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Tonight, the women's basketball NCAA semifinals take place in Atlanta, GA. Monday night is the men's basketball championship. NPR Sports Correspondent Tom Goldman joins All Things Considered guest host John Ydstie to discuss some of the highlights of the NCAA matches.

President Bush meets British Prime Minister Tony Blair today in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to plan for new leadership of Iraq. Blair wants a larger role for the United Nations than Bush has indicated would be welcome. Hear from NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Don Gonyea.

Facing sporadic resistance from Iraqi troops, U.S. Army tanks enter Baghdad while armored vehicles encircle the Iraqi capital, a U.S. Central Command spokesman says. Col. David Perkins of the 3rd Infantry Division says U.S.-led forces will increase their stranglehold on the city and "take bites and pieces at a time until the regime does collapse." Hear NPR's Anne Garrels and NPR's Eric Westervelt.

All Things Considered guest host John Ydstie talks with United Nations Assistant Emergency Relief Coordinator Ross Mountain about the situation on the ground in Iraq. Iraqi families currently have enough food to last through the month, and the expected flood of refugees has not yet materialized. But Mountain says the situation could worsen significantly.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Family History, the new novel by Dani Shapiro.

The United States is getting ready to start a provisional civil administration for post-Saddam Iraq. It will be headed by a retired general who is sitting in Kuwait with a staff of advisers waiting for the green light to fly to Baghdad. Beyond that, the Pentagon has also flown a controversial exiled Iraqi leader and several hundred of his followers to Nasiriyah, Iraq, to add a loyal Iraqi component to the future administration. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

U.S.-led forces fan out across Baghdad, meeting heavy resistance. U.S. tanks move north from a presidential palace seized Monday, and U.S. Marines cross the Diala River to take control of Baghdad's Rasheed Airport. Hear NPR's Nick Spicer.

U.S. troops seize Baghdad's main airport, 12 miles outside the city. Pentagon officials are pleased with the gains made, but still fear stronger opposition as they move forward. Saddam Hussein appears on TV to exhort the people of Baghdad to fight back. NPR's Bob Edwards speaks with NPR's Nick Spicer.

Last night, Navy Lt. Spencer Abbot flew an F-18 Hornet over northern Iraq. His fighter squadron is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, which is sailing in the eastern Mediterranean. With their missions lasting five or six hours, Abbot and his squadron have to refuel their jets in the air -- at night -- as they fly to and from their targets. This is his War Diary entry.

As President Bush will meet with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in Northern Ireland to discuss possible plans for post-war Iraq. Meanwhile, U.S. and British political differences over Iraq's reconstruction surface, with at least one British official pushing for a larger U.N. role in rebuilding Iraq. Hear NPR's Sylvia Poggioli.