Guest Lineups For The Sunday News Shows
• CBS' Face the Nation: The program will discuss immigration, terrorism and the 2016 presidential race with Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who has formed a political action committee to explore a run. Former secretary of State James Baker will join the show to talk about the latest on the Islamic State, the new leadership in Saudi Arabia, and President Obama's handling of foreign policy. Face the Nation will have a political round table featuring Peggy Noonan of The Wall Street Journal, Mark Leibovich of The New York Times Magazine, CBS News Political Director John Dickerson, former Obama adviser Stephanie Cutter and Republican strategist Phil Musser. Finally, with Super Bowl XLIX Sunday, CBS News Correspondent Jan Crawford and CBS Sports' James Brown will talk about the big game.
• NBC's Meet the Press will interview Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., chairman of the influential House Ways and Means Committee, who is expected to play a key role in bridging the divide between the GOP-led Congress and the White House on issues such as tax policy and trade. Ryan will discuss the decision by Romney, his former running mate in 2012, to withdraw from the race and what it means for the GOP field. The program will talk about foreign affairs with former secretary of Defense Robert Gates and concussions in football with a former player and DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association. This week's political panel will welcome the Today show's Savannah Guthrie; Mark Halperin, managing editor with Bloomberg Politics; Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's Mad Money; and Kathleen Parker, a columnist with TheWashington Post.
• ABC's This Week: The show will sit down with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to discuss the possibility of a 2016 presidential bid by him for the GOP. This Week will include a political round table to discuss the week in politics, with ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, ESPN columnist and CNN contributor LZ Granderson, PBS "NewsHour" co-host and managing editor Gwen Ifill, and National Review editor Rich Lowry.
•Fox News Sunday: The program will delve into the role of the United States in the Middle East. The former head of U.S. Central Command, retired general James Mattis, told the Senate Armed Services Committee recently that the area was a "region erupting in crises." Fox News Sunday will welcome Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R- N.H., who led the Senate hearing; retired four-star general Jack Keane, who testified; and former Special Middle East coordinator, Ambassador Dennis Ross. They will discuss the fight against the Islamic State, the release of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, the fall of Yemen, the Iranian threat and President Obama's handling of these issues.
• CNN's State of the Union: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., joins the show to talk about Romney, Sarah Palin and the divide between Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel. Mike Huckabee tells why he thinks he can win a 2016 White House run. Dan Balz, a Washington Post correspondent; Kevin Madden, who served as a senior adviser to Romney's 2012 campaign; and Democratic strategist Donna Brazile size up the 2016 presidential race. In addition, reporter Rachel Nichols and NFL Hall of Famer Lynn Swann discuss Super Bowl 49 and the cloud hanging over this year's game.
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