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Answer. Though separate from the afghan taliban, the Pakistani Taliban threatens stability across the afghanpakistan border. Its home of militants of chechnya, asia, even those of the west, a threat to u. S. Forces there. And inside pakistan, a nation with a Large Nuclear arsenal, the taliban has sworn to topple the government, and as they grow in strength, there are real fears they might succeed. I dont so much think of them as a threat to the government, i think its much more pervasive. Its a threat to pakistans very existence. I spoke to the pentagon spokesman about this and he says he believes the u. S. Believes, Pakistans Nuclear weapons are secure and they are confident in the ability of the Pakistani Military to respond, i dont think anyone is second guessing the Pakistani Militarys response to terrorism, however, the threat from the taliban to the pakistani government has been a serious concern of u. S. Officials for some time, and, wolf, this is exactly a reminder of why. Certainly is, and as youve correctly pointed out, lets not forget pakistan is a nuclear power. Jim sciutto reporting. Thats it for me. Thanks very much for watching. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Now lets step into the crossfire. Newt gingrich and stephanie koetter are standing by. People waited overnight to meet Hillary Clinton and buy her brand new book. For the millions of you who werent in line, its best understood as a comedy version of house of cards. The debate starts now. Tonight on crossfire, long lines from die hard fans. Shes facing critics, but the crowds dont care. Lets get started. On the left, stephanie koetter. On the right, Newt Gingrich. In the crossfire. A clinton confidant and david bossy, a longtime critic. Will clintons dead broke gaffe turn off potential voters . Tonight on crossfire. Welcome to crossfire. Im Newt Gingrich on the right. And im stephanie koetter on the left. In the crossfire tonight, two opposite views of Hillary Clinton. As we are seeing this week, clinton bashing is a whole cottage industry. Think of all the republicans unemployed if they werent attacking Hillary Clinton. Think of the taxpayer dollars wasted on investigations of them, bogus claims of stock deals, land deals, or whatever they were investigating at the time, yet the clinton haters never learn, the more they attack, the more the clintons fight back. Actually, its more of a reason to run, because i do not believe our great country should be playing minor league ball. We ought to be in the majors, and i view this as really apart from even an aversion from the hard work that the congress should be doing about the problems facing our country and the world. Newt, hillary is not backing down from this. Shes ready to take all of you on. Shes been doing it since the 1990s, when you were speaker of the house, and, frankly, shes been winning. So, is this what the next two years is going to be like . First of all, she lost hillary care in the 1990s. Second, she just illustrated why i think shes in deep trouble. The American People do not believe the killing of four americans in benghazi is minor league her language, minor league ball. They think its pretty major. So does she, but, five hours of public testimony in front of congress, dozens of congressional hearings, an independent investigator have all looked into this. Republicans in congress will not let it go. It was your clip. Im quoting her. In the crossfire, a longtime adviser to Hillary Clinton and david bossy, one of the clintons leading and longest critics. Let me start with you. I mean, a little puzzling watching the rollout, whatever you think of the book, right or wrong. I think its great. You do . I do. Let me ask you, you are the party that worries about the 1 . Hillary indicated how deeply upset she was that they were having financial problems, so they had to take an 8 million book deal, bill had to make 100 to 200 million, because after all, they had these deep problems. Listen so how she tries to get back to being in the party that worries about the 1 on Good Morning America today. We understand what that struggle is, because we had student debts, both of us, we had to pay off. Weve had to work, i had a couple of jobs in law school, he had lots of jobs, so we have a Life Experience that is clearly different in very dramatic ways from many americans, but we also have gone through some of the same challenges as many people have. You know, this is a person who said recently shes not driven since 1996. Dont you think its going to be a little tricky to establish she represents all of the folks she pretends youre concerned about, as opposed to representing the 1 ers that have given them money . People know Hillary Clinton. They know Hillary Clinton and bill clinton, and they know that they have been fighting for people in the middle class and people struggling to get into the middle class throughout their careers, and they know that the kind of family they come from. They didnt grow up like some political families, wealthy and well connected. Hillarys