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NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Baghdad that Iraqi officials are defiantly rejecting President Bush's demand that Saddam Hussein and his sons go into exile to avert war.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with NPR's Alex Chadwick about the leaflets that the U.S. military is distributing around Iraq in hopes of persuading Iraqi troops to surrender.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Mike Martini and Mark Magistrelli, who just finished producing a second CD on the origins of WLW, a radio station and network based in Cincinnati. For 20 years, from 1921-1941, WLW was a network with talent and resources to rival CBS and NBC. During the late 1930's, the station was granted authorization to broadcast at 500,000 watts -- the most ever allowed to an American radio station by the FCC.

An entire division of 8,000 Iraqi soldiers surrenders in southeastern Iraq, according to the Pentagon. Iraq's 51st mechanized division was the main defender of the key port city of Basra. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

A major U.S. air offensive begins in Baghdad, with hundreds of missiles raining down on Iraq's capital city. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says the Iraqi leadership is starting to lose its hold on the country. NPR's Ron Elving and Larry Abramson report.

President Bush meets with the leaders of Britain and Spain Sunday to discuss strategy for an uphill battle to pass a U.N. resolution sanctioning military action against Iraq. The resolution may lack the votes necessary to pass the U.N. Security Council -- and faces veto threats as well. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

President Bush makes a surprise announcement aimed at getting Middle East peace efforts between Israelis and Palestinians back on track. The move seems designed in part to demonstrate that the administration is not completely distracted by Iraq. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea, NPR's Melissa Block and Henry Siegman of the Council on Foreign Relations.

President Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar reinforce today's deadline for the U.N. Security Council to endorse the use of force to compel Iraq's immediate disarmament. Meeting with the foreign leaders in the Azores for an emergency summit, President Bush calls today a "moment of truth for the world." Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.

Tension in Baghdad increases as the city prepares for a U.S.-led assault to remove Saddam Hussein. Soldiers gather along streets and residents stock up on food and gas. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

Ten years ago, award-winning producer Dave Isay teamed up with LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman to create two gritty, groundbreaking portraits of urban life. Today, Isay presents the story of Yanier "Blak" Moore, a former drug dealer turned author who was first discovered by Jones and Newman during their reporting in the Chicago housing projects.