on the left, van jones. on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire," ruth marcus from the "washington post." and penny young nance of concerned women for america. the return of monica lewinsky. does it hurt hillary clinton? tonight, on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." i'm van jones on the left. >> i'm s.e. cupp on the right. in the "crossfire," she's back. cnn obtained the entire monica lewinsky diatribe in "vanity fair." a glamorous working 40-year-old monica. here's the part i hope we all get to focus on. lewinsky writes hillary clinton's impulse to blame the woman is, quote, all too familiar. with every marital indiscretion that finds its way into the public sphere, many of which involve male politicians, it always seems like the woman conveniently takes the fall. and this is what really kills me. 16 years later, and we're still talking about the two women at center of this scandal and not the one man who actually broke the law. van, tell me, man to man, how does bill clinton get away with this? >> well, first of all, he

cupp on the right. >> i'm van jones on the left. today republicans are once again using the murder of four americans in benghazi to raise money, distract us from their nonexistent agenda and, of course, tear down hillary clinton. now, if you don't believe me, listen to senator rand paul speaking to cnn just a few hours ago. >> i think that's a dereliction of duty and it does go to management and if she wants to compete for the highest job in the land, my goodness. >> translation, the gop presidential front-runner wants hillary clinton and the potential rival of the white house called before a partisan me for a show trial. why are we still talking about this? we've had four congressional committee investigations plus more than -- more than four. almost 50 congressional briefings. 25,000 pages of documents have been released and there is zero evidence of any intentional wrongdoing anywhere. there's no smoking gun. there's just a cynical republican smoke screen. >> well, actually -- >> you know i'm right, s.e. >> there was a pretty big

i'm newt gingrich on the right. >> i'm van jones on the left. in "crossfire" tonight we have two big voices for each party. now, look, the republicans have just drooling over today's brand new poll numbers. they include some of these numbers that just got released by cnn. the gop looks like it's edging out democrats on a generic ballot, 46% to 45%. scary remembrances of 2010. now the president's approval rating remains stubbornly stuck at 43%. now, everybody sitting there thinking, though, that 2014 is going to be a simple replay of 2010 needs to remember one thing. we're democrats, and we remember 2010, too. we've learned our lessons and let me just say we've made a few adjustments. so, republicans may have big momentum. the koch brothers may have given them big money, but we've got a big base and know how to use big data to find and deliver our vote. we just elected a democratic governor in virginia. don't forget about that. so don't count your chickens or your house and senate seats too early, newt. >> well, i would say you also have big fant

on the left, van jones. on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire," bill nye the science guy and nick loras of the heritage foundation. what's worse for america's economy? the dangers of climate change or the solutions? tonight on "crossfire." >> welcome to "crossfire," i'm s.e. cupp on the right. >> i'm van jones on the left. we have an economics guy and science guy. today we have even more proof, climate disruption is not some crazy far off liberal concoction. climate change is a real and present danger. it's already happening right now. millions of you at home are facing water shortages. there's floods, there's heat waves this year, and a new white house report out today details the real life impacts of us dumping mega tons of carbon pollution into the atmosphere. for instance, in north carolina they are having to raise u.s. route 64 by four feet in part so it won't get swallowed up by the rising ocean. in alaska it's worse. they are moving an entire village called nutoch away from the eroding shoreline. if that's not scary enou

cupp. >> i'm van jones. we have guests with very different views of president obama's record of keeping us out of war. now, big news this afternoon. president obama has announced a firm deadline to get our troops home from afghanistan. now, remember, at one point we had over 100,000 americans over there in harm's way. by the end of 2016, thanks to this president, only 1,000 are going to be left to guard the embassy. here's what the president had to say about that. >> americans have learned that it's harder to end wars than it is to begin them. if this is how wars end in the 21st century. >> and hallelujah, ending war, that's what we want the president to do. let's recap, this president promised us no new wars fought on a credit card, check. he also promised to get osama bin laden, check. he promised to get us out of iraq, check. and promised to get us out of afghanistan. check. promises made, promises kept. this is a huge deal for military families with military deployments hanging over their head. so on the

