China, Cuba and Fund-Raising Investigation

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

TODAY

“Saturday Journal”: David Mastio of USA Today, 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: Mark Fuhrman; breast cancer; author Alex Witchel (“Girls Only”), 6 a.m. (4)(36).

“Evans & Novak”: 2:30 p.m., repeats Sunday, 7 a.m. CNN.

“John McLaughlin’s One on One”: U.S. sanctions against Cuba, 2:30 p.m. (28).

“Tony Brown’s Journal”: roots of music, 3:30 p.m. (28).

“Capital Gang Saturday”: Thomas Foley, former Speaker of the House, 4 and 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“Inside Politics Weekend”: Sen. John Glenn (D-Ohio) talks about his retirement and the Senate’s fund-raising investigation, 4:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: violinist Isaac Stern, 6 and 11 p.m. CNN.

“McLaughlin Group”: crime and financial woes in Washington; the GOP in 2000, 6:30 p.m. (4).

SUNDAY

“Sunday Journal”: 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: Mark Fuhrman; baldness, 6 a.m. (4)(36).

“Pacesetters”: Alan Clayton, executive director of the L.A. County Chicano Employees Assn.; Gabriel Midel, president of Parents for Unity; Gina Alonzo, chairperson of Latinos for Excellence in Education, 6 a.m. (5).

“Meet the Press”: Ross Perot, Sens. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), former Sen. Bill Bradley (D-N.J.), 7 a.m. (4)(36).

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: death of Deng Xiaoping; Christopher Patten, governor of Hong Kong; classical musicians compose for television; singer Cassandra Wilson; children’s book author R.L. Stine (“Goosebumps”); Olympic hopeful Erica Sorgi, 7:30 a.m. (2).

“Fox News Sunday”: Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Rep. J.C. Watts (R-Okla.) and former Pennsylvania senator and civil rights activist Harris Wofford, 8 a.m. (11).

“Late Edition”: Stephen Jones, attorney for accused Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh; Gov. Frank Keating (R-Okla.); Samuel Berger, national security advisor, 9 a.m. CNN.

“This Week”: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Gov. Roy Romer (D-Colo.), 10 a.m. (7)(42); 3 p.m.(3).

“Life & Times”: Judge Benjamin Aranda and Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Los Angeles) discuss the California Judicial Council’s report on race and bias in California’s courts, 10:30 a.m. (28).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Rep. Louis Stokes (D-Ohio), Dexter King of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“Face the Nation”: Rep. John Kasich (R-Ohio), Secretary of Treasury Robert Rubin and Henry Kissinger discuss a balanced budget, taxes and China, 4:30 p.m. (2).

“60 Minutes”: Southern California’s Mexican Mafia; allegations of fraud at Sotheby’s; Battle of Normandy Foundation fraud allegations, 7 p.m. (2).