Tag: Punting the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition

“Punting the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important.

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The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Up with Chris Hayes is preempted for NBC’s coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Chris will return next week.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: This Week’s gusts are  Obama campaign senior adviser David Axelrod and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.

The roundtable debates Romney’s vice presidential pick and all the week’s politics, with ABC News’ Cokie Roberts, former Vermont Governor and founder of Democracy for America Howard Dean, Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Editor Paul Gigot, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, host of Current TV’s “The Gavin Newsom Show,” and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guests are Senior Advisor to the Romney Campaign Eric Fehrnstrom and Obama Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter; and Newt Gingrich.

Roundtable analysis from The Washington Post‘s Ruth Marcus, The Week‘s Bob Shrum, The Daily Beast‘s David Frum, The Washington Post‘s Michael Gerson and POLITICO‘s Roger Simon.

The Chris Matthews Show: The Chris Matthews Show is preempted for NBC’s coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: A special edition of  MTP’s with guests: RNC Chairman and fellow Wisconsinite, Reince Priebus and Governor of Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin, Scott Walker. The discussion continues on the roundtable with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow; NBC’s Chief White House Correspondent and Political Director Chuck Todd; Editor of the National Review, Rich Lowry; the Washington Post‘s Dan Balz, and author and radio talk show host Bill Bennett, for whom Ryan was a speechwriter while Bennett was Secretary of Education.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowley’s guests are Senator John Thune (R-SD);  Senior Advisers to both campaigns – David Axelrod and Ed Gillespie.

“Punting the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important.

Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on the link and you can access all the past “Punting the Pundits”.

Follow us on Twitter @StarsHollowGzt

The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Up with Chris Hayes is postponed for coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: This Sunday’s guests are Democratic National Committee chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus.

The roundtable will debate the latest jobs report and all the week’s politics, with ABC News’ George Will, ABC News senior political correspondent Jonathan Karl, conservative commentator Ann Coulter, former Obama White House environmental adviser Van Jones, and former Counselor to the Treasury Secretary and Lead Auto Adviser Steven Rattner.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Joining Mr. Schieffer will be TIME Magazine‘s Michael Crowley, Bloomberg‘s Julianna Goldman, CBS News Political Correspondent Jan Crawford and CBS News Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes.

The Chris Matthews Show: This Chris Matthews Show is postponed for coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: Meet the Press is postponed for coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: This Sunday Ms. Crowley’s guests are Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Obama Campaign Senior Adviser Robert Gibbs; BET Founder Bob Johnson; former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina; CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash; and Peter Baker of the New York Times.

“Punting the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important.

Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on the link and you can access all the past “Punting the Pundits”.

Follow us on Twitter @StarsHollowGzt

The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Up with Chris Hayes is preempted for the coverage of the XXX  Olympiad

This Week with George Stephanopolis: This Sunday, Obama campaign senior adviser Robert Gibbs squares off with Romney campaign senior adviser Kevin Madden in an exclusive “This Week” debate on the latest in the 2012 presidential contest.

The roundtable debates all the week’s politics, with ABC News’ George Will; Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile; Yahoo! News Washington bureau chief David Chalian, radio host and Brietbart.com contributing editor Dana Loesch, and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus.

ABC News senior political correspondent Jonathan Karl speaks exclusively to former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Joining Mr. Schieffer are former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor discussing her thoughts on today’s Supreme Court; and DNC Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz talks about Campaign 2012 latest.

The Chris Matthews Show: The Chris Matthews Show is preempted for coverage of the XXX Olympiad

Meet the Press with David Gregory: Meet the Press is preempted for the coverage of the XXX  Olympiad

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowley’s guests this Sunday are Romney campaign surrogate Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Democratic Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL);  Ken Goldstein, President of Kantar Media/CMAG, Ron Brownstein, CNN’s Senior Political Analyst and Michael Scherer of Time Magazine.

“Punting the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important.

Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on the link and you can access all the past “Punting the Pundits”.

