By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; mallen@politico.com) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; dlippman@politico.com)
Happy Kentucky Derby day! Post time is 6:34 p.m. It’s Gold Cup in Virginia. TOMORROW is Mother’s Day. It’s 72 days to Cleveland, 79 days to Philly, 185 days to election.
PLAYBOOK BREAKFAST – “The GOP’s 24-hour meltdown: Trump’s promise to unify the Republican Party is in tatters, as an all-out civil war grips the GOP,” by Nolan McCaskill, with Katie Glueck, Daniel Strauss, Nick Gass and Brianna Gurciullo: “[A] full-bore GOP civil war has broken out, dividing the party into factions that are providing fresh headaches for Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. Priebus on Friday tried to encourage his fellow Republicans to put down their arms.
“Sitting down for a one-hour conversation with POLITICO’s Mike Allen, [Priebus] repeatedly stated that it’s just been three days since Trump became the presumptive nominee, and that it’s going to take time for Republicans to absorb their new reality. Priebus said Trump understands that the party has to unify wide blocs of voters, and he dismissed the latest furor over Trump’s tweet celebrating Cinco de Mayo with a picture of him tucking into a taco bowl.
“‘He’s trying, and honestly, he’s trying and I will tell you what, I honestly think he understands that building and unifying and growing the party is the only way we’re going to win ... I think he gets that.’ Playing the role of chief GOP diplomat, Priebus empathized with Ryan.” http://politi.co/24AvkJx
HOT VIDEO -- @POLITICOEvents: “A little Baileys for @Reince’s cereal at #PlaybookBreakfast” http://bit.ly/1SSLk25 ... @cspan: “@Reince reaction to Donald Trump #CincoDeMayo taco bowl tweet: ‘He’s trying ...Honestly, He trying.’ via @Politico” http://bit.ly/1OhhoHw
PIC DU JOUR – Washington Examiner’s Al Weaver (@alweaver22): “American Bridge handing these out to reporters at Playbook breakfast w/ @Reince ... Baileys & [Kellogg’s corn flakes] cereal” http://bit.ly/1Wf1cid
TOP TWEETS -- @blakehounshell: “OH in the newsroom: ‘Can you grab the taco reflow?’ #2016” ... @seanspicer: “Flashback Friday: remember all @TheDemocrats in 2012 who didn't attend DNC Convention? See the full list here” http://bit.ly/1T5ajBj ...
... @PRyan: “I’ve invited @realDonaldTrump for a meeting with GOP leaders next week, and I look forward to the discussion.” ... @BuzzFeedAndrew replies: “Ever seen Godfather Three?” ... @EricFehrn: “Trump became the first candidate to ever pander to voters by eating ethnic food. What will he do next?”
GOP UNITES ...
--“Top allies break with Ryan over Trump,” by Rachael Bade: “Reps. Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia and Dennis Ross of Florida — who, as House whips, help Republican leaders muster support to pass legislation — told POLITICO ... they disagreed with Ryan’s decision ... Both lawmakers said they believe their leader is in denial about how Republican voters feel about the real-estate tycoon.” http://politi.co/1XdUrME
--Tampa Bay Times lead story, “Jeb Bush won’t vote for Trump ... says he won’t vote for Hillary Clinton in November either,” by Alex Leary – Bush wrote on his Facebook page: “There is no doubt that he successfully tapped into the deep sense of anger and frustration so many Americans around the country rightfully feel today ... [But he] has not displayed a respect for the Constitution. And, he is not a consistent conservative.” http://bit.ly/1SU4Tac ... Jeb’s post http://bit.ly/1Xd7Owv
--N.Y. Times A1, top of col. 1, “RIFT GROWS WIDE AS REPUBLICANS ABANDON TRUMP: PEACE EFFORTS SPURNED -- Senate Candidates Told They Can Skip the Convention,” by Alex Burns: “Ward Baker, the executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said [at a briefing for lobbyists and donors on Thursday that] conventions were a distracting spectacle every four years [and] told Republican lawmakers that they would be better off talking to voters in their home states.” http://nyti.ms/1T3TBPr
--Charleston, S.C. Post and Courier, Sen. Lindsey “Graham: ‘Cannot in good conscience support Donald Trump’ or Clinton,” by Schuyler Kropf: “Graham, R-S.C., is the highest-ranking D.C. lawmaker to reject Trump ... Ryan said ... he cannot yet support Trump’s presidential campaign, but he left the door open to come around at a later date. ...
