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Jacki speaks with Oscar Newman, an architect and city planner at the institute for community design analysis in New York, about "defensible spaces." They're an approach to revitalizing inner city spaces by closing off neighborhoods with gates that, in effect, turn neighborhood streets into cul-de-sacs. Newman says defensible spaces have been tried in several cities with good results: they give residents a more personal and intimiate connection to their neighborhoods, which translates into safer and more vibrant living spaces.

NPR's John Greenberg reports on the changing relationship between Washington and statehouses. The republican-controlled Congress has promised states that it will reduce the number of mandates it imposes on states.

NPR's John Ydstie reports on the myths and realities of balancing the federal budget. Congress is currently debating whether to pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution.

Danny speaks with Tim Hagan, Cayahoga county commisioner in Ohio, about what the Democratic party needs to do to revitalize itself in the eyes of the American electorate.

Danny speaks with New Jersey state senator Joseph Bubba about a bill he's introduced which would fine politicians in that state for lying in campaign ads.

Joe speaks with NPR's Margot Adler about the NAACP's annual meeting in New York City. Today, members cast a vote of no confidence in the civil rights organization's current Chairman of the Board of Directors, William Gibson.

Joe talks with Richard Berkholder, the director of International Operations for the Gallup Organziation. They discuss the first ever Gallup poll taken in China, whcihc was just completed. Berkholder says some commonly held Western beliefs about China will be dispelled once people read the results of the survey.

NPR's Isabel Alegria reports on a crime prevention program in California that receives federal funds from President Clinton's crime bill--funds that are threatened by Republican members of Congress.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on a last minute U.S. and China agreement that will avert a trade war over pirated music, movies and computer software.

Jacki talks with nationally syndicated political cartoonists Tom Toles of the Buffalo News and U.S. News & World Report....and Ed Gamble of the Florida Times-Union...about the state of political cartooning today. They say today there's more material and more cartoonists than ever before.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that trade sanctions against China were announced today in retaliation for trademark infringements, after the Chinese government refused to crackdown on companies that manufacture pirate CDs, movies and computer programs.

This is the first of four reports featured this half hour about what changes the country expects from the new Republican congress to be sworn in this week. In Boston, Anthony Brooks of member station WBUR examines the promises the new congress has made to reform welfare and what it may mean to people who now depend upon it.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman examines the issue of crime in a city that barely gave it any thought until a few years ago. Now with crime on the increase, citizens in Washington State want to know what their leaders in the other Washington are going to do to make them safer.

During the mid-term elections there was a great outcry for less government in people's lives. NPR's John Burnett talks to small business owners in Texas, who hope the new Republican-majority Congress will mean less red tape.

A few resolutions we're sure to be hearing more about in '95.

Critic Bob Mondello takes this look at the new film "Ladybird, Ladybird." It is the story of an English woman who battles the state to win back her children after they were taken away from her because authorities believed she had abandoned them.

Danny visits the Library of Congress where the actual written copy of Lincoln's Gettyburg Address is on display. It's the first time in 22 years the actual address has been shown at the Library of Congress.

Many legal immigrants to the United States are rushing to get their U.S. citizenship these days. Julia McEvoy reports from Chicago that immigrants there have become concerned about their status since the passage of Proposition 187 in California and because of ongoing threats by Republicans that some benefits should be waived for legal immigrants.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that free oil shipments to North Korea are beginning in exchange for the government's abandonment of nuclear weapons. Republicans say that the deal isn't tough enough on the North Koreans.

NPR's Brook Gladstone reports on the latest events in the breakaway republic of Chechnya. Russian troops appear to be poised to occupy the capitol city of Grozny.