UPS Strike, Foreign Policy, Mel Gibson

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

Today

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

“Today”: travel safety; home improvements; chef Paul Prudhomme, 6 a.m. (4)(36).

“Evans & Novak”: Steve Forbes, former Republican presidential candidate, 2:30 p.m.; repeats Sunday, 7 a.m. CNN.

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

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

“Capital Gang Saturday”: Bob Shrum, Democratic Party consultant, 4 and 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: actor Mel Gibson, 6 and 11 p.m. CNN.

“McLaughlin Group”: U.S. foreign policy, 6:30 p.m. (4).

Sunday

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

“Today”: vacationing in the United States, 6 a.m. (4)(36).

“Temas y Debates”: Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Los Angeles); Maria Echaveste, White House public affairs director; Felix Sanchez, activist, 7 a.m. (34).

“Meet the Press”: Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman; Sens. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.), Charles Hagel (R-Neb.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.); Gen. Barry McCaffrey, 7 a.m. (4)(36).

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: the UPS strike; sculptor Tony Howe; off-Broadway “Stomp”; Maine map makers; brief tenure of a ‘50s congresswoman; photo exhibition “India: A Celebration of Independence,” 7:30 a.m. (2).

“Reliable Sources”: Vanity Fair writer Jennet Conant, 7:30 a.m. CNN.

“Fox News Sunday”: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Pat Buchannan, former Republican presidential candidate; Rep. Charles E. Shumer (D-N.Y.), 8 a.m. (11).

“Face the Nation”: Teamsters President Ron Carey; UPS Chairman Jim Kelly; Rahm Emanuel, senior advisor to President Clinton, 9 a.m. (2).

“Late Edition”: Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman; Teamsters President Ron Carey, 9 a.m. CNN.

“Bob Navarro’s Journal”: Police chief-designate Bernard Parks; Police Commission President Edith Perez; L.A. Times columnist Bill Boyarsky, 9:30 a.m. (2).

“This Week”: Secretary of Treasury Robert Rubin; AFL-CIO President John Sweeney; Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.); Rep. Thomas M. Davis (R-Va.), 10 a.m. (7); 11:30 a.m. (3)(42).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry; Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.); Rep. Thomas M. Davis (R-Va.); Scott A. Bolden, Washington Chamber of Commerce, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“60 Minutes”: A killer convicted in Alabama lives freely in New York; Martha Stewart; commercial chain purchases not-for-profit hospitals, 7 p.m. (2).