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WE PLAY EXCERPTS FROM A BENEFIT PERFORMANCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER IN WASHINGTON D.C. WHERE FOUR REPUBLICAN SENATORS SANG IN HARMONY. THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE SENATE BARBERSHOP QUARTET.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Carl Cannon of the Baltimore un and Fred Barnes of The Standard about some issues in this past week's news, ncluding the Republican Medicare plan; proposed budget cuts; the possibility of ending U.S. troops to Bosnia; and Louis Farrakhan's "Million Man March".

Liane talks with Vincent Cannistraro, former Chief of ounter-terrorism at the CIA, about the rise of domestic terrorism in the U.S., nd the efforts by the FBI at combatting it.

The citizens of Quebec vote tomorrow on whether to secede from Canada. NPR's Jacki Lyden reports from Montreal on the last weekend of the campaign that could split Canada apart.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. 7:33 This week's challenger is from Birnam Wood, Wisco

T.V. critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews two new shows this fall: "Murder One" which premieres on ABC tonight, and "American Gothic" on CBS Friday Night. REV. : Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ REV.S a new reissue of the original soundtrack for The Wizard of Oz, a 2-CD set that includes some music never used in the film. (

Composer PHILIP GLASS. His latest work is a new score for the 1946 Jean Cocteau film adaptation of "La Belle et la Bete" ("Beauty and the Beast"). GLASS' score includes four voices who sing a libretto, based on the screenplay. GLASS has toured the live music-film event in Europe and the United States. One reviewer called it "a beautiful, superbly integrated work." (Time, Dec. 19, 1994). (The score is available on Nonesuch Rec

Typically, Russian tourists spend their holidays along the oast of the Black Sea. Joel Seidman reports from Turkey that affluent Russians ave changed their routes, and are instead taking their vacations at resorts long the shores of the Mediterranean.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that scientists think they may have discovered a planet, outside our solar system, orbiting around a star, much as the earth orbits around our sun. It would be the first-ever discovery of its kind.

Host Danny Zwerdling talks with Tom McMillen, co-chair of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. McMillen says that government has created an elite sports structure in America. He says the result is too much money for superstar athletes and not enough money for the average kid. Studies indicate that obesity is a major problem for children and teenagers in America - and it's getting worse.

Voices in the news this past week, including, from the illion Man March: a stage announcer, Louis Farrakhan, and two march articipants...also, FBI Director Louis Freeh; Rep. Richard Burr (R/NC) and resident Clinton on the Medicare Bill; and journalist Robert MacNeil on his etirement.

The first of a series of discussions on racial relations in his country. Liane Hansen speaks this week with Bell Hooks, author of "Killing age, Ending Racism," and Clarence Page, syndicated columnist for the Chicago ribune about the legacy of the l964 Civil Rights Act, and some possible olutions to racial tension. Interior to the segment is a commentary from eekend Edition essayist Patricia Raybon about a parallel between the bible and ast week's Million Man March.