Sunday Talk Shows

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Meet the Press
The National Rifle Association remained defiant amid calls for more gun restrictions in the wake of the Newtown tragedy, calling instead for armed guards in American schools. In his first interview since the shooting, the head of the NRA, Wayne LaPierre, goes one-on-one with David Gregory to answer the tough questions.

The debate over guns and violence in America is poised to take center stage in the new Congress and a deal to avert the fiscal cliff remains elusive for leaders in Washington. We’ll talk with two party leaders on these issues to see what prospects there are for compromise moving forward.

Senator Chuck Schumer and Senator Lindsey Graham

Our Political Roundtable examines the political calculus of compromise on the big issues ahead for Washington including the fiscal cliff and gun control. How will the last month of 2012 set the tone for 2013? Plus, the president taps Senator John Kerry to replace Secretary Clinton at the State Department. Who will he pick to fill out the rest of his national security team?

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Harold Ford, Jr., and NBC’s Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd

CBS Face the Nation
The future of gun control with NRA President David Keene, Sen.Kay Bailey Hutchison and Sen. Mark Warner

Plus, a conversation with Senator-designate Rep. Tim Scott
And, an interview with actor Ben Affleck about his work with the Eastern Congo Initiative.

(DU post worth reading from Joe Bacon on David Keene's son
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022056316)

CBS 60 Minutes
60 Minutes Presents: "An Evening of Music," a special hour devoted to vocal artists

The Year of Adele - Anderson Cooper talks to British singing-sensation Adele about her success and the vocal cord surgery that saved her voice.

Rodriguez - Singer-songwriter Rodriguez emerged from 40 years of obscurity to become a star, thanks to a film about him and legions of fans in South Africa he never knew he had.

Taylor Swift - She writes and sings all her own songs, sells millions of records and she's just 23 years old.

ABC This Week
This Sunday, "This Week" covers the renewed debate over gun violence, the latest setback in the fiscal cliff stalemate, and Sen. John Kerry's nomination as secretary of state.

One week after 20 children and 6 adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, the nation is searching for answers on how to prevent future violence. But following the NRA's defiant press conference Friday, can supporters and opponents of gun control find any middle ground on measures aimed at reducing gun violence? Will President Obama's new task force produce tangible results in the coming weeks?

Former congressman and DEA Administrator Asa Hutchinson, the head of the NRA's National School Shield Program speak to George Stephanopoulos, Sunday on "This Week."

Then, following House Speaker John Boehner's stinging failure to win Republican backing for his "Plan B" option, the stalemated fiscal cliff talks seem more uncertain than ever. As Congress leaves Washington for the Christmas holiday, is there any path forward to salvage a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff? How would failure to reach a compromise impact the fragile economy? And can Democrats and Republicans in Washington come together in the new year on efforts to reduce gun violence?

George Stephanopoulos speaks to Sen. Johnny Isakson and Sen. Amy Klobuchar on the latest on the fiscal cliff talks and the debate over gun violence, only on "This Week."

Plus, the "This Week" powerhouse roundtable debates all the week's politics, with Newark Mayor Cory Booker; Americans for Tax Reform President and NRA board member Grover Norquist; political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd; Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan; and WashingtonPost.com columnist and Editor and Publisher of The Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel

Sarah Brady, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

Fox News Sunday
With no fiscal cliff deal in Washington, Sen. John Barrasso Chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee and Sen. Kent Conrad Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee sit down for an exclusive talk on Fox News Sunday.

Founder and Senior Pastor of Saddleback Church Rick Warren joins Fox News Sunday during this holiday season. It's been a decade since the best-seller, "The Purpose Driven Life," hit bookshelves and Pastor Warren continues to share his message.

