By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; mallen@politico.com) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; dlippman@politico.com)
BREAKING – “Burkina Faso hotel siege ‘over’ amid reports of new attack” – BBC: “At least 23 people of 18 different nationalities are now known to have died after Islamist militants attacked a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso [in west Africa]. ... A recently consolidated [Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb] ... is keen to cement its status as the dominant jihadist group in North Africa and the Sahel, particularly with the rise of its rival, the so-called Islamic State, in the region.” http://bbc.in/1ZD6EO3
Good Saturday morning from the luxurious JFK Sheraton, on way back from Brussels.
INSIDE THE CAMPAIGNS – “Cruz plotting new attacks on Trump: ‘He’s pro-choice. He’s pro-gay marriage. He’s against traditional values. He’s New York, and he’s got to talk about that,’” by Katie Glueck and Ben Schreckinger in North Charleston, S.C.: “‘Iowa is three weeks away,’ Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler said. ‘People want to know how you’re different. It’s time to tell how we’re different.’ It’s a dramatic shift for Cruz, who until this week either ignored or laughed off Trump’s occasional swipes. ... Trump [told CNN’s Dana Bash Thursday night after the debate:] ‘I guess the bromance is over.’” http://politi.co/1UWSKQa
COMING ATTRACTIONS -- @realDonaldTrump tweeted at 6:40 a.m. today: “Ted Cruz was born in Canada and was a Canadian citizen until 15 months ago. Lawsuits have just been filed with more to follow. I told you so”.
SNEAK PEEK – JAKE TAPPER interviews TRUMP for CNN’s “State of The Union” – On Cruz’s “New York values” comment: “I thought it was very, very insulting. And I immediately thought of the World Trade Center, and the bravery of New Yorkers and the genius of New Yorkers to be able to take that whole section and rebuild after the tragedy. The worst thing that ever happened to our nation in terms of an attack -- worse than Pearl Harbor ...
“Here they were, attacking civilians having breakfast and being in offices -- and frankly you had two 110-story buildings fall down. Thousands of lives and death and the smell of death -- I mean the smell of death -- and to see what happened that resurrection that whole thing take place New York has gotten tremendous credit for it. I thought it was disgraceful that he brought that up.” Video http://cnn.it/1Zr7uIh
--“Cruz on ‘New York values’: Sorry not sorry,” by Katie Glueck in Columbia, S.C., and Nolan D. McCaskill: “‘I’ve heard their demands, and I am happy to give them an apology,’ the Texas senator told ‘The Sean Hannity Show’ ... before unloading on New York Democrats. ‘I apologize to the millions of New Yorkers who have been abandoned by liberal politicians ... I apologize for the working men and women of New York who are denied jobs — jobs that have been plentiful just south of Pennsylvania — because Gov. Cuomo bans fracking. I apologize to all the pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-Second Amendment New Yorkers who Gov. Cuomo brazenly told have no place in the state of New York because that’s not who New Yorkers are.’” http://politi.co/1ZD2h5n
CRUZ ON COVER of both NYC tabs ... Daily News wood, “SLIME DOESN’T PAY, TED! Tell him what you think, N.Y.: Ted@tedcruz.org” ... N.Y. POST wood, “CRUZ MISSILES: Ted ‘sorry’ liberal pols Screw York” http://bit.ly/1Xy78jU
--“Cruz has raised millions from New York donors,” by Politico Influence writer Isaac Arnsdorf: “Those donors are not coming to his defense now. POLITICO attempted to reach all of Cruz’s New York City donors who gave the maximum amount to his campaign. The rest either didn't respond or their gatekeepers said they weren’t interested in commenting. ... Cruz has been tapping the Big Apple’s big-money scene for years: New Yorkers also gave $489,883 to his 2012 Senate campaign.” http://politi.co/1RVz3sG Subscribe to Politico Influence http://politi.co/1Oianoy
--N.Y. GOV. ANDREW CUOMO did a round of interviews to rebut Cruz. On WCBS 880, Cuomo called the comments highly offensive, anti-gay, anti-woman and said “if Mr. Cruz had any conscience” he would take it back. http://cbsloc.al/1QbUuFT
TOP TWEETS -- @TheFix: “People who have sided with Donald Trump this week: John McCain, Andrew Cuomo, Mitch McConnell, Terry Branstad. What a world.”
