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As a public service, NPR is providing free airtime for presidential candidates Bob Dole and Bill Clinton. NPR does not edit the messages provided by the candidates. Tonight's message comes from President Clinton.

in the civil trial of O.J. Simpson. Simpson's lawyers tried to paint Simpson as having a better character than his former wife.

to withdraw a political television ad. It uses an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's, " >I Have a Dream" speech to argue against Proposition 2-0-9. Proposition 2-0-9 would abolish affirmative action programs in the state. Dr. King's family and estate say he supported affirmative action as a means of redressing past injustices.

Robert talks to Luis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker, producers of an upcoming PBS Documentary called VOTE FOR ME, which will air next Monday and Tuesday night's on PBS stations around the country at 9pm eastern time. The film documents local campaigns across the country in 1994, and how American culture is reflected in politics.

Challenger Bob Dole has been criticizing President Clinton over indirect campaign contributions from Indonesian business interests. The donors have contributed more than 400-thousand dollars to the Democratic National Committee. Critics say, in return, the administration may have used its influence to help the Indonesian corporation. The White House says it did not do anything in exchange for the contribution. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on the rush to learn English among California's legal immigrants. Those who are receiving government assistance - especially the elderly - are trying to become citizens, before California cuts off welfare payments to all legal immigrants.

Scott speaks with Clinton campaign advisor Lynn Cutler about this weeks' Republican National Convention.

Newspapers are being squeezed by the corporations that own them. Simon looks at the Philadelphia Inquirer, a newspaper which is struggling to maintain its high standards in a time of forced cutbacks.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on the new optimism of Bob Dole's campaign.

Jon Kalish reports on the crackdown in New York's Chinatown on charlatans practicing medicine without licenses.