Sunday Talk Shows

ABC This Week
As the clock ticks down to automatic spending cuts, White House economic adviser Gene Sperling and Sen. Kelly Ayotte speak to George Stephanopoulos about what comes next in the battle over the budget, Sunday on "This Week."

Can the White House and congressional leaders work to resolve the automatic budget cuts set to begin this weekend, or has compromise become impossible on Capitol Hill? Has the White House overplayed the impact of the sequester, or will real consequences soon hit the economy and American families? And what really happened in that war of words – and e-mails – between the White House and journalist Bob Woodward?

Plus, the powerhouse roundtable debates the budget showdown and all the week's politics, with ABC News' Matthew Dowd and Cokie Roberts; Democratic strategist James Carville; Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot; and Mia Love, Republican mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah.

Meet the Press
After the first face-to-face meeting between President Obama and top Congressional leaders this year, we’ll have an exclusive interview with Speaker of the House, Rep. John Boehner about the looming budget sequester and the larger question about whether Washington can break the cycle of governing through constant crisis.

The view from the White House. What responsibility does the president have to break through gridlock in Washington? Plus, what does the budget back-and-forth and the inability to get a deal mean for the rest of his legislative agenda. We’ll talk with one of the president’s top economic advisers who was in the news this week for clashing with the Washington Post’s Bob Woodward over his reporting on the administration, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling

CBS Face the Nation
Sen. John McCain ,Sen. Lindsey Graham , and Sen. Dick Durbin will appear this Sunday, March 3, on "Face the Nation," along with Cardinal Timothy Dolan and a politics roundtable with Bob Woodward, David Sanger, Rana Foroohar and John Dickerson

All this and more with our politics roundtable of Washington Post's Bob Woodward, The New York Times' David Sanger, Time Magazine's Rana Foroohar and CBS News' John Dickerson. Woodward made it clear in his book, The Price of Politics, and repeatedly since, that the sequester was the president's idea -- and the White House has pushed back on that unrelenting assertion. This week Woodward told Politico that the White House not only yelled at him for his account of sequestration's birth, but also that that administration official told him he'd "regret" the story.
Has Woodward continued his back-and-forth with the White House? What does the experience make him think of the administration as a whole?

We'll also look outside Washington at a story that's captivated the world: The resignation of Pope Benedict and the upcoming Conclave to choose his successor. Cardinal Timothy Dolan joins us as he's preparing for the Conclave. What should we expect? What exactly goes on before a Conclave begins?

CBS 60 Minutes
The Life and Death of Clay Hunt - More active duty military died last year from suicide than in combat. The number of veterans who die by their own hand is also alarmingly high. Byron Pitts reports on Clay Hunt, a Marine combat veteran who was wounded in battle and later diagnosed with PTSD and depression. Hunt tried to help other veterans struggling with illness and the experiences of war, but lost his own battle and committed suicide.

China's Real Estate Mogul - One of the richest self-made billionaire women in the world, Zhang Xin is one of China's largest developers of office space, whose boldly designed skyscrapers have created signature skylines in Beijing. Xin speaks to Lesley Stahl about her business empire, her country, and its prospects.

China's Real Estate Bubble - Real estate, especially residential, has been one of the driving forces of the hot Chinese economy. But now a bubble has been created that could lead to a debt crisis many fear could bring the world's second largest economy to a standstill.

Fox News Sunday
Mitt and Ann Romney
Scott Brown

CNN State of The Union
An Exclusive interview with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on his meeting with the President and whether Congress and the White House can come to an agreement to minimize the impact of the forced spending cuts.

White House Economic Director Gene Sperling joins us to discuss his dust-up with Bob Woodward, and on minimizing the political and economic fallout from Washington’s latest so-called “manufactured crisis.”

Speaking of lurching from crisis to crisis, much of what is happening in Washington right now has its roots in what some would call the perpetual campaign – members more interested in politicking than legislating. We’ll talk to the two guys responsible for electing Democrats and Republicans to Congress: Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) and Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)

Plus, Stephen Moore from the Wall Street Journal, USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page, and Mark Zandi from Moody's Analytics on how Washington gridlock will affect the economy.

Fareed Zakaria GPS
A rare interview with Iran's ambassador to the United Nations
Fareed sits down for a rare and exclusive interview with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad Khazaee, who discusses whether Tehran is open to direct discussions over its nuclear program.

Also, sequestration has just kicked in for the United States. But what does it really mean, and what impact will it have? Fareed hears from a panel including Zanny Minton Beddoes, economics editor of The Economist, New York Times Washington bureau chief David Leonhardt and former top Treasury official Roger Altman

“We’ve now got tons of evidence that austerity does not work after a financial crisis,” Leonhardt says. “It's really remarkable to see that the United States has now been cutting government employment over the last few years, something it did not do in the ’80s during the Reagan years or the ’90s or the ’00s.”

