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REVEREND JOHNNY RAY YOUNGBLOOD. He's the leader of St. Paul Community Baptist Church in one of Brooklyn's poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods. YOUNGBLOOD came to the church and turned it around from a dying institution, to a thriving center for religious and community activity. The church has created a school, and through innovative programs, brought young black men back into the church. St. Paul's has also (as part of a coalition with other churches) built housing in the area and replaced brothels and numbers joints. "Upon This Rock: The Miracles of a Black Church" by Samuel G. Freedman (published by HarperCollins) is about REV. YOUNGBLOOD and St. Paul's. (REBROADCAST/ Originally aired 2

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD fills in for film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF and reviews the new movie, "I''ll Do Anything," starring Nick Nolte.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the "last" big summer film, the one with Arnold Schwarzenegger: "The Last Action Hero".

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews two tribute concert specials airing this weekend on PBS. One to honor Bob Dylan, the other for Stephen Sondheim.

JAMES CARVILLE was President Clinton's chief strategist in the 1992 election. MARY MATALIN was a top political aide to George Bush. They dated during the campaign and are now married. They've just written a book together, "All's Fair: Love, War, and Running for President," (Random House/Simon & Schuster) that tells the story of their romance and the campaigns.

critic DAVID BIANCULLI previews producer KEN BURNS new nine-part documentary series, "BASEBALL.": Critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews the new Robert Redford film "QUIZ SHOW."

Singer and songwriter CAROLE KING. In the 1960s, she wrote hit songs like "Up on the Roof" and "Will you still love me tomorrow?" But in the 70s, she achieved lasting fame with songs like "Natural Woman" and her album "Tapestry," which was the best-selling album of the decade. Carole King's latest album is titled "Color of Your Dreams" (Rebroadcast from June 19, 1989.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews "Natural Ingredients"(Grand Royal). It''s the first full-length collection by Lucious Jackson, a four-woman band from lower Manhattan, whose drummer was the original drummer for the Beastie Boys.

2: JONATHAN MANN, M.D. talks about the connection between health and human rights. MANN is the director and one of the founders of the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud ("Fran-SWAH ZA-vee-yay bahn-YOU") Center For Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health. He was the founding director of the World Health Organization's Global AIDS Program from 1986-1990. It was during his work with AIDS that he first noticed the connection between health and human rights. The Bagnoud Center is holding its first international conference on Health and Human Rights from September 22 to 24, 1994, at Harvard University.

2: Television correspondent ROBERT KRULWICH. In a FRONTLINE production (co-produced with the Center for Investigative Reporting) called "Public Lands, Private Profits" to be aired at 9 p.m. tonight on PBS (check local listings), KRULWICH examines today's gold mining industry--the impact of mining activities and the current political battle for control of mineral resources on public lands. The Mining Law of 1872 was passed to encourage settlement and development in the West. It's still on the books. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt thinks the law allows mining companies--even foreign ones--to legally rip off American taxpayers. The mining companies and western legislators like the status quo. The show's producer Stephen Talbot calls it "a fight over who will rule the West in the twenty-first century."