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Host Madeleine Brand talks to Igor Kudrik, who monitors the Russian navy for Bellona, a non-profit organization in Oslo about the Russian nuclear submarine that sunk on Sunday. One of Russia's biggest nuclear submarines was apparently involved in a collision before it plunged hundreds of feet to the sea floor near the Arctic Circle.

NPR White House Correspondent Mara Liasson reports from Los Angeles on President Clinton's speech last night at the Democratic National Convention. The President thanked the American people for giving him the chance to live his dreams. And he suggested that voters apply "the standard that Republicans used to have for whether a party should continue in office: are we better off today than we were eight years ago?"

From Minnesota Public Radio Bob Kelleher reports that the lift-bridge that separates, Lake Superior from the Duluth harbour has gotten its voice back. The bridge's original...but very loud...horns were replaced by quieter pipes last year. But city residents felt their bridge had lost some of its character, and started a petition drive to bring the blaring horns back.

Host Madeleine Brand talks to Daniel Williams, correspondent for the Washington Post about the Russian nuclear submarine that sunk to the bottom of the Barents sea during naval exercises off Russia's north coast this past weekend. More than 100 crew members are trapped inside.

NPR's Ina Jaffe spent the day talking with delegates at the Democratic National Convention about a number of issues including campaign finance reform.

Linda talks with Janice Harris -- a suburban mom, a P.R. consultant, and a "swing voter" -- about President Clinton's appearance last night at the Democratic Convention in Los Angeles. Yesterday, we heard Linda's conversation with Janice Harris and several of her friends about their expectations for the Democratic convention and what they wanted to her from the podium.

Senator Joseph Lieberman met today with the Democratic National Committee's Black Caucus. The meeting came just a day after some in the caucus publicly questioned his fealty to affirmative action and other issues important to African American liberals. NPR's Cheryl Corley was at the meeting, and she spoke with Noah Adams from the downtown Los Angeles hotel.

In the wake of Joe Lieberman's selection as Al Gore's running mate, some blacks are questioning Lieberman's stands against affirmative action and in favor of school vouchers. And one anti-Lieberman comment by a black NAACP official in Dallas turned into an anti-Semitic remark that got him fired. NPR's Phillip Martin reports that once, blacks and Jews stood as allies against the discrimination both faced. Now, their political relationship is marked by what many Jews call "anti-Semitism" and what many blacks see as "racism." But the reality is more complex than that.

Last night, President Bill Clinton bid farewell to delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. In his 41-minute speech, Clinton championed the nation's economic prosperity and praised Al Gore. Today, Clinton joined Gore on the campaign trail in Monroe, Michigan, symbolically passing the political torch to his vice president. NPR's Anthony Brooks is traveling with the Gore campaign, and he talks with Noah Adams from the Gore-Clinton rally.

Linda talks to E.J. Dionne, Columnist for the Washington Post, and David Brooks, Senior Editor at the Weekly Standard, about the next steps in the torch-passing from President Clinton to the presumed Democratic nominee, Vice President Al Gore. They discuss the president's mission in his speech last night, and what Gore needs to accomplish when he addresses the delegates on Thursday.