And in What in the World – why one world leader refuses to watch an Oscar-nominated film that was made in his own country.

Melissa Harris Perry Show
Gov. Buddy Roemer
Jill Filipovic, Writer. Lawyer. Feministe blogger. Talking about the Violence Against Women Act
What is, and what isn't the #HarlemShake, you ask? MHarrisPerry will clear this mess up, once and for all. MHPshow, tomorrow.
Gwen Moore
Mike Konczal
CecileRichards
bmockaveli
Judy Gold
L. Joy Williams
Pia Glenn

Up w/Chris Hayes
The budget ‘crisis,’ death penalty, CPAC

On Sunday’s Up w/Chris Hayes, we’ll talk about the latest self-imposed budget crisis in Washington, known as “sequestration,” and ask whether Republicans have actually won, in effect, by losing. The fight has been devastating for the GOP brand, and fewer Americans approve of the way the Republicans are handling federal spending than the way President Obama is. And yet, all Washington seems capable of talking about is the deficit, rather than creating jobs. We’ll ask if the Republicans have managed to achieve their substantive policy goals by allowing the Democrats to come out ahead politically.

Then we’ll look at the hidden ways in which our tax codes favors the wealthy few, and ask whether tax code reform is the best way to reach a deficit reduction deal that makes all sides happy. Plus: We’ll look at the achievements of progressive activists on issues like the death penalty and drug policy, and examine the tactics that made those victories possible. Are progressives acquiescing on important normative questions about what kind of society we want to live in by arguing on the Republicans’ terms and making fights about social policy primarily about money? And finally: The Republican Party genuinely seems to be moving in the right direction on same-sex marriage. We’ll ask what that says about the modern conservative movement. And Chris will follow-up on his response to the Conservative Political Action Conference’s invitation to speak at their famous meeting this year.

Joining Chris at 8 AM ET on MSNBC will be:

Mattie Duppler (@MDuppler), director of budget & regulatory policy for Americans for Tax Reform.

Jim Antle (@jimantle), editor of the Daily Caller News Foundation, senior editor of The American Spectator.

Stephanie Kelton (@deficitowl), chair of the department of economics at University of Missouri-Kansas City, contributor to New Economic Perspectives.

Bryan Stevenson, founder & executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative, professor at New York University School of Law.

Liz Mair (@LizMair), former online communications director for the Republican National Committee, political strategist & media adviser, founder & president of Mair Strategies.

David Sirota (@davidsirota), contributor to Salon.com, author of “Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live in Now–Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Everything.”

Roberto Lovato (@robvato), writer for New American Media, contributor to The Nation, senior strategy fellow for Citizen Engagement Lab.

Jared Bernstein (@econjared), former chief economist & economic policy advisor to Vice President Biden (2009-2011), senior fellow at the Center for Budget & Policy Priorities, MSNBC contributor.

The Chris Matthews Show
Forced budget cuts: Dan Rather; Katty Kay; Michael Duffy; Liz Marlantes

Univision's Al Punto
coverage from the Vatican, airing at 10 a.m. E.S.T.

C-SPAN's "Newsmakers,"
Sen. Ron Wyden

Bloomberg's Political Capital
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Bloomberg’s “Capitol Gains”
Robert Hale, the Pentagon’s comptroller, the cuts he will have to implement under sequestration. Sundays at noon E.S.T.

Washington Watch on TV One
Rep. Marcia Fudge Chairwoman, Congressional Black Caucus
NAACP President Ben Jealous

Telemundo’s “Enfoque”
Budget and immigration, Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, and Alberto Cárdenas, head of the American Conservative Union, Sunday at noon E.S.T.

C-Span's Washington Journal

7:00am -Phones

7:45 am-Will Rahn, Daily Caller Deputy Editor and Sabrina Siddiqui, Huffington Post Political Reporter

Topic: The politics involved in the budget cuts precipitated by sequestration, which took effect Friday. We’ll discuss how both parties are trying to frame the debate; public attitudes toward and interest in sequestration, as well as other past and future congressional fiscal debates and deadlines; how sequestration and other congressional gridlock is affecting Americans’ short- and long-term views toward government; and other political news of the week.

8:30am-Alison Young, USA Today Investigative Reporter

Topic: Guest will discuss her recent article for USA Today about security lapses in labs at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention that could pose bioterror threats, including the release of hazardous materials such as anthrax. Guest will also discuss allegations that employees exposed to potential bioterror agents may not have received proper training

9:15 am-Kristen Gwinn-Becker, National Women’s History Museum Historical Consultant

Topic: Guest will discuss the centennial of the 1913 Women’s Suffrage March in Washington DC – the march and the attention it attracted were important in advancing women's suffrage in the United States.

Sunday Breakfast Menu

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