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In Atlanta today, Martin Luther King Jr.'s family is marking the King holiday with a new push to change Georgia's state flag. Opponents have long argued the flag's Confederate battle emblem is racist. NPR's Kathy Lohr reports.

A massive earthquake hit El Salvador Saturday. More than 400 people are dead. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from El Salvador.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Brigadier General James Cross (Retired), who remembers his years as the Chief Pilot of Air Force One during the administration of Lyndon Baines Johnson. General Cross also served as Military Assistant to LBJ.

Host Bob Edwards talk with Cultural Geographer Derek Alderman about how Martin Luther King, Jr. has been memorialized in more than 500 cities and towns across the United States. Professor Alderman of East Carolina University says the issue of whether to have a street named after King is rarely controversial. More divisive questions include what kind of street it should be, and where the street should be located.

Marc Bamuthi Joseph, a young poet from San Francisco, revisits Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream, and laments the distortion of his message in the current age. His poem is titled, Savage Inequalities.

Host Bob Edwards talks live to NPR's Cokie Roberts about the Senate confirmation hearings this week on John Ashcroft, President-Elect Bush's nominee for Attorney General. The hearings are expected to be contentious.

The BBC's Caroline Hawley reports on Jewish pilgrims in Cairo.

Commentator Robert Franklin, President of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia, reflects on the role of black preachers in American life. They are at once poets and storytellers and the conscience of the country.

Host Bob Edwards talks with commentator John Feinstein live about the first major tournament on the tennis tour.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Rich Jones of the National Conference of State Legislatures about what might be accomplished and what legislative items might be left behind in the evenly divided U.S. Senate. Jones also discusses state houses around the country which are also evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats.