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Robert is at the GOP convention in Philadelphia, and is spending some time with delegates and alternates from Michigan, to talk about their expectations for the week. A few weeks ago Robert traveled to Macomb County and Oakland Counties in Michigan, just outside Detroit. We hear from two delegates who are ardent Bush supporters, and two delegates who voted for McCain in the state primary, which he won. These four talk about issues like taxes and abortion, and the strength of Bush's character and accessibility to them. They also talk about what it will take to bring McCain voters and other independents into the fold, and what needs to happen this week in Philadelphia to energize them for the fall campaign.

Orla Guerin of the BBC reports on a United Nations effort to raise money to restore the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.

As part of our encore presentation of our series on American popular son, we remember the late lyricist DOROTHY FIELDS. Born in 1905, She was the only woman in the pre-rock era to sustain major critical and popular acclaim as a songwriter. First, We feature singer BECKY KILGORE and pianist DAVE FRISHBERG perform music by Dorothy Fields. Biographer DEBORAH GRACE WINER talks about Fields life and music.Winer is author of "On the Sunny Side of the Street: The Life and Lyrics of Dorothy Fields." PHILIP FURIA talks specifically about the lyrics DOROTHY FIELDS wrote. Furia is Chairman of the English Department at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He is also author of "Poets of Tin Pan Alley." (These interviews and performances continue in the second half of the show.)12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:30:00...

We continue our conversation with Philip Furia. BECKY KILGORE and pianist DAVE FRISHBERG perform more of Fields music.Composer and Broadway director CY COLEMAN talks about working with Dorothy Fields in the 1960s and 70's. They collaborated on the Broadway shows "Sweet Charity," and "Seesaw."12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next fresh air We continue our Monday encore presentations of our series on American popular song, with a tribute to lyricist Dorothy Fields. Fields wrote the lyrics for the Sunny Side of the Street, I Can't Give You Anything but Love, I'm in the Mood for Love, and The Way You Look Tonight. Join us for the next fresh air.

In addition to the Republican National Convention, Philadelphia also hosted the 2000 National Youth convention this week. Youth Radio reporters Amit Paley and Megan Williams attended. Green Party candidate Ralph Nader addressed the gathering of young people. But delegates were disappointed that the Republican nominee did not. Issues at the convention included funding for education and drug rehabilitation.

Thousands of delegates and journalists pulled out of Philadelphia today, ending a week-long siege that accompanied the Republican National Convention. They leave with a different impression of the place, which calls itself the city that loves you back. It seems the city also wants the burden and bounty of the national convention back -- the sooner the better. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

The Canadian Navy has boarded an American-owned ship that was contracted to carry Canadian military equipment back from a Kosovo peacekeeping mission. The ship has been circling in international waters in the Atlantic Ocean, refusing to return the tanks, weapons, and other cargo until a financial dispute is worked out with a middleman. Linda talks to Natalie Clancy, a national reporter for CBC Television, in Halifax, Canada, about the situation.

Actor CHRISTOPHER WALKEN. He got his start in the business as a tap-dancing kid and went on to play some of the most menacingly evil characters around. His films include –At Close Range,— –The Comfort of Strangers,— –King of New York,— –The Dead Zone,— and –Annie Hall— (in which he played Annies creepy brother who had an impulse to drive his car into oncoming traffic.) His new film is –The Opportunists.— 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on Republican Presidential Nominee George W. Bush's low key treatment of the issue of foreign policy.

Host Alex Chadwick talks with Mario Martinez, county commissioner of Hale County, Texas, where the duties of local government were recently limited by the county attorney.