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Linda talks to political consultant James Carville about his new book, "We're Right, They're Wrong," in which he offers responses to what he considers misinformation by the political right wing, ranging from issues on welfare to taking away power from the federal government and returning it to the states.

The BBC's Robert Parsons reports on the heavy fighting that is raging for the second straight day in the Chechen capital, Grozny. In Moscow, Russian President Boris Yeltsin says a peace plan for Chechnya is being finalized, but there is no indication he's ready to negotiate with Chechen rebels.

President Clinton is enjoying the luxury of a primary season in which he can campaign as much or as little as he chooses without fear of losing because he is unopposed for the Democratic nomination. NPR'S Mara Liasson reports that the lack of opponents gives him several advantages over his Republican rivals, who have to defeat one another for the GOP nomination. .

Noah speaks with James Cusack, who covers security affairs for the Irish Times in Dublin. Cusack says the chances for a negotiated settlement between the British government and the IRA have diminished in the wake of the ascendency of the IRA's military wing. He says this hard-line inner core is more violent than the political leadership and less likely to negotiate.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that two of the world's largest pharmaceutical manufacturers have decided to merge in one of the business world's biggest transactions ever. Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz are both Swiss firms. Together they will become the world's second largest drugmaker, behind the U.S.-British firm, Glaxo Wellcom. The stock swap is valued at more than $36 billion.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on the sentencing of three US servicemen who raped a 12-year-old Japanese girl in September. The trial has sparked a debate over whether the U.S. base should occupy Japanese soil.

Linda speaks with Ferrel Guillory (GHILL-oh-ree), a former Southern political reporter with the Raleigh, North Carolina News and Observer, and John Jacobs, political editor of the Sacremento Bee, about the significance of the Super Tuesday primaries in the south next week. With so many primaries being moved up, these analysts say Super Tuesday and the California primary at the end of March have lost their importance.(IN

paid for months; and how the potential for unrest in the Russian coalfields could have political repercussions for President Yeltsin.

Robert talks to NPR's Joe Palca about a suspected outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the western African nation of Gabon. The World Health Organization says 19 people have become ill, including 10 who have died, since early February in a remote village in northern Gabon. Preliminary tests on blood samples support a diagnosis of Ebola, the WHO says, though additional tests will be needed for confirmation.