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NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on President Clinton's improved chances of winning the state of Florida in November.

Scott talks with former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.

Scott reads letters from listeners.

The Army has announced that three more noncommissioned officers are charged with sexual misconduct. NPR's Martha Raddatz tells Noah that the latest cases come out of Fort Leonard Wood, a major training facility in Missouri. The charges include consensual sex with trainees, and indecent assault. The Army says the cases did not come to light through the complaint hotline set up to find possible victims at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. At that facility, five trainers face charges ranging from rape to improperly sending love notes to trainees.

At today's luncheon at the National Press Club, Better Living advocate Martha Stewart confirmed that she enjoys vacuuming, and says she's looking for a modern sculpture she has heard about that is a marble rendering of an Electrolux vacuum cleaner. We hear the question and response and try to locate the piece she is referring to.

Robert talks with Jeffrey Rosen, legal affairs correspondent for the New Republic magazine. They discuss the friend-of-the-court brief submitted by the American Medical Association today to the Supreme Court which opposed physician-assisted suicide, and what this brief means for both the issue of assisted suicide, and for healthcare providers nationwide.

Employees who retired thinking that they were covered by lifetime health care benefits are saying that companies, like Pabst Brewery, are not living up to their promises. The companies say they never offered guaranteed lifetime benefits. With companies cutting back to save money, Labor Secretary Robert Reich says the government is reviewing the benefit packages to determine if the contracts should be enforced or if employees were fully informed about what they were offered. Joanne Silberner reports.

He's the man who wrote "Blue Suede Shoes," the hit song sung by Elvis Presley which became the first Sun label record to sell over a million copies. CARL PERKINS has also written the songs, "Matchbox," "Honey Don't," and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" which have been recorded by the Beatles. PERKINS is the pioneer of a style of music called Rockabilly, which is described as "a country man's song with a black man's rythm." PERKINS, born in Tennessee, learned to play guitar from his uncle and formed a band with his two brothers before touring the South with Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. It was Cash who gave Perkins the idea for the song, "Blue Suede Shoes." PERKINS has just written a new book, entitled "Go, Cat, Go!"(Hyperion) in which he talks about his career. (He also has a new CD of the same title on Dinosaur Entertainment.

on a school board race in that state that was decided by a toss of a coin. Two candidates for the Limestone County school board were tied.

Bob Dole has placed on the issue of illegal immigration, while campaigning in California. Advocates for immigrants say it's possible Dole's strategy could backfire motivating naturalized citizens to vote Democratic.

The Immigration and Naturalization Service says it deported a record 67-thousand illegal aliens in the fiscal year that ended last month. But, critics say in another area the INS has been sloppy, allowing tens of thousands of aliens to become naturalized citizens despite their criminal records. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports.

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