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The Morning Meeting

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Every weekday morning, the executives who run America’s television news networks chair a key gathering of their anchors, correspondents, and producers to look ahead at the day’s forthcoming events. The meeting offers – for those lucky enough to attend – a fascinating, forward-looking snapshot of the news cycle ahead.

Each weekday morning on 2WAY, the home of conversations like no other, “The Morning Meeting” offers the chance to attend – and participate in – one such meeting, hosted by 2WAY’s Mark Halperin, the #1 bestselling author and former ABC News political editor, and a rotating panel of co-hosts.

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#41
Episodes
297
Releases
Daily
Typical length
1 hr 3 min
On air since
2025
Latest episode
10 hours ago

Episodes

297 episodes, newest first

  1. Decision Day: Can Republicans Pull Off an Upset or Is a Blue Tsunami Hitting?

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    TUESDAY, 11/3/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Midterm overview.

    Final polls.

    Republican concern over turnout.

    Final videos/ads.

    How to spend election night.

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    1 hr 3 min
  2. Bombshell: Could Haley Stevens’ Defection Cost Democrat Abdul El-Sayed the Senate Race?

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    MONDAY, 11/02/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Midterm overview.

    The New York Times polls.

    Implications of a Blue tsunami.

    Michigan Senate.

    Trump Effect.

    Closing ads/videos.

    Harris/Newsom ’28.

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    1 hr 3 min
  3. Democratic Fizzle or Blue Tsunami? What Do Final Polls Reveal?

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    FRIDAY, 10/30/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Midterm overview.

    The scenarios.

    Senate flips and a possible Blue tsunami.

    Michigan Senate.

    Alaska Senate.

    Third-party candidates.

    New ads.

    House races.

    Gubernatorial races.

    Winners and losers of the week and what to look for this weekend.

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    1 hr 3 min
  4. Democrats and Republicans Trade Fire in Final Battle of Attack Ads as Trump Heads to South Carolina

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    THURSDAY 20/29/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Midterm overview and Rove predictions.

    Alaska Senate.

    Michigan Senate.

    New polls.

    New ads.

    Trump versus Obama.

    Ukraine-Russia and Iran.

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    1 hr 2 min
  5. Abdul El-Sayed Comes Under Fire From JD Vance in Michigan Amid Final Flurry of Attack Ads

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    WEDNESDAY 10/28/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Midterm overview.

    New ads.

    A new kind of Trump fatigue.

    Last-minute game changers.

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    1 hr 3 min
  6. Is the "Blue Tsunami" a Mirage? Trump and GOP "Feel Good" About Key Senate Races

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    TUESDAYS 20/27/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Midterm overview.

    Early vote.

    Rubio on the trail.

    South Carolina Senate.

    Texas Senate.

    Michigan Senate.

    New ads.

    Israeli election.

    The Woodward sourcing standard.

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    1 hr 2 min
  7. Furious Ad War Between GOP and Democrats as Trump heads to Mississippi

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    MONDAY, 10/26/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Midterm overview.

    The Trump Factor.

    Big Mo.

    Michigan Senate.

    Mississippi Senate.

    New ads and polls.

    Iran

    Harris ‘28

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    1 hr 3 min
  8. Trump To Take on Democrat Abdul El-Sayed With Michigan Rally This Weekend

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    FRIDAY, 10/23/2026

    TODAY'S TOPIC'S:

    Midterm overview.

    New polls and new ads.

    The information flow.

    Spending choices.

    Lewandowski, LaCivita/Blair, and the blame game.

    Schumer and Jeffries.

    Iran.

    Harris ’28.

    Winners and losers of the week and what to look for this weekend.

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    1 hr 2 min
  9. Trump's Coming Visit to Michigan Looms as Abdul El-Sayed Tries To Sway Crucial Black Voters

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    THURSDAY, 10/22/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    The midterm map.

    Early vote.

    Michigan Senate.

    Kansas Senate.

    Texas Senate.

    Ohio Senate.

    Ohio governor.

    Trump rally protesters.

    Iran.

    Ukraine-Russia.

    Rahm ’28.

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    1 hr 3 min
  10. Trump Opens Fire on Media and Democrats in Campaign's Final Days

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    WEDNESDAY, 10/21/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Ohio governor.

