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Texas Republicans are meeting in San Antonio this week at their state convention and the issue of abortion is proving extremely divisive. Many state party activists are furious with the Dole campaign and moderate party leaders for not holding firm against including language stating tolerance for other views on abortion in the party platform. Some are threatening to stop one of the state's senators, Kay Bailey Hutchison, from being a state delegate to the Republican national convention. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

President Clinton announced today that the administration wants to spend 5 billion dollars over the next four years repairing the nation's schools. The move comes just weeks after a government report documented serious decay in schools nationwide. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

that contains nearly $66 Billion for social programs and education in the next fiscal year. That amounts to a freeze at current year levels. If it clears Congress, the measure faces a likely veto from President Clinton.

Linda talks with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold about this week's developments in the presidential campaign, including the announcement by former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm that he would run for the Reform Party nomination and billionaire Ross Perot's statements about his plans to run. They'll also talk about the controversy over Bob Dole's decision not to address the annual convention of the NAACP and President Clinton's appearance before the civil rights group.

- Daniel speaks with Thomas Hanley, one of the defense attornies for Bosian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. Hanley argues the international war crimes tribunal in the Hague, which has indicted Karadzic as a war criminal and issued a warrent for his arrest, is denying his client due process of law and a fair trail.

- NPR's David Welna reports on the swirl of scandal surrounding Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo. Charges are being leveled that Zedillo, before he became president, was involved in a case involving suspected corruption.

accused of hiding large cash withdrawals to the Clinton gubernatorial campaign in 1990.

the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which has been under negotiation for more than two years...

Robert talks with Clifford Krauss, the police department bureau chief for the New York Times. Krauss discusses how fingerprint technology and a citywide crackdown on petty crime led to the arrest of three suspected killers in the New York metropolitan area.

A federal judge in Montana today ordered Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski to be remanded to Sacramento to face charges that he killed two people and injured two others with bombs. NPR's Howard Berkes reports on the risks prosecutors may face if they attempt to seek the death penalty in what will be one of the most carefully watched cases of the decade.