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NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Idaho on the start of a trial that could handicap the Aryan Nation. Two years ago, members attacked a woman and her son as they drove past the entrance to the hate group's compound. The Southern Poverty Law Center is trying to tie the actions of the groups' followers to their leader, Richard Butler.

NPR's Julie Rovner reports on Congressional efforts to reduce the cost of prescription drugs. An amendment to the annual spending bill for the Department of Agriculture would allow pharmacists and wholesalers to import U.S.-approved drugs from Canada and Mexico, where costs for those drugs are lower. But the drug industry says this could allow unsafe or contaminated drugs into the market.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the Teamsters' endorsement of Democrat Al Gore for President. James Hoffa, President of the Teamsters says the decision is based on a poll of the union's one-point-five-million members. Gore received an enthusiastic welcome at the Teamsters' convention in Las Vegas yesterday and then appeared last night at a fundraiser in Beverly Hills, hosted by Rob Reiner.

Host Bob Edwards shares letters from listeners.

Texas Governor George W. Bush continued his swing through the Midwest today, saying he is the candidate who will help middle class families. From birth to retirement, the Republican presidential nominee says he is looking out for working Americans. Bush made that appeal in a neo-natal ward yesterday, a school today, and in an appearance on Oprah Winfrey's daytime talk show. NPR's Anthony Brooks is traveling with the Bush campaign.

NPR'S Howard Berkes explores Australia's passion for swimming. In the first day of Olympic swimming competition, five world records fell. Australian talent Ian Thorpe thundered through the water with victories in single and relay events, stirring hopes that the Australians can replace America as the sport's dominant team.

Host Jacki Lyden speaks with James Perkins, the first African-American mayor of Selma, Alabama. The defeated mayor, Joe Smitherman, was the man who called out the National Guard on civil rights protesters in 1965.

NPR'S Melanine Peeples reports on dire conditions following three years of severe drought in the southeastern United States.

NPR's Bob Mondello reviews the documentary Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, the story of some 10,000 German Jewish children sent to live with British families just before World War II. The rescue operation came to be known as the "Kindertransport."

NPR'S Jennifer Ludden reports on the revival of a radio program in Israel that seeks to reunite Holocaust survivors. "The Department for Seeking Relatives-The Next Generation" is enjoying phenomenal popularity since it was launched earlier this summer.