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Last week All Things Considered asked listeners to call in with questions they'd like answered by the presidential candidates. We took your calls and played them for both the Bush and Gore campaigns, and they gave us their answers. We'll hear from the Gore Campaign's national spokesman Doug Hattaway, and Bush campaign press secretary, Mindy Tucker.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the latest fund-raising investigation by the Justice Department that may have implications for the Gore campaign. The New York Times reported this morning of a 1995 discussion in which Vice President Gore was asked to make a fundraising call to a Texas trial lawyer -- around the time President Clinton was preparing to veto GOP-passed tort reform legislation that would limit lawsuit awards. The White House says Gore never made the call, but documents show a marked increase in contributions to the Democratic Party by the lawyer and his law firm since Mr. Clinton vetoed the bill. George W. Bush, campaigning in California, said Gore "may have crossed a serious line" with his actions.

Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush has sharply criticized the Clinton administration's national defense policy. He says the Clinton White House has undermined the U.S. military and let the defense forces decline. Bush has promised to "re-build" the military. But there are questions about how the candidate would pay for it. Though he has talked about a major upgrade, his actual proposal only involves a very small spending increase. NPR Pentagon Correspondent Steve Inskeep reports.

NPR's Susan Stamberg remembers her colleague, Mike Waters, who died yesterday at age 69. He hosted this program from 1971 to 1974, part of that time as co-host with Stamberg. Waters had a rich, deep voice. It was said "he had a cathedral in his head." We hear some his work -- include a skit in which a sunrise is "directed" by Waters as an archangel.

Journalist Burkhard Bilger. His new book about clandestine Southern traditions is Noodling For Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts (Scribner) His article Enter the Chicken which originally appeared in Harper's Magazine about cockfighting in Louisana, is in the new book. (REBROADCAST from 3

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Tom Goldman about the opening ceremonies at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Today, an estimated crowd of 110-thousand cheering fans welcomed athletes from around the world as they marched into the newly minted stadium.

Linda speaks with Rex Gephart, head of the Los Angeles MTA's "Metro Rapid" program, which aims to reduce bus travel times by 25 percent. As part of the plan, the MTA has equipped two of its major bus lines with a new device that hold a green lights for approaching buses. Gephart says ridership has increased significantly on the lines being tested. He says L.A. is the first city in the U.S. to implement so-called "signal priority" so extensively.

Commentator Joanne Kaufman just got her drivers license -- at age 41. Her ultimate road test was a trip to the drugstore. She talks about what she missed not being able to drive, the freedom it would have meant as a teenager. Driving solo as an adult is a defining moment she wants to tell everyone about, but the destinations and reasons to drive are different.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about three NFL games coming up this weekend. The Washington Redskins face the unheralded and undefeated New York Giants. Two former dynasties the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49'ers face off in a game that demonstrates the hazards of manipulating salaries under the NFL salary cap for short term gain. In a battle of undefeateds, The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their star wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson play the New York Jets, Mr. Johnson's old team and one he hasn't hesitated to criticize.

NPR's Bob Mondello reviews the film Dancer in the Dark, made by Danish director Lars Von Trier. Von Treir was cofounder of the "Dogme '95" movement, which advocated removing artifice from film. Bob says this is a real departure from that -- it couldn't be more artificial. And it's dividing audiences.