WHICH ONE OF YOU had this election turning on Anthony Weiner’s lewd texts to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina?
10 DAYS until Election Day.
THE FBI’s decision to notify Congress it had discovered new emails “that appear to be pertinent” to its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private server -- a move her campaign ripped as “extraordinary” -- sent shockwaves through the presidential race on Friday. Clinton aides are furious at what they see as the bureau’s incompetence, rear-end covering, or worse. Donald Trump’s camp is exultant, showing new signs of hope after weeks of tough polling numbers. Both sides are calling on the FBI to release more information, but law enforcement officials are telling reporters that there’s no way investigators can wrap things up before Election Day.
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HOW IT PLAYED -- Note the difference in the headlines atop the nation’s top newspapers:
NYT A1 -- “NEW EMAILS JOLT CLINTON CAMPAIGN IN RACE’S LAST DAYS: F.B.I. Looks at Messages Found During Inquiry Into Weiner’s Texts” http://nyti.ms/2fqakkS … NYT lead story http://nyti.ms/2dQMiPL … WaPo A1 -- “FBI will examine more Clinton emails” http://bit.ly/2eljHy9 … Lead story http://wapo.st/2fgWK47 … WSJ A1 -- “FBI reopens Clinton Email Probe” (online head: “FBI Reviewing Newly Discovered Emails in Clinton Server Probe”) http://bit.ly/2fqeERw … Lead story http://on.wsj.com/2eZMsS4
MEANWHILE, IN GOTHAM -- N.Y. POST cover, “STROKING GUN -- Weiner sext probe found Hill evidence -- DICKILEAKS: FBI REOPENS E-MAIL CASE” http://nyp.st/2fgTQwk ... N.Y. DAILY NEWS cover, "HILLARY'S WEINER HELL" http://bit.ly/2eGljpr
GOOD CATCH -- @SopanDeb: “Three outlets. Three very different pieces of reporting” http://bit.ly/2f2tY26
-- LAT: “The emails were not to or from Clinton, and contained information that appeared to be more of what agents had already uncovered, the official said, but in an abundance of caution, they felt they needed to further scrutinize them.” http://lat.ms/2e819UH
-- WaPo: “[T]he correspondence included emails between Abedin and Clinton, according to a law enforcement official.” http://wapo.st/2dQR1RF
-- NYT: “Senior law enforcement officials said that it was unclear if any of the emails were from Mrs. Clinton’s private server.” http://nyti.ms/2fqjluu
GLENN THRUSH’s “Five takeaways from Comey’s October surprise”: “Blame Huma and Tony -- for now. … It takes the focus off of Trump. … Never underestimate Trump’s ability to misplay a winning hand. … Clinton vs. Comey. … Trump’s not the only candidate with a self-destructive streak.” http://politi.co/2eP8BlU
ONE THEORY kicking around legal circles is this: The FBI stumbles across some of Huma Abedin’s emails on Anthony Weiner’s laptop. They need to get permission from Huma and her attorneys to look at the emails -- or get a warrant from a judge. This would be handled by the Justice Department. Comey would have no idea what was in those emails, since they haven’t had the permission to look at them yet. So they could be explosive -- or they could be nothing.
HUMA was known to forward emails to other accounts, sometimes to have documents printed. So, in this scenario, Huma uses Weiner’s laptop. The FBI searches it after they seize it in the sexting case. They discover that Huma has emails on there. The FBI New York folks notify HQ in D.C. to ask for guidance. FBI officials kick it up the chain to Comey, who feels like he has no choice but to notify Congress, because he doesn’t want it leaking that he’s covering something up days before the election.
THE FBI is going to have to say something more in the next few days.
COMEY’S LETTER TO FBI EMPLOYEES -- “This morning I sent a letter to Congress in connection with the Secretary Clinton email investigation. Yesterday, the investigative team briefed me on their recommendation with respect to seeking access to emails that have recently been found in an unrelated case. Because those emails appear to be pertinent to our investigation, I agreed that we should take appropriate steps to obtain and review them. Of course, we don’t ordinarily tell Congress about ongoing investigations, but here I feel an obligation to do so given that I testified repeatedly in recent months that our investigation was completed.
