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2: Founder of National Empowerment Television (NET) and president of the Free Congress Foundation, PAUL WEYRICH. WEYRICH is a staunch conservative who wants to lead people out of political apathy and towards involvement and influence. The NET likes to refer to itself as C-SPAN with an attitude. And conservatives, especially Newt Gingrich who hosts his own show on the NET, are big advocates of the programming.

ROBERTS/FERRET: A TEN-YEAR EFFORT BY WILDLIFE EXPERTS TO BRING THE WESTERN BLACK-FOOTED FERRET BACK FROM THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION IS ON THE VERGE OF SUCCEEDING, BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO ELIMINATE THE PROGRAM. CONCERNED CONSERVATIONISTS MET THIS WEEK IN DENVER TO RAISE THE $250,000 NEEDED TO EXTEND THE BREEDING PROGRAM ONE MORE YEAR, BUT THAT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH. MARK ROBERTS REPORTS.

Daniel talks to Buck Revell, a former FBI official, about the process by which suspects are apprehended. Although much of the nation was surprised by the speed with which Timothy McVeigh was apprehended, Revell says he is not surprised. There are computer networks that track information on explosions, terrorists, vehicles, and criminals which can be utilized quickly to find suspects.

Daniel talks with NPR's Martha Raddatz who will update us on the investigation surrounding the bombing of a federal office building in Oklahoma City.

Daniel talks with researcher Ferris Harvey who co-authored a labor department report on child labor in India and Pakistan. This past week, a 12 year old boy who was a vocal opponent to child labor in Pakistan, was murdered. Harvey says millions of children from Bangladesh to Brazil are forced to make many of the products, such as find rugs and carpets, that Americans have come to cherish. And though it's unclear who killed the young Iqbal Masih, Harvey says murders of child labor opponents or agitators aren't uncommon in many parts of the world.

NOW THAT EXCAVATION IS OVER AT THE FEDERAL BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA, TWO AND A HALF WEEK AFTER A BOMB BLAST KILLED 167 PEOPLE, MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE BEING HELD AT THE SITE TO HONOR THE DEAD. NPR'S KATHY LOHR REPORTS THAT PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHAT TO DO WITH THE SITE.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITHEAD reviews two new releases by saxophonist James Carter: "The Real Quietstorm" (Atlantic) and "JC on The Set," (Columbia).

IN THE WAKE OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING, SCOTT SIMON LOOKS BACK OVER THIS WEEK'S EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN FEARS THAT PROVED TO BE UNFOUNDED.

NPR'S DAVID WELNA REPORTS FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE ON PRESIDENT CLINTON'S TRIP TO HAITI TO ATTEND CEREMONIES AT WHICH HE HANDED OVER PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS THERE TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH MUSICAL HUMORIST VICTOR BORGE ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES AND CLOSE-CALLS WITH THE NAZIS DURING WORLD WAR II AS A DANISH JEW.