Today - 01/09/2008

Presented by Sarah Montague and Evan Davis. Including: As Hurricane Gustav approaches, Butch Kinerney from the Federal Emergency Management Agency describes the evacuation from new Orleans. Kevin Connolly reports from the city centre. Kim Simpson from the Studio Montessori Nursery Centre discusses how to assess children's progress. Mark Mardell reports on tensions among the 27 European leaders on how to deal with Russia. David Cameron, who has recently met Georgian leaders, offers his thoughts. Spectator Editor Matthew d'Ancona and political editor Nick Robinson assess how much worse the situation can get for the Prime Minister. Poet Glyn Maxwell discusses Liberty, his adaptation of Anatole France's 1912 novel Les Dieux ont Soif. Thought for the Day with Abdal Hakim Murad, Muslim Chaplain at the University of Cambridge. Blue Peter editor Biddy Baxter and former presenter Sarah Greene discuss the importance of viewers' letters to the programme. Home Office minister Tony McNulty discusses the leak of a draft letter which suggests that the current economic problems could lead to a rise in crime. Roy Greenslade of City University and Peter Barron from the Northern Echo discuss why regional newspaper circulation figures are falling. James Naughtie talks to Republican lawyer Ben Ginsberg about the party convention. David Runciman, who has written a book on political hypocrisy, and Peter Oborne of the Daily Mail discuss whether politicians are better off not being honest.