Domestic Politics and International Concerns

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

Today

“Today”: Ski wear; adolescent girls and self-esteem; gardens in the bedroom; spinning for exercise, 5 a.m. (4)(39).

“John McLaughlin’s One on One”: Iraqi sanctions, 1:30 p.m. (28).

“Evans & Novak”: Jim Nicholson, Republican National Committee chairman, 2:30 p.m., repeats Sunday 7 a.m. CNN.

“Tony Brown’s Journal”: The death of Democratic National Committee Chairman Ron Brown and theories about his fatal plane crash, 3 p.m. (28).

“Reliable Sources”: Frank Murray, Washington Times, 3:30 a.m. CNN.

“Capital Gang”: Rep. Vic Fazio (D-Calif.), 4 p.m., 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: Tony Randall, 6 and 11 p.m. , CNN.

“McLaughlin Group”: Iraq; Pope John Paul II in Cuba, 6:30 p.m. (4).

Sunday

“Sunday Journal”: “A Visit to China,” first of a three-part, 10-hour series, 6:30 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: Retirement financial planning, 6 a.m. (4)(39)(36).

“Temas y Debates”: 7 a.m. (KMEX 34).

“Meet the Press”: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; Nizar Hamdoon, Iraq ambassador to the United Nations; Democratic strategist James Carville; Susan Carpenter-McMillan, primary attorney representing Paula Jones, 7 a.m. (4)(39)(36).

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: Cuba and the Roman Catholic Church; turn-of-the-century ragtime; Tamas Brooks, 16, a Mission Wolf staff member; Carlos Acosta of the Houston Ballet, 7:30 a.m. (2)(8).

“Contrapunto”: 8 a.m.(KVEA 52).

“Fox News Sunday”: Iraq’s Nizar Hamdoon; Bill Richardson, U.S. ambassador to the U.N.; Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.); Rep. Elizabeth Furse (D-Ore.), 8 a.m. (11).

“Late Edition”: Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.); Richard Butler, U.N. Special Commission on Iraq; Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 9 a.m. CNN.

“Religion & Ethics Newsweekly”: 25th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade; report on rise of Protestant churches in Cuba; religious roots of the civil rights movement, 10 a.m. (28).

“This Week With Sam and Cokie”: Sen. John Glenn (D-Ohio); Donovan Campbell, an attorney for Paula Jones; U.S. ambassador Bill Richardson, 10 a.m. (7); 10:30 a.m. (10); 11:30 a.m. (3)(42).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Eva Polin, former federal prosecutor; Gloria Allred, defense attorney; Jeffrey Frederick, jury consultant; Paul Rothstein of the Georgetown University Law Center, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“Face the Nation”: Jim Fisher, a Paula Jones attorney; chief U.N. arms inspector Richard Butler; White House National Security Advisor Samuel Berger; Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), U.S. News & World Report correspondent Gloria Borger, 4 p.m.(2).

“60 Minutes”: Massacre in Algeria; the World Health Organization and counterfeit medicine deaths; Harlem Girls Choir, 7 p.m. (2)(8).