“Graham expanded on his anti-Trump stance later Friday during an interview with Dana Bash on CNN. ‘Eating a taco is probably not going to fix the problems we have with Hispanics.’” http://bit.ly/1q5obxS
EPIC CLAPBACK ... “DONALD J. TRUMP RESPONSE TO LINDSEY GRAHAM”: “I fully understand why Lindsey Graham cannot support me. If I got beaten as badly as I beat him, and all the other candidates he endorsed, I would not be able to give my support either. Every time I see Lindsey Graham spew hate during interviews I ask why the media never questions how I single-handedly destroyed his hapless run for President. As a candidate who did not receive 1% in his own state -- compared to my victory at nearly 40% with many others in the race -- he has zero credibility.
“He was a poor representative and an embarrassment to the great people of South Carolina. Judging by the incompetent way he ran his campaign, it is easy to see why his military strategies have failed so badly -- we can’t even beat ISIS! While I will unify the party, Lindsey Graham has shown himself to be beyond rehabilitation. And like the voters who rejected him, so will I!”
DICK CHENEY and BOB DOLE endorse ...
--Cheney told CNN’s Jamie Gangel that he has always supported the GOP nominee and will do so this year as well. http://cnn.it/1WeQjw8
--@jmartNYT, re Cheney (Liz running for U.S. House in Wyoming): “Daughter is on ballot this year”
--Dole statement, released by Trump campaign: “The voters of our country have turned out in record numbers to support Mr. Trump. It is important that their votes be honored and it is time that we support the party's presumptive nominee ... I plan to attend the RNC convention in Cleveland to show my support for our party and our ticket, as I have done my entire life.”
MEGATRENDS – “London elects first Muslim mayor, after ugly campaign,” by CNN’s Tim Hume: “Sadiq Khan, a practicing Muslim and Labour Party politician, has been elected ... the first Muslim mayor of a major Western capital city. ... Muslims comprise about 12% of the” city. http://cnn.it/24ArO1G
NEVER MIND -- @dansenor, re WashPost online story saying Romney “is being courted” by Bill Kristol to run as an independent: “Completely overblown story. The meeting WAS NOT about Romney & an indy run. It WAS Kristol badgering folks abt Sasse.” http://wapo.st/1QUMd4v
VEEPSTAKES – Atlanta Journal-Constitution p. A1, “Gingrich emerges as a potential VP pick: Former U.S. House speaker has been a forceful advocate for Trump,” by Greg Bluestein: “Gingrich has repeatedly said he’d be honored to be considered ... ‘I have no idea what his thinking is right now. I don’t have any interest in the sense that I’m going to go out and try to become his vice president,’ Gingrich told Channel 2 Action News. ‘I would obviously have to listen carefully if he called. He’s an old friend, and I think any time a potential president calls a citizen, a citizen owes them an obligation.’” http://bit.ly/1NmGcD5
OBAMA POUNCES -- L.A. Times 2-col. lead, “Trump is the face of GOP, Obama says: President, Clinton and other Democrats seize upon the split among Republicans to attack presumptive nominee,” by Christi Parsons: “The fusillade ... has opened the general election with Democrats rushing to frame Trump in a way that his primary opponents aimed for, but mostly stopped short of, to avoid alienating Republican voters.
“‘The main mistake for the primary season was assuming that Donald Trump was someone else’s responsibility, someone else's fight,’ said Kevin Madden, a Republican strategist who advised 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney. ‘There’s little chance the Democrats make that same mistake.’” http://lat.ms/1XdRxHM
WHAT OBAMA SAID, in response to questions after he made remarks on the economy in the White House press room: “I think you have to ask Speaker Ryan what the implications of his comments are. There is no doubt that there is a debate that’s taking place inside the Republican Party about who they are and what they represent. Their standard bearer at the moment is Donald Trump. And I think not just Republican officials, but more importantly, Republican voters are going to have to make a decision as to whether this is the guy who speaks for them and represents their values.”
