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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 NAACP head Julian Bond and Ted Kennedy are out blasting the Republican attempt to exercise the "nuclear option" (some proponents call it the "constitutional option") as Frist reportedly is going to use Priscilla Owen as the case to push the rule change through...We'll get both sides of the debate with Bond and GOP uber-lawyer Ben Ginsberg. who is an advisor to Progress for America, a pro-Nuke group http://www.progressforamerica.com/ The other issue we'll get into are based on Shuster's blogging reportage on the site of the World Trade Center and what should be built there...The currently proposed "Freedom Tower" or new and approved World Trade Towers? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7764695/#050509a We'll also chat with a reporter who delved into the lives of the 9/11 hijackers and explain who these evil guys were... And today fmr. Green Beret doctor Jeffrey MacDonald is up for parole after 25 years for the 1970 murder of his wife and two young daughters...MacDonald has maintained his innocence from day one...His ex-Brother-in-Law Bob Stephenson begs to differ and was at the parole hearing today...He'll explain the case tonight When former Green Beret doctor Jeffrey MacDonald appears at his first parole hearing Tuesday at a federal prison near here, he'll give a detailed account of his 25 years as a model prisoner. (The Washington Post) http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/05/10/former_green_beret_comes_up_for_parole/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+National+News MacDonald Case Timeline http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/11607155.htm?source=rss&channel=charlotte_news We finish up with Margaret Carlson and Tony B. on the trial of Hillary's ex-fundraiser and what it means politically for her...Also, we'll do a little filibuster and Bolton action with them... Please join us..Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC Blankley Backgrounder: Political attention deficit disorder http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/tblankley.htm Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist plans for Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen to be the judicial nomination on which he uses the "nuclear option" against Democratic filibusters later this month, according to Republicans familiar with his plans. (The Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050510-121748-5543r.htm Curry: Pressure builds on Frist over judges...Conservative leaders urged Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist Monday to end the stalemate over President Bush's judicial nominees by putting to a vote this week a proposed change in Senate rules that would allow a simple majority to halt a filibuster of a nominee. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7783403/ U.S. forces hunt insurgents in western Iraq...Scores of alleged militants, 3 Marines killed in battles (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7777352/ Bush: 'Georgia has come a long way'...President says ex-Soviet republic an inspiring new democracy (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7781473/ Al-Qaida turf battles aid counterterror efforts...Rivalry may have helped in arrest of bin Laden associate (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7805573/ For the three Republican senators who have expressed reservations about John R. Bolton's nomination as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the committee vote set for Thursday is about much more than whether he is the best man for the job. (LA Times) http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bolton10may10,0,2563178.story?coll=la-home-headlines The federal trial of David Rosen promises to be one that political insiders will watch with interest. Jury selection was scheduled to begin Tuesday in the case against Rosen, a former finance director for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050510/D8A0AQEG1.html Army, Marines miss recruiting goals again...Pentagon officials say that yet another month of missed recruiting targets is not a crisis, but it is a major concern - a battle here at home to win the hearts and minds of potential new recruits. (NBC News) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7802712/ U.S. pays for care of illegal aliens...Treatment money for border states (The New York Times) http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/223556_immig10.html?source=rss Appeals court tosses Cheney lawsuit...A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to force Vice President Dick Cheney to reveal details about the energy policy task force he headed and the pro-industry recommendations it made. (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7804571/ Senate Dems' soft-spoken leader reveals sharp tongue...Reid catches heat after calling Bush a 'loser,' Greenspan a 'hack' (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7798477/ Opinon/Editorial Sensenbrenner: Plan would protect U.S....Real ID small price for states to pay to close a large security loophole. http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20050510/oppose10.art.htm Terry: Discretionary, Mandatory and Unconstitutional Spending http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=7345 Donnesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/ ========================================= 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. 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