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Chris Arnold reports on the devasting effects that the ecent heavy rains and flooding have had on the residents of the Northern alifornia town of Guernville (GERN-ville). It's the second time this year that he town has had to deal with rising flood waters.

2: Interview with JIMMY CARTER continues. In this half, Terry talks with him about his poetry.

Music Critic MILO MILES reviews two CD anthologies of Bobby "Blue" Bland "Turn on Your Love Light" and "Pity the Fool". Bland had a number of hits on the "Black Charts" in his peak years from 1957 to 1964 with his big band blues sound. Bland still makes records and performs.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT BASKETBALL-GREAT MICHAEL JORDAN AND THE CURRENT POPULARITY OF WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL.

NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports on the efforts by lobbyists to influence the tort reform debate in Congress. This week, the House of Representatives passed a measure which limits the dollar amount that juries can award plaintiffs who sue doctors and manufacturers.

The Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum is still feeling he repercussions of a decision to scale back an exhibit featuring the "Enola ay", which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan. NPR Senior News Analyst aniel Schorr has uncovered another controversy involving a Smithsonian exhibit; his one deals with the air war in Vietnam.

2: Biographer DEIRDRE BAIR (pronounced "Bear") has written acclaimed biographies of Samuel Beckett (which won the 1981 National Book Award) and Simone de Beauvoir (listed as one of the top ten books of 1990 by The New York Times). BAIR's newest subject is writer and diarist Anais Nin. A reviewer in the Kirkus Reviews writes, "Bair's Nin emerges as the complex woman she was, a woman who inspired both wrath and passion in those whose paths crossed hers." Anais Nin: A Biography (published by G.P. Putnam).

inguist GEOFFREY NUNBERG has a review.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH MAURIZIO GALLI, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE GONDOLIERS ASSOCIATION AND A GONDOLIER OF PIAZZA SAN MARCO IN VENICE, ITALY, ABOUT THE NEW REQUIREMENT THAT GONDOLIERS WILL NOW NEED TO ATTEND A "DRIVING SCHOOL."

Essayist and attorney Nora Raum says our focus on tort reform egarding excessive damage awards may be overstated. The number of huge payments s actually quite small.

Mark Roberts reports on the lack of affordable ousing in the plush resort town of Vail, Colorado. Housing costs have forced orking people and long-time residents to move out, making the town an enclave or the rich.

NPR'S PHILLIP DAVIS REPORTS ON EFFORTS BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO AMEND FEDERAL REGULATIONS TO GIVE NEW RIGHTS TO PROPERTY OWNERS AT THE EXPENSE OF IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.