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Jacki talks to NPR's Nina Totenberg about the life of Supereme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger. Burger, who died this morning in Washington, D.C. was Chief Justice of the Court for 17 years until he retired in 1986.

We visit a Suzuki music camp at Catholic University in Washington, D.C.

Daniel talks with Paul Kammenar (KAM-ehn-ahr)of the Washington Legal Foundation...and George Kendall of the N-A-A-C-P Legal Defense Fund. They discuss a bill passed by the Senate last week that would reduce the federal appeals process and the effect this may have on those convicted in capital cases.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome on frantic consultations going on in Europe and at the United Nations as the world community tries to figure out how to respond to the latest developments in Bosnia. France has been as focus of this diplomatic activity. France has more peacekeepers in Bosnian than any other Western nation and has suffered the most casualties.

Daniel talks to Lee Grensci of Pennsylvania State University about lightning facts and fallacies. You really can be killed by lightning jumping through the telephone, he says, but the odds against it are high. If you are outside during a thunderstorm, the best thing to do is to go into a ravine or a valley or to get in a car.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on the details of the capture yesterday of Columbian drug lord Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela. Columbia's defense minister says that Orejuela's capture is likely to fracture the Cali operation.

Daniel talks to Arnold Greenberg, owner of the Left Bank Bakery and Cafe in Blue Hill, Maine. Greenberg wants to give up his business to someone who will really care for it, so he is asking prospective proprietors to send him an essay that describes their reasons for wanting to run the business and $100. He will use the money to pay off the mortgage. Interested parties can write to him at the Left Bank Bakery and Cafe, Blue Hill, Maine 04614

NPR's Joanne Silburner reports on the strategies health care lobbyists are using on Capitol Hill to influence health care legislation. While last year's health care debate focused on totally revamping the system, this year's debate is revolving around cutting costs.

We hear an extended excerpt from a press conference given today by Air Force captain Scott O'Grady. O'Grady, who was shot down last week over Bosnia, detailed how he eluded capture by Bosnian Serbs until US marines rescued him Thursday.

This week the Texas Legislature passed a law making it LEGAL to carry a concealed weapon. Daniel talks with Democratic Texas state legislator Ron Wilson who authored the bill. And officer Mike Robbins, a Chicago city policeman who opposes laws that legalize the carrying of concealed weapons and who has worked against the passage of similar legislation in Illinois.