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Hardball airs at 7, 11 & 2 am et and 4, 8, & 11 pm pt As you know, MSNBC is committed to bringing you the news, whenever and wherever it happens....Sometimes breaking news occurs during our show or its re-air at 11 pm & 2 am et...If you don't see Hardball at the appointed times, it means we decided to take you to an important breaking news story...Last night for example, we were pre-empted at 11 pm et due to the California forest fires...Of course, commensurate with our editorial philosophy is the fact that the guests and topics in The Briefing are always subject to change at at moment's notice...We'll always keep your best interests in mind for sure.. We lead with the New York Times splash on Saddam's possible role in the continued attacks against our forces in Iraq...How plausible is it? What does it mean for our strategy and troop morale? Ret. General Wayne Downing weighs in.... In the B block we'll go behind the 3rd quarter economic boom with fmr. Clintonista Labor Secretary Robert Reich and Martin Anderson of the Hoover Institution... In case you didn't know it, this is national Protection from Pornography Week according to the President http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/10/20031025-1.html We'll talk to Sandy Rios of the Concerned Women for America about what it means and whether we're being protected from pornography or not...Is the White House doing enough? Do even we need to be protected? Has porn gone mainstream? That sort of thing...You get where we're going here folks... The Buzz consists of Janet, Howard & Barnicle...(Parshall, Fineman & Mike for you newcomers)...Last night Mortman was at an Empower America dinner where Rummy gave a ringing defense of operations in Iraq and said the American people haven't heard enough of the good news...We'll roll some of the sound and kick it around with our panel...I'm also thinking of throwing some economy stuff in there as well...Plus, our friends over at the RNC are asking CBS to allow a group of historians and people who knew the Reagans personally to review the movie...If not, Chairman Gillespie requests, I love this part, a crawl every 10 minutes under the movie saying that "the program is a fictional portrayal of the Reagans and the Reagan Presidency, and they should not consider it to be historically accurate." The crawl is the text that scrolls across the bottom of the screen when you watch MSNBC... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031029/ap_on_en_tv/tv_reagan_drama_2 MSNBC cross promotional section... Mortman content: Political lessons in a kids' cartoon...Does 'Harold' hold some campaign ideas for John Edwards? http://msnbc.com/news/985492.asp?0dm=C23KN Frank talks to Civil Rights Legend John Lewis and debates whether Americans should be able to import cheap drugs from Canada on America's Voices...Saturday at 6 pm et http://msnbc.com/news/americasvoices_front.asp?0dm=N2CDV&ta=y No Tricks, Just Treats tonight folks... Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC Milbank: President Bush, savoring Thursday's upbeat economic report from the Commerce Department, credited his tax cuts for producing the fastest growth rate in nearly 20 years in the third quarter. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44071-2003Oct30.html Democrats won't give Bush credit for gains...Democrats yesterday downplayed the strongest quarterly economic growth in 19 years, refusing to give President Bush credit and stressing still-lagging job creation, while Republicans gloated over the news. (The Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031030-113115-1684r.htm Saddam Hussein may be playing a significant role in coordinating and directing attacks by his loyalists against American forces in Iraq, senior American officials said Thursday. (AP) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=68&ncid=68&e=3&u=/nyt/20031031/ts_nyt/usofficialsseehusseinshandinattacksonamericansiniraq Graphic videos of torture committed by Saddam Hussein's militiamen "portray a regime that was about as vicious as any regime could conceivably be," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday. (The Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031030-105934-7754r.htm Fineman latest: Echoes of Vietnam Grow Louder...Comparisons between Iraq, war in Indochina are inevitable http://www.msnbc.com/news/986611.asp?0cv=KB10 Saddam playing role in Iraq attacks?...The suicide bombers who attacked in Baghdad this week used thousands of pounds of plastic explosives and diversionary tactics that are hallmarks of al-Qaida, a senior U.S. counterterrorism official said Thursday. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/987360.asp Demo Derby: Happy holidays for Dean...Democratic front-runner Dean is maintaining his lead in New Hampshire polls and running just about even with Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt in Iowa. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/950967.asp Orin: Democratic presidential wannabe John Kerry will come armed with a shotgun when he goes hunting for votes tomorrow in the little Iowa farm town of Colo. http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/9530.htm Weather lends firefighters a hand...Fog and drizzle Thursday came to the rescue of firefighters laboring to save resort towns in Southern California from the raging wildfires that have killed at least 20 people. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/983543.asp Dennis Miller, the sardonic comedian who delivered a fake newscast on "Saturday Night Live" and told jokes in the "Monday Night Football" booth, will host a prime-time political talk show on CNBC. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031031/ap_on_en_tv/tv_cnbc_miller_6 Opinion/Editorial Alterman: An ignored atrocity?...Altercation Weblog: Why have the great newspapers ignored a series about atrocities in Vietnam? http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/752664.asp Ilana: Freeloading Free Riders http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35358 The New York Times - whose editorial page tirelessly campaigns against any and all tax cuts and sees government as our salvation from virtually every problem - carried an item last Monday (Oct. 27) that must have caused the newspaper's editorial staff to suffer the journalistic equivalent of shock and awe. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/ct20031030.shtml ========================================= This email is never sent unsolicited. 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