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As part of our continuing election coverage, we have been running excerpts from the standard stump speeches of the Republican presidential candidates. Tonight it's Pat Buchannan's turn.

Linda Gradstein reports that for two Sundays in a row now...terrorist bombs have struck Israel...leaving that country grieving and angry...and unsteadying the always delicate middle east peace process. Last Sunday, twin suicide bombings killed 26 in Israel. Today, a bus bomb in downtown Jerusalem killed at least 19. In response, Prime Minister Shimon Peres today declared war on the militant Hamas organization, which claimed responsibility for the attacks. Peres said Israel would not rest until Hamas has been destroyed.

Linda Gradstein reports from Tel Aviv on the bombing at a busy intersection that left at least a dozen people dead and more than 100 wounded. This is the fourth suicide bombing in 8 days. Splinters groups of the Islamist extremist organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the first two attacks and reportedly for the third.

where today voters are going to the polls.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with Andrew Beyer, staff writer for the Washington Post, about the surprise victory of a colt named "Built for Pleasure" in Saturday's "Fountain of Youth Stakes." The colt scored a 143-1 upset, casting doubts on the prospects of some of the leading Kentucky Derby candidates.

chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, about the campaign season's first primary in the South. A debate is scheduled for Thursday, and so far only Pat Buchanan and Steve Forbes have agreed to attend. The primary is Saturday.

Jacki talks with Ben Frizzell, spokesman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. Officials there say over 150-thousand acres of land have been burned because of brush fires. Most of Oklahoma and Texas are experiencing a severe drought. That and high winds and low humidity are creating dangerous fire conditions.

Commentator Stuart Cheifet says computer sales people often don't know what they are talking out when they try to sell things to customers... and he finds it frustrating, upsetting and annoying to see people buy things they don't need.

WAY - Daniel talks with two men from Northern Ireland, one Protestant the other Catholic, about the effect yesterday's bombing in London by the Irish Republican Army might have on the peace talks. Liam Maskey, a Catholic, is with the community group 'Intercom' which works with at-risk youth in Catholic neighborhoods in Belfast. And, Mark Armstrong is with the "Youth Stadium Club", a group which works with at-risk youth in Protestant areas of the city. Both men were shocked and disappointed by the bombing but remain hopeful that the peace talks will continue and the ceasefire will resume.

Daniel talks about Pope John Paul the Second's trip to Central America with the BBC's David Willey. Willey traveled with the Pope when the Pontiff last visited Latin American in 1983, and he says the Roman Catholic Church in the region has become much more conservative over the years, eschewing reform and supporting incumbant governments.