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Chris Hosken of member station WFAE is Charlotte, North arolina, reports on the attempts by the organization to recruit more young embers into its ranks. 4:05 . SCHORR ON POWELL: NPR's Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr looks at 1996's ost prominent non-candidate, Colin Powell, and wonders what's on his mind

- Daniel speaks with Dorothy and Jerome Singer of Yale University about how they would define what educational TV would be. Last week, at President Clinton's behest, TV broadcasters agreed that they would provide three hours per week of children's educational television.

Linda talks with NPR Capitol Hill correspondents Brian Naylor and Peter Kenyon about the Republican-led 104th Congress, which is coming to a close. Republicans say they've made great progress on their agenda over the past two years, having enacted two thirds of their Contract with America. Democrats say they stopped the GOP leadership from cutting Medicare, education and environmental protections.

Weekend Edition sports commentator Ron Rapoport says that after the University of Nebraska's stunning loss last Saturday, college football has suddenly gotten more exciting.

- Daniel speaks with Dr. Philip Nitchke, about the first ever legal mercy killing, which took place this week in Darwin, Australia. Nitchke run the Voluntary Euthanasia Network in Australia's outback, and he hopes to be able other terminially ill patients end their suffering.

The fate of a resort condominium on one of North Carolina's barrier islands has become a touchstone of sorts for the debate on whether to build on these fragile, constantly shifting islands -- and whether to save the buildings that fall victim to the hurricanes that sweep across the region. Aileen LeBlanc of member station WHQR in Wilmington, North Carolina reports.

Robert talks with Datya Itzhaki, the spokesperson for the municipality of the Gaza region of Israeli settlements. She describes the fighting between Israeli and Palestinian soldiers in Gaza, and how it is affecting settlers there.

President Bill Clinton this morning announced an rab/Israeli Summit to include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, PLO hairman Yasser Arafat and King Hussein of Jordan.

Jacki Lyden speaks with Donovan Webster, author of Aftermath - The Remnants of War" (Pantheon Books). His book tracks the detritus f war -- land mines, unexploded artillery, and other legacies of wars past

Linda interviews New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, who moderated a panel discussion on race today .... at a meeting Senator Bradley called the "Unconvention," sponsored by the Human Relations Foundation of Chicago. In their conversation, Senator Bradley called for a new kind of engagement on questions of race; he said that confronting race as an issue in America must involve millions of individual acts. He was critical of politicians for not offering real leadership and real change.