--Kristen S Anderson @KSoltisAnderson: “I used to talk about Trump and the GOP’s ‘Stages of Grief’ 2016. We may now be moving from depression to acceptance.”
GAME CHANGE – WashPost A1, above fold, “In GOP contest, outsiders seem in: Party operatives look to reality of Trump, Cruz upsetting establishment,” by Phil Rucker and Bob Costa: “Long expected to become a race between an outsider and an establishment candidate, it is coming down instead as one between two outsiders, with dwindling time for their rivals to change the trajectory before the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1.” http://wapo.st/1npsUtm
WHAT THE RIGHT IS READING -- MYRA ADAMS on National Review, “A Trump/Kasich Ticket?”: “Given that Kasich agrees with Trump on China — one of Trump’s signature issues — Trump’s [debate] compliment could be interpreted as a sign that he will consider Kasich as his potential running mate. Such a ticket might act as a marriage between a brazen outsider and a member of the GOP establishment. A Trump/Kasich ticket could even end up being a truce signaling that party peace is at hand.” With a Roger Stone cameo http://bit.ly/1Q4UrtB
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FIRST PERSON, “How I Got Ejected From a Donald Trump Event,” by NYT’s Trip Gabriel in Waukee, Iowa: “I was late to Donald J. Trump’s unannounced visit to a Pizza Ranch on Friday ... There was a knot of TV cameras and still photographers, who had been bused to the location. ... Barely a minute later, I was ejected from the restaurant by a Trump staff member and a local police officer. ‘It’s a private event, you have to go,’ the officer said, even though the 20 or so other journalists continued to cover the event. A Trump campaign aide walking beside the officer said I was being excluded on orders from ‘Chuck and Stephanie,’ an apparent reference to Mr. Trump’s Iowa state director, Chuck Laudner, and his wife, Stephanie, also a staff member.
“In a text message later, Mr. Laudner said, ‘I didn’t even know you were there.’ On Wednesday, The Times published my article raising questions about the performance of Mr. Trump’s field operation in Iowa, which is run by Mr. Laudner.” http://nyti.ms/1ZBFOG3 ... His Wednesday article, "Donald Trump’s Iowa Ground Game Seems to Be Missing a Coach" http://nyti.ms/1PYYEyW
-- “Donald Trump May Love Good Press, But His Campaign Is The Most Hostile To Reporters,” by HuffPost’s Michael Calderone: “[T]he Trump campaign and major TV networks agreed on ground rules for campaign events in late November. But in recent weeks, journalists have again been ordered not to leave the press pen by campaign staffers and volunteers and even Secret Service agents ... Journalists also said they were not allowed to approach the candidate to ask questions after events. The Trump campaign, at times, has ignored its November agreement with the press corps and, even more troubling, the Secret Service has appeared to enforce the campaign’s press restrictions.” http://huff.to/1RrGKbh
AIR WARS – Trump’s second TV ad, “Our Country,” with $2 million behind it, airing in Iowa and N.H. http://bit.ly/1QbVoC4
PETER HAMBY PROMOTED -- “Snapchat Taps Two Content Execs for New Duties on Live Stories,” by Variety’s Andrew Wallenstein: “Peter Hamby, the former CNN political reporter who joined Snapchat last April to lead its news efforts, will expand oversight to Local Stories, a variation of Live Stories set in particular regions visible only to users in that particular area. Hamby will continue as Snapchat’s correspondent on the presidential campaign trail, where he has been filing regular reports from whistle stops all over the country featuring the candidates themselves. Sean Mills ... will focus on Live Stories that are not of the local variety, such as past coverage of the MTV Video Music Awards.” http://bit.ly/1RMvJ4F
OUT AND ABOUT: Future45 and America Rising PAC hosted an afternoon screening yesterday of “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” at AMC Loews Goergetown 14, followed by a discussion with Sen. Tom Cotton and reception at the Ritz-Carlton. SPOTTED: Matt Rhoades, Mary Catherine Ham, Elliott Abrams, Ryan Williams, Colin Reed, Rep. Darrell Issa, Daniel Strauss, Michael Falcone, Annie Linskey, Sarah Westwood, Tara Jeffries, Teddy Davis.
