The mystery surrounding the fate of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 continues to capture the world’s attention. While nobody knows exactly what happened, that won’t stop the chattering classes more than 9,000 miles away in Washington from weighing in.
On ABC’s “This Week,†Representative Peter T. King, Republican of New York and chairman of the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence of the House Committee on Homeland Security, will discuss the hunt for Flight 370.
CBS’s “Face the Nation†will discuss the missing plane with Mark Rosenker, a former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, and Chesley B. Sullenberger III, the US Airways pilot who five years ago safely landed a plane in the Hudson River.
Representative Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, will appear on “Fox News Sunday†to discuss the flight, along with Peter Goelz, a former managing director of the National Transportation Safety Board.
Finally, CNN’s “State of the Union†will speak about the flight with John D. Negroponte, the former director of national intelligence, and Cmdr. William Marks aboard the USS Blue Ridge in the Indian Ocean will discuss the state of the search and rescue efforts.
Closer to home, NBC’s “Meet the Press†will host Dan Pfeiffer, a senior adviser to the president and chief communications strategist at the White House. He’ll discuss some of the other issues that have been leading the discourse in Washington lately, including the administration’s plans for the situation in Ukraine, the allegations that the C.I.A. spied on the Senate committee charged with oversight of the agency, and democratic prospects in the 2014 elections. Also on Meet the Press, Senators Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, and Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, both members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, will discuss the situation in Ukraine.
Actually, a good portion of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is appearing on Sunday talk shows to discuss Ukraine. Senator Christopher S. Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut and member of the Foreign Relations Committee, will be on ABC’s “This Week.†On “Fox News Sunday,†Senators Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey and the committee chairman, and Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee and the committee’s ranking member, will appear. And on CNN’s “State of the Union,†Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, will discuss the situation in Ukraine, having returned from a trip to that country.
Similarly, on CBS’s “Face the Nation,†Representative Mike Rogers, Republican of Michigan and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, will discuss Ukraine and the relationship between the C.I.A. and Congress. Tom Donilon, former national security adviser at the White House, will appear to discuss Ukraine.
Also on “This Week,†Bill Gates will discuss “Common Core†teaching standards, an issue that the billionaire and Microsoft co-founder is putting his support behind.
On C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers,†Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California and member of the House Intelligence Committee, will discuss N.S.A. surveillance and the C.I.A.’s alleged search of Senate committee files.
On Bloomberg’s “Political Capital,†the former White House adviser David Plouffe and former Senator John Sununu will discuss the C.I.A.’s strife with Congress, and the implications of the Republican victory in a special election for a Florida congressional seat.
The focus on Telemundo’s “Enfoque†and “Al Punto,†will be immigration: Cecilia Muñoz, the director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, will appear on both shows.
Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, will also appear on “Al Punto†to discuss possible sanctions on Venezuela, in response to the government’s crackdown on protesters.