“I also think it would be misleading to the American people were we not to supplement the record. At the same time, however, given that we don’t know the significance of this newly discovered collection of emails, I don’t want to create a misleading impression. In trying to strike that balance, in a brief letter and in the middle of an election season, there is significant risk of being misunderstood, but I wanted you to hear directly from me about it.”
-- @brianefallon (Clinton spokesman, and former DOJ spokesman) on the Comey letter to FBI employees: “There is no other way to read this except as damage control.”
JOE BIDEN to Michael Smerconish for his CNN show today and for his SiriusXM show on Monday -- Smerconish tells him: “I’d be remiss if I didn’t note that if she had released all the emails from the get-go we wouldn’t be having this conversation.” BIDEN: “Well, that’s true. But I don’t know where these emails came from.” SMERCONISH: “Apparently Anthony Weiner.” BIDEN: “Oh, God. Anthony Weiner. I should not comment on Anthony Weiner. I’m not a big fan. And I wasn’t before he got in trouble, so I shouldn’t comment on Anthony Weiner.” Audio http://bit.ly/2dX7pep … Pic of Smerconish and Biden http://bit.ly/2fgX177
CLINTON in Des Moines last night: “We don’t know the facts, which is why we are calling on the FBI to release all the information that it has.” 4-min. video http://bit.ly/2f2sKnL
EXPLAIN THIS ONE! -- “Clinton house renovated without permits: Records,” by The Journal News’ Michael McKinney: “Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton have been renovating a house they bought next to their Chappaqua residence without several required local permits, according to building department records. An in-ground swimming pool at 33 Old House Lane -- the 3,631-square-foot, ranch-style house the Clintons bought for $1.16 million in August -- had been back-filled and covered with gravel, according to an October report from town Building Inspector William Maskiell.
“Maskiell … said as he headed to the basement to talk to the contractor, he noticed the kitchen, floors and walls appeared to have been recently renovated and new electrical fixtures were being installed in the ceiling. The person who complained was not identified. Maskiell said he told the contractor that permits were required. … ‘During conversation I was told that the owners wanted to have all work done and finished by Thanksgiving and were quite adamant about it and what had started as a paint job turned into this,’ Maskiell’s Oct. 17 inspection report said. A Clinton spokesperson did not return requests for comment.” http://lohud.us/2f2uDRb
POLLS -- WaPo/ABC TRACKING -- Clinton 47, Trump 45, Johnson 4, Stein 2 (taken before the Comey bombshell) http://bit.ly/2eG8NGj.
-- NOTE FROM FLORIDA: @Redistrict: “Miami-Dade Co. *alone* added more Hispanic voters (75,847) since ‘12 than Obama’s statewide margin of victory (74,307).”
STEVE SHEPARD'S "5 POLITICAL NUMBERS TO WATCH": "Will new FBI review dent Clinton's lead in the polls?" http://politi.co/2e89yaB
TRUMP REACTS -- “Trump accuses Clinton of politicizing FBI investigation,” by Ben Schreckinger in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: “‘Clinton tried to politicize this investigation by attacking and falsely accusing the FBI of only sending the letter to Republicans … I’ve been saying it for a long time but you know what happened today starting with the FBI – maybe the system will become a little less rigged,’ he said at the outdoor rally, which concluded with a fireworks show.” http://politi.co/2eGdKiz … 38-second video http://bit.ly/2eSFFfF
-- John Weaver (@JWGOP): “This won’t impact the WH campaign, but Carlos Danger may have saved the GOP Senate.” (Seung-min and Burgess have more on that: http://politi.co/2ffA5oM)
--“VICE News Tonight’s Evan McMorris-Santoro interviewed Tim Kaine [Friday] afternoon in Tallahassee, Florida about the FBI’s renewed probe into Hillary Clinton’s private email server.” 2-min. clip http://bit.ly/2eEXP3K
TRUMP TO MICHIGAN -- DETROIT NEWS’ CHAD LIVENGOOD: “Donald Trump is headed back to Michigan on Monday for two rallies in suburban Grand Rapids and Warren, signaling that the Trump campaign believes the Great Lakes State could still be in play against Democrat Hillary Clinton. A senior Trump campaign adviser told The Detroit News Friday that the Republican presidential candidate will hold a noon rally at the Deltaplex in Walker and then head to Warren for a 3 p.m. rally at Macomb Community College. ‘Our numbers show this race being a dead heat with Hillary really hitting a ceiling in the state,’ the Trump adviser said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.” http://detne.ws/2eltggF RCP avg of Michigan is Clinton +6.2.
