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Danny speaks with former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, who recently returned from his first trip to Vietnam since the war ended some 20 years ago.

NPR'S Margot Adler reports that the public schools in New Haven, Connecticut have had their share of problems: high dropout rates...rampant teen pregnancy...the kind of urban disfunction that makes going to school really tough, for kids and teachers alike. Five years ago, in an effort to turn things around, the New Haven schools embarked on an ambitious experiment...one designed to teach kids the life skills they'd need to grow and develop as emotionally healthy adults...to acquire what some researchers have called "emotional literacy"...or "emotional intelligence."

abuses in Chinese orphanages that was broadcast last night in Britain despite Chinese protests.

Danny speaks with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold, who's in Iowa attending a debate among all the Republican presidential candidates.

Danny discusses the coming deployment of American troops to Bosnia with peace activist Marcus Raskin of the Institute for Policy Studies, former army major Lillian Fluke,. community activist and teacher Janeice View .. and 14-year old student Issetta Mobley. We spoke with the group once before, on July 4, 1994, about the issue of patriotism.

NPR's Joe Neel reports that two major studies released today are raising new questions about the value of beta carotene in preventing cancer. The government-sponsored studies failed to find any evidence that beta carotene reduces the risk for cancer. In fact, one of the studies suggests that beta carotene may increase the risk for cancer.

Daniel speaks with Tom Cochran of the US Conferance of Mayors about the state of soup kitchens across the country. Cochran says that the number of people asking for food is rising at the same time that budget cutbacks are limiting the amount of assistance that cities can afford to offer.

We pay homage to Frank Dorsa, inventor of the frozen waffle, who died earlier this week.

Francois Mitterrand, Deidre Berger looks at the legacy of Franco-German cooperation that has moved Europe closer towards unity.

The only major organ of government that has kept operating through two Washington snow storms is the Supreme Court. We talk to NPR's Nina Totenberg about how the Court did it and why.