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Liane Hansen continues her conversation with Father John eier (MY-er), author of "A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus" Doubleday). Meier's second volume, subtitled "Mentor, Message and Miracles," as just been published. He speaks to Liane about the difficulties in analyzing he sparse historical data about the life of Jesus, the role of John the Baptist n Jesus' life, what Jesus meant by the "Kingdom of God," and how an historian ust approach the miracles recorded in the gospels.

As we heard last week, Keith Jarrett is best known for his olo piano improvisations. Today, Liane Hansen continues her conversation with he jazz musician, who also has worked in jazz trios since the 1980's, and is a rolific composer. His album, "The Koln Concert" (Cologne, Germany - ECM, 1064 5) was recorded 20 years ago this month, and has sold almost 3 million copies. oday, we hear Jarrett's views on the art of improvisation.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Kobe Japan. She follows around police officials who are helping people cope with this weeks devastating earthquake.

Essayist Elizabeth Schilling (shill-ing) learns a lesson bout Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from an unsuspected source: her daughter.

In 1983, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was deemed a onafide federal holiday. New Hampshire is the one state the does not honor the ay in the name of the assassinated civil rights leader. Eric Westervelt of New ampshire public radio reports that last night the Reverend Jesse Jackson isited New Hampshire and urged state officials to rethink the issue.

Since July, arts educators have been holding a series of own meetings on arts and education standards, and the role arts play in ducation in general. NPR's Phyllis Joffe reports that the results of these eetings will be released at a Getty conference here in Washington.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports on the numbers involved in the debate on welfare reform. There are many statistics on welfare, and politicans involved in the issue have been choosing stats that support their point of view.

Madeline Brand of member station WBGO in Newark reports on a proposal in the NJ state legislature which would force applicants for drivers licenses to take their test in English. New Jersey currently offers the test in a dozen languages.

Daniel visits the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation in Washington state. In recent years, the tribe has experienced an unusually high rate of negative pregnancy outcomes. After three years of antagonism with the federal Indian Health Service, they have been improving the quality of their health care.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr looks at the gradual egradation of "off-the-record" confidences in journalist-political figure elationships over the years.