CNN State of The Union
House Speaker John Boehner's civil war. The two sides of the fiscal cliff showdown within the Republican Party with Congressmen Steven LaTourette and Mick Mulvaney

Plus- a culture of violence – with Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman

And the NRA breaks its silence with a plan to keep schools safe. We have their point man, Asa Hutchinson

Then the politics of it all with USA Today Wshington Bureau Chief Susan Page, CNN Senior Political Analyst Ron Brownstein, and Time's Washington Bureau Chief Michael Duffy

Fareed Zakaria GPS
This week on GPS, Fareed looks beyond the fiscal cliff and discusses what might be in store for the American economy in 2013 with economists Glenn Hubbard and Peter Orszag, and commentators Zanny Minton Beddoes and Chrystia Freeland

And in What in the World: “Mexico's GDP is expected to grow by nearly 4 percent this year - twice as fast as Brazil and America. It is riding a manufacturing boom: Mexico is now the world's fourth biggest producer of cars. Starting next year, new taxis in New York City will carry a ‘made in Mexico’ label. Mexico is also the world's top producer of flat screen TVs. In fact, Mexico exports more manufactured products than the rest of Latin America put together.”

Up w/Chris Hayes
Boehner’s deficit ‘Plan B’ blows up, South Carolina’s Tim Scott and the Tea Party, what gun control laws should look like

On Sunday’s Up w/ Chris Hayes, we’ll examine the implosion of the “fiscal curb” talks, with House Speaker John Boehner walking away from President Obama’s latest offer and the possibility of Social Security cuts in a long-term deficit deal. We’ll also discuss the future of gun control legislation with two mayors who have called for tough new laws to curb the spread of illegal guns. And we’ll examine the rise of South Carolina’s Tim Scott, who is set to become the first black senator from the South since Reconstruction

Joining Chris on Sunday at 8 AM ET on MSNBC will be:

Former Governor James Florio (D-NJ), Adjunct Professor of Public Policy and Administration at Rutgers University

Mayor Kasim Reed (D-Atlanta, GA)

Mayor Michael Nutter (D-Philadelpha, PA)

Dylan Glenn Senior Vice President of Guggenheim Advisors and former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush

Heidi Moore Finance and Economics Editor for The Guardian newspaper

Kevin Alexander Gray Contributing Editor to Black News and Contributing Writer to CounterPunch and Black Agenda Report

Maya Wiley Founder and President of the Center for Social Inclusion

Dean Baker Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research

Rebecca Peters international arms control advocate who led the campaign to reform Australia’s gun laws after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.

The Chris Matthews Show
Annual political awards.

C-SPAN's "Newsmakers,"
Incoming ranking member, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel

Bloomberg's Political Capital
Rep. Kevin Brady

C-Span's Washington Journal
7:00am -Phones

7:45am -Stan Collender, Qorvis Communications Financial Communications National Director and Roll Call “Fiscal Fitness” Columnist, and Joshua Gordon Concord Coalition Policy Director

Topic: Guests will share and react to the latest news to come out of the so-called “fiscal cliff” negotiations and gauge what can get done before the end of the year. They’ll dig into the policy options on the table and what they could mean for 2013.

8:45 am-Glenn Thrush, Co-Author, “The End of the Line” and Politico Senior White House Reporter, and Jonathan Martin, Co-Author, “The End of the Line” and Politico Senior Political Writer.

Topic: The authors of the newly released POLITICO ebook "The End of the Line: Romney vs. Obama the 34 days that decided the election," senior White House reporter Glenn Thrush and senior political reporter Jonathan Martin will discuss the final days of campaign 2012 and what was going on inside the Obama and Romney campaigns during the lead up to Election day.

Reliable Sources
Sandy Hook shooting, gun control; new film "Zero Dark Thirty."

Sunday Breakfast Menu
Just over a week since a massacre at a Connecticut elementary school left 26 dead, the debate over how to prevent future shootings continues. Following the National Rifle Association’s announcement Friday of a new initiative to put an armed guard in every school, N.R.A. officials will join the Sunday shows to talk about the proposal.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/sunday-breakfast-menu-dec-23/?partner=rss&emc=rss

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1. "Wayne LaPierre, goes one-on-one with David Gregory to answer the tough questions."

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2. David Gregory and tough questions

in the same sentence? I call that an oxymoron.

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3. Thanks cal04

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4. K & R Thank you, cal04!

Don't know about anyone else, but I really can't watch any more about guns.

Oh, surprise... Peggy Noonan is back....

"60 Minutes" sounds like a repeat. Those stories seem familiar.

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5. thanks....