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Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

Speaker Mike Johnson, Sen. Chris Coons and Sen. James Lankford

Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

CBS News

Cbs, News Commentary, Tv & Film, Politics, News

3.81K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week on Face the Nation, the nation grapples with the violent killing of political activist Charlie Kirk. We ask House Speaker Mike Johnson how leaders can build unity in a time of deep division. Plus, we have a bipartisan conversation with Democratic Senator Chris Coons and Republican Senator James Lankford on finding common ground during turbulent times. University of Chicago professor Robert Pape joins us to discuss his research on political violence and what it reveals about the moment the nation finds itself in. Finally, as consumer prices tick up and the job market softens, the federal reserve signals a potential interest rate cut. We talk with CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger about the state of our economy.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What I told people, I was making a podcast about Benghazi.

0:04.1

Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why?

0:10.7

Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies.

0:14.6

From prologue projects and Pushkin Industries, this is fiasco, Benghazi.

0:20.1

What difference at this point does it make?

0:23.9

Yeah, that's right. Lock her up.

0:26.0

Listen to Fiasco, Benghazi, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.5

I'm Major Garrett in Washington, and this week on Face the Nation,

0:34.6

what will America do after the killing of political activist Charlie Kirk?

0:39.4

Is the assassination of a high visibility and effective conservative thought leader and vote

0:44.2

mobilizer a moment when national divisions begin to close or will attitudes harden?

0:50.4

To everyone listening tonight across America, the movement my husband built will not die.

0:56.0

The criminal investigation continues, as does the quest to deduce a motive.

1:00.7

Charges will be filed later this week.

1:03.1

House Speaker Mike Johnson joins us on the path ahead and a range of issues facing Congress,

1:08.4

from avoiding a government shutdown to Russian sanctions.

1:12.0

And a conversation with Democratic Senator Chris Coons and Republican Senator James Langford,

1:17.9

long-time advocates both of finding common ground and minimizing political strife.

1:23.6

Also, University of Chicago professor Robert Pate, one of the country's foremost researchers

1:28.4

on political violence with a warning about where things stand.

1:32.7

Then as consumers turn gloomy and the job market freezes up, high expectations for a

1:37.8

Federal Reserve rate cut.

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