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Hardball airs on MSNBC at 7p, 11p & 4a ET & 4p, 8p & 1a PT Find MSNBC on your TV http://www.msnbc.com/CableOperator.asp MSNBC also is on your XM satellite radio on channel 130 A full plate awaits you tonight on Hardball as we tackle more tsunami relief coverage, the upcoming fight over Alberto Gonzales' confirmation hearings this week (he's up for Attorney General in case you forgot), plus the brouhaha on the Hill over Tom DeLay and reforming the House ethics rules.... We lead with retired General Wesley Clark and uber-hawk Frank Gaffney (President of the Center for Security Policy)...We'll do the politics of the tsunami disaster as well as the upcoming Gonzales hearings...Alberto's already under fire for his infamous torture memos written long before the Abu Ghraib story broke...Plus, escalating violence in Iraq claimed the life of the Governor of Baghdad today... Regarding the politics of the tsunami relief, Chris was really into Ignatius today: More Water Bottles, Fewer Bullets http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45938-2005Jan3.html Expect this theme of "butter, not guns" to infuse his thinking throughout the discussion... Katrina and Tony are here to tackle the above topics plus this issue in the House concerning Tom DeLay, the Ethics Committee and the "Rostenkowski Rule" (indicted leaders must relinquish their leadership posts)...More below...You'll recall last time we paired the two Katrina accused Tony of "Red baiting" Later we finish up with Ralph Neas (People For The American Way, a liberal think tank) and C. Boyden Gray (Fmr. 41 Counsel) on the Gonzales hearings...Should be a blast... Have I repeated the topics enough for tonight? Great, see ya at 7 pm ET Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC NBC Universal networks to air tsunami benefit...Donations will be taken during celebrity-driven Jan. 15 show http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6784984/ Powell gets close-up look at devastation...President's brother also tours hard-hit Thai coast (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6769602/ Republicans reverse course on ethics rules...Action comes ahead of swearing-in of new Congress (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6782969/ Social Security formula weighed...Bush plan would cut promised benefits (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6782924/ Memo flap builds as Gonzales hearings near...Attorney general nominee's thoughts on suspects kept secret (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6782999/ Priest Backgrounder: Long-Term Plan Sought For Terror Suspects http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A41475-2005Jan1?language=printer Al-Zarqawi claims slaying of Baghdad governor...In other attacks, 10 Iraqis dead after car bombing, 5 GIs killed http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6727646/ Iraqi officials worry about election plan...Defense chief suggests compromise; president wants U.N.'s view (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6784606/ Florida Gov. Jeb Bush spent Monday in Thailand as part of a U.S. entourage touring areas devastated by the tsunamis -- a role freighted with political and personal overtones for the president's younger brother. (Orlando Sentinel) http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-asecjeb04010405jan04,0,5894878.story?coll=orl-home-headlines Leiby: Al Gore's INdTV: The People's Programmer http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45826-2005Jan3.html A little county with a reputation for big lawsuits, some call it a "judicial hellhole", is getting a visit from a man who wants to make it much tougher to sue somebody. His name is President Bush. (AP) http://www.comcast.net/News/POLITICS//XML/1151_President__White_House__Advisers/2f8fa828-b784-4505-8517-e0acbe65f7db.html Opinion/Editorial Miniter: We Are the World...By sending help to tsunami victims, America takes advantage of a public diplomacy opportunity. http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/?id=110006107 Katrina: Ken Lay Would Love SS Privatization...How Enron could help save Social Security. http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7&pid=2097 Ilana Mercer: The Neoconnerie's Plan For Iran http://www.antiwar.com/mercer/?articleid=4230 Tony: Americans Pass Gut Check http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/tblankley.htm Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/ ========================================= This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received The Hardball Briefing 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.com/tools/newstools/e/emailextra.asp?nfeature=19 Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052 MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT http://privacy.msn.com