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NPR's Christopher Joyce reports on a White House announcement that President Bush will not implement the climate treaty negotiated in Kyoto, Japan. Democratic leaders in Congress and environmental groups promised to fight Mr. Bush on the Kyoto climate treaty and other recent policy reversals they call setbacks to the environment.

NPR's Eric Weiner in Jerusalem reports Israeli helicopter gunships attacked Palestinian targets in the West Bank and Gaza today, in response to a string of Palestinian bomb attacks over the past few days.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports President Bush's foreign policy team is not fully cohesive yet. Several policy positions articulated by Secretary of State Colin Powell have been out of line with those later adopted by the president.

Around the country, there's a rush on this month to get married. NPR's Mandalit delBarco reports a last minute action by the Clinton administration has immigrants rushing to tie the knot. Under provision 245-i an immigrant without permanent residency status who marries someone who is a legal resident or citizen will not have to leave the U.S. in order to legitimize their immigration status. But the provision only lasts until the end of April.

Six years ago, commentator Susan McKinney met a young Mexican man in San Miguel del Allende. Before they were married, she moved into his family's house. She questions her identity as a woman in her fianci's crowded Mexican home. She is an American and she works outside the house, so she isn't allowed to do the chores that define the lives of the other women in the crowded household.

Host Bob Edwards talks to commentator John Feinstein about Tiger Woods and the Masters golf tournament, which begins today in Augusta, Georgia.

Steve Tripoli of member station WBUR reports on new findings that show that a high percentage of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Several organizations are trying to change that with new programs to make it easier to save.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports on the China reaction to Secretary of State Colin Powell's statement of regret about the lost life of the Chinese fighter pilot. Relations between the two countries remain tense.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports on the English-speaking Stanford graduate who is running for president of Peru. Many Peruvians worry that Alejandro Toledo's popularity is largely based on race -- Toledo's dark-skinned appearance reminds the Peruvians of their Indian roots.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Charles Vest, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about the school's offer to create a Web site for most of its classes and to post materials from each course. (4:30) MIT's Web site is www.mit.edu.