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NPR's senior news analyst Dan Schorr reviews the week's news.

Scott speaks with Gene Wilkes, the owner of the Tastee Diner in Silver Spring, Maryland. His diner was featured last Sunday in the Zippy the Pinhead comic strip--a strip which touted the virtues and endurance of diners.

Carole Rabel reports on an exhibit of the work of Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon. The muti-media work, about life in Nazi-occupied Europe, is making its US debut at the Music of Fine Arts in Boston.

Vice President Al Gore took some time off the campaign trail today to watch his son play a school football game, but not before he spoke to voters in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania where health care is a big issue. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell about the Jackie Chan film "Legend of Drunken Master."

A federal appeals court in New Orleans has ruled that a man facing capital murder charges was not deprived of a fair trial even though his lawyer slept through the trial. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports.

Comedian Richard Lewis. His new book is called The Other Great Depression, (Public Affairs, 2000) and chronicles his recovery from alcoholism. Hes an award winning stand up comic and has appeared in over twenty movies and TV shows. Currently, he co-stars in Larry Davids HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Actor Alfred Molina. Hes starring in the new film, Chocolat, about a mysterious and seductive chocolate shop that electrifies a French village. Molina is a Tony-nominated actor who has played in over 30 films, 30 TV movies, and many theater productions. His Tony nomination was for his role in the Broadway hit Art. His film credits include Boogie Nights, Anna Karenina, Prick up Your Ears, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Molina was born in London, UK, and lives in Los Angeles.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on a training exercise in which National Guard troops responded to a mock chemical weapons attack by terrorists. Units with this type of training will be detached to big public events such as the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

Medical journalist Dr. Stephen Cohen argues that the threat of bio-terrorism has grown as dissident groups have both motive and ability to use agents like anthrax and smallpox against the U.S. and we're unprepared. 90% of people aren't immunized. There's a shortage of smallpox vaccine and isolation beds. We should be treating it as a public health threat and involve the medical community more than it is now.