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NPR's Don Gonyea reports that President Bush was busy yesterday meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Mori, as well as with the White House Energy Taskforce, and a coalition of African-American ministers.

N-P-R's Melissa Block and Debbie Elliott talk with host Alex Chadwick about breaking news from Florida this morning. A judge has announced that the Secretary of State was not in the wrong to deny the further numbers from hand recounts in the Presidential Election.

The latest James Bond film, Die Another Day made a reported $47 million at the box office over the weekend. If your $8.50 was among those millions, you saw Pierce Brosnan in the starring role. And if you watched closely, you also might also have caught a glimpse Richard Cohen -- an experienced fencer brought in as an extra. Richard Cohen is the author of then new book BY THE SWORD: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions. (Random House)

Wales celebrates its patron saint, St. David, today. St. David, the Waterman, was called Dewi in Welsh. He is credited with winning a victory over the Saxons - who back in the fifth century - ruled what is now England. St. David told Welsh soldiers to wear leeks in their helmets so they could recognize each other on the battlefield. To mark the day, we hear the Welsh group YR Huntws (YEAR- HOON-tuss) singing a traditional Welsh hymm "The Bishop and the Peasant" or Yr Esgob A'R Gwiladwr (publisher Sain Publi

Thousands of delegates and journalists pulled out of Philadelphia today, ending a week-long siege that accompanied the Republican National Convention. They leave with a different impression of the place, which calls itself the city that loves you back. It seems the city also wants the burden and bounty of the national convention back -- the sooner the better. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

A taste of honey. A mouthful of fraud.

Linda and Noah discuss the opening of the thirty-sixth Republican National Convention in San Diego, California. Republicans are hoping that this meeting will showcase their ideas and their candidates...and can help jump-start the Dole campaign. Patrick Buchanan's withdrawal from the race and endorsement of Dole earlier today has helped pave the way for a greater party unity...which is what the convention is hoping to accomplish.

The Firesign Theatre brings us a surrealistic episode of Bob Hind and his Golden Hind Specialty Cruises, as he welcomes Peggy and Vernon Soccermom from Elmertown, who recently went for a vacation. They recount the authentic Irish experience they had at the oldest pub at the airport.

Robert talks with NPR's Anne Garrels in Moscow about tomorrow's presidential run-off election. There is no campaigning today; Russian election law forbids it. Polls open Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. local time and close at 10 p.m. There are 93-thousand polling stations spread across Russia's 11 time zones. Russian President Boris Yeltsin is facing Communist Gennady Zyuganov ((gen-NAH-dee zyu-GAH-noff)). The campaign has been overshadowed by questions about Yeltsin's health, and yesterday, Yeltsin re-appeared after a five-day absence from public appearances. Since then he has remained at home...his aides say he is working on documents.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports the judges hearing Microsoft's appeal of its antitrust case raised serious questions about the government's plan to split the company in two. The seven-judge panel suggested they may send the breakup order back to a lower court to be reconsidered. The appeals court panel also expressed concerns about the way the district court judge handled the case and comments he made to reporters while the trial was still in session.