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July 5 

  • Reps. Adriano Espaillat, Democrat of New York, and Carlos Gimenez, Republican of Florida 
  • NASA administrator Jared Isaacman
  • NCAA President Charlie Baker
  • Former CDC chief medical officer Dr. Debra Houry

June 28:

  • Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana
  • Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia
  • Jan Crawford, CBS News chief legal correspondent 

June 21

  • U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz

  • Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina

  • Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado

  • Anthony Salvanto, CBS News director of elections and surveys 

  • A panel with Amos Hochstein, former White House adviser on global infrastructure and energy security, and Kevin Book, managing director of ClearView Energy Partners

June 14

  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
  • Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia
  • Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona
  • Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former National Economic Council director  

June 7

  • Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California
  • Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut 
  • Rep. Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska 
  • Chris Krebs, CBS News cybersecurity contributor, and Ben Buchanan, Biden adviser and now a professor at Johns Hopkins and an adviser to Anthropic
  • Rye Barcott, Marine veteran and With Honor founder 

May 31

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  • Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut 
  • Former Vice President Mike Pence 
  • Cindy McCain, U.N. World Food Programme executive director

May 24

  • Kevin Hassett, director of White House National Economic Council 
  • Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland 
  • Reps. Josh Gottheimer, Democrat of Maine, and Mike Lawler, Republican of New York
  • Dr. Deborah Birx, former White House coronavirus response coordinator
  • Lt. Col. William Swenson (Ret.) and Master Sgt. Matthew Williams (Ret.), Medal of Honor recipients

May 17

  • U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer
  • Ambassador Alexander Yui, Taiwan’s Representative to the U.S.
  • Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of elections and surveys
  • Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Pennsylvania, and Tom Suozzi, Democrat of New York  
  • Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates 

May 10

  • Energy Secretary Chris Wright 
  • Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona
  • Rep. Ted Lieu, Democrat of California 
  • Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner 
  • Save the Children President and CEO Janti Soeripto

May 3 

  • White House Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett
  • Minneapolis Fed president and CEO Neel Kashkari
  • Chevron CEO Mike Wirth
  • Rep. Jason Crow, Democrat of Colorado
  • Sen. Raphael Warnock, Democrat of Georgia

April 26

  • Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche 
  • CBS News White House correspondent and White House Correspondents Association President Weijia Jiang
  • CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd and former deputy director of the Secret Service and now a CBS law enforcement analyst AT Smith 
  • Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland 
  • Sir Christian Turner. U.K ambassador to the U.S. 

April 19

  • U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz
  • Amos Hochstein,  Biden administration senior energy adviser and Middle East negotiator 
  • Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams
  • Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder 

April 12

  • Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter
  • Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia
  • GOP Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio
  • Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund

April 5

  • Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, former commander of U.S. Central Command
  • Democratic Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland
  • Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who heads the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA
  • A panel with Amy Walter, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report; David Sanger, a White House and national security correspondent at The New York Times; and Jeff Mason, a White House correspondent at Bloomberg
  • Jared Isaacman, NASA administrator

March 29

  • Tom Homan, Trump administration border czar 
  • Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut 
  • Jerome Adams, former U.S. Surgeon General 
  • Iran policy analyst Karim Sadjadpour and former CENTCOM commander and CBS News contributor and retired Gen. Frank McKenzie 

March 22

  • Mike Waltz, U.S. ambassdor to the United Nations 
  • NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
  • Rep. Jason Crow, Democrat of Colorado
  • International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi 
  • Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi, Roger Carstens and Neda Sharghi  

March 15

  • Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi
  • Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia
  • National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett
  • Rep. Dan Crenshaw, Republican of Texas 
  • Former CIA executive and operative Jonathan Gannon, CBS News national security contributor and Biden administration top counterterrorism official Sam Vinograd and energy policy expert and analyst Kevin Book

March 8

  • Energy Secretary Chris Wright
  • Michael Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S.
  • Robert Costa,  CBS national correspondent and chief Washington analyst 
  • Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia
  • Olga Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S.

