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NPR's Madeline Brand reports that Vice President Al Gore took his presidential campaign into the heart of Texas, visiting San Antonio, and criticizing Governor George W. Bush's tax breaks for oil companies.

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.

Commentator John Ridley says he doesn't trust Texas Governor George W. Bush's new-found and avid interest in including minorities in his campaign. And he says the selection of three minority co-chairs for the Republican convention is no coincidence.

While the Arkansas governor's mansion is being renovated, the governor's family will be residing in a triple-wide mobile home on the mansion grounds. Robert talks to Janet Huckabee, First Lady of Arkansas, about her family's new accommodations.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow that the lower house of the Russian parliament, or Duma, approved legislation today giving the president more control over the country's powerful regional governors. Also today, tycoon Boris Berezovsky officially quit the Duma, to protest Kremlin moves to rein in the governors and big business.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the death of Senator Paul Coverdell. The only Georgia Republican senator to ever win re-election, Coverdell is almost certain to be succeeded by a Democrat; Governor Roy Barnes (D) is expected to make his decision shortly. But many Republican House members may try to run in the November special election, which could result in major changes in the state's congressional delegation.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports that George W. Bush made a campaign stop in Little Rock Arkansas yesterday. The Texas Governor toured a youth center, and later attended a fund raising dinner.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including White House spokesman Joe Lockhart on the Middle East summit at Camp David; former South African President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the international AIDS conference; Texas governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore at the NAACP Convention in Baltimore; Judge Robert Kaye, who presided over the civil lawsuit in Miami against the top five tobacco companies; Phillip Morris attorney Dan Webb and smokers' attorney Stanley Rosenblatt on the $145 billion punitive damages verdict.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports Texas Governor George W. Bush spent the day campaigning in Michigan yesterday. Bush emphasized his brand of compassionate conservatism by focusing on foster parenting, and promising to provide tuition benefits to adult foster children, as well as increasing the tax credit for adopting a foster child.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts about the week ahead in politics. This week President Clinton will focus most of his attention on the Middle East peace summit. The summit is set to begin tomorrow at Camp David with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Vice President Al Gore takes on Congress today, while Texas governor George W. Bush speaks at the NAACP national convention in Baltimore.