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Robert talks with Geoffrey Garin (GAIR-en), president of Garin-Hart-Yang Strategic Research, and Linda DiVall, president of American Viewpoint, about what voters think about the Whitewater investigation. Garin is a pollster for Democratic candidates and DiVall works for Republican candidates. DiVall believes that Whitewater has definitely had an effect on President Clinton's popularity, and that the nation's opinions about Hillary Clinton have negatively affected voters' perceptions of her husband.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on the first indictment of Theodore Kaczynski as the person responsible for the Unabomber's mail-bombing attacks. A federal grand jury in Sacramento, California returned a ten-count indictment against Kaczynski, covering four separate bomb attacks that killed two people and injured two others.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Fred Barnes of The Weekly tandard magazine and David Corn of The Nation magazine about some of the topics n the news, including: Bob Woodward's new book "The Choice", the end of the enate Whitewater Committee, and the flap over alleged White House misuse of FBI iles.

Surgeons are increasingly finding ways to operate on fetuses while they are still in the womb. The operations can correct problems that in the past would have been fatal, or left the child with severe disabilities. But the operations raise many questions, including whether they are worth the cost and risk to the mother. Neil Tichner (TICK-nur) of member station WHYY in Philadelphia reports.

Music reviewer Mark Jenkins has a report on music from some of today's all-girl bands who call themselves "Riot Grrrls." (GIRLS) Their style features confrontational, in-your-face lyrics, and an uncompromisingly frank attitude about men, sexuality, and modern life. Jenkins takes a look at music from the Raincoats, Bikini Kill, and Sleater-Kinney. (IN STEREO)

NPR's Deidre Berger reports from Berlin where Pope John Paul the Second celebrated mass yesterday in the stadium Adolf Hitler built for the Olympics of 1936. The Pope beatified two German priests for their resistance to the Third Reich. The Pope omitted some phrases of his prepared speech that claimed the "entire" Roman Catholic church had fought against the tyranny of the Nazis.

The Senate today began debate on a bill to reform the campaign finance system by limiting the amount congressional candidates can spend. But as NPR's Peter Overby reports, similar federal restrictions have had limited success in capping spending by presidential contenders.

NPR's Nina Teicholz repotrs from Rio de Janeiro that Brazil's effort to end hyper-inflation has created other problems: increasing business bankruptcies, rising unemployment, and a serious loss of consumer buying power. Economists lay much of the blame on the so-called Real (r