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Liane talks with Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of the Weekly Standard, and Doyle McManus, Washington Bureau Chief of the Los Angeles Times, for an assessment of President Bush's first 100 days in office.

NPR's Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem reports on violence in the Gaza Strip today. Israeli tanks and bulldozers pushed into a Palestinian refugee camp, demolishing 20 buildings Israel says were used by Palestinian gunmen for cover.

Eric Engleman reports from Moscow on today's reaction from Russia to President Bush's speech yesterday outlining proposals for a missile defense system. The Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov repeated Moscow's view that the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty is a cornerstone of global arms control, and not a relic of the Cold War, as President Bush sees it. At the same time, Ivanov welcomed the president's desire to consult with other governments on the matter.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Robert Blendon, a professor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, about the public's attitudes about social security. Blendon has conducted surveys for the Kaiser Family Foundation on the issue.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on a new study which finds that a drug commonly used to treat heart failure is much less effective in black patients than it is in whites. The study suggests that doctors need to be more vigilant when treating black patients with heart failure. And it also has raised questions about when it is appropriate to focus on race in medical research.

Neuroscientists in California have been able to take cells from human brains hours after death and coax some of the cells to continue dividing in the laboratory. As NPR's Joe Palca reports, for now, the result is of limited practical value, but it could pave the way for generating nerve tissue to treat human disease.

A federal grand jury in New York today indicted A. Alfred Taubman, former chairman of Sotheby's Holdings, and Anthony J. Tennant, former chairman of Christie's International, for fixing the commissions they charged at auctions between 1993 and 1999. NPR's Rick Karr reports.

Commentator Frank Deford isn't sure members of the clergy belong in the locker room. Deford alleges that many team chaplains are using the guise of Christianity to cozy up to their favorite sports celebrities.

From Member station WKSU Mark Urycki reports on a new movie set in Australia entitled, The Dish. It's the first feature film to explore Australia's role in the Apollo 11 mission. In the tiny town of Parkes stands a 210 foot radio telescope that helped to capture the weak TV images Apollo 11 sent from the moon.

As All Things Considered celebrates its 30th anniversary, we're hearing a series of special reports on other things that are 30 years old. Today, host Linda Wertheimer examines the war on cancer, which was initiated by President Richard Nixon in May, 1971, when he pledged $100 million to cancer research. Linda Wertheimer spends time with five doctors who have been involved in cancer research and treatment for the past 30 years. We meet a parent who lost her child to the disease in the 1970s and a family whose 9 year old is undergoing treatment right now.