if the left i'm dan jones. >> from the right, i'm s.e. cupp. tomorrow for another edition of "crossfire." erin burnett up front starts right now. >> next breaking news. violence spiraling out of control in kiev tonight. americans warned to stay indoors. 19 dead. we'll go there live. plus, show me the money. chris christie cancels a town hall today but has time for a fund-raiser. and mike rowe on his controversial walmart ad. why account champion for the working man is proud to be a sellout. let's go outfront". good evening.

. >> on the left, van jones, on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire," neera tanden, who is against arizona's freedom of religion bill, and peter sprigg, who supports it. what should government do if religious freedom lets some people discriminate? tonight on "crossfire." >> welcome to "crossfire." i'm van jones on the left. >> imt s.e. cupp on the right. guests on opposite sides of arizona's religious freedom bill. both major league baseball and the nfl are playing intense pressure on governor jan brewer tonight. mlb will neither support for tolerate any word, attitudes or actions that imperil the inclusive communities that we have strived to foster within our game. there's word that the nfl might move the super bowl out of arizona. look, i'm a republican, i'm for religious liberty, i am not for this bill. i think it goes too far. but it does raise important questions, not just about religious freedom, but market freedom. and the government should not compel business owners to provide services to everyone no matter what. and if you t

on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire" -- maria cardona, a democratic strategist, and ralph reed, chairman of the faith and freedom coalition. when our leaders find the middle, will they lose their base? tonight on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." i'm s.e. cupp on the right. >> and i'm van jones on the left. in the "crossfire" tonight we've got strategists from both political parties. now a few hours ago, president obama met with the top democratic senators to start planning the strategy for the midterm elections. here's a little tip. think seattle not denver. okay? these elections are about playing against. that means keep your base happy. here's my playbook. first, reject the keystone pipeline. you've got a brand new report out reveals it creates, get this, 35 permanent jobs. now seattle scored more points than that last night. next, the path to citizenship for immigration reform. don't let the republicans push you around like last night. stand your ground on thatp about and third, get rid of t

>> s.e. and sally, a government source tells cnn the threat is real, adding -- and i'm quoting now -- we have very good information from a credible source. the threat involves either a toothpaste tube type bomb or some other types of concealed explosives in cosmetic tubes. officials also assume the explosives would be on a plane coming into russia from europe, shall we say, rather than from the united states, but that's an assumption. the source saying the u.s. is taking this threat seriously, so are other countries. so there's a lot going on right now certainly only hours before the start of these winter olympic games. back to you. >> indeed, thanks, wolf. so my question is why are we having the olympics in sochi anyway? it's already a target for terrorists and host country russia is an untrustworthy bad actor with a history of human rights abuses. we're sending them our olympic athletes while al qaeda might be sending terrorists with bombs in toothpaste tubes and vladimir putin sits with hi

s.e.pp one of the host of "crossfire" in providence, rhode island, and with me in new york, local journalist errol louis joins me at the desk. s.e. since you worked at msnbc until recently tell me how you felt about this tweet and what it says about the network? >> well, you know, as i've said, i found it deeply disappointing. that sentiment essentially that half the country is racist for voting republican what it boils down to, is a sentiment you've heard on msnbc if you tuned in from opinion makers and, you know, contributors, but to have it tweeted out and asserted in an official capacity was deeply disappointing. i think far more damaging than some of the other non-official comments that have gotten msnbc in trouble in the past. i think phil griffin is aware of how damaging that is coming in an official capacity which is why you saw such swift response from him and the network. >> he did say in a statement the tweet last night was outrageous and unacceptable. apologize and deleted it.