. >> on the left, van jones. on the right, newt gingrich. in the "crossfire," senator bernie sanders, a vermont independent, and senator dean heller, north dakota republican. day risked their lives for our country. how does the president do right by our veterans? tonight on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." i'm van jones on the left. >> i'm newt gingrich on the right. in the "cross fofire" tonights members of the senate veterans committee. twomerge from president obama's embarrassing news conference today. after having a five-year opportunity to clean up the department of veterans affairs, both he and his cabinet appointee failed. second, faced with universal coverage of that failure, all we got from the president today was this. >> all of us, whether here in washington or all across the country have to stay focused on the larger mission which is upholding our sacred trust to all of our veterans bringing the va system into the 21st century which is not an easy task. >> bill clinton used to say, i feel your pain. barack obama says, i h

i'm kevin madden on the right. >> i'm van jones on the left. in the "crossfire" tonight the top message guys from both parties. for republicans, the message is clear. get hillary clinton. that's it. now this is may 2014. not fall 2016. why are the republican leaders throwing every attack they can think of at hillary clinton? could it be they lack confidence in their own crop of candidates? after all, chris christie is in a ditch. rand paul's isolationism is in direct conflict with marco rubio's saber rattling. meanwhile, the tea party crowd can't stand jeb bush. it is a total mess over there. here's the truth. hillary clinton unites democrats. every major republican leader divides gop. so what does that leave the republic cans with? politics of personal destruction which to them is politics as usual. >> you know who hillary clinton unites? >> everybody. >> hillary clinton unites republicans. >> well, okay. in the "crossfire" tonight, the democratic national committee communication director mo, and the republican national communications director

cupp on the right. >> i'm van jones on the left. tonight we have two advocates for america's veterans. veterans affair secretary eric shinseki was on capitol hill today fighting to keep his job. cnn senior investigative correspondent drew griffin actually broke the story in the first place. his reporting is the reason the senate had the hearing today. he's here to give us a closer look of how we got here. >> van, and s.e., this is an eruption and a scandal basically because of our reporting out of a phoenix va medical center last month in which sources told us of a secret waiting list where veterans were simply left waiting for care on a secret list trying to hide the fact of just how long they had been waiting. some up to 21 months. our same sources tell us at that va facility, 40 veterans, maybe even more, may have died because of delayed care. but keep in mind, this is only one part of this what we're calling now a va scandal. we've been reporting since last november on wait lists at va facilities across the country that have led

a lesson learned by president obama's then green jobs czar van jones in 2009. >> so on top of auto theal, progressive, communist nonsense coming from van jones you can now add thinks the bush administration blew up the world trade centers and covered it up. >> that is beyond extremism and radical ifrl. that's psychotic paranoia, a malignant politics. >> the claims he's making that he would sign this letter it is crazy he has a job. >> van jones said he never signed the 9/11 truther petition that prompted that outrage and said it didn't reflect his views. just that little brush with trutherism was enough to get him drummed out of the white house. this got me thinking what should constitute a disqualifier when it comes to those who want to hold public office or work in the government. christina bellentoni and the kbek tif editor of the nation.com. i'm interested in the boundaries of taboo and consensus and the things that politicians can argue about and placed them off the table. i thought it was interesting to see the campaign felt the claim about wmd was an off the table claim they had

on the left, van jones. on the right, newt gingrich.," jamal anderson, a former pro athlete, and harry jackson jr., senior pastor of hope christian church. are the speech police out of control? or are bigots getting what they deserve? tonight on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." i'm van jones on the left. >> i'm newt gingrich on the right. in the "crossfire" tonight, guests with different views on free speech. in 90 minutes l.a. clippers owner donald sterling speaks in an exclusive interview with cnn's anderson cooper. here's a preview. >> i'm a good member who made a mistake and i'm apologizing and i'm asking for forgiveness. am i entitled to one mistake after 35 years? i mean, i love my league. i love my part. it's a terrible mistake. and i'll never do it again. >> the vice president of the nba players association, roger mason, he said players won't accept anyone in the sterling family owning the clippers, not you, not your wife, not your son-in-law, not your daughter. do you believe that? >> i really don't know. the people tha

now let's step into the "crossfire" with newt gingrich and van jones. >> good to be back, wolf. rship, especially when it comes to keeping our country out of dumb wars. >> unfortunately, van, that's one thing we're not getting from this president. leadership. the debate starts right now. >>> tonight on "crossfire" new chaos in ukraine. threats from vladimir putin. and new concessions from a former president. >> vladimir putin changed. >> on the left, van jones. on the right, newt gingrich. in the "crossfire," representative karen bass, a democratic member of the foreign affairs committee, and senator ron johnson, a republican on the foreign relations committee. is president obama stumbling or leading on the world stage? tonight, on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." i'm newt gingrich on the right. >> i'm van jones on the left. in the "crossfire" tonight we have two opposing views on foreign policy. well now, look, folks, we have a lot of stuff happening in the world. get ready. it looks like all spring and all summer the republicans are going to take every problem on the wo

