Sunday’s news shows are packed with 2016 presidential candidates, congressional leaders and Obama administration officials discussing the past week’s biggest news events and looking ahead for what may coming.
* On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” joining host Chuck Todd will be Virginia Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. Political roundtable will feature former Obama strategist David Axelrod, Republican strategist Steve Schmidt, New York Times reporter Helene Cooper and Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker. 9-10 a.m. EST.
* ABC’s “This Week” with host George Stephanopoulos will feature discussions with House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. ABC News’ Cokie Roberts will be on the political roundtable with ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, Republican strategist and ABC News contributor Ana Navarro and CNN contributor LZ Granderson. 9-10 a.m. EST.
* CBS’s “Face the Nation” hosted by retiring veteran newsman Bob Schieffer will focus on the 2016 presidential campaign, with Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and former Maryland Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley. Schieffer’s roundtable will include David Catanese of U.S. News & World Report, CBS News’ Nancy Cordes and John Dickerson, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank and American Urban Radio Network’s April Ryan. 10:30 -11:30 a.m. EST.
* Host Chris Wallace of “Fox News Sunday” will sit down with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. The political roundtable will feature Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume, the Daily Beast’s Jackie Kucinich, Fox News contributor and former Bush White House senior advisor Karl Rove, and Fox News political analyst Juan Williams. 10-11 a.m. EST.
* CNN’s “Inside Politics” with John King will include discussion among CNN’s Nia-Malika Henderson, AP’s Lisa Lerer, the New York Times Jonathan Martin and CNN’s Jeff Zeleny. 8:30 a.m. EST.
* CNN’s “State of the Union” with substitute host Jim Sciutto will lead off with Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and the panel’s top Democrat, Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland. Also appearing will be former Democratic Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia to discuss his 2016 presidential race. Joining the roundtable will be the New York Times’ Peter Baker and CNN Politics’ Sara Murray. 9-10 a.m. EST.
Mark Tapscott is executive editor of the Washington Examiner.
