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Host Bob Edwards talks to Hirsch Goodman of the Jerusalem Report about Prime Minister Ehud Barak's political problems at home, in trying to negotiate with the Palestinians. Any transfer of land from Israel to the Palestinians would require the approval of Israel's Knesset, and Barak is in a relatively weak position with regard to that parliamentary body.

Host Bob Edwards talks with commentator John Feinstein about tonight's Major League All Star Game in Atlanta. The festivities began last night at Turner Field, when Sammy Sosa defeated Ken Griffey Junior to win the Home Run Derby.

Host Bob Edwards talks to reporter John McLean about the recovery efforts in Manila after a mountain of garbage collapsed on a shantytown killing at least 71 people. Approximately one-hundred people were injured and an unknown number still missing. The mountain of garbage was weakened by a typhoon that swept through the Philippines last week.

NPR's Ted Clark previews the Camp David Summit between Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, which begins today, under the auspices of President Clinton. The objective is to resolve the seemingly intractable problems that stand in the way of a permanent peace agreement between the Israeli and Palestinian people.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports that a fourth police officer has been charged with misconduct in the ongoing probe of corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department. New charges have also been filed against two of three officers already facing trial.

From member station WSHU, Tandaleya Wilder reports that private parks and beaches in Greenwich, Connecticut may soon be open to the public. Many in the upscale community, which is on the outskirts of New York City, argue that opening their beaches and parks to non-residents would be disastrous.

Commentator Matt Miller says, he has an idea that will save Television executives from airing boring programs and serve a societal purpose. If death penalty fans consider capital punishment to be a deterrent, he says, airing executions should persuade people not to kill one another.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Matt Ridley, a science writer for the London Telegraph and the author of the book Genome, about what the implications are for knowing how to map the entire human genome.

In the second installment of our series on national missile defense, NPR's Mike Shuster examines some of the technical problems scientists would have to overcome, in order to make a missile defense system operational and effective.

KERN INTERVIEWS AND PERFORMANCES CONTINUED.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next fresh air. . . our encore presentations of our American popular song series continues, with the early theatre songs of Jerome Kern, the songs he wrote before such hits as smoke gets in your eyes, and the way you look tonight. Join us for the next Fresh Air.