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NPR's Peter Overby reports on the recent announcements of appointees by President-elect George W. Bush. Bush named New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman for the appointment of administrator to the Environmental Protection Agency and former Missouri Senator John Ashcroft for the appointment to Attorney General of the United States.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the latest personnel announcements of President-elect George W. Bush, starting with Missouri Senator John Ashcroft for Attorney General. Ashcroft, a strong conservative, was defeated in his bid for re-election last month by the late Mel Carnahan. He's also a former two-term governor and state attorney general. New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman was chosen to head the Environmental Protection Agency.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on President-elect George W. Bush, who today resigned from the only political office he has ever held -- governor of Texas. The emotional speech by Bush ended 6 years at the helm in Austin and comes less than a month before he is to move to his new home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Meanwhile, jockeying continues to go on behind the scenes for filling the remaining Cabinet slots.

Yesterday's tornadoes were one of the worst tragedies in Alabama history says Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. Twelve people died and dozens were injured as twisters touched down in four different parts of the state. The Tuscaloosa area suffered most of the fatalities. Butler Cain reports.

Now that Texas Governor George W. Bush has become President-elect Bush, he has begun to assemble a cabinet and will arrive today in Washington for meetings this week with President Clinton, Vice President Gore, and members of Congress. To get a sense of opinion around the country, Liane speaks with Jim Camden, senior political reporter for the Spokane, Washington, Spokesman-Review; Mike Jacobs, editor of the Grand Forks, North Dakota, Herald; and Kate Nelson, a columnist and member of the editorial board at the Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tribune.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold profiles 2-term Montana Governor Marc Racicot who was one of President-elect Bush's most aggressive defenders in the election aftermath. Now there's speculation that Racicot may be appointed to the Bush cabinet.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Texas State Senator Teel Bivens and Professor George Edwards, Director of the Center for Presidential Studies at Texas A&M, about the prospect of Texas Governor George W. Bush appointing Democrats to his Cabinet. Both men have worked extensively with Bush and say that the governor's bipartisan record in Texas will continue. Some past presidents have crossed party lines with Cabinet appointments, but it hasn't always guaranteed legislative bipartisanship.

Linda talks with Wayne Slater, Austin Bureau chief for the Dallas Morning News, about the ability of President-elect George W. Bush to unite a divided Congress, based on how he has worked as Texas governor.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports from Austin, Texas, on the first speech George W. Bush made last night as President Elect. While Bush clearly staked out his legislative agenda, he gave credit to his opponent, Vice-President Al Gore, reflecting the Governor's narrow victory.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports from Tallahassee on the political future of Florida Governor Jeb Bush. The younger brother of the president-elect took a public-relations pounding as his state's voting system and problems tarnished his image. An easy winner in 1998, Bush may now face a determined Democratic challenge in 2002.