THE TRUMP EFFECT
Donald Trump has exceeded the expectations of several political operatives and is arguably getting into the heads of other Republican contenders. How is Trump framing the Republican Party’s message?
“We need leadership in Washington, D.C. High-energy leadership.” –Jeb Bush this week, after Trump has consistently described Bush as a “low-energy” person.
SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GOV. SCOTT WALKER (R-W.I.)
On the heels of his foreign policy speech at The Citadel on Friday,Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker – once considered a potential party frontrunner – joins Chuck in-studio to talk about foreign policy and the state of his presidential campaign.
“To believe that a stable and lasting Middle East can be built by working with Iran, any more than by working with ISIS, isn’t statesmanship. It’s pure fantasy.” –Gov. Walker on Friday
INSIGHT INTO ISIS
A year after President Obama said, “we don’t have a strategy yet” to deal with the growing threat of ISIS, Amb. Brett McGurk, deputy special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, talks with Chuck about what is – and isn’t – working.
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel also contributes to the discussion, reporting with latest.
KATRINA, 10 YEARS LATER
Trymaine Lee, MSNBC national correspondent, revisits the lower Ninth Ward where he covered Hurricane Katrina ten years ago for The Times- Picayune, and author Malcolm Gladwell talks with Chuck about what social science data is saying about the effect of hurricane evacuations. Did some parts of New Orleans have to be destroyed in order to be saved?
“Katrina reminds us that sometimes a clean break with the past has its advantages.” –Gladwell writes in The New Yorker’s “Starting Over”
“I SHOULD HAVE USED TWO EMAILS… I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT DECISION.”
Hillary Clinton continues to address the email controversy plaguing her campaign, with some criticizing her transparency for being too late. Speculation of a potential Biden presidential run also continues, and many Democrats suggest Clinton may be a better candidate with tougher competition for the party nomination. The panel discusses all this and more from the week in politics.
Matt Bai
National Political Columnist, Yahoo! News
Helene Cooper
Pentagon Correspondent, The New York Times
Melissa Harris-Perry
Host, MSNBC’s “Melissa-Harris Perry”; Professor, Wake Forest University
Steve Schmidt
Republican Strategist
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