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Linda talks with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold about tomorrow's primary in South Carolina and the primaries coming up on Tuesday. They also talk about the new Republican party developing in the south, and the party as it exists in New England.

Joe Neel reports that AIDS drugs which delay complications and death in people in advanced stages of the disease are expected to be approved soon (late today or next week) by the FDA. But they're expensive -- costing as much as $7,000 a year for one drug -- and have to be taken in combination with other just as expensive drugs. So they may be beyond the reach of many people with AIDS. (7:30) 2B CUTAWAY 0:59 Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 2B 0:29 RETURN2 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 2C 12. NEW ENGLAND PRIMARY SETUP -- After Saturday's South Carolina primary, the candidates will face voters in a number of New England states on Tuesday, as well as in Colorado and Georgia. One of the states where Republicans will be voting is Connecticut, where economic insecurity and taxes are major issues. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

Noah and Linda talk about the quirky rules of the leap year, and illustrate its awesome power with a little music from Gilbert and Sullivan.(4:45) (IN S

Commentator Alan Siporin lives in Eugene, Oregon, where he wonders, after the flooding there, why only the people with property receive relief from natural disasters. He wonders why the homeless are overlooked.

in America, reports that cultural changes, especially in the role of women, are helping to widen the difference between families at the top and bottom of America's income ladder.

Commentator Jack Beatty says Clinton has done everything he can to keep American wages down. He says the re-appointment of Alan Greenspan is a disaster for the American worker...and his other recent appointments, Alice Rivlin and Laurence Meyer are champions of slow economic growth---again, the enemy of the worker.

plan aimed at addressing the economic anxiety of many Americans. The new agenda is a response to the fact that most of the issues that the GOP has been pursuing in Washington, including the Contract with America, have been all but ignored on the campaign trail.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Andy Kohut. He directs the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. They have a new national survey that suggests Pat Buchanan's populist appeal may be bringing blue collar voters into the Republican fold. But the same rhetoric that wins working class support is alienating traditional Republican voters. LIVE

Linda checks-in with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold who was with the Dole and Buchanan campaigns today -- and with Glenn Frankel who has been writing about Steve Forbes for the Washington Post... about events on the campaign trail today.

This week, the United States captured first place in the "Olympics of Bread Baking" Championships in Paris, France. Danny speaks to Tom McMahon, the Executive Director of the Bread Bakers Guild of America and a judge at the three-day event. Teams from eight countries participated in the event. McMahon says the American breads were so popular, the international judges took some home with them at the end of the competition.