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Robert talks to National Security Adviser Anthony Lake about White House concerns about the Russian attack upon Chechen guerrillas and the possible defeat of the reformers in the upcoming Russian elections. He also addresses the question of whether the deadline for the Dayton Accords can be met in Bosnia.

Commentator Reynolds Price explains why the greatest film success of all time is "Gone with the Wind." The hypnotic pace of its storytelling and the brilliance of its technical skills contributed to making it a masterpiece. But, most of all, Vivien Leigh's performance is unmatched in its richness and vitality.

has some thoughts on the Los Angeles freeway system. She says it helped explain the problem men have with asking for directions.

issues relating to last Friday's train crash in Silver Spring that killed 11 people.

From New Hampshire, Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's national political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold, who says that in the last days before the New Hampshire primary, there are no confident candidates making their way through the snow. Late polls show voters are still shopping around, changing their preferences from day to day and that 20 percent of the voters have made no decision at all. We'll talk about why that is, about last night's debate and about what the candidates are saying today.

NPR's Jon Greenberg has the latest on yesterday's collision involving two passenger trains in Silver Spring, MD., outside Washington,D.C. At least 11 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage. Today it was learned that among the dead are eight Jobs Corps students who were traveling home for a holiday weekend. The National Transportation Safety Board is looking for the cause of the crash. Today, NTSB spokesmen said both trains -- an AMTRAK passenger train bound from Washington to Chicago, and a smaller commuter train -- were moving at the time of the crash "not at a crawl."

Danny talks with State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns and also Ruth Wedgwood, Senior Fellow for International Organizations and Law at the Council on Foreign Relations about the importance of using the right names in political and diplomatic discusions. Wedgewood says that the use of a certain name amounts to a form of rhetorical warfare, and misnaming can be taken as an act of hostility. Burns says that communications between countries is particularly problematic for the United States because of its position of power in the world - other countries pay a lot of attention to what the U.S. says. They give several examples of controversial names including the use of the country-name "Macedonia" - the Greek government objects to a former Yugoslav republic calling itself by that name.

We eavesdrop on a convesation between playwright Wendy

Larry Pratt, a co-chairman of Patrick Buchanan's presidential campaign, has stepped aside following allegations that he has been a featured speaker at white supremacist meetings. Pratt denies any links to racist groups, and says he hopes to put the charges to rest and then rejoin the Buchanan campaign. The allegations surfaced in a report on the associations of leaders of the various presidential campaigns, and NPR's Peter Overby has more on that study.

Danny talks with Kim and Reggie Harris, who are black, and Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino, who are white, about their musical collaberation as a mixed-race singing group that performs songs about African-American history and other political issues. They talk about how race has...or has not...affected their relationship and their performing styles. Their cd is called "Spoken in Love," (Long Tail Records).