Nov 15 6:30 PM

Questions of race are being raised in another shooting of a black teenager

Demonstrators protest the killing of 19-year-old Renisha McBride in Dearborn Heights, Michigan on Nov. 7, 2013.
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Detroit man charged with murder in shooting of Renisha McBride

We discuss the Nov. 2 shooting of 19-year old Renisha McBride and the charges today against the man who allegedly pulled the trigger, Theodore Paul Wafer. Gerald Thurswell, attorney for the McBride family, defense attorney Lisa Wayne, and Mychal Denzel Smith, contributing writer for The Nation, join host Antonio Mora to talk about the case.  

Typhoon survivors in Philippines struggle to find supplies 

America Tonight's host Joie Chen joins us from the Philippines to give Antonio Mora the latest update on the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.  

What is GOP bias against Obamacare really about? 

Norm Ornstein, political scientist and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, will join Antonio Mora to discuss whether Republican opposition to Obamacare is more about a bias towards the Affordable Care Act or a bias towards President Obama.  

Why is bad behavior by public figures rewarded in the reality TV realm? 

Toronto mayor Rob Ford, amid recent admissions of drug use, is preparing to launch the Rob and Doug Ford Show with his brother.  Antonio Mora talks with Prachi Gupta, assistant news editor for Salon, and Robert Thompson, a professor of television and popular culture at Syracuse University, about the popular culture obsession with public figures behaving badly.   

Why is Candy Crush so addictive? 

It's a year since Candy Crush launched, and the digital game has already been played 151 billion times. People get so hooked they neglect family members, friends, and their jobs.  Psychiatrist and writer Dinah Miller and TIME Magazine reporter Eliana Dockterman join Antonio Mora to talk about what makes the game so irresistible.  

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