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The presidential candidates released their final burst of campaign energy today. Texas Governor George W. Bush followed an itinerary of high confidence, visiting the home states of both Vice President Al Gore and President Bill Clinton before the day was out. NPR's Steve Inskeep was with the governor.

Noah talks with Jack Wardlaw, State Capital Bureau Chief for the Times-Picayune in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, about singer and former Louisiana Governor Jimmie Davis who has died at the age of 101. Davis wrote Louisiana's official state song You Are My Sunshine, and more than 300 other songs.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including the liftoff of the Russian Soyuz carrying one American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to the international space station; Israeli government spokesman Avi Pazner and Hamas spokesman Ismaeel Abushunah; the opening of the very first Tonight show, hosted by Steve Allen, who died this week; Texas Governor George W. Bush on the revelation that he pleaded guilty to a DUI 24 years ago; Gore spokesman Chris Lehane.

President Clinton hit a series of Democratic campaign rallies today in northern California. He told the crowds that if they want the things they liked about his administration to continue, they have only one choice--Gore, Lieberman and Democratic congressional candidates. NPR's Richard Gonzales was at the president's event in Oakland, where Mr. Clinton said former-Governor, now-Mayor Jerry Brown helped him see there might be political life after the White House.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Karen O'Connor, political science professor and director of the Women and Politics Institute at American University, about widows appointed to Congress in place of their deceased husbands. Jean Carnahan said she would represent Missouri in the US Senate, if her late husband, Mel Carnahan, gets the most votes on Tuesday, and the acting governor appoints her. 44 widows have served in the House and Senate since the 1920s.

Texas Governor George W. Bush said today that he has learned from the mistakes in his life. The Republican Presidential candidate spoke one day after confirming that he had been arrested for drunk driving in 1976. Bush has built much of his campaign around the idea that he's more honest and trustworthy than Al Gore or Bill Clinton. Now, Bush faces questions about whether he made any misleading statements, as he tried to keep his past private. NPR's Steve Inskeep is covering the Bush campaign.

Linda talks to Andrew Kohut, Director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, about how the presidential race is shaping up in the polls this pre-election week. Texas Governor George W. Bush seems to be gathering a small lead according to Pew.

Having worked the West Coast earlier in the week, Texas Governor George W. Bush was bearing down on the Midwestern states again today, campaigning in Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin. Bush warned that Gore's plans for seniors were just a "hop, skip and a jump" from nationalizing the U.S. health care system. Gore, meanwhile, campaigned in Illinois as well and had plenty of warnings of his own. In Chicago he told a crowd that "prosperity is on the ballot," and warned against Bush's environmental record. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

Linda talks to Tim Poor, National/World Editor at the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, about the election races in Missouri, where George W. Bush made a stop today. Bush has the edge in Missouri, according to a Zogbe poll. Other major races include the Senate race between incumbent Republican John Ashcroft, and the state's Democratic Governor Mel Carnahan, who has died in a plane crash. Carnahan remains on the ballot, though, and his wife has said she will serve in his stead if he wins. And House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt is running for re-election.

Texas Governor George W. Bush spoke today at a campaign rally in Minnesota, at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. His appearance today was unusual, considering the state has not voted Republican in a presidential race since 1972. But polls are showing Bush and Democratic candidate Al Gore in a dead heat in Minnesota. We'll hear some of Bush's remarks, and Robert speaks with Doug Grow, a columnist for Minneapolis Star Tribune, about the current state of politics in Minnesota. Two years ago Minnesotans elected a third party candidate, Jesse Ventura, as their governor, and now Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader is making a showing in the polls in Minnesota.