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Jacki talks with former senator John Danforth about the need for social security reform. Danforth says that by the year 2029, if not before, the social security program will be bankrupt and that entitlement programs will consume all federal taxes. Danforth faults politicians for not having the courage to stake their political futures on addressing this issue.

Jacki talks with James Bicknell of Seattle about his marketing kits that will store DNA. DNA is the genetic code in chromosomes of living plants and animals. Every living thing has a unique and distinct code. Bicknell is selling kits for people to save their DNA for future reference...maybe thousands of years.

2: Broadway singer and actor MANDY PATINKIN. He won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Che Guevara in "Evita." He also starred in Stephen Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park with George." He has recorded three solo albums: "Mandy Patinkin," "Dress Casual," and "Experiment." His movies include "The Princess Bride," "Yentl," "True Colors," and "The Doctor." Now he plays Dr. Jeffrey Geiger in CBS' medical drama "Chicago Hope." (REBROADCAST FROM 3

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR TAKES A LOOK AT VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY, PAST AND PRESENT, WITH AND LLOYD CUTLER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 1969 NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE CAUSES PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE, AND REPRESENTATIVE BILL McCOLLUM (R-FL), CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIME, WHICH HELD THIS WEEKS HEARING ON TERRORISM.

THE STORY OF YITZHAK ZOHAR, WHOSE SHOES MAY BE COMING INTO VOGUE ALMOST 40 YEARS AFTER HE INVENTED THEM.

ECONOMY: HOST SUSAN STAMBERG SPEAKS WITH JOE NOCERA, BUSINESS COLUMNIST FOR GQ MAGAZINE ABOUT A HUGE BUYOUT IN HOLLYWOOD. SEAGRAMS, THE HUGE LIQUOR COMPANY, IS EXPECTED TO PURCHASE MCA... MCA OWNS UNIVERSAL PICTURES, UNIVERSAL THEME PARKS AND TWO BIG RECORD COMPANIES.

HOST ALEX CHADWICK AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

2: Writer JAN L. WALDRON was 17 when she gave her baby daughter, Simone, up for adoption. WALDRON's own mother was adopted, and in turn left her children when WALDRON was eleven. In Giving Away Simone: A Memoir (Times Books) WALDRON tells of the parting and then meeting again with her eleven-year-old daughter, now renamed Rebecca. Rebecca is the fifth generation of women in the family to be abandoned by their mothers and in reuniting with her, WALDRON is determined to break that cycle of leaving.

GRAMMY WINNING MEXICAN-AMERICAN SINGER SELENA, WHOSE FULL NAME WAS SELENA QUINTANILLA PEREZ, WAS SHOT TO DEATH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, BY A WOMAN REPORTED TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF HER FIRST FAN CLUB.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH MARVIN OTT, A FORMER SENIOR ANALYST AT THE C.I.A. WHO NOW TEACHES NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY AT THE NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ABOUT ALLEGATIONS THAT THE C.I.A. MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN IN GUATEMALA.