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Maxwell Taylor Kennedy is the youngest son of the late Robert Kennedy. He edited a collection of his father's private journal entries called Make Gentle The Life of this World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy. He reads from the speech his father gave on the night that Martin Luther King Jr. was assasinated. (REBROADCAST from 6

Dan Schorr discusses the powers of the office of the attorney general with Steve Salzburg, a former Justice Department official who now teaches law at George Washington University, and veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Ron Oslowe, who has co-authored a book on the Justice Department.

Scott Simon talks with Sherry Sabin. Mrs. Sabin's sixth grade class contributed the first three hundred and seventy-eight dollars of the 1.6 million dollars it took to build the newest addition to the FDR memorial - a statue of Roosevelt sitting in a wheelchair. The statue was unveiled on Wednesday.

Simon/Clef: Scott visits with hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean. Next Friday, Mr. Jean will be the first hip-hop act ever to headline a show at New York City's Carnegie Hall. Guests at the show will include Eric Clatpon, Whitney Houston and a group of young musicians from the Wyclef Jean Foundation. Wyclef Jean's most recent record is "The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II A Book" (Columbia). More information on the Wyclef Jean Foundation can be found at www.wyclefjeanfoundation.org. (16:48) ((ST

NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr reviews the week's news.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the closing of the Brach's candy plant in Chicago.

Scott talks with Joyce Mills, who is a "bed buddy" at Paradise Ranch, a kennel in Sun Valley, California. The kennel provides owners with the option of a human companion for their dogs to sleep with.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell about film director Steven Soderbergh. Mr. Soderbergh might have two films -- Traffic and Erin Brockovich -- nominated for Oscar's best picture of the year.

Near the end of World War Two, the U.S.S. Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine, beginning a harrowing four-and-a-half day experience for the crew. As they waited for rescue, many of them were eaten by sharks. The ship's captain was later court martialed. But the crew felt the captain was unfairly accused. After fifty five years, Congress restored his honor. Noah Adams talks with Peter Maas, author of the forward to Abandon Ship: The Saga of the U.S.S.Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster, by Richard F. Newcomb, which has just been reissued. (8:00) Abandon Ship: The Saga of the U.S.S.Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster, by Richard F. Newcomb, is published by Harper Collins, December 2000. Maas is also author of The Terrible Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History, a Harper Mass Market Paperback, published August 2000.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the first series of hearings in Florida on irregularities surrounding the state's presidential election. The US civil rights commission is investigating complaints that Florida's patchwork of election laws and voting systems may have prevented many people from having their votes counted.