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Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele, and Symone Sanders-Townsend are teaming up to bring their wide range of political expertise to “The Weekend,” every Saturday and Sunday morning. Fresh analysis of the week's biggest events and a rotating crew of major newsmakers. The hosts and their guests discuss the inauguration of Donald Trump and events surrounding his forthcoming administration. Guests • Maya Wiley, civil rights attorney • Basil Smikle, Jr., professor of practice, Columbia University Mr. Smikle is an MSNBC political analyst. • Jose Antonio Vargas, journalist, filmmaker, and immigration rights activist He is a co-founder of Define American • Jon Meachem, Rogers Chair in American Presidency at Vanderbilt University He is a former winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.