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Daniel talks with Kenneth Mann, law professor at Tel Aviv University, about the Israeli police policy of using force during interrogations in which terrorism is suspected. Mann says Israeli's realize that sometimes one must balance this "uncomfortable necessity" with the reality of the situation they live in.

IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 68TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHARLES LINDBERGH'S HISTORIC NON-STOP TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT, SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH ISABEL HAYNES, WHO WAS 12 YEARS OLD AND A SPECTATOR WHEN HE TOOK OFF FROM ROOSEVELT FIELD IN NEW YORK'S LONG ISLAND ON MAY 20, 1927.

This week the Texas Legislature passed a law making it LEGAL to carry a concealed weapon. Daniel talks with Democratic Texas state legislator Ron Wilson who authored the bill. And officer Mike Robbins, a Chicago city policeman who opposes laws that legalize the carrying of concealed weapons and who has worked against the passage of similar legislation in Illinois.

NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER REPORTS ON A HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL, INTRODUCED BY REPUBICAN SENATOR NANCY KASSEBAUM AND DEMOCRAT EDWARD KENNEDY, INTENDED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET INSURANCE, AND HARDER TO LOSE IT....EVEN IF YOU GET SICK OR CHANGE JOBS.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Democrats and Republicans are arguing over whether their respective budget balancing proposals will actually eliminate the deficit. This past week, the Congressional Budget Office found that the Clinton plan would fail to do so.

NPR's Ann Garrels reports from Moscow that the Chechen rebels holding hostages in the Russian city of Budennovsk have begun releasing some of their captives. In return, the Russian government has ordered a ceasefire in its war in Chechnya.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on Senate Republicans continuing attempts to re-write government regulations. Arnold looks at one particular regulation concerning toxic pollutants, a regulation that Republicans want to revamp.

Danny speaks with Michael Noll, Professor of Communications at the Annenberg School for Communications at the University of California. They talk about the telecommunications bill passed by the Senate last week, and examine the impact it might, or might not have on the telephone consumer if it becomes law.

Daniel talks with Peter Reddaway, Professor of Political Science at George Washington University in Washington D.C. about the possible successors to Russian President Boris Yeltsin who was admitted to hospital last week. Yeltsin has not announced that he will run in the next Presidential election, due to be held next summer, and his low popularity rating indicates he is not likely to win even if he does run.

Daniel talks with Chris Bojalian, author of the book, "Water Witches" which details the story of a clash between the lawyer for a ski resort and a water dowser who opposes the resort's expansion. At the heart of the book is the clash between the rational and the spiritual..the lawyer and the water dowser. The book is published by the University Press of New England