Follow us on Twitter @StarsHollowGzt

The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Joining Chris at the table will be: Gary Gensler (@cftc), chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission since May 2009. Gensler previously served as the under-secretary of domestic finance at the Treasury Department; Bryn Bird, second-generation farmer in Granville, Ohio at Bird’s Haven Farms.  She is also a field outreach coordinator for Rural Coalition; Akil Hashem (@AkilHashem), retired brigadier general who served in the Syrian army for 27 years (1962-1989); Col. Jack Jacobs (@ColJackJacobs), Medal of Honor recipient, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and military analyst for MSNBC; Stacy-Marie Ishmael (@s_m_i), adjunct professor at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, former editor of “FT Tilt;” Josh Barro (@jbarro), contributor to Forbes.com with “The Barrometer;” Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, author of “Breaking the Sound Barrier,” and syndicated columnist for King Features; and Sarab Al-Jijakli, member of the Syrian Expatriates Organization and co-founder of the National Alliance for Syria.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper joins George Stephanopoulos to discuss the latest information on the shooting, and how his state and the Aurora community are coping with the tragedy.

The roundtable examines the violence in Aurora, with former Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, author of the new book “A Nation of Wusses,” ABC News’ George Will, ABC News’ Cokie Roberts, TIME Magazine political columnist Joe Klein, and The Washington Post‘s Jennifer Rubin.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guests are Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper; Aurora mayor Steve Hogan; Rep. Earl Perlmutter; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests are Dan Rather, HDNet Global Correspondent; David Ignatius, The Washington Post Columnist; Gloria Borger, CNN Senior Political Analyst; and Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post Columnist.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: This Sunday’s MTP guests are Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D); former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, former chief of police for the Los Angeles Police Department William Bratton, and gun-control advocate Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY).

The roundtable guests are New York Times columnist David Brooks, former DC public schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, former senior adviser to the 2004 Kerry presidential campaign, Bob Shrum, and former senior strategist to the 2008 McCain presidential campaign, Steve Schmidt.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowley’s guests are Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D);  Senator John McCain (R-AZ); Virginia Senate Candidates Republican George Allen and Democrat Tim Kaine.

“Punting the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important.

Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on the link and you can access all the past “Punting the Pundits”.

Follow us on Twitter @StarsHollowGzt

The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Joining Chris tomorrow are: Edward Conard, former partner at Bain Capital from 1993-2007 and author of “Unintended Consequences: Why Everything You’ve Been Told About the Economy is Wrong;” Alexis Goldstein (@alexisgoldstein), Occupy Wall Street activist and former vice president of information technology at Merrill Lynch; William Black, associate professor of economic and law at University of Missouri-Kansas City and author of “The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry;” Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, Communications Director for Latino Decisions and visiting scholar at University of Texas-Austin; Dedrick Muhammad, senior economic director of NAACP; Alyona Minkovski (@thealyonashow), host “The Alyona Show” on RT, the first Russian 24/7 English-language news channel; and Stephen Carter, law professor at Yale University and Bloomberg View Columnist. Author of “The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln.”

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Guests are Chicago mayor and former Obama White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and Romney supporter and potential vice presidential nominee Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH; James Carville and Mary Matalin join the “This Week” powerhouse roundtable along with ABC News’ George Will, Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile; and political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guests are Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI); Obama for America Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter and Senior Advisor to the Romney Campaign Kevin Madden. Joining him on the economic roundtable are Mark Zandi of Moody’s Analytics, TIME‘s Rana Foroohar, National Review‘s John Fund, and former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich and on the political panel are New York Magazine‘s Frank Rich, Washington Post‘s Michael Gerson, as well as CBS News’s Norah O’Donnell and John Dickerson.

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests are Joe Klein, TIME columnist; S. E. Cupp, NY Daily News columnist; Katty Kay, BBC Washington Correspondent; and Howard Fineman, The Huffington Post Senior Political Editor.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: MTP guest are Mitt Romney’s senior adviser, Ed Gillespie; Assistant Democratic Leader Sen. Dick Durbin (IL) and Assistant Republican Leader Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ); and Bob Costas of NBC Sports.

The political roundtable guest are president of Americans for Tax Reform Grover Norquist; NAACP President Ben Jealous; GOP strategist Mike Murphy; Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen; and the Washington Post‘s Bob Woodward.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Joining Ms. Crowley this week are Romney Senior Campaign Adviser Ed Gillespie and Obama Senior Campaign Adviser David Axelrod; Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick; and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack;

Or instead of listening to the same old babble, you can join ek hornbeck and I for the Live Blog of Le Tour de France 2012 as the bikers ride into the Pyrenees. Even if you don’t like cycling or sports the visuals are magnificent

“Punting the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important.

Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on the link and you can access all the past “Punting the Pundits”.

