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with shortages of food and other basic necessities. The North Korean government urges citizens to remain loyal to the Marxist regime, and promises that the situation will get better.

Daniel speaks with Marion Nestle about this past week's endoresment of vegetarian diets by the federal government. Nestle was on the USDA panel that issued the guidelines on vegetarian diets and she says that for many years there's been evidence to show that eating vegetarian is healthy.

Danny treks around various sites in Washington,D.C., which is in the midst of a huge winter storm that's likely to deposit upwards of 20 inches of snow on the ground. He begins at the Capitol Building, where kids are sledding down the building's steps; then Danny talks with a meteorologist from the National Weather Service who says this storm may be one of the biggest ever in the mid-Atlantic region; finally, Danny visits a homeless shelter not far from Capitol Hill.

Poet and storyteller Jim Heynan tells his story about a snowbound young boy who fears snow and fantasizes about spring.

fire stock market columnist Dan Dorfman, for refusing to tell editors the names of anonymous sources he used in his stories. Dorfman also does commentary for the NBC cable television network, CNBC, which says it has no plans to fire him.

Danny talks to Washington Post reporter Susan Schmidt about the Senate Whitewater committee's decision yesterday to subpoena the White House for notes on a meeting at which the president's personal lawyers and aides discussed Whitewater. The White House has refused to release the notes, invoking Mister Clinton's attorney-client privilege. Schmidt says the matter is likely to be decided by the courts during the coming presidential election year.

Reporter Linda Gradstein reports from the funeral of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin who was gunned down last night at a rally. She describes reaction from Israeli officials and preparations for the funeral tomorrow.

Linda talks with Robin Roberts of ESPN and ABC's Wide World of Sports. The Green Bay Packers will face off against the Dallas Cowboys this weekend in the NFC Championship Game while the Pittsburgh Steelers will host the Indianapolis Colts for the AFC title. Robin reviews the two match-ups and discusses the Australian Open.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that researchers at Stanford University have proposed a new theory for why we sleep. Although many theories have been put forth in the past to explain the purpose of sleep, none has been proven. The new theory proposes that sleep is necessary to replenish energy supplies for brain cells.