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Join co-host Jeff Tiberii, as we get updates from reporters across the state and region on election results, and what they mean for political representation in the South.

The countdown to Election Day is on, and candidates are hitting the trail in North Carolina. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump visited the…

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on the Presidential Candidates differing positions on the environment. Vice President Gore, a long-term supporter of the environment, focuses on developing renewable energy resources and preserving some land areas as national treasures. Governor George W. Bush would encourage offshore exploration of both oil and natural gas to reduce foreign dependency.

With the presidential race now in a dead heat, Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush are campaigning hard in key battleground states. Florida is one of them with 25 electoral votes at stake. NPR's Phillip Davis reports on why Florida has turned from solidly Republican to a state ripe for either candidate to win or lose.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with NPR's Rob Gifford about the view from Beijing of the situation involving the American reconnaissance airplane. He says the Chinese public seems to want an apology from the U.S. but the level of anger has not reached the height that it did in 1999 after the accidental U.S. bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.

Linda speaks with David Brooks, a senior editor for the Weekly Standard and a commentator for All Things Considered; Teresa Tritch, the Washington Bureau Chief for Money Magazine; and Ron Brownstein, a national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, about Clinton's nomination acceptance speech, and their impressions of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which ended last night.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports on efforts by veteran Israeli politician Shimon Peres to win parliamentary support for his bid to run for prime minister in upcoming elections. The left-wing Meretz faction told Mr. Peres he should work with incumbent Prime Minister Ehud Barak to secure a peace deal with the Palestinians.

President Biden has resolutely defended his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. But Republicans and many Democrats have criticized the way the administration has withdrawn.

The state of the economy can determine presidential elections — but that doesn't mean President Biden is getting credit for positive changes.

Ellen West, a new one-act chamber opera presented by Opera Saratoga, is based on a tragic poem by Frank Bidart, while Poul Ruders' The Thirteenth Childdraws on a relatively obscure Grimm fairy tale.