Sunday Morning "Talking Heads" Cheat Sheet

George Wenschhof

Expect lots of discussion on the senate Immigration Reform bill following the announcement of a breakthrough on border security.  The senate is expected to vote on the bill this week.

More on the snooping by the NSA when NSA director General Keith Alexander appears on ABC "This Week".

As, one would expect, with one week to go to the election, Fox News Sunday will have on Gabriel Gomez, the Republican candidate, who is trailing Democrat Bob Markey in the Massachusetts race for the vacant John Kerry seat.

The scheduled guests follow below.

NBC "Meet The Press" - Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tom Coburn (R-OK.), Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Loretta Sanchez (D-Calf.)

Roundtable with NBC News Political Contributor Robert Gibbs; Republican Strategist Mike Murphy; Democratic Mayor of Atlanta Kasim Reed; Fmr. Chair and CEO of Hewlett Packard, Carly Fiorina; and NBC News Political Director and Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd.

CBS "Face The Nation" - Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calf.), Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Jeff Sessions (R-AL.)

Roundtable discussion on Syria and Afghanistan with Clarissa Ward, John Dickerson of CBS News, Gerald Seib of the Wall Street Journal, Susan Page of USA Today and Bobby Ghosh of Time Magazine.

ABC "This Week" - NSA Director General Keith Alexander

A foreign policy roundtable debates the latest on the NSA surveillance programs and the conflicts in Syria and Afghanistan, with ABC News Global Affairs Anchor Christiane Amanpour, Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haass, and co-founder of the Foreign Policy Initiative Dan Senor.

And the powerhouse roundtable debates all the week’s politics, including the battle over immigration reform and the state of the economy, with Rep. Joaquín Castro, D-Texas; Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Penn., ABC News Chief Business and Economics Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis; former Lead Auto Adviser and Counselor to the Treasury Secretary Steven Rattner, now chair of Willett Advisors; and Amity Shlaes, director of The 4% Growth Project at The George W. Bush Institute.

CNN "State of The Union" - Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Rand Paul (R-KY)

Roundtable with Dan Balz of The Washington Post, Dana Bash, Chief Congressional Correspondent for CNN, and CNN contributors Stephanie Cutter and Kevin Madden.

Fox News Sunday - Gabriel Gomez, Republican candidate for John Kerry's vacant Senate seat.

Roundtable with Bill Kristol, Brit Hume, Bob Woodward and Julie Pace

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Sunday Morning "Talking Heads" Cheat Sheet

George Wenschhof

Phone tapping and Internet snooping by the NSA will take center stage on the Sunday morning shows. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice spying on Journalists continues to receive attention as Attorney General Eric Holder remains in the spotlight.

The kerfuffle in Congress over dueling plans from Republicans and Democrats to extend low student loan rates should be mentioned.

On ABC "This Week" the Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who broke the story on the NSA’s surveillance programs, discusses what we learned this week about the scope of U.S. surveillance.

CBS "Face The Nation" will also focus on sexual assaults in the military and will new legislation change how these crimes are reported and prosecuted.

Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., is now the longest serving member of Congress in history. He tells Bob Schieffer about his accomplishments and regrets.

"Face The Nation" also covers foreign policy with The New York Times' David Sanger, the Washington Post's Rajiv Chandresekaran, Harvard University's Joseph Nye and CBS News State Department Correspondent Margaret Brennan, who will discuss Syria, and this weekend's summit with President Obama and new Chinese President Xi Jinping

The scheduled guests for June 9, 2013 follow below.

NBC "Meet The Press" - preempted by coverage of the French Open


ABC "This Week" - Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calf.) and Mark Udall (D-Col.), Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Glenn Greenwald

Roundtable with George Will, Matthew Dodd, Paul Krugman, Greta Van Susteren and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)

CBS "Face The Nation" - Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Reps. Jackie Speier (D-Calf.), Mike McCaul (R-Tex.), John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.)

CNN "State of The Union" - Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Mark Udall (D-Col.), Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.)

Roundtable with Amy Walter, Former Reps. Tom Davis (R-Va.) and Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)

Fox News Sunday - Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

Roundtable with Mary Matalin, Bill Kristol, Mara Liasson and Peter Baker 

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