Sunday Talk Shows

ABC This Week
This Sunday, "This Week" analyzes the Middle East on the brink of war, the high-stakes talks about the fiscal cliff, and the fallout from the Petraeus sex scandal and the battle over Benghazi.

Just one week after his re-election, President Obama faces a widening circle of contentious issues. Will a fresh conflict between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza escalate into a wider crisis in the region? Can the White House and Congress negotiate a compromise over cutting spending and raising taxes on the wealthy, or will the looming fiscal cliff arrive without a deal? Will there be further fallout from the sex scandal involving former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus, and did his testimony on Capitol Hill answer lingering questions over what happened in Benghazi, Libya?

In her first Sunday morning interview since the election, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi discusses the latest on the fiscal cliff negotiations following Friday's White House summit, only on "This Week." Plus, House Homeland Security Committee Chair Rep. Peter King and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin debate the Petraeus affair, the ongoing Benghazi investigation, and the surging violence in the Middle East.

Then, the "This Week" powerhouse roundtable debates all the week's politics, with House Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and ABC News' George Will, Donna Brazile and Jonathan Karl

As talks on the fiscal cliff begin, can Democrats and Republicans finally begin working together to solve the looming fiscal challenges, or will stalemate still rule Washington? Will the ongoing investigations into the Petraeus sex scandal and the attack in Benghazi impact President Obama's cabinet selections for his second term? And will violence in the Middle East grow into a wider war? The powerhouse roundtable debates those topics and more, Sunday on "This Week.

Meet the Press
Former CIA Director David Petraeus, who resigned his post because of an extra-marital affair, met with both the Senate and House Intelligence committees as part of their inquiry into the events surrounding the Sept. 11th attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya. Sunday, both intel chairs will meet the press. Joining us: Chair of the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers

As Republicans step up their calls for a Watergate-style investigation into the Sept. 11th attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya, President Obama publicly defended his U.N. Ambassador, Susan Rice, against GOP critics who have leveled sharp attacks after comments she made on this program. This Sunday, in what could be a preview of a possible Senate confirmation fight should the president nominate Rice to lead the State Department, we'll have an exclusive interview with one of the critics that the president singled out, Sen. Lindsey Graham

Our Political Roundtable makes sense of the back-and-forth in Washington this week over Benghazi, General Petraeus and the upcoming political battles on Capitol Hill, including the fiscal cliff negotiations. Insights and analysis from Rep. Raul Labrador NY Times columnist Tom Friedman fmr. White House Chief of Staff for President Clinton, John Podesta; GOP strategist Mike Murphy; and NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell

CBS Face the Nation
Sen. Olympia Snowe & Assistant Majority Leader Sen. Dick Durbin with the latest on Friday's hearings and the Benghazi investigation

Controversy over Benghazi & UN Ambassador Susan Rice
with Sen. John McCain

Reporters weigh in on Petraeus scandal. Tom Ricks, author of "The Generals," David Ignatius of the Washington Post, and CBS News' Margaret Brennan and Bob Orr

CBS 60 Minutes
The Super Cartel - 60 Minutes follows Immigration and Customs Enforcement on a three-year investigation and bust of the largest drug trafficking cartel the law has ever seen. Lara Logan reports from Colombia.

The Baby Lab - Studies at Yale are finding that infants as young as a few months old seem to know right from wrong, suggesting that morality may come built in.

The College Game - Large-scale football programs have become critical tools in a race to raise revenues, bolster images and ultimately, win championships that will attract more students and better players to universities.

Fox News Sunday
As controversy swirls around the Petraeus resignation and the Obama Administration’s handling of the deadly Benghazi terror attack, members of congress are learning more behind closed doors. Chris Wallace sits down with two senators who attended secret briefings this week, Saxby Chambliss vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and Joe Lieberman, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

Then, the Republican Party is doing some soul searching as it looks to rebound from a disappointing election day. Not everyone agrees about what went wrong and what needs to be done. In a Fox News exclusive, we’ll talk to Republican Governors, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, and Scott Walker of Wisconsin.

CNN State of The Union
Former CIA Director David Petraeus testifies before Congressional intelligence committees on the September 11th attack that left four Americans dead at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. We’ll get insights from two key members of the committee: Ranking Democrat Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), and Senator Roy Blunt

Then, a bipartisan group of congressional leaders meets with President Obama in the latest attempt to hammer out a deal on the fiscal cliff. We’ll talk to Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin and Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee Rep. Tom Price on the latest negotiations.

