COMING UP ON “MEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD” 1/17/16: FORMER SEC. CLINTON, SEN. SANDERS, SEN. RUBIO; SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE WITH FORMER GOV. BUSH

INTERVIEW WITH FORMER STATE SEC. HILLARY CLINTON, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

Ahead of Sunday evening’s NBC News debate, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton speaks with Chuck Todd from South Carolina about her fight for the nomination, attacks on her husband and more.

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INTERVIEW WITH SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT.), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

Just two points separate Sen. Bernie Sanders from former Sec. Hillary Clinton in Iowa, according to the latest Des Moines Register poll. Sen. Sanders addresses his rising poll numbers and his tight race with Clinton.

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INTERVIEW WITH SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R-FLA.), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) speaks with Chuck Todd to discuss his campaign efforts before the Iowa caucuses, his debate performance and his role in what many are seeing is a three-way race for the Republican nomination.

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SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FORMER GOV. JEB BUSH (R-FLA.), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

Jeb Bush joins the show from the campaign trail in New Hampshire to discuss his campaign efforts a little more than two weeks out from the Iowa caucuses.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH AMAL CLOONEY, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER

Amal Clooney,  a London-based international law and human rights attorney and wife of actor George Clooney, joins the show in studio to discuss her current efforts to lobby U.S. lawmakers for targeted sanctions on behalf of the former Maldives President who was sentenced to 13 years in prison on a terrorism charge.

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NEW NBC NEWS/WALL STREET JOURNAL POLL NUMBERS

New NBC News/Wall Street Journal numbers debut on at the top of the show this Sunday.

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THE WEEK IN POLITICS

Has Trump paved his way to the Republican nomination? What can we expect from Sanders and Clinton squaring off on Sunday evening? The roundtable discusses all of this and more from the week in politics.

Hugh Hewitt

Host, “The Hugh Hewitt Show”

Stefanie Cutter

Democratic Strategist; Partner, Precision Strategies

Joy-Ann Reid

MSNBC Correspondent; Author, “Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons and the Racial Divide”

Steve Schmidt

Republican Strategist

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For more information, please 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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