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I've got big news for America today...We are now YOUR news channel..."MSNBC-America's
News Channel"...A new name, for a new day and a new time...I'm not sure where the
"other guys" stand but now you know where we do....Watch for the cool new graphics and
the red, white and blue peacock
Two "must read" stories from The Washington Post today...We'll get into the battle in
Bethelem around the Church of the Nativity with Father Amjad Sabarra who's actually in
the church where the 200 palestinian fighters are holed up...The first piece below
describes the fighting....Pinkas will do reax...
"Israel Rejects Demands to Withdraw Troops...Bus Bombing Hardens Sharon's Position
Despite Growing International Criticism" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29032-2002Apr10.html
We'll get into the following piece with Senator Hagel...dig his quote...Plus, Howard
will give us the inside skinny on what the White House really thinks about
Sharon...Milbank wrote the reax piece from Ari's presser today...We may have some
sound cut from it...stay tuned...
WashPost: Sharon loses support in White House...Israel's continued defiance of
President Bush's demand for an immediate withdrawal is eroding its support inside the
White House, administration sources said Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/736999.asp
Fleischer reax..."White House Stance on Sharon Shifting...Israeli Leader 'Committed to
Finding Peace,' Fleischer Says"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31523-2002Apr11.html
We'll do the Zogby poll with Luntz in B from Mexico City...Here's the "Impressions of
America" poll http://zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=561
The D Block debate will be european reax to our Middle East policy and such with The
Weekly Standard's David Brooks "Among the Bourgeoisophobes...Why the Europeans and
Arabs, each in their own way, hate America and Israel."
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/102gwtnf.asp
Sorry I'm late today folks...I'm on fire booking folks and such...Gotta run...Dominic
What's up with this Rahman?? No wonder I couldn't reach him on the phone the other
day..."The Palestine Liberation Organization has been evicted from its downtown
Washington office for failure to pay rent."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020411/ap_wo_en_ge/us_plo_office_4
Elian update: "The head of the Immigration and Naturalization Service ordered the
destruction of an e-mail that could have bolstered the request for asylum filed for
Elian Gonzalez during the Cuban boy's stay in Miami, a watchdog group said Wednesday."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28474-2002Apr10.html
"Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday said his forces have no choice but to continue
occupying West Bank cities, in defiance of U.S. demands for a pullout, after another
suicide bombing that killed eight Israelis. "If we leave, we will have to return," Mr.
Sharon said. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20020411-68206602.htm
Sharon rebukes U.S. as tanks roll...Israel demonstrated its resolve to continue its
two-week offensive against Palestinian militants Thursday morning, sending tanks into
the central West Bank village of Bir Zeit only hours before U.S. Secretary of State
Colin Powell was to arrive in the country
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
"Congressional leaders met over breakfast with President Bush on Thursday and declared
their support of the White House mission in the Middle East. The leaders, who included
members of both parties, also discussed their legislative agenda with Bush" (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/04/11/bush-congress.htm
Declaring he was proud and pleased to be on a Mideast peace mission, Secretary of
State Colin Powell told Israel on Thursday that its military operations against
Palestinians on the West Bank would not eliminate the threat of terror. (NBC)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/735569.asp
"Several dozen Palestinian gunmen surrendered Thursday, ending a weeklong battle here
that brought the bloodiest fighting of Israel's West Bank offensive. Inside the
devastated camp, homes had been flattened by army bulldozers, walls blackened by fire
and the streets chewed up by dozens of armored" (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020411/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians_3186
"US tests the limits of its leverage in Mideast...Powell faces a difficult task in
persuading the Israelis to withdraw and Palestinians to condemn terrorism." (Christian
Science Monitor) http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0410/p03s01-uspo.html
"In the Mideast Peace Theater, Well-Rehearsed Exits...Previous U.S. Negotiators
Describe Thankless Role of the Go-Between" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28980-2002Apr10.html
'Moral clarity' is crucial...Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United States not to abandon
its "moral clarity" in fighting terrorism, nor to withdraw support as Israel fights
against Palestinian terrorism" (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20020411-99999872.htm
Sammon: "Bush press secretary rips Arab press...The White House draws a distinction
between free press in America and government-controlled media outlets in the Arab
world." http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020411-85999727.htm
"President Bush has approved widespread changes at the top of the U.S. military that
will put in place a new generation of relatively nonconformist officers who are likely
to be more supportive of the administration's goal of radically changing the armed
forces, Pentagon officials said last night" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29137-2002Apr10.html
"Nuclear-Tipped Interceptors Studied...Rumsfeld Revives Rejected Missile Defense
Concept" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28866-2002Apr10.html
Gertz: "The Bush administration will do 'whatever it takes' to defend Taiwan from
military strikes by China, according to a recent closed-door speech by Deputy Defense
Secretary Paul Wolfowitz that drew an angry response from China yesterday."
