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Here's a list of who's on the weekend shows.
TPT's Almanac:
Minneapolis Mayor R. T. Rybak returned from China yesterday and we'll visit with him about his international trip.
The American Refugee Committee has a new president, Daniel Wordsworth. He joins us to talk about the current relief efforts in Pakistan.
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And we'll end the show with a panel of folks talking about housing issues and all of the news this week about mortgage default rates, sinking home values, etc. Our group includes Jeanne Boeh, head of the Economics Dept at Augsburg; Prentiss Cox from the U of M law school and Brad Fisher, President-Elect of the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors.
WCCO's Sunday Morning:
-Raleigh Levine-Professor at William and Mitchell Law School-going to be talking about the Senate trial on June 1st.
-R.T. Rybak will talk about his China trip and the future of Minneapolis
-Scott or Katey Taylor, the parents of Abigail Taylor-Going to be talking about their pool safety party, which is happening on June 5th.
-Additionally, we are working on getting someone from Coleman's camp and Sec. of State Mark Ritchie
KSTP's At Issue:
On last week's "At Issue," Governor Pawlenty took at shot at Mayor Wayne Wolden of Wadena, saying the Mayor was complaining about LGA cuts while not tapping into his city's own rainy day fund. On this week's show, Mayor Wolden responds.
On the national scene
ABCs THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS - Topic: Sotomayor, with Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and John Cornyn, R-Texas.
CBS' FACE THE NATION WITH BOB SCHIEFFER - Topics: Sotomayor nomination, with Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.
CNN's STATE OF THE UNION WITH JOHN KING - Topics: Sotomayor, economy, future of GOP, Guantanamo, president's Mideast trip. Guests: Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. and Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas; Egyptian Ambassador Sameh Shoukry.
FOX NEWS SUNDAY - Topics: Sotomayor and GOP politics, with Sens. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
NBC's MEET THE PRESS - Topics: Sotomayor nomination, with Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.; the economy, with CEOs Anne Mulcahy of Xerox Corp., Jim Owens of Caterpillar, and Eric Schmidt of Google.