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Beth Fertig of member station W-N-Y-C reports on the deteriorating condition of New York City Public School buildings. According to a study by the General Accounting Office, one-third of the nation's school buildings need major repairs. Fertig visits Public School 73 in Brooklyn, which is still heated by coal, and where the walls need to be repaired.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

the prosecution's controversial star witness in the fraud trial of the Clintons' Whitewater business partners. He is expected to start giving testimony today.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the beginning of another trial against Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Kevorkian is accused under common law for aiding two people in their effort to commit suicide. Kevorkian was recently acquitted in a similar trial, and has never been convicted for a crime in his efforts to provide help to those who wish to end their lives because of serious illnesses.

Commentator Reuven Frank says it's the horserace (who's ahead, who's behind?) that the people are interested in hearing about -- and it should be the horserace that reporters report. (3:15) CUTAWAY 1A 0:59 1B 3. TOBACCO -- NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the power, both political and financial, that tobacco companies have long had seems to be waning.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that the Comet Hyakutake is expected this week to be visible with the naked eye. The comet, which was discovered in late January, will pass unusually close to the Earth, hopefully making it unusually bright and therefore easy to see.(3:15) -b- 5. POSTCARD FROM CHICAGO -- An audio postcard from Rick Karr. He knows it's spring, becasue the road repair cres have emerged from hibernation are are tearing-up the streets of Chicago. (2:00) Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C 6. SECURITY, CHINA AND TAIWAN -- In the first of an occassional series on security issues in Asia, NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that the tensions in the Taiwan Strait raise concerns in the US and much of Asia. China's wargames just miles from Taiwan suggest to some a new militarism, and further tip the balance of US sentiment away from China and toward the tiny island that has emerged from dictatorship to democracy.

An audio postcard from Howard Berkes. Though the calendar says it's the first day of Spring, there's still plenty of snow in the mountains outside Salt Lake City.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports..a federal judge in Little Rock said today the President Clinton is to testify by videotape in the trial of Clinton's former Whitewater partners James and Susan McDougal. The judge said that Clinton doesn't have to testify in person because it would be too much of a burden. But he rejected Clinton's request to get the questions in advance.

is in Moscow today for talks on NATO expansion into eastern Europe. The issue has received renewed attention after the Russian parliament, now dominated by Communists and nationalists, voted last week to nullify the break-up of the Soviet Union.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu sights new discoveries and inventions in Romania and says these are a sign that his former countrymen are mistaking capitalism for oxygen.