cupp. in the "crossfire." kiki mcclain, a democratic strategist, and tim phillips, a republican strategist. will the republican establishment crumble? what message does it send to democrats? tonight on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." i'm s.e. cupp on the right. >> i'm stephanie cutter on the left. in the "crossfire" tonight, top democratic republican strategists. eric cantor is the first majority leader ever defeated in a primary. it's hard to feel sorry for him. contribute to the first ever downgrade of america's credit rating, orchestrated the government shutdown and has been a thorn in speaker boehner's side any time he tried to compromise with the president. here's the scariest news. apparently he wasn't conservative enough for today's republican party. the tea party's purity tests are changing the very definition of what it means to be a republican and now with cantor's defeat, republicans have moved so far to the mainstream they are in danger of making themselves a permanent minority party incap

cupp. >> good to see you, wolf. look, president obama made a decision to get this soldier home and it's turned the republicans nuts. they have the attack machine going overtime. >> i don't know, since when did asking legitimate questions become an attack machine? the debate starts right now. >>> tonight on "crossfire" -- president obama answers tough questions about his trade with the taliban. >> we still get an american soldier back if he's held in captivity, period, full stop. >> is bowe bergdahl a hero or a desserter? >> he walked away, he walked away. >> on the left, van jones. on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire," larry corp., who supports the deal, and cliff may, who's against it. is the prisoner swap legal, will it put our troops at risk? tonight on "crossfire." >> welcome to "crossfire." i'm s.e. cupp on the right. >> and i'm van jones on the left. we have guests that disagree on the deal that freed sergeant bergdahl. remember the feeling you got when you got word we'd gotten our last captive soldier

cupp on the right. let's go inside iraq. >> reporter: launching air strikes on kilo occasions, claim to have killed 200 isis spiders, while more key territory has been captured. the front lines remains an hour north of the capital. isis able to capture telafar. they're making sure shah people know what their fate will be if they dare stand in their way. yet another execution video emerged, this one showing a bearded man with a weapon standing over five captives. he's calling them dogs. they were border guards and he's ordering them to repeat after him, islamic state to stay. the first two complied. the third tries to formulate the word but unable to do so. he seems to be severely dehydrated and almost unaware as to what's happening around him. he's shoved to the ground, weapon pointed to his throat. he and the four others were killed. the man responsible proudly boasting on facebook. oftentimes we don't know who the victims are. but in this case we did manage to get in contact with the family of the man

cupp on the right. tonight, u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl is free but there are too many serious questions to ask before we can all celebrate his return. why did president obama leave congress in the dark? why would we release five high-level terrorists to exchange for a guy who many in the military consider to be a traitor? what assurances does the united states have that these terrorists who are dangerous enough to be held in gitmo are suddenly safe enough to be released? and finally, is our centuries-old policy that the united states does not negotiate with terrorists a thing of the past? >> look, those are all good questions, but as for me, i'm happy we got this guy back home. we do not leave people behind and didn't leave him behind. in the "crossfire," democratic senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island and republican senator john hovan of nd orth dako dakota. senator, i've been hearing republicans say we're setting this horrible precedent and encouraging terrorists. do you think israel encourages terroris

cupp. >> christmas eve for me. tingling with anticipation. i'm going to be up all night because if we're good little boys and girls tomorrow morning we can finally open the most wonderful gift of all, my friend hillary clinton's new book. >> wow. i hate to be the grinch here, but i've seen an advanced copy and your christmas morning is going to be a real downer. the debate starts right now. >>> tonight on "crossfire" hillary clinton facing attacks on the eve of her book release. >> clinton's account of the low salt, low fat, low-calorie offering with vanilla pudding as dessert. >> is america ready for hillary? on the left, paul begala. on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire," tracy sefel, a clinton supporter, and tim miller, co-author of "failed choices." should democrats place all bets on clinton? will republican attacks on her backfire? tonight on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." i am paul begala on the left. >> i'm s.e. cupp on the right. guests with different opinions of hil

