i'm van jones on the left. >> i'm s.e. cupp on the right. in the "crossfire" tonight a democrat and republican from the house foreign affairs committee. it's been a big day of breaking news. armed men hassled the u.n.'s eni have to ukraine today before forcing him to leave crimea. secretary of state john kerry met with the russians and the ukrainians today in paris but couldn't get them to talk directly to each other. and kerry had this to say. >> ukraine's territorial integrity must be restored and must be respected. >> but we're all still unclear about how the u.s. will enforce that. yesterday president obama said putin was pausing. today putin threatened to confiscate u.s. and european assets if we impose sanctions. when will we learn to take putin seriously? >> i think we are taking him seriously. if you see what kerry is doing, you'll agree. i want to bring in our guests here. we're lucky to have two congresspeople, both of you on the foreign affairs committee. you've served in the military, sir, i would think this would be a time when

. >>> let any step in with van jones and s.e. cupp. >>> president obama's work is paying off he says have laid mer putin has hit the pause button. >> which means as much as when russia hit the reset button. the debate starts right now. >>> tonight on "crossfire", until pressure from president obama, is vladimir putin backing down? >> there have been some reports that president putin is pausing for a moment. >> is he proving his republican critics wrong? on the left, van jones. on the right s.e. cupp. in the crossfire, howard dean, former presidential candidate, and paul wolfowitz, a former deputy defense secretary. is the obama doctrine working? are some republicans undermining the president abroad? tonight on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." we're continuing cnn's breaking news coverage of the crisis in ukraine. i'm s.e. cupp on the right. >> we have a former presidential candidate and former pentagon official. today we saw big hits that the tough diplomacy with russia might work. kerry delivered a billion dollar package

brown, arnold townsend, van jones, many other people from the baker senate. what happened in regard to this matter in terms of you're asking for an explanation of it as to whether or not there is some sort of hidden agenda. i can tell you there is not. and let me just go -- give you the history of what happened here. ~ so we can all understand and i can do what i have to do. we had ms. ellis essentially admit to and plead guilty to a couple of things which, one, two counts of influencing a government decision in which the official has a financial benefit. and also another count of violation of a section which prohibits any city or officer or employee from making a contract in which she has a financial interest. and then there was another one having to do with inappropriate conduct. this committee had gone ahead and prosecuted her for those ethical violations under its powers to do so. and had entered into a stipulation with her giving her, and which she accepted certain putsv, which were the extent of what we could punish her for, for these particular violati

a and rich lowry, van jones, and cokie roberts. cokie, the veto, one more sign of how swiftly the culture is changing. there was so much pressure on jan brewer to issue that veto. >> the only surprising thing was how long it took her to do it. >> absolutely. >> the business community was all over her. marriott hotels saying nobody will ever go to arizona again. and the whole country, really, was up in arms. now arizona continues to do these things. you know, they have done it with immigration and they've done it with all kinds of issues. >> dr. king's birthday. >> dr. king's birthday, exactly. you never knew what they were going to end up with. but they finally ended up in a place that's not only economically sensible, but for the party. >> you call the veto foolish. >> get to the facts of this, the law was a subject of tsunami of poorly informed indignation. it was two minor changes to the religious freedom restoration act in arizona which has been on the books for 15 years. it's modelled on a federal law, championed by ted kenned

so, in regard to there being some sort of hidden agenda or any sort of racism, van jones had it right. we stepped in it. that's what happened. and i want to withdraw the resolution. [cheering and applauding] >> i think there is no objection from any of the other commissioners. [multiple voices] >> we feel your heart and we thank you. you've proven to be a gentleman of character and honor. >> thank you, reverend brown. ~ i would like to keep the policy discussion on the agenda for the purpose of ensuring that we don't have this kind of thing happen again, that we can all agree that we're not going, in the future, to undermine the commission's authority to settle matters. so, that will remain on the agenda. the specific proposal has been withdrawn by commissioner keane. the next item on the agenda is the complaint number 04 -- >>> i never met mr. keane, but i'm glad i him tonight because that is the kind of person that will help us move forward, not backwards. i'm [speaker not understood]. i'm one of the ministers at dr. brown's third baptist church. >> thank you, reverend lewis. [multi

my name is van jones. i used to be a local activist. i used to try to help kids who were sent away to prison. i saw kids being sent away to prison for doing things in bayview hunters point that my classmates were doing at yale law school. i saw my classmates smoking dope at yale law school. they didn't go to prison. but i saw kids the same age down here at bayview hunters point that still have not come back, and that bothered me. and i took my law degree to try to do something about it, and i burned out. it was too hard. i went to too many funerals. i'm not as strong as my mentors and elders. too many funerals. too many young people laying in kass lets and grown folks sitting up in the peughs with white hair. do that enough times, it does something to you. ~ caskets. and i started to look at myself, what could i do to make a positive difference to make a better future for these young people? and there was one person i was able to reach out to who was able to help me get through that situation and come up with a months ~ positive answer.

