Newt Gingrich, the IRS and Starr Probe
Here’s the rundown on guests and topics for the weekend’s public-affairs programs:
Today
“Today”: Patrick Swayze; medical exams for men; female baby boomers retire; “The Wizard of Oz” stage show with Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt, 5 a.m. (4)(39).
“John McLaughlin’s One on One”: Republicans; Congress, 1:30 p.m. (28).
“Evans & Novak”: Defense Secretary William Cohen, 2:30 p.m., repeats Sunday 7 a.m. CNN.
“Tony Brown’s Journal”: Job skills for the new millennium, 2:30 p.m. (28).
“Capital Gang”: Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), 4 p.m., repeats 7:30 p.m. CNN.
“Larry King Weekend”: Dr. Bernard Lewinsky, Monica Lewinsky’s father, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m., CNN.
“McLaughlin Group”: Topics--Monica Lewinsky; Newt Gingrich; Russia, 6:30 p.m. (4).
Sunday
“News Conference”: Alice Callahan, director of the Las Familias del Pueblo shelter, 5:30 a.m. (4).
“Today”: Having a baby after age 35; Sarah Ferguson; Mother’s Day gifts, 6 a.m. (4)(39)(36).
“Pacesetters”: Dionicio Morales, Mexican American Opportunity Foundation; National Council of Negro Women members Billie Bennett and Hazel Isaiah Ransom, 6 a.m. (5).
“Temas y Debates”: Antonio Flores, president, Hispanic Assn. of Colleges and Universities; Ricardo Fernandez, president, Lehman College; Rep. Lincoln Diaz (R-Fla.); Lillian Pubillones, Intramerican Dialogue, 7 a.m. (KMEX 34).
“Meet the Press”: Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.); law professor Jonathan Turley; White House counsel Jack Quinn; Dr. James Dobson, president, Focus on the Family, 7 a.m. (4)(39)(36).
“CBS News Sunday Morning”: Gambling study; International Assn. of Jazz Educators; mystery writer Elmore Leonard, 7:30 a.m. (2)(8).
“Contrapunto”: Topic: Proposition 226, which would require unions to obtain members’ permission before using dues for political campaigns, 8 a.m. (KVEA 52).
“Face the Nation”: Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.); IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti; Gloria Borger of U.S. News & World Report, 9 a.m. (2).
“Late Edition”: Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), White House counsel Jack Quinn, former U.S. Atty. Gen. Dick Thornburg, 9 a.m. CNN.
“Bob Navarro’s Journal”: Rob Reiner, Michael Huffington, Larry Elder, 9:30 a.m. (2).
“This Week With Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts”: Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), 10 a.m. (7); 11 a.m. (3)(10); 5 p.m. (42).
“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Pat Buchanan, 2:30 p.m. CNN.
“CNN Perspectives”: Documentary on the South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s probe into human rights abuses, 4 p.m., repeats 1:30 a.m. CNN.
“60 Minutes”: Hardball tactics of Kenneth Starr; Candice Bergen; German spy for Saddam Hussein, 7 p.m. (2)(8).