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Secretary of State John Kerry is trying again to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, as casualty counts rise inexorably higher. NPR's Emily Harris explains both sides' demands.

Marjorie Roberts participated from Johns Creek, Georgia. She is a long hauler who first got COVID-19 in March of 2020 and also lost a close friend to the disease.

Professor of Political Economy and Health Policy MARC ROBERTS. He's written a new book about the health care crisis: "Your Money or Your Life: The Health Care Crisis Explained." (Doubleday). ROBERTS will talk with Terry about Clinton's health care plan, which the president presented to Congress yesterday. ROBERTS is on the faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health and the John F. Kennedy School of Government

Actor and comic JAMES BELUSHI. He's starring in the upcoming ABC series, "Wild Palms," produced by Oliver Stone. It's a thriller, set in the future. BELUSHI plays a television executive caught up in the computer-generated world of illusion that his network broadcasts. This technology known as "virtual reality," gives the illusion of being immersed in another world. BELUSHI is the brother of the late John Belushi. He was a member of Second City improvisational comedy troupe, and "Saturday Night Live." He's been in the films, "Salvador," "The Principal." Most recently he starred in the film, "Traces of Red," and is currently appearing on Broadway in "Conversations with My Father.

Writer ALEXS PATE ("Alex Payt"). His first novel is called "Losing Absalom." It's a memoir, and tribute, to his father, Absalom Goodman. Pate's book chronicles the end of Absalom's life as his family has gathered around his hospital bed. Writer John Willimas wrote, "Losing Absalom is a powerful yet sensitive embrace with black America today." Pate lives in Minneapolis, where he works as a writer, poet and performance artist. (Coffee House Press

Drummer ARTHUR TAYLOR. He died Monday at age 65. TAYLOR played with Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk. His recent book "Notes and Tones: Musician-to-Musician Interviews" (Da Capo Press) was a new expanded collection of interviews he''s done with fellow musicians: . It was one of the few books about black jazz musicians by a black man, and because of that TAYLOR''s subjects were able to talk freely about the role of black artists in white society. It includes interviews with Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis, Max Roach, Betty Carter, Thelonious Monk and others. (REBROADCAST FROM 2

NPR's John Burnett reports on how former President George Bush's resignation from the NRA has affected other members of the organization. This past week, Bush wrote a letter of resignation from the group saying he was offended by comments from one NRA leader who referred to federal agents as "jack-booted thugs" and compared them to Nazis. NRA members have had a variety of reactions to Bush's move with some agreeing that the rifle association has gone too far while others just say "good riddance" to the former president.

Rock guitarist ERIC CLAPTON. His latest album, "Unplugged," swept the Grammy Awards. The album was inspired, in part, by the death of his young son, who fell from a window ledge and died. CLAPTON is considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest, guitar player in rock history. Clapton started out playing blues with the Yardbirds (For Your Love) in the early 60s, then played with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers before forming Cream, one of the 60s most influental bands (Crossroads, White Room). In this interview from 1989, Terry talks with him about his life and work. (Originally aired 12

An old and a new interview with UPDIKE: From March 16, 1989, UPDIKE's interview about his memoir, "Self-Consciousness."And a new interview with UPDIKE. His new novel is "Brazil," (Knopf). (THEINTERVIEW CONTINUES AFTER THE ATC PROMO). REV. : More with JOHN UPDIKE.

A 'Fresh Air' concert with NICK LOWE. His newest recording is "The Impossible Bird" (Upstart Records). 1994 revives Lowe's solo career. Lowe in the early 1970s played London's pub rock scene in the band Brinsley Schwarz. After the band broke up in 1975, he produced five albums for Elvis Costello. Lowe worked with Dave Edmundsin and the group Rockpile. In 1992 he was one quarter of the band "Little Village" with John Hiatt and Ry Cooder.

