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A sound montage of this past week's news including President linton and Noa Ben-Artzi, the granddaughter of slain Prime Minister Yitzak abin at the funeral; Colin Powell and a supporter; House Speaker Newt Gingrich, enator Bob Dole and White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta.

Daniel reads from....listener's letters!

Critic STEVE VINEBERG reviews a new film version of Shakespeare''s "Othello." It stars Laurence Fishburne as Othello, and Kenneth Brannagh (BRAN - UH) as Iago.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on the day's negotiations on Capitol Hill over reopening the federal government. The White House today responded to an offer presented by Republicans last night..with its own counter offer. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers nationwide have been furloughed since Monday.

Writer JOE KANE talks about his new book Savages (Knopf 1995) It's his first hand account on the confrontations between Amazonian warriors and multi-national oil companies, environmentalists and missionaries. Kane writes about the Huoarani (Wow-rahn-nee) tribe's fight for its culture and environment. Kane's earlier book Running the Amazon was a 1989 New York Times best-seller

Jacki talks with Robert Dallek, professor of history at U-C-L-A. Ever since the Republican party took over the Congress, it has been intent on reducing the federal government's role and increasing the authority of states. Dallek says the trend toward "state's rights" is not a new one, it just fell out of favor during the Depression of the 1930's.

Jacki talks with Professor Peter Pellet, head of the Nutrition Department at the University of Massachusetts, about a report he helped write on malnutrition in Iraq. He recently returned from a Iraq with a group that was given free reign to travel throughout the country. He says they discovered that millions of people are malnourished in Iraq and he blames the UN sanctions for the worsening situation. He says because Iraq cannot sell its oil, it cannot buy the food its people need.

Liane Hansen speaks with NPR's Michael Goldfarb about the current ituation in Bosnia. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke ontinues his travels trying to bring the warring factions together. This orning, he acknowledged that a wide rift remains.

Actor JASON ROBARDS. He's 73 years old and he's been acting for 50 of those. He won an Oscars for his performance as Ben Bradlee in "All the President's Men," and Dashiell Hammett in "Julia." In 1956 ROBARDS first came to the attention of the critics with his performance in Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh." His performance helped define the role for a generation. It also began ROBARDS collaboration with director Jose Quintero, resurrecting the works of O'Neill. ROBARDS is currently performing in New York in Harold Pinter's new play "Moonlight." In January he'll open in "Molly Sweeney" the new Brian Friel play.

Host Liane Hansen is joined by Carl Cannon, White House orrespondent for the Baltimore Sun newspaper, and Fred Barnes, reporter for the eekly Standard magazine, to discuss some of the major issues in this week's ews. Topics include sending U.S. ground troops to Bosnia, the budget debate etween Capitol Hill and the White House, and the mail-in election in Oregon

Liane Hansen speaks with Ralph Bronner, the son of Rabbi Dr. manuel H. Bronner who made a name for himself as a maker of soap products. Most ften found in alternative and health shops, Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap ecame famous not only for the soap itself, but for the label, which is am-packed with religious and philosophical precepts.

Today is Frank Sinatra's 80th birthday. So we've brought a number of people on the show to comment on Sinatra's life and work: NANCY SINATRA, Sinatra's daughter. She's recorded a few hits of her own including "These Boots are Made for Walking," and "Something Stupid," the duet she recorded with her father. NANCY SINATRA has written a book about her father, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend (General Publishing Group). NANCY SINATRA has a new album too, (her first in 20 years) "One More Time." (Cougar records).