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Meet the Press host Chuck Todd spent several minutes Sunday morning trying to extract an answer from Senator and 2016 candidate Ted Cruz (R-TX) about what the Donald Trump-saluter proposed doing with the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country, and appeared very unhappy when he didn’t get one.

In a Meet the Press interview on Sunday, presidential candidate Rick Santorum says the upcoming Supreme Court decision on gay marriage has "validity" but is not "the final word." Santorum, who officially announced his candidacy last week, was asked by Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd if he agreed with Mike Huckabee's assessment that states should take action to disregard a ruling many experts expect to be in favor of attempting to redefine marriage in the United States. "Well, I think the Supreme Court has, as an equal branch of government, the ability to overrule Congress and the president," declared...

Last week, the Supreme Court declined to hear several Appeals Court cases on gay marriages, which resulted in bans on gay marriage being struck down in numerous states across the country. Following the Supreme Court's decision to punt on the issue of gay marriage, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd saw this as a sign that social conservatism was declining and obnoxiously asked "it is time for conservatives to surrender in the culture wars?" After playing a pre-packaged segment on the evolution of social conservatism in the United States, the NBC host did his best to portray social conservatives as...

News broke this week that Luke Russert, son of the late Tim Russert, will be a regular part of the “revamped” Meet The Press starting today. He’s 29, has worked for NBC News since graduating college, and…that’s about it. His last name is the only qualification he possesses for joining the “team” of the longest running show on television. If this, and the other personnel decisions that have been announced, is NBC’s plan to save the once-great show, Meet The Press is screwed. The new host, Chuck Todd, is a fine choice. But that’s just one piece of the puzzle....

In an interview with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, host David Gregory attempted to blame the war in Iraq for ongoing Islamic terrorism by citing the former head of Britain's MI-5 claiming the conflict "increased the terrorist threat by convincing more people that Osama bin Laden's claim that Islam was under attack was correct" and "provided an arena for the jihad for which he had called." In response, Blair blasted the argument: "We've got to liberate ourselves from this, because we're making a huge error when we end up thinking somehow it's our...

I've always thought entrenched left-wing journalists in Washington needed their heads examined. Much to my satisfaction, it appears the corporate media bosses of at least one Beltway anchor now agree. According to The Washington Post this week, NBC News hired a "psychological consultant" to examine why flailing "Meet the Press" moderator David Gregory has been bombing in the ratings. The overpriced shrinks (NBC prefers the euphemism "brand consultants") came from the New York-based brand fixer-upper Elastic Strategy. They interviewed Gregory's wife. They interrogated his friends. They crunched their numbers. They compiled their reports. And after all that, the "experts"...

NBC's Chuck Todd made some stunning statements Sunday about recent revelations concerning Syria's use of chemical weapons on its people. Appearing on Meet the Press, Todd first said the Administration regrets President Obama's claim that this would be a "red line" adding "They didn't want to go public last week that they had this early evidence" and only did so because "they knew Congress was going to get this briefing and it was all going to get out" (video follows with transcript and commentary): Chuck Todd: Obama Didn't Want To Go Public With Syrian Chemical Weapons Evidence CHUCK TODD: I...

Bay Buchanan, one of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's senior advisers, got into quite a heated exchange with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday. After Scarborough took issue with Buchanan implying that she was the only conservative present on a panel filled with liberals, Buchanan replied, "You know, Joe, on this set, you appear to be one of the four"

Ted Cruz, Texas's Tea Party candidate for Senate, gave a rather embarrassing education to the Washington Post's E.J. Dionne on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday regarding President Obama's budget proposal. When Dionne had the audacity to call it "a serious plan," Cruz marvelously replied, "It got zero votes. Not a Democrat in the Senate voted for it. Not a one" (video follows with transcript and commentary): Cruz E.J. DIONNE, WASHINGTON POST: President Obama put a plan on the table that would balance the budget in twelve years, which is quicker than the Ryan budget. I'm a liberal. I didn't even...

