This Sunday on Melissa Harris-Perry, the debate. We are less than a week away before the Republican presidential hopefuls hit the debate stage for the first time in a fight for the presidency. We discuss the candidates, the question of strategy, and how the ‘winner of the games’ will be determined by the media and the public.
Joining Melissa Harris-Perry to discuss the debate:
- Robert Traynham, MSNBC Contributor
- Farai Chideya, Professor of Journalism, NYU
- Michelle Goldberg, senior contributing writer, The Nation
Also on MHP, Planned Parenthood. The Senate could vote tomorrow on a bill to strip Planned Parenthood of federal funding. This comes after an anti-abortion group released videos showing Planned Parenthood staff discussing how tissue from aborted fetuses is provided for medical research.We discuss the ways in which Planned Parenthood is now being used as a political strategy and how whether the push to defund Planned Parenthood could lead to a government shutdown.
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