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Robert talks with Hanoch "Herbie" Smith, an Israeli pollster and analyst in Jerusalem, about public opinion among Israelis about the Camp David talks.

Robert talks with Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research. He joins us from his home in Ramallah, to talk about public opinion of the Camp David summit among Palestinians.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that kids are attending summer schools in record numbers. In St. Louis, about half of all students are enrolled in summer classes. Parents, teachers and police are pleased with the trend. And lots of kids seem to enjoy summer school, too. But the evidence is mixed on whether it improves academic performance.

Commentator Jeanne Brennan says that it's more important to help students and teachers during the school year so that they don't need summer school to catch up.

People who do well on one kind of mental test tend to do well on other tests, as well. This has led scientists to investigate a quality of the mind that's known as "general intelligence." General intelligence is just one aspect of smarts and savvy, but it is the part that gets assessed by tests like IQ tests. Now, researchers report that they have localized general intelligence to one part of the brain. NPR's Richard Harris reports on this contentious finding.

Linda and Robert read letters from All Things Considered listeners. (3:00) To contact All Things Considered, write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington DC 20001. The e-mail address is atc@npr.org.

NPR's Anne Sutton reports on the shortfall in salmon returns in Western Alaskan waters for the second year in a row. State Governor Tony Knowles has already started the paperwork to provide state aid; now the state is seeking federal assistance too.

NPR's John Ydstie reports that Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan gave his bi-annual state of the U.S. economy speech on Capitol Hill yesterday. Greenspan was upbeat and said the economy seems to be slowing to a more healthy pace.

Singer-songwriter SHELBY LYNNE. We will listen to her songs and talk to LYNNE in studio. Her new CD, –I Am Shelby Lynne— (Universal/Island) is part country and part soul. This is the 6th album for this Alabama-born singer, but it is the first album in which LYNNE writes most of the songs. Her other albums were products of the Nashville country music scene. With this new album, LYNNE has won over critics and fans alike. LYNNE is currently touring the US. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW.)12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Shelby lynne continued.Veteran smokejumper MURRAY TAYLOR. Hes been fighting forest fires for over 35 years, is the oldest active smokejumper and the oldest to ever do the job. Hes written a new memoir about his experiences –Jumping Fire: A Smokejumpers Memoir of Fighting Wildfire.— (Harcourt Inc.)Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews –An Obedient Father— (Farrar Straus & Giroux) the debut novel by short story writer Akhil Sharma. 12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next fresh air singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne brings her guitar to the studio. Her new CD is a hybrid of soul and country music. Also facing a tornado of fire. . a talk with veteran smokejumper MURRAY TAYLOR. Hes been fighting forest fires for 35 years. Join us for the next fresh air.