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Today President Clinton declared that the canyons of the Escalante in southern Utah a new National Monument. NPR's Howard Berkes speaks with Robert about what qualifies the region as a national monument and how the designation will affect the area's land-use.

The U.S. trade deficit increased to its highest level in eight years as imports increased and exports failed to keep pace. NPR's John Ydstie talks with Robert about whether the widening of the nation's trade deficit is a good or a bad thing and what the prospects are for the future.

former Executive Director of the New York Financial Control Board, about the problems the District of Columbia Financial Control Board has had during its first year-and-a-half of existence. Procter says the D.C. Board is being asked to make decisions about financial priorities that are political in nature and should be decided by the Mayor and City Council.

economic and monetary integration, has been progressing smoothly, they have been stopped dead by a major stumbling block...the adoption of a standard size for electric plugs.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports that President Clinton has been travelling in the Midwest today as the presidential campaign enters its final two weeks. In a campaign stop in Parma, Ohio, Clinton ignored the ethics charges that Dole has lobbed at him in recent days, but he did step up his rhetoric, mentioning "his opponent" for the first time. Highlighting the direct student loan program passed by Congress in 1993, Clinton contrasted his education policy with Dole's.

on the controversy over campaign contributions from foreigners .

Commentator Michael Shuman says that President Clinton has not made good on his promise to slash the military budget; Bob Dole won't touch the issue either, because both candidates are using the military's budget as the porkbarrel of last resort.

Reviewer Alan Cheuse talks about the new fiftieth anniversary edition of the novel "All The King's Men", by Robert Penn Warren. It's been hailed as one of the greatest novels about politics ever written, and this new edition reaffirms its position as an American classic.

Robert talks with Bob Yockes, an attorney specializing in intellectual property, patents, and computer technology. They discuss the law suit filed by the National Basketball Association against Sports Team Analysis and Tracking Systems, Inc. and Motorola. The two companies are appealing an injunction against the dissemination of NBA sports scores via pager systems.

, who is charged with the 'wrongful deaths' of his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman. The families of the victims are seeking monetary damages from Simpson, who was acquitted of murder last October in criminal court.