mom never went to college, she did have debts of her own, and she says in this book shes incredibly blessed, but if the question is, who understands the struggles and experiences and whos been fighting for them for her entire life, i can say theres almost no better advocate, no better fighter for the middle class and for people struggling than stephanie, you just read off the talking points i think you wrote in the 90s. I mean, the old news adage, you know, hearings led to nothing, all investigations, taxpayer loss, weve heard that many years. Because its true. Look, Hillary Clinton is running for president. Lets not make any bones about it, theres no question about it, she is running. Her debts had nothing to do with student loans. Her debts had to do with legal bills because she lied. And she lied when she fired the travel office, she fired the entire staff to install their cronys and what she had to do is defend that and she lied under oath and that is why the prosecutor said that she had factually inaccurate testimony in his report. David, lets explain something to our viewers here, you are the perfect person to be on the show tonight, and why, because as a young buck congratulations. You were on the ground in arkansas in 1992 beginning those investigations, youre behind the white water investigation, to my point earlier, that they were exonerated in that investigation, theyve been exonerated with everything youve thrown at them. Thats not true. This is your entire career. They were exonerated, went to prison. She was exonerated. She took my point is this my point is, youve been doing this for 25 years. 1,000 in the commodities market for 100,000 with red bone. Thats what she did. She flipped land, which became an investigation. Okay, i dont want to hear that she didnt have any money going into the white house and i dont want to hear she didnt have any money going out. Neera, do you want to get in on this . You were there, too. I was. You were also there. I think whats hysterical talking about these things from 20 years ago. I find it funny myself. Cant she go away . Heres the bottom line, you know, the American People have made a judgment about this. 60 of the American People, despite everything youve done throughout your career, the one man himself, actually, the army of assaulters, Hillary Clinton that was about bill clinton, so were clear. That was about bill clinton, and he beat us. I have no problem saying that. Just in the Washington Post poll over the weekend, are you honest and trustworthy and 60 of the American People have said let me ask you this, as an example of hillarys claims, because the book, she claims her greatest achievement in the state department was restoring americas image around the world. Now, lets look at what happened during the years she was secretary of state. Basically, world approval of u. S. Leadership peaked at 49 in 2009, and then declined until by the time she left, it was at 41 . Now, wouldnt you normally say that a decline from 49 to 41 is not an achievement . Well, i think if you actually look at the years before that, which is the context, what were the numbers in 2006, 24 , 23 , so those numbers have moved up. I mean, math is math. Hillary will run against george w. Bush . If youre asking about restoring americas leadership honest about where were starting, when we took office, it was 34 . America is we did restore under hillarys leadership and president obamas leadership americas role in the world. America is less represented and less secure today than before her time in the state department. Thats false. Its absolutely a fact. You look at iran, look at israel, look at syria, you look at russia, the reset button, the circus act that she put on with the reset button tells everything that she did i appreciate david bossy is a big supporter of the Foreign Policy which brought us the iraq war she voted for the iraq war. She voted for that iraq war. Unlike you, she can acknowledge that was a mistake. You didnt ask me if i thought it was a mistake. Do you . Do you think it was a mistake . I think george bush made errors, i dont have any problem with that. Look, i think you want to get it off on something else, im not playing the game. Youre playing a game. Thats for sure. In a moment, ill explain why Hillary Clintons new book will be an endless nightmare for her. But first, todays crossfire quiz, in what year did the clintons get married, 1975, 1977, or 1978 . Well have the answer when we get back. train horn vo wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. Norfolk southern. One line, infinite possibilities. That would be my daughter hi dad. Shes a dietitian. And back when i wasnt eating right, she got me drinking boost. Its got a great taste, and it helps give me the nutrition i was missing. Helping me stay more like me. [ female announcer ] boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. All with a delicious taste. Grandpa [ female announcer ] stay strong, stay active with boost. Welcome back. Youre looking at live pictures of Hillary Clinton speaking to an audience in chicago. Her book, hard