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CIO - Jacki talks to Michael Kazin - a labor historian at The American University about the AFL-CIO conference that just concluded in Bal Harbour, Florida. At that meeting AFL-CIO leader of 16 years Lane Kirkland was challenged and unionists are hinting at a possible replacement. Kazin discusses the state of the Labor movement and the future of the AFL-CIO.

Jacki talks to Margerie Rosen about the popualar Lady's Home Journal column "Can this marriage be saved" and her new book.

Jacki speaks with Professor Dirk Vandewalle of Dartmouth College..and Algerian artist TAhar Bouqeterie about the recent violence in Algeria. More than 30-thousand people have been killed in that conflict.

Maria Hinojosa reports that law enforcement is increasingly relying on the use of informants to catch people suspected of crimes. The problem is that often those informants have criminal records themselves and have been known to lie to law enforcement about what they've discovered, which, in some instances has meant that innocent people have been dragged through criminal proceedings.

Daniel talks with NPR's Maria Hinojosa, who covered the economic and refugee crises in Cuba six months ago and returned to the island recently to find significant changes in both Cuba's economy and mood. State-sanctioned farmers' markets are flourishing, food is plentiful and Cubans appear upbeat, Hinojosa says. But with the Castro dictatorship still in power, these changes have no legal protection.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that researchers now say the moon, which already affects so much of our lives, actually warms the temperature here on earth. And while earthlings may not notice this slight distinction - scientists have certaintly enjoyed looking into it.

Jacki talks with two University of Maryland students. Both Black and both the recipients of scholarships that target African American students. While both are benefit from the scholarship, they sharply disagree on the merit of such programs and on affirmative action programs in general.

Jacki talks with Iowa Congressman Jim Leach. Leach has spent much of his career tackling issues and escaping political pratfalls. Now the Congressman has been inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Critic Bob Mondello reviews the new Australian film 'Muriel's Wedding' and Ireland's 'Circle of Friends' which he feels have some similar traits.

Jacki recently visited the Japanese music group the Kodo Drummers as they prepared for a concert at the Kennedy Center. We have this sound moment of the drummers.

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.

Jacki talks to Bernard McMahon about the relationship between the CIA and the Congressional committees created to oversee the spy agency. McMahon, who as worked for both the CIA and the Congress, says that in terms of budget and management, the CIA does not mind Congress looking over its shoulder, but when it comes to operations, relations can be tense.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on the fact that two out of three households cannot afford a computer. Experts say the technology gap between the haves and have nots is a growing problem for the nation's workforce.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Daniel talks with brain surgeon Richard Fraser of New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center about the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's assassination 130 years ago Friday. Fraser maintains that the bullet John Wilkes Booth fired would have disabled the president but need not have killed him. Shoddy medical care, even by nineteenth century standards, served only to worsen the dire situation.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the latest in the investigation of the bombing last week in Oklahoma city. Authorities are pursuing leads across the country in an effort to find the suspect John Doe #2 and any others with potential links to the blast.

Daniel speaks with NPR's Andy Bowers about today's presidential elections in France. Conservative Paris mayor Jacques Chirac defeated socialist candidate Lionel Jospin by a clear margin in this second round of French balloting.

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.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the legacy of the superpower "proxy" war in Afganistan. During the 1980's Afganistan's Mujahadeen captured world attention with it's ragtag resistence to the Soviet invasion. For the past three years the Mujahadeen have been fighting each other.

25 years ago today 2 people were killed and 11 injured when Mississippi highway patrol officers opened fire on black students at Jackson State University. NPR's David Molpus remembers the events of that day and finds that today's highway patrol is very different.

Fifty years ago this coming week American and Russian troops cut Adolph Hitler's Third Reich in two. So this weeks For The Record features the BBC's Edward Ward reporting in very high spirits from Torgau, Germany the site of the April 25th historic meeting.