Looking at Mexico and the State of Boxing

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

Today:

“Saturday Journal”: Chuck McCutcheon, Congressional Quarterly; Joe Galli, College Republican National Committee; President David Wade, College Democrats of America; Karen Lehman (“Lipstick Proviso”), 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: addictions; tango lesson; author Nicholas Weinstock, 6 a.m. (4)(36).

“Evans & Novak”: Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), 2:30 p.m., repeats Sunday, 7 a.m. CNN.

“John McLaughlin’s One on One”: Mexico elections; NAFTA, 2:30 p.m. (28).

“Tony Brown’s Journal”: Music Tree: gospel; blues; rock, 3:30 p.m. (28).

“Inside Politics Weekend”: Sens. Robert Bennett (R-Utah) and Richard Burbin (D-Ill.), 3:30 p.m.; repeats midnight, CNN.

“Capital Gang Saturday”: Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Mass.), 4 and 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: Jack Hanna, naturalist and director of Columbus Zoo, 6 and 11 p.m. CNN.

“McLaughlin Group”: the Thompson hearings; NATO; Mars exploration, 6:30 p.m. (4).

Sunday:

“Sunday Journal”: 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: New Mexico residents celebrate the 50th anniversary of the alleged alien landing in Roswell; a device repels sharks; Kenny Loggins, 6 a.m. (4)(36).

“Meet the Press”: Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.); Ty Cobb, lawyer to former Democratic fund-raiser John Huang, 7 a.m. (4)(36).

“Temas y Debates”: Jesus Silva Herzog, ambassador to Mexico; professor Jose Luis Guerrero, Georgetown University; Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, (D-Texas), 7 a.m. (34).

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: Andrew and Jamie Wyeth; composer Richard Einhorn; the Continental Divide, 7:30 a.m. (2).

“Contrapunto”: Mexican Consul Jose Angel Pescador Osuna, 8 a.m. KVEA (52).

“Fox News Sunday”: 8 a.m. (11).

“Face the Nation”: Ty Cobb, lawyer to Democratic fund-raiser John Huang; Sens. Don Nickles (R-Okla.), Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), 9 a.m. (2).

“Late Edition”: Sens. Bob Smith (R-N.H.) and Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.); James Hall, chairman, National Transportation Safety Board, 9 a.m. CNN.

“This Week”: Sen. John Glenn (D-Ohio); Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m. (7); 11:30 a.m. (3)(42).

“Life & Times”: David Ayon, Loyola Marymount University; Pamela Starr, UCLA; AreaMaderas, Internet specialist, 10:30 a.m. (28).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Bert Sugar, former editor of Ring Magazine; Rock Newman, boxing manager; Jim Finley, boxing coach and gym owner, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“Crossfire Sunday”: Don Sweitzer, former finance director of Democratic National Committee; Mark Goodin, Republican strategist, 4:30 p.m. CNN.

“60 Minutes”: Boston’s $10-billion, 7-mile road project; heirs of Holocaust victims sue to recover a Degas painting; Wall Street executive Joseph Jett, 7 p.m. (2).