choices, went on sale today. This book will be an endless nightmare for her. It reveals the shallowness and total lack of self awareness of one of the most narcissistic couples in american history, which brings us to the answer of the crossfire quiz, the clintons have been married since 1975. Hillary clinton has always felt impoverished. She was a yale law graduate who dabbled in cattle futures because she wanted more money. Its hard to see an unguarded hillary like interviews like this from abc. I am over it, over it. I think i am changed. Not worry so much about what other people are thinking. My view is, i have lived an incredibly blessed life. Ive had so many wonderful experiences, and im going to say what i know, what i believe, and let the chips fall. Time for radical candor . I love that phrase, i think if you dont mind, ill use it. I think, for me, its time. I dont know that i could have done it earlier, because i was certainly trying to find my way. Her repeated insistence that shes over it maybe shows that shes not. The dead broke gaffe is only the beginning. In the book she also insults israel and cant get her story straight on benghazi, despite the best efforts of her ghost writers. In the crossfire tonight, neera tanden and david bossie. Can i respond to anything you said, the psycho babble in there, any of it . Which part was inappropriate psycho babble . I thought it was pretty accurate. It was all psycho babble, i agree with you. It was narcissistic. Thats why i used the house of cards example. I do think its fascinating both the clintons have had this constant work at the margins in terms of things like when you go back and look at cattle futures, even today is an amazing story. What year are you talking about at this point . Youre not even in the same decade were in anymore. I want to give you a chance here, because she talks for a second there about radical candor, so let me ask you for radical candor. Name two ways in which a Clinton Administration will be different from obama. So, hillary, over her career, has worked on a lot of issues that she shares with the president , extending the middle class, opportunity for all americans, and, you know, she ran a campaign where she had particular ideas radical candor, come on, you can do it. If she runs for president , shell be spelling out new ideas for new challenges. How about secretary of state, two. Okay, she helped create a Global Coalition to actually enforce iran sanctions that keeps iran from having nuclear weapons. Issues are very delicate, but she did create that Global Coalition with the administration, and she also led the effort and was the point person in ensuring we can blame Hillary Clinton . George bush, no, were not talking about george bush, because apparently you werent a supporter of his, couldnt bring russia and china to the table on the iran sanctions, but she did. Thats an accomplishment. And neera is right, we have prevented them from getting the nuclear bomb, which is more than most people can say, had we not done those things. I dont know for certain where the bomb process is, and i dont think you do either. Do you know where the bomb making process is in iran, because i know where they are trying to make one. If you feel confident that Hillary Clintons done such a good job you feel confident that she didnt. She has not. Maybe you should not criticize. Exactly. You know we know in iran they want to use a bomb once they have it. Thats what we do know. You can live in a fantasy world all you want. According to israel and the United States according to israel, were no longer their best ally, thats what i know, thanks to Hillary Clinton. Let me ask you a further question, she had this reset button fiasco, heres what im curious, how do you explain, for example, the russian takeover of crimea in the context of that reset . How do you explain that . I think russias a great example of the nuance and the importance of this book, though, in actually describing what happened. So, in 2011, Hillary Clinton criticized, probably one of the most vocal people in the administration, criticizing putin for human rights violations, for crushing democratic activists, he attacked her, then she laid out for the president that they should, you know, have a different course, a stronger stance with russia. I know this is not easy to do and understand in the twitter age, but these are important discussions and the hard choices that people face, and i think it really lays out how she it does. How she took a strong stance. I think i think you should listen to vladimir putin. Heres my question you just asked a question. David, newt just basically proved my point, there is a rightwing obsession with Hillary Clinton. Just listen to his questions. As weve discussed, youve dedicated your life to tearing down the clintons, yet her Approval Ratings are going strong, just look at these numbers. In a recent poll, secretary of state approval, 59 , strong leader, 67 , honest and trustworthy, 60 . I hope youre not waiting for a bonus. I cant wait for her campaign to be in full bore, because those numbers will