van jones, newt gingrich are here. a tough decision pelosi had to make because there were a bunch of democrats saying just ignore though whole select committee, let the republicans do whatever they want, we're not going to participate and give it legitimacy. although other democrats said we should be involved in there to try to keep the republicans honest. what do you make of this decision. first of all, the decision by nancy pelosi to appoint five democrats and these five names? >> she did the right thing. you can't have the house make a decision like this and then say we're not going to play. it will be very solid and they will go in this room and say let's try to get to a final unified vote. >> danger of trying to stay away. that sounds great, but then monday comes and they have a big deal. you're not even there to ask questions of what's happening. now you're on the outside. you're still participating but from a position of complete weakness. i think it was good to drag this out a little bit, for this whole controv

from the left, i'm van jones. >> from the right, i'm newt gingrich.n us next time for another edition of "crossfire." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> next breaking news, donald sterling speaks out. what he is saying about his alleged mistress v. stiviano tonight. plus, who is the woman behind the visors? one of her friends speaks to "outfront." >>> and a massacre thwarted. pipe bombs, guns, pyrotechnic chemicals. how police say an elaborate plot to kill dozens was foiled with days to spare. let's go "outfront." >> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" on this friday, breaking news. donald sterling breaking his silence. the owner of

from the left, i'm van jones. >> from the right, i'm newt gingrich.her edition of crossfire. and "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >> thank you. >>> next, new details about what happened to flight 370. why did officials wait four hours before doing anything about the missing jet? >>> plus, new video of a baltimore landslide. the moment the earth opened up and swallowed an entire block. this is unbelievable. >>> and donald sterling's many women. we know about the woman on the infamous tape. tonight the other other woman. another mistress revealed. let's go "outfront." >> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, did anyone

. >> on the left, van jones. on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire." brad woodhouse, a democratic strategist and david bossy, a republican strategist. what messages are voters sending today? which party has the edge? tonight on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." >> in the "crossfire" tonight, a pair of top strategists from both parties. today's primaries really aren't what democrats hope they'll be. what they are is the beginning of a two-year referendum on president obama and the democrats' agenda. tonight and over the course of 2014, we'll learn if democrats will pay a price for obamacare, a muddled economic agenda, and out of control government bureaucracy. so take notes, hillary, you're going to get a glimpse of the issues you'll run on and away from in 2016. >> here we go. first of all, we actually agree on something, it is not a fight between moderate republicans and tea party republicans, because there are no moderate republicans. tea party have taken over the entire republican party. before we get into it and bring in our guests, the firs

on the left, van jones. on the right, newt gingrich. in the "crossfire."sentative andy harris, a maryland republican. is president obama fixing the u.s. economy? or holding it back? tonight, on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." i am van joecnes on the left. >> i'm newt gingrich on the right. two different views on today's big jobs report. just a few hours ago president obama had the audacity to begin his news conference by patting himself on the back for today's supposedly stellar jobs report. >> first as president, my top priority is doing everything that we can to create more jobs and opportunity for hardworking families for our economic strength as a source of strength in the world. >> so let me get this straight. somewhere between the asian pivot, the ukrainian crisis and his meeting with angela merkel the president wants us to believe his top priority is whatever the latest news story is. anybody who goes out i

." >>> now let's step into the "crossfire" with van jones and kevin madden. >> congratulations, wolf.need to stop picking on hillary clinton. it's only 2014. >> actually if the democrats tried listening, they'd avoid nominating a deeply flawed candidate. of course, democrats never listen to good advice. the debate starts right now. >> tonight on "crossfire," hillary clinton in the bull's-eye. attacks from the right. and discomfort on the left. >> i do worry about the inevitability thing. >> will she decide not to run or listen to a possible rival's advice? >> don't let the ugliness of politics keep you from pursuing public office. >> on the left, van jones. on the right, kevin madden. in the "crossfire," no alathy, communications direc

from the left, i'm van jones. >> from the right, i'm newt gingrich. join us tomorrow for another edition of "crossfire." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> next, hundreds of girls kidnapped and sold into slavery. tonight, we hear from the man responsible. >>> and breaking news out of colorado, where a plane has just crashed into a home. we are live. >>> and is the nba profiting from donald sterling's racist rant? yes. you heard me right. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight we begin with breaking news on the abduction of hundreds of girls in nigeria. this is a story we have been following here "outfront." the united states saying tonight it believes that many of the 223 kidnapped girls are no longer in nigeria. the terrorists that took the girls admit they are selling them into slavery. the leader of that group, beau oe haram, made this horrific claim today. >> relatives say those girls could be sold for $12 a piece. they were taken by members of boko haram. the name of that group means weste

