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Scott Simon talks with Hal Higdon, a marathon guru, who claims he's trained half of all the runners in this year's Chicago marathon.

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

Block -- Let the games begin. The Subway Series between the New York Yankees and the New York Mets begins tonight. NPR Melissa Block reports on how both the fans and players are preparing.

Lost amid the hype and hoopla of the Series is the game itself. Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport about how the teams stack up.

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports from campaign trail, this week with Vice President Gore. Several thousand supporters turned out to see the Vice President in New Orleans last night. With governor George W. Bush showing a slight lead in the polls, the Vice President is fighting back hard.

Host Lisa Simeone talk with students at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky about why many of then are still undecided voters.

Missouri voters have picked the winning candidate for President more often than any other state in the union. They've only gotten it wrong once in the past hundred years. But this year, how Missourians will vote is in question: popular Democratic Governor Mel Carnahan died in a plane crash earlier this week as he was campaigning for U.S. Senate. Now it's unclear who voters will be electing if they mark their ballots for Carnahan ... and that may hurt Vice-President Gore. NPR's David Welna reports

As part of Morning Edition's regular Monday coverage of third party Presidential politics, Host Bob Edwards talks to David Gillespie, an expert on the subject. Gillespie is Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. He says Green Party nominee Ralph Nader could tip critical electoral votes from Democrat Al Gore to Republican George Bush and effect the outcome of the election.

Commentator Patt Morrison says Los Angeles has recently approved wine-making within the city limits. Despite any doubts food lovers might have about a gourmet product coming out of a city better known for smog and freeways, wine has been a part of the city for a long time.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Ken Walker about the election results in Ivory Coast. This is the African nation's first election after a military coup last year drove the ruling party from power, but with the two major parties boycotting and voter turnout low, observers say a free and fair election is impossible.