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Danny speaks with Dr Philip Williams, a hydrologist in San Francisco, about the dangers of building on the flood plain. He says that Californians who were flooded out this past week should take heed of the lessons learned by residents along the Mississippi river in 1993.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH CARL LEUBSDORF (LUBES-dorf), WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF OF THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND WILLIAM NEIKIRK (MIGH-kirk), WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, ABOUT THE TWO PRESIDENT CLINTONS: THE GREAT CONCILIATOR AND THE VETO PEN-BRANDISHER.

Megan Williams of Youth Radio reports that while more and more young people are volunteering and taking part in public service -- many do not see voting as the best way to express their beliefs or influence others. The same kids out on the street making the voices heard, will not necessarily show up in the voting booth.

Host Madeleine Brand talks to NPR's Rob Gifford about today's meeting between U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen and China's President, Jiang Zemin. The issues they will be discussing include Taiwan, U.S. plans for a missile defense system, and arms proliferation.

William Wilcoxen of Minnesota Public Radio reports on the expected guilty plea today of Jan Ganglehoff, a former office manager for the University of Minnesota's men's basketball team. As part of an expected plea bargain, Ganglehoff will testify against former coach Clem Haskins, who she says knew about the cheating.

As the U.S. Open tennis championship moves into crucial late rounds, all eyes are on stars like Pete Sampras, Venus and Serena Williams and Martina Hingis. Reena Advani reports there are also other performers out there on center court -- the ballboys. Unlike tennis players, when ballboys do their job well, they go virtually unnoticed.

Pres. Bill Clinton threatened to punch the nose of New York imes columnist William Safire, who last week called Hillary Clinton a congenital liar" over her statements regarding the Whitewater land deal. NPR enior News Analyst Dan Schorr brings a historical perspective to the matter

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH TWO FORMER SPIES AND ADVERSARIES: FORMER CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM COLBY AND FORMER MAJOR GENERAL OF THE KGB OLEG KALUGIN (KUH-'LOOG-IN). THEY'RE CONSULTANTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW COMPUTER VIDEO GAME CALLED "SPYCRAFT: THE GREAT GAME" (ACTIVISION, INC.).

Weekend Edition's Daniel Schorr spoke with E.J. Dionne, columnist at the Washington Post and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, and William Maynes, Editor of Foreign Policy Journal at the Carnegie Endowment about what President Clinton's second term might hold for him..

a member of Armed Services Committee, about the possible deployment of U.S. troops to Bosnia. The Senator, and the rest of his committee, was briefed yesterday by Defense Secretary William Perry.

events in Washington, DC. Nearly a million people are expected for the festivities, which culminate Monday with the swearing-in ceremony for William Jefferson Clinton's second term.

Jack Williams of member station KUHF in Houston takes us to Grace Community Church in Texas, where parishioners remembered two of the astronauts who died yesterday, Rick Husband and Mike Anderson. NPR's Phillip Davis reports on reactions from Florida.

NPR Senior Correspondent Juan Williams talks to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) about his reaction to President Bush's State of the Union address.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates has established an international scholarship at Cambridge University in London. Gates' scholarship is open to students of all nationalities including Americans. William Gates, Senior announced the endowment and says his son's motive is entirely altruistic.

Poor academic performance by college athletes may be an omen for problems later in life. Frank Deford comments on the corrupting influence of college sports. (3:34) The book is: The Game of Life by William G. Bowen, James L. Shulman, Princeton Univ. Press, ISBN: 0691

William Hewlett, co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company has died at the age of 87. Karen Lewis is company historian for Agilent -- a company that spun-off from H.P. She talks to Noah Adams about how H.P. got its start.

Film Critic Bob Mondello reviews The Visit, based on a true story about a man dying of AIDS in prison, waiting for a visit from his unforgiving father. It stars Hill Harper, Billy Dee Williams, Felicia Rashad, and others. Mondello was surprised at how affirmative it is.

Scott talks with Lee Sullivan, the Mayor of Panama City Beach Florida. Reporters, posing as representatives of Prince William, tried to convince the Mayor that the Prince was coming for a spring break visit. Fortunately Mr Sullivan discovered the ploy -- and turned the joke around.

Robert Siegel talks with retired Lt. Gen. William E. Odom about how pilots are trained to behave when they are in the custody of another nation. Odom is former head of the National Security Agency, director of National Security Studies at the Hudson Institute, and adjunct professor of political science at Yale University.

Jack Williams, from member station KUHF reports on a literary event in Houston last night, benefiting the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. President Bush attended the event and took the opportunity to poke fun at himself for his well-publicized grammatical gaffes.