van jones, maybe? >> they were moved out.i do think, laura, that while it's a legitimate function of the congress, and i think democrats should participate, it's going to be viewed as an attack on secretary clinton. it's going to be helpful to her politically. >> do you think she had any responsibility here? i mean, you didn't endorse her in 2008. i remember that controversy when you wouldn't endorse her because -- >> -- no, i don't. >> you didn't think she was the right person at the time for the job. >> i endorsed president obama and i stand by that but i don't think she was involved in any conspiracy. i think she was very candid. let's see what the select committee produces. i have my doubts. i don't think there is a smoking gun. i think it's going to be an advantage to the democrats. >> there might not be. there might not be. >> democrats do. i hope the democrats do participate though. >> hey, governor, you said back in 2007, when you were thinking about running, throwing your hat in the presidential race, you said we nee

let me bring you this, van jones. we saw the action by adam silver. at the beginning of the week.t be hamstrung if sterling is going to fight. what does the nba do? >> you have to give him a lot of credit for stepping forward. players said they would go on strike if something weren't done. you have to give silver real credit for stepping forward. there's a deeper issue here nobody is talking about. there are about 100 teams, basketball, baseball, football, only -- as best as i can tell, only two nonwhite principal owners in the entirety of american spots. so, look at this one guy. look at this one guy. hold on a second. you have a whole bunch of people out color there sweating on the field and a whole bunch of white folks who own it. that looks more like 1814, not 2014. and that's the real -- >> and his remarks, in some ways the most offensive was not even the horrible stuff he was saying about, you know, i don't want blacks coming to the game. it was i feed them, i -- >> very -- 1814 stuff. and so, yeah, i will say one thing about this. i was very, very proud to see how big the r

from the right, i'm van jones. >> from the right i'm s.e. cupp. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> next, breaking news. an american airlines passenger plane in a near collision with a drone. >>> plus two brothers ousted from hosting an hgtv reality show. they say they were argued the because of their religion. is faith under fire in america? t.d. jakes is "outfront." >>> and searchers may be looking in the wrong ocean. let's go "outfront." >> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. we begin with breaking news. a passenger jet nearly colliding with a drone. this is the first report of a near miss between an american airliner and a drone. it happened 2300 feet in the air near tallahassee, florida. the near miss occurred in march, but the incident is obviously just coming to light tonight. jack nicholas broke the story for "the wall street journal." how did it happen? >> that's a good question. and that's what many people are trying to figure out. what we know right new and what an faa official revealed on thursday is that a us airways r

from the left, i'm van jones. >> from the right, i'm newt gingrich. join us tomorrow for another edition of crossfire. and "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >> thank you. >>> next, new details about what happened to flight 370. why did officials wait four hours before doing anything about the missing jet? >>> plus, new video of a baltimore landslide. the moment the earth opened up and swallowed an entire block. this is unbelievable. >>> and donald sterling's many women. we know about the woman on the infamous tape. tonight the other other woman. another mistress revealed. let's go "outfront." >> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, did anyone have to die? after 56 days, finally, the malaysians releasing new details on what happened to malaysia airlines flight 370. this preliminary report is just a few pages. we've got appendices here. it's got new flight paths, maps, other documents. we have the names and ages of every single passenger on that flight. tonight we now know thanks to this report that the plane was missing

i'm van jones. >> from the right i'm s.e. cupp. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> next, a vigil under way in california for the six people murdered by elliot rodger. we're going to go live to the scene. >>> plus, how did the white house blow the cover of a top cia spy, and will anyone be held accountable for it? >>> and months after flight 370 vanished. it is enough? we're going to talk to the head of the company that provided that crucial data. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. right now a village until california. thousands are gathering, you can see these live pictures, to mourn the victims. six students murdered during a killing rampage friday night at the university of california santa barbara. janet napolitano, the uc president and former secretary of homeland security is going to be speaking, along with the father of chris martinez. he was elliot rodger's final victim, shot, murdered at a deli. in the random horror, the five other victims included rodger's two roommates and a friend w

from the left, i'm van jones. >> from the right, i'm newt gingrich. join us tomorrow for another edition of "crossfire." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> next, president obama breaks his silence about the v.a. scandal. but it's not the first time he has been caught off guard by his own administration. what does it say about his leadership? >>> plus, life in prison for selling hash brownies? that's what a texas teen is facing. does the punishment fit the crime? >>> and "wheel of fortune" host pat sajak setting off a firestorm. who is he calling unpatriotic racists? let's go "outfront." >> good evening. i'm brianna keilar. the scandal continuing to grow in america's veteran hospitals. it makes it easier to fire senior officials at the v.a. for misconduct. this crime comes as president obama finally broke his silent today after meeting with embattled v.a. secretary eric shinseki. the president went before the american public to express his outrage and frustration over the alleged misconduct revealed by cnn that may have resulted in the death

