Sunday Talk Shows.The tragedy of the Connecticut school shooting and gun control

Meet the Press
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy joins us for the latest on how his state is responding to the tragedy.

As Newtown, Connecticut recovers, the nation mourns and tries to make sense of the tragedy. Sunday we’ll convene a national conversation on Meet the Press as we address key areas of culture, violence, guns, and mental health.

What can be done to prevent these massacres and can there be a constructive conversation in this moment of national tragedy? We’ll talk exclusively with one of the country’s most outspoken gun-control advocates, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg

How do we prevent massacres like this from happening? Is there a larger societal problem? What role can political leaders, mental health experts, law enforcement, schools, and parents play? Our special conversation includes: Senator Dianne Feinstein NY Times columnist David Brooks; President of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten; Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge; Former Secretary of Education Bill Bennett; and Sociologist Michael Eric Dyson

CBS Face the Nation
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Republican of Texas, will appear on CBS’s “Face the Nation” with Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, to discuss whether Congress should take up the issue of gun regulation now.

Roundtable: The politics of gun control
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence President Dan Gross, LeHigh University's James Peterson, The Daily Beast's David Frum and The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, and on the state of gun control laws in the U.S., and whether there's a culture of violence.

CBS 60 Minutes
Newtown - Scott Pelley reports the latest details on the Connecticut elementary school massacre and talks to the school's nurse who survived it despite seeing the shooter. He will also interview former U.S. Secret Service members who have studied assassins and school shooters and will try to explain the mindset of the alleged gunman, Adam Lanza.

Costa Concordia - When the 951-ft.-long luxury liner hit a rock 11 months ago off the Italian Coast, it was the biggest passenger ship ever to capsize. Now, the salvage operation to float and tow away the huge vessel is the biggest maritime salvage operation ever undertaken.

Judd Apatow - Anderson Cooper profiles the comedy filmmaker behind such irreverent hits as "Knocked Up" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin."

ABC This Week
Sunday on a special edition of "This Week," George Stephanopoulos covers the latest developments in the devastating mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut

Details continue to emerge after a lone gunman opened fire Friday morning at an elementary school in Newtown, CT, killing 20 children and 6 adults. On Sunday morning, "This Week" brings the latest reporting and analysis from the ABC News team covering the investigation and aftermath in Newtown, including live reports from the scene of the deadly shooting.

Top Connecticut political officials, including Gov. Dan Malloy, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Sen.-Elect Chris Murphy, and Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra join George Stephanopoulos to discuss the latest on the shooting investigation, and how the Connecticut and Newtown community are coping with the tragedy.

Then, the "This Week" powerhouse roundtable examines the violence in Newtown, with Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, TIME Magazine political columnist Joe Klein, ABC News' George Will, and Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile

Following this latest deadly shooting, a grieving nation asks why this violence continues to happen in the U.S. Can any measures be taken to prevent mass shootings in the future? How should political leaders respond to the senseless violence? George Stephanopoulos and the powerhouse roundtable debate those questions Sunday.

Plus, ABC News Chief Health and Medical Editor Dr. Richard Besser join George Stephanopoulos to discuss how families in Newtown – especially the parents and children directly impacted – will grapple with this unprecedented violence in their community.

Fox News Sunday
The deadly elementary school shooting in Newtown, CT leaves officials and parents searching for answers. Fox News Sunday will talk with Sen. Joe Lieberman about the tragedy in his state, and also Sen. Dick Durbin about the growing issue of gun control laws.

In the wake of the Newtown, CT tragedy, many voices in Washington are calling for stricter gun control laws. Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert joins Fox News Sunday to talk about his stance that it's not guns that kill, but rather people.

CNN State of The Union
Candy Crowley will anchor “State of the Union” from Connecticut. We’ll have the latest developments on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Melissa Harris-Perry
Saturday and Sunday 10 AM

Up w/Chris Hayes
Sunday’s Guests (Dec. 16): Continuing coverage of the shooting in Newtown, the future of the Violence Against Women Act, Michigan’s new anti-union law

On Saturday’s Up w/ Chris Hayes we’ll bring you the latest news on the tragic school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. We’ll discuss the proposed renewal and expansion of the Violence Against Women Act. And we’ll examine the new anti-union law passed by Michigan’s legislature, and what it means for the future of the labor movement.

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

Goldie Taylor (@GoldieTaylor), MSNBC contributor.

Ezra Klein (@ezraklein), MSNBC Policy Analyst and Washington Post columnist.

David Sirota (@davidsirota), Author, “Back to the Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live In Now” and host of KHOW-AM’s “The Rundown with Sirota and Brown.”

Jane McAlevey, author of “Building the Labor Movement in Obama’s Second Term.”

Sarah Deer, assistant professor at William Mitchell College of Law and Citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma.

Akhil Amar, a Yale Law School Sterling Professor of law.

Peter Moskos, a former Baltimore City police officer and assistant professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

The Chris Matthews Show
Best and worst of 2012: Katty Kay, BBC; Michael Duffy, Time; Helene Cooper; Sam Donaldson

C-SPAN's "Newsmakers,"
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Bloomberg's Political Capital
Pete Sessions

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 out of the so-called “fiscal cliff” negotiations and preview the week ahead. They’ll explain the issues in play and talk about the players and their dynamics and positions.

8:45 am-Matt Kibbe, FreedomWorks President & CEO and Author of “Hostile Takeover”

Topic: Guest will discuss the latest developments in the so-called “fiscal cliff” negotiations, the structure of FreedomWorks following the departure of Co-Chairman and former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and the organization’s fundraising and goals going forward.

9:30 am-Steven Cook, Council on Foreign Relations, Middle Eastern Studies Senior Fellow and Borzou Daragahi, Financial Times Middle East Correspondent

Topic: Guest will discuss the latest on Egypt's referendum vote that took place on Saturday, what’s next for Pres. Morsi and the ongoing protest.

Reliable Sources
Full coverage of the Connecticut school shooting.

Sunday Breakfast Menu
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