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Sunday news show preview for Aug. 31

By Jon Greenberg
August 29, 2014

Every Friday PunditFact gives you the first look at the guests on the Sunday news shows. On Sunday, we see if what they said is true. You can read how they fared here or weekly in the Daily Beast.

The list is updated as shows announce their guests.

 

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CBS Face the Nation (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big guests: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Reps. Adam Smith, D-Wash., and Peter King, R-N.Y.

A topic sure to be discussed: ISIS advances in the Middle East

No. of Middle East analysts expected: Two

The pundit panel: None that we’ve seen

 

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CNN State of the Union (9 a.m.)

Big guests: Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Reps. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md, and Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.

A topic sure to be discussed: ISIS and Ukraine

Blast from the past: Former House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas

The pundit panel: Lanhee Chen, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Penny Lee, and Marc Lamont Hill.

 

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Fox News Sunday (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big guest: Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.

A topic sure to be discussed: ISIS

No. of pollsters expected: Two

The pundit panel: George Will, Julie Pace, Michael Needham, and Charles Lane.

 

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NBC Meet the Press (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big guest: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

A topic sure to be discussed: ISIS

No. of military analysts expected: Three

The pundit panel: Wes Moore, Dan Henninger, Ruth Marcus, and Doris Kearns Goodwin.

 

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ABC This Week (Click to see when it’s on in your area)

Big guests: We’ll update when we hear.

A topic sure to be discussed: ISIS

No. of analysts expected: We’ll update when we hear.

The pundit panel: Rep. Tom Cole, Matthew Dowd, Bill Richardson, and Cokie Roberts.

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