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Host Lisa Simeone talks to reporter Joshua Levs at member station W-A-B-E in Atlanta, about yesterday's military plane crash that killed 21 members of the Air National Guard. Flight data recorders have been recovered, but the recovery of victims has been hampered by poor weather conditions.

President Bush creates a new presidential commission to encourage private giving to victims of the tsunami disaster. Leading the new effort will be two former presidents, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Linda talks with Whit Ayres (WIT A-urz) of Q.W Ayres and Associates, and Peter Hart of Peter D. Hart Research Associates about whether or not the accepted ideas about what voters want...from tax cuts to a reduced deficit...are really holding true in this election season.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the reaction from the Bush camp on yesterday's Supreme Court ruling. Former secretary of state James Baker spoke for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney when he told reporters that they are "very pleased and gratified" over the decision. Allies of the Texas Governor say they believe

Linda talks with Carlos Gutierrez, President and CEO of the Kellogg company in Battlecreek, Michigan. Gutierrez was one of the business leaders that met with President-elect George W. Bush yesterday. Gutierrez says the nation's economic boom can't last forever, and the president-elect is right to be thinking of early action to prevent a recession.

President-elect George W. Bush nominated Gale Norton, Colorado's former attorney general, as secretary of the interior today. Norton is protege of former Interior Secretary James Watt, and supports Bush's plan for expanded oil exploration in Alaska. As NPR's John Nielsen reports, her nomination came as an unwelcome surprise to many environmentalists.

Bob Edwards talks to Jennifer Heffron, Senior Director for Health Care Reform at the National Mental Health Association. She discusses the mental health parity law that George W. Bush signed in Texas, analyzes Clinton's recent actions and considers how Bush may change things.

Linda talks to Andrew Kohut, Director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, about recent polls indicating Democratic Presidential Nominee Al Gore has slipped in the race with Republican George W. Bush. Voters seemed to agree that Gore won last week's debate with Bush, but they thought Bush came across as more personable and honest.

Advisors to Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush tried to lay claim to the moral high ground today, each saying they were trying to protect the interests and will of the American people. But at the end of the day, it sounded a lot like the charges and countercharges of an increasingly bitter and ongoing campaign for the presidency. NPR's Peter Kenyon is in Austin, Texas, where Governor Bush spoke briefly today.

Liane talks live with NPR's Debbie Elliot from Tallahassee, where today a court hearing continues to determine whether thousands of disputed ballots from two Florida counties will be counted. Lawyers for Vice President Al Gore argued yesterday that the ballots should be counted; lawyers for Texas Governor George W. Bush disagree.