And, the Chairman of Mitt Romney’s Hispanic Steering Committee, Carlos Gutierrez, on why he is tired of defending his party over immigration reform.

Plus, our roundtable discussion on the escalating violence between Israel and Gaza, and the political fallout of the Benghazi investigations. Joining us are Jackie Calmes of The New York Times, Gerald Seib of The Wall Street Journal and CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr

Fareed Zakaria GPS
The presidential election; education: Bill Gates. U.S. fiscal outlook: Former Treasury secretaries Paul O'Neill and Robert Rubin

On GPS this week: fixing America’s finances. Fareed speaks with two former U.S. treasury secretaries who represent both sides of the political aisle: Robert Rubin and Paul O’Neill.

Earlier this week, writing in the New York Times, Rubin tackled the arguments surrounding the so-called fiscal cliff, the looming combination of automatic spending cuts and tax increases that kick in at the start of next year unless Republicans and Democrats in Washington can agree a deal. Can the two parties alter what Rubin describes as America’s “unsustainable and dangerous fiscal trajectory?” Hear Rubin’s take on GPS this week.

Also, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates talks about what’s wrong with American education, and how he plans to help fix it.

Melissa Harris Perry Show
Weekends, 10am-12pm ET

Up w/Chris Hayes
The resignation of Gen. David Petraeus and the surveillance state, escalating violence in Israel and Gaza, a looming Black Friday strike at Walmart

On Sunday’s Up w/ Chris Hayes, we’ll discuss the resignation of former CIA director Gen. David Petraeus, his legacy and the episode’s implications for the surveillance state. We’ll examine the escalation of violence between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in Gaza. And Chris will sit down with workers at Walmart to talk with them about their efforts to launch a unified strike on Black Friday to protest their working conditions

Joining Chris on Sunday at 8 AM ET:

Tom Ricks, author of “The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today” and senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security.

David Frum (@davidfrum), CNN Contributor.

Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman), Wired senior reporter.

Heather McGhee (@hmcghee), Demos vice president.

Tara McElvey, Newsweek/Daily Beast correspondent.

Julian Sanchez (@normative), Cato Institute research fellow.

Yousef Munayyer (@YousefMunayyer), executive director of Jerusalem Fund & the Palestine Center.

Noura Erakat (@4noura), the Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Refugee & Residency Rights.

Raymond Castillo, Warehouse Workers United member

Greg Fletcher, Walmart retail worker

The Chris Matthews Show
Dan Rather; Sam Donaldson; Katty Kay; Jodi Kantor.

Univision's Al Punto
Rep.-Elect Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Calif.)
Rep.-Elect Tony Cardenas (D-Calif.)
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)
Gutierrez

C-SPAN's "Newsmakers,"
Sen.-Elect Angus King
Tim Pawlenty

Bloomberg's Political Capital
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Sen. Rob Portman

Washington Watch on TV One
Rep. Charles Rangel, Michael Steele

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

7:45am -Carlos Gutierrez, Former Commerce Secretary, George W. Bush Administration, 2005-09 and Romney Campaign, Hispanic Steering Committee Chairman

Topic: A look at how the Republican Party should reach out to Hispanic voters following the 2012 elections and after Pres. Obama’s reelection and decisive win among Hispanics. We’ll also discuss immigration policy and efforts to achieve an agreement on the issue in the next Congress.

8:30 am-Justin Ruben, MoveOn.org, Executive Director

Topic: A look at the policy agenda and political goals of the liberal and progressive movement following the President Obama’s reelection, and Democratic gains in the House and Senate.

9:15 am-Damien Ma, Eurasia Group, China Analyst

Topic: Guest will discuss the impact of new leadership in China on US-Sino relations. Guest will also discuss the President’s trip to Asia (Sat-Tues) and the Obama administration’s second term focus on the Pacific Rim.

Reliable Sources
Coverage of the Petraeus scandal: Rajiv Chandrasakaren; Tara Mckelvey. Partisan coverage of the Petraeus scandal; President Obama's news conference: Terence Smith; Amy Holmes; Margaret Carlson. The future of the Washington Post: Marty Baron

Sunday Breakfast Menu
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