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In New York City, officials unveil plans for a new building at 7 World Trade Center. The building, across the street from where the twin towers stood, collapsed several hours after the Sept. 11 attacks. Andrea Bernstein reports.

SIMON/"ART OF SOUP" CONTEST: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH 11-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW BALESTIERI (bah-less-TE-EH-ree), WINNER OF CAMPBELL'S SOUP'S "ART OF SOUP" CONTEST TO FIND THE NEXT ANDY WARHOL. YOUNG MATTHEW WON BY SPELLING OUT THE CAMPBELL'S SOUP LABEL IN EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS.

WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH THOMAS MANN, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENTAL STUDIES AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION AND MICHAEL BESCHLOSS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, ABOUT THE BATTLE FOR THE BUDGET THIS WEEK ON CAPITOL HILL...AND ABOUT PRESIDENT CLINTON STANDING TALL.

Jackie Lyden speaks with Brad Knickerbocker, reporter or the Christian Science Monitor, about recent violent attacks on U.S. Park angers and other federal law enforcement officials. Knickerbocker says the ttacks stem from an attitude that federal government should back off from land se regulation, and may be related to anti-government sentiment in the aftermath f the Waco raid.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS SCIENCE EDITOR PAUL RAEBURN ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK "THE LAST HARVEST: THE GENETIC GAMBLE THAT THREATENS TO DESTROY AMERICAN AGRICULTURE" (PUBLISHED BY SIMON & SCHUSTER), WHERE HE STATES THAT HUMANS HAVE NOT LEARNED FROM IRELAND'S GREAT POTATO FAMINE WHICH BEGAN 150 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH...AND THAT NOT ONLY POTATOES GROWN ON AMERICA'S FARMLANDS ARE AT RISK.

Host Liane Hansen is joined by Carl Cannon, White House orrespondent for the Baltimore Sun newspaper, and Fred Barnes, reporter for the eekly Standard magazine, to discuss some of the major issues in this week's ews. Topics include sending U.S. ground troops to Bosnia, the budget debate etween Capitol Hill and the White House, and the mail-in election in Oregon

Daniel speaks with NPR's Sylvia Poggioli about the presidential elections today in Poland. President Lech Walesa is being challenged by a former communist...and so far the election is too close to call.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was murdered one week ago, and NPR's Andy Bowers pieces together a chronology of how the assassination took place. He reports from Jerusalem.

Eric Westervelt of New Hampshire Public Radio eports on so-called "fringe" presidential candidates registered for the New ampshire primary. In addition to President Clinton and Bob Dole, more than 60 andidates may enter the race.