--WashPost, bottom of A1, “Ex-CIA chief in Benghazi breaks silence to dispute film,” by WashPost’s Adam Goldman and Greg Miller: “It is the most fateful moment ... a scene in which the highest-ranking CIA operative at a secret agency compound orders his security team to ‘stand down’ rather than rush off to rescue U.S. diplomats under siege less than a mile away. According to the officer in charge of the CIA’s Benghazi base that night, the scene ... is entirely untrue. ... [T]he base chief known as Bob [said:] ... ‘So much of this information has been wrong.’” http://wapo.st/1Ki9yLN
WASHINGTON, INC. -- “Major League Baseball Opens Washington, DC Office”: “Josh Alkin, who has worked with MLB for nearly 15 years during his tenure with the firm BakerHostetler, will now support the game’s efforts as a full-time member of the Commissioner’s Office [as VP of government relations]. Lucy Calautti, also formerly of BakerHostetler, will continue to provide representation to MLB in Washington. ... MLB has also hired the Duberstein Group. Partners Ken Duberstein, Dan Meyer, Steve Champlin, Brian Griffin and David Schiappa will provide counsel.” http://politi.co/1JPqPAY
MOOD MUSIC: “GLOBAL ROUT” -- WSJ 5-col. lead, “U.S. Stocks Slide in Global Rout,” by Corrie Driebusch (with white-on-black “Market Mayhem” box listing inside stories): “Worries about slowing global growth have plagued stocks for months, but many analysts have maintained that the U.S. economy is relatively healthy ... U.S. economic data released Friday, however, raised doubts about the economy’s strength. U.S. retail sales fell last month, showing consumers are dialing back spending. A gauge of manufacturing in New York state fell sharply. ...
“Reflecting the extent of investor worries, financial stocks posted steep losses despite several upbeat earnings reports in recent days from the nation’s biggest banks.” http://on.wsj.com/1Zr3I1q
--NEVER MIND, because debt ratios -- WSJ A1 “Heard on the Street” column, “This Meltdown Isn’t A Reprise of 2008,” by Justin Lahart: “The end isn’t nigh. ... While losses could continue, the U.S. appears ... to be in a better position to weather them. That could keep a market downturn from morphing into a full-blow financial crisis that then leads to an economic one. ... U.S. banks today are in far better position to absorb losses than during the financial crisis. ... After 2008, many investors have come to fear that every episode in financial markets is another black swan. They should remember there are white ones, too.” http://on.wsj.com/1ZCYe9s
--L.A. TIMES A1, “NEW ANXIETY AS U.S. STOCKS PLUNGE,” by Jim Puzzanghera and Don Lee: “Many emerging economies ... already are slumping, with countries such as Brazil having fallen into deep recession. ... [F]undamentals in the Chinese economy haven't changed much in the last few weeks. Neither has the global oil market. What's changed is the level of uncertainty and ... fears that [China] is slowing more than official statistics suggest. Oil prices ... continue to get hammered ... Investors also are concerned that international sanctions on Iran are close to being lifted, which would allow that nation to ship more oil.” http://lat.ms/1npsqDA
HOLLYWOODLAND – N.Y. Times Quotation of the Day -- SPIKE LEE, a few hours after the Oscar nominations were announced and no black actors were on the list, on the persistent lack of diversity in Hollywood: “We may win an Oscar now and then, but an Oscar is not going to fundamentally change how Hollywood does business. I’m not talking about Hollywood stars. I’m talking about executives. We’re not in the room.” A1 article, “Another Oscar Year, Another All-White Ballot: Familiar Questions Emerge on Race in Hollywood,” by Cara Buckley http://nyti.ms/1P5Jdb6
PLAYBOOK HIGHLIGHT REEL:
--“Thursday’s GOP debate draws fewest viewers so far this cycle,” by Alex Weprin: “Last night’s Republican primary debate on Fox Business Network averaged 11 million total viewers, making it the least watched GOP debate this election cycle ... three million were in the core news demo of adults 25-54. ... The ‘undercard’ debate at 6 PM averaged two million total viewers, including 289,000 viewers in the adults 25-54 demo.” http://politi.co/1SSDs0h