2: Rock writer and critic ROBERT PALMER. He was the New York Times's first full-time rock writer and chief pop critic, and he's a contributing editor at Rolling Stones. He's written several books on blues and rock and roll, and was the writer and music director for the award-winning documentary films, "The World According to John Coltrane," and "Deep Blues." His latest work is chief advisor to the ten-part PBS documentary, "Rock & Roll: An Unruly History," currently airing on PBS. He's also a companion book (Harmony Books).

2: Novelist ELMORE LEONARD. He's 70 years old and has been called "the greatest living writer of crime fiction" (New York Times). Though he'd been writing for decades, critics didn't take notice of him until the 1980s. Now his work is known for it tight prose, "ear-perfect" dialogue and depiction of lower class life. LEONARD's written thirty-two novels, including the bestsellers Pronto, Maximum Bob, and Get Shorty which has been made into a film, starring John Travolta and Gene Hackman.

2: Actor and singer HARRY BELAFONTE. He stars in the new movie "White Man's Burden" with John Travolta. Belafonte was born in Harlem and raised in the hills of Jamaica where he absorbed the song and music of the island life around him. BELAFONTE's first love was theater, but he wasn't convinced that popular singing would take him as far emotionally as Shakespeare did. By embracing the calypso music of his childhood he introduced it to America. This week, he performs his first public concert in New York City in over thirty years. (Originally aired 9

Record producer, musician, and composer BEN VAUGHN. The New. Jersey-based musician, and a favorite with Fresh Air, has relocated to L.A. to work in film and television. He composed the theme music for the new sitcom, "Third Rock from the Sun," starring John Lithgow, and Jane Curtin, which premieres tonight (TUES, JAN 9, at 8:30 PM ET/PT on NBC). VAUGHN most recent release is "Instrumental Stylings" (Bar/None).

NPR's John Nielsen reports that Secretary of State Warren Christopher today said a U-S carrier group will move closer to Taiwan in the coming days. The announcement comes as China stages missile tests -- as well as live ammunition tests -- off Taiwan's coast. Appearing on N-B-C's "Meet the Press," Christopher said the carrier battle group will be in what he calls a "position to be helpful if they need to be." The missile tests are aimed at discouraging Taiwan's pro-democracy movement in advance of presidential elections on March 23rd. Christopher says China's actions "smack of intimidation and coercion." He also says they're "reckless" and "risky."

Psychologist KAY REDFIELD JAMISON is an authority on manic-depression, and the author of the 1993 book Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, (Free Press/MacMillan). JAMISON disclosed her own 30-year battle with manic-depression in the recent memoir, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Knopf). JAMISON is Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from London on the tributes to Sir Alec Guinness, one of the greats of the British stage, screen and television who died over the weekend at the age of 86. He was an exceptionally versatile actor, whose roles ranged from Hamlet, to upper-class eccentrics in Kind Hearts and Coronets to George Smiley in the televised versions of John le Carre's spy thrillers, to Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars. (4:00) Music played at 1 minute before the hour was the theme from "Lawrence of Arabia" as performed by the Ventures, from the CD "Now Playing", copyright 1975, EMI Records.

All Things Considered host Robert Siegel is at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. He spent time on the floor of the convention hall Tuesday night, with the Michigan delegation during John McCain's speech. McCain won Michigan's primary. And here in Philadelphia, the delegation from Michigan includes some people who backed McCain. Robert talks with two delegates after the speech about their reaction to McCain's speech, and whether they now support George W. Bush. This week has been a huge exercise in persuasion for those McCain supporters -- as they attempt to harness their enthusiasm for McCain to the Bush bandwagon.

At a Congressional hearing today the General Accounting Office released a report on some of Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary's extensive world travel. The report says the department has very sloppy accounting and cannot account for $250-thousand in spending. NPR's John Nielsen reports defenders say the report is full of holes while other supporters worry that overseas business will be lost if the secretary is forced to curtail her travel. The controversy regarding Secretary O'Leary's management is nowhere near over.