THE TRUMP FOR AMERICA TRANSITION TEAM is holding a fundraiser/“Information Session” with Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday, Nov. 3rd, hosted by former Heritage Foundation president Ed Feulner at Baker Hostetler. $5,000 gets you in the door. http://bit.ly/2ffnz8P ... See the invite http://politi.co/2ejScVE
-- WORTH NOTING: Trump’s operation hasn’t focused on raising cash inside the Beltway in weeks. This fundraising blast went out after the FBI announced it was reopening the Clinton email investigation.
SCOOP -- “Schumer deploys last-ditch Senate money drop,” by Burgess Everett: “Chuck Schumer is pumping nearly $1.7 million into competitive Senate races, hoping the last-minute infusion of money for Democrats will ensure he enters 2017 as the Senate majority leader. The New York senator is seeding nearly $1 million from his personal campaign coffers into four competitive Senate races, a source familiar with the moves said. He’s also distributing $725,000 from a joint fundraising account to candidates across the country.” http://politi.co/2f2knZn
LATE-NIGHT BEST – CBS taped last night’s "Late Show" on Thursday but Stephen Colbert recorded something responding to the latest Hillary FBI developments and posted it to Twitter. “This October surprise came right as Hillary Clinton was riding high in the polls in the wake of sexual assault accusations against Donald Trump. Truly for the Clinton campaign horny men giveth and horny men taketh away.” http://bit.ly/2dX7RJD
HAPPENING TODAY -- DONALD TRUMP is in Golden, Colorado, for a noon rally. He then goes to Phoenix at 3 p.m. for a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center. MIKE PENCE is in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
HILLARY CLINTON is in Florida. She’ll be in Daytona Beach this afternoon, and then will go to Miami for a get-out-the-vote concert with Jennifer Lopez. BILL CLINTON is in Cleveland, Columbus and Forest Park, Ohio. CHELSEA CLINTON is in Muskegon Heights and Battle Creek, Michigan.
COMING ATTRACTIONS -- Playbook Plus, our home for Playbook content, launches Monday. It will be full of the stuff you love from Playbook. We’re particularly excited about Playbook Power Lunch, our midday mini-Playbook that will come out around 1 p.m. We’ve had countless people say they want a midday update during these incredibly newsy times, and we’re going to give it to you -- beginning Monday.
