------------------------------------------------------ The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC ------------------------------------------------------ Tomorrow night, President Bush will address the nation on Iraq. Join us as MSNBC previews the speech all day with special analysis and debate on the Iraq War, starting at 9 AM EST tomorrow. NBC News Baghdad Bureau Chief Richard Engel will anchor live from Baghdad, joined by NBC News' Tim Russert, Andrea Mitchell, David Gregory and Lester Holt. And at 9 PM EST, Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann anchor the president's address with post-speech analysis from Joe Scarborough. Tonight on Hardball, Chris talks to Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) about the new bill he's proposing that will require Congressional approval for the president's plans to increase troops in Iraq. Chris also asks the senator about the Senate Armed Services Committee's upcoming Iraq hearings and his colleagues from Massachusetts - former Gov. Mitt Romney (D) and Sen. John Kerry (D) - and their plans for '08. Plus, we'll get a preview of Bush's speech and what to expect from the Democrats from Hardball Correspondent David Shuster (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16527966/).
Go to www.politics.msnbc.com for the latest on this and all of today's political news. We'll have more on the politics of Iraq and 2008 with Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), and later in the show, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Sen. "Kit" Bond (R-MO). Nelson met with President Bush at the White House on Friday and he'll tell us about that. We'll also hear from Bond, vice chairman of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, on the upcoming Senate hearings. Then, will tomorrow night's speech be the most important of Bush's presidency? We'll be joined by Ken Duberstein, former Reagan White House Chief of Staff to talk about the president's strategy. And the Hardballers will be here to hash through everything politics. Michael Duffy from Time and USA Today's Susan Page will talk Bush, Iraq, Congress, Fred Fielding's new post, the upcoming hearings on the Hill and the latest in '08 news. Read Duffy's latest on what a troop "surge" really means: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1574148,00.html. Page reports on a new USA Today/Gallup poll that shows little support for more troops in Iraq: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-01-08-gallup-poll_x.htm. Stories you may have missed today: -- Dems postpone '08 convention decision, AP reports: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16537604/ -- AP: Romney scores $6.5 million at kickoff fundraiser: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16537414/ -- Online activists push "Ford Pledge" for civility in Congress, today's HotSoup: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16541154/ -- MSNBC's Political Calendar: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/ -- NBC's First Read: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/ Shelby Poduch and Tina Urbanski compiled the Hardball Briefing from 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/>