--“Lindsey Graham throws his support for Jeb Bush for president,” by (Charleston) Post and Courier’s Schuyler Kropf: “Bush [said] he had no qualms about collecting Graham’s backing in South Carolina, where Graham has been attacked by some conservatives who say he is too quick to cooperate with Democrats. ‘I’ll take all his enemies because he has a lot more friends,’ Bush said. Graham said he was backing Bush because he has the best plan to continue the fight against terrorism and the temperament to run the county.” http://bit.ly/1U115lv
--“Obama: Dog pants go on two legs, not four,” by Eliza Collins: “In a live YouTube Interview with Adande Thorne, who goes by the name Swoozie, the leader of the free world was asked about the meme in question: If a dog wore pants, how would he? ‘You gotta go with this,’ Obama said immediately pointing to the diagram featuring a drawing of a dog with pants on just its hind-legs. ... Obama also said he had not seen the new Star Wars movie, despite ending a press conference early in December because he said he was going to watch the movie, which had a showing at the White House.” http://politi.co/1RUhIAa
“60 MINUTES” listings – “The Great Brain Robbery -- Economic espionage sponsored by the Chinese government is costing U. S. corporations hundreds of billions of dollars and more than two million jobs. The spying is also a serious threat to national security, a Justice Department official tells Lesley Stahl. Richard Bonin is the producer. ... Sean Penn – The actor speaks to Charlie Rose in his first interview since his controversial clandestine meeting with the fugitive drug Lord ‘El Chapo,’ who was arrested last week. ... The Mountain Lions of LA -- They are called pumas, cougars or mountain lions. But they are also being called neighbors by some residents of Los Angeles, who are finding them at home in their backyards or even their crawlspaces. Bill Whitaker goes on safari in the Los Angeles Hills. David Browning is the producer.”
YOU’RE INVITED -- Join us on Monday, Jan. 25 for Playbook Cocktails featuring a one-on-one conversation with former National Security Adviser Tom Donilon followed by a keynote interview with former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates about policy, politics and his new book “A Passion for Leadership.” Doors open at 5:30 p.m. at the W Hotel. RSVP http://bit.ly/1OvLFlC
CLICKERS -- “The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics,” edited by Matt Wuerker – 11 keepers http://politi.co/1WfwDpd
--“Iowa, Before the Storm,” by M. Scott Mahaskey and Manuela Tobias: “Sixteen days from the caucuses, the sides of the 2016 campaign you’ve never seen.” 14 pix http://politi.co/1PgGrJT
NEW TAMMY HADDAD and BETSY FISCHER PODCAST -- “Bloomberg Politics Debuts Two New Biweekly Podcasts”: “‘Masters in Politics’ will be hosted by ... Tammy Haddad, former executive producer of MSNBC’s ‘Hardball,’ and Betsy Fischer Martin, former executive producer of NBC’s ‘Meet the Press.’ In their biweekly podcast, Haddad and Fischer Martin will explore the high-stakes world of politics from the modern masters in politics themselves: the candidates, strategists and fellow journalists on the campaign trail. ... The debut episode will feature Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush along with ... [Iowa] pollster J. Ann Selzer.” http://bloom.bg/1Qb3vPA
GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:
--“The Evolution of David Brooks” – Q&A with Marc Fisher in Moment Magazine: “I believe in dual callings. One of my callings is to represent a certain moderate Republican Whig political philosophy, and the other is to try to shift the conversation more in a moral and theological direction.” http://bit.ly/1QbUFB0 (h/t TheBrowser.com)
--“The Triumph of Email,” by Adrienne LaFrance in The Atlantic: “Why does one of the world’s most reviled technologies keep winning.” http://theatln.tc/1QbTfXc (h/t ALDaily.com)
