C-SPAN Weekend Alert: Weekend Program Info for Fri. 4/1 - Mon. 4/4

C-SPAN Weekend Alert
Programming Information for the Weekend of Fri. 4/1 - Mon. 4/4, 2005





C-SPAN Highlights

Tonight
. Close-Up Foundation Panel on Centrist Political Movement (7pm)
. Check www.C-SPAN.org for Schedule Updates

Saturday
. America & the Courts: Retired Federal Judge Charles Pickering (7pm)
. Interviews with Soldiers Wounded in Iraq (8pm)

Sunday
. American Politics: RNC Chair Mehlman & DNC Chair Dean (6:30pm & 9:30pm)
. Q&A: Peter Beinart, New Republic, Editor (8pm)

Monday
. U.S. House: In Recess Until Tuesday, April 5th
. Forbes CEO Steve Forbes on Social Security Reform (10:30am) - LIVE
. Press Club Briefing on Judicial Confirmation Filibusters (12pm) - LIVE
. Senate Armed Services Cmte. Hearing on FY 06 Defense Budget (2pm) - LIVE



C-SPAN 2 Highlights

Tonight
. Library of Congress Digital Future Series: "New Internet Concept" (8pm)
. Interview with a Soldier Wounded in Iraq from Walter Reed Medical Ctr. (9:30pm)

Saturday - Sunday
. Book TV Airs on C-SPAN2 Every Weekend from 8am Sat. to 8am Mon.
. Check the Book TV Schedule Anytime - It's Updated Daily - http://www.booktv.org

Monday
. Anti-Defamation League Conference Panel Discussions (8am) - LIVE
. U.S. Senate: In Session (2pm) - LIVE



C-SPAN 3 Highlights

Tonight
. History Programming: Religion & the Early Presidents (10pm)
. History Programming: Catholic American Voters (11:45pm)

Saturday
. Robert Caro, Author, "Master of the Senate" (10pm)

Sunday
. Robert Lee Holtz, Author, "Guns, Germs and Steel" (10pm)

Monday
. Remarks by IRS Commissioner Mark Everson (9am) - LIVE


C-SPAN Radio Highlights
Saturday
. American Political Archive: Rep. Martha Griffiths Oral History (10am)
. LBJ Tapes: April '64 Calls on Farm Bill & Foreign Troubles (3pm)
. Encore Booknotes: Ernest LeFever, "The Irony of Virtue" (5pm)
. Supreme Court Oral Argument: Sex Discrimination in Employment (6pm)

Sunday
. Replays of TV Talk Shows from NBC, ABC, Fox, CNN, CBS (12pm)
. Q&A: New Republic Editor Peter Beinart (8pm)

Monday
. Washington Journal (7am) - LIVE
. Today in Washington - Key Events of the Day (4pm-8pm)



Washington Journal Highlights

Saturday
. Newspaper Headlines & Viewer Phone Calls
. Robert Royal, Faith & Reason Institute, President
. Henry Kelly, Federation of American Scientists, President
. Jeremy Singer, Space News, Reporter

Sunday
. Charles Pena, CATO Institute, Defense Policy Studies Director
. Amr Hamzawy, Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace, Senior Associate
. Anwar Iqbal, United Press International, South Asia Analyst
. Check www.C-SPAN.org for Schedule Updates

Monday
. Robert Bonner, Customs and Border Control, Commissioner
. Chester Gillis, Georgetown University, Theology Professor
. Andrew Rivas, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Policy Adviser
. David Jhirad, World Resources Institute, VP for Science & Research



BookTV Highlights

. In Depth with Robert Kaplan - LIVE Sun. 12pm
. After Words: Roy Moore inteviewed by Bill Press - Sun. 6pm & 9pm
. Nicholas Patler on Jim Crow segregation laws - Sat. 12pm
. "Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran" - Sun. 7pm
. Dan Baum on the Coors Brewing Company - Sat. 7pm



C-SPAN Special Promotions

. The C-SPAN School Bus - On Tour Now - See the List of Cities at http://www.c-span.org/classroom/schoolbus/busschedule.asp



C-SPAN Capitol Spotlight

Today's Spotlight
. Republican leaders will try next week to strike a bicameral deal on the fy 06 budget resolution, but GOP lawmakers remain deeply divided over the tradeoffs they must make among tax cuts, popular spending programs and deficit reduction... - Full Story at http://www.c-span.org/capitolspotlight/index.asp

Today's Trivia
. Which California Representative was so reticent as a child that her mother took her to doctors for advice? - Answer at http://www.c-span.org/capitolspotlight/index.asp



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Kick for the home stretch.

New post for 4/4 coming up around 10PM.