Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition

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On Sunday mornings we present a preview of the guests on the morning talk shows so you can choose which ones to watch or some do something more worth your time on a Sunday morning.

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The Sunday Talking Heads:

This Week with George Stephanopolis: The guests on Sunday’s “This Week” are: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL); former CIA Director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta; and new independent presidential candidate and former CIA operative Evan McMullin.

The roundtable guests are: ABC News contributor LZ Granderson; ABC News chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl; National Review editor Rich Lowry; and USA Today senior political reporter Heidi Przybyla.

Face the Nation: Host John Dickerson’s guests are Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME); former Director of the CIA and the National Security Agency Michael Hayden; former Senator and Secretary of Defense William Cohen; the first Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge; former Pentagon official Rosa Brooks; and former Utah governor Mike Leavitt (R).

His panel guests are: TIME Magazine‘s Michael Scherer; the Washington Post‘s Michael Gerson and Dan Balz; and NPR’s Audie Cornish.

Meet the Press with Chuck Todd: MTP is preempted for the 2016 Olympic coverage from Rio.

State of the Union with Jake Tapper: Mr. Tapper’s guests are: Carlos Gutierrez, a former secretary of commerce under George W. Bush; and Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.

His panel guests are: Former SC House Rep. Bakari Sellars (D}; former Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ); Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA); and former communications director for Ted Cruz Amanda Carpenter.