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visits sound designer, Randy Thom (TOM), in Marin County, California. Thom has designed sound for films including THE RIGHT STUFF and APOCALYPSE NOW. Many of the sound effects he creates are not made from actual sound of the elements they represent--for instance a train is not always a train.

Commentator Daniel Troy, an Associate Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, says the U-S Supreme Court was right in ruling that Florida's recount process violated federal constitutional rights. He says the decision is consistent with past high court rulings that bar states from treating voters in different counties differently.

NPR's David Molpus reports on the latest developments in Florida's vote re-count. Representatives from the Bush campaign asked federal courts to step in and stop any hand-counting of ballots; Gore representatives called on Republicans to withdraw that request. Two counties are currently re-counting some ballots by hand.

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.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on the continuing court challenges in Florida. Circuit Courts are hearing cases of disputed absentee ballots in two counties. But it's in the State Supreme Court where the real battle will be fought; the justices hear arguments tomorrow in Al Gore's appeal of a lower court ruling that denied the hand recount of thousands of ballots.

Satirist Harry Shearer performs his just penned song about the woes of being an elderly Jewish voter in Palm Beach County Florida. The song is a blues number as if sung by a man with a heavy Yiddish accent who complains about not being able to find the holes in the ballot and thus casting a mistaken vote.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports from Tallahassee, Florida, where later today, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris is expected to accept the results of hand recounts from two counties, and announce a winner in the Presidential race for Florida. But that won't end the legal wrangling over the state's crucial 25 electoral votes.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports from West Palm Beach, Florida, where a manual recount of the November 7th vote continues today. On Monday, oral arguments will be heard in Florida state Supreme Court as to whether the hand recounts are valid. Meanwhile, officials in Miami-Dade county said hand tallying could take until early December to be completed.

An enormous cleanup operation is under way in the state of Florida, where Hurricane Charley cut a swath through at least 10 counties Friday night. More than a million people are without power. NPR's Phillip Davis reports.

After hearing testimony — including from the shooter Andrew Lester and his victim — a Clay County judge quickly ruled that there was enough evidence to move the case forward.