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, where today defense attorneys will request the two suspects be charged separately. If defendants Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are tried together and found guilty, they will share equal responsibility for the bombing.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole and running mate Jack Kemp went to Capitol Hill today for what amounted to a pep rally with congresional Republicans, many of whom are discouraged by Dole's lagging numbers in the public opinion polls. Dole told his colleagues that he would win the presidential race and that they should not be discouraged. He said he would try to help other Republican candidates where he could, but would also stay away from some races, if that would help too.

NPR's Paul Miller gives us the latest on the situation between the United States and Iraq. Things seemed to have quietedd today as Iraq called for a reduction of hostilities.

Daniel talks with the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Rep. Donald Payne of New Jersey. The C-B-C is holding it's annual meeting here in Washington D.C. Rep. Payne says Black voters are upset with President Clinton this election year, but aren't about to vote in large nubers of Republican Candidate Bob Dole.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Sarajevo that the results of the race for the three-man national presidency won't be announced until tomorrow. This is the most closely-watched race...the top vote getter will become the first chairman of the rotating presidency. International supervisors said that election day went well, despite some campaigning that was not desirable. There are also some changes that must be made before municipal elections are held.

The Taliban militia is fighting to hold onto its recent military gains in Afghanistan. It has lost two towns north of Kabul, and its opponents are forging new political alliances. The BBC's Phil Goodman reports from Afghanistan.

Commentator David Brooks says that Bill Clinton's small fibs and ingratiating style with political audiences speak volumes about his character...and that character is the only real predictor of how a president will perform under pressure.

in North Carolina between Jesse Helms and Harvey Gantt is not nearly as close as their first contest 6 years ago.

Susan talks with Weekend Edition sports commentator Ron Rapoport about baseball's World Series, which is scheduled to begin tonight (it has been postponed).

The nation's fiercest and most protracted environmental battles in recent years have centered on endangered species and the Endangered Species Act. Efforts to protect the Snail Darter, the Northern Spotted Owl and dozens of other plants and animals which are dwindling in number have placed environmentalists in opposition with industrial interests and landowners. The result is often years of litigation and solutions that satisfy no one. Government officials in California are trying a new approach; they're using the Endangered Species Act to create a process that brings the parties in conflict into a negotiation over their differences.