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who change jobs or get laid off, to maintain their health insurance. Two of the bill's sponsor, Republican Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas, and Democrat Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, are trying to move it onto the Senate floor for a vote.

Danny speaks with Ann Marie Riley, a Catholic Relief Services worker based in the African country, Burundi. They discuss the escalating violence between ethnic Hutu and Tutsi in Burundi, which threatens the country with a genocide like that which took place in neighboring Rwanda nearly two years ago.

about her new book on figure-skating and her concerns that the event's governing body isn't doing enough to make young male competitors aware of the dangers of AIDS.

Linda Gradstein reports on Israeli reaction to King Hussein of Jordon's first official visit to Israel. As Israel and Syria negotiate a peace treaty, the King's visit sends the signal that Jordan supports warm relations between the Arab states and Israel.

NPR's Vicky Que examines the rationale for barring individuals infected with the AIDS virus from serving in the military. Like other service personnel with diabetes, cancer and other diseases, they are not deployed for combat or overseas duty. But they are healthy, can still perform their tasks and do not necessarily represent a risk to other soldiers.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the Senate debate today on the stopgap spending bill to keep the federal government operating through March 15th

has completely shutdown air traffic on the eastern seaboard.

lead forecaster for the National Weather Service, about how this storm compares with previous ones.

Open Tennis Tournament, which concluded over the weekend. Boris Becker won the Men's competition, and Monica Seles the Women's. It was Becker's first win in a Grand Slam event since 1991, and Seles' first since she was stabbed three years ago.

a writer for Popular Photography magazine, about a new photo system being developed jointly by Kodak, Canon, Minolta, Nikon, and Fuji. The Advanced Photo System, or APS, will provide a more foolproof means of taking good pictures. It includes a new type of film, packed in a light-proof cartridge, a smaller camera, and other high-tech features not available currently on even the most expensive 35-mm cameras. Photo labs will have to buy costly electronic processing equipment that can read information encoded on each roll of film.

impasse has been put behind us or not and what's next for Congress once it gets past the budget.

NPR's Mike Shuster in Sarajevo reports on problems facing Sarajevo as it nears another important mile-post under the Bosnian peace plan. The Serb suburbs of the city are to be handed over to the Bosnian government this coming weekend under the supervision of an international civilian police force. However, the deployement of those police is slow and crime is on the rise.

Robert Siegel speaks with Stanley Hoffman, a professor of the civilization of France at Harvard University, about the late Francois Mitterrand. Mr. Hoffman discusses Mitterrand's efforts toward European integration and his gradual move from the right to the left.

We remember bluegrass fiddler Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise who died this week at the age of 80.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with Alex Crosby, a medical epidemiologist at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, and author of a new report on suicide and the elderly. After many years of declining rates of suicide among persons 65 and older, the rates have started to increase.

Linda Gradstein reports on the trial of confessed assassin Yigal Amir, who drew gasps from court spectators when he was handed a gun to demonstrate how he was tackled after shooting Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Excerpts from today's funeral at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, in Paris.

of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, about the best ways to clear away all the snow.

about the reasons behind the President's trip to Bosnia today. They also discuss the historical precedents for chiefs of staff going abroad to visit the troops.

Linda talks with Thomas Bartlett, editor-in-chief of Baylor University's campus newspaper, "The Lariat." Bartlett describes the excitement among students over the impending change in the traditional Baptist univeristy's 150-year injunction against dancing.

Today's budget talks have been suspended. Robert Siegel speaks with NPR's Mara Liasson from the White House and Peter Kenyon from Capitol Hill about the why the negotiaitions broke down. Budget negotiators gathered again at the White House today, amid reports from both sides that the talks are on the verge of ending, either with a balanced budget agreement or a failure. Republicans had been hinting that, if they can't reach a settlement with President Clinton, they will bypass him and cut a deal with congressional Democrats to cut spending and taxes.

(host copy) Poet Joseph Brodsky died today. The Russian exile, who lived in New York, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987. He went on to become the U.S. Poet Laureate. We'll hear Brodsky read his poem, "Bosnia Tune."

Daniel remembers the Challenger explosion, which took place ten years ago today. He speaks with Karen Colby, a former student of astronaut Christa McAuliffe who is now a teacher in New Hampshire; and with Gene Kranz, who was at mission control for NASA when the explosion took place.

Lynne Terry reports that in advance his visit to the United States, French President Jacques Chirac called an early end to his government's controversial series of underground nuclear tests in the South Pacific. Saying that the tests guarantee a "viable and modern defense," he announced that the sixth test would be the last.

Robert talks with Nicholas Scoppetta, who has served as a New York State prosecutor, deputy mayor, and commissioner for Investigations under two New York City mayors. He has been appointed by mayor Rudolph Giuliani to lead a new agency overseeing child welfare.