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On this the 20th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, Daniel talks to Frank Snepp, an analyst for the CIA in Viet Nam about the final hours of the American pullout from that city.

Seventy-two year old writer William Gaddis recently received is second National Book Award for the satirical novel, "A Frolic of His Own," n absurd take on the American legal system. Rebekah Presson profiles this elebrated, but often reclusive, American author.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH AUTHOR EDWARD SIRATA, WHO IS CURRENTLY IN SARAJEVO. TODAY, BOSNIA'S MUSLIM PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO RETURN THE HAGGADAH, A PRICELESS MEDIEVAL PASSOVER BOOK AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPTS IN JEWISH HISTORY, BACK TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NEW YORK CITY HISTORIAN CHRISTOPHER GRA ABOUT THE UNSOLVED BOMBING THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1920 IN THE WALL STREET AREA OF LOWER MANHATTAN THAT, UP UNTIL THE DEADLY BOMBING THIS WEEK IN OKLAHOMA CITY, HAD BEEN CONSIDERED THE DEADLIEST SINGLE ATTACK IN THE UNITED STATES.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on several paramillitary groups who may have had a connection with the bombing in Oklahoma City. He reports on their motivations and what kind of people join these groups as well as how they organize.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports on a proposal in New York City to create separate schools for children who've been caught bringing weapons to class. The schools would be modelled after the Wildcat Academy, an alternative school in New York for troubled students.

LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: BILL REDLIN & SHAY STEVENS

Jacki goes behind the scenes at the New York City Fashion show and speaks with designers, fashion editors and models about the clothing industry. Fashion is a 14-billion dollar business in New York...although sales have been down in the last few years.

Liane Hansen speaks with James Corcoran about the arious anti-government groups that exist in the United States. Corcoran says eople involved with these paramilitary organizations are often self-professed ilitiamen who oppose most forms of government control, including Federal axation and gun control laws. Authorities are exploring possible links between klahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh (mihk-VAY) and these right-wing aramilitary units.

NPR's Jon Greenebrg brings us up to date on the progress in the investigation into the bombing in Oklahoma City earlier this week. The FBI continues a search for a second suspect known as John Doe #2 President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed the nation and the nation's children this morning to assuage their fears about the bombing.