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Neal reads some listeners' comments.

Linda talks to Marita Brunner (BREW ner) the founder of Flight 427 Air Disaster Support League. She had a relative on board the USAir flight that crash near Pittsburgh in the fall of 1994. She says relatoves and friends of victims of air crashes have to suffer the deaths plus the fact they often do not have a say on burial and retrieval of posessions. She says the Florida crash will bring the extra pain of perhaps no way to retrieve remains at all. She asked that for our web page we include the following: Natl Air Disaster Alliane 412-572-6427 PO Box 13117, Akron OH 44313.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that National Transportation Safety Board officials say they have obtained good data from the flight recorder from ValuJet 592 recovered yesterday in the Everglades. They declined to be more specific this afternoon, saying they were still analyzing the data that will hopefully shed some light on why the DC-9 crashed three days, killing 109 people.

NPR's Deidre Berger reports on today's decision by Germany's highest court upholding the tighter asylum laws of 1993 that were introduced to stem the flow of asylum seekers into Germany.

Neal Conan reviews the week's news with Steve Roberts of U.S. News and World Report.

Neal with some thoughts about modern courtesy.

Secretary of State Warren Christopher to forge a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon...

A study released today by the non-profit organization Public Agenda, shows that 93% of the general public, and 88% of welfare recipients, want the current welfare system changed. The study, "The Values We Live By: What Americans Want from Welfare Reform," also finds that 4 in 10 Americans say that they or someone in their close family has received benefits at some time. Robert Siegel speaks with the study's author, Steve Farkas, Vice President and Director of Public Agenda.

In this presdiential election year, there has been a debate as to whether television networks should give the major candidates free television time. Commentator Mickey Edwards believes that it's not only the presidential candidates who need free t.v. time but more importantly the people who are running for Congress who need free t.v. time for debates. Edwards says that if we are to hope for more changes in government, the cost of running for office needs to be pared down.

President Clinton will be videotaped on Sunday testifying as a defense witness in the Whitewater trial in Little Rock. The defense hopes his testimony will undermine the credibility of the chief prosecution witness. Charged in the fraud case are the president's former business partners and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker. NPR's Mara Liasson reports on how the testimony will be handled and what will happen to the videotape.