Tue, Dec 1, 2020
Some time in the future, if you want to remind yourself what life was like during the Trump administration, you could think back to today and you'd have a good sense of how Washington operated. Reid Epstein, Politics reporter at the New York Times, and Janet Hook, National Political Reporter at the Los Angeles Times join Chuck.
Wed, Dec 9, 2020
Annie Linskey, National Political Reporter for the Washington and Alex Thompson, reporter for Politico and co-author of the Transition Playbook join Chuck to talk about the Biden transition. And Sarah Isgur, senior writer for The Dispatch, discusses a new poll from the Knight Foundation on how Americans view the election.
Wed, Jan 20, 2021
Michael Kruse senior staff writer at Politico, and Joshua Johnson, host of "The Week with Joshua Johnson" on MSNBC, join Chuck to talk about former President Trump's exit from Washington. Plus, national security reporter Marc Ambinder looks at how the Biden presidency will react to the insurgent attack on the Capitol.
Wed, Jan 27, 2021
NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Kasie Hunt and Nathan Gonzales, Editor and Publisher of Inside Elections, join Chuck to talk about the future of the Republican Party. Plus, Adam Jentleson, author of "Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy" talks about the history of the filibuster and why it might be reformed.
Tue, Feb 2, 2021
Anna Palmer, co-founder of Punchbowl News and Sahil Kapur, national political reporter for NBC News join Chuck to talk about the future of the Republican Party. Plus, Jeff Bezos is stepping down as the CEO of Amazon after 27 years. NBC News Senior Media Correspondent Dylan Byers shares the latest.
Tue, Feb 9, 2021
Chuck talks with Bruce Mehlman about his latest analysis on trends in populism and GOP priorities. Mehlman is a Republican adviser and founding partner at Mehlman, Castagnetti, Rosen and Thomas. Plus, Kiersten Todt, managing director at the Cyber Readiness Institute, discusses a hack that could have poisoned municipal water in Florida.
Tue, Feb 16, 2021
"I already have a family and a religion and so I've never looked at my political party to replace either," 2016 presidential candidate Evan McMullin says. He tells Chuck Todd about his explorations into a new faction of the GOP - and possibly a third party. NYT's Annie Karni and Punchbowl's Jake Sherman join to discuss President Biden's To-Do list.
Tue, Feb 23, 2021
Shannon Pettypiece Senior White House Reporter for NBC News Digital and Eli Stokols White House reporter for the LA Times join Chuck to talk about how Republicans are reckoning with Biden's Washington. Plus, Facebook and Australia have come to an agreement to allow news links to be shared on the social media platform after Australia tried to give news organizations more leverage. Mike Isaac, technology correspondent at the New York Times, and Elizabeth Dwoskin, Silicon Valley Correspondent of the Washington Post, explain.
Tue, Mar 9, 2021
Nathan Gonzales, Editor and Publisher of Inside Elections, and Carrie Dann discuss the stampede towards the door for a certain kind of Republican senator. And former GE CEO, Jeff Immelt, talks to Chuck about his new book "Hot Seat" and what it was like to run one of the most storied American companies.
Tue, Mar 30, 2021
Yamiche Alcindor, White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Capitol Hill Correspondent for NBC News and Sarah Isgur, staff writer for the Dispatch join Chuck to talk about the next steps for the Biden White House. Plus, Andrew Maraniss, author of Singled Out, a biography of Glenn Burke, the first openly gay major league baseball player and the inventor of the "High Five."
Tue, Apr 6, 2021
LA Times columnist Mark Z. Barabak and New York Times congressional reporter Emily Cochrane join Chuck to talk about the Republican Party. Jim Cavanaugh, former special agent in charge at the ATF, talks about the uptick in extremism - a topic we're going to focus on this week with our new season of Meet the Press Reports.
Mon, Apr 12, 2021
The dotted line from before the Oklahoma City bombing to the anti-mask protests and the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot to the Jan. 6th Capitol attack. Why does America have an apparent inclination toward violent extremism? How are populism, grievance politics and nationalism playing into that inclination across the political spectrum? And what can law enforcement, national security experts and elected officials do to turn down the temperature? Or, is it too late?
Tue, Apr 20, 2021
The question of what happens next really moves from Minneapolis to Washington, where the issue of police reform is now in the hands of President Biden and Congress. Chuck is joined by co-founder of Punchbowl News, John Bresnahan and NBC News Capitol Hill producer and reporter, Alex Moe. Plus Bettina Boxall, staff writer at the LA Times covering water and the environment talks about water security.