Election Day - Tuesday, June 3, 2008

IT'S ELECTION DAY!

AMERICA'S HOST: Renee Montagne; NEWSCASTS: Carl Kasell, Jean Cochran
CALIFORNIA/NEVADA HOST: Donna Apidone; NEWSCASTS:  Steve Shadley

Here are some highlights of today's show:

This week, Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep explores how the megacity of Karachi, Pakistan, works in our series, "The Urban Frontier." Today, he introduces us to two people. One is Karachi's young, charismatic mayor, who rushes from one ribbon-cutting to another as he works to improve his city's services. The other is the man who made the mayor – Altaf Hussein who lives in self-imposed exile in London.  That story airs at 6:10 and 8:10.

In Rome today, world leaders are meeting at the United Nations  food conference to deal with rising food prices. The U-N says more than 800 million people are suffering from hunger and malnutrition, and many more are at risk. We'll hear more at 6:40 and 8:40.

On Capitol Hill today, the Senate debates major legislation to combat climate change. N-P-R's Christopher Joyce reports that the measure comes with a big price tag, and is likely to spark furious opposition.  That's at 5:10 and 7:10.

Thanks for listening!