--Asked about Trump’s “taco bowl” tweet on Cinco de Mayo: “I have no thoughts on Mr. Trump’s tweets. As a general rule, I don’t pay attention to Mr. Trump’s tweets. And I think that will be true I think for the next six months. So you can just file that one. (Laughter.)” Transcript http://1.usa.gov/1OhNQtd
TIM MILLER on HuffPo’s “Candidate Confessionals” podcast -- Sam Stein: “[W]hat stood out to [Tim] Miller was the type of issues that the Bush donors obsessed over. They worried about his clothes. ‘It was honestly sartorial ... Donors had a lot of thoughts about his cable TV look. Donors are obsessed with cable TV. The most feedback we got was with regards to cable TV: Why aren’t you on enough? When you are on? Why is he not wearing a suit coat rather than a sweater? Can he get a new suit coat jacket?’” http://huff.to/1ZjkH6L
TAMMY/BETSY PODCAST: On the Bloomberg Politics “Masters in Politics” Podcast, Tammy Haddad and Betsy Fischer Martin speak with Trump senior advisor Barry Bennett Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver. Bennett: “People will be shocked to know this, but Donald Trump’s personality offstage is very much like Bill Clinton’s. They both have never met a stranger. When they talk to you they just own you. They’re staring right into your soul. You make an immediate connection. He’s asking you about your family and everything else. They have very much the same personality, they’re very engaging people. The first time I met him, I went up in January right after I left the Ben Carson campaign. I liked his policies, but I loved his personality.” http://bloom.bg/1O5RyLH ... Listen and subscribe http://apple.co/1WeXPHp
FIRST LOOK – “Hillary for America will launch a new ‘62 of the most devastating things Republicans have called Donald Trump’ [listicle this] morning. It includes [quotes] from Ben Carson and Chris Christie to Ted Cruz and Mitt Romney and many more.” http://hrc.io/1QUPQHC
SPOTTED: “George Will standing in the front row in top of 9th w/ Cubs’ fans as Nats went down 1-2-3 and Cubs wrapped up 8-6 victory at Wrigley Field. No word yet if Will met w/ Cubs’ owner Ricketts re NeverTrump strategy.” ... Eli and Peyton Manning dining yesterday at Cafe Milano (h/t Kate Hickey)
SEND YOUR SPOTTINGS to dlippman@politico.com
INSTAGRAM DU JOUR -- @seanmspicer: “Finally! @dunkindonuts in Longworth Building of US House. Ps happened under @gop watch” http://bit.ly/1UFIa2Y
CLICKERS – “The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics,” edited by Matt Wuerker – 10 keepers http://politi.co/1QUjxbK ... “The week in politics according to 12 crazy Vines” – Politico: http://bit.ly/2713W5W
GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:
--“The Untold Story of the Most Hated Workplace Clichés: Where did all this office jargon come from? A condensed etymology,” by NatGeo writer Mark Strauss on LinkedIn.com: Is there a parlor game where people can compete to see how many office clichés they can cram into the fewest sentences? If there isn’t, there should be.” http://bit.ly/1T38HEM
--“I Was Prince’s Private Chef,” by Margaret Wetzler in Food and Wine: “Prince had guests about every other night— Orlando Bloom, Cornel West, Kristin Chenoweth. He kept a floor-to-ceiling stack of Jehovah’s Witness Bibles and gave one to every guest.” http://fandw.me/1SSL1nZ (h/t Longreads.com)
--“How It Ends,” by Kelly McEvers on LennyLetter.com: “A journalist reflects on reentering the U.S. after being a war correspondent in the Middle East.” http://bit.ly/1q4fQdP (h/t Longform.org)
--“The Former Head of the CIA on Managing the Hunt for Bin Laden,” by Leon E. Panetta and Jeremy Bash in Harvard Business Review: “Every organization needs to answer the question: What’s the one mission we must pursue above all others — and if we stop trying, we will cease to be who we are? For us, that mission was closing the Bin Laden chapter for good.” http://bit.ly/1VN45Gq
--“The Disturbing Decline of Sumner Redstone,” by Fortune’s Peter Elkind with Marty Jones: “With a trial about to begin, lurid and alarming details of the billionaire’s condition and the scheming around him continue to emerge. Many questions will arise in the courtroom—and control of CBS and Viacom could ultimately hang in the balance.” http://for.tn/1Tw0CWI ... Part 2 http://for.tn/1SUQcQF ... Part 3 http://for.tn/1Xd22Lk
--“Why America Can’t Quit the Drug War,” by Rolling Stone’s Tim Dickinson: “After 45 years, more than $1 trillion wasted, and the creation of the world’s largest prison system, America still lacks the political will to change its failed drug policy.” http://rol.st/1WdB9qY
--“Dangerous Fictions,” by The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins in a Letter from Karachi: “The writer Mohammed Hanif probes for truth in Pakistan.” http://bit.ly/1TMVwbn
