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Fresh Air TV critic David Bianculli reviews to new sitcoms premiering on NBC tonight, "News Radio" and "Hope and Gloria."

Jacki talks with country music's Cleve Francis who until recently was the industry's only African American with a major Nashville label recording contarct. He gave up a successful career as a cardiologist in order to pursue his dream of becoming a country and western singer. His latest cd is called "You've Got Me Now" and is on the Liberty label.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr thinks there is indeed a New orld Order, but not the one former President Bush hoped for. Organized crime as taken hold, and may be taking over, in a number of countries that were ormerly communist.

Mary Jo Draper (DRAY-per) of member station CUR in Kansas City reports on the recommendaton of the Midwest Bioethics Center oncerning the extent to which children should be involved in decisions nvolving their medical treatment.

Alice Magill recalls the time ..just before her wedding when she learned why her father would not be able to give her away.

SIMON/TEAMSTERS-BASEBALL: THE TEAMSTERS, WHO REPRESENT DRIVERS FOR MANY OF THE U.S. BEER DISTRIBUTORS THAT DELIVER PRODUCTS TO 23 OF THE 26 MAJOR LEAGUE STADIUMS IN THE UNITED STATES, HAVE DECIDED NOT TO CROSS ANY PICKET LINES ORGANIZED BY STRIKING BASEBALL PLAYERS. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH TEAMSTERS UNION PRESIDENT RON CAREY.

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LISTENER MAIL.

SIMON/BERKELEY HOUSE: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH ARCHITECT EUGENE TSUI (t-SOU-ee) ABOUT A HOME HE DESIGNED AND IS CONSTRUCTING FOR HIS PARENTS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, WHICH HE SAYS IS "QUAKE-PROOF, FLOOD-PROOF, FIRE-PROOF AND TERMITE-PROOF."

Fresh Air rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews the new album "To Bring You My Love,"(Island Records) from the English band PJ Harvey. The album is being touted as the bands commercial breakthrough.

Every year residents of San Juan Capistrano expect locks of swallows to return from their winter hiatus in Argentina. They are due o arrive today. The eaves of the local mission in this southern California town ave served as swallow nesting sites for decades. NPR's Mandelit (man-duh-LEET) elBarco reports that the mission has undergone renovations that damaged the ests, and citizens are worried that the swallows will not return.

Michael Jordan returned to the National Basketball Association this afternoon. NPR's Scott Simon was at Chicago Bulls game against the Indiana Pacers and talks with Jacki about Jordan's return.

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