NPR's Mara Liasson reports from East Texas, where President Clinton, with a comfortable lead over Bob Dole, has turned his attention to helping fellow Democrats in Congressional races. (3:30) [2] DAN THREE-WAY: Weekend Edition's Daniel Schorr speaks with Morton Kondracke, executive editor of "Roll Call" magazine and Thomas Mann, director of Governmental Studies at the Brookings Institution about the interplay between the 104th congress and the presidential campaign. (7:00) [3] Simon/Metzner: Producer of radio's "Pulse of the Planet," talks about unheralded events taking place in the world right now. (3:45) [cutaway] Simon/Bugs: Scott talks with Mark Hostetler, author of "That Gunk on Your Car" a book to help you identify bugs splattered on your windshield. It is available from his via the internet at >http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~arm/people/hos.html.
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