President Obama with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Monday Morning Politics: Ben Smith

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 19, 2013

The RNC is shutting out CNN and NBC from the 2016 Republican debates over the network's plans to air programming focused on likely candidate Hillary Clinton. Meanwhile, in New York, the mayor's race rolls along, with a major debate (co-sponsored by WNYC) scheduled for this Wednesday. Ben Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Buzzfeed, discusses the latest news.

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