CNN Weekend Programming Information:
Saturday, February 26 & Sunday, February 27
ALL TIMES EASTERN
Saturday, February 26 & Sunday, February 27
ALL TIMES EASTERN
SATURDAY, February 26, 2011
SANJAY GUPTA MD – Airs Saturday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on sports injury-related concussions. Former Chicago Bears safety died last week of an apparent suicide, leaving behind a grief-stricken family – and text messages that urged them to preserve his brain for research on whether the hits that he took during his NFL career may have left him more vulnerable to dementia and early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Gupta reports that lasting effects of concussion on developing brains ought to concerns parents of high school-aged kids and younger who are playing sports and may sustain injury.
THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER – Airs Saturday 6:00PM – 7:00PM
Topic: Libya
Guest: Nicholas Kristof, columnist for The New York Times
Anchor: Wolf Blitzer
PICTURES DON’T LIE – Airs Saturday 8:00PM – 9:00PM and 11:00PM
Famed photographer Ernest Withers is remembered as a hero who helped advance the causes of the Civil Right’s Movement through his stunning images of key people and history-in-the-making events. He and his lens captured Dr. King strategizing with his lieutenants before key events, and he photographed the courtroom proceedings of those accused of murdering Emmett Till. CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien investigates documents that now suggest Withers may have also been an FBI informant – she also speaks to Withers’ family and those he allegedly spied upon for their reactions to the new information.
SUNDAY, February 27, 2011
PICTURES DON’T LIE – Airs Sunday 2:00AM – 3:00AM
Famed photographer Ernest Withers is remembered as a hero who helped advance the causes of the Civil Right’s Movement through his stunning images of key people and history-in-the-making events. He and his lens captured Dr. King strategizing with his lieutenants before key events, and he photographed the courtroom proceedings of those accused of murdering Emmett Till. CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien investigates documents that now suggest Withers may have also been an FBI informant – she also speaks to Withers’ family and those he allegedly spied upon for their reactions to the new information.
SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM and 2:30PM – 3:00PM
CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on sports injury-related concussions. Former Chicago Bears safety died last week of an apparent suicide, leaving behind a grief-stricken family – and text messages that urged them to preserve his brain for research on whether the hits that he took during his NFL career may have left him more vulnerable to dementia and early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Gupta reports that lasting effects of concussion on developing brains ought to concerns parents of high school-aged kids and younger who are playing sports and may sustain injury.
STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM, NOON – 1:00PM
Topics: Unrest in the Middle East
Guest: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Guest: Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT)
Topics: Budget Showdown: Will Federal Government Shut Down?
Guest: Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Budget Committee Chairman
Topics: Balancing State Budgets
Guest: Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) Connecticut
Guest: Gov. Rick Scott (R) Florida
Topics: Economic Outlook; Rising Oil Prices
Guest: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former Director, Congressional Budget Office
Guest: Mark Zandi, Chief Economist, Moody's Analytics
Anchor: Candy Crowley
FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs Sunday 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM on CNN/U.S. and 8:00AM – 9:00AM on CNN International
Topic: Obama and Bush Administration policies in the Middle East, democracy vs. dictatorship in the Middle East, will revolutions in Arab world boost Iran’s power?
Guest: Paul Wolfowitz, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (George W Bush Administration)
Topic: Is the financial crisis over? Is there a second wave coming? Lessons learned from Iceland, Ireland & Greece
Guest: Michael Lewis, former Wall Street bond trader, author – The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Host: Fareed Zakaria
RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE 11:00AM – NOON
Topics: Coverage of Wisconsin Protests
Guest: Steve Pearlstein, business columnist, The Washington Post
Guest: Jim Warren, columnist, The New York Times
Guest: Amy Holmes, political analyst; co-host, Talk Radio Network's America's Morning News
Topic: PolitFact
Guest: Bill Adair, St. Petersburg Times Washington bureau chief; editor of PolitiFact
Host: Howard Kurtz
TALIBAN – Airs Sunday 8:00PM – 9:00PM and 11:00PM
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper interviews Norwegian journalist Paul Refsdal about his journey behind enemy lines in Afghanistan to reveal the Taliban at war, preparing weapons and coordinating ambushes – as well as surprising images of Taliban fighters praying, playing, and interacting with their families. It’s a journey that ended in Refsdal’s own kidnapping and harrowing escape – told by a journalist who put everything on the line to tell this extraordinary story.
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