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2: Film Writer/Director ATOM EGOYAN (EE-goy-an) has just made a new movie, "Exotica." The movie won the International Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival at the 1994 awards. Exotica is considered to be EGOYAN'S breakthrough movie. Andrew Sarris of the New York Observer says when the movie ended, "I sat stunned in the theater...Exotica high on my ten best list."

Jacki talks with Iowa Congressman Jim Leach. Leach has spent much of his career tackling issues and escaping political pratfalls. Now the Congressman has been inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Jacki talks with two University of Maryland students. Both Black and both the recipients of scholarships that target African American students. While both are benefit from the scholarship, they sharply disagree on the merit of such programs and on affirmative action programs in general.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on conflicting feelings in Japan as the August anniversary of the end of World War Two approaches.

WEEKEND EDITION SENIOR NEWS ANALYST DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH SUSAN EISENHOWER, GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE LATE DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER AND FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTER FOR POST SOVIET STUDIES, AND ROALD SAGDEEV (row-ALD zag-DAY-ev), DIRECTOR EMERITUS OF THE SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN MOSCOW, ABOUT THE CHANGES IN RUSSIA SINCE THEIR WEDDING, FIVE YEARS AGO.

Jacki talks to Bernard McMahon about the relationship between the CIA and the Congressional committees created to oversee the spy agency. McMahon, who as worked for both the CIA and the Congress, says that in terms of budget and management, the CIA does not mind Congress looking over its shoulder, but when it comes to operations, relations can be tense.

2: In 1989, EVELYN LAU became a best-selling author with her first book: Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid (Harper Collins), a memoir of her years on the streets as a suicidal drug addicted teenage prostitute. She also wrote two books of her poetry: You Are Not Who You Claim and Oedipal Dreams. LAU's latest is a collection of short stories titled Fresh Girls and Other Stories. It's been released in the United States by Hyperion. It was released by Harper Collins in 1993 but its distribution was limited. The 23 year old writer lives in Vancouver, Canada.

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

NPR'S BRIAN NAYLOR REPORTS ON THREE BILLS PASSED THIS WEEK IN THE HOUSE THAT ARE INTENDED TO REFORM THE NATION'S CIVIL LAW SYSTEM.

NPR'S PETER KENYON REPORTS ON LAST NIGHT'S UNPRECEDENTED NATIONALLY BROADCAST ADDRESS TO THE NATION BY HOUSE SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH.