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Madeleine Brand reports on a newly confident Al Gore, who campaigned in few battlefield states.

A group of energy experts met in Boston and have forecasted higher heating oil prices for the winter. Steve Tripoli of member station WBUR in Boston reports.

Scott talks with Father Bryan Hehir, Chief of the Executive Committee at Harvard Divinity School, about the role of religion in American politics. Father Hehir says the discussion of religion and politics in America is complicated, but that each can help inform the other.

Gerry Hadden that the only school for guide dogs in Mexico is at risk of closing. The school has trained and donated nineteen guide dogs since it was created, but it is not getting the support it needs from the government and private organizations.

Scott talks to film historian James Chapman about the enduring popularity of James Bond movies. The first Bond movie, Dr. No debuted in l962, and 19 sequels later, the series shows no sign of dying off, even if five different actors have played the part of 007. James Chapman is the author of a new book., License to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films. (Columbia University Press).

NPR's senior news analyst Daniel Schorr review the news of the week.

The federal govenrment is creating a database on cats. Scott speaks with Dr. Marilyn Menotti Raymond from the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, MD where she's in charge of the project.

Scott with some thoughts about U.S. relations with Cuba and China in the aftermath of this week's U.N. Millennium Summit.

A ruling by an Idaho jury may bankrupt the leader of this country's leading neo-Nazi group, the Aryan Nation. Andy Bowers reports from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's sports commentator on Rapoport about the impact of minority athletes Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Tiger Woods.