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Sunday Breakfast Menu, March 31

Sunday's Breakfast MenuStephen Crowley/The New York Times

Two members of the bipartisan Senate group working on overhauling immigration policy â€" Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, and Senator Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona â€" will be on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Business and labor leaders reached a deal on a guest worker program for low-skilled immigrants on Friday.

NBC will also have a conversation about immigration and guns with David Axelrod, former White House adviser, and Tom Davis, former Republican congressman. In addition, a panel including Rob Reiner, the actor and director who is a critic of California’s same-sex marriage ban and attended last week’s Supreme Court arguments, and Brian S. Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage, will weigh in on the decisions now up to the court.

Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, and Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, will appear on CNN’s “State of the Union” to talk about immigration, guns and the budget. Also on the program are Theodore B. Olson and David Boies, the lawyers who joined forces to fight California’s same-sex marriage ban.

CNN also talks to the chaplain of the Senate, the Rev. Dr. Barry C. Black, and of the House, the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy.

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York will appear on ABC’s “This Week” and CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Easter Sunday to talk about the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis.

Mayor Cory Booker of Newark and Representative Peter T. King, Republican of New York, will also join ABC to talk about politics, and the program will feature a panel discussion about the intersection of religion and politics.

CBS will also have a conversation about religion in the United States with the imam of the Islamic Society of Boston, Suhaib Webb; Rabbi David Wolpe of the Sinai Temple in Los Angeles; Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington; and Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr. of Hope Christian Church in Baltimore.

Mark E. Kelly, the astronaut and husband of the former United States Representative Gabrielle Giffords, discusses his push for stronger gun control measures on “Fox News Sunday.” Also, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington joins the program to weigh in on the debate over same-sex marriage and the pope.

Univision’s “Al Punto,” which is on Sunday at 10 a.m. Eastern, will feature an interview with President Obama, among other guests. In the pre-recorded segment, he discusses his efforts to revamp the immigration system.

C-Span’s “Newsmakers” features Richard Trumka, president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., who will discuss the immigration debate and its effect on American workers.

On Bloomberg’s “Capitol Gains,” Charles Ward, a retired Air Force general, will talk about cuts to defense spending, and Clay Jones, chairman and chief executive of Rockwell Collins, a defense contractor, will discuss the effects of sequestration on his company. The program airs Sundays at noon Eastern.

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, former archbishop of Washington, appeared on Bloomberg’s “Political Capital,” which is on Fridays with repeats over the weekend.

TV One’s “Washington Watch” will air a special edition, “Amazing Grace: Drama in the Black Church,” Saturday at 7 p.m. Eastern, which will run again Sunday at 11 a.m.



Sunday Breakfast Menu, March 31

Sunday's Breakfast MenuStephen Crowley/The New York Times

Two members of the bipartisan Senate group working on overhauling immigration policy â€" Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, and Senator Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona â€" will be on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Business and labor leaders reached a deal on a guest worker program for low-skilled immigrants on Friday.

NBC will also have a conversation about immigration and guns with David Axelrod, former White House adviser, and Tom Davis, former Republican congressman. In addition, a panel including Rob Reiner, the actor and director who is a critic of California’s same-sex marriage ban and attended last week’s Supreme Court arguments, and Brian S. Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage, will weigh in on the decisions now up to the court.

Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, and Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, will appear on CNN’s “State of the Union” to talk about immigration, guns and the budget. Also on the program are Theodore B. Olson and David Boies, the lawyers who joined forces to fight California’s same-sex marriage ban.

CNN also talks to the chaplain of the Senate, the Rev. Dr. Barry C. Black, and of the House, the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy.

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York will appear on ABC’s “This Week” and CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Easter Sunday to talk about the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis.

Mayor Cory Booker of Newark and Representative Peter T. King, Republican of New York, will also join ABC to talk about politics, and the program will feature a panel discussion about the intersection of religion and politics.

CBS will also have a conversation about religion in the United States with the imam of the Islamic Society of Boston, Suhaib Webb; Rabbi David Wolpe of the Sinai Temple in Los Angeles; Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington; and Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr. of Hope Christian Church in Baltimore.

Mark E. Kelly, the astronaut and husband of the former United States Representative Gabrielle Giffords, discusses his push for stronger gun control measures on “Fox News Sunday.” Also, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington joins the program to weigh in on the debate over same-sex marriage and the pope.

Univision’s “Al Punto,” which is on Sunday at 10 a.m. Eastern, will feature an interview with President Obama, among other guests. In the pre-recorded segment, he discusses his efforts to revamp the immigration system.

C-Span’s “Newsmakers” features Richard Trumka, president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., who will discuss the immigration debate and its effect on American workers.

On Bloomberg’s “Capitol Gains,” Charles Ward, a retired Air Force general, will talk about cuts to defense spending, and Clay Jones, chairman and chief executive of Rockwell Collins, a defense contractor, will discuss the effects of sequestration on his company. The program airs Sundays at noon Eastern.

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, former archbishop of Washington, appeared on Bloomberg’s “Political Capital,” which is on Fridays with repeats over the weekend.

TV One’s “Washington Watch” will air a special edition, “Amazing Grace: Drama in the Black Church,” Saturday at 7 p.m. Eastern, which will run again Sunday at 11 a.m.



The Weekend Word: Checkpoint

Today’s Times

  • Top business and labor groups were near agreement Friday on a guest worker program for low-skilled immigrants, a sticking point that would eliminate one of the last significant obstacles for a broad immigration overhaul, Ashley Parker and Steven Greenhouse report.
  • After a week absorbed by social issues like gun control and gay rights, President Obama spoke at the ocean port in Miami on Friday to promote his plans to rebuild the nation’s “raggedy” infrastructure, Peter Baker reports.

Weekly Address

  • President Obama used this week’s address to wish Christians around the world a happy Easter, and to recognize Jewish families as they commemorate the Exodus from Egypt and the triumph of faith over oppression. “From Judaism to Islam; Hinduism to Sikhism; there echoes a powerful call to serve our brothers and sisters,” he said. “That’s the common humanity that binds us together. And as Americans, we’re united by something else, too: faith in the ideals that lie in the heart of our founding, and the belief that, as part of something bigger than ourselves, we have a shared responsibility to look out for our fellow citizens.”

Around the Web

  • The Texas Department of Transportation will be paying to keep 13 air traffic control towers open that the federal government was going to shut down because of the sequester, The Hill reports.
  • One gun-control advocacy group is using Ronald Reagan to be the face of a new ad promoting the expanded use of background checks, The Hill reports.