THE REUTERS TV WEEKEND DAYBOOK

Saturday and Sunday

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Saturday

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7 a.m. -- WASHINGTON JOURNAL (C-SPAN):

Peter Laffin, deputy editor of commentary at the Washington Examiner, discusses "Pope Francis' legacy."

Former CNN correspondent Suzanne Malveaux discusses "her on-the-ground reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war."

Washington Post technology reporter Faiz Siddiqui discusses "Elon Musk and the future DOGE."

8 a.m. -- THE WEEKEND (MSNBC):

An interview with Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.).

An interview with AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler.

6 p.m. -- THE SATURDAY SHOW (MSNBC):

An interview with Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.).

An interview with Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.).

An interview with Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford $(D)$.

6 p.m. -- WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER (C-SPAN):

Live coverage of the red carpet at the Washington Hilton hotel as attendees arrive for the 2025 White House Correspondents' Association $(WHCA)$ dinner.

C-SPAN will air coverage of the dinner program beginning at 8 p.m. https://www.c-span.org/event/public-affairs-event/white-house-correspondents-dinner/432609.

Note: From 12Noon-8 p.m. on Saturday, C-SPAN2 will re-air past WHCA dinner speeches by various U.S. presidents.

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Sunday

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7 a.m. -- WASHINGTON JOURNAL (C-SPAN):

David Wasserman of the Cook Political Report discusses a new analysis "showing the American electorate less polarized that previous years."

Amber Duke, senior editor of the Daily Caller, discusses "media coverage of the Trump administration."

8 a.m. -- INSIDE POLITICS SUNDAY WITH MANU RAJU (CNN):

A panel discussion with Wall Street Journal senior political correspondent Molly Ball; Joanna Coles, chief content officer at The Daily Beast; Tia Mitchell, Washington Bureau chief at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; and CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten.

An interview with Kate Bennett, vice president of brand strategy and external affairs at Invariant and author of "Free, Melania: The Unauthorized Biography."

8 a.m. -- THE WEEKEND (MSNBC):

An interview with Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.).

An interview with Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D).

9 a.m. -- THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS $(ABC.AU)$:

An interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

An interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

An interview with former national security adviser Jake Sullivan.

A legal discussion with former Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) and former Justice Department spokesperson Sarah Isgur.

A political discussion with former DNC chair Donna Brazile; and former RNC chairman Reince Priebus, former Trump White House chief of staff.

Fr. James Martin discusses "the life and legacy of Pope Francis."

9 a.m. -- FOX NEWS SUNDAY WITH SHANNON BREAM $(FOX)$:

An interview with Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.).

An interview with Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee.

A political roundtable with Wall Street Journal White House reporter Annie Linskey; Julia Manchester, national political reporter at The Hill; syndicated columnist Cal Thomas; and FOX News senior political analyst Juan Williams.

An interview with Dana Perino, author of "I Wish Someone Had Told Me...: The Best Advice for Building a Great Career and a Meaningful Life."

9 a.m. -- STATE OF THE UNION WITH JAKE TAPPER AND DANA BASH (CNN):

An interview with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.

An interview with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

A political roundtable with Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.); former Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.); former Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign senior spokesperson Karen Finney; and David Urban, former Trump 2016 presidential campaign senior adviser.

10 a.m. -- THE HILL SUNDAY WITH CHRIS STIREWALT (NEWS NATION):

An interview with Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

Jonathan Adler, law professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, discusses "the many legal battles facing the Trump administration and whether they're actually breaking the law."

A political roundtable with Washington Post columnist Shadi Hamid; Puck News chief Washington correspondent Leigh Ann Caldwell; Jessica Taylor, Senate and Governors editor at the Cook Political Report; and John Tamny, editor at RealClearMarkets.

10 a.m. -- SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES WITH MARIA BARTIROMO (FOX NEWS):

An interview with national security adviser Mike Waltz.

An interview with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.).

An interview with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker.

An interview with Kari Lake, senior adviser at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

10 a.m. -- FAREED ZAKARIA GPS (CNN):

An interview with Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates.

An interview with Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor in chief at The Economist.

An interview with former acting deputy secretary of state Victoria Nuland, former U.S. ambassador to NATO.

An interview with New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat, author of "Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious."

10:30 a.m. -- MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER (NBC):

An interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

An interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

NBC News chief data analyst Steve Kornacki discusses new NBC News polling.

A political roundtable with Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign policy director Lanhee Chen, a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution; PBS NewsHour co-anchor Amna Nawaz; NBC News chief Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles; and MSNBC host and former Biden White House press secretary Jen Psaki.

10:30 a.m. -- FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN (CBS):

An interview with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).

A taped interview with Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov. [For videoclips, go to: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/russian-foreign-minister-on-latest-kyiv-strikes-we-only-target-military-goals/ and https://www.cbsnews.com/video/russias-top-diplomat-says-some-elements-of-ukraine-deal-need-to-be-fine-tuned/]

An interview with IBM vice chairman Gary Cohn, former director of the National Economic Council.

CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto discusses new CBS political polling.

11 a.m. -- MEDIA BUZZ (FOX NEWS):

The guests are: Greg Burke, former spokesman for Pope Francis; Meghan Hays, former director of message planning in the Biden White House; Robby Soave, senior editor at Reason; and FOX Business Network senior correspondent Charlie Gasparino.

12Noon -- INSIDE WITH JEN PSAKI (MSNBC):

An interview with Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).

An interview with Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.).

5 p.m. -- POLITICS NATION (MSNBC):

An interview with Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.).

6 p.m. -- THE SUNDAY SHOW (MSNBC):

An interview with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.).

An interview with Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.).

7 p.m. -- 60 MINUTES (CBS):

A report on government funding of National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants. The segment includes an interview with former NIH director Dr. Francis Collins.

A report on evidence which "has emerged that could change our understanding of the 9/11 terrorist attacks more than two decades ago."

A report on Japan's "rapidly declining birth rate" and "how these demographic changes are affecting the country and its culture."

8 p.m. -- Q&A (C-SPAN):

An interview with Jane McManus, author of "The Fast Track: Inside the Surging Business of Women's Sports."

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The Reuters Weekend TV Daybook

Saturday and Sunday/April 26-27, 2025

REUTERS