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Liane talks with NPR's Mike Shuster about the future of the US national missile defense system, in the aftermath of Friday night's test failure. Shuster says the latest failure may delay, but not ultimately derail, the deployment of the system.

Liane visits the National Institutes of Health, and talks with Dr. Alan Guttmacher of the National Human Genome Research Institute. Dr. Guttmacher tells Liane what the discovery of the genome map will mean for the future.

Liane speaks with author and regular Weekend Edition essayist Tim Brookes about his book A Hell of a Place To Lose a Cow: An American Hitchhiking Odyssey (National Geographic). In 1998 Brookes retraced the steps of a hitchhiking journey he first undertook in 1973 aged 20, shortly after he arrived in the United States from England.

NPR's Jeffrey Dvorkin recently attended a reunion of his Canadian summer camp group from 1961, and reports on what a difference 39 years makes.

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports that Vice President Al Gore has attacked Republican Congressional leaders as part of his campaign. He blames them for holding up essential legislation which could help millions of ordinary Americans in order to serve the interests of corporations and wealthy donors.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports that a fourth police officer has been charged with misconduct in the ongoing probe of corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department. New charges have also been filed against two of three officers already facing trial.

NPR's Phillip Martin reports on the NAACP convention in Baltimore, Maryland. Yesterday before a skeptical audience Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush said he recognized that the Republican Party has not always been seen as friendly toward blacks and promised to work to improve relations.

Host Bob Edwards talks to reporter John McLean about the recovery efforts in Manila after a mountain of garbage collapsed on a shantytown killing at least 71 people. Approximately one-hundred people were injured and an unknown number still missing. The mountain of garbage was weakened by a typhoon that swept through the Philippines last week.

From member station WSHU, Tandaleya Wilder reports that private parks and beaches in Greenwich, Connecticut may soon be open to the public. Many in the upscale community, which is on the outskirts of New York City, argue that opening their beaches and parks to non-residents would be disastrous.

Host Bob Edwards talks with commentator John Feinstein about tonight's Major League All Star Game in Atlanta. The festivities began last night at Turner Field, when Sammy Sosa defeated Ken Griffey Junior to win the Home Run Derby.