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Liane Hansen speaks with NPR's Andy Bowers in Moscow about the aftermath of Russian President Boris Yeltsin's meeting yesterday with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The two discussed planned expansion of NATO towards the Russian border.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports from Denver, the site of the Federal trial of Oklahoma City bombing defendant, Timothy McVeigh. Throngs of media and family members of the 168 victims are nervously awaiting a verdict outside the Byron C. Rogers Federal Courthoue. On Friday, the case went to the jury. The jury continues it's deliberations today.

It's still raining over much of the west. Gamblers are trapped in Reno hotels, and the casinos and bordellos are closed down for the first time in 100 years. The governor of Idaho has declared several counties disaster areas. In California, rivers in Napa and Sonoma counties are above flood stage. Damage is in the hundreds of millions of dollars -- much of it because of bad planning, according to experts. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the latest squabble over NATO membership. This time the criticism is not coming from Russia, but from NATO members themselves.

to defend him against allegations that his past fundraising activities broke House ethics rules. Speaker Gingrich is replacing Jan Baran, Washington's leading attorney on campaign finance law, with J. Randolph Evans of Atlanta, a nationally known specialist on legal malpractice.

NPR's Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg examines the players in two Supreme Court cases that challenge the constitutionality of state laws banning physician-assisted suicide. The cases were brought in New York and Washington state on behalf of dying patients and their doctors. In both, lower courts ruled that terminally ill, mentally competent patients DO have the right to a physician's help in ending their lives.

Daniel talks with Jorge Castaneda, professor of political science at the National University of Mexico in Mexico City, about the current state of rebel groups in Latin America. Castaneda says that though there are still a few very brutal groups left, such as the Shining Path in Peru, most rebel groups have become increasingly mild in their tactics. And recently, in a couple of countries, he notes the guerillas have put down their arms in favor of negotiation and peaceful resolutions. But Castaneda says it still remains to be seen whether or not real reform can take hold in this new 'peaceful' atmosphere. For that to happen, he says, the governments which have traditionally oppressed the lower classes, also will have to make changes.

NPR's Amy Dickinson goes to a scoring session for the TV cartoon "The Simpsons" and offers a behind the scenes look at how music is produced for the show. (7:30) ((ST

Scott with some thoughts about the new year.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports that Russians are confused about which holidays they should be celebrating.