Sunday Talk Shows

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Meet the Press
As we approach 100 days since the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, we’ll look at the gun control debate in America. What is the proper balance between keeping public safety and personal freedom? Will the new legislation proposed in Congress make a difference in curbing gun violence in America? Two key voices on both sides of the issue join us exclusively this Sunday: New York City’s Independent Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association Wayne LaPierre
PLUS: Bloomberg's Bans - NYC Mayor Responds to Charges of Government Overreach

Same-sex Marriage & the Supreme Court
Is the tide turning for support of same-sex marriage in America? The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week on the legality of California's Proposition 8 and we’ll talk exclusively with David Boies one of the lawyers arguing for law’s repeal before the Court next week

Debating the role of Government
Our roundtable will feature a special discussion on the role of government in daily life. From guns to gay marriage, the political debate has been centered on personal freedom. Is the answer more, or less government? We’ll have insights and analysis from our 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

ABC This Week
Former Obama 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina faces off with former Bush deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, only on "This Week" Sunday.

Messina, chair of the newly-formed Organizing for Action and Rove, a Fox News contributor who helped found American Crossroads, join the "This Week" powerhouse roundtable to debate all the week's politics, including the battles in Washington over guns, immigration, and gay marriage, with "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

Then, as President Obama returns from the first overseas trip of his second term, a special foreign policy roundtable examines major challenges abroad, including the U.S. relationship with Israel and the prospects for reviving Middle East peace talks, and how the U.S. should handle the growing crisis in Syria, with 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

Plus, in this week's Sunday 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.

CBS Face the Nation
Same-sex marriage at the Court
Tony Perkins, David Frum, Austin Nimocks, Evan Wolfson & Brendon Ayanbadejo on California's Proposition 8, Defense of Marriage arguments. Rep. Mike Rogers on drones, cyber security and foreign policy hotspots

Tom Friedman of the New York Times, Bobby Ghosh of TIME Magazine, and CBS' Clarissa Ward on President Obama's trip to Israel, and challenges abroad

CBS 60 Minutes
Crackdown in Russia - Female punk protest band Pussy Riot piqued the ire of Russian authorities after they staged an anti-Putin rally in Moscow's largest cathedral. The subsequent viral video of the stunt and stiff prison sentences for some of its members made the band a cause celebre.

Blindsided - Brian Banks may yet play in the NFL. But he knows it's a longshot after spending five years in prison on a rape charge for which he was later exonerated.

The Nile Crocodile - Anderson Cooper finds out that underwater, the man-eating Nile crocodile can look graceful, even beautiful, as he swims with the dangerous predators and the wildlife filmmakers studying them.

Fox News Sunday
In a Fox News Sunday exclusive, Sen. Rand Paul sits down with Chris Wallace to talk hot topics in Congress.

It's a pivotal moment at hand for advocates of gay rights with two key same-sex marriage cases poised to be argued before the Supreme Court. We hear from gay marriage rights proponent Nicolle Wallace, Former G.W. Bush White House Communications Director; and from Gary BauerPresident of American Values, who opposes same sex marriage.

CNN State of The Union
An Exclusive interview with Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on the growing backlog of veterans claims, the high rate of unemployment among vets, and the transition for troops as they come home from war.

Colorado governor John Hickenlooper joins us 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.

Plus, 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. And, with a political ceasefire over the budget, expect Congress to tackle two big legislative priorities - immigration and guns. We’ll look at the challenges facing each, and their chances for passage.

Fareed Zakaria GPS
Forced budget cuts; deficits: Paul Krugman, Space race: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, PhD. Asia: Kishore Mahbubani

Melissa Harris Perry Show
On Sunday's show, Melissa will explore what lies beyond the marriage-equality fight for LGBTQ Americans. One fight, sadly, that still must be fought is to not be treated as if being gay, lesbian, bi, trans, queer, or anything but a cisgender heterosexual is a disease, and that it can and must be "cured."

While "gay-conversion therapy" has largely become a medical joke -- and California and New Jersey are seeking to ban it -- it still is something to which a lot of minors are and will be subjected. Read our report now on MHPshow.com.
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/03/23/although-discredited-gay-conversion-therapy-remains-an-option-for-minors/

Up w/Chris Hayes
Dan Savage, NYC Mayoral Candidates, stop-and-frisk
On Sunday’s Up w/ Chris Hayes, we’ll examine the class action lawsuit against the NYPD over its controversial policy of stopping, questioning, and frisking people on the street, a tactic known as “stop and frisk.” The trial, which began on Monday, has become a flashpoint in what is likely to be the most hotly contested political race of 2013 – the New York City mayoral race. We’ll have an entire panel of Democratic candidates for mayor here to talk about the stop and frisk trial, as well as paid sick leave, New York’s soda ban, poverty, income inequality and other issues that will play a role in both the national political discourse and the mayor’s race.
Then we’ll discuss the remarkable social and political progress on LGBT issues, and some of the major new milestones we saw this week. A new poll shows record-high approval for same-sex marriage, and even the GOP has concluded that it’s views on LGBT issues may be alienating younger voters. We’ll also examine the major constitutional issues surrounding the monumental gay rights cases that will reach the Supreme Court next week: California’s proposition 8, which bans gay marriage in that state, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

Joining Chris at 8 AM ET on MSNBC:

Melissa Murray, professor of law at University of California Berkeley Law School, author of Columbia Law Review article “Marriage as Punishment.”

Urvashi Vaid (@urvashivaid), author of “Irresistible Revolution: Confronting Race, Class & the Assumptions of LGBT Politics,” 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, co-author “How to be a Person: The Stranger’s Guide to College, Sex, Intoxicants, Tacos, and Life Itself.”

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.

Bill De Blasio (@BilldeBlasio), New York City public advocate, 2013 NYC Mayoral candidate.

Univision's Al Punto
American Conservative Union Chairman, Al Cardenas

C-SPAN's "Newsmakers,"
Sen. Tom Coburn
Jose Fernandez, assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs

Bloomberg's Political Capital
Sen. John McCain

Reliable Sources
The GOP "autopsy" report: Bill Press. Late-night television: Marisa Guthrie; Joe Concha. Life with mental illness: Annmarie Timmins. Biography of Roger Ailes: Author Zev Chafets.

C-Span's Washington Journal
On Sunday’s Washington Journal, a roundtable discussion on President Obama’s Middle East trip, analysis of the Presidential News Conference and how it has changed over the years, and an update on U.S. missile defense capabilities.

Bloomberg’s “Capitol Gains"
Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, will weigh in on the prospects for compromise in battles over the budget and immigration. Kevin Mandia, founder and chief executive of Mandiant, a cybersecurity company, will share what threats most concern him.

Telemundo’s “Enfoque”
Senator Robert Menendez , immigration reform and the investigation into the allegations made against him in the Dominican. Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, will discuss the future of his party.

The Chris Matthews Show
David Ignatius (Washington Post); Kathleen Parker (Washington Post); Helene Cooper (New York Times); Michael Crowley

Sunday Breakfast Menu
As Congress heads off for a two-week recess, the Sunday shows take a look at the fight over gun control and the scheduled Supreme Court arguments over same-sex marriage.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/sunday-breakfast-menu-march-24/

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1. What? No McCain?

Thanks for the heads up on the shows.

David Boies on MTP will be good to watch.