Good morning and welcome to sunday today on this may 19th. Im willie geist. The 2024 president ial campaign is in full swing this weekend with less than six months until election day. This morning President Biden is in georgia, a state he won narrowly last time around, where he will deliver the commencement address at the historically black Morehouse College. Meanwhile, on saturday, former President Trump was in texas speaking at the National Rifle Association Convention and picking up that groups endorsement. Well have the latest in a pair of live reports and talk to Kristen Welker just ahead. Plus, our sunday focus on the president ial debate this week after back and forth public challenges between President Biden and former President Trump. How will these ones be different . Will they really matter in the end . Then, our sunday spotlight on 50 years of People Magazine at the center of american Popular Culture with famous covers, behindthescenes stories and, of course, a roundup of t
The controversial bannon will be chief strategist and senior counselor. Martha mr. Trump granting his first interview as president elect and laying out what the biggest priorities will be with the republicans in congress. Here is some of that. You met with some republican leadership. What was the one thing that you all agreed you want to get done right away . Well, i would say there was more than one thing. There were three things. There was health care, there was immigration and there was a major tax billowerring taxes in this country. Chief washington correspondent james rosen joins us now with the very latest. James, bannon, man, oh, man a firebrand sparking a lot of controversy. The appointee was dispatched to morning talk shows to defend his many battled colleague. The target is steve bannon who will serve as president s chief strategist and senior counselor. Bannon brought a managerial competence to the. Left and right citing his chairmanship of breitbart, in recent years under h
He has worked as an editor, journalist television and radio commentator and he founded the National Journalism center. M. Stanton evans served as chairman of the union from 1971 to 77. He has a new book out called blacklisted by history, the untold story of senator joe mccarthy and his fight against americas enemies. Turning a proper name into a verb is a sign of historical significance but that for two mccarthy as mr. Evans is going to tell us is historically inaccurate. Mr. Evans. [applause] thank you very much. Its a great honor to be here with you folks and with phyllis. We go back a few years, the goldwater days and even before. Its been a long road and in many ways probably one that has been well worth traveling and im glad to be here with you phyllis end use today. As the intro suggests i have been around a while anyway and i know we want time for q a, right . Yes, maam do. Are their microphones or do you speak from where you are . I say that because im a little bit hard of hear
Shannon the president has a new warning for north korea, refusing to rule out military action to eliminate the countrys nuclear program. John roberts joins us live. Good morning, john. Good morning to you. North korea talking in new defiant tones despite a warning from china that came that if north korea were to conduct any more Nuclear Tests china would impose unilateral sanctions. North korea saying measures for bolstering the Nuclear Force to the maximum will be taken at any moment in any place decided by the supreme leadership. The president wants to pursue a diplomatic track but they may impose more sanctions this week. The president again suggested it may take military action to ultimately rein in the regime. Listen to his answer asked what he will do if north korea explodes another nuke. I would not be happy if he does a nuclear happy, i will not be happy. I can tell you also i dont believe that the president of china, who is a very respected man, will be happy, either. Not happ
Happy moms day, all the good stuff. Shannon a good one, how about you . Bill fantastic. Im bill hemmer along with shannon bream. Shannon President Trump is considering eight candidates to replace james comey. He said his decision could come sooner than you might expect. I think the process will go quickly because almost all of them are very wellknown. Theyve been vetted over their lifetime essentially. But very wellknown, highly respected, really talented people and thats what we want for the f. B. I. Shannon john roberts is live at the white house to tell us more. Bill good morning to you, it will be a busy week at the white house, the search for a new f. B. I. Director continues. Over the weekend the attorney general Jeff Sessions and his deputy Rod Rosenstein interviewed eight candidates for the job. Lets put them up so you can follow along. The acting director Andrew Mccabe and texas senator john cornyn. Alice fisher. Judge michael garcia, lower left also another federal judge from