GABE SHERMAN on the cover of N.Y. Mag's forthcoming election issue: "Final Days: Trump's advisers are working hard to plan their own futures while riding out the roller-coaster end of the campaign." http://nym.ag/2ePhziN
TEXT FROM TRUMP – “I am dedicating a wall in Trump Tower to a select group of donors and supporters from my campaign, and I want to add YOUR NAME. Don’t wait -- the wall only has space for 2,000 more supporters. Contribute $49 or more TODAY and get your name officially on the Trump Donor Wall.” http://bit.ly/TrumpDonorWall ... 25 second video of Trump asking people to give to get their name on the wall http://bit.ly/2eZAAQ6
NYT A1, “F.B.I. Chief James Comey Is in Political Crossfire Again Over Emails,” by Eric Lichtblau, Michael S. Schmidt and Matt Apuzzo: “Across Pennsylvania Avenue from the F.B.I., Justice Department officials were said to be deeply upset about Mr. Comey’s decision to go to Congress with the new information before it had been adequately investigated. That decision ... appeared to contradict longstanding Justice Department guidelines discouraging any actions close to an election that could influence the outcome. ... Mr. Comey got so many calls from former agents and others after he decided this summer not to pursue charges that he had to change his phone number posted online. And at a recent meeting with retired agents, he was still fielding tough questions about the decision.” http://nyti.ms/2dX9g36
JANE MAYER on NewYorker.com, “James Comey Broke with Loretta Lynch and Justice Department Tradition”: “According to [an] Administration official, [Attorney General Loretta] Lynch asked Comey to follow Justice Department policies [not to do politically-sensitive things right before an election], but he said that he was obliged to break with them because he had promised to inform members of Congress if there were further developments in the case. He also felt that the impending election created a compelling need to inform the public, despite the tradition of acting with added discretion around elections.” http://bit.ly/2eP1Pww
DAILY DONALD -- “Video Shows Donald Trump Sexually Humiliating Woman Before Large Audience,” by HuffPost’s Ryan Grim: “Revenge has been a fixture of Donald Trump’s corporate speeches for years. It almost always comes up as he offers advice to his audience on how to succeed in business, and usually includes a Rosie O’Donnell anecdote. But at one speech in Sydney in October 2011, he decided to give the audience a live example of what revenge looks like by calling a woman he felt had slighted him onstage and sexually humiliating her in front of thousands of onlookers. Remarkably, Trump telegraphs precisely what he is about to do.” http://huff.to/2dUKXCR
CASH DASH -- “Donald Trump Adds $10 Million of His Own Money for Advertising: Cash infusion to buy $25 million in TV ads in key battleground states,” by WSJ’s Monica Langley and Rebecca Ballhaus: http://on.wsj.com/2ej2YvD
COMING ATTRACTIONS – KATY PERRY is holding a “Backstage with Katy Perry” event for Hillary for America on Nov. 5. For $2,700, you get a picture with Katy and entrance to the concert. http://hrc.io/2dXas6u
LIFE ONLINE -- “In 2012, This Woman Asked the Presidential Candidates About Equal Pay. The Internet’s Reaction Was Ugly,” by Cosmo’s Jill Filipovic: “At a town hall debate, Katherine Scerbo asked Mitt Romney and Barack Obama what they would do to close the wage gap. She quickly became the target of internet harassment.” http://bit.ly/2f0twBD
MEDIAWATCH – KAREN TUMULTY in the cover story for the November issue of American Way, on planes this weekend, “In Primary Color: All eyes are on the breaking-news network CNN and their powerful political correspondents”: “‘My joke with Wolf is that he doesn’t sleep at night,’ says [Dana] Bash. ‘They just plug him into the wall.’ ... Bash, now 45, began at CNN’s Washington bureau as a freelancer during her senior year at George Washington University. She was assigned to the ‘feeds room’ (actually more a closet), where she was in charge of monitoring eight videocassette recorders that took in what was going on in places like the House and Senate chambers and the usual media stakeout on the White House driveway.
“Shortly after graduation, on her 22nd birthday, Bash was hired for a full-time job as an assistant in the tape library. She jumped at opportunities to fill in as a field producer, which led to a producing job on the weekend shows and later to one covering Capitol Hill and the White House. ... Of the three big players in CNN’s campaign coverage, [Jake] Tapper’s was the most unlikely path to where he is today. He did not start out as a journalist: He was a campaign and congressional press secretary in the early 1990s and then worked at a public-relations firm -- a job that he found stultifying.” http://bit.ly/2fff3Hc
-- FOX NEWS will “present continuous live programming ... throughout the weekend to cover the breaking news surrounding the FBI reopening the investigation into the Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s private email server.”