    Protesters against Trump/Vance.

    Wedgewood.

    The Fetterman Factor.

    Elon Musk.

    Iran and Ukraine-Russia deals?

    The next White House press secretary?

    Newsom ’28.

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    1 hr 2 min
  11. Exclusive: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

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    TUESDAY, 10/20/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joins The Morning Meeting.

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    1 hr 2 min
  12. Abdul El-Sayed Keeps Being Dogged by Muslim Brotherhood Questions: Has His Momentum Stalled?

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    MONDAY, 10/19/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Kansas.

    Texas.

    Maine.

    Michigan.

    New ads.

    Slotkin.

    Omar.

    Iran, Israel, Ukraine-Russia.

    Warnock ’28.

    Unrest in Europe.

    Newsom ’28.

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    1 hr 2 min
  13. Democrats Go on the Attack, Trump Fires Back, as Midterms Near

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    FRIDAY, 10/16/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Midterm roundup.

    Debate fallout.

    New ads.

    Katie Zacharia’s future.

    The fundamentals of the economy.

    Dangerous mail.

    Iran and Ukraine-Russia.

    AOC ’28.

    Winners and losers of the week and what to look for this weekend.

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    1 hr 3 min
  14. Trump Aims To Blunt Harm From Midterms With Travel as Democrats Take Aim

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    THURSDAY, 10/15/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    New polling.

    New ads.

    Trump travel.

    Texas Senate.

    Buttigieg versus El-Sayed.

    Last-minute fundraising.

    The Tao of Clintons and Obama.

    The Zacharia matter(s).

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    1 hr 3 min
  15. Trump Turns Up the Heat on Democrats During Campaign Swing; Ossoff Denies He's Running for President

    Show notes

    WEDNESDAY, 10/14/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Midterm update.

    Chopping block states.

    Gubernatorial dominance.

    Zacharia questions.

    Kimberly next shoes.

    What if Tisch quit?

    Ossoff ’28.

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    1 hr 2 min
  16. Talarico Mystery Deepens: New York Times Claims It Saw "Proof" He Wasn't in Ohio But Won't Show It

    Show notes

    TUESDAY, 10/13/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Is Larry satisfied that James Talarico had the flu?

    Candidates controlling their public image: Maine, Michigan, Texas.

    Debates.

    Are the Trump trips working?

    Omar probe.

    Kimberly.

    Kamala ’26/’28.

    ’28ers: Top three midterm performers.

    Iran.

    Ukraine-Russia.

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    1 hr 2 min
  17. Democrat James Talarico Says He Visited His "Primary Care Physician," Calls Ken Paxton a Coward

    Show notes

    MONDAY, 10/12/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Talarico’s proof (of life).

    Midterm overview.

    South Carolina Senate.

    New ads.

    The Zacharia Era.

    Ukraine-Russia.

    Iran-Houthis.

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    1 hr 3 min
  18. Did Democrat Abdul El-Sayed Suffer Serious Damage From Fiery Debate With Mike Rogers?

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    FRIDAY, 10/9/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Talarico.

    Debates aftermaths.

    New York ICE shooting.

    Public executions.

    Iran.

    Ossoff ’28.

    Vance ’28.

    Winners and losers of the week and what to look for this weekend.

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    1 hr 3 min
  19. Trump Unleashes on Democrats as Obama Steps In

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    THURSDAY, 10/8/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Michigan Senate.

    South Carolina Senate.

    New ads.

    Mamdani.

    LaCivita/Blair.

    Guilfoyle.

    Trump’s LA-San Diego re-do.

    Iran.

    Shapiro ’28.

    Rubio ’28.

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    1 hr 3 min
  20. Are Democrats Overconfident? Trump Ramps Up the Rallies

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    WEDNESDAY, 10/7/2026

    TODAY'S TOPICS:

    Midterm overview.

    Maine Senate.

    Republican consultant panic.

    LaCivita-Blair.

    Bessent.

    Trump, Los Angeles, San Diego, person, woman, man, camera, TV.

    Russia.

    Moore ’28.

    Harris ’28.

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    1 hr 3 min