March 1

  • Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas 
  • Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut
  • Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio
  • Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas
  • Karim Sadjadpour from the Carnegie Endownment for international peace and former CENTCOM commander and CBS News contributor Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie 

Feb. 22

  • Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi 
  • U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer 
  • Christine Lagarde, European Central Bank president
  • Govs. Laura Kelly of Kansas, Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Mike Braun of Indiana and Mike DeWine of Ohio

Feb. 15

  • Tom Homan, Trump administration border czar 
  • House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York
  • Rep. Robert Garcia, Democrat of California 
  • Sen. Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina

Feb. 8

  • Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia 
  • Rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas 
  • David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research and a CBS News election law contributor
  • Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner

Feb. 1

  • Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
  • Rep. Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas 
  • Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn 
  • Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt; Mesa, Arizona Mayor Mark Freeman; Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas; and Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins

Jan. 25

  • Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara
  • House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican
  • Sen. Angus King, a Maine independent
  • Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman

Jan. 18

  • Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
  • Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
  • Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia
  • GOP Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio 

Jan. 11

  • Rep. Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota 
  • Secretary of Energy Chris Wright 
  • Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia
  • Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, Republican of Florida 

Jan. 4

  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio
  • Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas 
  • Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut 
  • Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland 

An unusually strong storm for summer will fuel a Northeast flash flood threat this week

(CNN) — The Northeast is facing a flash flood threat this week from an unusually strong storm that could drop up to a month’s worth of rain in just a few days in parts of the region.The soaking system will be spawned by a pocket of energy that’s firing up severe thunderstorms in parts of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley on Monday. Powerful wind gusts that could knock out power and down trees are the primary threat in those regions, but isolated tornadoes are possible. One “extremely dangerous” tornado hit northeast Wisconsin Monday afternoon.⛈️ Get your forecast in the CNN Weather appOn Tuesday, the energy will spin its way into the Northeast, where it will intensify and slow down dramatically. It’s expected to linger over parts of the region through at least Thursday.The storm’s strength when it’s over central New York on Wednesday will be more on par with a system we’d expect to see in October, November or December — not late-July. Storms are usually weaker in summer than winter because the jet stream doesn’t have as much energy to intensify them.At the same time, the system will tap into pipelines of Atlantic and Gulf moisture that have souped up to levels well above average for even midsummer’s humid reputation.Those extreme opposites will clash and cause multiple rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms to flourish over the Northeast.The forecastThe New York Tri-state area to Philadelphia has the biggest risk of flooding rain on Tuesday and Tuesday night, but a localized threat covers most other parts of the Northeast.A round of rainfall from eastern New York to Pennsylvania in the morning will likely be followed by additional bouts in the afternoon and evening. The heaviest storms could produce rainfall rates of an inch or more per hour.Urban and poor drainage areas are most likely to have the biggest flooding concern, but it’s not certain whether this week’s flooding impacts will rise to a more serious level as it has multiple times across the United States this month, including in New York City on July 18.Farther south, severe thunderstorms are a threat on Tuesday from around Washington, DC, to North Carolina. Wind damage is the primary concern from any storms that intensify.The most expansive flash flood threat will shift a bit farther north on Wednesday into southern New England, including Boston and Hartford, but New York City will also remain at risk.Downpours will likely be ongoing across this area as the day begins. Flash flooding could unfold as one or more narrow bands of heavy rain spread northeastward through the afternoon. New storms could form behind this area as well.At least scattered flash flooding impacts are possible, especially in urban and poor drainage areas, the National Weather Service in Boston said. Travel delays are likely at airports and on roads throughout the region.Pockets of heavy rainfall could persist in parts of the Northeast on Thursday, but it’s a little too soon to pinpoint any specific flooding concerns.Much of the Northeast flood threat area will pick up 1 to 4 inches of rainfall through Thursday.Higher amounts are possible in locations that are hit with the most rounds of rain, and in spots where bands of rain slow down or stall out for multiple hours. These spots would also have a higher chance of seeing more serious flooding impacts.The storm will weaken and push out of the Northeast on Friday, but a few scattered showers and storms could still billow up over the region.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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