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Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Ted Clark about the status of the Middle East peace negotiations at Camp David. According to the White House, President Clinton will keep the two sides talking as long as there is a possibility of success.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's White House Correspondent, Mara Liasson about President Clinton's response to legislation passed in Congress before it left for the week for the Fourth of July. The President is in New York for the holiday.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports. At the end of President Clinton's trip that covered Portugal, Germany, and now Russia, he gave the first speech by a US president to the Duma, Russia's Lower House of Parliament, and he met with former president Boris Yeltsin.

Commentator Louise Rafkin goes to the beach in Provincetown, Massachusetts every summer. This year, a couple with beachfront property decided they didn't want any swimmers in front of their house - so they set out some decoy beach chairs, hoping to keep people away. It didn't work.

Women are competing in Olympic triathlon for the first time and their race will determine the first medal winners of the Games. As NPR's Tom Goldman reports, the competition begins at the foot of the Sydney Opera House. Swimmers will plunge into the chilly waters of the harbor and then bike and run around Sydney's picturesque central business district.

David D'Arcy reports on the current boom of movies about artists. And these aren't obscure art-house pieces; the trend is being led by the New York Film Festival. From Jackson Pollock to Cuban poets, the arts are getting their moment on screen.

Host Jacki Lyden talks with NPR Political Editor Ken Rudin about Congressional elections this year. Democrats, six seats short of a majority.have a chance to re-take the House, In the Senate, some established members are facing tough re-election challenges.

The House failed today to override President Clinton's veto of a bill which would repeal inheritance taxes. The vote was 14 short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto. But the Republicans are hoping to use the vote as a wedge issue to run on in the fall. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

Daniel talks with Patrick Leahy, democratic senator from Vermont, about Leahy's proposal to restrict the usage of landmines. Leahy sponsored a bill that passed in the senate that calls for a moratorium on landmine usage by the United States. But the Pentagon opposes Leahy's efforts and is working to scud similiar legislation in the House.

NPR'S MARTHA RADDATZ EXPLAINS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF YESTERDAY'S CONGRESSIONAL VOTE ON FUNDING FOR A US BOSNIA PEACE FORCE, WHICH THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS HAMPERS THE BOSNIAN PEACE EFFORT. AND SHE TELLS US WHY A HIGH-RANKING ADMIRAL WAS FORCED TO RESIGN OVER INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS.