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SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

HOUSE AND SENATE FLOOR DEBATES WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK ON REPUBLICAN-DRAFTED BUDGET PLANS. NPR'S BRIAN NAYLOR REPORTS.

Danny speaks with NPR's Andy Bowers, who is in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. They talk about a fire fight today between French and Bosnian Serb soldiers and also assess the UN's reaction to the holding of more than 200 peacekeepers as hostages by the Bosnian Serbs.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH SUSAN WOODWARD, VISITING FELLOW AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION AND AUTHOR OF BALKAN TRAGEDY, PUBLISHED BY BROOKINGS INSTITUTION - 1995, AND WILLIAM HIGHLAND, FORMER DEPUTY ASSISTANT NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AND CURRENTLY PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, ABOUT AMERICA'S POLITICAL AND MILITARY OPTIONS IN BOSNIA.

SCOTT SIMON VISITS A REHABILITATION HOSPITAL IN CHICAGO TO SPEAK WITH YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE BEEN PARALYZED BY THE KIND OF VIOLENCE THEY ONCE PERPETRATED. HE DISCOVERS THAT SOME GANG MEMBERS, LITERALLY STOPPED IN THEIR TRACKS BY BULLETS, FIND INSIGHT AND NEW POSSIBILITIES IN THEIR WHEELCHAIRS.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH ROBERT REMINI, EMERITUS PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, ABOUT A DOCUMENT THAT PROVES THAT OUR SEVENTH PRESIDENT, ANDREW JACKSON, AS A YOUNG BUSINESSMAN LIVING IN SPANISH HELD TERRITORY, ONCE SIGNED AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE KING OF SPAIN.

SCOTT READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

SIMON/MITCHELL: WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL REMEMBERS FILM ACTOR WOODY STRODE, WHO DIED LAST WEEKEND AT THE AGE OF 80.

SCOTT TALKS WITH 89-YEAR-OLD NORMAN VAUGHAN, JUST RETURNED FROM CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN THAT BEARS HIS NAME IN ANTARCTICA. VAUGHAN WAS PART OF ADMIRAL BYRD'S EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH POLE IN 1928, AND HAD ALWAYS VOWED TO RETURN TO THE MOUNTAIN NAMED AFTER HIM.

OUR GARDENING CONSULTANT, KETZEL LEVINE, SHOWS UP IN A MOST UNLIKELY PLACE THIS WEEK.