Sunday Talk Shows (7/19/15): Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu, John Kerry, Meet the Press, Face the Nation

By Allen McDuffee
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Guests on the Sunday political talk shows include Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz making the rounds to explain — and to sell — the contours the Iran deal they achieved with their Iranian counterparts earlier this week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make the case against the deal on CBS’ Face The Nation. The 2016 race is on a minor pause with only Jim Webb and Bobby Jindal appearing on Fox News Sunday and Marco Rubio and Scott Walker on State of the Union.

Full line-up below. What catches your eye?

  • NBC’s Meet The Press: Micahel Leiter, Former Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center; British Prime Minister David Cameron; Secretary of State John Kerry; Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR); Former Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX); Rep. (Joaquin Castro (D-TX); Rep. Labrador (R-ID); Tom Friedman, New York Times; Andrea Mitchell, NBC; Danielle Pletka, American Enterprise Institute; Former Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM)
  • CBS’ Face The Nation: Secretary of State John Kerry; Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Margaret Brennan, CBS; David Ignatius, Washington Post; Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic; Ruth Marcus, The Washington Post; Robert Costa, The Washington Post; Mark Leibovich, New York Times Magazine; Gwen Ifill, PBS NewsHour
  • ABC’s This Week: Secretary of State John Kerry; Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX); Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard; Jon Karl, ABC; LZ Granderson, ESPN; Fmr. Gov. Jennifer Grandholm (D-MI)
  • Fox News Sunday: Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb; Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA); Brit Hume, Fox News; Julie Pace, AP; Michael Needham, Heritage Action for America; Jane Harman, Woodrow Wilson Center
  • CNN’s State of the Union: Secretary of State John Kerry; Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz; Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL); Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI)

The Rundown

1. Mitch McConnell’s Trump Calculation 

Jane Mayer at The New Yorker takes a deep dive on the risk of McConnell’s refusal to restrain the chief executive of the United States. 

2. 500,000+ Zoom Accounts Are For Sale on the Dark Web

Credentials of individuals and high-profile companies like Chase have been swept up, marking a new headache for the videoconferencing giant.

3. Bernie Sanders Endorses Joe Biden

Sanders told Biden, “We need you in the White House,” during a teleconference. But how many of his supporters heard him?

4. Paul Manafort Is Seeking Prison Release Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Trump’s former campaign manager claims he is “high risk.” 

5. Joe Biden Could Get a Critical Boost From a Black VP Pick

New polling suggests Biden could garner more enthusiasm among black voters in battleground states by picking a black woman.

6. Sanofi and GSK Partner on COVID-19 Vaccine

The Sanofi-GlaxoSmithKline vaccine will enter clinical trials later in 2020, but still won’t be available until late 2021. 

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