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Last Updated: Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 05:26 PM
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*** Friday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up: Guests include John Harris/Politico and Lynn Sweet/Chicago Sun-Times on Senate passage of Immigration Reform Bill, Rep. John Farenthold/(R) Texas on chances Senate bill will make it through the House, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s health care decision, Lisa Bloom/NBC News legal analyst and Joy-Ann Reid/TheGrio on the George Zimmerman trial and the impact of the testimony of key witness Rachel Jeantel, Susan DelPercio and Chris Kofinis in the Texas abortion battle turning personal between Gov. Rick Perry and State Senator Wendy Davis, Evan Wolfson/Freedom to Marry on future of gay marriage in the states where it’s not legal, Jeffrey Kluger/Time Magazine on a new study of what makes Americans happy 

*** Friday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts interviews Martin Family attorney Daryl Parks on whether the prosecution’s key witness, Rachel Jeantel, helped or hurt their case… Legal analysts Lisa Bloom and Faith Jenkins will analyze the latest testimony in the George Zimmerman trial…  Rep. John Yarmoth (D-KY) joins to discuss whether the Senate Gang of Eight immigration overhaul can survive in the House... State Sen. Nina Turner (D-OH) will join to talk about the heated abortion battle in Texas and whether Wendy Davis will become a rallying cry…  Today’s Agenda Panel includes:  The Washington Post’s Sarah Kliff, The Nation’s Lee Fang, and Bill Scher of Liberal Oasis. 

*** Friday’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” line-up: Guests include Demos’ Heather McGhee, Huffington Post’s Sam Stein, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry, and Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s Josh Green. 

*** Friday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” line-up: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, anchoring from Aspen, CO, interviews NBC's Chuck Todd, Keir Simmons and Ron Mott, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Obama advieor Melody Barnes, Politico's Mike Allen, The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg and the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza.

*** Friday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up: Defense attorney John Burris, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa bloom, Sirius XM’s Michael Smerconish, and Dallas Morning News columnist Jacquielynn Floyd.