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Linda talks with Michael Isikoff, a Washington correspondent for Newsweek Magazine. They discuss the FDIC report about a real estate document drafted by Hillary Rodham Clinton which hid commissions paid by the Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan to a prominent businessman, and what this news means for the continuing Whitewater investigation.

Congress has a compromise immigration reform measure that drops one provision that Democrats opposed, but retains others that could block the bill. The amendment allowing states to deny public schooling to illegal immigrants is gone, but other sections that ease penalties on employers of illegal aliens and deny illegals access to public services are still drawing Democrats' complaints. Linda talks with NPR's Peter Kenyon about the status of the reform effort.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from the Philippines on the gruesome scandal centering on the sexual exploitation of children in that nation, and the awakening concern about it by the Philippine government and the Catholic Church.

The campaign reform group Common Cause today asked for an independent counsel to investigate what it called "an illegal scheme" on the part of both the Republican and Democratic parties to circumvent campaign finance laws by buying television ads that presidential candidates Bob Dole and President Clinton should have paid for, because the ads weren't for party-building, but were meant to support the candidates. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

David Baron reports on the three U.S. scientists who won the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of a form of helium that has shed unexpected light on the first moments of the universe...and a form of helium called Helium-3 has properties called superfludity at extremely low temperatures. the two Texans and the British chemist who won the prize in chemistry for discovery of a carbon molecule that sparked a new field of study.

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty signed today at the United Nations bans nuclear tests in the atmosphere and underground, and it sets up a monitoring system to spot violations. There are flaws, however. A provision in the treaty requires legislative ratification in 44 potential nuclear states. India has refused to sign until all countries with nuclear weapons devise a timetable for destroying all their weapons. NPR's Ted Clark reports that despite those flaws, the treaty is a political consensus that will apply pressure for all countries to comply.

Commentator Daniel Pinkwater attempts to donate books to his local public library, but his philanthropy is defeated by an officious librarian.

At a campaign rally outside Pittsburgh today, President Clinton backed two proposals designed to appeal to middle class voters. One encourages long term savings with inflation-indexed securities; the other allows for tax-deductible interest on certain education savings bonds. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Many voters in Western states are frustrated with the news media's practice of reporting election numbers while the election is still underway. In Tuesday's election, media outlets declared that President Clinton was the winner of the Presidential race, even though polls were still open in Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska and Hawaii. Commentator Alan Siporin says that the current method of voting should be replaced by mail-in ballots which can all be opened and counted on election day.

Linda and Robert talk with Michael Kelly, editor of the New Republic, and Gerry Seib of the Wall Street Journal, about issues raised at Clinton's press conference, from forming a new cabinet to the future of campaign finance reform.