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Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Don Gonyea live on the Al Gore 24-hour tour, in Tampa at a dawn rally.

Larry Abramson of NPR News covers a report by the Federal Trade Commission on the marketing of violent entertainment products to minors. The FTC says violent movies and video games are aggressively marketed to young teens that aren't supposed to have them. Many companies already have stated policies prohibiting the marketing of such products to minors. The agency is calling on entertainment companies to live up to those policies.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Idaho, where the civil trial of a white separatist leader begins today. Richard Butler of Aryan Nation is accused of provoking a physical assault; he claims he's an advocate of nonviolence and isn't responsible.

Host Renee Montagne talks with David Nasaw, the author of The Chief : The Life of William Randolph Hearst the updated biography of former media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. (7:30) The Chief : The Life of William Randolph Hearst by David Nasaw is published by Houghton Mifflin, ISBN: 0395827590.

NPR's Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark reports President Clinton is preparing for separate meetings at the UN tomorrow with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, in hopes of finding a way to resolve the impasse in the peace process.

He's got sex appeal, Latino heritage, and his family hopes that will translate into political pizazz among Latinos and the young. NPR's Phillip Davis reports George P. Bush, the 20-something son of Florida Governor Jeb Bush and his Mexican-American wife, is going on tour on behalf of George W.

Two participants of a training and planning session for demonstrations at next month's Democratic National Convention tell us about their experience. Lester and Summer are teenagers who attended the Youth Organizing Communities protest camp and attended workshops on imperialism, street theatre and politics. We hear their audio diary produced by Youth Radio.

Jacky Rowland reports from Belgrade that a Yugoslav military court today sentenced a Serb journalist to seven years in prison on charges of espionage and spreading false information. The reporter, Miroslav Filipovic reported allegations of atrocities committed by Yugoslav army troops against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo last year.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on the differing receptions that await Israel's Prime Minister Barak and Palestinian Leader Arafat, as they return today from the 15-day Summit at Camp David. The talks ended yesterday without an agreement. Arafat is being praised for standing firm on issues of importance to Palestinians, especially sovereignty over East Jerusalem. Barak returns home with an uncertain political future.

As part of The Changing Face of America series, NPR's John Nielsen reports from Albuquerque on the real estate development formula that drives the creation of regional shopping malls and suburban sprawl across the country. Nielsen talks to Chris Leinberger, an expert on 'the science of sprawl,' who says that sprawl is planned, not random or haphazard.