on the right s.e. cupp. in the cross fire senator jon tester, a montana democrat and senator roger wicker, a mississippi republican. spending our way to disaster tonight on cross fire. >>> welcome. i'm van jones on the left. >> i'm s.e. cupp on the right. democrats suffered a major blow to their 2014 prospects today when the single worse headline arose from the hill saying affordable care act will reduce full time employment by 2024. there is back and forth about what is in the report. let me just read it to you. the aca will reduce the total number of hours worked on net by about 1.5% to 2% from 2017 to 2024. almost entirely because workers will choose to supply less labor given new taxes and other incentives they will face and the financial benefits some will receive. so in plain english obamacare will disincentivise work. president obama is trying to distract you from the fact in a recent google hangout a fry cook asked the president about his hours being cut because of the affordable care act obama's res

on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire" -- tommy vietor, who work eed for the president and danielle pletka, an obama critic. tonight on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." i'm van jones on the left. >> i'm s.e. cupp on the right. in the "crossfire" tonight guests with starkly different views of president obama's syria policy. the syria peace talks have just now, people like senator john mccain are calling for u.s. military action again. we just saw secretary of state john kerrly today calling for help from the russians again. no wonder syria is a mess. president obama drew red lines, then abandoned them. he called for bashar al assad's ouster, then abandoned that. he called for military intervention and abandoned that, too. abandoning our imperatives is about the only thing that's been consistent. now al qaeda has splintered and radicalized the rebels. the power vacuum left by our confused inaction threatens our security both at home and abroad. >> wow. okay. so you tell us how you really feel. look

s.e.'s question and your question deal with politics. let's look at it. we've got the third largest majority in the house of representatives and we're likely to make gains. >> under what scenario -- >> under like every one of them. >> you're -- those worked out well for you. >> all right, all right. >> but even your boss and most democrats have admitted that the house is not able to be taken back, right? and they're now playing for a senate strategy, a prevent defense. but let's look at who's critical to the senate making -- keeping the -- in the senate, pryor, landrieu, kagan, every one is running -- >> let's wait, step on the conversation. i would note that cook says that the republicans -- that the democrats may be enough to gain eight seats in the house. let's go back to this issue which i think is fascinating, right, which is that the republicans put some cuts on the table. couldn't even pass them, couldn't even get your own measure passed through the house. and meanwhile, you have your own members of the party sabotaging themselves. this is so canni

joining us is "cross-hire" co-host s.e. cupp and jeffrey toobin is who still with us. things he said, the history of the nation has always been to try to expand the franchise, whether it's freed slaves, women, young people, we've always found ways to make it easier to vote. we've always found ways in which we've made the voting process more inclusive. so what do you think about this? is this likely to go anywhere? what is your sense? >> well, he has -- the justice department has filed lawsuits against north carolina and texas to try to overturn their photo i.d. laws and other laws passed in the wake of the supreme courts gutting of the voting rights act. i think the speech today about a felon voting is all part of eric holder i think trying to reorient his tenure as attorney general away from things like national security and towards civil rights, which is, i think what he'd rather be concentrating on than other areas that have given him a lot of problems. >> where do you stand on this, s.e.? >> i think republicans often get into trouble and i'm not surprised that rand

s.e heat beat the knicks >> the nationals travel the port st. lucie the more to face the mets. -- they travel to port st. lucie tomorrow to face the mets. matt williams will be able to see how his team does against another team. a great opportunity for williams to hone his management skills and evaluate the nats' best, nations. >> really have high expectations. .hese guys work they work hard. they want to win. i'm going along with that. we're trying to do some minor things, minor tweaks, make sure we have our focus on certain things to help win ball games. >> i like matt williams a lot and he is intense. bostony terps beat college tonight. alyssa thomas scored 26 points to lead maryland. the georgetown men, a must win situation in marquette. the hoyas right now are down by three with a minute to play in the game. the hoyas need that for their tournament resume. >> you are right about that. i want to get you to wear that mask that lebron was wearing. >> i'll do that on the air. >> you heard him, folks. >> it is cold here, but right now it is one

