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Linda talks with a series of people about what their expectations are for the next four years, in light of yesterday's election. Some say it will be a turbulent time for the President, who will have to undergo tremendous scrutiny by a Republican-controlled Congress; others think that the President and the Congress will work together well and get a lot accomplished. There is concern about a potential downturn in the economy and that the federal deficit will increase again.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the United States seems to have shirked its role as world peacekeeper lately, and thus diminished its role as the one remaining superpower.

Two airplanes collided today in the skies over New Delhi, India, and more than 350 people are feared dead. A Saudi Boeing 747 carrying 312 passengers had just taken off from Indira Gandhi International Airport when it struck a Kazak Airlines plane trying to land with 39 people. This could be the third deadliest crash in aviation history. Lea Terhune reports from New Delhi.

reach an important teenage milestone.

Last week, California voters passed an initiative to ban preferential treatment for women and minorities in state programs. Under Proposition 209, state agencies have been ordered to end all quotas or set-asides. The vote in California has energized opponents of affirmative action in other states, where they hope to dismantle a policy that that they have long regarded as dicriminatory against men and whites. But before the anti-bias pendulum swings across the country, California's civil rights initative faces a slew of legal challeges before the new law can be put into practice. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

In honor of Veterans' Day, President Clinton speaks at a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Commentator Doug Bradley talks about his private ritual of rereading his letters and journals from Vietnam. They help him bridge the gap between his father's experiences from WWII and his own experiences from a more recent war.

Commentator Kevin Kling tells a story about the time he decided it was time to get a bike. Not a bicycle...a MOTORcycle. He takes his motorcycle out with some more experienced riders...which is to say, a bunch of bikers...and begins to find out what he's made of.

46-year long civil war can be ended on December 29th, as scheduled. Guatemala's government and a coalition of leftist rebels have agreed to meet on that date in Guatemala City and sign a peace accord. Preparations are being delayed by both sides.

whether he'll keep U.S. troops in Bosnia as part of a new NATO peacekeeping mission. Last year, the President promised to limit U.S. participation in Bosnia to twelve months, but all indications say the President will order American troops to be a part of the new force.

, legalizing the possession of marijuana. But because it is still illegal to sell or distribute the drug, people who want to distribute it for medical purposes don't know how to proceed.

to preview the college basketball season.

begins to take effect, the government is rushing to move one million welfare recipients into the job market over the next four years. President Clinton is pushing a plan that's been tried before with mixed results...tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients.

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and Minority Leader Tom Daschle about the 105th Congress, which convenes next month.

President Clinton has nominated for his national security team in his second term and the issues they will confront.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that the US-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians will get under way Tuesday as forecast, but the talks will begin with both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat meeting separaely with President Clinton before any face-to-face meeting between the two Middle East leaders can take place. Even as the meetings in Washington were being prepared, however, US administration officials were lowering expectations that even the previously-agreed-to Oslo Accords could be reactivated.

two years of ideological and budgetary attacks from Republicans in Congress, much to the dismay of conservatives.

Noah talks with Nick Thorpe, a BBC reporter in Bucharest, Romania, about the surprising results of the recent Romanian elections. A former geology professor and a political novice, Emil Constantinescu, upset the incumbent president. Now, the president-elect must try to bring the former Soviet bloc country towards a market economy. Thorpe says the populace showed deep emotion in victory rallies - of the sort Thorpe has not witnessed there since the revolution of 1989.

that they plan to join forces to create by far the world's largest aircraft maker. The new company will emerge in mid-1997, if stockholders and government regulators approve of the merger.

The town of West Hartford, Connecticut, is running out of burial space. NPR's Margot Adler reports on a novel approach to the problem, which secures more burial space while providing the living with a new spot for their picnics.

about the implications for Moscow of last night's crash of its Mars probe into the Pacific ocean.

in a sexual harassment case brought by some of its female employees. The court has ordered that all documents pertaining to the lawsuit be unsealed, ruling that the public has a right to know what happened, as long as the privacy of those accused is protected.

temporarily blocking California's implementation of Proposition 209. Passed by California voters almost six weeks ago, Proposition 209 would repeal affirmative action in the state.

Sylvia Poggioli reports from Belgrade where President Slobodan Milosevic met for the first time with demonstrators protesting his government. The meeting was preceded by the 30th straight day of marches by students who were joined today by organized labor groups. The marches began when the Milosevic government annulled election results when it appeared the ruling party was losing. Today, Milosevic promised to make sure all the election results were legal. But he also said he would not bend to what he called foreign interference in Serbian affairs.

Robert talks with Lisa Jardine, author of Worldly Goods, which looks at the Renaissance and the development of knowledge. Jardine says it was merchants and the marketplace which spurred book publishing more than scholars or the church. In Venice, commercial booksellers of the day were undercutting the prices of the books produced by the church.

The Supreme Court heard two cases today dealing with voting districts and their impact on minority voter rights and the prospects for minority candidates. One case was an appeal of a congressional map in Georgia drawn up by a three-judge panel after the Supreme Court declared an earlier plan unconstitutional. The other case relates to school board districts in Louisiana. Some opponents of districts designed to give minorities a boost argue that the re-election of a number of African-American members of Congress last month, despite their white-majority districts, proves special districts are not needed. Proponents argue that they were helped more by the advantages of incumbancy, and needed minority-majority districts to get elected in the first place. NPR's Phillip Davis reports.