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NPR's Melissa Block reports from New York on the storms impact throughout the region.

A conversation with a good samaritan in Philadelphia. Linda Wertheimer talks to Gina Licciardello (Litch-are-del-oh), who cooked pasta for a bus full of people - stranded by the snow for 17 hours - outside her South Philadelphia home.

and restore normal activity in cities along the Eastern Seaboard in the aftermath of this week's winter storm.

Satirist Harry Shearer suggests that the GOP plan to eliminate Federal jobs could be helped by an effort to find private support for individual workers. He has Newt Gingrich pitching for folks to help one Air Traffic Controller. By sponsoring this this air traffic controller, the sponsor can find out how many collisions have been avoided by her and who she's dating.

Linda Gradstein reports on Israeli reaction to King Hussein of Jordon's first official visit to Israel. As Israel and Syria negotiate a peace treaty, the King's visit sends the signal that Jordan supports warm relations between the Arab states and Israel.

Bobbie O'Brien reports from Tampa, Florida on a recent study which shows that cutting mangrove trees along waterfront property drastically effects the coastal ecosystem. Recent relaxation of environmental laws has allowed homeowners to cut mangrove trees without obtaining a permit.

2: Actor SIR Ian McKellan. Since coming out in 1988, Britain's highly acclaimed Shakespearean actor has become an international voice for the gay and lesbian community. His role in Peter Shafer's "Amadeus" earned him a Tony Award in 1981. He has appeared in the popular films, "Last Action Hero" and "Six Degrees of Seperation." He's now starring in the film version of "Richard III." (REBROADCAST from 6

about her new book on figure-skating and her concerns that the event's governing body isn't doing enough to make young male competitors aware of the dangers of AIDS.

Biographer DIANE WOOD MIDDLEBROOK. She wrote a controversial book about the troubled writer Anne Sexton. The controversy surrounded MIDDLEBROOK's source material: she had access to transcripts of Sexton's psychiatric sessions with the approval of Sexton's daughter and psychiatrist. Sexton killed herself in 1974. Sexton began writing poetry in 1956 following a suicidal breakdown and after her therapist suggested she try writing poetry. "Anne Sexton: A Biography," was published by Houghton Mifflin and is now a paperback. [Originally aired 8/

the commander of NATO forces in Bosnia, about scope of NATO's mission in Bosnia and what it has achieved in its first 30 days.