--“Blue Blood, Blue Collar: Damian Lewis’s transformations,” by The New Yorker’s Lauren Collins: “Lewis sees himself as a champion for his characters, be they rapacious monarchs or domestic terrorists or capitalist pigs. ... The great bizarrity of Lewis’s career is that he is a white-tie Briton who has made his reputation playing blue-collar Americans ... Lewis’s family tree includes baronets and knights.” http://bit.ly/1n6SS5a
--“To boldly sell,” by Grayson Clary in Aeon Magazine: “Space is for sale. And if we want to get serious about our interplanetary ambitions, that could be a good thing.” http://bit.ly/1n6R9g0
--“Holding the T: My life in squash,” by The New Yorker’s Tad Friend: “Squash has long been synonymous with prep school, with being weedy and twee, and the most heinous clubs maintain an all-whites rule that encompasses the skin tone of their members. ... Yet squash isn’t just for douche bags.” http://bit.ly/1RqDAoe
--“Why We Keep Playing the Lottery,” by Adam Piore in Nautilus Magazine: “Blind to the mathematical odds, we fall to the marketing gods.” http://bit.ly/1Zq9YXg
--“The Front Lines,” by Luke Mogelson in The New Yorker: “On the border of ISIS territory, Iraqi civilians fight for their survival.” http://bit.ly/1OJJM8l
--“What’s Really Going on Inside Tinder?” by Austin Carr in Fast Company: “After regaining the top job at Tinder, Sean Rad is wrestling with the future of his dating-app company—and with his polarizing persona.” http://bit.ly/1noBd8T
--“Mr. (Swipe) Right?” by Nellie Bowles in California Sunday Magazine: “After a year of tumult and scandal at Tinder, ousted founder Sean Rad is back in charge. Now can he — and his company — grow up?” http://bit.ly/1Q3FQOS (h/t Longreads.com)
--“The Dragnet,” by Russell Brandom in The Verge: “How a man accused of million-dollar fraud uncovered a never before seen, secret surveillance device [the Stingray].” http://bit.ly/1OU4TF8 (h/t Longform.org)
--“The Trials of Alice Goffman,” by Gideon Lewis-Kraus in tomorrow’s N.Y. Times Magazine: “Her first book, ‘On the Run’ — about the lives of young black men in West Philadelphia — has fueled a fight within sociology over who gets to speak for whom.” http://nyti.ms/1RqEalJ
--“The great British curry crisis,” by Malcolm Moore in the FT: “The high-street staple is under threat. Can a new generation of entrepreneurs save the nation’s tandoori?” http://on.ft.com/1P4VVa6
--“Gentrification X: how an academic argument became the people’s protest,” by Dan Hancox in The Guardian: “Hancox meets victims and beneficiaries of this highly emotive issue – and finds that the anger is real, and resistance is coming to a head.” http://bit.ly/1P4VWuK
--“Spoken in scent,” by Elizabeth Preston in Aeon Magazine: “A hidden sense of smell might account for the mysterious sixth sense and a universe of subtle knowledge about the world.” http://bit.ly/1n6SUdn
LATE-NIGHT BEST – BILL MAHER, in honor of his upcoming 60th birthday (on Jan. 20), last night made a request of his viewers to sign a new WhiteHouse.gov petition, calling on President Obama to come on the show. The goal is to reach more than 100,000 signatures in 30 days, which would prompt a White House response. Video http://bit.ly/1n2w1qH The petition http://wh.gov/iwwaS
MEDIAWATCH -- “Murdochs abandon 2 World Trade, [Larry] Silverstein soldiers on,” by Politico’s Dana Rubinstein and Joe Pompeo: “In June, the two media companies signed a letter of intent ...to occupy 1.5 million square feet for 30 years at 2 World Trade Center ... But the deal spurred controversy, after it was revealed that the New York State and the Port Authority intended to subsidize the lease. ... On Friday afternoon, Murdoch’s sons James ... and Lachlan ... sent a memo to employees explaining the decision to stay at 1211 and 1185 Avenue of the Americas.” http://politi.co/1RLZgM1
TRANSITIONS – Lauren Claffey joins Southern Company as manager of executive comms from Rational 360: “Lauren served as press secretary and communications director for Senator Saxby Chambliss from 2009-2014, followed by a role as communications director for the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security.”
