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Robert talks with classical guitarist Eliot Fisk. Fisk shares his life story with Robert... particularly, about how an attempt to bring the family together with music and a banjo led him to the great guitarist Andres Segovia. Now Fisk's life parallels the late Segovia and has released a recordings featuring transcriptions of Segovia's work. Eliot Fisk's latest CD is called Segovia: Canciones Populares. It's available on the Musicmasters Label. If not available at record stores locally, call J & R Music World, at 1-800-221-8180 to order.

Hans Jaap Melissen of Radio Netherlands reports on a race today which took place on the frozen canals and lakes of Holland. More than 16 thousand skaters participated in this 125 mile race which is only run when that country's network of canals freezes over.

and other members of the multinational force will be spending their second Christmas in Bosnia. But this time it will be under the auspices of SFOR, not IFOR.

against mad cow disease in the U.S. They want to stop certain leftover animal parts from being used in livestock feed sold to U.S. farmers.

NPR's Edward Lifson reports from Belgrade that the government of President Slobodan Milosevic has admitted that the Opposition Party won some of those municipal elections held last November. In a letter to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Serbian foreign minister did not concede his position on the most important elections that were annulled. The Opposition and Western diplomats say it's another Milosevic stalling tactic.

John Miller reports on the catholic bishop who is acting as intermediary in the Peru hostage crisis.

Scott talks to chef Danny Meyer, one of the country's most influential chefs, about food trends to look for in 1997.

Dan Schorr reviews the week's news.

- After days of optimistic predictions that a deal over Hebron was at hand, the chances of an agreement for an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank town once again are slipping away under a tide of mutual fingerpointing. Reporter Laurie Neff reports the sticking point now is Israel's refusal to commit itself to a timetable for further wihdrawals from the occupied territory.

and punishment of the gunmen that allegedly killed two Jewish settlers in the West Bank town of Ramallah last weekend.

Today marks the official start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports that or the third year in a row, forecasters are predicting an unusually active hurricane season.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that President Clinton, in his second term, has returned from vacation ready to stake his claim as the nation's unifier--but he may find that issues like welfare reform get in the way.