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Robert talks with Ze'ev Chaifets (HEH-fets), a columnist for the Jerusalem Report, about the allegations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the public reaction to charges that he planned to install a political ally as Israel's Attorney General.

Floating :30 I.D 12:35 and 12:45]Performance poet SEKOU SUNDIATA (SAY-coo SOON-de-ah-ta). A Village Voice critic once wrote of SUNDIATA, ". . . like Billie Holiday, Sundiata surprises with images and tumbling phrases that blend with subtle rhythmic variations." Although he's an established and respected artist, he's just completed his debut CD, "The Blue Oneness of Dreams" (Mouth Almighty Records/Mercury). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE END OF THE

New York...NPR's Barbara Mantel profiles first-year teacher Christa Cobelli as she struggles to maintain order in her seventh grade classroom.

Commentator Bob Deans says women's basketball has done a lot for girls, who now know that you don't have to wear a bikini to get into Sports Illustrated. He should know as he nears the end of a satisfying year coaching his young daughter's basketball team.

The city of Grand Forks, North Dakota has literally been inundated in the flooding that has paralyzed the northern plains. Ray talks with evacuee Lynn Wooten and Red Cross worker Tim Manatt from a rescue center at the Grand Forks Air Force Base. Wooten says her boyfriend didn't want to leave their apartment until the very last minute. Manatt says several of the kids at the resuce center built a little bowling alley to ease the boredom.

on the the trial of Oklahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh. Today the prosecution begins presenting its evidence and calling witnesses. They are expected to open with sound and video of the destruction of the Murrah Federal Building.

companies from the Northeast and Middle Atlantic, NYNEX and Bell Atlantic, has been given a green light by the Justice Deaprtment. The companies claim the deal will allow them to improve their services and move into new fields like video, but consumer groups think the merger will reduce competition and raise prices.

, a reporter for the Moscow Times, about this week's murder of the head of Russia's Ice Hockey Federation. The National Hockey League pays the Federation a great deal of money to allow Russian players to play in North America...this wealth may have attracted the attention of the Russian mafia and led to this killing.

The trial of Oklahoma bombing suspect began this week with opening statements by the prosecution and the defense. Scott speaks with NPR's Wade Goodwin, who's covering the trial.

about trial of an army drill sergeant at the Aberdeen training center who is charged with several rapes and other sexual assaults. The prosecution is expected to rest its case Thursday.

are protesting alleged harassment by Chicago police during last year's Democratic National Convention. They filed a lawsuit yesterday claiming the city's police violated a 15-year-old court order limiting surveillance and prohibiting potentially abusive tactics. Just last month, the city asked that the court order be relaxed, saying it has hampered police investigations of gangs and drug traffickers.

in Kinshasa as Laurent Kabila's rebels remain confident of their eventual victory and President Mobutu Sese Seko refuses to concede power. Prospects for a proposed face to face meeting in South Africa 's Julie McCarhty reports on the potential for change in North Korea. The Stalinist nation is in the twin grips of starvation and repression...some analysts think a coup d'etat is imminent, others think the army will defend the regime against any uprising. South Korea and the United States, meanwhile, are providing food aid in the hope of easing what they see as the North's inevitable transition.