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We hear excerpts of stump speeches from Republican candidates Steve Forbes, Bob Dole and Pat Buchanan as they campaign on the eve of Tuesday's primaries.

Commentator Andrea Bernstein (BERN-stine) has spent some time on the road, covering the campaign of Pat Buchanan. As an out lesbian, she was scared at the prospect of encountering the people who work for the candidate. She was surprised by whom she met.

Eric Westervelt of New Hampshire Public Radio reports that many New Hampshire voters still have not decided who they will vote for in Tuesday night's primary. And many of those who do have a preference say they could still change their minds. Voters say this indecision is due in part to their lack of enthusiasm for any of the Republican candidates. The volatility of the electorate makes it impossible to predict who will win what is shaping up to be a tight three-way contest.

In part two of our public hospitals series, Frank Browning reports on the debate at the University of San Francisco General Hospital over what changes may be needed in medical education to meet the challenges public hospitals face from managed care. To reduce cost, they're having to shift away from expensive specialty care in the hospital to preventive general care, delivered in an outpatient setting. That's not what they're accustomed to doing, but it's what most poor people who depend on public hospitals need.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on the campaign of Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole as he tries to tighten his grip on the Republican presidential nomination with a strong showing in tomorrow's Super Tuesday primaries. Voters will go to the polls tomorrow in Texas, Florida and five other states, where the largest number of delegate so far -- 362 -- will be awarded to the candidates. Dole has a strong lead in public opinion polls against his two primary challengers, Steve Forbes and Pat Buchanan.

Director of the Center for Strategic studies at the University of Jordan about regional reaction to the events in Israel.

In Brussels today, the European Commission proposed to the European councils of ministers that the name "feta" be reserved for cheese made in Greece. The proposal is controversial because Denmark is afraid that that such a law will hurt its feta sales. We spoke to an expert to find out why feta cheese is in a class of its own.

Candidate Lamar Alexander says he has fresh ideas while the other candidates don't. We'll listen to what he says about these fresh ideas, which include creating a military force to handle drugs and immigration, handing responsibility for welfare to local charities and allowing members of a new "citizen Congress" to hold other jobs.

The World Health Organization is calling for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccination booster shots until more people in low-income nations gets access to their first doses of the vaccine.