------------------------------------------------------ The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC ------------------------------------------------------ Hey Hardballers, The briefing is a little late tonight because your briefer is getting ready for the FIRST IN THE NATION debate, Thursday, April 26. Watch MSNBC ALL DAY and be part of political history only on MSNBC!
We begin with the investigation of Karl Rove http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-probe24apr24,0,7212756.story?coll=la-home-nation. Then tonight on Hardball we focus on Iraq and the fight over the Iraq spending bill. Today in Washington, the war of words got hotter over the Iraq War and how to fund it. Senate majority leader Harry Reid says the president is in a state of denial about Iraq. Vice President Dick Cheney says Reid's war criticism is cynical political maneuvering. See this New York Times article for more on the story http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/washington/24cnd-prexy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin. On top of this, today Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman's family members testified on the Hill about their dissatisfaction with how their stories were portrayed by the Bush administration. We'll get to it all with Rajiv Chandrasekaran, former Baghdad bureau chief for the "Washington Post" and author of "Imperial Life in the Emerald City." And Paul Rieckhoff, who served in Iraq with the Army National Guard and is now the executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. For more on his organization, link to IAVA.ORG. Then we'll preview MSNBC's coverage of the upcoming Democratic Debate with the MSNBC.com's political director Lauren Vicary. Check out the MSNBC.com politics web site for more on the candidates and the upcoming debate http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/. Plus, what do the candidates need to say to win Thursday night? We'll hash that out with Tony Blankley of the Washington Times, Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times and Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune. And continuing on our pre-debate coverage, we'll talk to historian Robert Dallek, about the significant role these debates play in American politics. Dallek has a new book out called "Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power." Connie Patsalos 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/>