Million Woman March, Jiang’s U.S. Visit

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

Today

“Today”: Million Woman March in Philadelphia; laser surgery for the face; bodybuilder Jake Steinfeld; handmade Halloween costumes; pumpkin carving; band Asleep at the Wheel, 5 a.m. (4)(36).

“Evans & Novak”: Rep. Bill Archer (R-Texas), 2:30 p.m., repeats Sunday, 7 a.m. CNN.

“John McLaughlin’s One on One”: Attorney Jay Sekulow; Elliot Mincberg, People for the American Way, 2:30 p.m. (28).

“Inside Politics Weekend”: Former Vice President Dan Quayle, 3:30 p.m.; repeats midnight, CNN.

“Tony Brown’s Journal”: Racial discord, 3:30 p.m. (28).

“Capital Gang Saturday”: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Me.), 4 and 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: Repeat: Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists Dalai Lama; actor Richard Gere, 6 and 11 p.m. CNN.

“McLaughlin Group”: Preview of Chinese President Jiang Zemin’s visit to America, 6:30 p.m. (4).

Sunday

“Meet the Press”: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley, Sen. John Glenn (D-Ohio), 7 a.m. (4)(36).

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: Hong Kong follow-up; the U.S. Census and multiculturalism; pianist Samuel Sanders; mystery writer James Lee Burke; author Julia Alvarez, 7:30 a.m. (2).

“Contrapunto”: David Tofosky, Los Angeles Unified School District, 8 a.m. (52).

“Fox News Sunday”: Henry Kissinger, Pat Buchanan, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Rep. Bill Paxon (R-N.Y.), Katie McGinty, White House environmental advisor, 8 a.m. (11).

“Face the Nation”: Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), 9 a.m. (2).

“Late Edition”: Former Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Sen John Kerry (D-Mass.), Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), Pat Buchanan, 9 a.m. CNN.

“Bob Navarro’s Journal”: Author Michael Brette; Michael Josephson of Josephson Institute of Ethics; Dr. Morton Cooper, voice specialist, 9:30 a.m. (2).

“This Week”: Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin; Steven Ballmer of Microsoft, 10 a.m. (7); 11:30 a.m. (3)(42).

“Religion & Ethics Newsweekly”: Rabbi Steven Reuben, Dr. Elizabeth Kiss, the Rev. Staccato Powell, 10 a.m. (28).

“Life & Times”: Assemblyman Wally Knox (D-Los Angeles), State Sen. Tom Hayden (D-Santa Monica), 11 a.m. (28).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Dan Misieh, U.S. Catholic Conference; David Young, Washington Legal Foundation; Billy Martin, former prosecutor, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“60 Minutes”: Super-fund lawsuits target small businesses; manufacturers provide free logo footwear to talented high school basketball players; support group for families of murder victims, 7 p.m. (2).