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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 A Florida judge ordered Terri Schiavo's feeding tube to be removed this afternoon after an all day back and forth between Congress (which had subpoenaed Ms. Schiavo to testify before a Congressional committee), the state judge, and the attorneys and families on both sides...It's very complicated but the bottom line is that her feeding tube has been removed in the last hour or so...Florida Governor Jeb Bush is expected to speak at 5 pm ET...We'll explain what happened, bring you the latest and speak to both sides involved...We'll talk to Terri's husband's lawyer who favored removing the feeding tube...We'll also talk to Terri's brother and her parents lawyer who favored keeping the feeding tube in tact... Schiavo feeding tube reported removed...Senate, House Republican leaders had tried to intervene (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7212079/ A Florida court cleared the way to remove the feeding tube that sustains a severely brain-damaged woman on Friday after U.S. lawmakers tried to prolong her life by subpoenaing her to appear before Congress. (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=2BCEME5CVZ4DACRBAEKSFFA?type=topNews&storyID=7948290 We've also got that interview with San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom which we promised you earlier in the week...Newsom snippet http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7200570/ Plus, Terry Jeffrey's back after a lengthy hiatus and he'll weigh in on Schiavo and/or Newsom...We'll have to see how things shake out...Here's Terry's take on Schiavo: Terri Schiavo Counts: Now Give Her Equal Protection http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=6670 Pls join us for this important story...Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC Peggy: 'Don't Kick It'...If Terri Schiavo is killed, Republicans will pay a political price. http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110006442 The Bush administration blacked out almost all the information in hundreds of documents before releasing them to a conservative organization looking into President Clinton's controversial pardons four years ago on his last day in office. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050318/D88TJERG0.html Senate approves $2.6 trillion budget...Vote kills Medicaid savings, sets up clash with House (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7221160/ Ex-governor faces sentencing for corruption...Conn. Republican pled guilty to accepting $100,000 in favors (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7228537/ Paul Wolfowitz, the United States' controversial choice to head the World Bank, vowed on Friday there would be no "regime change" at the bank and hit back at critics who said he was a bad choice for the job. (Reuters) http://reuters.myway.com/article/20050318/2005-03-18T200218Z_01_L1878331_RTRIDST_0_POLITICS-ECONOMY-WORLDBANK-WOLFOWITZ-DC.html GOP holds big fund-raising lead...2-1 edge over Democrats in first two months of 2005 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7231431/ Opinion Pat: Today's new democrats: Hamas & Hezbollah http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43320 Press: Delay's Dirty Dozen Could Sink House Republicans http://billpress.com/columns.html Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/ ========================================= This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received The Hardball Briefing 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.com/tools/newstools/e/emailextra.asp?nfeature=19 Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052 MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT http://privacy.msn.com