The White House begins a two day summit on economic issues today in Washington. We'll have a report from Linda Feldmann of the Christian Science Monitor.

We have a spirited conversation with Democratic Senator from California Barbara Boxer, and Republican Congressman from New Jersey Chris Smith, about abortion policy in the U.S.

We check in on the still contested race for Governor of Washington. Over 500 uncounted votes have been discovered, from a Democratic district, in a race that was awarded to the Republican candidate, who won with fewer than 100 votes.

Since the death of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian approach to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict has softened.

Hanukkah ends today at sundown. We'll have a diary from the leader of the Klezmatics about the Hanukkah songs of Woody Guthrie.

Our food gurus, Scott Haas and Kathy Gunst pick their favorite cook books from the year 2004.