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Both Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush say they support a patients' bill of rights, and both make the issue part of the daily stump speeches. But while Gore has been very specific about his support for a bill that is stalled in Congress, Bush has kept avoided talk of too many details. As NPR's Julie Rovner reports, Bush's generalities about the issues sometimes conflict with one another, but not so much as to roil voters.

Robert talks to Richard Vara, religion editor for the Houston Chronicle, about the vote by the Baptist General Convention in Texas to withhold millions of dollars in funding from the Southern Baptist Convention. The Texas branch of the denomination cited concerns about the increasingly conservative positions taken by the national leadership of the church.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center, in Princeton, N.J. about recent polls with undecided voters who are steadfast in their uncertainty: up to one in four voters say they haven't made a final choice between Vice President Al Gore or Texas Governor George Bush for the Presidential election this year.

Members of the liberal wing of the Democratic party are staking claim that they won't be ignored this Presidential election season. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on the future of the Middle East; Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian spokesman Hanan Ashrawi; Palestinian Mahti Bedowi; President Bill Clinton; Secretary of Defense William Cohen on the bombing of the USS Cole; Operations Specialist Jerome Ferret on the Cole.

Liane talks with NPR's Mike Shuster in Jerusalem about the internal political pressures on Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on the eve tomorrow's summit conference in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el Shiek. Arafat and Barak will be joined at the negotiating table by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and President Clinton.

Deborah Amos concludes her final report on America's drug war. She picks up the story with a shift in the politics of the war on drugs in the early 1980's. As drugs such as cocaine and crack were becoming more popular, federal funding for treatment programs was being cut, replaced in many cases with incarceration. But in Arizona, the results of that shift have led the state to reconsider its approach. Arizona's treatment program is now a model for ballot proposals in two other states. (8:00)There's more about the Drug War Series at http://www.npr.org/news/specials/drugwars/.

Scott talks to Boston College psychology professor Joseph Tecce about the first two presidential debates between Vice President Gore and Governor Bush. Professor Tecce counted the number of times each candidate blinked during their encounter, which he says indicates how nervous they are.

Scott visits senior citizens in Miami, Florida tohear their feelings on the 2000 election. Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore have campaigned frequently in Florida. Both candidatesrecognize the importance of courting the senior vote and have dueled in thepresidential debates over their competing plans for social security and Medicare.

From Jerusalem, NPR's Jennifer Ludden offers a reporter's notebook on the crumbling relationships between Israelis and Palestinian neighbors.