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Reports today indicate there's a ceasefire in place for Chechnya. Interfax News in Moscow is reporting that the head of Russian security, Alexander Lebed, and the Chechen chief of staff have signed an agreement to stop all military action at 3 AM Eastern Daylight Time tomorrow. Earlier in the day, before the ceasefire was announced, Russian President Boris Yeltsin took a swipe at his security chief. He criticized Lebed in a television interview saying he is not completely satisfied with Lebed and his work in Chechnya. NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow.

Defense attorney ROBERT L. SHAPIRO. He put together the defense strategy and the team of high-profile attorneys who successfully defended O.J. Simpson. Eventually SHAPIRO was replaced by Johnny Cochran as lead attorney. And by the trial's end the team members were denouncing each other. SHAPIRO has written his memoir, "The Search for Justice: A Defense Attorney's Brief on the O.J. Simpson Case," (Time Warner, written with Larkin Warren). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

GEORGE FORMAN continued. Film critic JOHN POWERS 12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next archive edition of Fresh Air. . .a 1995 interview with former heavy weight champ GEORGE FORMAN. The new documentary "When We Were Kings" tells the story of the famous fight between FORMAN and Muhammad Ali in Zaire in 1974 when Forman, the odds-on favorite was defeated by a boastful Ali. That and more coming up on today's Fresh Air.

We talk to some voters and non-voters to get their thoughts on the elections, and why they did or did not vote today: Laura McCallum visits folks at the Witney Senior Center in St. Cloud, Minnesota; Gretchen Lehman talks to customers at the Kay Kitchen, a cafe in St. Joseph, Minnesota; Keith McKeen interviews voters at polling stations in the second district in Maine; Andrea Deleon does the same in the first district in Maine; Josh Levs talks with people in downtown Atlanta; Steve Bussalachi talked with voters at the polls in Madison, Wisconsin, and with shoppers at the city's Southtown Mall.

Harris is starring as Jackson Pollock in a new movie about the artist's life. We'll feature an interview from our archives about Pollock. Kirk Varnedoe was the chief curator for a major Jackson Pollock exhibit that ran last year at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Pollock is widely considered the most challenging and influential American painter of the twentieth century and one of the primary creators in modern art since 1945. Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912. Varnedoe wrote the accompanying book Jackson Pollock.

The Iraqi people, not U.S.-led forces, will defeat the country's insurgency, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says. He also says the U.S. military is working to reduce the size of its forces in Iraq. He says in an NPR interview that it has taken six to eight years to put down major insurgencies elsewhere, and the challenge is to get most U.S troops out of Iraq much sooner than that.

The new biopic Kinsey takes on the story of scientist Alfred Kinsey, who pioneered research in human sexuality in the 1940s and 1950s. For the project, director Bill Condon -- who also wrote the script -- interviewed many of the scientist's colleagues.

His films include Welcome to Sarajevo, 24 Hour Party People and Wonderland. His new film, In This World, follows the arduous 4,000-mile journey of two Afghan refugees from Pakistan to Britain. The film was shot in Pakistan, Iran and Turkey. The two actors were "discovered" in Peshawar, Pakistan. Fifteen-year-old actor Jamal Udin Torabi has since applied for asylum in Britain. The interview continues into the second half of the show.

Los Angeles Lakers coach, Phil Jackson. Jackson has already won nine NBA championship rings; He led the Lakers to the championship last year, and he also won six with the Chicago Bulls. He has coached NBA greats Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kobe Bryant. Jackson's latest book is More than a Game, written with Charley Rosen (Seven Stories Press). This interview first aired June 12, 2001.

Musician and actor Steve Van Zandt. He is the guitarist for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. He's also recorded solo and has produced a number of records for other bands. He plays hitman Silvio Dante in the hit HBO series The Sopranos. His syndicated radio show, Hard Rock Cafe Presents Little Steven's Underground Garage plays Sunday nights on a number of classic rock stations across the United States. This interview first aired June 27, 2002.