THE PRESIDENT’S WEEK AHEAD: “On Monday, the President and the First Lady will participate in a community service project in the Washington, DC area in celebration of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service and in honor of Dr. King’s life and legacy. ... On Tuesday, the President will welcome Prime Minister Turnbull of Australia to the White House on the Prime Minister’s first trip to Washington since assuming office. ... On Wednesday, the President will travel to Detroit ... to experience firsthand the remarkable progress made by the City, its people and neighborhoods, and the American auto industry. While in Detroit, the President will visit the 2016 North American International Auto Show to highlight the more than 640,000 new auto industry jobs created since the auto rescue and the record auto sales in the U.S. in 2015. ...
“On Thursday, the President will deliver remarks and host a reception for the nation’s mayors ... The mayors will spend the evening at the White House interacting with Cabinet members and senior White House officials to expand the partnerships between cities and the federal government. As part of her Joining Forces Initiative, First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver remarks at the 84th Winter Meeting of the United States Conference on Mayors at the Capital Hilton. She will speak about the Administration’s efforts to end veteran homelessness ... On Friday, the President will award National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology and Innovation to 17 scientists, engineers, mathematicians and innovators.”
THE V.P.’s WEEK AHEAD: “On Saturday, the Vice President and Dr. Biden will be in Wilmington, Delaware. There are no public events scheduled. On Sunday evening, the Vice President and Dr. Biden will depart Wilmington, Delaware en route Davos, Switzerland.”
BIRTHDAYS: Frank Maisano, of Bracewell & Giuliani, a GWU professor and big hockey fan and the pride of Center Line, Mich. ... Scott Goodstein, founder and CEO of Revolution Messaging ... Reagan Brown is 19, celebrating in Miami (h/t Mom and Dad, Gay and Dale, plus Mary Grace, Rebecca, Andrew, and all your buds at Redeemer) ... Vince Frillici, managing director at Mercury (h/t Jon Haber) ... former NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous ... Clay Dumas, chief of staff at the WH Office of Digital Strategy ... Maria Hatzikonstantinou, VP at CRC Public Relations and huge Giants fan … Dan Hill, president at Ervin/Hill Strategy ... Andrew Mountain, a Bush 43 WH alum ... Kelly Allen, a Peter Welch alum now a senior consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton ...
... Matthew Herrick, director of comms. at the USDA and advisor to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack, is 39 ... Greg Polk, senior director of gov’t affairs for the Americas at TE Connectivity, is 4-0 (h/t Victoria Hartman) ... Maureen McGrath, deputy director of No Labels (h/t Dennis Craig) ... OMB alum Sally Ericcson, now a resource conservation and climate consultant ... Bruce Collins, C-SPAN corporate VP and general counsel ... Rob Goodman, a former Hoyer speechwriter now a Ph.D. candidate in Political Theory at Columbia, is 32 ... Luke Knittig, LMI’s VP of corp. comms and former NATO spokesman (h/t Sandra Perez Hawthorne) ... Anne Fauvre, now with Apple and an Albright Stonebridge alum … Alicia Preston, the pride of N.H ... Yun Kim ...
