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An index of the day's stories: WHITE HOUSE TODAY -- President Clinton gave his most vehement denial yet of the allegations that he had sex with a one-time White House intern, and urged her to lie about it. The president appeared at a prearranged White House child care event to make his statement to the American people. NPR's Mara Liasson reports. (3:30) STARR TODAY -- NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on the latest in Whitewater Kenneth Starr's investigation into the allegations against President Clinton. Negotiations between Starr and Monica Lewinsky's attorneys seem to have stalled. Meanwhile...Clinton's attorney in the Paula Jones case says he's asked the judge in Little Rock to move up the trial scheduled in May. (4:30) MINOR CHARACTERS -- One key player in the ongoing investigation into an alleged affair between President Clinton and a former White House intern is the intern's friend, Linda Tripp. Tripp's tape-recorded messages of conversations with her friend were key in the Whitewater prosecutor's decision to pursue the case. Tripp was long dissatisfied with goings-on at the Clinton White House, where she linked up with others who disliked the administration. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports. (3:30) MANAGING A CRISIS -- Robert talks with Marlin Fitzwater, the press secretary for Presidents Bush and Reagan. He discusses what he learned about managing a crisis during the Iran-Contra scandal, and ensuring the effectiveness of a president who is at the center of controversy. (5:00) PERCEPTION OF WEAKNESS -- NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says weakened Presidents have often used diversionary tactics to shift public attention away from their own problems. (2:30) STATE OF EDUCATION -- The President is expected to address the issue of education in tomorrow night's State of the Union address. We have two reports on how local schools systems are dealing with financial problems. In the first, NPR's Claudio Sanchez looks at Philadelphia's school system - where the vast majority of students are poor. That means the city qualifies for extra federal money. School officials say they're willing to put up with federal education mandates to get federal dollars. (6:00) STATE OF EDUCATION II -- NPR's Larry Abramson reports that in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, the school system has watch how it spends every dollar, because the majority of money is raised locally. State and federal money and policies have less impact as a result. (6:00) A CERTAIN JUSTICE -- Linda talks with author P.D. James, whose latest novel is called "A Certain Justice." James talks about her protagonist, Commander Dalgliesh, who in this story investigates the untimely death of criminal lawyer Venetia Aldridge. Dalgliesh's search for the killer takes him behind the scenes of the British legal system. (STATIONS: "A Certain Justice" by P.D. James is published by Knopf.) (7:00) SHOELESS VOTE -- Robert and Linda announce the results of our electronic poll concerning the reinstatement of former Chicago White Sox outfielder "Shoeless" Joe Jackson into Major League Baseball. On Friday, we asked people to vote electronically on whether they thought Jackson should be given a chance to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Today, we have the final tally of the results of that votesoundeditor. (1:00) WHAT WE KNOW -- Robert and Linda have an update on the latest developments in the scandal concerning President Clinton's alleged affair with a former White House intern. (1:30) WHAT POLLS SAY -- Linda talks with Frank Newport, the editor in chief of the Gallup Poll. Newport says that the job-approval rating for President Clinton has not moved, despite last week's events. But he also say that the president's ratings could drop, as they did for President Reagan after the development of the Iran/Contra scandal. (4:00) WHAT PEOPLE SAY -- NPR's Wade Goodwyn visited a bagel shop in Dallas to talk with people there about the current White House scandal. The people he spoke with say they are watching the unfolding story with interest and are beginning to form opinions about the allegations and what might happen if they turn out to be true. But they also say they have questions about the motives of the President's accusers. (4:00) PERSONAL & POLITICAL -- Commentator Jim Sleeper says that it may be time to separate the personal from the political in government operations. If we had a stronger political culture, both liberals and conservatives might learn to mute their personal desires and needs and not politicize them. Instead, our zeal to make the personal into the political empowers those who may have less than moral motives in mind. (3:00) BEING ALONE -- There are reports that independent counsel Kenneth Starr is trying to interview Secret Service agents about information they may have on a relationship between President Clinton and former White House aide Monica Lewinsky. It could be very difficult for agents to testify in such a matter. NPR's Martha Raddatz reports. (4:00) IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS -- NPR's Ted Clark reports that the U-S is intensifying its contacts with allies abroad and in the United Nations in search of a united position on Iraq's continued defiance of U-N inspections for weapons of mass destruction. U-S officials state the time is rapdily running out for finding an effective diplomatic solution and warn that military intervention remains an option. But U-S officials have yet to decide at one point they will move from diplomatic to military action. (4:00) MINN. TOBACCO -- NPR's Debbie Elliott talks with Linda about opening statements in the tobacco lawsuit brought by the state of Minnesota and Blue Cross/Blue Shield against the tobacco industry. Today's statements are the first time a state has presented the outlines of its case to a jury. The 3 previous state lawsuits - in Mississippi, Florida, and Texas were settled out of court. Today, an attorney for the state, Michael Ciresi, accused the tobacco companies of suppressing their own evidence that smoking was harmful and undermining outside scientists whose research indicated that smoking caused disease. (4:30) COMPAQ & DIGITAL -- WBUR's Steve Tripoli reports that Compaq Computer is buying Digital Equipment in a stock and cash deal valued at $9.6 billion. Compaq has become the world's largest manufacturing of PCs. Now it hopes to use Digital's big customer base and advanced technology to become a more significant competitor to IBM in marketing information technology to corporate customers. (3:30) IRISH TALKS -- From London, NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports that one of the Protestant loyalist parties has walked out on the Northern Ireland peace talks. The Ulster Democratic Party is linked to a paramilitary group that claimed responsibility for three murders. A spokesman said his party before it could be kicked out. The rules for taking part in the all-party talks include renouncing violence. (3:30) ALPINE SKIING -- NPR's Edward Lifson reports that the Austrian national skiing team is heavily favored to win at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Their best skier, Herman Maier (MY-ur), is ranked number one in the World Cup downhill ski competitions, and is expected to reach his peak performance level at the Olympics next month. (4:30) SUZUKI OBIT -- Shinichi Suzuki, who developed a method now used worldwide for teaching toddlers to play musical instruments, died today at age 99. The method came to be known as "the Suzuki method" of music instruction. It's based on the concept that by listening and imitation, children can learn to speak any language - and play music - by age 3. Suzuki died of heart failure at his home in Matsumoto in central Japan. Robert talks with John Kendall, the first president of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, about the importance of Suzuki and his teaching philosophy. (3:30) |
