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Tonight on crossfire, a rare joint appearance by the heads of both political parties. whos really in touch with the voters -- democrats or republicans? >> the house is going to listen to the american people and focus on their concerns. >> reporter: on the left, stephanie cutter, on the right, newt gingrich, debbie wasserman schultz and reince priebus. who has edge heading into 2014 and 2016? tonight on crossfire. welcome to crossfire. im newt gingrich on the right. >> and im stephanie cutter o...

Sensitive to the women viewers than to the men but its a good symbol. >> we should also point out that she, i believe, is also the first british national to run an american network news division. and we dont know how that plays out either. >> that could be very interesting, though. >> you know, one another thing i wanted to mention, the nightly newscasts, among everybody else, have maintained their audience. there is still an audience for a summary of the days news on all three of those broadcas...

Caucus, with gingrich surging to the front. romney is still the focus of the fire. that tells you about what democrats and the white house is going to be the ultimate outcome of that. meanwhile, priebus, he is the chairman of the republican national committee, he was sitting next to david axelrod today on meet the press and david gregory asked him, what about this back and forth, this volatility in the republican field, who wha will it mean? will it weaken the republican victor? heres what he ha...

Hell be hammering the republican congress on the failure or theyre blocking that vote last week to extend and expand the payroll tax cut. the republicans want to do it. the argument. how do you pay for it? >> miiqthat. im joined by dana mill bank. good morning. >> good morning. alex. you heard what riens priebus said. is it making the gop weaker? >> its highlighting certain flaws in the party and if weve seen one candidate after another bite the dust. now weve seen the -- newt gingrich will go...

Tweeting democrats are smiling in d.c. the freedom caucus with the help for club for growth and saved planned parenthood and obama care. im joined by a member, congress mo brooks republican who opposed the health care bill. congressman, your reaction to the president naming the house freedom caucus to him talking about loyalty to riens priebus. >> i disagree, this is not about loyalty to the speaker or president of the united states. its about loyalty to the people of the united states of americ...

Work on. >> yesterday the president turned to the conservatives hard liners in his party who oppose, tweeting democrats are smiling in d.c. the freedom caucus with the help for club for growth and saved planned parenthood and obama care. im joined by a member, congress mo brooks republican who opposed the health care bill. congressman, your reaction to the president naming the house freedom caucus to him talking about loyalty to riens priebus. >> i disagree, this is not about loyalty to the spea...

Pence is an excellent person to lead the transition because he knows the policy, he knows the players on the hill and hes close with paul ryan so its a good start to hit the ground running. >> chief of staff, explain, people who arent washington insiders, why is that role so crucial? >> for so many reasons. and i want you to add or correct me if im wrong because hes been inside and knows really well but its the gate keeper to the president, the person who keeps the trains running on time, its th...