but americans have fallen in love with winners and a cupp in brazil could make it the one to remember, coming up, a special monday edition of 48 hours. i'm jef jeff glor for scott >>> casey kasem's bizarre last days. will there be a fight over his body? and over his reported $80 million fortune. >>> when a person is about to pass away, there are always rabid dogs. >> casey's wife threw meat to keep his kids away, but they say they're not in it for the money. >> in my opinion, i think she's mentally ill. >> this is so crazy. it's very confusing. and it's very sad. so what is this family feud all about? >> keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. >> and there's another big controversy tonight. mick jagger reportedly has a new ballerina girlfriend, 43 years younger. >> but the question is were they secretly dating before mick's long-time partner l'wren scott took her own life? >> then my new interview with a former "dancing" host and "e.t." correspondent after her double s

cupp. will today's primaries be the tea party's revenge? plus, the outrage of the day. tonight on "crossfire." >> welcome to "crossfire." on the right we have newt gingrich and s. e. cupp. tonight, a little reality to the right wing frenzy over finances. >> it is factually true that we were several million dollars in debt. everybody assumes that what happened in the intervening years was automatic. i'm shocked that it happened. i'm shocked people still want me to come give talks. so i'm grateful. >> when you say you pay ordinary taxes, secretary clinton, other people who are really well off who pay taxes maybe just off capital gains, can you understand that would strike people as being out of touch? >> yeah, but she's not out of touch. and she advocated and worked as a senator for things that were good for ordinary people. >> he's correct. and despite what you might be hearing from the right, most americans agree with the former president. 59% respond they thought she would do a good job. y

cupp on the right and we're all here again. i'm joined by newt going rish ap on the left by stephanie kut r cutter and van jones. president obama keeps swatting away accusations but today the supreme court told the president that his actions are unconstitutional. today's ruling is just a beginning of wide ranging objection of the imperial presidency. speaker john boehner is preparing to sue the president for this sort of behavior from obamacare changes and locking congress out of important foreign policy decisions. today's message from the court was clear, the imperial presidency is no longer the law of the land. so do you think that this imperils the president's phone and pen plan? >> no, s.e., i don't. >> i had a feeling you would say that. >> shocking. what the supreme court said today is that presidents have to wait longer than three days in a senate recess to appoint someone. the recess power has been used all the way back to george washington. that's the extent of the ruling today. big deal. and let's remember why the pre

cupp. so a big mohooray for us and a bigger one for rand paul. this guy is talking common sense, especially about iraq. listen to this. >> am i willing to send my son to retake back a city, mosul that, they weren't willing to defend themselves? i'm not willing to send my son into that mess. >> well, hallelujah. rand paul says he wouldn't send his kids to die in iraq. i've got two boys, neither would i-probably neither would you. rand paul is blaming also dick cheney for this whole mess. so do i. and back here at home, rand paul says he wants to build a stronger american democracy right here by, among other things, restoring voting rights for some former prisoners. now, i love this. you stop trying to fix every other country and get more americans a real stake in this country. i am loving this guy. so to you, newt, what is wrong with what he's saying? >> first of all, i'm just sitting here thinking about the van jones commercial in iowa endorsing rand paul and the republican caucus. tonight rand paul is going to go home and think, finally, i've ma

cupp, host of cnn's "crossfire." republican pollster kristen soltis anderson. and cnn political commentator donna brazile. thank you for being here. i want to pick up where woodward and bernstein left off, which was with the irs. just from a political point of view, i found it fascinating that paul ryan, who may or may not want to run for president in 2016, republican, basically said to the irs guy after we learned about the missing e-mails, no one believes you, you know, you're not believable and i don't believe you. that struck me as kind of a moment in a campaign. >> yeah. paul ryan's not a grandstander. he's not one of the guys that takes every opportunity he gets to have a moment. this struck me as very genuine and what i get the sense is, paul ryan went home to wisconsin and heard from a lot of angry constituents. the american people feel as though they've been stone called walled from the beginning. the irs -- lois lerner clammed up, wouldn't say anything. then the missing e-mails. i think that was a very visceral reaction to probably reaction -- >> but

cupp.rnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> the president says they're adviser, but is it mission creep? dozens may have been exposed to deadly live anthrax. dr. sanjay gupta is our guest. an "outfront" investigation police department under investigation for this. >> get on the ground now! get on the ground! >> let's go "outfront."