Reading the transcript, what strikes me is how slow-witted Gregory was. Repeatedly, Cain makes a simple, clear point, but Gregory doesn’t seem to get it. This became almost painful during an exchange about state sales taxes: MR. GREGORY: The other defect in the plan comes from fellow conservatives who say, “You’ve got some problems here.” … “The real political defect,” the Journal writes, “of the Cain plan is that it imposes a new national sales tax while maintaining the income tax. … A 9 percent rate when combined with state and local levies would mean a tax on goods of...

TIM Russert, news superstar, finds himself at the center of the legal case against former White House official Scooter Libby. Why? Because he put himself there. And - irony of ironies - the same conversation between Russert and an FBI agent in November 2003 that first led Fitzgerald to go after Libby like a rabid pit bull might be the very thing that gets Libby off. At issue: The missing notes of an FBI agent who spoke to Russert. On Wednesday, as the defense rested in the Libby case, the Libby team entered a "stipulation" into the record about the...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 — The prosecution in the perjury trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. neared the end of its case Wednesday with a final dramatic flourish — putting Tim Russert of NBC News on the witness stand to deliver what could be a serious blow to Mr. Libby’s defense. Nevertheless, Mr. Russert, who is accustomed to asking tough questions of his guests on “Meet the Press,” found himself in the clearly uncomfortable role of being the subject of tough questions during a cross-examination by Mr. Libby’s defense lawyer. Mr. Russert, whose signature technique in interrogating officials on his television...

MIDI - THE CHICKEN DANCE Timmy Russert made the call...Timmy Russert made the call Can you come onto my show We will have a good debate...we will have a good debate With a person whom you know Kenneth Mehlman is his name...Kenneth Mehlman is his name You'll be going toe to toe But the message had come back...but the message had come back Howard said no Yes, Howard is a big mouth chicken He won't go on at the same time Maybe electroshock's not working The guy's a cartoon or nursery rhyme We had seen his famous scream...we had...

DR. DEAN: I said I wasn't sure, but I said I thought there probably were. But the thing that really bothered me the most, which the 9-11 Commission said also wasn't true, is the insinuation that the president continues to make to this day that Osama bin Laden had something to do with supporting terrorists that attacked the United States. That is false. The 9-11 Commission, chaired by a Republican, said it was false.

Sunday, January 30th An exclusive interview with Sen. John Kerry, D-MA, in his first television interview since the presidential election. Plus, the very latest on the Iraqi elections from NBC correspondents on the scene.

------------------------------------------------------ NBC Meet The Press ------------------------------------------------------ 'MEET THE PRESS WITH TIM RUSSERT' Sunday Listings Paul Wolfowitz, Bob Graham, Porter Goss, Richard Shelby, Nancy Pelosi To Appear as Guests on "Meet the Press" Sunday, July 27, 2003 Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense will appear on this Sunday's edition of "Meet the Press with Tim Russert" to discuss his recent trip to Iraq, the search for weapons of mass destruction, and the hunt for Saddam Hussein. Then, in an exclusive interview, all four leaders of the Joint Intelligence Committee's inquiry into the Sept. 11th attacks will come together to discuss...

For January 26, 2003 Compiled by Stephanie Zalenski On the Card I: Fox News Sunday White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card American Enterprise Institute's Richard Perle On the Card II: Meet the Press White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) Sen. Chris Dodd (D., Conn.) On the Card III: Face the Nation White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle House Cleaning: This Week - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett Mayor Bowl: Late Edition - White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett Sen. Richard Lugar...

<p>Vice President Richard B. Cheney, in his appearance yesterday on NBC's "Meet the Press," was shown a film clip of former President Bill Clinton on Thursday advising against a military attack on Iraq.</p> <p>"Saddam Hussein didn't kill 3,100 people on September 11th; Osama bin Laden did," Mr. Clinton said. "And as far as we know, he's still alive. We might do more good for America's security in the short run, and at a far less cost, by beefing up our efforts in Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere, to flush out the entire network and to find him. We know they still have a terrorist network around the world. And we're already kind of changing the subject here, looking at Saddam Hussein. He's not going anywhere."</p>