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NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on how Democratic and Republican lawmakers are reacting to yesterday's developments in Al Gore's legal fight to win the presidency. Democratic leaders are still standing behind their man, but admit he seems to be running out of options. Meanwhile, many Republican continue to call for Gore's concession, but his rival, George W. Bush, has remained quiet.

Voters began lining up four hours early to hear Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush give a speech in Saginaw, Michigan this afternoon. Most had heard about the news about Bush's arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol 24 years ago. But NPR's Don Gonyea reports, for Bush supporters, the news made little difference.

Texas Governor George W. Bush today said he fully expects to be declared the winner of Florida's 25 electoral votes, making him the next president of the United States. A recount underway today in that state aims to resolve the question that has the nation's presidential election in a state of suspended resolution. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Austin, Texas.

Presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore will be featured on the longest running, most popular variety show in this hemisphere. Sabado Gigante, or The Big Saturday Show, is a weekly must see ritual for many Hispanics across the country, attracting more than 10 million viewers every week. NPR's Phillip Davis reports.

The two majority party Presidential candidates are moving into high gear for the weekend before the elections. George W. Bush is attacking Al Gore as a divisive big spender. But the Republican is also working to move beyond an admission that he was arrested for drunk driving in 1976. NPR's Steve Inskeep is traveling with the Bush campaign.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports from Broward County, Florida, where the County Canvassing Board finished its manual recount of presidential ballots last night. Vice President Al Gore gained more than 560 votes on George W. Bush -- a significant slice into the Texas Governor's narrow lead.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Friday from lawyers for George W. Bush and Al Gore about the constitutionality of a ruling by the Florida Supreme Court. At issue is whether the Florida Supreme Court violated a federal law by allowing manual recounts to be included in the certified vote tally. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with Akhil Reed Amar, Professor of Law at Yale University.

NPR's Melissa Block reports the U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request to allow an audio recording of the historic oral arguments in the George W. Bush campaign's appeal of the Florida Supreme Court decision. The Florida high court mandated that hand-counted ballots be included in the state's vote totals, despite the passing of a deadline.

Janet Heimlich reports on the success of schools in Houston, where test scores and public confidence in the school system have both risen since the mid-1990's. Many credit superintendent Rod Paige, who came on in 1994. There's talk that if George W. Bush wins today's presidential election, Paige might be a prime candidate for Secretary of Education.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including State Department spokesman Philip Reeker; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Sen. John Edwards (D-NC); Sen. Dean Barkley (I-MN); Secretary of State Colin Powell; and President George W. Bush.