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NPR's Ted Clark talks with Linda about the outcome of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's talks at the White House today with President Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. The key issue was how to keep up momentum in the peace process and the possibilities of bringing Syria back to the negotiating table.

The House of Representatives approved amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act which means some good changes for consumers, large cities, and rural communities. The law seems to have something for everyone. But the biggest beneficiaries might be Congressional Republicans looking to shed their anti-environmental image. NPR's David Baron reports.

- Tom talks with Historian Michael Beschloss, former Judge, Congressman and White House Counsel Abner Mikva, and NPR's Senior News Analyst Dan Schorr about the American Presidency. They discuss the balance of power between Congress and the President and how that has changed over time, depending on the charisma of the leader and the historical period.

Ray talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Norman Mailer about his new book, "The Gospel According to the Son." It's a novel about the life of Jesus Christ...written from Jesus's point of view. ("The Gospel According to the Son" is published by Random House.)

The House and Senate held a joint hearing today on so-called late term abortions. There is a new push in Congress to ban this procedure after the Executive Director of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers, who originally said the procedure was performed rarely, said it is done much more frequently. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

The House voted today to release funding for international family planning assistance. The vote was a rejection of a campaign by anti-abortion activists. They had advocated denying funds to groups that provide abortion-related services. The Senate is expected to complete congressional approval for the family planning funds. NPR's Brian Naylor has a report.

and on comparisons historians are making between Mr. Clinton and former occupants of the White House.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from London on how the mass media in Great Britain dealt with today's anniversary of the Dunblane shootings. At the request of the Dunblane families, the media stayed away from commemorations. In the House of Commons, contentious debate was set aside to pay tribute to the the memory of the children.

that the White House may have acted illegally by using tax-payer money for a computer database to keep track of and reward political contributors.

The Long Beach Naval Yard in California is being leased to a Chinese shipping company. Critics say China got a very special deal and are wondering why. Evidence now suggests that a representative of that company went to the White House as part of a group led by controversial fundraiser Johnny Chung to hear a radio address by President Clinton. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.