--“The Catastrophic Success of the U.S. Air Force,” by David Barno and Nora Bensahel in War On The Rocks: “The Air Force no longer has any substantive experience in how to fight and win in a highly contested environment ... No American warplanes have been shot down by enemy aircraft since at least 1991 and none lost to enemy air defenses since 2003.” http://bit.ly/270ZMv0
--“Did litigation kill the Beatles?” by Stan Soocher in ABA Journal: “As the most successful band in history, the Beatles generated not only a record number of music hits but probably more legal disputes than any other music group before or since.” http://bit.ly/24yKZcd (h/t TheBrowser.com)
MEDIAWATCH – “News Corp. banking on Megyn Kelly’s book,” by Joe Pompeo: “News Corp. is counting on Megyn Kelly’s literary debut to give its publishing unit a financial bump. HarperCollins, a subsidiary of News Corp., announced in February that it had inked a deal with the Fox News anchor for a book to hit shelves this fall. The book is expected to be a hit given Kelly’s meteoric rise at Fox News.” http://politi.co/1T59qbH
REMEMBERING CONRAD BURNS: Yesterday morning at Metra in Billings, Mont., a celebration of life was held for Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), who served from 1989-2007, and died at his home in Billings on April 28 at age 81. Remembrances were offered by Dr. Keely Godwin and Garrett Burns. The Marine hymn was played and a 21-gun salute was offered. Attendees followed the service with a reception where stories about Conrad’s kindness, wit, and famous sense of humor were shared. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
--SPOTTED: Montana dignitaries including Gov. Steve Bullock, Attorney General Tim Fox, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, former Gov. Marc Racicot, former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, former U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, and many more. Former Burns staffers Dwight McKay, Mark Baker, Dick Wadhams, Leo Giacometto, LaDonna Lee, Ryan Thomas, J.P. Pendleton, Clark Johnson, Jim McCray, Jennifer Owen, Margo Rushing, Dan Stusek, Aaron Flint, Matt Mackowiak and many more.
MATT and JAMIE RHOADES today are baptizing their first born child, daughter Grace. Attendees include NBC News’ Andrew Rafferty and America Rising President Joe Pounder.
HAPPENING TODAY: 40 embassies in D.C. open their doors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in an “Around the World Embassy Tour.” See a map of all of them. http://bit.ly/1SUYCHO
TREASURY DEPARTURE LOUNGE: “After more than 13 years of government service, the last four of which as a top aide to Secretary Lew, [Friday] was Meaghan Muldoon’s last day at the Treasury Department. Meaghan started at OMB in the Bush Administration and rose through the ranks to become a Senior Advisor to Lew at OMB. She worked on the Simpson-Bowles Commission, where she won accolades on both sides of the aisle, before joining Lew in the White House as a Policy Advisor during his tenure as Chief of Staff.”
WEEKEND WEDDINGS – Alex Siciliano, comms. director for Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Emily Basta, chief security officer at the Chertoff Group got married in downtown Seattle on April 23rd at Chris Our Hope Church with the reception at the Sunset Club. The couple, who went on honeymoon to Thailand, were surrounded by our family and closest friends from home and work, who all danced the night away. They met in college at Regis University in Denver and moved to DC together in January of 2011. Pics http://bit.ly/1TuUhuB ... http://bit.ly/26XLg7b
--SPOTTED: Sen. Gardner and his wife Jaime, Chris Hansen, Natalie Rogers, Debbie Eng, Alex’s brothers Stuart and Stephen Sicilano.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD – Steve Myers, the former managing editor of Poynter.org, now wrapping up a professional-in-residence gig at Texas Christian University, and Rebecca Catalanello, assistant director of publications and communications at the University of New Orleans, welcomed Auden Flynn Myers on Feb. 3. Myers will soon return to editing at The Lens in New Orleans and freelance editing and consulting. Pics http://bit.ly/1Zj71bY ... http://bit.ly/1QThoNu
THE PRESIDENT’S WEEK AHEAD: Today, “the President will deliver the commencement address to the 2016 graduating class of Howard University ... On Tuesday, the President will welcome the NCAA Champion UConn Huskies women’s basketball team ... On Friday, the President will host the President of Finland and the Prime Ministers of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland at the White House for a U.S.-Nordic Leaders Summit. ...
