General Discussion

cal04

(41,505 posts) Sat Jan 26, 2013, 10:45 PM Jan 2013

Sunday Talk Shows, 60 Minutes with Pres. Obama and Hillary Clinton

CBS Face the Nation
I keep using this example, but that's because I think it's a good one: look at what the group Mothers Against Drunk Driving managed to do. I think that organization's success could be a model for gun control advocates.

I'm really looking forward to talking to Sen. Feinstein about her legislation and what she sees as its path forward. She fought a similar fight in 1994, but a lot has changed in Congress since then. What is her plan to get it passed -especially when she's got opposition from within her own party in the Senate? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., might even be an obstacle for Feinstein's bill because he comes from a very gun-friendly state, and has to help at least five Democrats from other big gun states up for reelection in 2014.

I'll also talk to New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. It's not often we talk to Police chiefs on our show, but I think it's important to get the perspective of someone who's actually out on the streets fighting violence of all types every day. What type of legislation could help him immediately? What are the things his men could enforce?

Then we'll turn to Newt Gingrich and Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., for their take on the gun control debate. Rep. Blackburn released a statement saying she's concerned the President's approach is "a pre-determined attempt to redefine our Constitution." Will she consider any types of gun control? Gingrich also raised the Second Amendment rallying cry on Thursday night in an interview on CNN where he said, "We actually think that the Second Amendment is central to our liberties - not just something there for hunters, not something there for target practice."

Gingrich also made some news giving a speech at the Republican National Committee's winter meeting this week. He said his party needs to "learn to be a happy party." What did he mean by that, and what other advice did he have?

In addition to Gingrich, we'll be joined by two other people who were staples of our pre-election coverage: former Romney Senior Adviser Kevin Madden and Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter

And, a look at all of that and some of the other news this week, including Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's announcement allowing women in combat zones, with the New York Times' David Sanger and the Washington Post's David Ignatius

CBS 60 Minutes
http://www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/
The President and the Secretary of State - President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton appear in their first joint interview when they speak together to Steve Kroft.

Preview Link
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50139754n

The Fall of Lance Armstrong - He confessed to doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey last week, but U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart, says the evidence proves Lance Armstrong withheld the truth and lied to Winfrey on key issues. Tygart tells Scott Pelley that if the disgraced cyclist wants his lifetime ban lifted, he will have to tell all.

ABC This Week
Sen. John McCain and Sen. Robert Menendez speak to ABC News Chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz, Sunday on "This Week."

Following President Obama's final inaugural address, what priorities will drive his second term agenda? Can he work with Congress on difficult issues from immigration reform to the battles over the budget, or will Washington gridlock continue?

Will the Senate be a roadblock to any of President Obama's cabinet nominees, including an expected fight next week over Defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel? And after outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced off with Congress on Benghazi, what questions remain about the deadly attack – and what's in store for Clinton's political future?

Then, the powerhouse roundtable debates all the week's politics, with ABC News' George Will; Rep. David Schweikert R-Ariz.; Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile; NPR "Morning Edition" host Steve Inskeep; and New Republic owner and publisher Chris Hughes,who interviewed President Obama for an Oval Office exclusive hitting newsstands next week .

Plus, "Zero Dark Thirty" screenwriter and producer Mark Boal and Atlantic national correspondent Mark Bowden, best-selling author of "Blackhawk Down," discuss the controversy over the Oscar-nominated film's depiction of so-called enhanced interrogation in the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

Meet the Press
This Sunday on "Meet the Press," the former Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Rep. Paul Ryan sits down exclusively with David Gregory for his first live interview since the election. He'll weigh in on the upcoming spending battles, where he'll be an influential voice as chairman of the House Budget Committee. Plus: His take on the future of the Republican party as President Obama begins his second term.

President Obama called for action in his inaugural address but how much of his agenda will get through a politically-charged Washington? How will the upcoming budget fights affect his second term? Plus, after a facing tough questions on Capitol Hill about what happened in Benghazi, what lies ahead for Hillary Clinton as she departs? Our roundtable weighs in: Incoming President of the Heritage Foundation, former Senator Jim DeMint President and CEO of the NAACP Ben Jealous; Washington Post Associate Editor Bob Woodward; NBC’s Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell; and NBC News Special Correspondent Ted Koppel .

Fox News Sunday
After a busy week on the Hill, Sen. Bob Corker and Sen. Dick Durbin Majority Whip are stopping by Fox News Sunday for an exclusive interview about the Benghazi hearing and Kerry appointment. Plus, we'll look ahead to Pres. Obama's second term.

Col. (Ret.) Martha McSally, U.S. Air Force and Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin, U.S Army join Fox News Sunday to talk about the Pentagon’s historic announcement allowing women to serve in combat.

CNN State of The Union
On State of the Union, we’ll look at the Pentagon’s decision to lift its ban on women in combat, and North Africa as a breeding ground for militants who threaten the U.S. with retired Gens. Stanley McChrystal and Michael Hayden

Then, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) on her push to ban assault weapons and the Algeria terrorist attack.

