat as president. Listen. Our economy works better when we have a democrat in the white house. I think that it shows over many years that we have a. [clapping] a history of lower unemployment, higher in the accident, and you are four times more likely to have a recession when you have a republican in the white house. Gerri the economist peter mauricey, peter, ill start with you. I dont know what numbers shes looking at. Weve had years, the entire time the president has been in office, the average gdp cant break 3 . What is she talking about . Well, its selective use of statistics. If you compare the obama years and the reagan years, both had very deep recessions at the beginning. Reagans deeper. 10. 8 unemployment. Bigger than obamas. Coming out of that over the same period of time, reagan averaged 4. 6 growth. Obama 2. 1. Reagan created twice as many jobs. Its the old story. Liars and statistics, statistics and liars. You really cant trust what comes out of hillarys mouth. Big lie technique has been so effective. The editor of the wall street journal said the very same thing. The very same thing in a question during the last fox debate. Hes in their camp, hes basically gerri well, i dont know about that but lets get back to what were talking about here. Heres hillarys point, and can, doug, ill turn to you. During bill clintons period in the white house, 7. 7 million folks were brought out of poverty they say, 2. 2 million jobs were created they say. A balanced budget was put in place. So whats wrong with that, my friend . So theres nothing wrong with that and indeed it would be wonderful if thats what she wanted to do. But if you look at what shes actually proposing, shes not looking to bring back her husbands economic policies. He was in favor of passing to the congress. Shes opposed to trade. Hes famously declared the era of Big Government is over. She just passed a trillion dollars in new spending proposals. This is not her husbands economic policies. This is a continuation of the policies that have given us 2 growth in the course of the recovery. This is the third obama term. Shes proposal exactly the same policy. So, you know, if you want to really be daring, you know, bring back jim carter and 9 unemployment and those policies. Gerri you know, one of the things we talk about all the time at this Network Labor force participation; right . Were back to the 1970s, peter mauricey. This is not good news. What is hillary going to do about that . Is she going to have the same old prescriptions as president barack obama . I think so. And theyre very, very bad. For example, she talks about gender equity in the workplace and paying and so forth. 60 of the degrees by higher institutions go to women. Only 40 to boys. Boys are doing very badly in school and now were starting to see the cumulative consequence of that. We have 7 million men under barack obama who are between the ages of 25 and 54 too old for school, too young to retire who are neither looking for work nor working. Largely theyre unequipped to work, yet she only talks about women. The real issue here is providing opportunity for everyone. Gerri right . We dont need someone who is going to be president for only half the economy. Gerri well, isnt the real solution here, doug, that the broader economy growth . I mean isnt that what every policy should be oriented to . Weve got to get above 3 . We have to have lift off. We havent had lift off since the last recession. If you look at the post war record in the United States it grew rapidly enough that the standard doubled every 32 years. Thats one persons working career. If we continue at the pace now, its going to take 70 years. Thats simply unacceptable. What we need is more rapid Economic Growth and everything should be laser focused on that. Nothing were hear from Hillary Clinton is are going to focus on Economic Growth. These are all policies that redebate money and put it to constituencies. Gerri lets talk about next year. Peter, im very interested in what we can expect because weve seen Corporate America is not doing that will. You look at the s p 500 we didnt you take out, you know, essentially money theyve set aside for purchases, et cetera, you look at the real earnings there. Its simply not impressive. What do you see Going Forward . Are we going to slip into another recession . No. I dont believe were going to slip into another recession. The growth isnt going to take off because consumers feel pessimistic and theyre not spending the dividend from lower gas prices by getting out there and doing more buying. And at the same time low oil prices are hurting the dramatic growth weve got in the oil and gas sector, which is a good deal in the obama recovery. We clearly need a different set of economic policies and next year there isnt going to be change in the policy because of the election. Gerri and, do you think whats your outlook . I have the same bottom line as peter. I would say the key to getting more rapid Economic Growth are the two things that have been missing in this recovery. Number one restarting the machine. Were just not creating enough new businesses and thats traditionally been a route for employment growth and income growth, and we havent had a big cap x recovery. Our existing companies have been holding onto their cash, and we just havent seen an investment recovery. We have another bad report today, and we just arent seeing that. And until we see it, we wont grow more rapidly. Gerri tax reform needed. Peter, doug, thank you very much for your time today. Merry christmas to both of you. Thank you, gerri. Merry christmas. Gerri and a lot more to come this hour, including if youre dreaming of a White House Christmas or if youre looking to build a snow man. Much of the country will be out of luck. Well have the latest from the Weather Center and feel like youre spending more on your daughter than your son this christmas . Well, you may be right. The results of a new study coming up. And santa claus will that rally happen in time to send the market into the positive territory . The s p 500 is already there but what about the other indexes . A look at wall streets wild ride coming up when youre on hold, your business is on hold. Thats why comcast business doesnt leave you there. 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Unbelievable. 100 points one day, down 100 the next. Will we have to ride this wave through the new year . Lets bring in dan shaver of schaffer asset of management and our very own Ashley Webster live on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Ash, whats going on with the s p . Well, were getting there, today is all about oil, weve got a rebound in the oil price, the crude price because we have a bigger draw down than expected, that has raised oil, thats giving support to stocks but other sectors as well in the commodities area, industrial metals, all of those things we very rarely talk about. So they do have a big impact on the overall market were seeing that lift as talked to one trader just a few minutes ago, and he said right now the volume is very thin, its all about technical trading, he said the computers are running the show right now. But we are were up 157 on the dow. Not bad. Gerri well, i have to tell you that happens more than wed like to admit where the machines run things. Dan, tell me why have we seen so much volatility here . Eight days, 100 days point swings every day. Where does that come from . Well, the volatility is picking up because uncertainty of what Government Policies are. Where Interest Rates are going and basically fear. Money coming in and out, especially in this month of december with a lot of redemptions of hedge funds at a trying to take the money out of the market and new money comes in, its been uncertainty and the market doesnt like that. And i expect next year the uncertainty to be even greater than it is now. The volatility exposure is going to be tremendous. Gerri and i know a lot of people are worried about this. In the break i want to talk about this, i know were going to talk stocks mostly but so many of our viewers are worried about the bond portion of their portfolio. Yes. Gerri maybe they were in third avenue, the fund that blew up recently. Theyre worried about their more volatile issues where they stretched for yield. Whats your advice . My advice is do not stretch for yield anymore. A lot of people have done that and the problem is the banks because of the new acts that have been put into place arent allowing them to take positions on the other side of the liquidity. So theyre just you cant match buyers and sellers. What happens when you dont have boys when you want to sell . So thats become a problem in the high yield marketplace, so i would be very, very careful there, and i would stick to companies that pay dividends but, again, youve got to look for stability, and thats going to be very hard to find next year. So people i was just listening to your previous segment, people are holding onto money, theyre putting in cash, theyre not spending it, the velocity of money has collapsed to gerri velocity of money. What the heck does that mean . Basically people buying something and when they buy it from a vendor, that vendor goes and buys something else. Gerri money turning. Moving in the economy. And every month they update this report, and it has fallen off a cliff just like it did in japan. And you cant stop that with Interest Rate policies. Its what people are so afraid of the future that theyre hoarding and saving cash. Gerri dont say japan and the u. S. In the same sentence. I hate to hear that. Ash, are you still there . I am still here. Of course. Gerri excellent. A lot of people talking about 2016. What happens . This looks like a little bit of a santa claus rally going on but its pretty puny if you ask me. I was hoping for Something Better. Whats the outlook . W