Weekend Talk Shows/May 24-25

THE REUTERS TV WEEKEND DAYBOOK

Saturday and Sunday

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Saturday

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

Reuters correspondent David Shepardson discusses "plans to modernize the U.S. air traffic control system."

Jerry Dunleavy, co-author of "Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End," discusses "the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan."

Saudi Embassy spokesman Fahad Nazer discusses U.S.-Saudi relations.

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

An interview with Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.).

An interview with Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.).

10 a.m. -- VELSHI (MSNBC):

An interview with Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).

An interview with former Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.).

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

An interview with Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.).

An interview with Patrick Gaspard, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress.

6 p.m. -- THE WEEKEND: PRIMETIME (MSNBC):

An interview with Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

9 p.m. -- MY VIEW WITH LARA TRUMP (FOX NEWS):

An interview with White House deputy chief of staff James Blair.

Sunday

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

An interview with Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.).

An interview with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D).

An interview with former DNC Chair Jaime Harrison.

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

Karla Walter of the Center for American Progress and Vincent Vernuccio of the Institute for the American Worker discuss "Trump Administration economic and labor policies."

Marine Corps veteran Travis Partington discusses his podcast called, "Oscar Mike Radio."

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

A panel discussion with New York Times national politics reporter Astead Herndon; Axios political reporter Hans Nichols; and Atlanta Journal-Constitution Washington bureau chief Tia Mitchell.

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

The show will be preempted on Sunday for live coverage of Formula 1 racing at the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix.

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

An interview with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).

An interview with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.).

An interview with Alex Thompson, co-author of "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again."

A political roundtable with former Bush White House national security official Michael Allen; Meghan Hays, former director of message planning in the Biden White House; former RNC communications director Doug Heye; and Mario Parker, managing editor for U.S. economy and government at Bloomberg.

Actor Gary Sinise discusses his foundation's charitable work for veterans and first responders.

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

An interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).

An interview with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.).

An interview with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.).

A political roundtable with Ashley Etienne, former communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris and former senior adviser to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.); Republican strategist Brad Todd; former Bush White House official Ashley Davis; and Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign manager Faiz Shakir.

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

An interview with Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.

An interview with former deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman.

A roundtable with Robert Edsel, author of "Remember Us" and "Monuments Men"; Brookings Institution fellow Mara Karlin, professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); and Hudson Institute fellow Luke Coffey.

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

An interview with Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.).

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

An interview with Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender.

An interview with Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

An interview with FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary.

FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino provide a tour of the FBI's Wall of Honor.

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

Sunday's program is called: "The War on Government: A Fareed Zakaria Special."

10 a.m. -- VELSHI (MSNBC):

An interview with Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.).

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

A taped interview with former U.S. surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy, author of "My Parting Prescription for America."

A taped interview with former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), author of "Profiles in Mental Health Courage."

An interview with Arthur Brooks, author of "The Happiness Files."

A roundtable with psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb, author of "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone"; San Diego State University psychology professor Jean Twenge, author of "10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High Tech World"; and Nedra Glover Tawwab, author of "Consider This: Reflections for Finding Peace."

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

An interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).

An interview with Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

An interview with Reps. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) and Don Davis(D-N.C.), members of the For Country Caucus.

An interview with Cindy McCain, executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme; and Afghanistan War combat veteran Jack McCain, a former member of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Hands Program.

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

The guests are: Lucy Caldwell, campaign manager of the 2020 Joe Walsh presidential campaign; Democratic strategist and Sirius XM host political analyst Ameshia Cross; Sarah Bedford, investigations editor at the Washington Examiner; Outkick founder Clay Travis; and WABC Radio/nationally syndicated talk radio host Dominic Carter.

1 p.m. -- ALEX WITT REPORTS (MSNBC):

An interview with Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas).

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

An interview with Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.).

An interview with Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.

An interview with former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a 2026 Democratic candidate for Georgia governor.

6 p.m. -- THE WEEKEND: PRIMETIME (MSNBC):

An interview with attorney Benjamin Crump.

An interview with Alex Thompson, co-author of "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again."

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

A replay of an interview with travel writer Rick Steves, author of "On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer." [For a videolink, go to: https://www.c-span.org/program/qa/rick-steves/656619.]

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The Reuters Weekend TV Daybook

Saturday and Sunday/May 24-25

REUTERS