Andrew Yang and Senator Amy Klobuchar Featured on Upcoming Episode of THE CIRCUS

The Circus episode 'Closing Arguments' will air on Sunday at 8 p.m. on SHOWTIME® and will focus on the Iowa caucuses and the closing pitch all of the Democratic candidates are making to voters.

Alex Wagner goes backstage with Andrew Yang, who talks about the future of his campaign, how he voted for Bernie Sanders in 2016, and his chances in Iowa on caucus night. Watch a clip of the interview below!

Other episode highlights:

• Jennifer Palmieri, the former communications director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign who also served in the Clinton and Obama administrations, returns to THE CIRCUS as a contributor.

• After a last-minute campaign event in Iowa, Senator Amy Klobuchar reflects on the impeachment trial that has kept her off the campaign trial.

• Iowa state directors and advisers for top Democratic presidential campaigns explain their ground games during the closing days before the caucuses.

• Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh discusses the president's re-election strategy on the eve of a Senate vote on witnesses in the impeachment trial.

John Heilemann is a co-founder of Recount Media and editor-in-chief of The Recount, a new video platform for short-form political news, analysis, and commentary. Heilemann is national affairs analyst for NBC News and MSNBC - where he appears regularly on Morning Joe, Deadline: White House, The Last Word and The 11th Hour - and co-author of the runaway New York Times bestsellers Game Change and Double Down, widely regarded as the definitive chronicles of the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, respectively. Game Change was adapted into a movie of the same name, which went on to win five Emmy® Awards, three Golden Globes® and a Peabody Award.

Mark McKinnon is a CNN political analyst, political advisor, reform advocate, media columnist and television producer. He was the chief media adviser to five successful presidential primary and general election campaigns and is co-founder of No Labels, an organization dedicated to bipartisanship, civil dialogue and political problem solving. McKinnon has worked for many causes, companies and candidates, including former President George W. Bush, the late Senator John McCain, late Governor Ann Richards and Bono.

Alex Wagner is a special correspondent for CBS News and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. She is also the author of the book Futureface: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest and the Secret To Belonging, which examines questions about American identity and immigration in the 21st century. Previously, Wagner hosted the Emmy nominated MSNBC political affairs program NOW with Alex Wagner. Before joining MSNBC, she was a reporter with the Huffington Post, investigating the intersection of business, politics and new technology. Prior to this, she served as the White House correspondent for Politics Daily and was the Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning FADER magazine.

THE CIRCUS is produced by Left/Right for SHOWTIME. John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Alex Wagner, Banks Tarver, Ken Druckerman, Ted Bourne, Tom Johnson and Siobhan Walshe serve as executive producers.

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