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NPR's Kenneth Walker reports once verdant Kenya is suffering from a three-year drought. Unemployment is surging, as are hunger and poverty.

NPR's Mark Roberts provides an update on the fires that have scorched hundreds of thousands of acres in the western U.S. Firefighters are making headway on some of the blazes, but many others continue to rage out of control.

ATC Host Linda Wertheimer talks with a group of suburban women from Ohio about the presidential candidates -- George W. Bush and Al Gore. These middle class working women with children are considered a key part of the so-called swing vote. They also reside in a crucial state -- Ohio -- which remains up-for-grabs. The group includes: Gina Cronin, Anne Stevenson, Jennifer Lang and Kristi Gallup. The four ladies remain on the fence about whom to vote for -- as they find both candidates attractive for different reasons.

Commentator Lenny Kleinfeld went to a party thrown by the LA Times for actors who've played journalists on screen. Unfortunately, he couldn't find any of the high-profile actors.

Vice President Al Gore is talking issues with voters this week as he heads slowly toward Los Angeles and the Democratic National Convention there. The Democrats hope the substance-rich rhetoric will draw a sharp contrast to the Republican convention last week, which Gore and his backers criticized as all show. Gore brought his pitch to a group of seniors today in Harry Truman's hometown of Independence, Missouri. NPR's Anthony Brooks talks with us from event.

Host Madeleine Brand talks to Daniel Williams, correspondent for the Washington Post about the Russian nuclear submarine that sunk to the bottom of the Barents sea during naval exercises off Russia's north coast this past weekend. More than 100 crew members are trapped inside.

Host Madeleine Brand talks to Igor Kudrik, who monitors the Russian navy for Bellona, a non-profit organization in Oslo about the Russian nuclear submarine that sunk on Sunday. One of Russia's biggest nuclear submarines was apparently involved in a collision before it plunged hundreds of feet to the sea floor near the Arctic Circle.

For some background on the sea exercises used by the American and Russian militaries in this post-Cold War era, Noah talks to Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution and author of Technological Change and the Future of Warfare. (4:30) Please note: Technological Change and the Future of Warfare, by Michael O'Hanlon is published by Brookings Institution Press, January 2000.

Chuck Quirmbach of Wisconsin Public Radio reports on the latest in dairy tech...the robotic milker. The automated system could boost milk production, as well as save a farmer's aching body from the demands of twice-a-day milkings.

Co-Host Renee Montagne talks to the Democrats only surviving former president Jimmy Carter. Last night president Clinton paid tribute to former president who was in the audience. He said in Carter's tradition, the United States is still the "leading force for human rights around the world."