CLICKER – “The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics,”edited by Matt Wuerker – 15 keepers http://politi.co/2dUIIiE
PLAYBOOK METRO SECTION -- “10 Food Trends That Will Shape D.C. Dining in 2017,” by Washington City Paper food editor Laura Hayes: “1. Bars with Games ... 2. Fat-Washed Cocktails ... 3. Maryland Wine & Beer ... 4. Collaborations ... 5. Asian Cuisine ... 6. Zero Waste as the New Farm-to-Table ... 7. Tasting Menus ... 8. Food Apps ... 9. Diners ... 10. Take-out Windows.” http://bit.ly/2fmT3Jw
GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman:
--“The Writer Who Was Too Strong To Live,” by Dave McKenna in Deadspin: “Jennifer Frey drank herself to death. ... [A]lcohol killed her as surely as a bullet killed Lincoln. She died abusing a drug that kills millions of people every year. But the life of Jennifer Frey was not a common one.” http://bit.ly/2eNyKBo (h/t Longform.org)
--“Calm, Well-Adjusted Nation’s Reading Comprehension Hits 100 Percent,” by Rob Harvilla in The Ringer: “Andy Borowitz, the polarizing ‘New Yorker’ columnist, is not trying to trick you. He’s just a victim of his own success — and Donald Trump’s.” http://bit.ly/2eQ0VCL
--“The Mastermind,” by Wright Thompson in ESPN The Magazine: “Theo Epstein walks to and from Wrigley, eats lunch in the empty bleachers and wants Chicago to see the ivy turn red in October. The Cubs president may be nearing middle age, but his love of the game is shining through more than ever.” http://es.pn/2eNyCC7
--“First-Time Voters,” photographs by Katy Grannan in The New Yorker: “Twenty Americans describe why they are voting in a Presidential election for the first time and which candidate they will choose.” http://bit.ly/2ex5Hom
--“2016: The Novel,” by Thomas Mallon, author of novels about Watergate and the last years of Ronald Reagan’s Presidency, in The New Yorker: “The campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump offer plenty of dramatic material for a writer of historical fiction.” http://bit.ly/2dBWLi7
--“Why Is Dating in the App Era Such Hard Work?” by Judith Shulevitz in November’s Atlantic reviewing “Future Sex,” by Emily Witt and “Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating,” by Moira Weigel who says dating is like a “precarious form of contemporary labor: an unpaid internship. If you look sharp, you might get a free lunch.” http://theatln.tc/2dUFWdn ... Weigel -- $17.68 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2e7DpzZ ... Witt -- $20.50 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2fgLuEO (h/t ALDaily.com)
--“Canadian Mining’s Dark Heart,” by Richard Poplak in The Walrus: “Tallying the human cost of gold in one of the most remote places on Earth.” http://bit.ly/2eNzeYr
--“Marina Abramovic at 70,” by Carl Swanson in N.Y. Mag: “The world’s most famous performance artist has outlasted her lovers and, she hopes, her critics.” http://thecut.io/2ffiBcd (h/t TheBrowser.com)
--“Playboy Interview: Former NSA [and CIA] Boss Michael Hayden on Hillary’s Emails, Hacking and Russia,” by John Meroney, who notes “the last time a former CIA director was showcased in the Playboy Interview was in 1978 when William Colby was interrogated.” http://bit.ly/2dUFb3Q ... The Colby interview http://bit.ly/2eGiu7Q
--“The spy who couldn’t spell: how the biggest heist in the history of US espionage was foiled,” by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee in The Guardian: “Ever since childhood, Brian Regan had been made to feel stupid because of his severe dyslexia. So he thought no one would suspect him of stealing secrets.” http://bit.ly/2ffcuF4
--“What I Learned About Terrorism by Talking With My Father’s Kidnapper,” by Sulome Anderson in N.Y. Mag: “‘When we took your father, we didn’t see him as Terry Anderson, the person,’ my father’s kidnapper told me. ‘To us, he was America.’” http://nym.ag/2eYi2Q9 (h/t Longreads.com)
--“Last Taboo,” by Wesley Morris in tomorrow’s N.Y. Times Magazine: “Why Pop Culture Just Can’t Deal With Black Male Sexuality.” http://nyti.ms/2eQ6YXN
GREAT WEEKEND LISTENS, curated by Jake Sherman:
--GRATEFUL DEAD today in 1971 at the Allan Theater in Cleveland. http://bit.ly/2eZGNvC
--PHISH on the night before Halloween 2010 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Show includes a Led Zeppelin medley. http://bit.ly/2f2jAYr
-- ELLA and LOUIE. This is one of my favorite albums of all time. Ella Fitzgerald and Louie Armstrong. http://bit.ly/2f2eR9b
PRESIDENT’S WEEK AHEAD – “On Monday, the President and the First Lady will welcome local children and children of military families to trick-or-treat at the South Portico of the White House. On Tuesday, the President will participate in a Hillary for America event in Columbus, Ohio. ... On Wednesday, the President will participate in a Hillary for America event in Raleigh, North Carolina. ...
