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Weekend Edition's Daniel Schorr speaks with Martin Tolchin, editor-in-chief of "The Hill," and Andrew Glass, Washington bureau chief of the Cox Newspapers, about House Speaker Newt Gingrich's week.

to find out if that state's plan to reduce class size in public schools is working. Governor Pete Wilson initiated the plan last year, using money from a budget windfall. It focuses on first and second grades.

It's still raining over much of the west. Gamblers are trapped in Reno hotels, and the casinos and bordellos are closed down for the first time in 100 years. The governor of Idaho has declared several counties disaster areas. In California, rivers in Napa and Sonoma counties are above flood stage. Damage is in the hundreds of millions of dollars -- much of it because of bad planning, according to experts. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports.

2: A review of the year's best pop music with critic KEN TUCKER. He'll talk with Terry about his favorites and why: (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE REST OF THE SHOW)Top Ten Albums:1) "Odelay" by Beck2) "Black Eye" by Fluffy3) "Sheryl Crow" by Sheryl Crow4) "Diary of a Mod Housewife" by Amy Ribgy5) "House of Music" by Tony, Toni6) "Spirit" by Willie Nelson7) "First Band on the Moon" by The Cardigans8) "Just When We're Thinking It's Over" by the Cox Family9) "Grown Man" by Loudon Wainwright, III10) "Call the Doctor" by Sleater Kinney

which the state of Florida will try to help resolve. At Miami's request, Governor Lawton Chiles has sent advisors to assist the city to bring the budget into balance, as required by state law. Miami faces a $68-million shortfall in the current year.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports that New York Governor George Pataki proposes testing every welfare applicant for drug use, and cutting off cash benefits for those testing positive. They'd be sent to treatment programs "when available," and experts predict chaos because of the number of addicts on welfare far exceeds the number of treatment centers.

with the >Miami Herald, about the financial crisis facing the city. Miami is near bankruptcy due to a declining tax base, fiscal mismanagement, and possible fraud. State officials are looking into the problem and Florida Governor Lawton Chiles is expected to appoint a control board soon to run Miami's affairs.

the 35-year tradition of flying the Confederate flag over the state's capitol building. The governor's plan faces opposition from many state senators, who killed a similar plan two years ago. And in a recent poll, 52-percent of South Carolinians favor keeping the flag.

and Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott spoke to the Republican Governors' Conference yesterday. Speaker Gingrich said their approach will be incremental, seeking tax cuts, Medicaid reform, and a balanced amendment to the Constitution.

over how Governor Pataki plans to make sweeping changes in the state's welfare system.