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SCOTT SPEAKS WITH WASHINGTON POST COLUMNIST TONY KORNHEISER ABOUT HIS BOOK "PUMPING IRONY: WORKING OUT THE ANGST OF A LIFETIME" (Random

Danny speaks with Ann Marie Riley, a Catholic Relief Services worker based in the African country, Burundi. They discuss the escalating violence between ethnic Hutu and Tutsi in Burundi, which threatens the country with a genocide like that which took place in neighboring Rwanda nearly two years ago.

Irish Times correspondent Conor O'Clery joins Liane Hansen to iscuss the recent rash of killings in Ireland, attempts at disarmament, and ritish Prime Minister John Major's diminishing role in the peace process. A ood of pessimism seems to be creeping into Ireland, according to O'Clery

Chinese orphans are placed in horrendous conditions, eading the majority of them to die of starvation and medical neglect. NPR's ary Kay Magistad reports on a study by Human Rights Watch/Asia, a U.S.-based onitoring group, which finds that the Chinese government singled out children or starvation in order to stabilize orphange populations.

LETTERS: We read letters from some of our listeners.

Liane Hansen speaks with film director Terry Gilliam about is most recent film, "12 Monkeys." Gilliam discusses how the eclectic film ame to be made, as well as his experiences directing noted film star Bruce illis.

35 YEARS AGO JOHN F.KENNEDY HELD THE FIRST LIVE TELEVISED PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE. WE PLAY A FEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM THAT CONFERENCE.

A conversation with a good samaritan in Philadelphia. Linda Wertheimer talks to Gina Licciardello (Litch-are-del-oh), who cooked pasta for a bus full of people - stranded by the snow for 17 hours - outside her South Philadelphia home.

FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON TESTIFIED BEFORE A GRAND JURY YESTERDAY ON WHITEWATER. NPR'S JON GREENBERG REPORTS.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the Senate debate today on the stopgap spending bill to keep the federal government operating through March 15th