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President Clinton today announced the closing of a two-block stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue next to the White House. The decision was taken to enhance security at the executive mansion. Danny opens the show from Pennsylvania avenue, describing what the new space looks like, and talking to people there to get their reaction.

NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS ON AN AMERICAN WOMAN WHO MOVED TO THE GEORGIAN CAPITAL TO TBLISI, IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, AS A BUSINESS CONSULTANT AND IS DEFYING THE ODDS AGAINST FOREIGN INVESTMENT GENERATED BY FOUR YEARS OF WAR. SHE HAS OPENED UP A GUEST HOUSE CALLED "BETSY'S PLACE."

Bill Cohen of Ohio Public Radio reports on the first of five ational "town meetings" organized by the House Budget Committee. The forums ill cover the details of the proposed Balanced Budget Amendment, with the goal f gaining a better understanding of how American citizens outside the beltway erceive the current budget debate.

As the House prepares to vote on rolling back the "Great Society" welfare programs of the 1960's and to give states the power to run their own assistance programs, one state-based program -- child support enforcement - is likely to become a federal one. NPR's Peter Kenyon examines this exception to the devolutionary trend.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports that even though the House and Senate have now passed balanced budget bills, there's a long way to go before the legislative process is wrapped up. President Clinton says he'll veto the republican plan unless it's changed, so a period of negotiation and compromise looms ahead.

LAWS - Danny discusses the future of Congressional efforts to revamp the nation's environment laws with Bob Benenson of Congressional Quarterly and Stephen Klineberg, Professor of Sociology at Rice University. Yesterday, 51 House Republicans broke ranks with the leadership to join democrats and kill proposals that would have curbed the Environmental Protection Agency's power to enforce the clean air and water acts.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including Colin Powell on abortion, gun control and in-school prayer; ttorney General Janet Reno speaking about on-line pornography; and House peaker Newt Gingrich and President Bill Clinton on welfare reform.

NPR'S TED CLARK REPORTS ON TWO IMPORTANT LEADERS MISSING AT THE SIGNING OF THE LATEST ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE AGREEMENT THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE WHITE HOUSE LAST THURSDAY....PRESIDENT HAFEZ ASSAD (AH-sahd) OF SYRIA AND PRESIDENT ILIYAS HARAWI OF LEBANON.

SCOTT TALKS WITH ROBERT SAMUELSON, ECONOMIC COLUMNIST WITH NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE AND THE WASHINGTON POST, ABOUT THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT, PASSED THIS WEEK BY THE HOUSE, AND WHY MANY POLITICIANS LIKE IT, BUT AN EQUALLY LARGE NUMBER OF ANALYSTS WHO DON'T HAVE TO FACE VOTERS DON'T.

Liane Hansen speaks with composer, guitarist and programmer Skip cDonald and English producer Adrian Sherwood about their collaboration on music or the group LITTLE AXE, and its debut album, "THE WOLF THAT HOUSE BUILT." The usic has been described as the first "ambient dub blues" project. (Epic/Okeh ecords; EK 64254)