from the left, i'm van jones. >> from the right, i'm newt gingrich. join us next time for another edition of "crossfire." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> next breaking news, donald sterling speaks out. what he is saying about his alleged mistress v. stiviano tonight. plus, who is the woman behind the visors? one of her friends speaks to "outfront." >>> and a massacre thwarted. pipe bombs, guns, pyrotechnic chemicals. how police say an elaborate plot to kill dozens was foiled with days to spare. let's go "outfront." >> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" on this friday, breaking news. donald sterling breaking his silence. the owner of the los angeles clippers speaks out for the first time after being hit with a lifetime ban by the nba for making racist remarks to this woman. his alleged mistress, v. stiviano. she is being sued by sterling's wife who wants stiviano to return millions in gifts that sterling had given her. today sterling spoke, telling du jour magazine, quote, i wish i had just paid her off. jason carroll is

from the left, i'm van jones. >> from the right i'm s.e. cupp. join us next time for another edition of "crossfire." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> next, breaking news. wildfires raging out of control in southern california. thousands of homes, more than 100,000 people in flames way. we're live from the scene of the biggest fire. plus, breaking news on malaysia airlines. exclusive new information about the satellite data at the center of the search. only "outfront." >>> and the man who says he is the zodiac killer's son is my guest tonight. let's go "outfront." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, we have breaking news. a state of emergency. at least nine wildfires at this moment raging across california's san diego county. the flames are out of control, already burning nearly 10,000 acres. >> wow. there it is right there. there it is right there. >> oh my god! oh my god! >> 125,000 people already told to evacuate. 22 structures, several homes already destroyed. president ob

from the left, i'm van jones. >> from the right i'm s.e. cupp. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> next breaking news. more girls kidnapped in nigeria. u.s. senators now pushing for boots on the ground. plus, why did a pilot crash a plane into a home he once owned? was it an accident? >>> and monica lewinsky breaking her silence, weighing in on hillary and the dress. why now? let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, breaking news. we are learning tonight at least eight more girls have been kidnapped by the terror group boko haram in nigeria, in addition to the missing girls abducted on april 14th. tonight president obama finally breaking his silence on the horrific attacks. >> we're sending in a team made up of our military and law enforcement and other experts, and we're very glad that nigeria has accepted the help. >> first, vlad doouthier is on e ground. vlad, you spoke to a family. they have two missing daughters, one they adopt affidavit their parents were killed by boko haram. i know they

cupp and van jones. first, john king is taking a close look at kentucky specifically.attleground, wolf, and key battle for mitch mcconnell, who said his goal this year is to crush the tea party. his challenger, matt beavan, by all accounts if you look at the map, people are thinking he's got a tough challenge today. first, let's look at the map. if you see the blue and the map, 36 senate races up this year, 16 we view as competitive for sure or potentially competitive. see all that blue? those are seats now held by democrats, just two, kentucky and georgia, not held by republicans. republicans believe they have a favorable map. yellow states are primaries today, kentucky and georgia. let's take a closer look at kentucky. as we noted right now on the republican side, matt beavan, louisville businessman, he's the tea party favorite. he says mitch mcconnell has been in washington too long, he's part of the problem, but mitch mcconnell has been working hard and the five-term senator, republican leader now and hopes to be the majority leader is heavily favored today. we'll

>> on the left, van jones. on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire" lawrence, a

as well as van jones.dorable, hilarious, calm collected and the writing was funny. >> as a writer, best usage of the word "ghoul" i've heard in a long time. >> calling them ghouls is just genius. big fan. >> i thought it was hysterical. >> we were looking at each other going did he just say that? but that's what -- i know ben is going to have something different to say. you did not think it was funny? >> i thought some of it was fun y. i didn't get the joke about lindsay gram. i didn't get a lot of the jokes. but i just didn't get why it was funny. i did think a few things were funny. a lot was sharp and painful. you know what i'm reminded of, years and years ago a psychiatrist told me much of what passes for humor is really incitement to suicide. and i found that -- >> keep it light. >> oh, my god. >> so it was -- it was painful but for me it was painful in the way you want it to be painful. >> you want it to be funny and pointed. >> yes. the gitmo joke was hilarious, the paul ryan, raising your kids on g