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Robert talks to the Washington Post's Jim Rupert, who is in Kiev, about the fires near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The plant is the site of the world's worst nuclear accident that occured 10 years ago. Officials fear the fires may carry radioactive particles into the air that could be spread beyond the 18-mile exclusion zone around the plant.

Ron Brown's resume shows a list of firsts, including first African American chairman of a major political party, first African American manager of a presidential campaign and first African American partner at his Washington law firm. NPR's Mara Liasson has a profile.

SCOTT AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT OFFER THEIR PREDICTIONS FOR THE MAJOR BASEBALL SEASON, WHICH OFFICIALLY BEGAN THIS WEEK.

Shoko Asahara, the leader of Japan's doomsday sect Aum Shin Rikyu, goes on trial tomorrow on murder charges for the nerve gas attacks on Tokyo's subways last year. As NPR's Julie McCarthy reports, the attacks have shattered the image of Tokyo as a peaceful place and cast doubts on the abilities of the city's world-renowned police department.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI THE DEATH THIS WEEK OF SECRETARY OF COMMERCE RON BROWN, WHO WAS ON A MISSION TO THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA.

ANNE GARRELS VISITS PIONEERKSAYA IN THE CRIMEA TO SPEAK WITH SOME OF THE TATARS THAT HAVE RETURNED TO THE REGION AFTER BEING EXPELLED FROM CRIMEA BY STALIN IN 1943 AND 1944.

Commentator Alan Cheuse reviews a new novel about life in a Chicago home for the mentally ill. It's called Life in teh Rainbow by Richard Horan. (Steerforth Press)

President CLinton is expected to speak at the Commerce Department about Commerce Secretary Ron. Brown, whose played crashed today in in the Adriatic.

Commentator David Crystal says poets aren't the only ones to invent new ways of describing the world.

things are looking good for a second term for President Clinton. And -- if this election plays out like the others since World War Two, look for Clinton to win by an even larger margin than 1992.