come down, just like they did in 2007 and 2008. Have a plan to take her down . Somebody is going to attack to her left, because somebody is going to tack to her left just like barack obama. Barack obama did not tack to her left. Absolutely did not. It had nothing to do with left or right. Cant even say wit a straight face. Tell us. So why did he beat her . Because he ran a better campaign. But one of the reasons barack obama was as strong as he was is because he didnt tack to the left. He stuck to his positions throughout. It wasnt about being more progressive or more conservative. It was a better campaign. And thats what Hillary Clinton said. She is losing progressive voters today when they find out she earned 8 million. She is the one she wants lets see where they are. I know youre an expert on voters. She has a whole record. Her record on boko haram, not naming them as a terrorist organization. Not the spokesperson for progressives in the Democratic Party or anyone in the Democratic Party. And say if you look at hillarys actual numbers and facts and data, she has strong support from both liberals, moderate, the whole gamut. I want to go back to the example you used. Yes, please. About effectiveness. So she designs a strategy in 2011, she goes after putin on human rights. Effect . Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin Vladimir putin went out of his way to attack hillary and say that theyre wrong. I think that if you f you think that American Leadership is standing up to people who seem to have dictatorial tendencies, that is the right thing to do. You know, i think most people would judge that as being effective. All right. Speaking of effective, after listening to you two here tonight, i think that we are awaiting a rallying try cia to Hillary Clintons defense. I think were going to see out of the right wing attacks of her is her consolidation of the party. If youre talking about progressives or moderates. Call and see if he is supporting her. Stay here. We want you at home to weigh in on todays fireback question. Are hillarys republican critics helping or hurting her potential 2016 plans . Tweet help organize hurting using crossfire. Well have the results after the break. We also have the outrages of the day. Im outraged that yet another conservative man doesnt understand a fundamental truth about women, and it has nothing 20 do with you two. [ chainsaw buzzing ] humans. Sometimes, life trips us up. Sometimes, we trip ourselves up. And although the mistakes may seem to just keep coming at you, so do the solutions. 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So george, if youre implying that 20 of women are somehow asking to be assaulted, are they hoping for special privileges like physical trauma and physical assault . Sadly, george, you need to join the rnc classes on what many other male republicans are taking, a remedial class on how to respect and relate to women. Newt . Im outraged because the narrow minded overzealous bureaucrats at the food and Drug Administration have declared war on cheese for no good reason. Specifically, the fda is targeting woodaged cheese because they think cheese aged on wooden boards is laden with bacteria. Of course. Theyre forgetting that bacteria is what gives all cheese its flavor and texture. Or that these cheeses have been prepared and eaten this way for centuries, or that studies show that plastic retain morse bacteria than wood after cleaning. And according to the fdas own spokeswoman, who we called today, they arent aware of any outbreaks of disease associated with this process. Nothing matters to the Prison Guards of the past. They have to have their way, no matter how stupid. The rest of us have to make due with bland cheese or none at all. Lets check on our fireback results. Are hillarys republican critics helping her or hurting her potential 2016 plans . Right now 87 of you say helping. 13 of you say hurting. What do our guests think . I think its definitely helping her book sales, which is flailing because i guess there is already got it 40 off in most book stores. Thats just ridiculous. There is a million preorders, and thousand people waiting in line. They cant make that up. There is pictures of it. 41 discount, well help you get one. You can probably get it at 80 at this point. That would be truly a story, to get her to sign it. I dont know by hand, but ill try for your, newt. Thanks, the debate continues online at cnn. Com crossfire as well as on facebook and twitter. From the left, im stephanie cutter. From the right, im Newt Gingrich. Join us tomorrow for another edition of crossfire. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. And welcome to outfront. We have breaking news here as we begin our coverage of another Deadly School shooting today. A horrific event in this country. President obama angrily speaking out tonight, saying these shooters are now becoming the norm. It is time to change americas gun laws. The question is this a Tipping Point . Plus, i just returned from doha, qatar a few moments ago. Five taliban exchanged for bowe bergdahl. And. The man involved