congress should hold hearings and we should cut off every penny of taxpayer funds. two gop senators both running for president hinting at a willingness to shut down the government over planned parenthood. folks, summer break is ending. joining me now is joan walsh of salon.com. thank you for being here, joan. thanks, rev. i want to start with the fight over planned parenthood. will ted cruz back down from this fight after virtually threatening a government shut down, joan? no, i don t think he ll back down at all and i think you showed rand paul is with him, marco rubio made similar noises, well, if it happens he s not committing to it. if it happens, if it will be president obama s fault and the democrats fault. you have presidential candidates who are having a hard time getting traction against donald trump finding themself up stail staged by donald trump and have an opportunity to get back up