cupp. >> good to see you, wolf.t this soldier home and it's turned the republicans nuts. they have the attack machine going overtime. >> i don't know, since when did asking legitimate questions become an attack machine? the debate starts right now. >>> tonight on "crossfire" -- president obama answers tough questions about his trade with the taliban. >> we still get an american soldier back if he's held in captivity, period, full stop. >> is bowe bergdahl a hero or a desserter? >> he walked away, he walked away. >> on the left, van jones. on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire," larry corp., who

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cupp. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> the president says they're adviser, but is it mission creep? dozens may have been exposed to deadly live anthrax. dr. sanjay gupta is our guest. an "outfront" investigation police department under investigation for this. >> get on the ground now! get on the ground! >> let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. out front tonight more troops headed to iraq as we get word that john kerry is expected to travel to the country soon. president obama today promising that troops wouldn't be combat troops saying military advisers will head to iraq to combat the terror group isis that is gaining ground. >> we're prepared to send a small number of additional american military advisers, up to 300, to assess how we can best train, advise and support iraqi security forces going forward. >> some are now asking is this mission creep? in iraq today the country's security forces are conducting air strikes of their own targeting milita

cupp.rrorizing when talking about guns. >> that is a strong action across the bow, no pun intended. that was clearly her drawing a battle line between herself and republicans. and gun rights groups. and it was just one of many in this interview. where she drew battle lines. not just between herself and republicans but herself and president obama. to me, i think this interview is the clearest indication that she's running. she really didn't equivocate on a lot and i think she offered up maybe unnecessarily a lot of, a lot of opinions that people are going to read as different from the president's and certainly different than republicans. >> van? >> i think first of all, what she said about guns, you know, the majority of republicans actually are for common sense gun reforms. i don't think she is drawing a line between herself and republicans but from extremists. i will say this. she came as close to throwing president obama under the bus on his foreign policy as i've heard any democrat do. >

cupp. join us tomorrow for another edition of "crossfire." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> next, breaking news. a stunning victory for al qaeda today. plus, one of the biggest political upsets of all time. how did an unknown professor from virginia take down the house majority leader? >>> and paula deen's comeback after using the "n" word. this is her savviest business move yet. let's go "outfront." >> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, breaking news. a stunning and deadly defeat in iraq, and victory for al qaeda. al qaeda-inspired militants from the islamic state of iraq and syria have launched one of their most daring assaults, seizing a major city. this time saddam hussein's hometown of tikrit, the city overrun just a day after insurgents took control of iraq's second biggest city, mosul. hundreds of thousands of residents are running from their homes. police have been laying down their arms, trying to change into civilian clothes, all in an effort to escape the worst carnage to strike iraq in nearl

cupp. >>> there are serious questions about president obama's prisoner swap with of all people the talibansoldier out of afghanistan. i think some republicans want to send him back. the debate starts now. >> tonight on "crossfire," the president trades five u.s. enemies for an army sergeant. >> the united states of america does not ever leave our men and women in uniform behind. >> republicans accuse obama of breaking the law. >> the obama administration didn't notify anyone in this process. >> on the left, van jones.

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cupp, hosts of "crossfire." beginning with you, s.e., flat out, should the u.s.? >> hell, no. no, iran has one singular interest in iraq and that is to prop up you and continue to prop up a shiite regime. iraq has had a shiite regime for some time now. it's been overtly hostile to iraq's sunni population. so if we want iraq's sunni population to go running into the arms of sunni isis, then the first thing we should do is bring iran in to conduct negotiations or to get iran's help in dealing with this. that will engender absolutely no trust with the sunni population that very, very much want to keep interested in this process. and opt miss stick about the possibilities for iraq's future. >> so a hell, no from you, s.e. van jones, do you agree? >> well, i think you can talk to anybody and there's no harm in talking. i agree with s.e. there is a danger we actually drive some of the sunnis further into the arms of extremists. but we have to take a step back and rencognize, we are living i a multipolar world. as americans, we're used to being the only power that matte