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020411-31348917.htm
"The White House, in a deal struck with House leaders, sent Homeland Security Director
Tom Ridge to Capitol Hill yesterday for the first of several informal closed briefings
about the administration's $38 billion domestic counterterrorism program" (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20020411-807733.htm
"Bush Wants Cloning Outlawed...President Bush called Wednesday on Congress to render
all types of human cloning illegal, setting forth an ethical, legal and scientific
case to ban a controversial technique that advocates say holds promise to cure
disease." (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28947-2002Apr10.html
"Two Afghan nuclear scientists, in the strongest indication yet that al Qaeda was
trying to construct a nuclear bomb, have revealed how the terrorist group attempted to
recruit them." (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20020411-76849160.htm
"Jury Still Out in Traficant Case...Jurors in the corruption trial of Rep. James
Traficant (D-Ohio) ordered corned beef sandwiches and went out for Chinese food but
have yet to issue verdicts after three days of deliberations at press time on
yesterday evening."(Roll Call)
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2002/04/news0411d.html
"After months of meeting with corporate executives, the Energy Department directed a
staffer to make a cursory, two-day sweep of environmental groups to gather their views
for Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force, newly released documents show."
(AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=6&u=/ap/20020411/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_energy_22
"NBC, Telemundo Snag 'Red Hot' Arraras From Univision...NBC and its newly bought
Spanish-language network, Telemundo, have signed Maria Celeste Arraras, host of one of
rival Univision's most successful daily programs, to anchor a new 5 p.m. show for
Telemundo." (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29643-2002Apr11.html
Peter Johnson: "As newspaper editors gather today in Washington, D.C., a study finds
that their troops aren't very confident in their reporting abilities"
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020411/4018121s.htm
Quinnipiac Release: By a large 77 - 12 percent margin, the American public - including
70 percent of American Catholics - say bishops who did not report allegations of
sexual abuse of young people by priests to authorities and instead assigned them to
other parishes should resign, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released
today. http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polls/us/Cath0402.html
Opinion/Editorial
Old news, ancient anchors...Why are TV news anchors and newspeople so old? Kurt
Andersen, writing in Slate, says it's primarily an epiphenomenon of the baby boom.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/736796.asp
Novak: Bush Army chief under fire
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak11.html
Will: Tongue tied, Bush failing Israel ally
http://www.suntimes.com/output/will/cst-edt-geo11.html
Babbin: After Powell fails in Mideast...Bush should renew his stand against terrorism.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20020411-41625931.htm
Levey: Anti-Semitism Goes PC...The latest campus cause: solidarity with Arab
terrorists." http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/clevey/?id=105001910
Helms & Miller: "No court dates for America...U.S. must reject International Criminal
Court" http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20020411-8454376.htm
Landfield on NJ needle exchange:
http://www.practicalpolitics.net/html/sl__nj_needle_exchange.html
Rabinowitz: "Investigating Ms. Goodwin...In defense of a maligned historian."
http://www.opinionjournal.com/medialog/?id=105001912
Conason: "If there is anything that modern conservatives hate more than fair taxation,
it�s a fair fight. The moment they encounter an equally aggressive opponent on a level
field, the instinct of these bullying boys and girls is to run and hide and whine."
http://www.observer.com/pages/conason.asp
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020411
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