brown, arnold townsend, van jones, many other people from the baker senate. what happened in regard to this matter in terms of you're asking for an explanation of it as to whether or not there is some sort of hidden agenda. i can tell you there is not. and let me just go -- give you the history of what happened here. ~ so we can all understand and i can do what i have to do. we had ms. ellis essentially admit to and plead guilty to a couple of things which, one, two counts of influencing a government decision in which the official has a financial

. >>> let any step in with van jones and s.e.g off he says have laid mer putin h

on the democratic side, the rising starts agree with the woman "mother jones" called the future of her party, and that's leticia van de putte. you saw her on "the daily rundown." she'll face either dewhurst or conservative dan patrick. next up on our rising star democratic list is state representative rafael anccia. he ran uncontested in this week's primary, and is the son of mexican and spanish immigrants.

it's because people just don't want to watch pillsbury doughboy in person or newt gingrich debate van jones on obamacare for the forty years time or perhaps it's because sixteen hours a day of wolf blitzer is no lens glasses and straggly beard can make even the most avid news junkie lose their mind but thankfully one story has finally turned around cnn's sinking ratings. all right good night one week ago that was the last communication from the crew aboard malaysia airlines flight three seventy every possible terrorist lead or every possible story a scenario has to be drilled down and has to be looked at exhaustively so what i want to know the systems in this car that the passenger had gotten into the cockpit they needed to get into it if they wanted to do something the nagle some sort of major mechanical or electrical system especially today on a day when we deal with the supernatural and we go to church the supernatural power of god you deal with all of that. people are saying to me why aren't you talking about the possibility i'm just putting it out there that something odd happened to t

on the democratic side, the rising starts agree with the woman "mother jones" called the future of her party, and that's leticia vanu saw her on "the daily rundown." she'll face either dewhurst or conservative dan patrick. next up on our rising star democratic list is state representative rafael anccia. he ran uncontested in this week's primary, and is the son of mexican and spanish immigrants. finally, lily adams. she's the deputy communications director for the dnc. she's also the granddaughter of the late governor ann richards, and she comes off as a seasoned politician even though she's only in her 20s. keep an eye on her. here to weigh in on the list is wayne slater, the senior political reporter and writer for "the dallas morning news." all right, wayne, take it away. republican side of that list, what do you make of it? and who's the one you think will be the one you're going to be covering a lot more of in 2016, '18, and '20? >> well, i think for 2016, 2018, dan patrick may be the guy. as you said, a radio conservative, radio talk show host, state senator, very strong tea party candidate, very likely will b

van halen? oh. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: we have a great show tonight, you guys. we love it when she stops by. january jonesess. [ cheers and applause ] she's beautiful, fun. we're gonna talk about the new season of "mad men", and we're going to play a game of giant quarters. [ cheers and applause ] the drinking game quarters, but this is giant quarters, yeah. also from the new movie "sabotage", josh holloway is dropping in. [ cheers and applause ] and we have great music. oh, i love this guy. you know the song from the budweiser commercial? he's here tonight. passenger is here. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ too late, too late, too late, guys. you're too late. [ laughter ] unbelievable. [ laughter ] ♪ truck i'm buying a truck ♪ >> jimmy: no, i can't do this. nobody beats the roots. i'm sorry. no one beats the roots, right there. [ cheers and applause ] now, today is friday, and that's usually when i check up with some personal stuff. you know, i check my inbox, i return some e-mails and of course i send out thank you notes. [ cheers and applause ] and i was running a bit behind today. so i thought -- if you guy

jones makes sense of investing. ♪ >>> florida is trying to decide where to place the three children who were in their pregnant mother's vand her children into the water. the children are in protective custody for now. >> i cannot discuss any matters concerning this because there is a court order in place. assuming anyone would intenti intentionly do this to their children is very disturbing. >> the mother is facing three attempted murder charges. >>> democrats switching sides on capital hill in the fight against obamacare. three bills up in the house pushing for big changes and expected to pass with democratic support to a degree. mike emanual is live. how are these votes different? >> they are targeted measures, nibbling around the edges if you will, and are expected to get house democrat support. there is the access to care and health act that expands the definition of release exemption and this would exempt veterans from being in the employer m mandate since they receive health care from the va. and trying to make sure volunteer fire departments are not comply with the mandate because that should shutdown the emergency