“In the evening, the President will travel to Miami, Florida and will remain overnight. On Thursday, the President will participate in a Hillary for America event in Miami, Florida. Afterward, the President will travel to Jacksonville, Florida to participate in a Hillary for America event. Later, the President will return to Washington, D.C. ... On Friday, the President will participate in a Hillary for America event.”
STEVE SCULLY interviewed KATY TUR for this week’s edition of the C-SPAN Campaign 2016 Podcast. They discussed campaign trail life and attacks on the media. One clip deals with Trump’s attacks on the press (specifically Katy’s reaction to being singled out by him during an event). The second clip is about a typical day on the campaign trail which ends with “not as much wine as you’d hope there to be at the end of a night”. http://politi.co/2eLM6Oz ... http://politi.co/2fm45yv ... The full episode http://bit.ly/2dQIii9
SPOTTED: Tiffany Trump walking through Bloomingdale’s in New York with her boyfriend Friday afternoon ... Bob Dole lunching at Tosca Friday … Gen. James Jones at the international baggage claim at Dulles Friday.
POOL REPORT DU JOUR -- From WH pooler Sarah Wheaton last night: “Motorcade arrived at Orlando Intl Airport at 8:21. Obama boarded AF1 at 8:24, after waving into the darkness. Eric Schultz tells us: ‘The President had a brief greet with Aerosmith aboard Air Force One as the band passed through Orlando.’ Pool is Cryin’ ‘cause we don’t get to meet them. We asked if they could Walk This Way, but were told to Dream On. Plane is rolling at 8:34.”
WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Kathryn Wilkerson of Bank of America, and David Mastio, deputy editorial page editor of USA Today, welcomed Solenne Mastio at 12:26 a.m. Friday morning. “She joined the editorial board’s disendorsement of Donald Trump at 12:27.” Pic http://bit.ly/2eNB6QW
BIRTHDAYS: Jim Messina is 47 … David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, and the pride of Hillsdale, N.J., is 58 … Bob Stevenson … N.Y. Daily News’ Robert George ... Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is 78 ... Connie Mack III is 76 ... Jamie McIntyre, senior writer on defense and national security at The Washington Examine and a CNN and NPR alum … Nelson Cunningham, president and co-founder of McLarty Associates, whose latest for Politico Magazine is “The liberal case for free trade” (http://politi.co/2eTFOx4) ... Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D-Ohio) is 64 ...Geoff Turley ... Kerry Hannon (h/ts Jon Haber) ... Andy Weitz, SVP of global marketing and comms at Aon plc. (h/t Will Dunn) ... Dirk Kempthorne, former Secretary of the Interior, senator, governor, and now president and CEO of the American Council of Life Insurers, is 65 ... WashPost’s Dave Clarke, a Politico and Reuters alum … Kate Bedingfield, VP Biden’s comms director, an MPAA alum and the pride of Atlanta ... Politico’s Steve Heuser, Diana D’Abruzzo, Nick Yaeger, and Safi Majid …
… Leigh Shirvan of @hungryobsession (h/t fiancé David Helfenbein) … WSJ editorial writer Katy Bachelder … Isabelle James, deputy political director at Americans for Responsible Solutions … Colorado’s own Mike Saccone, former comms director for Sen. Mark Udall and now heading the comms shop at the Keystone Policy Center and an accomplished home brewer (h/t James Owens) ... Daisy Letendre, press secretary for the majority staff of the Senate EPW Committee ... Peter Albrecht, senior associate at Bully Pulpit Interactive ... Gary Gould ... Nick Powell, opinion editor of City and State NY ... Michael Slaby … Jeff Hillery … Yangyang Cheng … Bill Jaffee, deputy press secretary for Sen. Pat Toomey ... Aaron Jacobs, comms. director for Maggie Hassan for NH and an HHS and OFA alum ... Samantha Zeldin, site editor for WSJ+ ... Lily Caroline Dorton, daughter of Erin Graefe Dorton and Patrick Dorton … Kerry Hannon … WJLA’s Mark Olingy … Laura Jarrett ... Rachel Barinbaum ... Tony Sayegh ... Ruth Vilmain ... Steve Lynch ... Sophie Bauer (h/ts Teresa Vilmain).
