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The Sunday Talking Heads:
Up with Chris Hayes: Joining Chris are: Melissa Murray, professor of law at University of California Berkeley Law School; Urvashi Vaid (@urvashivaid), director of Engaging Tradition Project at Columbia Law School’s Center for Gender & Sexuality Law; Camilla Taylor, Marriage Project Director for Lambda Legal; Dean Hara, widower of Representative Gerry Studds who was the first openly gay member of Congress, plaintiff in Gill et al. v. Office of Personnel Management et al.; Dan Savage (@fakedansavage), editorial director of The Stranger, host of Savage Love podcast, columnist of Savage Love; John Liu (@JohnLiu2013), comptroller of New York City and 2013 NYC Mayoral candidate; Bill Thompson (@BillThompsonNYC), served as comptroller of New York City from 2002-2009, 2013 NYC Mayoral candidate; Sal Albanese (@SalAlbanese2013), served as a New York City councilman from 1983-1997, 2013 NYC Mayoral candidate; and Bill De Blasio (@BilldeBlasio), New York City public advocate, 2013 NYC Mayoral candidate.
This Week with George Stephanopolis: The guests this week are former Obama 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina faces off with former Bush deputy chief of staff Karl Rove with the political roundtable guests “Nightline” co-anchor Terry Moran, who covers the Supreme Court for ABC News; Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile; and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan.
A special foreign policy roundtable discusses the president’s trip to the Middle East with panleists ABC News global affairs anchor Christiane Amanpour; Atlantic national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg; former Romney campaign senior adviser Dan Senor, co-founder of the Foreign Policy Initiative.; and Time Magazine assistant managing editor Rana Foroohar.
In the spotlight, director Alexandra Pelosi and former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey discuss their new HBO film “Fall to Grace” about McGreevey’s life and work since his controversial exit from office.
Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guests are Rep. Mike Rodgers (R-MI), Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee; New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, CBS News’ Clarissa Ward and Time Magazine‘s Bobby Ghosh for a panel discussion on the Middle East.
Baltimore Ravens Linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo and Pro-Proposition 8 lawyer Austin Nimcocks will talk about the argument before the Supreme Court on same sex marriage.
The Chris Matthews Show: Guests this week are David Ignatius, The Washington Post Columnist; Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post Columnist: Helene Cooper; The New York Times White House Correspondent; and Michael Crowley, TIME senior correspondent.
Meet the Press with David Gregory: On MTP this week the guests are New York City’s Independent Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association Wayne LaPierre.
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, who just returned from the region, for a live report on the president’s trip to the Middle East.
Then insights and analysis from the roundtable: Chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition Ralph Reed; Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen; Washington Post columnist EJ Dionne; and the New York Times’ David Brooks.
State of the Union with Candy Crowley: This Sunday, Ms. Crowley will have an exclusive interview with Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on the growing backlog of veterans claims. Governor John Hickenlooper (D-CO) joins her to discuss his signing of two landmark bills, as Colorado becomes the sixth state to legalize civil unions, and the second state to enact gun control bills in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut shootings.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris, Austin Nimocks from Alliance Defending Freedom, Republican Strategist Ana Navarro and CNN Senior Political Analyst Ron Brownstein on the Supreme Court’s decision to hear oral arguments in the challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8.
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