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NPR'S PETER KENYON REPORTS THE LATEST ON THE BUDGET SHOWDOWN BETWEEN PRESIDENT CLINTON AND THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS...A SHOWDOWN THAT MAY SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT. 3:30.

NPR'S TREVOR ROWE REPORTS ON A NEW REPORT JUST GIVEN TO THE UNITED NATIONS THAT SAYS CROATS ARE STILL SYSTEMATICALLY BURNING SERB HOMES INSIDE CROATIA, FORCING OUT SERB FAMILIES AND EVEN KILLING SERBS.

This weekend marks the first annual Patsy Cline Festival in Winchester, Virginia. Jacki talks with biographer Ellis Nassour about the delayed recognition for Patsy--she wasn't always well thought of in Winchester. And we'll hear portions of two Patsy Cline chestnuts.

WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT -- AND A SPECIAL GUEST -- TELL US WHY THE PENDING MOVE OF THE CLEVELAND BROWNS TO BALTIMORE LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER NEGATIVE WATERSHED IN MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS.

NPR's Ann Garrels reports on some labor camps located in Siberia which house North Korean prisoners and are run by North Korean guards. During the Soviet era, the Kremlin didn't mind the arrangement. Now, it does.

NPR'S DAVID WELNA REPORTS ON HAITIAN PRESIDENT JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE MIGHT KEEP THE PRESIDENCY FOR THREE MORE YEARS -- SOMETHING HE PROMISED NOT TO DO WHEN HE WAS RESTORED TO OFFICE WITH THE HELP OF U.S. TROOPS.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE U.S. OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT THAT GOES INTO ITS FINALS THIS WEEKEND.

Danny talks with writer Helena Maria Viramontes (Vee-rah-MOHN-tez) about her new novel, called "Under the Feet of Jesus" (Dutton). It focuses on a Mexican-American family that travels with the harvest in California .. picking oranges and peaches and grapes ... Viramontes says she wanted to recapture some of her own memories ... of the times when she and her parents worked in the fields.

NPR'S MICHAEL SKOLER REPORTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE IN THE WAKE OF NIGERIA'S EXECUTION YESTERDAY OF NINE DISSIDENTS.

NPR's John Greenberg reports that the White House and the Republican-controlled Congress continued flinging rhetoric at each other today, as a Monday night deadline looms ahead for the shutdown of the federal government. At issue is legislation extending the government's borrowing and spending authority. President Clinton says he will veto the legislation because the Republicans have attached riders affecting medicare and other programs. This piece examines what the fight is about.