THE SHOWS, from Matt Mackowiak, filing from Austin:
--NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Mike Pence ... Newt Gingrich ... new results of the NBC News / Wall Street Journal / Marist battleground polls from Florida and North Carolina. Roundtable: NPR’s Audie Cornish, Larry Kudlow, Mike Murphy and Andrea Mitchell.
--ABC’s “This Week”: Panel: E.J. Dionne, Jonathan Karl, Ana Navarro, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Matt Schlapp. More guests to be announced.
--CBS’s “Face the Nation”: Joe Biden (taped) ... Mike Pence ... CBS News 2016 “Battleground Tracker” polls from Colorado, Arizona, Pennsylvania and North Carolina with CBS News’ Anthony Salvanto ... panel: Susan Page, Ben Domenech, Amy Walter and Patrick Healy.
--“Fox News Sunday” (airing on WTTG in DC at 8am ET): Mike Pence ... Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee ... Panel: George Will, Gerald Seib, Lisa Boothe and Charles Lane.
--CNN’s “Inside Politics” with John King (SUN 8am ET): Panel: Molly Ball, Jeff Zeleny, Jonathan Martin and Karen Tumulty.
--CNN’s “State of the Union” (9am ET / 12pm ET): Kellyanne Conway ... David Axelrod ... Mark McKinnon. roundtable: Dana Bash, David Chalian, Bakari Sellers, Alice Stewart, Xavier Becerra and Renee Ellmers.
--CNN’s “Reliable Sources”: (SUN 11am ET): Roundtable: Matt Lewis, Jennifer Rubin and Media Research Center’s Rich Noyes ... Roundtable: Shareblue CEO Peter Daou, David Brock and Hilary Rosen ... The Blaze host Tomi Lahren ... The Toronto Star’s Daniel Dale.
--Univision’s “Al Punto” (SUN 10am ET / 1pm PT): Hillary Clinton ... Panel: Adryana Boyne, Irina Vilariño, Pili Tobar and Flor Cardona ... State of Miranda (Venezuela) Governor Henrique Capriles ... Ricardo Montaner ... PPD member and Puerto Rico governor candidate David Bernier ... Nicaraguan first daughter Zoilamerica Narvaez ... Jencarlos Canela.
---C-SPAN: “The Communicators” (SAT 6:30pm ET): Technology Policy Institute president and senior fellow Scott Wallsten, questioned by Public Knowledge’s Harold Feld and Bloomberg BNA’s Lydia Beyoud. ... “Newsmakers” (SUN 10am ET): Senate Leadership Fund president Steven Law, questioned by AP’s Erica Werner and The Washington Examiner’s Susan Ferrechio. … “Q&A” (SUN 8pm & 11pm ET): Author and former Boston Globe reporter Larry Tye (“Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon”)
--MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton”: (SUN 8-9am ET): Tim Kaine ... NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Sherrilyn Ifill ... Brennan Center for Justice’s Michael Waldman ... Joan Walsh ... Elise Jordan ... Jordan Davis’ mother Lucia McBath and Eric Garner’s mother Gwen Carr