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Tonight in Iowa results of the long-awaited GOP caucus will be announced. Robert talks with Hugh Weinbrenner, professor of public administration at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa about what the Iowa cuacus is all about. Professor Weinbrenner explains what happens at a caucus and why they exist.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Pastor Michael Grady in El Paso, Texas, and Dion Green in Dayton, Ohio, about the weekend in 2019 in which mass shootings in each city upended their communities.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports on the decision by the Navy to ground all F-14 fighter planes for the next three days. An F-14 Tomcat crashed in the Persian Gulf near the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz today. There were no fatalities in the crash today, but seven people died in two other F-14 crashes in recent weeks.

Jacki reports on the turmoil in the Canadian province of Ontario over budget cutbacks. The Conservative government of Premier Mike Harris has cut about 8-million dollars in spending so far in an effort to curb a 100-million dollar debt. On Friday and Saturday, tens of thousands of union workers rallied in Hamilton, Ontario to protest government policies. The province faces a strike by members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) at 12:01 Monday morning. Union offices warned the walk-outs would escalate, with as many as 55-thousand of the province's 81-thousand union workers off the job by mid-week.The chief issue in contract talks between the union and the government is job security. On Friday, the government announced an 18-percent cut in provincial hospitals and as many as 20-thousand layoffs of hospital workers during the next year.

OUR LETTERS SEGMENT THIS WEEK DEALS ENTIRELY WITH LISTENER RESPONSES TO AN AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY POLL ASKING FOR LINGUITICAL PET PEEVES, NEW WORDS AND REGIONAL EXPRESSIONS.

author of >Undaunted Courage, a profile of the Lewis and Clark expedition across the North American continent to the Pacific and back. In the second part of the interview, Ambrose talks about Merriwether Lewis, who returned a hero but whose life ended with manic depression and alcoholism.

and concludes the seemingly never-ending conflict over Northern Ireland spells trouble for the United States and Britain.

A commentary of folk singer's David Olney's third album High, Wide and Lonesome. Commentary Ann Williams syas the album is a success because of Olney's crafty blues style mixed with distinctive story telling. Tteh album is produced by Philo Records. Music reviewer Ann Williams hosts a radio program on affliate WYSO in Yellow Springs, Ohio. (5:00) [Philo Records....1-800-443-4727: Cambridg

On this last day before the New Hampshiore primary, we hear from candidates in their last appeals for votes. Bob Dole is for the little guy, Buchanan is for the unborn, Lugar is for clean campaign ads, Forbes is for a flat tax and Alexander is for fresh ideas.

We hear from a small sample of voters after they cast their votes today in Manchester.