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President Clinton is enjoying the luxury of a primary season in which he can campaign as much or as little as he chooses without fear of losing because he is unopposed for the Democratic nomination. NPR'S Mara Liasson reports that the lack of opponents gives him several advantages over his Republican rivals, who have to defeat one another for the GOP nomination. .

Noah talks to NPR's Melissa Block about former Congressman Jack Kemp's endorsement today of publisher Steve Forbes' presidential campaign. Kemp has been a major promoter of the idea of a flat tax, which is central to Forbes' campaign and his policies for economic growth. But coming on the day after Sen. Bob Dole's big primary wins in eight states, it was unclear what impact the Kemp endorsement would have.

Noah speaks with James Cusack, who covers security affairs for the Irish Times in Dublin. Cusack says the chances for a negotiated settlement between the British government and the IRA have diminished in the wake of the ascendency of the IRA's military wing. He says this hard-line inner core is more violent than the political leadership and less likely to negotiate.

Linda speaks with Ferrel Guillory (GHILL-oh-ree), a former Southern political reporter with the Raleigh, North Carolina News and Observer, and John Jacobs, political editor of the Sacremento Bee, about the significance of the Super Tuesday primaries in the south next week. With so many primaries being moved up, these analysts say Super Tuesday and the California primary at the end of March have lost their importance.(IN

Linda talks with NPR's Don Gonyea about the appearance on the witness stand by Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who is on trial near Detroit for assisting in the suicides of two people in 1993 under a now-expired statute. Kevorkian told the jury that he frequently cries at these suicides, and that he turns many people away when they seek his help in dying, urging them to find another way to deal with their suffering. (4:00)(IN STEREO) 7. ST. DAVID'S DAY -- Wales celebrates its patron saint, St. David, today. St. David, the Waterman, was called Dewi in Welsh. He is credited with winning a victory over the Saxons - who back in the fifth century - ruled what is now England. St. David told Welsh soldiers to wear leeks in their helmets so they could recognize each other on the battlefield. To mark the day, we hear the Welsh group YR Huntws (YEAR- HOON-tuss) singing a traditional Welsh hymm "The Bishop and the Peasant" or Yr Esgob A'R Gwiladwr (publisher Sain Publi

a Republican, about the contest for his party's Presidential nomination. Carlson compares this years contest to his run for governor, when, as incumbent, the conservative controlled state convention failed to endorse his ultimately successful re-election bid.

reports on the latest efforts in Israel to prevent any further terrorist acts by Hamas.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on the sentencing of three US servicemen who raped a 12-year-old Japanese girl in September. The trial has sparked a debate over whether the U.S. base should occupy Japanese soil.

Noah travels to the tiny town of Marshall, on Tomales Bay in northern California, to learn about the Hog Island Oyster Company. John Finger and his colleagues lease ten acres of waterland in the bay and grow oysters, mostly for the restaurant trade in San Francisco, to the south, where the Hog Island brand is well-known. Hog Island plants oyster spat in mesh bags that are washed by the tides, and after two years it's harvest time. Every day the workers ride out to check their crops, only their riding in a wooden dory, instead of a pick-up truck. IN STEREO.

Linda talks with Michael Betzold, a reporter on strike from the Detroit Free Press, about Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Betzold says Kevorkian wishes that society will one day accept assisted suicide for those who are emotionally ill as well as for the terminally sick. Betzold also talks about Kevorkian's desire to control death. Betzold has written about Kevorkian since 1991 and wrote a book about him called, "Appointment with Dr. Death."