“In the evening, the President and the First Lady will host the Nordic leaders for a State Dinner. On Sunday, the President will travel to Rutgers University’s New Brunswick campus to address 2016 graduates at Rutgers University’s 250th Anniversary commencement.”
THE V.P.’S WEEKEND: Today, “the Vice President will deliver the commencement address to the 2016 graduating class of Delaware State University. These remarks at Alumni Stadium will be open press. On Sunday, the Vice President will be in Wilmington, Delaware. There are no public events scheduled.”
BIRTHDAYS: Snapchat’s Rob Saliterman, the pride of Minnetonka, Minn., is 34 (h/ts Blain Rethmeier, Tim Burger and Anton Vuljaj) ... NBC’s Mark Murray, a diehard Texas Longhorn fan ... Vincent Harris, CEO of Harris Media, is 28 ... Keith Stern, Pelosi’s floor director, celebrating with a full day of sporting events and bourbon, golf, then Derby, CAPs and bball party at the house w/ friends (h/t wife Cara) ... Caitlin Carroll, comms. director for Republican Study Committee and an Oversight and Romney alum (h/t Becca Glover Watkins) ... Bruce Haynes, president and founding partner at Purple Strategies, is 49 ... Scott Conroy, senior political reporter at HuffPost ... John Scofield of S-3 Group is 43 ... Liz Savage (h/ts Jon Haber) ... Reps. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.), and Candice Miller (R-Mich.), who just endorsed Trump ... Kristina Johnson, a former Under Secretary of Energy turned CEO and co-founder of Cube Hydro Partners ... Colm O’Comartun, co-founder of the bipartisan public affairs firm 50-State (along with Phil Cox), and former executive director of the DGA ... former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) is 84 ...
... Andrea Purse, VP of comms. at NextGen Climate and a CAP and Obama WH alum, Pittsburgh Steelers super fan, avid runner, mom to Keaton and McKenna, wife to James (h/t DJW) ... Jordan Stark, manager of product comms. at HERE and a Hagel alum ... Scott D. Lindlaw ... Utah Gov. Gary Herbert ... Forrest Cox, an Obama administration alum now doing gov’t relations and economic dev for Cherokee Nation Businesses, is 26 (h/t former colleague Shola Farber) ... Chris Kennedy, strategic director of comms. at the U.S. Travel Association (h/t Jamie Morris) ... Alma DuVall, Opportunity Fund Corporation program coordinator at TMCF (h/t Paris Dennard) ... Wiley Norvell, comms. adviser for Housing and Economic Development for Mayor de Blasio, who’s a birthday boy tomorrow (h/t Devora Kaye) ... Joe Richards, senior account director at SevenTwenty Strategies and a CRAFT and Lukens alum ... Kelly Lanzera Bergeron, managing the Writing Exemplar Project at Nottingham Elementary School and an ABC 7 alum … Politico alum Christian Schaeffer ...
... Julia Payne, a Clinton White House alum now senior advisor in public affairs at Maroon PR (h/t The Red Phone) ... David Huebner, partner at Arnold and Porter and former U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa ... Sally McDonough ... WUSA’s Shelia Wright ... Alan Bernstein ... Cathleen Farrell, comms. director at National Immigration Forum ... Katarina Alharmoosh, who covered the ‘12 conventions for NBC and Sky News ... Brad Wolters ... Blake Roberts ... Dayo Olopade ... Jeff Schechtman ... Nicholas Harrer is 36 ... Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead) is 70 (h/t Sherman) ... actress Dylan Gelula is 22 (h/ts AP)
DESSERT – “When it comes to baby names, Emma and Noah reign supreme,” by AP’s Mary Clare Jalonick: “The administration released its annual list of top baby names Friday, and the top five names for girls and boys in 2015 remained unchanged from the previous year. Noah was followed by Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. Emma was followed by Olivia, Sophia, Ava and Isabella. Ava and Isabella switched spots from 2014, with Ava climbing to number 4. One major change was the girls’ name Isis, which had remained steadily in the middle of the pack of the country’s top 1,000 names for the last 15 years. In 2015 ... it dropped completely off the list.” http://yhoo.it/1TsXEBU ... The list http://1.usa.gov/1VN4xVc
