Democratic Fund-Raising, the IRS, Promise Keepers

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

Today

“Today”: The Backstreet Boys perform; Janeane Garofalo; Sharon Lawrence, 5 a.m (4).

“Saturday Journal”: Time Magazine reporter John Dickerson, associate editor Emerge Magazine Lori Johnson; Topic: Promise Keepers, 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Evans & Novak”: Sen. John Ashcroft (R-Mo.), Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), 2:30 p.m., repeats Sunday, 7 a.m. CNN.

“John McLaughlin’s One on One”: The Teamsters, 2:30 p.m. (28).

“Inside Politics Weekend”: Jack Quinn, former White House counsel and chief of staff for Vice President Al Gore, 3:30 p.m.; repeats midnight, CNN.

“McLaughlin Group”: The Internal Revenue Service; teen violence, 3:30 p.m. (4).

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

“Capital Gang Saturday”: Rep. Bill Paxon (R-N.Y.), 4 and 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: Princess Diana’s dress auction, 6 and 11 p.m. CNN.

Sunday

“Sunday Journal”: Chicago Sun-Times bureau chief Lynn Sweet; CNN’s “Crossfire” host Bill Press; columnist Armstrong Williams, 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“News Conference”: Police Chief Bernard Parks, 5:30 a.m. (4).

“Today”: Breast cancer; actor Morgan Freeman; “Peter Pan” performance, 6 a.m. (4)(36).

“Pacesetters”: The Rev. Tony Muhummad, 6 a.m. (5).

“Temas y Debates”: Author and historian Jorge Castaneda, ex-commander for the Cuban revolution Huber Matos, and Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, ex-commander for the revolution and ex-Cuban prisoner, 7 a.m. (34).

“Meet the Press”: Founder & CEO of Promise Keepers Bill McCartney, Sens. John Nickles (R-Okla.) and Joseph Biden (D-Del.), 7 a.m. (4)(36).

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: Ms. magazine and the feminist movement; growing popularity of opera; landscape artist Thomas Moran; resignation of Rep. Floyd H. Flake (D-N.Y.); crabbing in Georgia, 7:30 a.m. (2).

“Fox News Sunday”: IRS investigation: Rep. Dick Armey (R-Texas); Vice President Al Gore’s fund-raising: Sens. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.).; Marv Albert’s trial: Geraldo Rivera; ReganBooks publisher Judith Regan, 8 a.m. (11).

“Face the Nation”: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), John Quinn, former chief of staff for Vice President Al Gore and former White House counsel, U.S. News & World Report correspondent Gloria Borger, 9 a.m.(2).

“Late Edition”: Rev. Robert Schuller, Randy Phillips, president of the Promise Keepers; Sens. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Joseph Digenova, former U.S. attorney, 9 a.m. CNN.

“Bob Navarro’s Journal”: Police officer Jay Cicinelli, attorney Lawrence Hanna; L.A. Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas; Michael Eng, attorney and founder of Citizenship Outreach Project, 9:30 a.m. (2).

“Religion & Ethics Newsweekly”: Catholic schools in New York City as alternatives to public schools; profile of author Phyllis Tickle; a religious calendar; Jewish holidays, 10 a.m. (28).

“This Week”: Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah); Dr. James Dobson, founder and president of Focus on the Family, Peggy Ruppe, wife of a member of Promise Keepers, 10 a.m. (7); 11:30 a.m.(3)(42).

“Life & Times”: Author Lisa See; the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; correspondent Jeffrey Kaye, 11 a.m. (28).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Drug Policy Director Barry McCaffrey, teacher Patrick Welsh, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“60 Minutes”: Hamas terrorists discuss Jerusalem suicide bombings; trash art; plutonium aboard the Cassini mission to Saturn, 7 p.m. (2).