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NPR's John Nielsen reports that congressional Republicans and the Clinton White House are moving closer to a showdown over Medicare reform. First, House Republicans unveiled a plan to wring $270 billion from the national health insurance program for the elderly. Then, President Clinton threatened a veto, unless the cuts were scaled back. Now, Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole says the cutbacks in the Senate's Medicare reform bill will probably equal the savings in the house bill.

NPR LEGAL CORRESPONDENT NINA TOTENBERG REPORTS ON THE SUPREME COURT'S CONSIDERATION OF COLORADO AMENDMENT TWO, FORBIDDING SPECIAL PROTECTION FOR GAYS, AND HOW THE ISSUE PUTS THAT STATE'S GOVERNOR IN A FUNNY POSITION.

FROM SPRNGFIELD, ILL. BILL WHEELHOUSE REPORTS THAT THE HOT SUMMER HAS HURT THIS YEAR'S PUMPKIN CROP.

MALLE: SCOTT REMEMBERS FILMMAKER LOUIS MALLE WHO DIED THIS WEEK.

WEEKEND EDITION'S ELVIS MITCHELL REVIEWS MARTIN SCORCESE'S NEW FILM 'CASINO.'

SCOTT REMARKS ABOUT THE REPORTS THIS WEEK OF THE DISCOVERY OF ADAM (as in "adam and eve")

SCOTT SIMON AND SYNDICATED COLUMNIST GEORGIE ANNE GEYER DISCUSS THE WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES.

Daniel talks to Margaret Wertheim, author of the book, "Pythagoras' Trousers." In it, she argues that because math and physics, more than any other sciences, are linked to religion, women have been systematically excluded from their studies in a more profound way than form other sciences.

THE NEW "WOMEN IN MUSIC HALL OF FAME" INDUCTS ITS FIRST HONOREE TODAY IN NASHVILLE. SHE IS THE LATE MIRA SMITH, WHO FOUNDED AND OPERATED RAM RECORDS IN THE 50'S AND 60'S IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. HER FRIEND AND SONGWRITING PARTNER MARGARET LEWIS IS ACCEPTING THE HONOR. ALEX CHADWICK ASKS MARGARET LEWIS ABOUT HER FRIEND, MIRA SMITH.

BETH FERTIG REPORTS ON NEW YORK CITY'S NEW CHANCELLOR WHO WILL LEAD THE NATION'S LARGEST SCHOOL SYSTEM.