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National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice has refused to testify publicly before the panel investigating the Sept. 11 attacks. Former national security advisors Zbigniew Brzezinski and William Clark say Rice's refusal is in accord with the law and history of executive privilege, but it endangers the nation's trust in the Bush administration. Hear NPR's Juan Williams, Brzezinski and Clark.

Several months ago, we told the story of Shanaz Kausar, a Pakistani woman caught in the rivalry between India and Pakistan. In 1996, Shanaz found herself in the custody of the Indian army. She was raped in an Indian jail and gave birth to a child. India would not grant citizenship to Shanaz because she's Pakistani; her daughter could not get citizenship in Pakistan because her father is Indian. Shanaz and her daughter were forced to remain in India. Late last year, the Pakistani government agreed to admit Shanaz and her daughter. But their return to Pakistan has not been easy. Miranda Kennedy reports.

The Senate approves legislation making it a separate crime to kill or injure a fetus while committing a federal crime against a pregnant woman. Opponents denounce the bill as an effort to undermine abortion rights by recognizing a fetus as a person. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

In the third and final story in our series profiling California's Inland Empire, NPR's Scott Horsley reports that this sprawling region east of Los Angeles and north of San Diego has one of the fastest-growing economies in the nation. Affordable housing has drawn commuters from the coast, who in turn attracted small businesses. Then good highways and railroads turned the Inland Empire into a major distribution center. Now the question is whether it can climb the economic ladder by attracting high-paying jobs.

Sen. John Kerry, campaigning in Missouri, calls for the Bush administration to stop attacks on former Bush adviser Richard Clarke. In a new book and during recent testimony at the hearings of the Sept. 11 commission, Clarke said the Bush administration focused on Iraq at the expense of the war on terrorism. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

Katie Richardson has cystic fibrosis, and is pregnant with her third child. Though her first two children are healthy, the new baby could inherit the disease. But the Richardsons have chosen not to find out. NPR's Joe Palca hosts the second of a series of conversations about genetic testing.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu tells about an opera called Violet Fire, based on the life of pioneering inventor Nikola Tesla. Tesla lived from 1856 to 1943. While he has been relegated to obscurity, Tesla helped create the bedrock of modern technology.

NPR's Martin Kaste continues Morning Edition's week-long series on Latin American cities with a report on the perennial housing shortage in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In Latin America's biggest megalopolis, as many as 3 million of the estimated 18 million residents cannot find or afford housing. So, they take over abandoned buildings and set up outdoor camps.

The bill signing comes on the heels of a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court that it is considering weakening or overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.

The National Urban League releases its annual State of Black America report, which measures racial disparity in the United States. The most noticeable differences are in the areas of home ownership and economic parity -- black earning power is about 73 percent that of whites. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and Robert Bowser, mayor of East Orange, N.J.