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Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that Gingrich yesterday appeared to have been made over as a new man, but whether his apologetic persona will be able to command respect as Speaker and rally the conservative troops remains in question.

The NPR Players explore the possibility that its not just the FBI and CIA that is infested with employees willing to sell secrets. This satire exposes that the treachery reaches down to the ATF, GAO, FCC, BLM and even PBS.

who goes before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday for a confirmation hearing.

Linda speaks with White House Correspondent Mara Liasson about the coming year for the White House...she says the President will not be seeking to pass huge legislative packages (like health care..) as he did in his first administration--and he faces many investigations into everything from Whitewater to campaign finance--but one new tool he will have in his second term will be the line item veto.

- Reporter Alex Van Oss reports that the people of Finland consider Santa Claus one of their own...and have a workshop near the Arctic Circle to prove it. Van Oss visits the Finnish Embassy Christmas party where diplomats give their government's official policy on the origins of Santa.

Robert speaks with Hassan Rahman, chief representative of the Palestinian Liberation Organization to the United States, about the sticking points in the negotiations over Israeli withdrawal from Hebron. Rahman says the unwillingness of the Israelis to set a timetable for the implementation of the rest of the Oslo Peace agreement is preventing a final agreement on Hebron.

The French jazz bass player Renaud Garcia Fons is making his U.S. debut with a record featuring two basses, accordion, and drums. The music incorporates influences from Spanish flamenco, to Moroccan, to Japanese music.

to Gulf War Syndrome...an assortment of medical symptoms reported among veterans of the Persian Gulf War. A Presidential advisory committee reported yesterday that it found no single cause for the ailments, such as joint pain, memory lapses, fatigue, and depression.

Despite the 3.5 billion dollars that this country spends on substance abuse prevention programs in the nation's schools, drug use is going up sharply among teenagers...especially marijuana and cigarette use among young teens aged 13 and 14. As the Clinton Administration announced these statistics yesterday, government health officials promised new initiatives to try and reverse this trend. But no one believes that doing so will be easy. Experts say drug use among teens is a terribly compex problem, and the view from the street makes that very clear. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.