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Daniel talks with Paul Kammenar (KAM-ehn-ahr)of the Washington Legal Foundation...and George Kendall of the N-A-A-C-P Legal Defense Fund. They discuss a bill passed by the Senate last week that would reduce the federal appeals process and the effect this may have on those convicted in capital cases.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH REPORTER KEN DERMOTA (der-MOTT-a) IN BOGOTA, COLOMIBA, ABOUT YESTERDAY'S ARREST OF THE HEAD OF THE CALI DRUG CARTEL, GILBERTO ROGRIGUEZ OREJUELA, AND WHAT IT MEANS BOTH FOR THE CARTEL AND THE LARGER WAR ON DRUGS.

NPR'S TED CLARK REPORTS THAT ALTHOUGH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT REMAINS POLITICALLY REPRESSIVE AND COMMUNIST, CONFIDENCE IN THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC FUTURE IS GROWING, AND CHINESE EXPATRIATES ARE MOVING BACK.

NPR's Joanne Silburner reports on the strategies health care lobbyists are using on Capitol Hill to influence health care legislation. While last year's health care debate focused on totally revamping the system, this year's debate is revolving around cutting costs.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on the details of the capture yesterday of Columbian drug lord Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela. Columbia's defense minister says that Orejuela's capture is likely to fracture the Cali operation.

Liane Hansen speaks with Temple University Professor John llen Paulos about his new book, A MATHEMATICIAN READS THE NEWSPAPER (Basic ooks, a division of Harper Collins). Paulos talks about how the general lack of athematical understanding puts American newspaper readers at a great isadvantage when stories contain statistics and other numerical information

Daniel talks to Lee Grensci of Pennsylvania State University about lightning facts and fallacies. You really can be killed by lightning jumping through the telephone, he says, but the odds against it are high. If you are outside during a thunderstorm, the best thing to do is to go into a ravine or a valley or to get in a car.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a wo-week challenge for everyone at home. 8:01 his week's on-air player lives in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire and listens to MEA, Portland, Maine.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with writer Carolyn See about her ittersweet memoir, DREAMING: HARD LUCK AND GOOD TIME IN AMERICA (Random House ooks). The book takes a personal look at how drinking and other addictions ffected multiple generations of her family and their "American Dream."

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT DISTRESSING NEWS THAT YANKEE GREAT MICKEY MANTLE NEEDED A LIVER TRANSPLANT.