NYPD Brutality Case, Education, Aging

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

Today

“Saturday Journal”: Sandra Sobcraj, Associated Press; author David Sacks (“Diversity Myth”); Rick Miller, Department of Education; Kenan Pollack, U.S. News & World Report, 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: Blood, Sweat and Tears; home electrical repairs; returning to high school; chocolate mousse; 40 most fascinating television personalities, 6 a.m. (4)(36).

“Evans & Novak”: Lamar Alexander, former presidential candidate, 2:30 p.m.; repeats Sunday, 7 a.m. CNN.

“Inside Politics Weekend”: Steve Forbes, former presidential candidate, 3:30 p.m.; repeats midnight, CNN.

“Capital Gang Saturday”: Gov. George Allen (R-Va.), 4 and 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: Robert Wagner, Milton Berle, Hope Lange, Mickey Rooney, photographer George Barris, 6 and 11 p.m. CNN.

“McLaughlin Group”: Aging, 6:30 p.m. (4).

Sunday

“Sunday Journal”: airs at 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: Preparing to enter the work force, 6 a.m. (4)(36).

“Pacesetters”: Father Gregory Boyle, 6 a.m. (5).

“Temas y Debates”: Claudio Grossman, dean of the Washington College of Law at American University; Mari Carmen Aponte, Democratic Party analyst; Roberto Deposada, Republican Party analyst; Eduardo Pena, League of United Latin American Citizens, 7 a.m. (34).

“Meet the Press”: Steven Jones, Timothy McVeigh’s attorney; Bill Richardson, U.S. representative to the United Nations; Gov. Roy Romer (D-Colo.), 7 a.m. (4)(36).

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: Fluctuating stock market; composer Daniel Catan; Storyville in Old New Orleans; photographer Tony Gleaton; sailing camp for older adults, 7:30 a.m. (2).

“Contrapunto”: David Hayes-Bautista, assistant professor at UCLA, 8 a.m. (52).

“Fox News Sunday”: Rep. J.C. Watts Jr. (R-Okla.); William Bennett, Empower America; Robert Chase, president of the National Education Assn., 8 a.m. (11).

“Face the Nation”: Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.); Richard Riley, Secretary of Education; Rep. William F. Goodling (R-Pa.), 9 a.m. (2).

“Late Edition”: Kweisi Mfume, president, NAACP; William Bennett, Empower America; Frank Serpico, former New York police officer, 9 a.m. CNN.

“This Week”: Vices and virtues: gambling and tobacco; Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr., American Gaming Assn.; the Rev. Tom Grey, National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling; C. Everett Koop; state attorney generals Michael Moore of Mississippi and Hubert Humphrey III of Minnesota, 10 a.m. (7).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Howard Safir, New York City police commissioner; James Fortis, Law Enforcement Alliance of America; Jerome Miller, criminologist, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“Crossfire Sunday”: State Sen. Ray Haynes, 4:30 p.m. CNN.

“60 Minutes”: Charles Schwarz, one of the Brooklyn police officers accused of torturing a Haitian immigrant; Radovan Karadzic, leader of the Bosnian Serbs; daughter’s recollection helps convict her father of murder, 7 p.m. (2).