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Scott speaks with NPR's Phillip Davis about this morning's bombing in Manchester, England.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports on the expected final report of the enate Whitewater committee. The committee's report is due tomorrow at midnight

Gene Johnson of member station WNYC reports on the arrests today of nineteen people suspected of leading the nation's strongest Mafia family. The charges include murder and illegal gambling, and reportedly stem from a two-year probe of the Genovese (jehn-uh-VEES) crime family.

, Trent Lott of Mississippi, and the other conservative Republicans who assumed leadership positions yesterday. Senator Lott assured his colleagues on both sides of the aisle that he will treat them fairly and refrain from undue partisanship.

Hillary Rodham Clinton has sent the Senate Whitewater committee written answers to the panel's last-minute questions about her actions related to Whitewater. Mrs Clinton told the committee today she did not know how billing records for her legal work showed up at the White House after being lost for two years. Her lawyer, David Kendall, has criticized committee Republicans for leaking conclusions of their final report before they received Mrs. Clinton's written answers. Kendall says the leaks make it clear that the conclusions were reached without regard to the facts. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Robert talks with Peter Reddaway, a professor of political science at George Washington University, about his views on Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Reddaway says Yeltsin's behavior has become more czar-like, or authoritarian, over the course of his presidency. Reddaway says some of the Russian analysts he finds most credible predict that Yeltsin would not give up his office if his opponent, Gennady Zyuganov (gen-NAH-dee zyu-GAH-nov), were to win the election on Sunday.

Robert talks with Leon Aron (AH-rohn), a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, about his assessment of Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Aron says that negatives about Yeltsin are exaggerated and that Russians associate two very positive things with Yeltsin; that lines for goods have disappeared, and that the ruble is now a valued, exchangeable currency.

Noah takes a look back at the life and career of Sir Fitzroy Maclean, a soldier and diplomat who is said to have been the model for novelist Ian Fleming's character James Bond.

Linda talks with NPR's White House correspondent Mara Liasson about President Clinton's three-day campaign trip out West and his visit tomorrow to a South Carolina church that recently burned down. They will talk about how the differences between when a President goes out to campaign and when a challenger campaigns, and how the public can tell the difference between what's political and what's presidential.

South Korea, Japan and the United States have pledged millions in food aid to North Korea, which is said to be experiencing the worst food crisis in its history. Robert talks with Douglas Coutts (KOOTS), North American director of the United Nations World Food Program about the food shortages in North Korea. Mr. Coutts recently traveled to North Korea to work at various rural food distribution sites. It has been said that the country is experiencing food shortages because of the nation's collective farming structure...and the worst flooding in a century. Sixty-five percent of the population receives food allotments of 250 grams per day.