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Here's a list of who will be on this weekend's public policy shows.
TPT's Almanac:
This week on Almanac a healthcare reform debate with representatives from AARP Minnesota and the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, Mary Lahammer has Gubernatorial debate highlights from earlier this week and Star Tribune reporter Kevin Diaz joins us from Washington D. C.
KSTP's At Issue:
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We're doing a 9th anniversary show featuring highlights from interviews with people like Michael Moore, Al Franken, Paul Wellstone, Jim Ramstad, Jesse Ventura, Newt Gingrich and Karl Rove. We'll also replay two of our favorite "Greatest Hits from the Capitol" from 2001 and 2008. We'll be back to a regular show next week.
WCCO's Sunday Morning:
DFL state Sen. Tom Bakk, who is running for governor.
Capitol Report (airs on PBS stations and here):
Moderator Julie Bartkey sits down with Kristin Ehrseman from the Department of Health to get the latest on H1N1 in Minnesota. The Obama Administration's "Race to the Top" initiative is outlined by Education Commissioner Alice Seagren, and Sen. Patricia Torres Ray expresses her dissatisfaction with the slow pace of bridging the achievement gap between minorities and white students.
On the national scene:
ABC's THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS - Topics: the economy, health care, Afghanistan, with White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod.
C-SPAN's NEWSMAKERS - Interview with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Ak.
CBS' FACE THE NATION WITH BOB SCHIEFFER - Topics: Health care, Afgahnistan and the economy, with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.(from Afghanistan); and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
CNN's STATE OF THE UNION WITH JOHN KING - Topics: Afghanistan, health care, with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel; Afghanistan, with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.; health care, Afghanistan, with Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H.
NBC's MEET THE PRESS - Topics: Health care, with White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett, Sen. Christopher Donn, D-Conn., Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.