on the left sally kohn, on the right, s.e. cupp.rties. with congress on the line, are republican leaders steering their parties to victory or falling into a trap? tonight on "crossfire." >> welcome to "crossfire." i'm sally kohn on the left. >> i'm s.e. cupp on the right. in the "crossfire" tonight, the top spokesman for each party. now, democrats are positively giddy about a win in congress this week after successfully raising the nation's debt limit without even debating ways to lower our ballooning debt. >> it's encouraging some of my republican colleagues seem to be gaining their grip on sanity this week. i believe many of my republican colleagues would like to be reasonable, i really do believe that. if they weren't so beholden and afraid of their tea party overlords. >> they don't want to vote for these things because the tea party is so strong in their primaries but they want it to pass because they know it will hurt the whole republican party if they keep following this extreme group off a cliff. >> not so fast, guys. republ

. >> from the right, i'm s.e. cupp. join us tomorrow for another edition of "crossfire." erin burnett up front starts right now. >> next breaking news. violence spiraling out of control in kiev tonight. americans warned to stay indoors. 19 dead. we'll go there live. plus, show me the money. chris christie cancels a town hall today but has time for a fund-raiser. and mike rowe on his controversial walmart ad. why account champion for the working man is proud to be a sellout. let's go outfront". good evening. i'm erin burnett. we begin with breaking news. at least 19 people dead in fierce and fiery clashes in kiev. the capital of ukraine. more than 40 police officers, 150 protesters are reportedly injured tonight. these are live pictures that you are looking at in kiev. obviously in the early hours of tomorrow morning. the government cracking down ferociously on protesters who oppose the government's decision to ally wsts putin's russia. vice president respect biden urged him to pull back forces. kiev which has the same population as chicago literally on fire tonight. our p

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. >> from the right i'm s.e. cupp. >>> next the picture worth a thousand words. a 4-year-old child alone in the desert, caught on camera alone trying to escape syria. tonight cnn inside syria with an a exclusive look at the human toll. >>> outrage after jurors fail to convict a white man of the shooting death of an unarmed black teen. >>> and a reality show pastor dies from a snake bite. let's go outfront. >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. out front a picture worth a thousand words. sometimes it takes just one image to capture something, to make it come alive. i'm talking about this photo. syrian child just four years old. if you look at u.n. workers. he worked alone carrying possessions in a plastic bag. he is the face of the brutal civil war destroying syria. his name is marwan. this little boy is lucky. the u.n. workers who found him were able to unite him with his family making him unique. one life so small still fighting, alive but surely scarred forever. officials estimate there are roughly 2.5 million syrian refuge refugees. as for the death toll the u.n

. >> from the right, i'm s.e. cupp. join us tomorrow for another edition of "crossfire." erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> next, breaking news. specific terror threats targeting the olympics. the chairman of the house intelligence committee is outfront. plus a report says obamacare could cost 2.5myon jobs. the headline has republicans pouncing, democrats running scared. and new details about the final hours of philip seymour hoffman's life, a man who talked to him just before he died joins us. let's go "outfront." >> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. we begin with the breaking news. a top u.s. counter-terrorism official tonight says there are "specific threats aimed at the olympics which are just three days away." the u.s. tonight tracking threats racing against time to stop any terrorist attacks. u.s. warships and airplanes are moving into final position ready to respond. president obama was briefed on the situation today. and his team says they are "taking all appropriate steps rega

keith ellison, former white house senior adviser, david plouffe, and the co-host of cnn's crossfire, s.ecupp. congressman cole, what happened? less than two weeks ago speaker boehner's releasing a statement of principles, talking optimistic about immigration reform. and now what? what happened? >> i think actually people overread both of those incidents. we have begun a dialogue and conversation inside the republican conference on this. i think that's good. step by step progress is still out there. whether or not democrats want to work that way is unclear. but you could get a border security bill through, hb 1 visas through, seasonal labor. i think there's still a path there. but it's political reality. there's a lot of division on the issue. >> can we acknowledge the excuse that the speaker used, it's the president and republicans can't trust him. can we acknowledge that was a pretty lame excuse? this was about opposition within the republican conference. >> look, i was at the conference where this was discussed. there is a great deal of scepticism and concern. the president changed on

