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Supreme Court today. The case involves a woman who is suing the manufacturer of her pacemaker, which failed. Manufacturers claim that Congress gave them blanket immunity from such lawsuits 20 years ago. They point to the federal law enacted in 1976 in response to injuries from the Dalkon Shield, an intrauterine birth control device.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on President Clinton's visit to the graves of bombing victims in Israel. During his stay, the President promised $100 million in assistance to combat terrorism, and lent his moral support to both Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat.

Commentator Marion Winik tells of the terror of losing her kids in the grocery store.

President CLinton is expected to speak at the Commerce Department about Commerce Secretary Ron. Brown, whose played crashed today in in the Adriatic.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI THE DEATH THIS WEEK OF SECRETARY OF COMMERCE RON BROWN, WHO WAS ON A MISSION TO THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA.

REPORTER TOM VERDE (VER-dee) VISITED AN OLD FASHIONED TOWER CLOCK IN NEW ENGLAND THAT IS STILL HAND-WOUND.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that the Clinton administration admitted for the first time today that it looked the other way in 1994 when Iran clandestinely shipped arms to Bosnia in violation of the United Nations arms embargo. Undersecretary of State Peter Tarnoff told a House panel that Congress should have known about the shipments because the information was available in daily intelligence reports.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that there may have been as many as 12 corporate executives travelling with Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown when his plane went down over Croatia today. The executives were exploring business opportunities in Bosnia and Croatia, which are about to begin a massive rebuilding campaign.

SCOTT AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT OFFER THEIR PREDICTIONS FOR THE MAJOR BASEBALL SEASON, WHICH OFFICIALLY BEGAN THIS WEEK.

ANNE GARRELS VISITS PIONEERKSAYA IN THE CRIMEA TO SPEAK WITH SOME OF THE TATARS THAT HAVE RETURNED TO THE REGION AFTER BEING EXPELLED FROM CRIMEA BY STALIN IN 1943 AND 1944.