Presidential race, terrorist threat collide on Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON — The four newest 2016 presidential candidates compete with the latest terrorist threats for attention Sunday on the major network and cable TV news shows.

CBS, NBC and Fox divide up the White House hopefuls:

• Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, who declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination Tuesday in Hope, Ark., will be on CBS' Face the Nation. It's Huckabee's second try for the nomination.

• Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and the lone woman in the GOP sweepstakes so far, will be on NBC's Meet the Press. Fiorina jumped into the race last Monday, touting her business experience.

• Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, another political novice with an impressive private-sector resumé, will appear on Fox News Sunday. He also entered the Republican campaign Monday.

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• Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont, who became the first official candidate on the other side of the political aisle nine days ago, also will appear on Face the Nation. A socialist who aligns with the Democrats, Sanders will challenge former secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for the party's nomination.

Huckabee, Fiorina and Carson join three U.S. senators already in the GOP race: Ted Cruz of Texas, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Marco Rubio of Florida. A fourth senator, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, plans to announce his candidacy June 1.

Other likely candidates include former Florida governor Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, the front-runners in most public opinion polls. Several other current and former office-holders are considering candidacies in a Republican primary field that could grow to nearly 20 contestants.

But with the presidential election still 18 months away, several Sunday shows also will focus on the terrorist threat that appeared to move closer to the homeland this week when two gunmen — potentially influenced by the Islamic terrorist group ISIS — attacked a Texas art show featuring cartoon depictions of the prophet Mohammed:

• ABC's This Week will have an interview with Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, as well as Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C.

• Fox News Sunday will host House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas.

• CNN's State of the Union will interview Brett McGurk, the State Department's liaison to the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, as well as former Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge and former House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican.