On the Sunday before the first Tuesday of November, two days ahead of the midterm Election Day, CBS News has announced who will sit across from Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation." The chairs will hold a Treasury Secretary, a senator who sits as an independent, a Democratic governor, and an election specialist, with a preview of the voting day to come from the network's own elections desk. The list tells us where attention is being directed, while the conversations themselves remain ahead of us, as all such gatherings do before they unfold.
Bessent, Sanders and Shapiro Headline 'Face the Nation' Ahead of Election Day
A guest list, not a preview of interviews
Mark
So what is actually being announced here?
Mimi
A guest list for Sunday, Nov. 1: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Gov. Josh Shapiro, and David Becker of the Center for Election Innovation & Research.
Mark
And there's an election segment too?
Mimi
Yes, an Election Day preview with Anthony Salvanto, CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys.
Luke
Worth being plain: nothing has been said yet. This is a schedule, not an interview. We don't know the questions or the answers.
Mark
Still, why does this mix of guests matter?
Mimi
It spans an administration official, a senator, a governor and an election expert, all days before voting. That breadth is what stands out.
Luke
But the breadth is our reading. CBS hasn't said the topics are economic policy and election administration. That's a reasonable guess from the titles, not a confirmed agenda.
Mark
When and where can people watch?
Mimi
10:30 a.m. ET on CBS News, and streaming on Paramount+ and CBSNews.com at 12:30 p.m. ET.
Luke
Then the real story starts Sunday, when we can check what they actually said.
O Pulso
- Election Day is only two days away, and the broadcast arrives at the moment the country's attention is tightening toward the polls.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Gov. Josh Shapiro bring very different political weights into the same Sunday studio.
- David Becker of the Center for Election Innovation & Research and CBS's Anthony Salvanto are set to address how the vote itself will be run and read.
- The lineup has been announced but not its questions, so the real substance of the hour is still unsettled and will only surface once the cameras roll.
On the Sunday before the first Tuesday of November, two days ahead of the midterm Election Day, CBS News has announced who will sit across from Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation." The chairs will hold a Treasury Secretary, a senator who sits as an independent, a Democratic governor, and an election specialist, with a preview of the voting day to come from the network's own elections desk. The list tells us where attention is being directed, while the conversations themselves remain ahead of us, as all such gatherings do before they unfold.
On Sunday, Nov. 1, Margaret Brennan will host "Face the Nation" two days before Election Day, and CBS News has now confirmed the guests who will fill the hour.
Three of them hold public office: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who sits as an independent, and Josh Shapiro, the Democratic governor of Pennsylvania. The fourth guest, David Becker, comes from election administration rather than elected office; he is the executive director and co-founder of the Center for Election Innovation & Research.
CBS's Anthony Salvanto, the network's executive director of elections and surveys, will also deliver an Election Day preview. The announcement does not say what he will cover or which topics Brennan intends to raise.
The show airs at 10:30 a.m. ET on CBS News and streams on Paramount+ and CBSNews.com at 12:30 p.m. ET. The guest list alone does not reveal what will be said, though the mix of economic and election voices suggests the conversation will reach both policy and how the vote is conducted.
On Sunday, Nov. 1, Margaret Brennan will sit down with a lineup of guests on CBS News' "Face the Nation," two days before Election Day, as announced by the network.
Three of the guests hold public office. Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, is on the schedule. So is Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who sits as an independent. The third is Josh Shapiro, the Democratic governor of Pennsylvania.
The fourth guest comes from the world of election administration rather than elected office. David Becker is the executive director and co-founder of the Center for Election Innovation & Research. His appearance is paired with the program's election coverage as voting approaches.
The broadcast will also include an Election Day preview from Anthony Salvanto, CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys. The announcement does not say what Salvanto will cover, and it does not describe the topics Brennan plans to raise with any of the guests.
Viewers have more than one way to watch. "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" airs on CBS News at 10:30 a.m. ET on Sundays. It streams on Paramount+ and on CBSNews.com at 12:30 p.m. ET.
The announcement is a guest list, not a preview of interviews, so what each person says remains to be heard. With Election Day close, the pairing of a Treasury Secretary, a senator, a governor, an election specialist and a polling and elections analyst suggests the program will touch on both economic policy and how the election is run. That is an inference from the lineup, not something CBS has stated. The broadcast itself will show what is actually discussed.
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