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The National Baseball Hall of Fame will announce this year's inductees on Tuesday. Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport tells Scott whom he voted for.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the first series of hearings in Florida on irregularities surrounding the state's presidential election. The US civil rights commission is investigating complaints that Florida's patchwork of election laws and voting systems may have prevented many people from having their votes counted.

Dan Schorr discusses the powers of the office of the attorney general with Steve Salzburg, a former Justice Department official who now teaches law at George Washington University, and veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Ron Oslowe, who has co-authored a book on the Justice Department.

Scott with some thoughts about a political storm in Dane County, Wisconsin about a supervisor, and his desire to spend his winters in Florida.

NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr examines results of the 2000 U.S. census. America's population increased by some 13% since the 1990 census, to more than 281-million people. By contrast, the Russian population is declining.

What makes for a good laugh? To find out, Liane talks with Dr. Robert Provine, neurobiologist from the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, who has done extensive research on laughter. (10:00) (NOTE: His book "Laughter: A Scientific Investigation" is published by Vi

Liane talks with NPR's Rob Gifford in Beijing about the publication in the U.S. of The Tiananmen Papers, which gives insight into the inner workings of China's senior leaders during the spring of 1989. Protests on the streets of Beijing led to the showdown in Tiananmen Square, and the bloody crackdown by the Chinese government.

Today, a special joint session of the US Congress was held to certify the electoral college votes for President and Vice President. Vice President Al Gore presided over the session that announced George W. Bush and Dick Cheney as the winners of the election. Host Lisa Simeone talks about the proceeding with NPR's David Welna, where members of the Congressional Black Congress raised objections and ultimately walked out of the session in protest of uncounted popular votes in the state of Florida.

Paul Simon's 1986 album Graceland fuses the music of America and South Africa.

Pope John Paul II closes out the jubilee year, shutting the door in St. Peter's Basillica that he opened to mark the beginning of the third millennium of Christianity. Some 25 million pilgrims have visited Rome this jubilee year, to reaffirm their commitment to the faith. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.