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NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that trade sanctions against China were announced today in retaliation for trademark infringements, after the Chinese government refused to crackdown on companies that manufacture pirate CDs, movies and computer programs.

WEEKEND EDITION WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR TALKS WITH SUSAN YOACHUM, POLITICAL EDITOR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, AND MERLE BLACK, PROFESSOR OF POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT AT EMORY UNIVERSITY IN ATLANTA, ABOUT THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE IN THE WEEK OF THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, AND PASSAGE IN THE HOUSE OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on a last minute U.S. and China agreement that will avert a trade war over pirated music, movies and computer software.

NPR's Anne Garrels was in the Chechen capital of Grozny and reports on the scene there... burned out Russian tanks, a few Russian prisoners of war, and determined Chechen fighters.

This is the first of four reports featured this half hour about what changes the country expects from the new Republican congress to be sworn in this week. In Boston, Anthony Brooks of member station WBUR examines the promises the new congress has made to reform welfare and what it may mean to people who now depend upon it.

Danny speaks with New Jersey state senator Joseph Bubba about a bill he's introduced which would fine politicians in that state for lying in campaign ads.

Many legal immigrants to the United States are rushing to get their U.S. citizenship these days. Julia McEvoy reports from Chicago that immigrants there have become concerned about their status since the passage of Proposition 187 in California and because of ongoing threats by Republicans that some benefits should be waived for legal immigrants.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that free oil shipments to North Korea are beginning in exchange for the government's abandonment of nuclear weapons. Republicans say that the deal isn't tough enough on the North Koreans.

Danny speaks with Tim Hagan, Cayahoga county commisioner in Ohio, about what the Democratic party needs to do to revitalize itself in the eyes of the American electorate.

Critic Bob Mondello takes this look at the new film "Ladybird, Ladybird." It is the story of an English woman who battles the state to win back her children after they were taken away from her because authorities believed she had abandoned them.