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House Speaker Mike Johnson says House GOP won't back more border funds without policy changes. "Have to be prepared" to defeat Trump at ballot box despite Supreme Court case, Liz Cheney says. Themes of 2024 election taking shape as Iowans prepare for caucus. Ron DeSantis says 2024 race will be "really nasty election" if therace is about Trump. Sen. Chris Van Hollen says situation at Rafah crossing is a "24/7 humanitarian crisis." Reporter's notebook: Can the U.S. balance security risk with staying a nation of immigrants?

2024 Republican hopeful Nikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. 

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Republican. 

CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns and CBS News chief elections and campaign correspondent Robert Costa.

This week on "Face the Nation," Congress tries to rescue a breakthrough border security compromise from the pull of election-year politics. We'll talk to Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford, the top GOP negotiator, and Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, who's hoping an agreement will also clear the way for more foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel. Plus, we'll check in with Biden administration envoy Amos Hochstein and UAW President Shawn Fain.

This week on "Face the Nation," Margaret Brennan speaks to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan after the U.S. launched strikes against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, the latest retaliation after a drone strike last week killed three Americans. Plus, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema discusses the latest in the Senate immigration negotiations.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Steve Dettelbach; Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska; Reps. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and Ro Khanna, D-Calif.

Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Mark Warner, D-Va., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.

Former Vice President Mike Pence; Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.; Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., and Mike Gallagher, R-Wis.; UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell.

Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.; former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. R-Calif.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott.

White House national security spokesman John Kirby; Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md.; Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.; Rep. French Hill, R-Ark.; Rachel Goldberg, whose son Hersh Goldberg-Polin is among those taken hostage by Hamas; Avril Benoit, executive director of Doctors Without Borders; Janti Soeripto, president and CEO of Save the Children.

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas; White House national security spokesman John Kirby; retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, a former commander of U.S. Central Command; Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund.

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska; Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pa.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa.; UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. 

Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D.; Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa.; Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.; Queen Rania of Jordan.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.

Sens. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and Gary Peters, D-Mich.; Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S.; former Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.; Reps. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, Mike Waltz, R-Fla., and Pat Ryan, D-N.Y.

Gov. Doug Burgum, R-N.D.; Preet Bharara, a former U.S. attorney in New York; Scott Anderson, director of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency's operations in Gaza.

Cindy McCain, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program.

Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; Microsoft founder Bill Gates; Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M.; former national security adviser Robert C. O'Brien; former Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell.

Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio; Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif.

Reps. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and Dean Phillips, D-Minn.; Cedric Richmond, co-chair of President Joe Biden's reelection campaign.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M.

Jon Finer; Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain; Paul Beckett, assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal.

Sen. J.D. Vance; Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kan.; Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America; retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, former commander of U.S. Central Command.

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky.; Anne Milgram, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee.

Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Okla.; Reps. Summer Lee, D-Pa., and Pat Ryan, D-N.Y.; retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, former Trump administration national security adviser; Scott Gottlieb, former Food and Drug Administration commissioner.

Gov. Maura Healey, D-Mass.; Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas; Teamsters President Sean O'Brien; Mitch Landrieu, co-chair of Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas.

Sen. J.D. Vance; Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md.; Gary Cohn, former director of the U.S. National Economic Council.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog; Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo.

Gov. Roy Cooper, D-N.C.; Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C.; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; Catherine Russell, UNICEF's executive director.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger; Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson; Paul Whelan, an American who was jailed by Russia on espionage charges and was freed in August in a prisoner swap.

Sen. J.D. Vance; former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.; Adrian Fontes, Arizona's secretary of state; Al Schmidt, Pennsylvania's secretary of state.

With just two days to go before Election Day, all eyes are on the seven battleground states that are likely to determine the election. A team of CBS News correspondents join "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" from some of the battleground states: Caitlin Huey-Burns reports from North Carolina, Nikole Killion in Georgia, Kris Van Cleave in Arizona and Weijia Jiang in Pennsylvania. Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, who is on the Senate Intelligence Committee, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that as "time goes on, we're going to learn more" about Chinese hacking of U.S. telecom companies. "It's a very serious situation that we face," he added. Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, who is a surrogate for the Harris campaign in Nevada, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that she is "very confident" Democrats will "organize our way to victory" in the battleground state. With 76 million Americans having voted early, CBS News election law contributor David Becker tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" those high numbers show that Americans "increased our ability to be resilient against the disinformation." CBS News contributor and former DHS official Sam Vinograd and CBS News cybersecurity expert and analyst Chris Krebs also join with more on election security. Mohamed El-Erian, the Allianz chief economic adviser, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," that both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris' economic proposals are concerning "in a big way" since they do not include any plan to reduce the national debt. CBS News director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto joins "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" to discuss the latest 2024 Battleground Tracker, which shows how voter turnout and persuasion scenarios could tip battleground states for former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris.

Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn.; Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.

Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky.; Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn.; former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel; Sue Gordon, former principal deputy director of national intelligence; Dr. Deborah Birx, former White House coronavirus response coordinator.

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Sens. Rand Paul and Tammy Duckworth discuss President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks after a busy week on Capitol Hill. Plus, Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender person elected to Congress, joins. Ret. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who served as national security adviser in the first Trump administration, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the longer-range missiles the White House are sending to Ukraine "can make a difference" in the final days of the Biden administration. The result, McMaster said, is the next few months are "really critical" for Ukraine. Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, who last week backed Sen. Bernie Sanders' bill to block U.S. sending arms to Israel, told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that President Biden " is not fully complying with American law" on sending arms to Israel. 

NSA Jake Sullivan, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif.

Reps. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and Jason Crow, D-Colo.

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Syrian rebels have taken control of Damascus, overthrowing the regime of President Bashar Assad. Plus, more on the congressional task force investigation into the security failures leading to the assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump earlier this year.

Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., President-elect Donald Trump's pick for national security adviser; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Gary Cohn, vice chairman of IBM; Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova; Cindy McCain, executive director of the United Nations World Food Program.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va.; Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., and Tony Gonzales, R-Texas.

David Rubenstein, co-chairman of The Carlyle Group; Dr. Leana Wen, former Baltimore health commissioner; Aditya Bhave, managing director of Bank of America Global Research.

CBS News correspondents Jan Crawford, Scott MacFarlane, Robert Costa, Caitlin Huey-Burns and Ed O'Keefe join Major Garrett to discuss the biggest stories of the year as well as their predictions for 2025.