{"id":994,"date":"2015-10-16T16:40:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T20:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=994"},"modified":"2015-10-16T16:40:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T20:40:28","slug":"coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/","title":{"rendered":"COMING UP ON \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d 10\/18\/15: SUNDAY EXCLUSIVES WITH SEN. TED CRUZ, BENGHAZI CMTE. MEMBERS REPS. SCHIFF &amp; POMPEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">All eyes are on Sen. Ted Cruz, who has been laying low this month compared to Republican frontrunners Donald Trump and Ben Carson. Cruz, who brought in more than $12 million dollars this past quarter in fundraising, sits down one-on-one with Chuck to address the state of his presidential campaign, including his upcoming rally on religious liberty, his recent condemnation of the \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d movement and more. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"># # # <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE: BENGHAZI COMMITTEE MEMBERS REP. ADAM SCHIFF (D-CA) &amp; REP. MIKE POMPEO (R-KS)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">More than a year after the Select Committee on Benghazi was formed, Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton is scheduled to publicly testify in front of the committee this Thursday. Committee members Rep. Adam Schiff and Rep. Mike Pompeo join Chuck live on-set to preview the hearing and address recent allegations of political motivation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">THE WEEK IN POLITICS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Why is the fight between Rubio and Bush getting ugly? What do third quarter fundraising numbers reveal about candidates\u2019 campaigns? Are there any developments in the speculation of a Biden presidential run? The roundtable tackles all of this and more on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Alex Castellanos<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Republican Strategist<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Ron Fournier<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Senior Political Columnist, The National Journal<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Andrea Mitchell<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Amy Walter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">National Editor, The Cook Political Report<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">For more information, please contact<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">Olivia Petersen<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">NBC News<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">202-885-4159<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><a href=\"mailto:olivia.petersen@nbcuni.com\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc\">olivia.petersen@nbcuni.com<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">MEET THE PRESS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/aqtpqtjq\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\">\u201cMeet the Press\u201d<\/a> is where newsmakers come to make news \u2014 setting the political agenda and spotlighting the impact Washington decision-making has on people across the country. \u201cMeet the Press\u201d 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.\u00a0 Chuck Todd is the moderator of &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; and John Reiss is the executive producer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX) All eyes are on Sen. Ted Cruz, who has been laying low this month compared to Republican frontrunners Donald Trump and Ben Carson. Cruz, who brought in more than $12 million dollars this past quarter in fundraising, sits down one-on-one with Chuck to address the state of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from COMING UP ON \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d 10\/18\/15: SUNDAY EXCLUSIVES WITH SEN. TED CRUZ, BENGHAZI CMTE. MEMBERS REPS. SCHIFF &amp; POMPEO<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[4,110],"class_list":["post-994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meet-the-press","tag-feature","tag-meet-the-press"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COMING UP ON \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d 10\/18\/15: SUNDAY EXCLUSIVES WITH SEN. TED CRUZ, BENGHAZI CMTE. MEMBERS REPS. SCHIFF &amp; POMPEO - NBC News Press Releases<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COMING UP ON \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d 10\/18\/15: SUNDAY EXCLUSIVES WITH SEN. TED CRUZ, BENGHAZI CMTE. MEMBERS REPS. SCHIFF &amp; POMPEO - NBC News Press Releases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX) All eyes are on Sen. Ted Cruz, who has been laying low this month compared to Republican frontrunners Donald Trump and Ben Carson. Cruz, who brought in more than $12 million dollars this past quarter in fundraising, sits down one-on-one with Chuck to address the state of [...]Read More... from COMING UP ON \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d 10\/18\/15: SUNDAY EXCLUSIVES WITH SEN. TED CRUZ, BENGHAZI CMTE. MEMBERS REPS. SCHIFF &amp; POMPEO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NBC News Press Releases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-10-16T20:40:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/MTP_Logo_Horizontal_Color.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sarah Coffey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NBCNewsPR\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NBCNewsPR\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sarah Coffey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/16\\\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/16\\\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sarah Coffey\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ba615b709c853838a8f6739d02071335\"},\"headline\":\"COMING UP ON \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d 10\\\/18\\\/15: SUNDAY EXCLUSIVES WITH SEN. TED CRUZ, BENGHAZI CMTE. MEMBERS REPS. SCHIFF &amp; POMPEO\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-16T20:40:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/16\\\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/16\\\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/MTP_Logo_Horizontal_Color.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"feature\",\"Meet the Press\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Meet the Press\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/16\\\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/16\\\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\\\/\",\"name\":\"COMING UP ON \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d 10\\\/18\\\/15: SUNDAY EXCLUSIVES WITH SEN. TED CRUZ, BENGHAZI CMTE. MEMBERS REPS. SCHIFF &amp; POMPEO - NBC News Press Releases\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/16\\\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/16\\\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/MTP_Logo_Horizontal_Color.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-16T20:40:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/16\\\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/16\\\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/16\\\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/MTP_Logo_Horizontal_Color.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/MTP_Logo_Horizontal_Color.