UPDATED: COMING UP ON “MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD” 3/15/15: USN ADM. MULLEN ON IRAN; SENS. KAINE & WICKER, REP. GOWDY ON HILLARY EMAIL CONTROVERSY

ONE-ON-ONE WITH MULLEN: Retired Adm. Michael Mullen discusses current U.S. relations – and his past dealings – with Iran and ISIS.

 

Former Adm. Michael Mullen

Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

 

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IRAN, HILLARY & 2016: Senator Tim Kaine and Senator Roger Wicker address this week’s congressional letter to Iran and offer insight into how both parties are handling the email controversy as all eyes turn to the 2016 presidential race.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)

 

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WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE BENGHAZI PANEL: The Hillary Clinton email controversy has revived the House Select Committee on Benghazi, and its chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy, is adamant the investigation remains much more than a pursuit of the would-be Democratic presidential contender’s missing correspondence.

 

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC)

 

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BEING FRANK: Former Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank discusses his new memoir releasing this Tuesday as well his thoughts on the Hillary Clinton/email controversy and the status of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act five years later.

 

Fmr. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)

Author, “Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage”

 

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POLITICAL PANEL: The panel will discuss 2016 as a change election, Gov. Scott Walker’s declaration of himself as the GOP presidential frontrunner and a look at what’s really at issue when it comes to Iran.

 

Matt Bai

National Political Columnist for Yahoo! News

 

Karen Finney

Senior Fellow, Media Matters For America

 

Kevin Madden

Partner, Hamilton Place Strategies

 

Andrea Mitchell

NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent

 

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ALSO ON SUNDAY: “Meet the Press” will have the first look at new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll numbers on class and how people feel about their own economic mobility as well as a preview of the latest from NBC News’ “In Plain Sight,” a reporting project exploring poverty and inequality in America.

 

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For more information contact:

Olivia Petersen

NBC News

202-885-4159

olivia.petersen@nbcuni.com

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MEET THE PRESS

“Meet the Press” is where newsmakers come to make news—setting the political agenda, and spotlighting the impact Washington decision-making has on people across the country. “Meet the Press” reaches more than 3 million people every Sunday through its broadcasts and millions more through NBCNews.com, the #TweetThePress interview series, Flipboard, and social media platforms.  Chuck Todd is the moderator of “Meet the Press” and John Reiss is the executive producer.

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