... Jerry Gray, Politico’s director of IT operations ... Paolo Liebl von Schirach ... Jackie Huelbig ... Chita Rivera … Linda Semans ... Tim Robillard … Elaine Baxter … Eric Dick ... Dr. Laura Schlessinger ... Dana Mishoe Black ... Sam Pritchard … Craig Underwood ... Debbie Berger Fox ... Mitch Dworkin is 5-0 ... author William Kennedy is 88 ... author-editor Norman Podhoretz is 86 ... opera singer Marilyn Horne is 82 ... Hall of Fame auto racer A.J. Foyt is 81 ... country singer Ronnie Milsap is 73 ... talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger is 69 ... Sade is 57 ... Kate Moss is 42 ... Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco is 31 ... actress Yvonne Zima is 27 (h/ts AP)
DESSERT -- “‘24’ Pilot Officially a Go at Fox, Action-Thriller To Be Revived Without Jack Bauer,” by Variety’s Elizabeth Wagmeister: “Kiefer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer character would not be part of the revival series, which will feature an all-new cast of characters ... ‘24: Legacy’ will revolve around a military hero’s return to the U.S. and the trouble that follows him back — compelling him to ask CTU for help in saving his life, and stopping what potentially could be one of the largest-scale terror attacks on American soil.” http://bit.ly/1OvVWym
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Retail jobs are good jobs. Studies show that retail jobs pay wages competitive with similar positions in other industries, that most retail workers are happy in their jobs and that hiring managers throughout the economy value retail experience highly when evaluating job applicants. Unlike other industries that might be concentrated in a few specific locations, retail employees live and work in every city and town from Maine to Hawaii, and retailers are vital members of each community they serve. Learn more at nrf.com/SOTU. **
THE SHOWS, from @MattMackowiak, filing from Austin:
--NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Hillary Clinton; Bernie Sanders; Marco Rubio; Jeb Bush; international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney; new NBC News / Wall Street Journal poll results; roundtable: Hugh Hewitt, Stephanie Cuter, Joy-Ann Reid and Steve Schmidt
--ABC’s “This Week”: Hillary Clinton; Bernie Sanders; Donald Trump (taped in New Hampshire); roundtable: EJ Dionne, Keith Ellison, Sara Fagen, Jonathan Karl and Kevin Madden
--CBS’s “Face the Nation”: Hillary Clinton; Bernie Sanders (taped in Burlington, VT); Marco Rubio (taped in New Hampshire); John Kasich; roundtable: Michael Gerson, Gerald Seib, Molly Ball and Tavis Smiley
--“Fox News Sunday”: Ted Cruz; Paul Ryan; roundtable: George Will, Karl Rove, Carol Lee and Charles Lane; “Power Player of the week” with Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski
--CNN’s “State of the Union” (9am ET / 12pm ET): Donald Trump (taped in Des Moines); Hillary Clinton; Bernie Sanders
--Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” (10am ET / 9am CT): Allianz chief economic advisor Mohamed El-Erian; Amb. Dennis Ross; Art Laffer; roundtable: Ed Rollins, Judith Miller and Mary Kissel
--Fox News’ “MediaBuzz” (11am ET / 10am CT): Chris Christie; Kristen Soltis Anderson; Kirsten Powers; Maria Bartiromo; Neil Cavuto; Trish Regan; Sandra Smith
--CNN’s “Inside Politics” with John King (SUN 8:30am ET): Roundtable: Jackie Kucinich, Nia-Malika Henderson, Matt Viser and Eliana Johnson
--CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS”: (SUN 10am ET / 1pm ET): Author and Ploughshares Fund president Joseph Cirincione (“Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before it is Too Late”); roundtable: Rana Foroohar, David Frum and Princeton University’s Sean Wilentz; author David Agus (“The End of Illness”)
