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Co-Host Madeleine Brand talks to Susan Fillapelli, a communications professor at the University of Auburn in Alabama about some of the speeches at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.

Nick Wood reports from the town of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo, that NATO-led peacekeepers seized control of the dilapidated Trepca mining complex today, prompting angry protests from local Serbs. The United Nations administration in the province said it was closing the mines as a health measure, because the Trepca smelters were spewing out toxic fumes. The head of the UN administration, Bernard Kouchner, said an international consortium plans to renovate the mines and eventually reopen the facility.

NPR's Mark Roberts provides an update on the fires that have scorched hundreds of thousands of acres in the western U.S. Firefighters are making headway on some of the blazes, but many others continue to rage out of control.

As time runs out for the stricken Russian submarine, NPR's David Kestenbaum examines the logistics of efforts to rescue its crew.

Vice President Al Gore is talking issues with voters this week as he heads slowly toward Los Angeles and the Democratic National Convention there. The Democrats hope the substance-rich rhetoric will draw a sharp contrast to the Republican convention last week, which Gore and his backers criticized as all show. Gore brought his pitch to a group of seniors today in Harry Truman's hometown of Independence, Missouri. NPR's Anthony Brooks talks with us from event.

ATC Host Linda Wertheimer talks with a group of suburban women from Ohio about the presidential candidates -- George W. Bush and Al Gore. These middle class working women with children are considered a key part of the so-called swing vote. They also reside in a crucial state -- Ohio -- which remains up-for-grabs. The group includes: Gina Cronin, Anne Stevenson, Jennifer Lang and Kristi Gallup. The four ladies remain on the fence about whom to vote for -- as they find both candidates attractive for different reasons.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports on yesterday's stock market rally, based on expectations that the Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates for a seventh straight time, when the Fed Board meets next week.

Chuck Quirmbach of Wisconsin Public Radio reports on the latest in dairy tech...the robotic milker. The automated system could boost milk production, as well as save a farmer's aching body from the demands of twice-a-day milkings.

NPR White House Correspondent Mara Liasson reports from Los Angeles on President Clinton's speech last night at the Democratic National Convention. The President thanked the American people for giving him the chance to live his dreams. And he suggested that voters apply "the standard that Republicans used to have for whether a party should continue in office: are we better off today than we were eight years ago?"

Host Madeleine Brand talks to Daniel Williams, correspondent for the Washington Post about the Russian nuclear submarine that sunk to the bottom of the Barents sea during naval exercises off Russia's north coast this past weekend. More than 100 crew members are trapped inside.