Debate on Democratic Fund-Raising, State Welfare Reform

Here’s the rundown on guests and topics for the weekend’s public affairs programs:

TODAY

“Saturday Journal”: Sondra Sobieraj, Associated Press; Chuck McCutcheon, CQ Monitor; Dan Pink, speech writer for Vice President Al Gore, 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Evans & Novak”: Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan (D-N.Y.), Democratic fund-raising controversy, 2:30 p.m., repeats Sunday 7 a.m. CNN.

“Capital Gang Saturday”: New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, 4 and 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“Inside Politics Weekend”: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), 4:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: Actress Janet Leigh, 6 and 11 p.m. CNN.

“The McLaughlin Group”: Gore fund-raising; fund-raising scandals; congressional problems, 6:30 p.m. (4).

SUNDAY

“Sunday Journal”: 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: Men and depression; William H. Macy, 6 a.m. (4)(36).

“Meet the Press”: Former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense William Cohen, 7 a.m. (4)(36).

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: Cloning; jazz pianist Benny Greene; Nebraska tractor race; director Anthony Minghella (“The English Patient”); the fate of Biltmore Estate, 7:30 a.m. (2).

“Fox News Sunday”: Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), Reps. David McIntosh (R-Ind.) and Paul E. Kanjorski (D-Pa.), members of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee; Rep. Billy Tauzin (D-La.) and Donald Alexander, former Internal Revenue Service commissioner, 8 a.m. (11).

“Late Edition”: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), 9 a.m. CNN.

“This Week”: White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla.), 10 a.m. (7)(42); 11 a.m. (3).

“Life & Times”: Eloise Anderson, director, California Welfare Department, and Sandra Smoley, Secretary, California Health and Welfare Department, look at welfare reform and rural counties that face bankruptcy as the agricultural work force is phased out, 10:30 a.m. (28).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Big-city police forces and finding solutions to their problems, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“Face the Nation”: Sens. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.), former White House counsel Jack Quinn, 4:30 p.m. (2).

“60 Minutes”: Manuel Noriega; allegations of Avis racial discrimination; meat-packing plant import woes, 7 p.m. (2).