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We hear an excerpt from Madeleine Albright's comments before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today, where she is in the first stages of the confirmation process for the office of Secretary of State. She talked about why foreign policy matters to all Americans.

South Korea's largest labor union has called for a two-day strike to try to force thr government to reject a new law that would allow companies to lay off workers. Thousands of riot police and strikers clogged downtown Seoul today, but negotiations seem to be underway. Robert speaks with the BBC's Charles Scanlon in Seoul, who is observing the situation.

Commentator Lenore Skenazy is outraged by Mattel's voluntary decision to stop making and selling the Cabbage Patch doll that has been eating kids' hair and fingers. Tongue-in-cheek, she wonders if this will lead to the banning of all flesh-eating toys ... some of which she extracts from her imagination.

Scott and Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport discuss the surprising success of the National Football League's two expansion teams — the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars — who will be playing in tomorrow's NFL championship games.

The Republicans may be faced with the ethical violations of Speaker Newt Gingrich, but soon the Democrats must answer charges of fundraising improprieties of their Democratic National Committee. NPR's Peter Overby reports on how the Democrats are preparing for this upcoming political assault.

between G.M. and Volkswagon that ended litigation over charges of industrial espionage by a former design chief of G.M.'s European subsidiary. V.W. will pay G.M. 100-million dollars in damages and agreed to buy 1-billion worth of parts over the next seven years.

Fallout continues from the indefinite postponement of a hearing on House Speaker Newt Gingrich's violations of ethics standards. A Democratic member of the ethics panel has called the announcement a "Thursday Night Massacre," and the casualties are bipartisan consensus and ethics process. Meanwhile, Republicans are calling for a criminal investigation into tape recordings of a cellular phone conversation in which Gingrich is heard discussing plans to manage the public disclosure of the charges against him, an apparent violation of a promise to the committee. NPR's Brian Naylor has a report.

Dan Schorr reviews the week's news.

NPR's Tovia (TOE-vee-uh) Smith reports on the long suffering fans of the New England Patriots football team, which goes to the final round of the AFC playoffs this Sunday.

Scott speaks with NPR's Vicky O'Hara about diplomatic immunity. This week, the president of Georgia said that a diplomat who was involved in an auto accident, which killed a teenaged girl, would probably stay in this country to face legal charges. There was concern that the diplomat and his country would claim diplomatic immunity.