IRS, Marv Albert, Poison Cough Medicine

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

Today

“Evans & Novak”: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), 2:30 p.m.; repeats Sunday, 7 a.m. CNN.

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

“Tony Brown’s Journal”: A tribute to teacher Ruth Norman, 3:30 p.m. (28).

“Capital Gang Saturday”: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), 4 and 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: Replay of the Princess of Wales’ dress auction, 6 and 11 p.m. CNN.

“McLaughlin Group”: Fund-raising, the IRS and diplomacy, 6:30 p.m. (4).

Sunday

“Sunday Journal”: airs at 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Temas y Debates”: Reps. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.); John Fredrikson, Immigration Services of America; Jose Petierra, immigration expert and Marez Estever, immigration lawyer, 7 a.m. (34).

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: Rebuilding the Newark (N.J.) Center for the Performing Arts; musician Scott Kirby discusses 100 years of ragtime; Civil War monument; 7:30 a.m. (2).

“Contrapunto”: Juan Jose Gutierrez, executive director of One Stop Immigration, 8 a.m. (52).

“Fox News Sunday”: House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas), Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), Rep. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), 8 a.m. (11).

“Face the Nation”: IRS agent Jennifer Long, Sens. Daniel P. Moynihan (D-N.Y.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.), former IRS commissioner Fred Goldberg, 9 a.m. (2).

“Late Edition”: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Sens Robert Bennett (R-Utah) and Russell Feingold (D-Wis.), 9 a.m. CNN.

“Bob Navarro’s Journal”: Dist. Atty. Gil Garcetti and attorney Robert Finkelstein discuss city councilman Mike Hernandez, 9:30 a.m. (2).

“This Week”: David Brinkley’s final appearance; Roy Black, attorney for Marv Albert; author David Burnham, taxpayer Thomas Savage; Gov. Roy Romer (D-Colo.), Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), 10 a.m. (7); 11:30 a.m. (3)(42).

“Religion and Ethics Newsweekly”: Examines question “Who Is a Jew?”; previews Promise Keepers gathering in Washington Oct. 4, 10 a.m. (28).

“Meet the Press”: Steven Jones, former lawyer for Timothy McVeigh; Larry Pozner, president elect of the National Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Steve Forbes of Forbes magazine; Bill Richardson, representative to the United Nations, 1 p.m. (4)(36).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Education officials discuss the 40th anniversary of the integration of Little Rock Central High, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“60 Minutes”: Adultery and the military; Harry Belafonte; poison cough medicine from China kills 88 Haitian children, 7 p.m. (2).