Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

Margaret Brennan speaks with new Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) about his priorities and implementing President-elect Trump's agenda. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Face the Nation, the nation's capital braces for the unprecedented in the new year amid growing threats to our nation's security. We sit down for a bipartisan conversation with the heads of the House Intelligence Committee, Ohio's Mike Turner and Connecticut's Jim Himes. New Senate Majority Leader John Thune joins the broadcast to discuss his priorities. Plus, incoming border czar Tom Homan tells us about his plans to execute President-elect Trump's agenda. Also, as we mark four years since the January 6 attack on the Capitol, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks about the growing threats of political violence. Finally, Mark Strassmann reports on Georgia's commemorations for former president Jimmy Carter. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Margaret Brennan speaks with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the start of the 119th Congress. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Face the Nation, as we close out 2024, we look ahead to the economy, health care, immigration and more as Washington ushers in a new Congress - and a new administration. We begin with our annual Face the Nation year-end correspondents' roundtable. Chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford, chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa, congressional correspondent Scott Macfarlane, political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns and senior white house and political correspondent, Ed O'Keefe give us their insight and predictions. Dr. Leana Wen, former commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department, breaks down the latest on the rise of bird flu and what to expect on the health policy front from the incoming administration. Bank of America’s Managing Director and Senior U.S. Economist Aditya Bhave tells us what’s in store for the economy in 2025. Finally, a conversation with Carlyle Group Co-founder Dave Rubenstein on his recent book exploring the American presidency. All that and more on Face the Nation. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Face the Nation, Congress narrowly avoids a government shutdown ahead of the holidays – but what does the brinkmanship and chaos signal for the next two years?  We’ll check in with two House members – Arkansas Congressman French Hill, who voted for the spending bill, and Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales, who voted against it. Then our exit interview with Homeland Security Chief Alejandro Mayorkas. He was the face of the Biden border policy, taking the brunt of Republican criticism. He offers his advice for the incoming administration. And we’ll hear from outgoing West Virginia Independent Senator Joe Manchin – on his assessment of the Democratic Party he left behind, and his relationship with the president-elect. Finally, after the coup in Syria earlier this month, we’ll have an inside look at the effort to locate and return the missing Americans once held hostage by the fallen Assad regime. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Face the Nation... President-elect Trump promises big change for America's role in the world, but will his policies put out the fire or fuel the flames of a world already on fire? Incoming National Security Adviser Mike Waltz will preview the new administration's priorities amid instability throughout the Middle East, tension in Asia and an unrelenting war in Ukraine. Then, we ask Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova how new leadership in Washington will change her own country's calculus as Russia's invasion grinds on. Plus, President Biden breaks a record by commuting the sentences of 1,500 Americans. We ask Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar about that news and the future of law enforcement under Trump. Finally, a conversation with the head of the United Nations' World Food Programme, Cindy McCain, about the link between global hunger and global instability. All that and more on Face the Nation.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Face the Nation, for the first time in 54 years, the al-Assad regime is no longer ruling Syria. Rebel forces who have been fighting the al-Assad government for 13 years swept through Syria in two weeks, capturing Damascus, taking the Syrian people -- and the world -- by surprise. What are the implications for the Middle East? We have the latest from the region...PLUS we talk to the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Ohio Republican Mike Turner…THEN – following a bipartisan congressional task force investigation into the security failures leading to the assassination attempts of Mr. Trump earlier this year, top investigators, Pennsylvania Republican Mike Kelly, and Colorado Democrat Jason Crow, will give us their findings on how to fix the Secret Service. Finally, with the future of controversial social media giant TikTok in doubt, we'll hear from a potential buyer, Frank McCourt, Executive Chairman of McCourt Global. All that and more on Face the Nation. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ted Cruz, Republican Senator from Texas, and Alex Padilla, Democratic Senator from California, discuss the political fallout surrounding President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominations. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan shares insights on President Biden's foreign policy successes, including securing American hostages. CBS analyst Jill Schlesinger evaluates the economic implications of upcoming tariffs during the holiday shopping season. Historian H.W. Brands reflects on Roosevelt and Lindbergh's contrasting views on America’s global role before World War II.

This week on "Face the Nation", As Donald Trump’s second administration begins to take shape, the President-elect’s transition spent the weekend making a flurry of announcements. As the would-be nominees were whisked through Capitol Hill to meet with senators, there's already been one major withdrawal and renewed scrutiny on some of the more controversial national security picks. We talk with two key senators – Republican Rand Paul and Democrat Tammy Duckworth. They'll be questioning the president-elect's choices on health, national security and more. One of Trump's national security advisers from his first term, retired army lieutenant general H.R. McMaster, also weighs in. Plus, as the conflict between Israel, Hamas, and Hezbollah continues raging, when can we expect a ceasefire? We ask Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, who has called the Biden Administration's handling of Israel a failure of policy. Finally we hear from Representative-elect Sarah McBride on the challenges and opportunities facing her as she prepares to take office as the first openly transgender member of Congress. All that and more on “Face the Nation.”  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Face the Nation, the stress testing of our federal government begins as the Trump 2.0 administration prepares for its return to the White House. On Trump’s wave of controversial cabinet picks, we talk on the nominees’ paths forward with House Republican French Hill and Democrat Jim Himes. We also check in with two former officials who served in the first Trump administration. Former deputy director of national intelligence Sue Gordon and former Coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx weigh in on the President-elect’s potential cabinet. Plus, Kentucky's Democratic Governor Andy Beshear offers his party some advice about how to politically succeed in a red state. All that and more on Face the Nation. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices