7pm This episode's headline: Helping Hand?; Gergen & Shields; Pledge Break; On Trial; Death of a Shooting Star. The guests include REP. RICHARD GEPHARDT, Majority Leader; SEN. ALAN SIMPSON, [R] Wyoming; DAVID GERGEN, U.S. News & World Report; MARK SHIELDS, Washington Post; NINA TOTENBERG, National Public Radio; CORRESPONDENTS: SPENCER MICHELS; JUDY WOODRUFF; ESSAYIST: ROGER ROSENBLATT. Byline: In New York: ROBERT MacNeil; In Washington: JAMES LEHRER
