------------------------------------------------------ The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC ------------------------------------------------------ Tonight, the historic 110th Congress is in session. For the first time a woman holds the gavel as Speaker of the House. And, after twelve years in the minority, Democrats control both the House and Senate. Will the first 100 hours, 100 days, and the months that follow live up to the expectations?
MSNBC's coverage of this living history event continues at 5 and 7 PM EST as Hardball heads to the halls of Congress to talk to some of the hottest movers and shakers on Capitol Hill. Go to www.politics.msnbc.com the latest on this and all of today's political news. First up, Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) - in November Webb won a hotly contested Senate race against former Sen. George Allen (R-VA) - tonight the freshman Senator will be here to talk about Bush, Iraq, and his own plans for change. Then, we'll take a closer look at Webb's life outside the public eye with MSNBC Contributor Mike Barnicle. Next, more news from Washington. Late Wednesday, John Negroponte, the first Director of National Intelligence, announced he'll leave his post to become Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice's Deputy (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16458602/). Today, the White House announced that Harriet Miers, the President's legal counsel and his failed Supreme Court nominee, will resign at the end of the month (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16470151/). We'll hear from former Rep. Susan Molinari (R-NY) and Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen on the Bush Administration shakeups and all things politics. Plus, later in the show, we'll have more opening day analysis with the Hardballers: the Hill's A.B. Stoddard and Chris Cillizza from Washingtonpost.com. Click here to read the latest from Stoddard: http://pundits.thehill.com/ and Cillizza: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/. And as Congress gets down to business, will the country see a new plan for Iraq? What challenges will the new Speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) the new majority party face (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16449288/)? We'll talk to Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA). And who in the 110th is looking ahead to '08? NBC's Mike Viqueira spent the day in the thick of the action on the Hill, he'll tell us what he learned, and we'll also hear from Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) on the new Republican minority in the Senate. Some stories you may have missed today: -- "Meet the Freshman" from our partners at the National Journal: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15731633/ -- The latest from HotSoup: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16468222/ -- NBC's First Read: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/ -- MSNBC's Political Calendar: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/ Shelby Poduch and Tina Urbanski compiled the Hardball Briefing for Washington, D.C. ========================================= This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this The Hardball Briefing Newsletter newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. To remove yourself from the list (or to add yourself to the list if this message was forwarded to you) simply go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7140407/, select unsubscribe, enter the email address receiving this message, and click the Go button. Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052 MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT http://privacy.msn.com <http://privacy.msn.com/>