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President Clinton leaves tomorrow to visit Moscow and to meet with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Daniel talks to NPR's Ann Garrels about the mood of the Russian people and the state of Russian politics. Russians find that the security of their lives under the Soviet system is gone and they are facing an uncertain future. She says that although Yeltsin is not popular, there are no political alternatives to his leadership.

Journalist STEVEN WALDMAN is National Correspondent for Newsweek. His new book The Bill: How the Adventures of Clinton's National Service Bill Reveal What is Corrupt, Comical, Cynical - and Nobel - about Washington (Viking), follows Bill Clinton's plan to revamp the college loan system, from idea to implementation. Clinton first talked about his plan during the Presidential campaign, and once he was in the White House, work began on what became AMERICORPS. WALDMAN was there for many private meetings on the subject where everyone from the President, the White House staff, the Department of Education, Congress people, National Service Reps, and student aid groups were in attendance.

Jonathan Birchall of the BBC reports from Jerusalem hat Israeli security forces have shot dead three Palestinian militants who were iding out in a cave south of Hebron. The Palestinians were believed to be embers of the group Hamas (hah-MAHS), which has carried out recent attacks on ewish settlers.

In an installment entitled "Water Street, U.S.A.," producer ulian Crandall Hollick (HAH-lick) looks at the multitude of small businesses in nd around the Bombay neighborhood of Byculla (BYE-cuh-luh), where many of the ountry's poorest residents live in makeshift huts built on the pavement. Many f the pavement dwellers make their living sewing clothes which are exported to he United States.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews the new CD by the British singer/songwriter and pianist Steve Beresford: "Steve Beresford Signals for Tea" (

Daniel talks with NPR's Martha Raddatz who will update us on the investigation surrounding the bombing of a federal office building in Oklahoma City.

Daniel talks with researcher Ferris Harvey who co-authored a labor department report on child labor in India and Pakistan. This past week, a 12 year old boy who was a vocal opponent to child labor in Pakistan, was murdered. Harvey says millions of children from Bangladesh to Brazil are forced to make many of the products, such as find rugs and carpets, that Americans have come to cherish. And though it's unclear who killed the young Iqbal Masih, Harvey says murders of child labor opponents or agitators aren't uncommon in many parts of the world.

NOW THAT EXCAVATION IS OVER AT THE FEDERAL BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA, TWO AND A HALF WEEK AFTER A BOMB BLAST KILLED 167 PEOPLE, MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE BEING HELD AT THE SITE TO HONOR THE DEAD. NPR'S KATHY LOHR REPORTS THAT PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHAT TO DO WITH THE SITE.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITHEAD reviews two new releases by saxophonist James Carter: "The Real Quietstorm" (Atlantic) and "JC on The Set," (Columbia).

Daniel talks to Buck Revell, a former FBI official, about the process by which suspects are apprehended. Although much of the nation was surprised by the speed with which Timothy McVeigh was apprehended, Revell says he is not surprised. There are computer networks that track information on explosions, terrorists, vehicles, and criminals which can be utilized quickly to find suspects.

The United Nations is reporting that perhaps as many as four thousand Rwandans have been killed at a refugee camp. Daniel talks with New York Times reporter Donatella Lorch who was at the Kibeho refugee camp when the Rwandan Army started shooting into a crowd of stampeding refugees.

2: Founder of National Empowerment Television (NET) and president of the Free Congress Foundation, PAUL WEYRICH. WEYRICH is a staunch conservative who wants to lead people out of political apathy and towards involvement and influence. The NET likes to refer to itself as C-SPAN with an attitude. And conservatives, especially Newt Gingrich who hosts his own show on the NET, are big advocates of the programming.