Weekend Talk Shows/Sept. 30-Oct. 1

THE REUTERS TV WEEKEND DAYBOOK

Saturday and Sunday

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Saturday

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

8 a.m.: Federal Times reporter Molly Weisner discusses "how federal agencies are preparing for a potential government shutdown and how a shutdown would impact federal benefits and services."

8:30 a.m.: University of Maryland at Baltimore County political science professor emeritus Roy Meyers discusses "the history and impact of government shutdowns."

9:30 a.m.: Bloomberg Government Congress Reporter Jack Fitzpatrick discusses "the impact federal funding negotiations and a potential government shutdown could have on reauthorization bills."

10 a.m. -- CAVUTO LIVE (FOX NEWS):

An interview with Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), chairman of the House Budget Committee.

An interview with Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

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Sunday

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

8 a.m.: Democratic strategist Martha McKenna and Republican strategist Mike Ricci discuss "government shutdown politics and other political news of the day."

9:20 a.m.: Migration Policy Institute senior fellow Muzaffar Chishti discusses "the increase in migrants at the U.S. southern border and the Biden administration's recent move to allow nearly 500,000 Venezuelan migrants to obtain work permits."

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

An interview with Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

An interview with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.).

An interview with Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.).

ABC News senior Washington reporter Devin Dwyer reports on "the effort to disqualify Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot via the 14th Amendment."

A political roundtable with former DNC chair Donna Brazile; former Justice Department spokesperson Sarah Isgur; Politico senior Washington correspondent Rachael Bade; and ABC News political director Rick Klein.

ABC News multi-platform reporter Elizabeth Schulze discusses "the impact of federal student loan payments resuming on Sunday."

Note: The transcript for the show is available every Sunday after 10:30 A.M. at: http://abcnews.go.com/thisweek

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

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

An interview with Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.).

An interview with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Va.).

An interview with Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-S.C.).

A political roundtable with Julia Manchester, national political reporter at The Hill newspaper; Jason Rantz, radio host of the Jason Rantz Show; Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation; 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 Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.).

Other interview guests are TBA.

A political roundtable with Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Mich.); Jamal Simmons, former communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris; former Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah); and David Urban, former senior adviser for the 2016 Trump presidential campaign.

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

An interview with Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.).

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

An interview with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.).

An interview with former Trump White House speechwriter and senior adviser Stephen Miller.

An interview with Alex Marlow, editor-in-chief at Breitbart News and author of "Breaking Biden."

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

CNN economics and political commentator Catherine Rampell discusses "shutting down the U.S. government" and "America's fiscal irresponsibility and its debt & deficits."

Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief at The Economist; and Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, discuss "The war in Ukraine"; "the Chinese economy"; and "the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh."

Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, discusses "Is the world at the beginning of the end of fossil fuels?"

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

The show is preempted due to NBC Sports' coverage of the 2023 Ryder Cup golf competition.

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

An interview with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).

An interview with Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), co-chairs of the Problem Solvers Caucus.

An interview with former defense secretary Mark Esper.

An interview with Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG U.S.

Note: Additional show guests are possible.

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

The guests are: former Trump White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley; Michael LaRosa, former press secretary to first lady Jill Biden; Rich Lowry, editor at National Review; Lucy Caldwell, former campaign manager of the 2020 presidential campaign of former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.); National Review senior political senior columnist Jim Geraghty; and FOX News senior national correspondent Kevin Corke.

12Noon BOOK TV IN DEPTH WITH DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF (C-SPAN2):

Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff, author of "Present Shock," "Team Human," "Survival of the Richest," and other books, takes viewers' calls on "the digital revolution and its consequences, human autonomy, cyberculture, and more."

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

An interview with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

An interview with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)

An interview with former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.

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

An interview with Michael Lewis, author of "Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon," who discusses FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's "state of mind before and after the collapse of his crypto empire." [For a videoclip, go to: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-rise-and-fall-of-sam-bankman-fried-sunday-on-60-minutes/. ]

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The Reuters Weekend TV Daybook

Saturday and Sunday/Sept. 30-Oct. 1

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