Politicos, Weather Watchers, Farrakhan

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

Today

“Saturday Journal”: Rep. David McIntosh (R-Ind.); Jim Bonham, communication director for Rep. Robert Matsui (D-Calif.), 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: Breaking through a diet plateau; Jennifer Jason Leigh, 5 a.m. (4).

“Evans & Novak”: Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), 2:30 p.m., repeats Sunday 7 a.m. CNN.

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

“McLaughlin Group”: Fund-raising; Janet Reno; global warming, 6:30 p.m. (4).

“Inside Politics Weekend”: Former Clinton consultant Dick Morris, Republican consultant Ed Rollins, 3:30 p.m.; repeats midnight, CNN.

“Capital Gang”: Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), 4 p.m., 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: Author Andrew Weil, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m., CNN.

Sunday

“Sunday Journal”: Ann Lewis, assistant to the president; Lyn Nofziger, former public affairs director with the Reagan administration, 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: The final cruise of the SS Rotterdam; best buys on cruises; William H. Macy, 6 a.m. (4)(39)(36).

“Pacesetters”: Joe Haggerty, president, United Way of Greater Los Angeles; actress Carmen Zapata, 6 a.m. (5).

“Temas y Debates”: President Clinton’s trip to South America, 7 a.m. (KMEX 34).

“Meet the Press”: Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, 7 a.m. (4)(39)(36).

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: El Nino and winter weather forecasts; Thelonious Monk’s legacy; training school for team mascots; historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, 7:30 a.m. (2).

“Fox News Sunday”: IRS investigation: Rep. Dick Armey (R-Texas); Vice President Gore’s fund-raising: Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.); Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), 8 a.m. (11).

“Face the Nation”: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Me.), Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.,), Clinton attorney Robert Bennett, 9 a.m. (2).

“Late Edition”: Former White House counsel Jack Quinn, former White House counsel C. Boyden Gray, Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), 9 a.m. CNN.

“This Week”: Former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, former Sen. Howard Baker, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), 10 a.m. (7); 10:30 a.m. (10); 11:30 a.m. (3)(42).

“Life & Times”: California Secretary of State Bill Jones, former state Assemblyman Richard Katz, 11 a.m. (28).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Promise Keepers and racial reconciliation, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“60 Minutes”: Betty Ford, 7 p.m. (2)(8).