Face the Nation Season 2020 Episodes

Episode Guide

Season 2020

Episode Guide

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9/13: Brown, Bourla, Gottlieb, Gordon, Kirby

Today on "Face the Nation," as the West Coast struggles to beat back devastating fires in a COVID-complicated world, the candidates enter the final phase of the 2020 campaign.

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9/6: Gottlieb, El-Erian, Lowery

This week on "Face the Nation", as the fall presidential campaign season kicks off, the country faces unprecedented challenges and the candidates work to convince, distract and excite voters.

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8/30: Wolf, Demings, Cameron

This week on "Face the Nation," with President Trump painting a bleak portrait of America under a Biden administration, Americans are reeling from more racial injustice protests, devastating natural disasters and the continuing spread of COVID-19.

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8/23: McDaniel, Garcetti, Comey, Gottlieb, Robbins

This week on "Face the Nation", halfway through this year's unconventional political conventions, the spotlight turns to the Republicans to make their case that President Trump deserves a second term.

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8/16: Kushner, Lightfoot, Reeves

Today on "Face the Nation," the pandemic continues to rage as the race for president shifts into high gear and President Trump ramps up his campaign to discredit mail-in voting.

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8/9: O'Brien, Lucas, Lamont, Gottlieb, Evans, Salvanto

This week on "Face the Nation", new coronavirus cases decline in the U.S. but the death toll rises. Congress and the White House fail to strike a deal, and the president decides to go it alone.

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8/2: Meadows, Clyburn, Kashkari

This week on "Face the Nation," coronavirus deaths and infections continue to rise in the U.S. as July marks the worst month for new cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

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7/26: Pelosi, Cruz, Azar, Gottlieb, Woods, Salvanto

This week on "Face the Nation", 100 days from the election, the coronavirus surges in the south and west, with hospitalizations and deaths on the rise. Unemployment claims spike for the first time in nearly four months, and President Trump looks for a reset.

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7/19: Powell, Bottoms, Miller

This week on "Face the Nation," in the midst of dealing with the cruelty of the coronavirus, America mourns the loss of a legend. What's the path forward for the civil rights movement following the death of Georgia Representative John Lewis?

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7/12: Jerome Adams, Kate Gallego, Terry Shaw, Scott Gottlieb, Tom Wyatt

This week on "Face the Nation", with COVID-19 cases skyrocketing in the Sun Belt and parts of the West, the mixed messages and political divisions when it comes to containment are growing as well.

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6/28: Mike Pence, Gov. Jay Inslee, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Sen. Tim Scott, Sherrilyn Ifill

This week on "Face the Nation", a record number of new coronavirus cases explodes in the U.S., while governors in multiple states hit pause on reopening and the White House downplays the dangerous spread.

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6/21: Mark Warner, Chad Wolf, Scott Gottlieb

This week on "Face the Nation" alarming new increases in the number of COVID cases around the world as President Trump struggles to get the country — and his campaign — back on track.

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6/14: Tim Scott, Carmen Best, Cory Booker, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Robert Kaplan

This week on "Face the Nation", disturbing new trends with the spread of the coronavirus as America struggles to dismantle systemic racism — and curb police brutality.

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6/7: Bill Barr, Condoleezza Rice, Scott Gottlieb

Today on "Face the Nation," as Americans push to end the racial divide, there is frustration and lack of unity between the people and our leaders on how to get there.

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5/31: Melvin Carter, Benjamin Crump, Keisha Bottoms, Wesley Lowery, Scott Gottlieb

This week on "Face the Nation", pain and anger following the death of George Floyd explodes into violence across a bitter and divided nation already reeling from the impact of the coronavirus.

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5/24: O'Brien, Gottlieb, Rosengren, Ballotti, Chertoff

This week on "Face the Nation", the country approaches a grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths as all 50 states begin to ease restrictions.

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5/17: Alex Azar, Nancy Pelosi, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Gary Cohn, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot

This week on "Face the Nation", as America continues to come out of its quarantine, the economic downturn continues to take its toll — hitting those who can least afford it the hardest.

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5/10: Hassett, Murray, Gottlieb

This week on "Face the Nation," the grim march to reopen the country continues as unemployment soars to levels unseen since the Great Depression.

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5/3: J.B. Pritzker, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Daniel O'Day, Raphael Bostic, Gary Kelly

Today on "Face the Nation," moving into May is proving to be even more challenging as the emotional dilemma between personal and economic well-being intensifies.

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4/26: Gov. Larry Hogan, Barry Diller, Brian Moynihan, London Breed, Dr. Scott Gottlieb

Today on "Face the Nation," the struggle between saving the economy and saving American lives intensifies, and President Trump's wishful thinking is stopped short by reality.

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4/12: Phil Murphy, Lori Lightfoot, Scott Gottlieb

This week on "Face the Nation", on this Easter Sunday, the U.S. now leads the rest of the world with the number of reported cases and recorded deaths due to the coronavirus.

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3/22: Anthony Fauci, Gary Cohn, Scott Gottlieb, Richard Pollack, Frederick Smith

Today on "Face the Nation," fear and frustration grows as the coronavirus pandemic continues to claim more lives around the world.

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3/1: Sanders, Azar, Pompeo

This week on "Face the Nation" the White House scrambles to calm fears as coronavirus claims the life of American inside the U.S. Plus, with South Carolina behind them, 2020 candidates set their eyes on the Super Tuesday contests.

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2/23: Joe Biden, Robert O'Brien, Anthony Salvanto, Ed OKeefe

This week on "Face the Nation," the 2020 campaign gets heated with South Carolina in its sights. Plus, the threat of Russian interference resurfaces.

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2/16: Face The Nation

This week on "Face the Nation," Senator Amy Klobuchar on her surprise finish in New Hampshire, and the latest on U.S. efforts to evacuate Americans from a quarantined cruise ship amid global fears of coronavirus.

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2/9: Sanders, Buttigieg, Graham

This week on "Face the Nation", following chaos at the caucuses in Iowa, will the Democratic Party be able to pull it together for New Hampshire and beyond?

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2/2: Schiff, Buttigieg, McDaniel

This week on "Face the Nation," Senate Republicans shut the door on further action on President Trump's impeachment. Plus, the 2020 Democrats sprint to the finish line ahead of the Iowa caucuses.

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1/26: Inocencio, Cotton, Crow

This week on "Face the Nation," House Democrats wrap up their case against President Trump and the White House legal team promises a vigorous defense. Will there be enough support to bring in witnesses?

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1/19: Nadler, Cornyn, Cohn

Today on "Face the Nation", the impeachment probe into President Trump enters its next phase as the stage is set for a partisan battle in the Senate.

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1/12: Esper, Schiff, Lee, Kaine, Kerry

Today on "Face the Nation, with tensions escalating with Iran, we get perspective from the administration on what the future holds for relations with the regime.

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1/5: Pompeo, Rubio, Murphy, Petraeus, Perez,

This week on "Face the Nation," tensions are at an all-time high between the U.S. and Iran in the wake of President Trump's order to carry out an airstrike that killed the regime's top military leader.