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Writer PHILIP ROTH. best known for his books, Goodbye, Columbus, and Portnoy's Complaint, has won this year's National Book Award for fiction for his new novel Sabbath's Theater. ROTH has been criticized in the past for his treatment of Jewish themes. Some readers think his satirical take in his writing is anti-Semitic. His book Portnoy's Complaint, (1969) a sexual autobiography of a young lawyer, was labeled obscene by some because of its descriptions of masturbation and sexual conquest. Though the literary critics liked it, "a deliciously funny book, absurd and exuberant, wild and uproarious." Other books include his autobiography, The Facts, and a portrait of his father, Patrimony: A True Story, (1989) and Operation Shylock. Roth has also edited the Writers from Other Europe series for Penguin Books. (Originally aired 3/10/93)REV: TV Critic DAVID BIANCULLI previews next week's Beatles documentary. The six hour series features new music by the Beatles. The recordings use archive tape of John Lennon.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH AN "ESSENTIAL" WASHINGTON D-C GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE ABOUT HOW HE'S ABLE TO DO HIS WORK WHEN FEW OTHERS ARE AROUND (IT'S SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, BRUCE BABBITT.)

A federal appeals court ruled today that the sexual harassment suit filed by a former Arkansas state employee against President Clinton can proceed. The president's lawyers had asked the court not to require a sitting president to testify under oath. The 3-judge panel ruled that a president is not immune from civil suits for his unofficial acts. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

FELICE PICANO talks about losing 74 friends to AIDS. He recently came across a list with 75 people who attended his 40th birthday party in 1984. All but one....who is unaccounted for have died from AIDS.

SALLY WATT REPORTS ON A COMMUNITY IN FLORIDA THAT WAS A RESORT HAVEN FOR BLACK AMERICANS DURING SEGREGATION. "AMERICAN BEACH," AS IT'S CALLED, IS NOW IN DISREPAIR... IT'S FUTURE UNCERTAIN.

Danny visits with actor Mary Tyler Moore at her home in Manhattan. They talk about her new book, an autobiography. MTM says she's not at all like the characters she portrayed on TV.

South African playwright and actor ATHOL FUGARD. For years FUGARD fought apartheid on the stage in his plays including "My Children! My Children," "The Blood Knot," (in which he put a black actor alongside a white actor on the same stage) and "Sizwe Banzi is Dead." For his efforts FUGARD's passport was revoked, and he was put under virtual house arrest from 1967-1971. His new play "Valley Song" is his first play in the post-apartheid Africa.

Television anchor and author ROBERT MACNEIL. He steps down tonight as co-anchor of the PBS news show The MacNEIL/Lehrer NewsHour. Terry talked with him this week. We'll hear that interview and one from 1985. His books include, Wordstruck, a memoir that explores the roots of MacNeil's fascination with language and the best-selling The Story of English.

T.V. critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews "Bye Bye Birdie," a three hour TV version of the 1960 stage musical. It airs on ABC Sunday night.

Former French Socialist President Francois (FRA

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that the big blizzard has brought business throughout the region to a standstill. For northeastern retailers, the storm comes on top of several weeks of bad weather that has kept shoppers at home.