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NPR's David Welna reports from Mexico City on the tumultuous events of the past month.. He explains the complex circles of allegations and conspiracy that surround the assasinations of two leading political figures and the dire state of the economy.

Jacki talks to Anthony DeCurtis, an editor at Rolling Stone magazine, about the album, "I Ain't Movin" by the singer Des'ree. (dez-ray) DeCurtis says that effectively combines the slick production of contemporary R+B artists and the tradition of social comment in some of the R+B musicians of the 60s and 70s.

Jacki talks to Lynda MacCartney, the curator of the C.I.A. exhibit centre in the C.I.A. HQ in Langley Virginia about the new exhibit on the film director John Ford. Ford, who received a total of 6 oscars, worked for the Office for Strategic Services, the precursor to the present-day C.I.A. during World War two. During his work with the OSS Ford pioneered aerial camera techniques that saved many lives and pushed the medium of film in new directions..

MICHAEL JORDAN MAY BE COMING BACK TO PLAY BASKETBALL! SCOTT SIMON HAS SOME THOUGHTS.

The Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum is still feeling he repercussions of a decision to scale back an exhibit featuring the "Enola ay", which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan. NPR Senior News Analyst aniel Schorr has uncovered another controversy involving a Smithsonian exhibit; his one deals with the air war in Vietnam.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT BASKETBALL-GREAT MICHAEL JORDAN AND THE CURRENT POPULARITY OF WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL.

Among the many social programs on the federal chopping block, rban housing agendas are up for a severe trim. Massive budget cuts that affect ocal housing systems are expected. NPR's Cheryl Devall reports from Chicago on he impact these federal spending cuts are expected to make on regional plans to eplace the city's dilapidated housing projects.

Daniel talks to Geraldine Youcha, author of "Minding the Children: Childcare in America form Colonial Times to the Present." She says that options we discuss for childcare today, such as federally funded daycare for children of working mothers and orphanages, have been tried in the past and that policymakers should look to history to examine the pros and cons of different childcare solutions.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH MAURIZIO GALLI, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE GONDOLIERS ASSOCIATION AND A GONDOLIER OF PIAZZA SAN MARCO IN VENICE, ITALY, ABOUT THE NEW REQUIREMENT THAT GONDOLIERS WILL NOW NEED TO ATTEND A "DRIVING SCHOOL."

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH DR. DAVID LONG, HISTORIAN AND PROFESSOR OF LAW AND HISTORY AT MANATEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN BRADENTON, FLORIDA, ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK "THE JEWEL OF LIBERTY," PUBLISHED BY STACKPOLE BOOKS. THIS WORK ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1864 IS BEING CALLED THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK WRITTEN ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN MANY YEARS. NPR'S BOB EDWARDS READS FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS.