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Scott talks with NPR's science correspondent David Kestenbaum about why depleted uranium is the source of so much controversy abroad.

Scott Simon talks with Sherry Sabin. Mrs. Sabin's sixth grade class contributed the first three hundred and seventy-eight dollars of the 1.6 million dollars it took to build the newest addition to the FDR memorial - a statue of Roosevelt sitting in a wheelchair. The statue was unveiled on Wednesday.

Back in the 1970s, Marc McDonald was hired as Microsoft's first employee. He rejoins the company this week after a 15 year break. He speaks with Scott.

America's premiere auto show opens to the public in Detroit today. Journalists, car company executives and auto analysts have reviewed last year's record breaking performance, and are now preparing for what looks to be a slower year. Jerome Vaughn of member station WDET reports.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell about film director Steven Soderbergh. Mr. Soderbergh might have two films -- Traffic and Erin Brockovich -- nominated for Oscar's best picture of the year.

Member station KJZZ's Mark Moran reports on a new ten year plan for fire supression in Arizona and New Mexico.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame will announce this year's inductees on Tuesday. Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport tells Scott whom he voted for.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the first series of hearings in Florida on irregularities surrounding the state's presidential election. The US civil rights commission is investigating complaints that Florida's patchwork of election laws and voting systems may have prevented many people from having their votes counted.

Dan Schorr discusses the powers of the office of the attorney general with Steve Salzburg, a former Justice Department official who now teaches law at George Washington University, and veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Ron Oslowe, who has co-authored a book on the Justice Department.

Scott with some thoughts about a political storm in Dane County, Wisconsin about a supervisor, and his desire to spend his winters in Florida.