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As Isabel moves into Ontario, Canada, authorities along the Eastern seaboard begin to assess damage left in the former hurricane's wake. At least 17 deaths are attributed to the storm, and more than 4 million people in the Mid-Atlantic region remain without power. Flooding remains a major concern. Her NPR's Brian Naylor, NPR's Adam Hochberg and FEMA administrator Michael Brown.

In this segement Robert Siegel talks to Michael Stanislawski - a professor at Columbia University and associate director for the Center for Israel and Jewish Studies. He thinks the notion that the head of the Jewish Studies department at Queens college must be Jewish is thoroughly wrong. He sites Brown University as having had a non-Jew who led the Jewish studies program there very successfully.

Deborah talks with David Snowdon, the principal investigator in a study which was carried out by the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky. The study found a correlation between strokes and Alzheimer's Disease. It examined individuals who had experienced small strokes, and found that the brain tissue in these people bears a striking similarity to the appearance of brain matter in individuals suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. The researchers are now investigating whether small strokes are the actual cause of the mental devastation believed to be caused by Alzheimer's.

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.

Folk musician John Palmes plays everything from Bach to James Brown. What is unusual is his instrument, the mouthbow. Marika Partridge reviews his new CD, Mouthbow: Small Voices.

Peter D. Kramer's new book is Against Depression. In it, the author of Listening to Prozac puts forth an understanding of depression as a modern scourge. Kramer argues that depression should be considered a disease — and treated as such. Kramer is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Brown University.

In his new book, Dr. Michael Stein uses the stories of patients, including that of his terminally ill brother-in-law, to explore the personal side of sickness. Stein, a professor of medicine and community health at Brown University Medical School, discusses The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness.

By playing with the physics of wing color, scientists get a glimpse into how butterflies get their colors, and how quickly they can evolve from brown to brilliant.

A protest on Sunday night in Ferguson, Mo., led to a tense confrontation. Earlier in the weekend, two officers were shot. Police insist the shootings had nothing to do with Michael Brown's death.

Researchers say they have identified the oldest existing structure in the U.S. dedicated to teaching Black children. It's a small, white building on the College of William & Mary's campus.