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Court of Appeals heard arguments yesterday in a case testing the U.S. policy on gays in the military -- the so-called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. It allows gays and lesbians to serve so long as they don't volunteer information on their sexual orientation or engage in homosexual acts. The Justice Department is appealing a ruling last year that overturned the policy based on the first and fifth amendments.

the former commander of U.S. troops in Europe, about the U.S. plans to have retired military officers train the Bosnian army within the next two months.

San Francisco based Wells Fargo won its three-month effort to takeover another California based bank today. First Interstate agreed to be acquired in a stock transaction valued at $11.6 billion. If the deal is approved by regulators it will be the largest merger in U.S. banking history. The deal is expected to eliminate as many as 7,000 jobs, half of them in the Los Angeles area, as hundreds of First Intersate branches are closed.

Robert talks with author Salman Rushdie, who's latest novel is "The Moor's Last Sigh." It is set in Bombay, with characters drawn from different religious groups, and a narrator who is living his life at double speed. (Publisher: Pantheon)

Former Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Jordan of Texas died today after a long illness. Ms. Jordan was one of the most influential blacks on Capitol Hill and reached national stature as an outspoken member of the House Judiciary Committee that recommended the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 1974. We hear an excerpt from a speech she gave at the 1992 Democratic Convention.

in northern German earlier this morning which injured 5 people.

Tami Graham spoke with actor Sky Lakota-Lynch, who will be closing the PlayFest with a cold reading of a new play by Lee Blessing.

Commentator DAGOBERTO GILB tells us about his trip to NYC.

limit and budget.

including efforts at privatization and difficulties in securing an International Monetary Fund loan.