------------------------------------------------------ The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC ------------------------------------------------------ Tonight, NBC's Brian Williams plays Hardball. The "Nightly News" anchor and managing editor talks to Chris about how the race for 2008 is already different from any contest we've seen before and the book "Dear Mr. President: Letters to the Oval Office from the Files of the National Archives," a collection of letters written to American presidents. Williams wrote the introduction, as well as a letter to former President Lyndon B. Johnson when he was a boy.
Later in the show, the latest on the war in Iraq from NBC's Jane Arraf who sat down with Lt. General Raymond T. Odierno, Commanding General of Multi-National Corps in the war zone. And it's day two of the jury's deliberation in the Scooter Libby trial. Hardball's David Shuster will have the latest (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17274710). Plus, what did we learn about Vice President Dick Cheney? We'll bring in the Hardballers, Anne Kornblut from the Washington Post and John Harwood, CNBC's chief Washington correspondent and political editor for the Wall Street Journal, to talk about this and more. For the latest on all of today's political news, go to the best political website www.politics.msnbc.com, powered by NBC News and the National Journal. Don't forget to check out NBC's "First Read" http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/ and MSNBC.com's political calendar http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/. We'll sort through all the '08 news, including the war of words between the Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) campaigns, with former Rep. Susan Molinari (R-NY), now an advisor to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and Michael Feldman, former senior advisor to former Vice President Al Gore. Then, the Army's surgeon general and the person responsible for all of the Army medical facilities, Lt. General Kevin Kiley, will join us with an update on how the clean-up at Walter Reed's Building 18 is progressing. Read more on this from the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/21/AR2007022101179.html. Later tonight, catch Chris on NBC's hit "30 Rock." Tune in to your local NBC station at 9:30 PM EST to see Chris' special guest appearance with MSNBC's Tucker Carlson and click here for more http://www.nbc.com/30_Rock/. Shelby Poduch 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/>