Will Single-Issue Politics Lead to a Government Shutdown?

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Congress has so much unfinished business and time is growing so short that the federal government faces another shutdown at the end of this month. We hear how it may become hostage to a single, hot-button political issue: funding for Planned Parenthood.

Also, Russia's military quietly moves into Syria. On today's Talking Point, tiny spelunkers have unearthed the bones of an ancient, human species in a South African cave -- one of the richest such collections ever discovered. We hear how it happened and what lessons it may hold.

Photo: Speaker John Boehner speaks about the House's ongoing investigation into Planned Parenthood videos.