Episode Guide

Season 2024

Episode Guide

Face the Nation: Cohn, Marakova, McCain

S2024 E1215
Dec 15, 2024
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...Gary Cohn, the IBM vice chairman who served as an economic adviser in Trump's first term, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that President-elect Donald Trump is inheriting a "very good economy, a very stable economy", Oksana Markarova, the Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S., tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that amid Russia's war with her country, they are "not asking for other troops," but they are asking for "military support", and Cindy McCain, the executive director of the U.N. World Food Programme, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "hunger is on the forefront" of global conflicts, making it a "national security issue" when people are hungry.

Face the Nation: Schlesinger, Sullivan, Brands

S2024 E1201
Dec 01, 2024
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "consumers are a little unnerved" by President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariffs, one day after Hamas released a propaganda video featuring Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the Biden administration has been in touch with Alexanders' family, andHistorian H.W. Brands, author of "America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War," tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that a major question facing the U.S. was "should the United States, must the United States, take a leading role in the world?"

Face the Nation: Khanna, Kashkari, Pierce

S2024 E1110
Nov 10, 2024
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the party "to have a vision on building new factories, on helping raise minimum wage, on dealing with child care, and emphasize that our party has a better economic story", Neel Kashkari, the president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that another interest rate cut after the December Fed meeting is "certainly possible", and Karen Pierce, Britain's ambassador to the U.S., tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," that amid the world reaction to President-elect Trump's return to the White House, "it's for any single European leader to say what President Trump might do."

Face the Nation: Salvanto, Fontes, Schmidt

S2024 E1027
Oct 27, 2024
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...Nine days before Election Day, a new CBS News poll shows the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is as close as it's ever been, both nationally and in battleground states. Meanwhile, the gender gap in voter support for the candidates is the largest it's been all year, and top elections officials from two of the top battleground states, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennyslvania Al Schmidt and Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, tell "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that they are confident in their states' election systems despite false claims of election fraud, they are confident in their systems.

Face the Nation: Lawler, Whelan

S2024 E1020
Oct 20, 2024
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York, who represents a district heavily targeted by Democrats, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "all of the rhetoric needs to stop", and Paul Whelan, a Marine veteran who was imprisoned in a Russian labor camp for nearly six years until being released after a prisoner swap this summer, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" in his first interview since being freed about the first moments he realized he was free.

Face the Nation: Frost, Salvanto

S2024 E1013
Oct 13, 2024
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...Rep. Maxwell Frost of Florida has signed a letter urging Congress to return from recess to replenish relief funds, telling "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that although FEMA currently has enough funding, "why would we leave it up to chance" for the remainder of the hurricane season, and The latest CBS News poll shows that Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are effectively even in all of the battleground states likely to determine the presidential election. CBS News Director of Elections and Surveys Anthony Salvanto joins "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" to break down the poll the latest CBS News poll shows that Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are effectively even in all of the battleground states likely to determine the presidential election. CBS News Director of Elections and Surveys Anthony Salvanto joins "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" to break down the poll.

Face the Nation: Criswell, McMaster, Hogan

S2024 E0929
Sep 29, 2024
Missed the second half of the show? the latest on...Amid historic flooding in North Carolina from the remnants from Hurricane Helene, FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "I don't know that anybody could be fully prepared for the amount of flooding and landslides that they are experiencing right now", Ret. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who served as national security adviser in the Trump administration" tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "I don't really buy it" that the former president could broker a settlement to the war in Ukraine, and Maryland's former Republican governor, Larry Hogan, who has been backed by former President Donald Trump in the race for U.S. Senate, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he isn't backing the former president in the 2024 race.

Face the Nation: Houlahan, Polis, Herzog

S2024 E0922
Sep 22, 2024
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...Democratic Rep. Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, who is on the House task force investigating the July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that there were "enormous gaps" in the Secret Service communication, Amid comments from former President Donald Trump about Venezuelan gangs in Aurora, Colorado, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis says the city is "safer than it's been, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that his country is a "very aggressive, active and vociferous democracy." "The world has to be with us."

Face the Nation: Cohn, Krebs, Becker

S2024 E0915
Sep 15, 2024
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...Gary Cohn, who served as the head of the National Economic Council in the Trump administration, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that as the former president has proposed a new proposal for a 10% tariff on foreign imports, that if the U.S. starts "tariffing those products, we will have inflation", and as misinformation has been spreading online about voting in the 2024 presidential election, David Becker, Center of Election Innovation and Research executive director and CBS contributor, and Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and CBS News cybersecurity expert and analyst, share their predictions with "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."

Face the Nation: Cooper, McCaul, Himes

S2024 E0908
Sep 08, 2024
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, who was considered to be Kamala Harris' running mate, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that if the vice president wins his state, "she is the next president of the United States", House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the GOP-led investigation into the Afghanistan withdrawal will continue "well after the election", and Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that President Biden did not come to office with an agenda on Afghanistan, as Republicans have alleged, but he came to office with a "binding agreement negotiated by President Trump."

Face the Nation: O'Brien, Gonzales, Becker

S2024 E0901
Sep 01, 2024
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...Sean O'Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, says his union hasn't endorsed a 2024 candidate because they are "waiting on Vice President Harris to commit to come meet with us, Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he thinks the immigration crisis is getting "worse" despite record low numbers of migrant crossings, and David Becker, a former civil rights attorney at the Department of Justice who now leads the Center of Election Innovation and Research and a CBS News contributor, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that those with election concerns should volunteer.

Face the Nation: Ryan, Stitt, Gottlieb

S2024 E0824
Aug 25, 2024
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan, who represents a swing district in upstate New York, told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "without question" it will be easier to win reelection with Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket instead of President Biden, Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the "American people are really tired" of presidential campaigns being "about winning an argument", and Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former FDA commissioner, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that despite the summer surge of COVID, the "timing is about right" for the rollout of the new COVID booster and free tests that will be available in the winter.

Face the Nation: Kelly, Moynihan, McKenzie

S2024 E0811
Aug 11, 2024
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, the twice-elected Democratic governor of the red state of Kansas, praised Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, calling him a “huge asset” to the ticket, In a week with high turbulence in in the U.S. economy and jitters in the markets, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan urged the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to ease pressure on American consumers, and Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. Central Command, predicted on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” Sunday that Lebanese Hezbollah could soon be involved in the border conflict with Israel.

Face the Nation: McCaul, Van Hollen, Lujan Grisham

S2024 E0728
Jul 28, 2024
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...Republican Rep. Michael McCaul, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, tells "Face the Nation" that in the wake of the deadly rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the shipments of weapons to Israel have been "delayed internationally", Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, tells "Face the Nation" that although he thinks a potential Harris administration will "elements" of the same policy toward Israel, "but the question is howe we succeed in achieving the elements of the policy", and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a key supporter of the Democratic presidential ticket, tells "Face the Nation" that although she had been concerned about President Biden's performance in her state, she is now seeing voters are "re-energized."