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STAMBERG/RENT A FORT: HOST SUSAN STAMBERG TALKS WITH GARY JOHNSON, GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO, ABOUT WHY HIS STATE WANTS TO RENT OUT FORT STANTON, A THIRTEEN-HUNDRED ACRE GARRISON BUILT IN 1855.

Daniel talks to Canadian Health Minister Diane Marleau about the Canadian policies to restrict tobacco advertising. The Canadian government requires large health warnings on each package of cigarettes, imposes high taxes on cigarettes, and bans tobacco advertising. Marleau says that results are mixed... tobacco companies try to get around the advertising restrictions, people travel to the U.S. to buy cheaper cigarettes, and studies about the effectivness of the ban in reducing smoking do not show definitively that smoking among young people has declined.

Daniel talks with Pastor Karen Young, from the Allen Chapel AME church in Wheaton, Maryland. The church is kicking off a national program to improve the immunization rate of African American children which lags behind the national average. The program, called "First Wives" is being initiated through the wives of pastors all over the country because, they believe, it is the women who are most concerned with childcare.

NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS FROM MOSCOW ON RUSSIA'S COSSACKS....THE KEEPERS OF THE FAITH.

Daniel talks with NPR's Tom Gjelten about the death of three top U.S. officials today on a muddy road near Sarajevo in Bosnia. The three men were architects of the Clinton administration's policy towards Bosnia. They died in what Clinton called a "tragic accident" when their vehicle rolled off the road.

Daniel speaks with Roland Roome, who's with the aid organization CARE, in Kigali, Rwanda. They talk about conditions in Rwanda now that the massacres there have been over for a while. Roome says things in Kigali, the capital, are much improved, but adds that in the countryside, people still fear a return of violence.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THIS YEAR'S MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PENNANT RACE, ONLY THIS YEARS' RACES ARE NOT FOR THE TOP SPOT.

Today the President and Mrs. Clinton defended the administration's decision to send the First Lady to the UN Women's conference in China. That decision, announced yesterday, came after China expelled American human rights activist Harry Wu. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports from Ames, Iowa on a straw poll republicans are holding this evening in which they'll cast ballots for members of their party who want to be president. Anybody can vote if they buy a $25 ticket.

This is a poem by Mark O'Brien called "Object of Desire". It is read by Tom Cole and Deborah Williams because O'Brien's vocal capabilities are restricted due to his reliance on an iron lung.