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Noah talks with Larry Dunn, chairman of the Allegheny County Board of Commissioners. He describes the flooding in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. More rain is predicted.

2: Arranger and baritone saxophonist GERRY MULLIGAN died Saturday, January 20th, from complications due to surgery. He was 68. We will rebroadcast a 1989 interview with him. MULLIGAN was an innovator in modern jazz orchestration. Early in his career he was staff arranger for Gene Krupa's big band. In 1949 he collaborated with Gil Evans and Miles Davis in the Nonet. The nine-piece band shook up jazz arrangers and launched the era of so-called cool jazz. He achieved international acclaim when he started a "pianoless" quartet with trumpeter Chet Baker in the early 1950's. (REBROADCAST from 12

The BBC's Angus Robertson reports on a controversy in Austria over the discovery of secret U.S. arms caches that were buried there in the 1950s in the event of a second Soviet invasion.

Alex Van Oss reports on a new kind of flute. It's made of carbon instead of the traditional gold or silver and it's inventor claims that the instrument produces a warmer sound. It also has technical innovations that make it easier to play.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch has this profile of former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander, who has used a strong finish in the Iowa caucuses to emerge among the top three contenders to win Tuesday's New Hampshire primary. Alexander's surge in the polls has brought a new wave of media scrutiny and questions about whether Alexander's folksy, conservative image squares with his record.

Danny talks about the latest political news out of New Hampshire, two days before the primary, with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold. They examine the significance of today's decision by Senator Phil Gramm to endorse Bob Dole for the Republican presidential nomination. The New Hampshire race appears to be centered on three leading contenders: Dole, Pat Buchanan, and Lamar Alexander.

WHO'S TREAT IS IT ANYWAY? Roving commentator Bob Garfield went to San Francisco to explore the Rice-A-Roni saga.. and was stunned by what he discovered.

DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH ALICE RIVLIN, DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, AND TOMMY THOMPSON, GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN AND CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNOR'S ASSOCIATION --- ABOUT THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF STATES. THE NATIONAL GOVERNOR'S ASSOCIATION HAD IT'S WINTER MEETING THIS WEEK.

Ingrid Lobet of member station KPLU in Seattle reports on the remarkable success story of Magic, a new card game that's set a trend in the hobby game market. A mixture of dungeons and dragons fantasy, fancy artwork and Byzantine rules in the form of playing cards, Magic has made its makers rich and created a subculture of avid players/collectors with a language all their own.

Commentator Mickey Edwards says President Clinton's State of the Union Address proved that the Republicans have won! He posits that when a Democratic president stands before the nation and declares that big government is dead and Democrats stand to applaud, it's clear that the Republican call for less government has been heard and adopted by anyone seeking to lead this country.