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Presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore seem to be favoring entertainment television shows over the traditional news-based programs to appeal to the American public. NPR's Andy Bowers reports.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says if the United States Supreme Court splits along partisan lines, it runs the risk of shaking the faith of the American public.

Political films are still being produced and the Sundance festival is still a leader in presenting them. Masked and Anonymous, starring Bob Dylan, and the documentary The Weather Underground are two examples. David D'Arcy reports.

David Corn, Washington editor of The Nation magazine, nd Host Liane Hansen discuss prominent issues in the news this past week, ncluding congressional Whitewater hearings, President Clinton's approval rating nd the impasse in budget negotiations.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that there exist three potential hot spots in the world that, if they erupted, could hamper President Clinton's re-election bid--Israel, Russia and Bosnia.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow on the political maneuvering between presidential candidates Boris Yeltsin and Gennady Zyuganov. Yeltsin has decided to not meet President Clinton in France next week as part of the annual economic summit of the G-7 group of industrialized nations. And, Yeltsin got a boost today from another candidate he defeated last Sunday. Ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky today told his supporters to not vote for the communists in next month's run-off.

NPR's Melissa Block reports that snow storms have made or broken many a politicians career. She will assess how different cities' and states' key politicians are coping with the response to the Blizzard of 1996, and what lessons have been learned by past politician's failures.

- NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the battle to save Sterling Forest which lies between New York and New Jersey. The owner of the forest has plans to develop it but local and federal politicians, both Republican and Democrat, are promising to preserve this large tract of land in the heavily developed East coast.

Robert and Noah talk about President Clinton's speech before about five thousand labor activists today in Chicago, and Bob Dole's efforts to patch up differences in the Republican party about how to deal with the issue of abortion. (1:30) (TAPE &

NPR's Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem reports the Israeli parliament reconvened today for the first time since the outbreak of the new Palestinian uprising. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak opened the story session by warning the Palestinians there will be no peace talks as long as the violence continues.