--CNN’s “Reliable Sources”: (SUN 11am ET): Roundtable: Juana Summers, Jeff Greenfield and author and Washington Magazine’s Harry Jaffe (“Why Bernie Sanders Matters”); Debbie Wasserman Schultz; former Current TV president David Bohrman and Marc Lamont Hill; The Poynter Institute’s Kelly McBride and former People Magazine editor in chief Larry Hackett; Rookie editor in chief and founder Tavi Gevinson
--Univision’s “Al Punto” (SUN 10am ET / 1pm PT) Univision News’ María Antonieta Collins; former Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary and UDLAP president Luis Ernesto Derbez; interviews with Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley at the Brown and Black Forum; Jeb Bush; Venezuela National Assembly president Henry Ramos Allup and Venezuela National Assembly majority leader Julio Borges
--C-SPAN's “The Communicators” (SAT 6:30pm ET): Broadcasting Board of Governors CEO John Lansing, questioned by NYT’s Ron Nixon ... “Newsmakers” (SUN 10am ET): USCIS director Leon Rodriguez, questioned by the LA Times’ Brian Bennett and WaPo’s Jerry Markon ... “Q&A” (SUN 8pm & 11pm ET): Documentary filmmaker Aviva Kempner (“Rosenwald”)
--MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry”: (SUN 10am-12pm ET): Roosevelt Institute fellow Dorian Warren; The Nation Magazine’s John Nichols; Republican consultant Katon Dawson; Michigan State University’s Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha; National Education Association president Lily Eskelsen García; author and Fordham University’s Christina Greer (“Black Ethnics”); Housing Works, Inc. president & CEO Charles King; Langone Medical Center’s Dr. Benjamin G. Neel; American Cancer Society chief medical officer Dr. Otis Brawley; Bernie Sanders campaign national press secretary Symone Sanders; Rev. Al Sharpton; #BlackLivesMatter co-creator Alicia Garza; New York Magazine’s Rebecca Traister; North Carolina NAACP state conference president Rev. Dr. William Barber
--MSNBC’s “Weekends with Alex Witt”: (SUN 12pm-2pm ET): NYT’s Jeremy Peters; Amb. Marc Ginsberg; Howard Dean; Michael Steele; Jennifer Granholm; Jim Himes; YoungHollywood.com’s Nikki Novak; Des Moines Register’s Kathie Obradovich; WaPo’s David Maraniss; NYT’s Josh Barro; The Daily Beast’s Betsy Woodruff
--NPR's “Weekend Edition Sunday” (SUN 8am-10am ET): Hosted by NPR’s Rachel Martin: “For the Record” segment on children’s autism with parents sharing their experience on the moment they received diagnosis; NPR national politics correspondent Mara Liasson previews the upcoming democratic debate; Pastor Darrell Scott on Trump’s appeal to evangelical voters; NPR Alt Latino hosts Felix Contreras and Jasmine Garsd to talk Latin alternative tributes to David Bowie; Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network’s Becca O’Connor on the progress states and local jurisdictions have made clearing the backlog of untested rape kits
--PBS’s “To the Contrary” with Bonnie Erbé: Roundtable: Progressive blogger Anushay Hossain, Republican strategist Rina Shah Bharara, Washington Examiner columnist Ashe Schow and author and political analyst Lara Brown
--WUSA 9's “Capital Download” with Derek McGinty and Susan Page: (SUN 8:30am ET): Paul Ryan; Chris Van Hollen; roundtable: Yahoo News’ Olivier Knox and McClatchy’s Anita Kumar
--SiriusXM's “No Labels Radio” (SUN 6am ET & 9pm ET): No Labels vice chair Mack McLarty moderates an in-studio panel featuring fellow No Labels vice chair Charlie Black, WSJ’s Colleen McCain Nelson and Politico’s Steven Shepard to discuss the No Labels Problem Solver Promise, President Obama’s final State of the Union address, as well this week’s presidential debates.
--Sinclair’s “Full Measure” with Sharyl Attkisson (SUN 9:30am ET on WJLA and airing on Sinclair stations nationwide): future of Guantanamo Bay prison; investigation of government and how they obstruct the freedom of the press; interview with John McCain on government waste.
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