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impasse has been put behind us or not and what's next for Congress once it gets past the budget.

Robert Siegel speaks with Stanley Hoffman, a professor of the civilization of France at Harvard University, about the late Francois Mitterrand. Mr. Hoffman discusses Mitterrand's efforts toward European integration and his gradual move from the right to the left.

We remember bluegrass fiddler Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise who died this week at the age of 80.

Lynne Terry reports that in advance his visit to the United States, French President Jacques Chirac called an early end to his government's controversial series of underground nuclear tests in the South Pacific. Saying that the tests guarantee a "viable and modern defense," he announced that the sixth test would be the last.

Excerpts from today's funeral at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, in Paris.

Political attack ads have come under increasing scrutiny in a umber of states, prompting attempts to curb negative campaigning. Bill Wareham, f Minnesota Public Radio, reports on a Minnesota candidate and two of his staff embers who were recently indicted for spreading false information about a olitical opponent.

2 REMEMBERING THE CHALLENGER EXPLOSION: Even a decade after the space shuttle hallenger exploded, questions about manned space flight and the appropriate ole for NASA continue to be asked. NPR's Joe Palca reports on how the explosion hanged our views of science and technology and continues to affect the space rogram today.

with television industry officials. In his State of the Union address, the president proposed a conference for the TV industry to explore ways in which it could improve the kinds of programming children are exposed to.

SCOTT HAS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BLIZZARD OF '96.

Linda Gradstein reports on the trial of confessed assassin Yigal Amir, who drew gasps from court spectators when he was handed a gun to demonstrate how he was tackled after shooting Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.