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Host Bob Edwards speaks with NPR's Guy Raz on the capture of Tariq Aziz, deputy prime minister in the former Baath Party government of Saddam Hussein. He is the highest-ranking Iraqi government official so far apprehended by the United States.

At least nine people are killed and several others injured in Baghdad after a munitions dump near a heavily populated neighborhood catches fire. U.S. soldiers say unidentified assailants had fired flares into the depot, sparking explosions. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives in Damascus, Syria. He's expected to press Syrian leaders to drop support for for Palestinian and Lebanese militant groups that the Bush administration views as terrorist organizations. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.

President Bush says he is confident weapons of mass destruction will be found in Iraq, and suggests ordinary Iraqi citizens may provide key information. Meanwhile, about 1,000 weapons and intelligence experts, including former U.N. weapons inspectors, prepare to head to Iraq. Hear Terrence Taylor, a former U.N. weapons inspector.

The U.S. administrator for Iraq, Jay Garner, says he believes an interim governing council to replace the regime of Saddam Hussein will be in place by mid-May. Garner said the council will be comprised of returned exiles and local Iraqi leaders. In Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, U.S. forces stage raids against armed groups that still support the former Iraqi leader. Hear NPR's Scott Simon.

New Hampshire's famous landmark, the Old Man of the Mountain, collapses in a landslide. The series of granite ledges resembled a human face in profile. The image was used on state road signs and even the back of the New Hampshire quarter. Hear NPR's Lynn Neary and museum volunteer Cathy Nelson.

The State Department confirms reports that Saddam Hussein and his family seized about $1 billion from the Iraqi central bank hours before the start of the U.S.-led invasion. U.S. officials say they are trying to trace the missing cash, which may have helped fund an escape by the Hussein family. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

The U.S. Senate releases thousands of pages of transcripts from closed-door hearings held by Sen. Joseph McCarthy. The committee McCarthy chaired in the mid-1950s interrogated political and cultural figures in an anti-Communist crusade. Hear Associate Senate Historian Donald Ritchie.

President Bush will soon send Congress a request for $87 billion to fund reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some Capitol Hill lawmakers pledge to approve Bush's request quickly, calling it essential for troops on the ground. But others say the request prompts new questions about the direction of the U.S. mission in Iraq. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

The nine Democrats seeking their party's presidential nomination meet in Albuquerque, New Mexico for their second debate. Hear NPR's Mara Liasson.