. >> from the right i'm s.e. cupp. join us from another edition of "crossfire." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> next, republicans and their war on the 1%. they want to close a major tax loophole and wall street fighting back tonight. >>> plus, spike lee fired up, the film director unleashing a seven minute rant about race and real estate. the man who sparked the tirade. >>> breaking news out of arizona. the government expected to i can ma a major announcement about a bill that critics call anti-gay. let's go "out front." >>> breaking news. much anticipated announcement from the arizona governor's office tonight. governor jan brewer will speak in this hour about the con throw versal religious freedom bill as it's called that's been sitting on her if he desk. it would allow businesses to refuse services to gays. we've been following that story from phoenix. miguel, what's the reaction from people you're talking to tonight? >> reporter: the reaction is that the governor has now decided to make a statement in 45 minutes, 7:45 eastern time governor brewe

s.e., you'll be there?will there tonight. >> of course you will be. >> thanks. >>> up next, president obama facing troubling poll numbers. details of where he's losing some public support. our brand new poll numbers are coming up. >>> and would mitt romney run for president again? we're looking at the shifts on the political landscape that could send him back on the campaign trail. hey guys! sorry we're late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. ♪ [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go-- yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing at&t digital life. personalized home security and automation. get professionally monitored security for just $29.99 a month. with limited availability in select markets. ♪ with limited availability in select markets. life could be hectic. as a work

joining us is jeffrey toobin and s.e. cupp and ryan lizza.hearing about this latest developments, documents actually handed over? >> well, to be totally honest, there is not information leaking out about what is in the documents? but i think overall what has happened over the last week is the entire nuke clcleus of the christie campaign. the other piece of news today is that michael duham ece, who hast been subpoenaed, he's a top christie political adviser. he was supposed to be somebody important in 2016, he's hired counsel. he's hired a lawyer. because if he is subpoenaed, he wants to be able to act quickly. so this entire pivot that christie is making towards 2016 is being completely dominated and slowed down because of this investigation. another aide on friday, we talked about this this week, resigned on friday and two of his former aides are taking a fifth. >> three if you include david wildstein. all three associates, deputy chief of staff, campaign manager, wildstein taking the fifth. and now some are saying they don't want to hand ov

1990's and got our transportation needs lacking, so we got three development program with the bob 's.elass mlsr we have those up and running, and now all of a sudden you want to back away from this will stop i think it is rather shortsighted in light of such a small amount of money. you are over on the joint strike fighter. this is chump change. we can still downsize but keep the weapons in good shape. host: michael, do you have experience with these tanks? caller: yes, i sailed over in the vehicles to iraq. be downloaded and we return these vehicles or refurbish them, but they need to be used, they need to be cap. $300 million is really shortsighted on everybody's account there. host: what do you do for a living, and how do these vehicles serve? guest: -- caller: i am actually a retired mariner. why does the navy get all of it? the army has put several amounts of money in to make sure they can force project. what are we going to carry on all these vessels that we just brought on stream here? a bunch of jeeps? wherever we go we will have to have something there. there already are some

on the right s.e. cupp. in the cross fire sharon brown, democrat of ohio and dean heller. tonight on cross fire. president obama promised he was going to put an end to all brinksmanship and foolishness last fall when the same extremist tried the same stunt. as of today the tea party fever is officially broken. thank you president obama. >> i don't know why you are so happy. with the debt ceiling off the table we can go right back to talking about obamacare. >> what's that? i love it. i tell you what, this president has defamed the tea party. >> in the crossfire two senators democrat sharon brown of ohio and republican dean heller of nevada. i'll give the first one to you since you are in such a good mood today. >> we're excited because we actually have the threat to america's full faith in credit removed except your colleague, ted cruz has announced he is going to filibuster. are you going to join with ted cruz in filibustering the proposal. >> i wasn't aware he was going to filibuster. i wouldn't be surprised. you know, they passed in the house. they couldn't get the 218