JOE JOHNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Planned Parenthood, facing a sustained push in Congress to stop the group from getting government funding, is in full damage control mode.</s>DAWN LAGUENS, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, PLANNED PARENTHOOD: What we're seeing here are attacks on people's ability to get health care.</s>JOHNS: Several states, including Texas, have launched Planned Parenthood investigations, with the video accusing the group of offering to adjust medical procedures in order to preserve tissue and parts for research groups to purchase. There are calls for the Justice Department to investigate. Planned Parenthood asserted the footage released today doesn't show Planned Parenthood staff engaged in any wrongdoing or agreeing to violate any legal or medical standards.</s>JOHNS: What are people saying about this? The latest polling on Planned Parenthood from Monmouth University shows about half of Americans oppose cutting funding to the organization. But it does run sharply along party lines; 68 percent of Democrats oppose defunding and 66 percent of Republicans favor it.</s>TAPPER: Joe Johns, thank you so much. In our national lead, his actions sparked a national debate about race and policing. And now his words are getting a lot of attention. The former Ferguson police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown is now speaking out about his life, about Michael Brown, and about what he calls the culture of high-crime areas. We will discuss that story next.
Planned Parenthood Defunding Sought over Videos