THE REUTERS TV WEEKEND DAYBOOK
Saturday and Sunday
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Saturday
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7 a.m. -- WASHINGTON JOURNAL (C-SPAN):
Jacob Rubashkin, deputy editor of Inside Elections, "previews Election Day 2025 including key races and ballot measures in Virginia, New Jersey, New York and California."
Cynthia Cox, vice president at KFF (formerly the Kaiser Family Foundation), discusses "expiring ACA subsidies."
7 a.m. -- THE WEEKEND (MSNBC):
An interview with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson $(D)$.
An interview with former Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.).
5 p.m. -- POLITICS NATION (MSNBC):
An interview with Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.).
6 p.m. -- THE WEEKEND: PRIMETIME (MSNBC):
An interview with Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).
An interview with Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas).
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Sunday
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7 a.m. -- WASHINGTON JOURNAL (C-SPAN):
Kyle Kondik, managing editor of "Sabato's Crystal Ball," discusses "the political impact of the government shutdown."
Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses "President Trump's Gaza peace plan."
7 a.m. -- THE WEEKEND (MSNBC):
An interview with Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.).
An interview with Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.).
8 a.m. -- INSIDE POLITICS SUNDAY (CNN):
A political roundtable with NOTUS White House correspondent Jasmine Wright; John Bresnahan, co-founder of Punchbowl News; CNN correspondent Priscilla Alvarez.
9 a.m. -- THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC):
An interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
An interview with Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.).
A discussion with retired Army Gen. Peter Chiarelli, former Army vice chief of staff; and retired Navy Adm. James Stavridis, former NATO supreme allied commander.
A political roundtable with former DNC chair Donna Brazile; former RNC chairman Reince Priebus, former White House chief of staff; ABC News Capitol Hill correspondent Jay O'Brien; and Puck News Chief Washington correspondent Leigh Ann Caldwell.
9 a.m. -- FOX NEWS SUNDAY WITH SHANNON BREAM $(FOX)$:
An interview with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.).
An interview with Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.).
A political roundtable with Michael Allen, former George W. Bush White House national security official; former RNC communications director Doug Heye; USA Today Washington Bureau chief Susan Page; and FOX News senior political analyst Juan Williams.
9 a.m. -- STATE OF THE UNION WITH JAKE TAPPER AND DANA BASH (CNN):
An interview with Sen. Reuben Gallego (D-Ariz.).
An interview with Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council.
A political roundtable with Reps. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) and Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.); former Democratic National Committee (DNC) communications director Xochitl Hinojosa, former director of public affairs at the Justice Department; and Shermichael Singleton, former aide for the Mitt Romney and Ben Carson presidential campaigns.
10 a.m. -- NEWSNATION'S THE HILL SUNDAY (NEWS NATION):
An interview with Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio).
An interview with Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.).
An interview with David Shulkin, former secretary of veterans affairs.
A political roundtable with Bill Sammon, executive vice president of editorial content at The Hill and NewsNation; Charles Lane, a columnist at The Free Press; Atlanta Journal-Constitution Washington Bureau chief Tia Mitchell; and NOTUS White House correspondent Jasmine Wright.
10 a.m. -- SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES WITH MARIA BARTIROMO (FOX NEWS):
An interview with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.).
An interview with former Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), Trump Media CEO and chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.
An interview with Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.).
An interview with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.), independent candidate for New York City mayor.
A discussion with Matt Taibbi, publisher of Racket News; and Mike Davis, president of the Article III Project.
10 a.m. -- FAREED ZAKARIA GPS (CNN):
An interview with former deputy British prime minister Nick Clegg, former global affairs president at Meta and author of "How to Save the Internet."
An interview with Dan Senor, former chief spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and co-author of "The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World."
An interview with Diana Buttu, former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization.
A discussion with Jake Tapper, host of CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper" and author of "Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War."
10 a.m. -- VELSHI (MSNBC):
An interview with Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Va.).
An interview with Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.).
An interview with Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.).
An interview with former Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.).
10:30 a.m. -- MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER (NBC):
An interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
An interview with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).
An interview with Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).
A political roundtable with Punchbowl News CEO Anna Palmer; Marc Short, former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence; former Biden White House Domestic Policy Council director Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress; and NBC News chief Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles.
10:30 a.m. -- FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN (CBS):
An interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
An interview with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).
An interview with Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.).
An interview with retired Army Gen. Ben Hodges, former commanding general of U.S. Army Europe.
11 a.m. -- THE SUNDAY BRIEFING (FOX NEWS):
An interview with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
An interview with Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.)
An interview with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.).
An interview with Billy Bush, podcast host of "Hot Mics With Billy Bush."
An interview with RealClearPolitics White House Reporter Phil Wegmann.
An interview with former White House official Jayme Leagh Franklin, founder of Conservateur.
10 a.m. -- VELSHI (MSNBC):
An interview with Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Va.).
An interview with Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.).
An interview with Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.).
An interview with former Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.).
1 p.m. -- ALEX WITT REPORTS (MSNBC):
An interview with Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.).
An interview with Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.).
5 p.m. -- POLITICS NATION (MSNBC):
An interview with Pennsylvania state representative Malcolm Kenyatta (D).
6 p.m. -- THE WEEKEND: PRIMETIME (MSNBC):
An interview with former Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas), a Texas Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.
7 p.m. -- 60 MINUTES (CBS):
A report on the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
A report on how "24 thousand bottles of Guy Fieri's tequila vanished on their way to the warehouse" and how international crime groups "are finding new, sophisticated ways to infiltrate the global supply chain online, stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of goods per year."
Film director Rob Reiner discusses his career and the sequel to his 1984 movie "This Is Spinal Tap."
8 p.m. -- Q&A (C-SPAN):
An interview with American Enterprise Institute $(AEI)$ senior fellow Christopher Scalia, author of "13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (but Probably Haven't Read)."
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The Reuters Weekend TV Daybook
Saturday and Sunday/October 4-5, 2025
REUTERS