Sunday Breakfast Menu, June 9

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Senators from both parties will take to the Sunday shows this week to address the newly disclosed government initiatives to mine phone call and Internet data from the public. Are the measures too invasive or are they justified for preventing terrorist attacks?

 Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California and chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, will appear on ABC’s “This Week,” along with Representative Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican and the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, to answer questions about the surveillance programs. Glenn Greenwald, the  journalist who first broke the story, will share what he learned about the scope of the National Security Agency’s data collection. He will be followed by a one-on-one with Senator Mark Udall, Democrat of Colorado and a member of the Intelligence Committee.

Mr. Udall will also be on CNN’s “State of the Union,” discussing the lengths he went to in an effort to stop what he considers government overreach. Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, will be featured on the program as well. He, too, will question the amount of oversight for the data-mining programs.

“Fox News Sunday” will also delve into the topic with Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky. The appointment of Susan E. Rice as the president’s new national security adviser, and Samantha Power to the post of ambassador to the United Nations, represents a major shake-up of President Obama’s security team. Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, and Gen. Michael V. Hayden, former director of both the Central Intelligence Agency and the N.S.A., will talk about what the changes mean for the president’s second term.

Senator Kelly Ayotte, Republican of New Hampshire, and Senator Kristen E. Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, both members of the Armed Services Committee, are planning to lead the charge on addressing sexual assault in the military. They will appear on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, along with Representative Jackie Speier, Democrat of California, who is proposing legislation in the House that would attempt to tackle the issue’s severity. Representative Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas and the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, will join Representative Elijah E. Cummings, Democrat of Maryland and a member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, to weigh in on the surveillance programs and new accusations of abuse within the Internal Revenue Service.

NBC’s Meet the Press will not air this week.

Univision’s Al Punto will focus on the immigration legislation that will soon be debated in the Senate. The majority, leader,Senator Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, and Mr. McCain will all stop by to outline what lies ahead for the bill.

Mr. Reid and Mr. Rubio will also be on Telemundo’s “Enfoque” discussing the same thing.

 Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, will talk about immigration and gun control on Bloomberg’s “Political Capital.” Also on Bloomberg, “Capitol Gains” will feature Stewart Baker, former general counsel for the N.S.A.

C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” will feature Senator Debbie Stabenow, Democrat of Michigan and the chairman of the Agriculture Committee, who will discuss her efforts to pass a farm bill in the Senate.

The Weekend Word: Surveillance

Today’s Times

• A thwarted plot to carry out backpack bombings in New York City’s subway system is the kind of success that President Obama seemed to be referring to when he defended the National Security Agency’s stockpiling of the public’s telephone call logs and accessing of e-mail from Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and other companies, Eric Schmitt, David E. Sanger and Charlie Savage report.

• While Mr. Obama was trying to reassure Americans that he had not abused government authority by mining telephone and e-mail data, another disclosure was made hours later about secret contingency plans to target other countries for possible cyber attacks, Peter Baker and David E. Sanger write. The revelations made his get-together with President Xi Jinping of China later in the day all the more awkward, because cyber attacks by the Chinese are high on the American agenda.

Weekly Addresses

• President Obama avoided any talk of the newly revealed surveillance programs in his weekly address, choosing instead to focus on the immigration legislation that will soon be debated in the Senate. “Our out-of-date immigration system has actually harmed our economy and threatened our security,” he said. “But if we’re going to truly fix a broken system, we need Congress to act in a comprehensive way. And that’s why what’s happening next week is so important.” Though he acknowledged that it would not be perfect, the legislation would provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million people, in addition to improving security and attracting highly skilled workers who lawmakers expect to help strengthen the economy. “In the end, that’s what this is all about. Men and women who want nothing more than the chance to earn their way into the American story, just like so many of our ancestors did,” he said. “And it’s howwe’ll make sure that America’s best days always lie ahead.”

• Representative Luke Messer of Indiana delivered the Republican address this week, focusing on the student loan interest rate that is scheduled to double on July 1. “No one wants this to happen, especially in a job market where millions of recent grads are having a hard time finding full-time work,” he said. He chided the president for denouncing the Republican plan to address the coming increase, saying that it was “yet another example of the arrogance of power that has taken root” in the White House. “Student loan relief is just one example of the solutions Republicans have put forward to get our economy back on track and give our next generation their opportunity to live the American dream,” he said. “Working together, we can.”

Happenings in Washington

• The 38th annual Capital Pride Parade will march through the District on Saturday and is expected to attract more than 100,000 spectators.