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Defense Secretary William Perry said today the U-S has not yet determined who was responsible for the June 25 bombing in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 U.S. airmen. "We have reached no conclusions about who was responsible for this," Perry told reporters in response to questions about Washington Post report that Saudi authorities had arrested 40 people and were convinced that Iran backed a broad conspiracy in the attack. NPR's Martha Raddatz has a report.

Weekend Edition's Daniel Schorr spoke with Susan Tolchin, author of "The Angry American" and professor of Public Administration at George Washington University, and Susan Carrol, senior research associate at the Center for theAmerican Woman and Politics at Rutgers University about the gender gap in this year's presidential election.

- On election night, news networks will be predicting winners hours before polls close around the country. Daniel talks with Curtis Gans about the effect of these projections on voter turnouts. Gans is the Director of the Non-Partisan Committee for the Study of the American Electorate. He says many studies show a decline in voting on the West coast after networks begin projecting winners, which could make a big difference in this election.

NPR's John Ydstie reports the unemployment rate remained unchanged in October at 5.2%. But the economy did manage to generate a healthy number of new jobs -- business payrolls were up 210,000 for the month. There were several other reports on the economy today...the last batch of information before the Presidential election next week.

Critic Bob Mondello has a review of the new Baz Luhrmann film, "Romeo and Juliet." The script is faithful to the language of the Shakespeare play...the characters all speak in Elizabethan English...but the setting has been moved to the present-day. Mondello says that the imagery and use of modern sets is somewhat discordant and unsettling, but that the story has lost none of its power.

46-year long civil war can be ended on December 29th, as scheduled. Guatemala's government and a coalition of leftist rebels have agreed to meet on that date in Guatemala City and sign a peace accord. Preparations are being delayed by both sides.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on a possible merger between MCI and British Telecom.

Scott talks with historian Stephen Ambrose of the Univ. of Wisconsin about the historical significance of the upcoming election. (6:00).

NPR's Peter Overby looks back out how both President Clinton and Bob Dole have thwarted campaign finance reform.

- Daniels talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Kigali, Rwanda about the escalating turmoil in Zaire. Fierce gunfighting in the town of Goma, forced international aid workers to flee the area today leaving some one million refugees without adequate food or water.