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A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including President Clinton on his budget plan; Senator Robert Dole (R-KS) nd Senator Tom Daschle (D-ND) responding to the President's budget address; enator Alan Simpson (R-WY) criticizing the American Association of Retired ersons; Executive Director of the AARP Horace Dietz defending the association; op performer Michael Jackson; the victory of the Houston Rockets basketball eam; and International Olympics Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch nnouncing Salt Lake City, Utah as the chosen host city for the 2002 winter lympics.

Liane Hansen speaks with NPR White House correspondent Mara iasson about the G-7 economic summit in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

PRAYERS ARE BEING OFFERED ACROSS CHICAGO FOR CARDINAL JOSEPH BERNARDIN WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING PANCREATIC CANCER.

Daniel talks to Aryan the head of the International Red Cross delegation in Tuzla. She describes the scene after the devastating mortar attack on Thursday. The shell fell in a square filled with young people enjoying a summer night, and she says that many of the young people in Tuzla are still in shock from the loss of friends.

Jennifer Ludden from member station WBUR in Boston reports that increasingly new Asian immigrants faced with the prospect of daycare are sending their children back home to China where their grandparents take care of them.

A story by Carmen Deedee.

Michael speaks with NPR's Cheryl Devall, who's covering the annual meeting of the NAACP. It's the organization's first meeting under the leadership of its new president, Myrlie Evers-Williams.