This Weekend's Programming 9/29/12

SATURDAY, September 29, 2012

SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Saturday 4:30PM – 5:00PM

This week on Sanjay Gupta MD, with the first Presidential debate coming up next week, Sanjay looks at the facts behind both candidates health care plans and zeroes in on what's at stake. Also, MD Anderson announced a plan to radically reduce the number of deaths from cancer over the next few years. They call it their “moonshot” program. One of their big targets is melanoma and Sanjay will share Part 2 of his exclusive access to the largest cancer center in the world.

THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER – Airs Saturday 6:00PM – 7:00PM

Topic:  Politics

Guest: Ron Brownstein, CNN senior political analyst; editorial director, National Journal

Topic:  Iraq

Guest: Michael Gordon, chief military correspondent, The New York Times

 Anchor: Wolf Blitzer

 8:00pm – 9:00pm Global Lessons: Putting America to Work

11:00pm – 12:00am Global Lessons: Putting America to Work

SUNDAY, September 30, 2012

SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM

This week on Sanjay Gupta MD, with the first Presidential debate coming up next week, Sanjay looks at the facts behind both candidates health care plans and zeroes in on what's at stake. Also, MD Anderson announced a plan to radically reduce the number of deaths from cancer over the next few years. They call it their “moonshot” program. One of their big targets is melanoma and Sanjay will share Part 2 of his exclusive access to the largest cancer center in the world.

STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM and NOON

Topics:   Campaign 2012; Debate Preparation; Libya; Iran

Guest:    Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), former presidential candidate

Topics:   Campaign 2012 politics; Debate Preparation; Swing State Strategy; Obama’s promises

Guest:    David Axelrod, senior adviser, Obama Campaign

Topics:  Managing Debate Expectations; voter enthusiasm; campaign messaging

Guests: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)

             Gov. Martin O’Malley (D-MD) chair; Democratic Governors Association

Topics:  Political Panel: Ad strategy; Early Voting

Guests: Dana Bash, CNN senior congressional correspondent

            Alex Castellanos, Republican consultant; CNN political contributor

            Celinda Lake, Democratic strategist

Anchor:  Candy Crowley

FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM  

Topics:    Does Iran worry about being attacked?  How would Iran respond to an attack?  Why isn’t Iran acting to end the violence in Syria?  Are sanctions hurting Iran?  What will President Ahmadinejad miss about New York?

Guest:     Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Topics:    Are the ads attacking Bain Capital fair?  Did/does Bain Capital send American jobs overseas?  Is taxation on private equity executives fair?  What kind of leader is/was Mitt Romney?

Guest:     Stephen Pagliuca, private equity investor, managing partner of Bain Capital, and co-owner of the Boston Celtics

Anchor:    Fareed Zakaria

RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE Sunday 11AM - NOON

Topics:    Campaign 2012: Conservative Pundits on Poll Numbers, Entertainment TV

Guest:     Ana Marie Cox, political correspondent, GQ

Guest:     Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor, The National Review

Guest:     Chrystia Freeland, editor, Thomson Reuters Digital

Topics:    Political Impersonations and Public Image of a Candidate

Guest:     Darrell Hammond, actor and comedian

Topics:     Media Coverage of the NFL Strike

Guest:     Gregg Doyel, CBS Sports

Host:       Howard Kurtz

THE NEXT LIST –  Sunday 2:00PM – 2:30PM

This week The Next List profiles Susanne Heisse, the founder of Pura Vida, a movement for alternative trash management in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Her innovation: the eco-brick.  In its simplest form, the eco-brick is a plastic bottle stuffed with inorganic trash. Stuffed to capacity, these bottles are of sufficient integrity to be used as building blocks for homes and schools throughout Central America. With the help of the Peace Corps and charities like Hug It Forward, this deceptively simple building innovation is now spreading throughout the world.

8:00pm – 9:00pm Secrets of the Belfast Project

11:00pm – 12:00am Secrets of the Belfast Project

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