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/16\\\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"COMING UP ON \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d 10\\\/18\\\/15: SUNDAY EXCLUSIVES WITH SEN. TED CRUZ, BENGHAZI CMTE. MEMBERS REPS. SCHIFF &amp; POMPEO\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/\",\"name\":\"NBC News Press Releases\",\"description\":\"More Americans watch NBC News than any news organization in the world. Its leading and award-winning television news broadcasts include TODAY,\u00a0NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas, Meet the Press with Kristen Welker and Dateline NBC. Additionally, NBC News produces\u00a0TODAY with Jenna &amp; Sheinelle, The 3rd Hour of TODAY, Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist, Weekend TODAY and NBC News Daily, as well as primetime specials and breaking news reports. The NBC News Digital Group consists of online destinations NBCNews.com \u2013 a top three news site \u2013 and TODAY.com \u2013 a top two lifestyle brand \u2013 as well as its streaming networks, NBC News NOW, Dateline 24\\\/7 and TODAY All Day. Additionally, the organization\u2019s award-winning audio unit is a top five podcast publisher in the U.S. and NBC News\u2019 Stay Tuned, a first-of-its-kind social newscast, is the premier destination for the Gen Z audience across TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube. NBC News also operates NBC News Studios, a unit producing premium documentaries, docuseries, select scripted programming, and content for emerging platforms, and the NBC NewsChannel affiliate news service.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"NBC News Press Releases\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1\",\"width\":2076,\"height\":1152,\"caption\":\"NBC News Press Releases\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/NBCNewsPR\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/nbcnewspr\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threads.net\\\/@nbcnewspr\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ba615b709c853838a8f6739d02071335\",\"name\":\"Sarah Coffey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a92cdd80c20b4cf5f37886a72700536146887132525e31aebb6e9def87471278?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a92cdd80c20b4cf5f37886a72700536146887132525e31aebb6e9def87471278?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a92cdd80c20b4cf5f37886a72700536146887132525e31aebb6e9def87471278?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sarah Coffey\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/author\\\/nbcnewspress\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"COMING UP ON \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d 10\/18\/15: SUNDAY EXCLUSIVES WITH SEN. TED CRUZ, BENGHAZI CMTE. MEMBERS REPS. SCHIFF &amp; POMPEO - NBC News Press Releases","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"COMING UP ON \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d 10\/18\/15: SUNDAY EXCLUSIVES WITH SEN. TED CRUZ, BENGHAZI CMTE. MEMBERS REPS. SCHIFF &amp; POMPEO - NBC News Press Releases","og_description":"SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX) All eyes are on Sen. Ted Cruz, who has been laying low this month compared to Republican frontrunners Donald Trump and Ben Carson. Cruz, who brought in more than $12 million dollars this past quarter in fundraising, sits down one-on-one with Chuck to address the state of [...]Read More... from COMING UP ON \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d 10\/18\/15: SUNDAY EXCLUSIVES WITH SEN. TED CRUZ, BENGHAZI CMTE. MEMBERS REPS. SCHIFF &amp; POMPEO","og_url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/","og_site_name":"NBC News Press Releases","article_published_time":"2015-10-16T20:40:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/MTP_Logo_Horizontal_Color.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sarah Coffey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NBCNewsPR","twitter_site":"@NBCNewsPR","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sarah Coffey","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/"},"author":{"name":"Sarah Coffey","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/person\/ba615b709c853838a8f6739d02071335"},"headline":"COMING UP ON \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d 10\/18\/15: SUNDAY EXCLUSIVES WITH SEN. TED CRUZ, BENGHAZI CMTE. MEMBERS REPS. SCHIFF &amp; POMPEO","datePublished":"2015-10-16T20:40:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/"},"wordCount":325,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/MTP_Logo_Horizontal_Color.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","keywords":["feature","Meet the Press"],"articleSection":["Meet the Press"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/","url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/","name":"COMING UP ON \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d 10\/18\/15: SUNDAY EXCLUSIVES WITH SEN. TED CRUZ, BENGHAZI CMTE. MEMBERS REPS. SCHIFF &amp; POMPEO - NBC News Press Releases","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/MTP_Logo_Horizontal_Color.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","datePublished":"2015-10-16T20:40:28+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/MTP_Logo_Horizontal_Color.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/MTP_Logo_Horizontal_Color.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/10\/16\/coming-up-on-meet-the-press-with-chuck-todd-101815-sunday-exclusives-with-sen-ted-cruz-benghazi-cmte-members-reps-schiff-pompeo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COMING UP ON \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d 10\/18\/15: SUNDAY EXCLUSIVES WITH SEN. TED CRUZ, BENGHAZI CMTE. MEMBERS REPS. SCHIFF &amp; POMPEO"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/","name":"NBC News Press Releases","description":"More Americans watch NBC News than any news organization in the world. Its leading and award-winning television news broadcasts include TODAY,\u00a0NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas, Meet the Press with Kristen Welker and Dateline NBC. Additionally, NBC News produces\u00a0TODAY with Jenna &amp; Sheinelle, The 3rd Hour of TODAY, Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist, Weekend TODAY and NBC News Daily, as well as primetime specials and breaking news reports. The NBC News Digital Group consists of online destinations NBCNews.com \u2013 a top three news site \u2013 and TODAY.com \u2013 a top two lifestyle brand \u2013 as well as its streaming networks, NBC News NOW, Dateline 24\/7 and TODAY All Day. Additionally, the organization\u2019s award-winning audio unit is a top five podcast publisher in the U.S. and NBC News\u2019 Stay Tuned, a first-of-its-kind social newscast, is the premier destination for the Gen Z audience across TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube. NBC News also operates NBC News Studios, a unit producing premium documentaries, docuseries, select scripted programming, and content for emerging platforms, and the NBC NewsChannel affiliate news service.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#organization","name":"NBC News Press Releases","url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1","width":2076,"height":1152,"caption":"NBC News Press Releases"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/NBCNewsPR","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nbcnewspr\/","https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@nbcnewspr"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/person\/ba615b709c853838a8f6739d02071335","name":"Sarah Coffey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a92cdd80c20b4cf5f37886a72700536146887132525e31aebb6e9def87471278?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a92cdd80c20b4cf5f37886a72700536146887132525e31aebb6e9def87471278?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a92cdd80c20b4cf5f37886a72700536146887132525e31aebb6e9def87471278?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sarah Coffey"},"url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/author\/nbcnewspress\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/MTP_Logo_Horizontal_Color.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}