THE SHOWS, from @MattMackowiak, filing from Billings, Mont.:
--NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Trump
--ABC’s “This Week”: Trump; roundtable: Donna Brazile, Alex Castellanos, Matthew Dowd, Rich Lowry and Alex Wagner
--CBS’s “Face the Nation”: Hillary Clinton; roundtable: Russell Moore, Jennifer Rubin, Matt Schlapp and Leslie Sanchez; roundtable: Jonathan Martin, Amy Walter, Ruth Marcus and Ben Domenech
--CNN’s “State of the Union” (9am ET / 12pm ET): Sarah Palin; John McCain (interviewed by CNN’s Manu Raju); Paul Ryan (from CNN’s “The Lead”); roundtable: Jan Brewer, Amanda Carpenter, Nina Turner and Xavier Becerra
--“Fox News Sunday”: Paul Manafort; Pat McCrory; roundtable: Brit Hume, Julie Pace, Kimberley Strassel and Charles Lane
--CNN’s “Inside Politics” with John King (SUN 8am ET): Roundtable: Jonathan Martin, Molly Ball, Ryan Lizza and MJ Lee
--Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” (10am ET / 9am CT): Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Murray Energy Corporation CEO Bob Murray; Byron York; roundtable: Ed Rollins, Garry Kasparov and Mary Kissel
--CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS”: (SUN 10am, 1pm ET): Roundtable: Ross Douthat, David Frum, Emily Miller and Dan Senor; former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis; Egyptian satirist Bassem
--CNN’s “Reliable Sources”: (SUN 11am ET): Roundtable: Kayleigh McEnany, Matt Lewis and Ben Howe; Norm Ornstein and Dana Milbank; Nancy Gibbs; New York City councilman and Trump NY campaign co-chair Joseph Borelli
--Fox News’ “MediaBuzz” (SUN 11am ET / 10am CT): Heidi Przybyla; Gayle Trotter; Simon Rosenberg; Trish Regan; Stephen Hayes; Lesley Stahl
--Univision’s “Al Punto” (SUN 10am ET / 1pm PT) Composer, lyricist and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda; former Venezuelan presidential candidate and Governor of Miranda Henrique Capriles Radonski; roundtable: Republican analyst Helen Aguirre Ferré, Democratic analyst Fabian Núñez and former Mexican foreign affairs secretary Jorge Castañeda; Johns Hopkins Hospital director of neurosurgery Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa; actress and writer Diane Guerrero
--C-SPAN: “The Communicators” (SAT 6:30pm ET): FCC Commissioner Michael O’Reilly (R), questioned by Communications Daily’s Howard Buskirk ... “Newsmakers” (SUN 10am ET): Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla (D-Puerto Rico), questioned by WSJ’s Nick Timiraos and CQ Roll Call’s Jonathan Miller ... “Q&A” (SUN 8pm & 11pm ET): Zalmay Khalilzhad
--MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton”: (SUN 8-9am ET): Larry Wilmore; Ann Kirkpatrick; E.J. Dionne; Mic’s Elizabeth Plank; Jonathan Alter; Amy Holmes
--MSNBC’s “The Place for Politics”: (SUN 9-10am ET): Buzzfeed’s Rosie Gray (hosted by MSNBC’s Frances Rivera live from New York)
--MSNBC’s “Joy Reid”: (SUN 10am-12pm ET): Brooklyn NAACP president L. Joy Williams; Perry Bacon; Al Sharpton; actress, director, speaker, writer Jasmine Guy; Arise 360’s Lola Ogunnaike
--MSNBC’s “The Place for Politics”: (SUN 12-2pm ET): Politico’s Gabe Debenedetti; former O’Malley senior advisor Gabriela Domenzain; Women for Women International founder and CEO Zainab Salbi; Muslim-Christian Understanding’s Suhail Khan; Republican strategist Tom Doherty (hosted by MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin live from New York)
--PBS’s “To the Contrary” with Bonnie Erbé: “Our Crumbling Infrastructure”
--SiriusXM’s “No Labels Radio” (SAT 10am ET & 6pm ET, SUN 1PM ET): Guest hosts and No Labels co-founders Steve Odland & Bill Miller speak with the U.S. Justice Action Network’s Holly Harris about criminal justice reform, author Dr. Benjamin Barber (“If Mayors Ruled the World”) and Politico’s Katie Glueck about the 2016 Presidential Election. Available for download at http://www.nolabels.org.
--Sinclair’s “Full Measure” with Sharyl Attkisson (SUN 10am ET on WJLA and airing on Sinclair stations nationwide): Sharyl on what’s happening to thousands of unaccompanied minors after they are apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border.