Programming Notes

NBC News
December 10, 2013

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*** Tuesday’s “The Daily Rundown” line-up: Our team of correspondents on the ground in South Africa will give Chuck the latest update on the memorial services for Nelson Mandela. Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Donald Gips will join Chuck in studio to reflect on today’s memorial service, Chuck will speak with Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) about nuclear negotiations with Iran ahead of today’s House hearing, and we are taking a Deep Dive with American University’s Dante Chinni and University of Toronto’s Richard Florida to discuss why suburbs are the new swing districts.

*** Tuesday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts covers the memorial for Nelson Mandela with Arise TV’s Leila McDowell. We’ll talk to David Clohessy of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests about what Pope Francis has done for abuse survivors. Today’s Agenda panel includes MaddowBlog’s Steve Bennen, NBCLatino contributor Victoria DeFrancesco Soto and The Nation’s Lee Fang.

*** Tuesday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” line-up: Alex Wagner’s guests include Business Insider’s Josh Barro, MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe, the Center for Social Inclusion’s Maya Wiley, and radio host Kurt Andersen.

*** Tuesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviews NBC's Ron Allen and Charlayne Hunter Gault from South Africa, the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson, The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg and Washington Post Diplomatic correspondent Anne Gearan, plus a live report from the Weather Channel.

*** Tuesday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: MSNBC’s Craig Melvin, filling in for Tamron Hall, interviews NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss, Sirius XM radio host Michael Smerconish, LA Times reporter Jack Leonard (about the 18 sheriff’s deputies arrested), and Michael Griffin (the gay teacher fired after applying for a marriage license).