On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of ArizonaRepublican Rep. Mike Turner of OhioClément Delangue, CEO of Hugging FaceIndependent former Sen. Joe Manchin of West VirginiaHeather Manchin, founder and CEO of Americans TogetherClick here to browse full transcripts from 2026 of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan." MARGARET BRENNAN: I'm Margaret Brennan in Washington.And this week on Face the Nation; Iran apparently blinks after threats from President Trump for a major joint U.S. and Israel attack on Iranian soil.Heading in to a sixth month of conflict with Iran, President Trump told reporters Friday he had plans to go full throttle on his threat for military action in Iran.(Begin VT)DONALD TRUMP (President of the United States): We will be hitting them. We will be hitting them very hard. At some point, they're going to say, we just can't take it anymore.
(End VT)MARGARET BRENNAN: His vows for going big caused a flurry of diplomatic scrambling and yet another announcement of – quote – "perimeters of a deal." But is this the one that's for real? We will have the latest.Plus: After an alarming incident of OpenAI going rogue and hacking into at least one company's computer system, we will talk to the CEO of Hugging Face, Clement Delangue.Finally, with polls showing Americans souring on both political parties, we will talk with former Senator Joe Manchin about his latest effort to encourage independents to join the process.