Plus, the Republican Party’s new outreach to minorities with Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Saratoga Springs, Utah Mayor Mia Love and former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez

Fareed Zakaria GPS
On GPS this week, a special hour of discussion from the World Economic Forum that has been taking place in Davos, Switzerland.
King Abdullah, II, Jordan. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Russia.
First up, a GPS exclusive with the King of Jordan: will fresh elections quell months of public discontent? Fareed explores the implications for the region.

Also on the show, a 1-on-1 with Dmitry Medvedev in which Russia’s prime minister addresses the question of a potential new Cold War between his country and the United States, corruption and Moscow’s role in Syria’s civil war.

“From the outset, the Russian Federation was not an exclusive ally of Syria or President Assad. We had good relations with his father and him, but he had much closer allies among the European states,” Medvedev says. “We never said that our goal was to preserve the current political regime, or making sure that President Assad stays in power. That decision has to be made by the Syrian people.”

And in What in the World, the Algerian hostage crisis: sign of a grave new terror threat?

Melissa Harris Perry Show
Weekends, 10am-12pm ET
We will discuss environmental justice & the upcoming budget battle.

Up w/Chris Hayes
Libya fallout, Clinton’s legacy, Guantanamo
On Sunday’s Up w/ Chris Hayes, we’ll talk about the conflict in Mali and the Congressional hearings into the attacks in Benghazi, and examine whether the violence in Mali is fallout from the intervention in Libya and the broader Arab Spring. Then we’ll turn to the broader legacy of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. Few would dispute that Clinton has worked as hard as, if not harder than, any of her predecessors. But what are the concrete policies and achievements of her tenure? And can she fairly be regarded as one of the most influential secretaries of state in history? Plus: Four years after President Obama took office and pledged to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, it remains open. We’ll examine the human rights record of the Obama administration in the context of its national security policies.

Joining Chris Sunday at 8 AM ET on MSNBC will be:

Ambassador Swanee Hunt, the former ambassador to Austria from 1993 to 1997, now the Elizabeth Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Robin Wright (@wrightr), joint fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center, author of “Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World.”

Horace Campbell, professor of African politics, African-American studies and political science at Syracuse University, author of “Pan Africanism, Pan Africanists, and African Liberation in the 21st Century.”

Joshua Trevino (@jstrevino), vice president of external public relations at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Vince Warren (@VinceWarren), executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights.

Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, author of “Ending the Iraq War.”

Adam Serwer (@AdamSerwer), reporter and blogger for Mother Jones.

The Chris Matthews Show
Clinton and Biden 2016 prospects; Inaugural address: Chuck Todd, NBC; Kathleen Parker, the Washington Post; Kelly O'Donnell, NBC; Chris Frates, National Journal.

Univision's Al Punto
Larry Pratt, executive director, Gun Owners of America
Rep. Juan Vargas (D-Calif)
Rep. Joe Garcia (D-Fla.)

C-SPAN's "Newsmakers,"
Sen. James Inhofe

Bloomberg's Political Capital
Haley Barbour

Washington Watch on TV One
Former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis

C-Span's Washington Journal
This Sunday’s Washington Journal will be devoted solely to the topic of our nation’s Governors: their role on the national stage and the budgetary and public policy issues they face in the coming year.

We will solicit opinions from viewers about what they think are the most pressing issues facing their states, illustrate those issues by using clips from several recent State of the State addresses that have aired throughout the month on C-SPAN, and add facts and figures about Governors.

We will also speak to an expert from the Pew Center on the States about how Governors and state governments plan to tackle these tough issues and the relationship between the states and the federal government.

7:00am -Phones

7:20am -On the Phone: Mary Ellen Klas, Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau Chief
Topic: Guest will talk about the top issues in Florida and the priorities Republican Governor Rick Scott plans to push in 2013. She’ll talk about the economy, health care, immigration, and Gov. Scott’s recent announcement that he wants Florida teachers to receive a pay raise.

7:40 am-On the Phone: Amanda Vinicky, WUIS Statehouse Bureau Chief
Topic: Guest will explain the political dynamics and issues in Illinois. She’ll talk about the budget problems pensions are causing Illinois, education funding, taxes, and social issues such as gay marriage and gun control.

8:00am-Josh Goodman, Pew Center on the States Stateline Staff Writer
Topic: Guest will provide an overview of what America’s states are facing. He’ll touch on their economic situation, budgets, legislative priorities, social issues and political dynamics. He’ll talk about trends in economic turnarounds, regional connections, and the states’ relationships with the federal government.

9:15 am-On the Phone: Cameron Joeseph, The Hill Reporter
Topic: Guest will talk about the governors, both Republicans and Democrats, who are immerging as political forces leading up to the 2016 presidential contest

Reliable Sources
Coverage of Manti T'eo and Lance Armstrong; gun control: Bob Costas. Inauguration coverage: Clarence Page, the Chicago Tribune; David Frum. Jill Kelley's interview: Amy Argetsinger, the Washington Post.

Sunday Breakfast Menu
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/26/sunday-breakfast-menu-jan-27/