When you remove the answers in a political interview, it is easier to see the bias in the corporate media’s questions. Both George Stephanopoulos and Martha Raddatz had segments Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”

Stephanopoulos starts the show with a roundtable discussion where he expertly steers the conversation, using few words, and dependable guests who take his cues and say the right things.

Raddatz scored an interview with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, during which he said he would not go to Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin, insisting Putin must meet him in Ukraine.

George Stephanopoulos Roundtable

We’re joined by former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former DNC Chair Donna Brazile, former RNC Chair and Trump White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, and “USA Today” Washington Bureau chief Susan Page.

Donna, let me begin with you.

You heard Selina right there. You have the White House response. Twisted priorities from the Democrats.

Chris, if you were a governor right now and the president made a threat like that [sending troops to clean up crime] to one of your cities, what would be your response?

A distraction?

Let’s — let’s bring Susan Page. One of the things that could complicate this is we’re coming up against a deadline at the end of the month for possibility of another government shutdown.

Reverse.

Core inflation is actually up, but I want to bring this something else to — something else to Donna right here.

Democrats faced a fair amount of criticism from their ranks over going along with keeping the government open back in the spring. Will they hold the line this time?

Well, what should they demand in return? The president has not been spending money appropriately.

 It doesn’t happen, though —

 I guess the question is who’s going to get blamed if the government shuts down?

Let’s bring it back to RFK Jr. He faced a grilling, including from some Republicans, on Capitol Hill this week. Are those cracks real or show?

The president didn’t seem rattled by it.

The president did seem — he did seem caught off on the one, and he wants to brag about Operation Warp Speed on the vaccines. On the other hand, he’s promoting a vaccine skeptic.

Humble?

But, these — Reince, he’s raising questions about vaccines across the board. It’s not just Covid.

Guys, last word right now.

Martha Raddatz speaks with Ukraine President Zelensky

This prerecorded interview has video cut-aways and some voice over questions and comments from Raddatz.

 We met President Volodymyr Zelensky at this hollowed out American-owned factory here in Western Ukraine, destroyed by Russian cruise missiles two weeks ago. All 600 employees made it to the nearby bunker, but 23 were injured.

This American-owned building, do you think Putin targeted this on purpose?

Not an area that’s usually hit?

(voice-over) In fact, this region in Southwest Ukraine hundreds and hundreds of miles from the front line has rarely been hit over the course of the war. The factory produces everyday items from coffee machines to lamps to printer cartridges and is the largest employer in the region.

 President Trump said he wasn’t happy with this attack and set a two-week deadline for Zelensky and Putin to meet.

Mr. President, you talk about more sanctions and more tariffs and more help from President Trump, and you have told him you think he has the power to do this, and yet the deadlines pass again and again, and another one has passed.

You saw the meeting this week though between Modi and Putin and Xi and President Trump has said that they have gone to the dark side with China. When you saw Modi there who has helped Russia — so, did the plan backfire of trying to put sanctions on them?

(voice-over): Presidents Trump and Putin met three weeks ago in Alaska. But on the ground here in Ukraine, little has changed.

Russia continues to pummel the country.

The summit in Alaska, what was that like?

 You were not there.

You were here and you were watching that summit. What did you think when you saw that, and you saw the red carpet and you saw Putin arrive to talk about your country?

He said he will meet if you come to Moscow.

Do you think the possibility for a bilateral meeting is dead at this point?

I know you don’t want to give any details about what you specifically discussed in Paris, but they — they have said they will provide security guarantees if there is a ceasefire, if there is peace.

Tell us what you can. Does that mean thousands of troops, European troops, not U.S.?

How about air support?

Any kind of air support in addition?

Better than nothing for sure.

Are you confident, 100 percent confident, that the Trump administration will see you through to a realistic peace?

What does victory look like in Ukraine?

But [Putin]he still wants to win.

(on-camera to Stephanopoulos): And, George, of course, President Zelensky and Ukraine have suffered tens of thousands of deaths and injuries here and that attack overnight was the largest air attack since the war began. Sirens sounded across the country, including where we are, sending people to the bunkers, but the attacks were largely in the east in the capital of Kyiv. There were more than 800 armed drone strikes and more than a dozen missile strikes leaving at least eight people dead and 59 wounded.

Peace here seems a very long way away. 

Rep. Ro Khanna, D- Calif. and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky  

That was Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna, and Republican Congressman Thomas Massie this week speaking with survivors of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein. They join me next on their push to release the Epstein files.

A group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors came to Capitol Hill this week demanding more transparency from the Trump administration as members of Congress from both parties tried to force the release of the files. Jay O’Brien is tracking the story.

Congressman Massie, let me begin with you and get your response to Speaker Johnson right there. He says you’ve been misled.

He also suggested at one point this week, seemed to suggest that Donald Trump, President Trump, was an informant to the FBI about Jeffrey Epstein. Your reaction?

Congressman Khanna, the effort to pick up Republican signatures appears to have stalled right now — right now. Are you still confident you have the 218 votes needed to force a vote on this discharge position?

Congressman Massie, even if you pass this through the House, the Senate Republican leader, John Thune, has made it pretty clear that he’s going to block passage in the Senate. Can that be overcome? And if not, has anything been achieved?

Congressman Khanna, speak — the speaker and President Trump are saying that if the Democrats really cared about this you would have forced release under President Biden. What’s your response to that?

 Why do you think, Congressman Massie, the president is resisting the release?

Congressman Khanna, the Justice Department is controlled by President Trump, it’s pretty clear right now. Are you concerned that even if you force the release there will be some scrubbing of the files, Democrats will be implicated and Republicans won’t?

Robert Malley, co-author, “Tomorrow Is Yesterday”

In their new book, veteran diplomat Robert Malley and a Mideast analyst Hussein Agha offer a candid assessment of the failures of the Mideast peace process based on their firsthand experience over decades in the region.

You know, you have spent your career working on the Israeli-Palestine process, and adviser to three American presidents, president of the International Crisis Group, and it appears that the core argument over your book is that nothing has changed over the last three decades.

That appeared to be a moment of change. It turned out not to be the case. Over these three decades, was there ever a moment when peace could have been solidified?

You are tough on the United States, well, including your own failings over the last three decades.

What was the biggest mistake?

But you argue now that a two-state solution is basically impossible.

But you struggle in the book to say if there really is anything new that can work.

I guess the question is, what kind of process can create that? Because you were pretty honest in the book about the — how any possible alternatives also have huge problems.

Finally, before you go, you know, you had your security clearance suspended amid allegations that you mishandled classified documents. You’ve also faced criticism from Republican members of Congress for being too close to Iran, too hard on Israel. What’s your response?