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Linda talks with two experts about the legal and moral issues involved with undercover reporting. They discuss when undercover journalism is necessary, and what it really accomplishes. The question of when "getting the story" crosses the line from legitimate factfinding and journalism into deception has come into sharp focus, with the punitive damages award handed down today in a trial which pitted the ABC network against the Food Lion supermarket chain.

NPR's Debbie Elliott talks with host Alex Chadwick about this morning's events in Florida. Republicans and Democrats have filed differing lawsuits in state and federal courts.

- The President spoke at two services today, and NPR's Debbie Elliott attended the first one, at Eglin Air Force base in Florida. Eglin was home to 12 of the Americans who were killed.

Bob talks with Steven Smith, political science professor at the University of Minnesota, about the next Congress. Republicans will hold a slim margin in the House and the Senate could be split 50-50.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on findings of a Pentagon commission that was set up after last year's bombing of a U.S. Navy destroyer in Yemen. The commission says a failure of intelligence left the U.S.S. Cole exposed to attack. U.S. officials say they are nearing completion of their investigation of who was responsible for the attack and said they would not hesitate to act against those responsible once they are identified.

A Pentagon review panel decided today that the experimental V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft known as the Osprey is not yet ready for deployment but should proceed to its next phase of development. Critics have said the design is flawed and that the program should be shelved. Four of the prototypes have crashed so far, and two crashes in the last 18 months cost the lives of 23 American servicemen. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from the Pentagon.

The New York Times has published leaked 1995 tax documents from Donald Trump that show a loss of $916 million that year. Times reporter Susanne Craig received those documents in the mail last month.

The Hawaii resident was charged with one count of intentionally disturbing wildlife after he tried to help a baby bison return to its herd. Park rangers later had to euthanize the abandoned animal.

The Clinton administration sent a message to the states today not to undermine the guiding principle of the new welfare reform law... moving welfare recipients into jobs. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance to states, saying that they have some flexibility in using their own welfare funds for population groups the federal government would exclude. But the rules say, in most cases, states can not use their own funds to keep recipients on welfare beyond the 5-year time limit set by the federal law.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on a Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll that finds more Americans than ever support public education, and reforming rather than changing the system. The annual poll finds for the first time that low funding for schools is listed as the number one problem. Poll respondents of both parties say that the federal government should give schools more money without no strings attached. They see Democrats as more friendly to public schools than Republicans in general, but they see Al Gore and George W. Bush as equally good for public schools.