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CARUSO: ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST LIVE BROADCAST OF AN OPERATIC EVENT --- WE PLAY THE SONG ENRICO CARUSO SANG THAT DAY FROM THE STAGE OF THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY

British filmmaker KATE BLEWETT. Using a concealed camera, BLEWETT and crew visited eleven state-funded orphanages in China and filmed in nine of them. They documented such things as toddlers whose hands and legs were tied to potty chairs all day, and the rooms where children are left to die. They also say that many of the children were girls, victims of China's One Child Policy, and the Chinese tradition that favors sons over daughters. "The Dying Rooms: China's Darkest Secret" debuts on CINEMAX (Jan 24 at 8 PM).

Candidate Phil Gramm stumping in Mesa, Arizona at the rotary club. He says he wants less government and more freedom. He thinks Washington has too much say about how people run their lives. He wants to balance the budget by setting priorities and by saying no, when no is the right answer. As president he says he'll use the line item veto.

Linda talks with Dr. William Hagland, sr. forensic anthropologist for Physicians for Human Rights. He tells about his work to exhume bodies in the village of Kibuye, where Tutsis were slaughtered inside a church in April of 1994. Hagland's team of scientific investigators are gathering data for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

Five years ago this weekend, the U.S. was about to go to war with Iraq. For the record, we play excerpts from the Congressional debate that preceded a vote authorizing President George Bush to use force. We hear from republican Robert Michel, who was Senate Minority Leader; and from Congressman John Lewis, a democrat from Georgia.

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Dead Man Walking."

Winter weather can sometimes bring out the poetry in people's ouls. Producer Julian Crandall Hollick and his wife Martine shovelled five feet f snow this week, but were able to pause and observe the ryhthms of life by atching cardinals in their back yard.

are expected to allow mass grave sites around Srebrenica to be excavated. Bosnian Serbs overran the Muslim town in July 1995, expelling over 20,000 women and children. Up to 8,000 men are still unaccounted for and many are feared killed or held captive.

for the Republican nomination.

NPR's Peter Overby reports that Lamar Alexander and other candidates have used non-profit groups to help boost their profiles with voters and fundraisers before officially announcing their candidacies. Alexander's supporters set up a satellite network to broadcast shows featuring Alexander and his GOP philosophy to party activists around the country. The network was not subject to campaign finance limits, but brought in big donations.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on President Clinton's trip to Bosnia where the President spoke to U.S. troops now serving there. Shuster also spoke with troops who say they're glad to be involved in the Bosnia mission.

LIANE HANSEN