Sunday Morning "Talking Heads" Cheat Sheet

George Wenschhof

A grab bag Sunday, with topics likely to include filibuster reform in the Senate, Texas abortion laws, immigration reform, Syria and the failed peace process between Israel and Palestine. 

NBC "Meet The Press" will have Senate leaders Harry Reid (D-Nev. and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as guests and expect Reid to discuss the failure of Republicans to confirm President Obama nominees, causing him to consider the "nuclear" option for filibuster reform.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will appear on CBS "Face The Nation" and will likely discuss the latest efforts by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to restart the Israel-Palestine peace talks.

On ABC "This Week", George Stephanopoulos goes one-on-one with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer on his decision to re-enter political life as he joins the race for New York City comptroller.

Also, the pending verdict in the George Zimmerman trial will be discussed with NAACP President Ben Jealous on CNN "State of The Union".

The scheduled guests follow below.

NBC "Meet The Press" - Senators Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY.), Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AZ)

Roundtable with Rich Lowry; Former Democratic Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson; President of the Center for American Progress Neera Tanden; and Republican Strategist as well as former senior strategist to the McCain-Palin campaign Steve Schmidt.

CBS "Face The Nation" - Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu, Reps. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), Peter King (R-NY), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) and Sen. Dick Durbin

Roundtable with The Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan, TIME Magazine's Bobby Ghosh, The New York Times' David Sanger, POLITICO's John Harris and CBS News' State Department Correspondent Margaret Brennan.

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ABC "This Week - Eliot Spitzer, Sens. Orin Hatch (R-Utah), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Reps. Karen Bass (D-Calf.) and Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

Roundtable with Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot; Politico senior political reporter Maggie Haberman; New York Times Magazine chief national correspondent Mark Leibovich, author of the new book “This Town”; and television and radio host Tavis Smiley.

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CNN "State of The Union" - Texas Governor Rick Perry and Illinois governor Pat Quinn (D), Reps. Raul Grijalva  (D-Ariz.), Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.), and NAACP President Ben Jealous

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Fox News Sunday - Reps. Peter King (R-NY), Steve Israel (D-NY) and Michael McCaul (R-Tex.)

Roundtable with Bill Kristol, Jane Harman, Karl Rove and Charles Lane.

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Sunday Morning "Talking Heads" Cheat Sheet

George Wenschhof

Expect plenty of discussion on the events in Egypt, where the military installed a new interim President this week.

Former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush, appear on ABC "This Week" where they talk on their continuing relief work in Africa, the turmoil in Egypt and the debates over NSA surveillance and immigration reform.

Mohamed El Baradei, top negotiator for the Egyptian opposition and pro-reform leader will appear on NBC "Meet the Press".  ABC "This Week" will have Mohamed Tawfi, Egypt’s ambassador to the United States.

Also, on the agenda, will be more talk on the likelihood of immigration reform. Rep. Xavier Becerra of California, chairman, House Democratic Caucus, will also appear on CBS "Face The Nation", where he will discuss the odds of the Senare bill passing the House.

Senator John McCain, who visited Afghanistan on the 4th of July will appear on CBS "Face The Nation".

Following, state Senator Wendy Davis’ marathon filibuster over a controversial abortion bill,Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) called a special session to pass the bill. Perry will appear on Fox News Sunday.

The scheduled guests follow below.

Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei

NBC "Meet The Press" - Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ)

Roundtable with NBC's Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd , columnist for the Washington Post EJ Dionne and Eugene Robinson, as well as New York Times columnist David Brooks.


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CBS "Face The Nation" - Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Tex.) and Xavier Becerra (D-Calf.)

Roundtable with The Cook Political Report's Amy Walter, Reuters' David Rohde, Brookings' Michael O'Hanlon and CBS News Political Director John Dickerson


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ABC "This Week" - former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush, Mohamed Tawfi, Egypt’s ambassador to the U.S.

Roundtable with ABC News’ George Will and Cokie Roberts, ABC News contributor and Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, and ABC News Political Director Rick Klein.

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 CNN "State of The Union" - Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) 

Roundtable with Christiane Amanpour, Fareed Zakaria, Ned Walker, John Negroponte and Shibley Telhami




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 Fox News Sunday - Governor Rick Perry (R-Tex.), Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

Roundtable with Brit Hume, Nina Easton, Juan Williams and Dennis Kuccinich





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