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Vice President Al Gore brought the NAACP convention delegates to their feet today. Welcomed as a "member of the family," the Democratic presidential candidate served up Scripture, promises to fight hate crimes and discrimination, and tough talk about his Republican rival and GOP leaders in Congress. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports from Baltimore.

GREAVES continued.Classical Music Critic LLOYD SHWARTZ reviews this year's Music Festival in Dresden, Germany.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next Fresh Air - understanding cancer and its genetic mutations, from a Darwinian perspective. We talk to Doctor MEL GREAVES about his new book Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy. Greaves directs the leukemia research center at the Institute of Cancer Research in London. Join us for the next fresh air.

NPR's Ted Clark examines the emerging relationship between the United States and North Korea. During the last six years, North Korea has gradually ended its isolation and moderated its confrontational approach toward the US and American allies. In return, the United States has supplied food aid. South Korea also has provided incentives to draw the North out of its isolation.

When United Airlines and US Airways announced that they wanted to merge, the plan included the creation of a new airline - DC Air - which would be owned by Media Mogul Robert Johnson, of Black Entertainment Television. Commentator Leon Wynter says the prospect is a windfall for Johnson, who Wynter contends has turned his media empire into America's official black brand.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the dilemma facing states that have passed bans on so-called "partial birth" abortions. When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a Nebraska law that outlawed the procedures, it cast Constitutional doubt on similar laws in twenty-nine other states. Abortion opponents in several of those states are working to craft new bans. They hope rewritten laws will be able to pass Constitutional muster. But it may not be an easy task.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a recall election this week. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Gray Davis, who was removed as governor of California through a recall election in 2003.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge about the expiration of the federal eviction moratorium and President Biden's plan to address affordable housing.

A case of the virus, which claimed a 12-year-old boy's life, has sparked fears of a new outbreak in India. Researchers fear that the deadly disease has the potential to cause global outbreaks as well.

The Rev. Megan Rohrer will lead one of the church's 65 synods, overseeing nearly 200 congregations in Northern California and northern Nevada.

Consultants hired by Alaska Airlines to assess its programs after the January crash of Flight 261 earlier this year released their report today. Citing poor communication and marginal staffing levels the report concludes that the carrier must rebuild its safety culture. From KUOW in Seattle, Sam Eaton reports.