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Noah speaks with Chris Hasset, president and CEO of Pointcast, a San Francisco company that has developed a computer screensaver that can deliver news and information.

RECORD SNOW HAS FALLEN ON PARTS OF THE MIDWEST. MICHAEL MORAN REPORTS FROM DES MOINES.

SCOTT REMEMBERS WRITER HAROLD BRODKEY WHO DIED YESTERDAY.

NPR's John Burnett continues his report on Herman Wrice's war on drugs.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on reaction to a report showing that 40 percent of black men in California were under some sort of criminal justice control last year. The rate is four times that for Latinos and eight times the rate for white men. Some blame an unfair system, especially with higher penalties for crack cocaine offenses. Others say the numbers reflect who's committing the crimes.

Commentator Mickey Edwards says Pat Buchanan cannot lead the Republican Party to victory in November. He says the party had better wake up to that fact and nominate somebody who is electable, or face the probability of another four years of Bill Clinton in the White House.

programs abroad. The House of Representatives wants to reduce such funding by more than a third, unless abortion is restricted. The Senate and Clinton administration oppose the cuts and restrictions on the grounds that they endanger the lives of thousands of women and children in poor countries.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that Texas Sen. Phil Gramm announced today that he would end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination after placing fifth in Monday's Iowa caucuses. Gramm's bid for the presidency was marked by an impressive fundraising and organizational effort, but his fiscally and socially conservative message never struck a chord with many voters. The question now is where his supporters will go -- to Pat Buchanan, who is expected to attract many of the social conservatives who backed Gramm, or to Bob Dole, who has a similar committment to balancing the federal budget.

Linda talks to James Perry, political reporter with the Wall Street Journal about the New Hampshire primary. Perry says this should have been a golden moment in the Republican revolution might the candidates have missed the opportunity.

Robert talks with Youssef Ibrahim (YOO-seff EE-brah-heem), a correspondent in the Paris bureau of the New York Times, about the return today of two senior Iraqis to Baghdad from Amman, Jordan. Hussein Kamel Hassan (hoo-SANE KAH-mel HAH-sahn), his brother Saddam Kamel and their wives, who are daughters of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, defected to Jordan last August. Hussein Kamel ran Iraq's secret military program and called for the overthrow of the Iraqi government. President Saddam Hussein today pardoned the brothers upon their return to Iraq.