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GOVERNORS: NPR'S JON GREENBERG REPORTS ON THIS WEEK'S MEETING BETWEEN GOP CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND THE NATION'S REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS.

Joe talks with Richard Berkholder, the director of International Operations for the Gallup Organziation. They discuss the first ever Gallup poll taken in China, whcihc was just completed. Berkholder says some commonly held Western beliefs about China will be dispelled once people read the results of the survey.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on last night's vote for NAACP hairperson. Board chairman William Gibson, who has been accused of misspending he organization's money, was ousted by Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain ivil rights organizer Medgar Evars.

Joe speaks with NPR's Margot Adler about the NAACP's annual meeting in New York City. Today, members cast a vote of no confidence in the civil rights organization's current Chairman of the Board of Directors, William Gibson.

NPR's Isabel Alegria reports on a crime prevention program in California that receives federal funds from President Clinton's crime bill--funds that are threatened by Republican members of Congress.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on this morning's Israeli abinet meeting at which it was decided to extend Israel's three-week-old losing of the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip.

NPR'S BRIAN NAYLOR REPORTS ON THE REPUBLICANS' EFFORTS TO GET THEIR BEARINGS AS THEY ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT THE PROMISES IN THEIR CONTRACT FOR AMERICA.

HOST SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH GENTLEMEN'S QUARTERLY MAGAZINE BUSINESS COLUMNIST JOE NOCERA (NOH-SAIR'-RUH) ABOUT THIS WEEK'S DEBUT OF TWO TELEVISION NETWORKS: WARNER BROTHERS AND UNITED PARAMOUNT.

WEEKEND EDITION WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR TALKS WITH DAVID GERGEN, FORMER SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT, ABOUT THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY'S PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS.

NPR'S HOWARD BERKES REPORTS ON THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO RESTORE WOLVES TO PARTS OF WYOMING AND IDAHO.

SCOTT TALKS WITH STEVE BLASCO ABOUT RESEARCHERS' DISCOVERY OF WHAT LED TO THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC: BRITTLE METAL. THE DETAILS APPEAR IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE OF "POPULAR SCIENCE."

WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT REVIEWS THIS WEEK'S AGREEMENT BETWEEN NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYERS AND CLUB OWNERS, WHICH ENDED THEIR THREE-AND-A-HALF MONTH OLD LABOR DISPUTE.