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1: Historian DAN T. CARTER. His book, Scottsboro was the winner of the Bancroft Prize in History for the best book in American History. CARTER's newest book is a biography of George Wallace, The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, The Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics. (Simon & Schuster). In the book CARTER contends that Wallace paved the way for the conservatism that is now a big part of Republican politics. CARTER is Kenan Professor of History at Emory University.(THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

With the campaign for a seven-year balanced federal budget stalled, along with the restructuring of the government it would have enacted, congressional Republicans are mapping a new strategy for their revolution. NPR's Brian Naylor looks at how they are talking about proceeding.

1: TOM BLANTON is the editor of the book "White House E-Mail: The Top Secret Computer Messages The Reagan/Bush White House tried to Destroy." It is published by New Press. Blanton is the executive editor of the National Security Archive, a freedom of information advocacy group.REV 1: MILO MILES reviews Sister Rosetta Tharpe's Complete Recorded Works 1938-1944 by Document Records. also Mahali Jackson's Apollo recordings.INT 2:WALTER TURNBULL is the founder and of the Boys Choir of Harlem. He has written about his work in "Lift Every Voice" by Hyperion.

Five years ago this weekend, the U.S. was about to go to war with Iraq. For the record, we play excerpts from the Congressional debate that preceded a vote authorizing President George Bush to use force. We hear from republican Robert Michel, who was Senate Minority Leader; and from Congressman John Lewis, a democrat from Georgia.

What do successful companies and Tony Bennett have in common? They stick with what they know best, ballads for the singer, a good product for the companies. They keep things simple -- a single microphone, spartan offices, and a commitment to quality and customer service.

to disarm both sides in the Northern Ireland conflict.

Linda talks with Dr. William Hagland, sr. forensic anthropologist for Physicians for Human Rights. He tells about his work to exhume bodies in the village of Kibuye, where Tutsis were slaughtered inside a church in April of 1994. Hagland's team of scientific investigators are gathering data for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

British filmmaker KATE BLEWETT. Using a concealed camera, BLEWETT and crew visited eleven state-funded orphanages in China and filmed in nine of them. They documented such things as toddlers whose hands and legs were tied to potty chairs all day, and the rooms where children are left to die. They also say that many of the children were girls, victims of China's One Child Policy, and the Chinese tradition that favors sons over daughters. "The Dying Rooms: China's Darkest Secret" debuts on CINEMAX (Jan 24 at 8 PM).

CARUSO: ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST LIVE BROADCAST OF AN OPERATIC EVENT --- WE PLAY THE SONG ENRICO CARUSO SANG THAT DAY FROM THE STAGE OF THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on President Clinton's trip to Bosnia where the President spoke to U.S. troops now serving there. Shuster also spoke with troops who say they're glad to be involved in the Bosnia mission.