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between President Clinton and Palestine Leader Yasser Arafat.

of Texas City, Texas, who is heading up an effort to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the worst industrial accident in the nation's history. 557 people were killed by a fertilizer explosion on a cargo ship...the accident still reverberates in the lives of people in Texas City.

Robert talks with Ze'ev Chaifets (HEH-fets), a columnist for the Jerusalem Report, about the allegations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the public reaction to charges that he planned to install a political ally as Israel's Attorney General.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on a major new campaign by the United Farmworkers Union. The union seemed to lose its way after the death of charismatic founder Cesar Chavez, but now it's back with a big effort to organize California's strawberry workers.

Linda talks with Vice President Al Gore and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Chief James Lee Witt about what they've seen as they tour the flood-ravaged Ohio River Valley, and what FEMA is doing to help the region recover. Waters levels continued to rise today in what's been the worst flooding along the Ohio River in three decades. Thousands have been forced from their homes and businesses, and President Clinton has declared dozens of counties in Ohio and Kentucky disaster areas.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that prominent North Korean defector Hwang Jang Yop (hwong jahng yahp) remains sheltered inside the South Korean embassy in Beijing, despite indications from North Korea that it would not try to interfere with his transfer to South Korea. South Korean analysts say part of the problem is North Korean and Chinese anger over Seoul's handling of the situation.

The BBC's Simon Ingram reports on a meeting between Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and Egypt's President Mubarak. After the meeting, Netanyahu said that a controversial plan to build apartments Jews in Arab East Jerusalem was proposed to ease a housing shortage. President Mubarek was not convinced.

on the the trial of Oklahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh. Today the prosecution begins presenting its evidence and calling witnesses. They are expected to open with sound and video of the destruction of the Murrah Federal Building.

, a reporter for the Moscow Times, about this week's murder of the head of Russia's Ice Hockey Federation. The National Hockey League pays the Federation a great deal of money to allow Russian players to play in North America...this wealth may have attracted the attention of the Russian mafia and led to this killing.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports on another blow to the tobacco industry today. A federal judge in North Carolina ruled that the Food and Drug Administration has legal jurisdiction to regulate tobacco sales and distribution. However, the judge sided with the tobacco industry when he ruled that the FDA jurisdiction did not extend to cigarette advertising and promotion. Tobacco companies plan to appeal the ruling.