Al Rodgers emailed me and said that he was swamped with primary election stuff. He'll start doing the Sunday Talk post again after Yearly Kos. Anyways, I'm filling in for him tonight! Now on with the show!
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Get well soon, Ms. Dozier! Condolences to the families of all journalists killed in Iraq.
The Sunday Lineup (Source: Hotline, wire services)
* Meet the Press: Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) and Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission Chair Dr. Hans Blix. Holy crap! After three straight weeks without a Dem guest, we've got one week without a GOPer! Also on MTP: CNBC and WSJ's John Harwood, and PBS's Gwen Ifill.
* Face the Nation: Sec/State Condoleezza Rice and Time's Mike Duffy.
* This Week: VP Gore. Ex-Labor Sec. Robert Reich and Time's Jay Carney join the roundtable. Author John Updike is the Voices segment.
* Fox News Sunday: Rice, and Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Jack Reed (D-RI).
* Late Edition: Rice and Sens. George Allen (R-VA) and Carl Levin (D-MI).
More on this edition of MTP:
How will allegations that U.S. Marines killed innocent Iraqis in the town of Haditha affect the American effort to win over Iraqis' "hearts and minds"? How soon can we expect a drawdown of U.S. forces from Iraq? And looking toward Iran, can diplomatic incentives help curb the country's nuclear program? We will ask potential 2008 Democratic presidential candidate and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: Joe Biden (D-DE).
Then, Hans Blix, the Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, will join Tim Russert this Sunday for another exclusive interview detailing the commission's proposals on how the world could be freed of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. The WMD Commission has been working for two years on an independent, international threat assessment on WMD -- including the 27,000 nuclear weapons worldwide. Blix will discuss these weapons and the mounting risks as independent states -- and even some terrorist groups -- pursue their own WMD capabilities, and how these threats relate to our current foreign policy with Iran, the Middle East, North Korea, India and Pakistan.
And in our political roundtable, insights and analysis on Iraq, the 2006 elections, and early posturing for 2008 with CNBC's John Harwood and PBS's Gwen Ifill.
More TV Alerts
Future (mostly political, media) guests (subject to change):
* Chris Matthews Show on CNBC for 6/3-6/4 David Brooks, John Roberts, Elisabeth Bumiller, and Norah O'Donnell discuss: "The Bush turnaround on Iran. Gay marriage ban is back in the Senate next week." Quotes from the show here.
* Regis & Kelly: Bryant Gumbel guest hosts 6/5.
* The Colbert Report: CNBC's right-wing talking point Lawrence Kudlow on 6/5; CNN's Christiane Amanpour 6/6; Mars scientist Steve Squyres on 6/7; science writer Steve Johnson on 6/8
* Leno: Tim Russert on 6/6, Al Gore on 6/8
* Letterman: Al Franken on 6/7, Meredith Vieira on 6/8, Tim Russert on 6/13
* The View: Meredith Vieira's last day is 6/9
* Craig Ferguson Show (after Letterman): Anderson Cooper on 6/13
* Conversations with Michael Eisner on CNBC: Pat Robertson, Dick Parsons, and Whoopi Goldberg on 6/21 8PM ET.
Some fun news items
VIDEO: Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) rocks out Fun stuff.
LOL! Obama mocks Stephen Colbert.
OH Gov. Bob Taft (R) knows he's radioactive. That's why prior to Election Day in November, Taft will be out of the country.
Is there an election in your neck of the woods on 6/6/06?
Coming up on 6/6/06... the primaries in AL, CA, IA, MS, MT, NJ and SD; the special general election in CA-50.
Support Busby in CA-50! Francine Busby's site
* DCCC has a great roundup of all the things that've gone wrong for the NRCC in this CD.
* SSP has ways for you to help Busby