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NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on the emergency cease-fire reached in Israel in the wake of violent clashes between Israeli police and angry Palestinians.

NPR Commentator Ev Ehrlich bemoans the steadily declining rate of personal savings among the American public. While he is sympathetic to the reasons for the decrease, Ehrlich also calls it a dangerous trend.

Bob Edwards talks with Israeli journalist Hirsh Goodman about the possibilities for peace in Israel after this latest wave of violence.

In the first installment of a month-long series on leadership, NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks with Jeff Bezos, founder of the pioneering e-commerce company Amazon.com.

Noah talks to Al Rasheed Khalid, University of Chicago Professor of Middle East History, about Ariel Sharon, the leader of Israel's opposition Likud party. They discuss how Palestinians view Sharon, and why some blame Sharon's visit to a holy site -- sacred to both Jews and Muslims -- for the current violence.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that the rioting after Israeli political leader Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount -- known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif -- is proof of Jerusalem's deep significance.

Critic Kenneth Turan reviews the new movie Girlfight. The film is "Rocky" with a feminist twist -- the story of a troubled teen coming of age in a seedy Brooklyn gym. The movie garnered top awards at the Sundance Film Festival.

Poet and Memoirist Mary Karr. Author of the best selling Liars Club, she has just published a new book chronicling her teen age years entitled Cherry (Penguin Putnam, 2000). In a follow up to what critics call a "hard scrabble" childhood, she returns to East Texas to detail her adolescence. Karr relates anecdotes of rebellion, self doubt and sexual coming of age. The recipient of several literary awards such as the Pushcart Prize and the Bunting Award, she has published two volumes of poetry. She is the Peck Professor of English Literature at Syracuse University.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that a growing number of Americans feel the country is heading in the right direction. An NPR, Kaiser Family DFoundation, and Kennedy School Poll taken in June indicated that half of respondents thought the US was on the wrong track; now it looks like Gore's campaign strategies may be helping to turn the tide.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Israel, where Arab and Israeli leaders are demanding an end to the violent clashes that have resulted 31 deaths in the past four days.