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Actor NICOLAS CAGE. He starred in the David Lynch film "Wild At Heart," which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Cage has also starred in the films "Birdy," "Moonstruck," "Raising Arizona," "Peggy Sue Got Married," and "Honeymoon in Vegas." This year he is getting rave reviews for his performance in the new film about an alcoholic who goes to Las Vegas to drink himself to death, "Leaving Las Vegas." (REBROADCAST from 7/

SCOTT SPEAKS NPR'S MARA LIASSON ON THE LATEST EFFORTS BY THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO RE-OPEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND TO GET FURLOUGHED WORKERS BACK ON THE JOB.

SCOTT VISITS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S OLDEST MISSIONS FOR THE DOWN-AND-OUT, WHERE STRICT RULES ARE STILL THE RULE AND LISTENING TO A STERN SERMON IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE SEEKING A MEAL.

Co-creator, executive producer and head writer of "NYPD Blue," DAVID MILCH, and Detective BILL CLARK who is a consultant to the show. CLARK is a former New York City homicide detective. Many of the story lines for the show, come from the cases he worked on. The two have collaborated on a new book, True Blue: The Real Stories Behind NYPD Blue (William Morrow).

Reporter Mike Villars reports on a follow-up meeting in Philadelphia to last month's Million Man March. Civic leaders met at a church yesterday and discussed plans to revitalize African American businesses in their city and recruit more blacks as teachers.

2: Interview with MARY TYLER MOORE continued.

ZE'EV-CHAFETS (SHAY-fetz) columnist for "The Jerusalem Report," a news magazine published in Israel. Chafets is an Israeli who grew up in Pontiac, Michigan. He was the director of the government press office under prime minister Menachem Begin. He's also the author of several novels.

2: Actor ERIC STOLTZ. He's gotten a reputation playing parts in films like "Killing Zoe," "Pulp Fiction," and "The Waterdance," "Some Kind of Wonderful," and many other films. As a child he played the disfigured boy in "Mask," and was a Sean Penn's surfing high school pal in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." He's played Helen Hunt's ex-boyfriend in the TV show "Mad About You." Currently he's starring in "Kicking and Screaming." Soon he'll be playing the insect in the upcoming film, "Fly II."

Playwright and satirist from South Africa PIETER DIRK-UYS (Peter - Durk - ACE). He has a television talk show in South Africa. DIRK-UYS' show has unusual twist. Instead of hosting his show as himself, he dresses drag as an Afrikaner dowager named Evita. His guests include such leaders as Nelson Mandela. DIRK-UYS' show is said to be "a way of making the country's leaders seem more human." (REBROADCAST from 6/

Daniel talks with astronomer Andrew Fraknoy about the making of a new star. This past week, the Hubble space telescope beamed dramatic pictures a star embryo back to earth.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews the new CD by PM Dawn, "Jesus wept."REV. : Rock historian ED WARD continues his series on cities and their contribution to music. Today''s city is Memphis.

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