Breakfast

MUSIC STING: "Space Agent" by Zeb from the compilation album "Tripnotic".

6:37: NOBEL DEATH ROW:
Mario Fehr, a Swiss Parliamentarian in Zurich, talks about a prisoner on Death Row being nominated for next year's Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination aims at rewarding the co-founder of the infamous Los Angeles-based 'Crips' Gang for helping guide other street-gang members onto a more 'rightous' path - through a series of children books and other initiatives.

6:44: POLITICAL UPDATE:
Fran Kelly updates the political scene from Canberra.

6:48: US VOTE COUNT:
Merle Black, a professor of politics at Emory University, talks from Atlanta about the race for the White House. Florida's Supreme Court is scheduled to rule early tomorrow, our time, on whether to accept the final Florida machine, or 'hand-count' tally as the benchmark to determine who will become the country's next President.

7:34: POLITCAL INTERVIEW:
Fran Kelly talks with Graeme Morris, partner in the PR firm Jackson, Wells and Morris and a former chief of staff in John Howard's office.

7:43: WASHINGTON UPDATE:
Linda Wertheimer, host of National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" updates the continuing controversy about the US election results.

7:48: TAMWORTH WET:
James, Treloar, the former mayor of Tamworth, talks from his property about the rising flodd waters in the town. The Peel River is expected to peak at 6.1 metres at noon today - splitting Tamworth in two.

7:55: BAT UPDATE:
Valerie Delpesch is an expert in infectious diseases with the NSW Department of Health. She talks about the sudden increase in bat bites in and around Brisbane. A total of 13 people have needed vaccinations against the bat-borne Lyssa Virus. In the past week, four people have been bitten by bats in the Newcastle area on the NSW central coast - but no-one has yet been diagnosed with the virus.

8:06: NO THINK:
Andrew Haas, a lecturer in philosophy at the University of NSW, talks about whether there is still a place for the ancient discipline of philosophy in today's hectic social and tertiary climate.

8:12: SCRAM-JET:
Allan Paul is the Hyshot Project manager and a research fellow in the School of Mechanical Engineering. The Hyshot Project is the brainchild of researchers at The Centre For Hypersonics at Queensland University. He talks about research on the Scramjet - a motor that can travel at speeds impossible in conventional jet travel.

8:22: NEWINGTON GOLD:
Caroline Mackley, the Sustainable Development Cost Planner for the builders Bovis Lend Lease, has just done the sums on the energy and cost savings at Newington - the site of the Olympic Village. It's more than delivered the environmental benefits we were promised as part of our so-called 'Green Olympics'. Now, the 2000 dwellings are being sold - and about 5000 Sydney-siders will eventually call Newington home.

8:26: TEE VEE:
Shane Danielson talks with Helen Thomas about "Whose line is it anyway" and "Barney".