Whitewater, Clinton’s Trip, Mother’s Day

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

Today

“Saturday Journal”: Peter Teal of the Independent Institute; Peter Beinart of the New Republic, 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: Juvenile crime; mothers and daughters; teen dating; baker Debbi Fields, 6 a.m. (4)(36).

“Evans & Novak”: Gene B. Sperling, director of the National Economic Council, 2:30 p.m., repeats Sunday 7 a.m. CNN.

“John McLaughlin’s One on One”: Whitewater developments; fund-raising, 2:30 p.m. (28).

“Tony Brown’s Journal”: Teaching children about computer technology, 3:30 p.m. (28).

“Inside Politics Weekend”: Mike McCurry, White House press secretary, 3:30 p.m.; repeats midnight. CNN.

“Capital Gang Saturday”: Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), 4 and 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: Singer Rosemary Clooney, 6 and 11 p.m. CNN.

“McLaughlin Group”: President Clinton’s Mexico trip, the budget and Whitewater developments, 6:30 p.m. (4).

Sunday

“Sunday Journal”: 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“News Conference”: Former Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates, 5:30 a.m. (4).

“Today”: Mother-son relationships; marriage counseling, 6 a.m. (4)(36).

“Meet the Press”: Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), 7 a.m. (4)(36).

“Reliable Sources”: Jerry Springer’s quitting, newspaper circulation down, the latest Kennedy scandals, 7:30 a.m. CNN.

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: The politics of breast cancer, vocalist Marie Daulne, gardener-author Emily Whaley, actress Joanne Woodward, author Alice Walker, 7:30 a.m. (2).

“Fox News Sunday”: Rep. Bob Livingston (R-La.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee; Jack Quinn, former White House counsel; Michael Chertoff, former Republican Whitewater committee counsel; Sens. John Ashcroft (R-Mo.) and Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.), 8 a.m. (11).

“Face the Nation”: 9 a.m. (2).

“Late Edition”: Bill Richardson, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, 9 a.m. CNN.

“Bob Navarro’s Journal”: Correspondents Judd McIlvain and Kyra Phillips, 9:30 a.m. (2).

“This Week”: Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) and former chairman of the Republican National Committee Haley Barbour, 10 a.m. (7); 11:30 a.m. (3)(42).

“Life & Times”: Actor Charlton Heston, state Assembly majority leader Antonio Villaraigosa (D-Los Angeles), Hayden Heal of the National Rifle Assn., 10:30 a.m. (28).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Biracialism and multiracialism, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“60 Minutes”: The first female Air Force bomber pilot faces court-martial; Jimmy Buffet, businessman; allegations of child abuse in an Irish orphanage, 7 p.m. (2).