*** Friday’s “Daily Rundown” line-up: Gov. Pat McCrory (R-NC) on the governors’ big meetings and budget battles… The Rothenberg Political Report’s Nathan Gonzales with a Deep Dive on why some Hispanic candidates have trouble winning in largely Hispanic districts… Plus, the Cook Political Report’s Amy Walter, the Grio’s Perry Bacon Jr., and Bloomberg News’ Jeanne Cummings join the Gaggle.
*** Friday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: MSNBC’s Chris Jansing interviews Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Rep. Tom Cole, Lauren Fox and Susan Page… Time magazine's Jeffrey Kluger discusses the magazine’s new cover story on Why Medical Bills are Killing Us… And strategists Chip Saltsman and Morris Reid discuss the Hagel nomination.
*** Friday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts interviews Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) on the sequester showdown and the senate prospects of Ashley Judd. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa discusses the push for gun control laws and immigration reform. Organizing for Action’s Ben LaBolt joins to talk about the group’s first ad buy targeting 16 GOP lawmakers. And National Urban League President Marc Morial discusses the Supreme Court taking up Voting Rights Act next week.
*** Friday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviews Sen. Dick Blumenthal (D-CT), former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, former Romney senior adviser Vin Weber, Priorities USA Co-founder Bill Burton, British Ambassador to the U.S. Sir Peter Westmacott, “5 Cameras” Director Emad Burnat, The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza and Bloomberg’s Margaret Carlson.
*** Friday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: MSNBC’s Tamron Hall interviews the Atlantic’s Molly Ball, Dem strategist Chris Kofinis, Reuters columnist Zachary Karabell, and conservative radio talk show host Steve Deace.
*** Saturday’s and Sunday’s “Weekends with Alex Witt” line-up: As part of her weekly “Office Politics” segment, MSNBC’s Alex Witt interviews New York City Mayor David Dinkins.
*** Saturday’s “MSNBC Live Weekends” line-up, starting at 2:00 pm ET: Mara Schiavocampo fills in for Craig Melvin on Saturday and her guests include Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), Former Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA), former Ambassador Marc Ginsberg, Buzzfeed Washington Bureau Chief John Stanton, The Washington Post’s Nia-Malika Henderson and Ed O’Keefe, former GHW Bush aide Joe Watkins, and Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times Washington bureau chief.
*** Sunday’s “MSNBC Live Weekends” line-up, starting 3:00 pm ET: Craig Melvin’s guests include former South Carolina GOP Chair Katon Dawson, Vice Chair of the S.C. Democratic Party Jaime Harrison, Wofford College President Benjamin Dunlap, Bill Schneider, resident fellow at The Third Way, Aisha Moodie-Milles of the Center for American Progress and Perry Bacon, Political editor for The Grio.
