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Chris anchors tonight on MSNBC at 7p, 11p & 4a ET & 4p, 8p & 1a PT Find MSNBC on your TV http://www.msnbc.com/CableOperator.asp All week we'll be remembering the life and legacy of Ronald Reagan at MSNBC and online at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ Chris & Lester will anchor all major events surrounding Reagan's memorial & funeral... Tonight two Republican California Congressmen, David Dreier & Chris Cox, remember the Gipper...Dreier, as a legislative foot soldier for Reagan and Cox as a senior associate counsel in Reagan's White House... We also talk to former Defense Chief under Reagan Casper Weinberger...Weinberger was also a California Assemblyman in the '50's and chairman of the California GOP in '62.. Post your remembrances of Reagan http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/ MSNBC Reagan page http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3294076/ Reagan's casket taken to presidential library...Public viewing in California and later Washington http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5144264/ Funeral Schedule graphic (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/daily/graphics/reagan_060704.html President Bush's Executive Order designating Friday as a federal government holiday out of respect for former President Reagan http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-06-06-executive-order_x.htm U.S. markets to close for Reagan funeral...NYSE, Nasdaq to suspend trading Friday (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=5363222 A Nation and the World Pay Tribute to Reagan...Body to Lie in State at Capitol; State Funeral Set for Friday (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A20543-2004Jun6?language=printer World marks Reagan's death...Former President Ronald Reagan was remembered with jelly beans, flowers and American flags on Sunday at memorials in his hometown and outside the mortuary where his body lay. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5145581/ Nancy Reagan on Ronnie: The Eternal Optimist http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101040614/rmemories.html Unconventional politician who did it his way Nation's voters always thought well of optimistic 40th president (USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20040607/6263194s.htm Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has recorded a tribute to former President Ronald Reagan that is expected to be played at his funeral, her office said Monday. (AP) http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-britain-thatcher-reagan,0,1381292.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines Dateline: The great communicator...When some asked how an actor could be president, Ronald Reagan would say, "How can you be a president if you're not an actor?" He knew the value of his Hollywood training and made the most of it. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5146180/ Ronald Reagan's global legacy...Hastening an end to the Cold War (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5147820/ Tributes and tears for Reagan...Reaction: Americans, world leaders pay homage http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/06/07/MNGKP721FG1.DTL Curry: How Reagan hobbled the Democrats...Conservative captured the South, flipped deficit politics on its head http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5151912/ Washington in the '80s: All Dressed Up and Someplace to Go (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19165-2004Jun5.html Dateline: Tom Brokaw's exclusive interview with President Bush...As President Bush gave a stirring but solemn speech commemorating the heroes of D-Day, there were also unmistakable echoes of another war, in Iraq. NBC's Tom Brokaw spoke with the president in an exclusive interview. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5146260/ Peggy: Thanks From a Grateful Country...For a man who changed the world, Ronald Reagan sure was modest. http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110005184 The Peter Principles: A light extinguished http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040605-072221-5777r Fund: Freedom's Team...How Reagan, Thatcher and John Paul II won the Cold War. http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110005181 Kerry to suspend elements of his campaign...Democrat to halt 'overtly political' activities amid observances (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5150642/ More Reagan Backgrounders... The Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bal-reagan,0,3575507.special?coll=bal-features-headlines St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/Nation/A8CAA06DA197307986256EAA00741F03?OpenDocument&Headline=A+chronology+of+Reagan's+life Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/specials/obituaries/la-reagan,1,6264222.story?coll=la-home-headlines In its second season, "The Chris Matthews Show" now trails only "Meet the Press" on Sunday mornings, according to new Nielsen household data. And "Hardball" viewership is up. Matthews and NEWSWEEK's Bret Begun talked TV http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5146298/site/newsweek/ ========================================= This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received The Hardball Briefing Newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. 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