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Welcome back. im s.e. cupp, and im a gunowner. its been a good week for people like me, but it didnt come without a fight. missouris legislature came within one vote of making it a crime to enforce background checks, publish the names and addresses of gunowners, something i find incredibly offensive, and enforce federal gun laws. colorado voters recalled two state senators who helped pass burdensome new gun laws. one of them is sitting right here. john morse joins us along with gun rights advoca...

Small price to pay. >> a veto fight in missouri. is it the will of the voters or special interests butting in? on the left, van jones. on the right, s.e. cupp. and in the crossfire, john morris, who lost a recall election this week because of his gun vote. and will cane, a gun rights advocate. the fight over guns. is your state next? tonight on "crossfire." >> welcome to "crossfire." im s.e. cupp on the right. >> and im van jones on the left. tonight were debating guns. but i want to tell you ri...

Stop him from using bombs and bullets? >> sure, if we destroy his arsenals and striking capability. sure. >> then well be pulled into a war. heres the good thing i have to say. this president is one of the luckiest human beings on earth. hes been incredibly fortunate in terms of his career, the people he went up against early on were people he was able to get past and beat. he fought his way through hillary clinton and once again, that obama good luck charm, i think we should be happy. i dont kn...

Them, could be lost by assad and gained by terrorists. so i dont see a good outcome to -- i still dont see a good outcome to us becoming involved in a war in the syrian civil war. >> senator rand paul of kentucky, thanks for coming in. >> thank you. just ahead, can the united nations get syria under control? look at this. the "crossfire" hosts, van jones and s.e. cupp, are walking into "the situation room." hihing, helicopters buzzing, and truck engine humming. sfx: birds chirping sfx: birds c...

Sfx: oil gushing out of pipe. sfx: birds chirping. president obama set to make his case for potential u.s. military action against syria to the american people, just a little bit more than three hours from now. what he needs to do, whether he can change any minds, the hosts of cnns new "crossfire," van jones and s.e. cupp. guys, thanks very much. does the president deserve some credit, s.e., seemingly there could poe teptentially there coe a breakthrough in avoiding military action. >> the pre...

President obama addresses the nation, he hits the pause button. >> nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of a hanging. >> on the left, van jones. on the right, s.e. cupp, in the crossfire. joe lieberman and rick santorum. is russias diplomacy real? or should the u.s. strike assad now? tonight on crossfire. welcome to crossfire. im van jones on the left. >> im s.e. cupp on the right. tonight the world is giddy at the prospect of getting out of the military strike on syria. its all based on...

I think it would get him out of what is going to be an embarrassing defeat coming down the road next week. >> very quickly. >> to your point, creativity in a crisis. this is what i think people have been hoping for. we wound up down this rabbit hole. my big hope is if this is not the right creative outcome, there are others. we dont need another war in the middle east. >> thanks very much. expect a lot more lively debate when "cross fire" returns later tonight, 6:30 every week night after "the s...

Address the nation from the white house 9:00 p.m. eastern. i asked two of the "crossfire" hosts about the presidents push and what does the president need to do to sell his idea? >> i dont think its going to pass. i dont think it should pass. i dont think weve done enough to exhaust the diplomatic opportunities. i dont think we built a global coalition or gone to the u.n. im more of a dove on this but i think the president has to make a decision. right now hes not hawkish enough for the hawks wh...

Then, do we need to hear and see from the president if congress is not on board, then he needs to go about it anyway? >> hes already said that. he said he doesnt need congressional approval. >> thats two different things. >> yeah, no. youre right. he has to put the money where his mouth is and assay i want an international coalition, congress to be board. i want the american people to understand -- >> hes saying these things. >> but im doing it without them ivan? >> well, now, so s.e. and i disa...

Fors and the syrian people. he does not do that tuesday night, everybody goes to the hawkish side and hes left by himself. >> s.e., something tells me they need agreement here. >> i agree that the president has not effectively sold the case for syria and its too bad because everything we know now about syria, we knew two years ago within the first week of the conflict. we knew president bashar al assad had chemical weapons. we knew he was killing his own people. we knew he had pipelines to hezbo...