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Marianne McCune of member station WNYC reports that a new committee appointed to decide the future of Ellis Island is pushing to transform several crumbling buildings on the south side of the island into a center for tourists, scholars and world leaders.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports that George W. Bush made a campaign stop in Little Rock Arkansas yesterday. The Texas Governor toured a youth center, and later attended a fund raising dinner.

Host Madeleine Brand talks to Alexander Pikayev, an expert on Russian defense policy at the Carnegie Center in Moscow about attempts to rescue the sailors trapped in a Russian nuclear submarine on the seabed in the Arctic circle.

Janet Heimlich reports Texas authorities are taking a "softly, softly" approach to a stand-off with a family at the center of a custody dispute. The family has barricaded itself into a homestead on 47 acres in a remote area of eastern Texas. The family is drawing support from militia groups.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California. President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will address the convention tonight on a huge custom-made stage inside the Staples Center.

Commentator Matt Miller says the rules of being a member of the political left are changing. A strong defense plan and an aversion to big spending are important aspects of the modern Democrat. Miller is a syndicated columnist and co-host of Left, Right and Center on member station KCRW in Santa Monica.

President Clinton went to New Hampshire today for a two-day visit and some campaigning despite the fact he is unchallenged in the Democratic Primaries. He spoke this afternoon to parents, teachers and students at the Capital Center for the Arts in Concord about education and economic growth. We hear excerpts of that speech.

about trial of an army drill sergeant at the Aberdeen training center who is charged with several rapes and other sexual assaults. The prosecution is expected to rest its case Thursday.

Robert talks with Charles Lewis, the executive director of the Center for Public Integrity, about his book, "The Buying of the President." Lewis' book traces campaign contributions for current presidential candidates as far back as 1979 and identifies the top 10 "career donors."

WEEKEND EDITION'S DAN SCHORR DISCUSSES RUSSIA'S STANDOFF WITH CHECHEN REBELS, AND WHAT IT MEANS BOTH TO INTERNAL RUSSIAN POLITICS AND -RUSSIA'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS, WITH MELOR STURUA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA'S HUBERT HUMPHREY CENTER AND STEVE SESTANOVICH AT THE CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN WASHINGTON.