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Sunday news show preview

By Jon Greenberg
August 22, 2014

Every Friday PunditFact gives you the first look at the guests on the Sunday news shows. On Sunday, we see if what they said is true. You can read how they fared here or weekly in the Daily Beast.

The list is updated as shows announce their guests.

 

ABC This Week (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big guests: Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and William Lacy Clay, D-Mo.

A topic sure to be discussed:  The turmoil in Ferguson, Mo.

No. of military analysts expected: 2

The pundit panel: Bill Kristol, Peggy Noonan, David Plouffe, Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md.

 

CBS Face the Nation (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big guests: Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R- Wis.

A topic sure to be discussed: The ISIS threat

No. of military analysts expected: 1

The pundit panel: David Rhode, Nia-Malika Henderson, Susan Page

 

CNN State of the Union (9 a.m.)

Big guests: Sens. Jack Reed, D-RI, and Lindsey Graham, R-SC, and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon

Topics sure to be discussed: What it will take to defeat ISIS and the unrest in Ferguson, Mo.

No. of police chiefs expected: 3

No. of pundits expected: 0

 

Fox News Sunday (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big guest: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

A topic sure to be discussed: The ISIS threat in the Middle East

No. of military analysts expected: 0

The pundit panel: Karl Rove, Bob Woodward, Laura Ingraham, Juan Williams

 

NBC Meet the Press (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big guests: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.,Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., Missouri Governor Jay Nixon

Topics sure to be discussed: Confronting ISIS and the troubles in Ferguson, Mo.

The pundit panel: Gwen Ifill, David Ignatius, Michael Gerson, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed

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