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NPR's Isabel Alegria reports on a crime prevention program in California that receives federal funds from President Clinton's crime bill--funds that are threatened by Republican members of Congress.

Joe talks with Richard Berkholder, the director of International Operations for the Gallup Organziation. They discuss the first ever Gallup poll taken in China, whcihc was just completed. Berkholder says some commonly held Western beliefs about China will be dispelled once people read the results of the survey.

NPR'S BRIAN NAYLOR REPORTS ON THE REPUBLICANS' EFFORTS TO GET THEIR BEARINGS AS THEY ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT THE PROMISES IN THEIR CONTRACT FOR AMERICA.

HOST SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH GENTLEMEN'S QUARTERLY MAGAZINE BUSINESS COLUMNIST JOE NOCERA (NOH-SAIR'-RUH) ABOUT THIS WEEK'S DEBUT OF TWO TELEVISION NETWORKS: WARNER BROTHERS AND UNITED PARAMOUNT.

WEEKEND EDITION WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR TALKS WITH DAVID GERGEN, FORMER SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT, ABOUT THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY'S PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS.

NPR'S DEAN OLSHER LOOKS AT THE REASONS BEHIND THE GENDER GAP IN JAZZ.

Jacki talks with nationally syndicated political cartoonists Tom Toles of the Buffalo News and U.S. News & World Report....and Ed Gamble of the Florida Times-Union...about the state of political cartooning today. They say today there's more material and more cartoonists than ever before.

SCOTT TALKS WITH NPR'S AFRICA REPORTER MICHAEL SKOLER. THE U-N IS SET TO COMPLETE A REMOVAL OF ITS TROOPS FROM SOMALIA BY THE END OF MARCH, BUT IS THE OUTLOOK FOR THE COUNTRY ANY BETTER THAN IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO WHEN TROOPS ARRIVED?

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

NPR'S LYNN NEARY REPORTS ON THE SUGGESTION FROM SOME REPUBLICANS THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR HELP TO DEFRAY SOME OF THE COSTS OF WELFARE REFORM. SHE VISITS SOME CATHOLIC-RUN CHARITIES' PROGRAMS -- AMONG THE BIGGEST PRIVATE PROGRAMS -- AND FINDS THAT, THERE, GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IS ALSO LARGE.