Follow us on Twitter @StarsHollowGzt

The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Joining Chris at 8 AM ET will be: Bill McKibben (@billmckibben), author of “Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet” and founder of 350.org, a global grassroots environmental movement to solve the climate crisis; Eric Klinenberg (@EricKlinenberg), professor of sociology at New York University and author of “Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago“; Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, authors of “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism.” Mann is senior fellow for governance studies and the W. Averell Harriman Chair at the Brookings Institution. Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh), MSNBC political analyst and Salon’s editor-at-large; Esther Armah (@estherarmah), playwright and author, host of “Wake Up Call” on WBAI-FM; and Stephen Moore, Wall Street Journal editorial board senior economics writer, and the former president of the Club for Growth.

The Melissa Harris-Perry Show: Guest list was not announced at this time.

This Week with George Stephanopolis:”Nightline” co-anchor Terry Moran hosts “This Week” Sunday, as Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal face off in a “This Week” debate on the economy and the 2012 election.

The roundtable debates all the week’s politics, with ABC News’ George Will; Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, author of the new book “Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent;” PBS’ “Washington Week” moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill; former Counselor to the Treasury Secretary and Obama administration Lead Auto Adviser Steven Rattner; and Mort Zuckerman, editor in chief of U.S. News & World Report.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guest are Assistant Majority Leader Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, former Chairman of the RNC; Historian and author Doris Kearns Goodwin, Sports Illustrated‘s Frank Deford, MLB TV’s Harold Reynolds and ESPN’s Jayson Stark.

The political roundtable guests are CBS News political correspondent Jan Crawford, Chief White House Correspondent Norah O’Donnell and Political Director John Dickerson.

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests are Joe Klein, TIME Columnist: S. E. Cupp, NY Daily News Columnist; Katty Kay, BBC Washington Correspondent; and Howard Fineman, The Huffington Post Senior Political Editor.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: Meet the Press will not air Sunday, July 8 due to NBC Sports coverage of the Tour de France. Instead, join ek hornbeck and I for the Live Blog of Le Tour Stage 8 here at The Stars Hollow Gazette

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowleys guest this Sunday are Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-SC); Obama Campaign Senior Adviser Robert Gibbs; former CBO director Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Mark Zandi, Chief Economist for Moody’s Analytics; and former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley.

“Punting the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important.

Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on the link and you can access all the past “Punting the Pundits”.

Follow us on Twitter @StarsHollowGzt

The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Joining Chris at 8AM ET will be: Gov. Brian Schweitzer (@brianschweitzer), Democrat of Montana; Rep. Peter Welch, Democrat of Vermont and member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee; Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, Republican and co-architect of Arizona’s controversial immigration statute, SB 1070; Heather McGhee (@hmcghee), vice president of policy and research at the progressive think tank Demos; Maria Hinojosa (@Maria_Hinojosa), anchor of NPR’s Latino USA and president of Futuro Media Group; and Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald), former Constitutional and civil rights litigator, contributor at Salon.com.

The Melissa Harris-Perry Show: The guest list was not announced.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: This Week’s guests are Vicki Kennedy, the widow of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy; White House chief of staff Jack Lew and House Budget Committee chair Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

The roundtable debates the Supreme Court’s key health care and immigration decisions and all the week’s politics, with Keith Olbermann, ABC News’ George Will, Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile, former Rep. Artur Davis, and “Nightline” co-anchor Terry Moran, who covers the Supreme Court for ABC News.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guests are Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.; , Gov. Martin O’Malley, D-Md., and Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wisc.

The roundtable breaks down the political and legal implications of this week’s Supreme Court decisions: POLITICO‘s John Harris, National Journal‘s Major Garrett, CBS News’ John Dickerson and Jan Crawford.

The Chris Matthews Show: This Week’s Guests Joan Biskupic, Reuters Supreme Court Correspondent; John Heilemann, New York Magazine National Political Correspondent; Katty Kay, BBC Washington Correspondent; and Pete Williams, NBC News Justice Correspondent.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: MTP’s guests are House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); Obama supporter former Gov. Howard Dean (D-VT) and Romney Supporter Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA).

The roundtable guests are NBC’s Savannah Guthrie and Chuck Todd; Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson; and the National Review‘s Rich Lowry.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: The SoU’s guests this Sunday are Jack Lew, President Obama’s Chief of Staff; Jennifer Granholm, the former Michigan Governor; Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett Packard CEO; CNN”s White House Correspondent Dan Lothian, and USA Today‘s Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page; and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper.

“Punting the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important.

Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on the link and you can access all the past “Punting the Pundits”.

Follow us on Twitter @StarsHollowGzt

The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: No guest list announced at this time. Still worth watching.

The Melissa Harris-Perry Show: No guest list announced at this time.

This Week with George Stephanopolis Jake Tapper is sitting this week. His guests are Rep. Darell Issa (R-CA); and the guests on the roundtable are Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA); Democratic strategist Hillary Rosen; Major Garrett of the National Journal; Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal; and ABC’s George Will.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Former presidential candidate and border-state Governor, Rick Perry (R-TX), and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a key Obama Campaign surrogate will discuss immigration with Mr. Schieffer. Also, Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will talk about being on the road with the Romney campaign; and Stephanie Cutter, Obama’s Deputy Campaign Manager and Eric Fehrnstrom, a Senior Advisor to the Romney Campaign. The roundtable  will at all things political with guests TIME Magazine’s Joe Klein, The Washington Post‘s Dan Balz and CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell and John Dickerson.

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests Liz Marlantes, The Christian Science Monitor; David Ignatius, The Washington Post Columnist; Howard Fineman, The Huffington Post Senior Political Editor; and Kelly O’Donnell, NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: MTP will have an exclusive interview with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL); Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) will join roundtable guests Former Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM); POLITICO’s Senior Political Reporter Jonathan Martin; and NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: This Sunday’s guests are Romney campaign senior adviser, Ed Gillespie; former Bush Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL); Susan Page of USA Today, and Peter Baker of The New York Times.

“Punting the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important.

Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on the link and you can access all the past “Punting the Pundits”.

Follow us on Twitter @StarsHollowGzt

The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Chris announced that two of his guests would be Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Rolling Stone contributor Michael Hastings.

The Melissa Harris-Perry Show: The list of guests was not available.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Sunday’s guests are White House senior adviser David Plouffe.

The roundtable debates all the week’s politics, with Romney national campaign co-chair and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, ABC News’ George Will, political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, former Obama economic adviser and ABC News consultant Austan Goolsbee, and editor and publisher of The Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Mr. Schieffer’s guests are former Vermont Governor and 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidate Howard Dean and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC),

His roundtable guests are The Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan, National Review & TIME Magazine’s Richard Lowry, CBS News Political Correspondent Jan Crawford and CBS News Political Director John Dickerson

The Chris Matthews Show: This week’s guests Liz Marlantes, The Christian Science Monitor; David Ignatius, The Washington Post Columnist; Howard Fineman, The Huffington Post Senior Political Editor; and Kelly O’Donnell, NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent.

Meet the Press with David Gregory: Making appearances on MTP are White House senior adviser, David Plouffe, and the man who ran against Obama in 2008, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

The roundtable guests are associate editor at The Washington Post and author of the new biography “Barack Obama: The Story,” David Maraniss; presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin; TIME‘s Mark Halperin; Fmr. Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN); and the Wall Street Journal‘s Kim Strassel.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Guests will include White House Senior Adviser, David Plouffe; former presidential candidate Rick Santorum; Senator John Barrasso (R-WY); the Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Matt Bai of the New York Times and Jessica Yellin, CNN’s Chief White House Correspondent.

“Punting the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important.

Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on the link and you can access all the past “Punting the Pundits”.

Follow us on Twitter @StarsHollowGzt

The Sunday Talking Heads:

Up with Chris Hayes: Guests and topic information not listed.

The Melissa Harris-Perry Show: Guests and topic information not listed.

This Week with George Stephanopolis: Guests and topic information not listed.

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: On the 40th Anniversary of Watergate, the reporters who broke the story for the Washington Post, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward are guests; Gov. Martin O’Malley, D-Md., the head of the Democratic Governor’s Association; AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: the chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and from House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI).

The Chris Matthews Show: This week Mr. Matthews is joined by Katty Kay, BBC Washington Correspondent; Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Beast Editor, The Dish; Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent; and John Heilemann, New York Magazine, National Political Correspondent

Meet the Press with David Gregory: MTP will not air Sunday due to NBC Sports coverage of the French Open.

State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Ms. Crowely talks to President Obama’s Senior Campaign Adviser, David Axelrod about the race; Senator John McCain (R-AZ) on national security leaks and the latest on the ongoing crisis in Syria; the debate over the use of drones with Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA,) and Rep. Peter King (R-NY.); and finally, a reporter roundtable (no names announced) on the political news of the week.