. >> thanks to kiki mclane and tim phillips.t continues online as well as facebook and twitter. from the left i'm stephanie cutter. >> from the right, i'm s.e. 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

. >> thanks to kiki mclane and tim phillips. the bait continues online as well as facebook and twitter. from the left i'm stephanie cutter. >> from the right, i'm s.e. 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 residen