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Scott speaks with Maud Lyon of the Detroit 300 organization about the city's time capsule, sealed in 1901 and opened earlier this week by Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer.

Today, a special joint session of the US Congress was held to certify the electoral college votes for President and Vice President. Vice President Al Gore presided over the session that announced George W. Bush and Dick Cheney as the winners of the election. Host Lisa Simeone talks about the proceeding with NPR's David Welna, where members of the Congressional Black Congress raised objections and ultimately walked out of the session in protest of uncounted popular votes in the state of Florida.

The nation's first Native American poet laureate has a new memoir in which she tells her own story — as well as the story of her sixth-generation grandfather, who was forced from his ancestral land.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on McDonald's latest attempts to use technology to speed up their service.

With Singapore's kids scoring number one on international math tests, an Oregon company is making a business out of importing Singaporean textbooks. Robert Smith reports.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Commentator Paul Eisenstein about the Detroit Auto Show, which opens this week. Concept cars are the big attraction this year. Ford is featuring two models, which incorporate designs from the past: the Thunderbird and the Forty-Nine. Daimler-Chrysler is unveiling the Liberty, a new small sport utility vehicle.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Tom Rankin, Director of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, and co-director of the new documentary Indivisible. The project explores how individuals come together to solve problems in their communities. It introduces a range of compelling people and subjects, including a midwifery practice in Stony Brook, New York; an organization in Texas which helps low income Mexican Americans buy their own homes; and Youthline, a San Francisco program that trains young people to offer peer advice and counseling on a toll-free phone service. Indivisible was produced by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University in partnership with the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona. The website is www.indivisible.org

Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts and Wayne Slater, Austin Bureau Chief for the Dallas Morning News, about the news of the week. Roberts talks about Washington happenings. Slater has George W. Bush analysis.

Commentator Vincent Hsia brings his personal perspective on immigration and assimilation in the United States.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on Senate confirmation hearings for Donald Rumsfeld to be Secretary of Defense, a position he held in the latter stages of the Gerald Ford administration. Rumsfeld is expected to win support from the Senate Armed Services Committee and go on to become confirmed with little difficulty. But some Democrats want to question him about his advocacy of a missile defense system.