SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: LEON PANETTA, FORMER SEC. OF DEFENSE FOR THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
Panetta, who has served both as Secretary of Defense and CIA director for the Obama administration, said that “we don’t have any kind of larger strategy to try to deal with what’s happening in the Middle East, what’s happening with ISIS” earlier this month at a Fortune event. Sunday, he joins Chuck live to talk about the White House’s response to recent terror attacks.
“This is a war and we’re going to have to unify under one command to conduct this war.” – Panetta on Fox News earlier this week
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SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: BILL BRATTON, COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton talks with Chuck about our domestic response to potential terror attacks and the state of our homeland security.
“The world changed dramatically over the weekend and the assignment for which you have volunteered — there is now no more essential assignment in the world of policing in the NYPD.” -Bratton to NYPD special counterterrorism team on Monday
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SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: GOV. JOHN KASICH (R-OH), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
Earlier this week, Kasich proposed a new government agency to push Judeo-Christian values around the world, but yesterday, he moved away from the proposal, saying a “new agency” isn’t necessary. Kasich discusses his rhetoric — and the overheated rhetoric on the campaign trail this week — with Chuck as well as his foreign policy positions.
“The idea that someone would have to register with the federal government because of their religion strikes against all that we have believed in our nation’s history.” – Kasich’s response to Trump’s proposal of creating a mandatory database to track Muslims
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THE WEEK IN POLITICS
There’s been a wide range of responses this week to last Friday’s terror attacks in Paris, including a bill passed on the Hill and several state governors opposing Syrian refugees relocating to the U.S. The roundtable discusses all of this and more from the week in politics.
Tom Brokaw
NBC News Special Correspondent
Helene Cooper
Pentagon Correspondent, The New York Times
Ron Fournier
Senior Political Correspondent, National Journal
Kathleen Parker
Columnist, The Washington Post
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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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