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Welcome back to Hardball...Hope everyone had a pleasant and relaxing weekend...I
unfortunately missed the big White House Correspondents dinner on Saturday night due
to some family obligations but we�ll show you some video from it and Chris will do a
play by play...But first, Sharon�s in town to meet with Bush and several of his top
advisors...There will be a number of items on the agenda and we�ll discuss �em with
Sharon's right hand man...
�Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon heads into meetings with President Bush and his
top policy-makers with the two sides agreed on the need for radical reform in the way
Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority rules, but differing on Arafat's place as its
head.� (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020506/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_mideast_1759
�...U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said Bush would hear out Sharon on
Arafat but the United States would not choose the leadership of the Palestinian
people.� (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=4&u=/nm/20020506/ts_nm/mideast_sharon_dc_12
We�ll do a hit with Nordland on his Osama piece: �Pakistan: Secret Hunt, Elusive
Prey...In search of bin Laden, Special Ops teams are raiding Pakistan�s tribal areas.
A report from the front� http://www.msnbc.com/news/747872.asp
Bodansky will probably be in the house as well...
Khadir Hamza (Saddam�s bombmaker) will join us to discuss this Time mag cover story:
�Inside Saddam's World...The U.S. likes to portray Iraq's regime as shaky. But TIME's
reporting inside Iraq suggests Saddam isn't losing his grip�
http://www.msnbc.com/news/747872.asp
We'll do a hit on this as well "The U.S. Postal Service wants people to keep their
mailboxes open as a precaution against pipe bombs as mail service resumes today.
Postal and law enforcement investigators remain on alert after 14 pipe bombs were
planted in mail boxes in central Nebraska, eastern Iowa and western Illinois." (Omaha
World Herald) http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=36&u_sid=385326
The D Block will be Gaffney on the Condi/Colin split...We�ll play the bites from
yesterday: �Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrived in the United States yesterday
for talks with President Bush on the Mideast peace process as the president's key
foreign-policy advisers expressed sharp disagreement over the importance of Israeli
settlements in the West Bank.�
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20020506-83910710.htm
Dinesh D'Souza will be here to do this piece: "Sell USA's virtue to Muslim world" (I
promise this time!) http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/2002/05/02/ncguest2.htm
And most importantly, we�ve got highlights from the big dinner...The Godfather of
Heavy Metal music Ozzy Osbourne was the toast of Washington at the White House
Correspondents dinner:
"Great & Powerful Ozz...At the White House Correspondents' Dinner, a Heavy-Metal Taste
of True Celebrity" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37357-2002May5.html
Bush: "The thing about Ozzy is, he's made a lot of big hit recordings - Party With the
Animals, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Face in Hell, Black Skies and Bloodbath in
Paradise... Ozzy, your mum loves your stuff."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=11847244&method=full&siteid=50143
Drudge: "VP wife Lynne Cheney told associates she was 'embarrassed' by the commotion
surrounding thrash rocker/MTV star Ozzy Osbourne's appearance at this weekend White
House Correspondence Dinner in Washington." http://www.drudgereport.com/mattlc.htm
This Briefing was compiled and edited by Dominic Bellone in Washington, DC...Keepin�
it Hardball...
Bethlehem standoff may end soon...Israel and the Palestinians have agreed on a deal to
end the monthlong standoff at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Israeli and
Palestinian officials said early Monday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
"Negotiators were close to ending an armed standoff at Bethlehem's Church of the
Nativity Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon geared up for a diplomatic
assault on Yasser Arafat in Washington." (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=716&e=7&u=/nm/20020506/ts_nm/mideast_dc_1980
�Standoff affirms Arafat's primacy...The Palestinian leader energized talks on the
Church of the Nativity standoff.� (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0506/p06s01-wome.html
WashPost: Israel's brief against Arafat...As Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrived in
Washington for his fifth Oval Office meeting with President Bush, the Israeli
government released a thick report today detailing what it calls the personal support
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has given to terrorism�
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/748106.asp
Dig this one: �In a speech entitled �Beyond the Axis of Evil,� Undersecretary of State
John Bolton said that in addition to Iraq, Iran and North Korea -- which President
Bush several months ago branded the �axis of evil� -- "there are other rogue states
intent on acquiring weapons of mass destruction, particularly biological weapons."
(Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20020506/ts_nm/attack_arms_dc_1
Anti-aircraft fire rattles Beirut...The sound of anti-aircraft artillery awoke
residents of the outskirts of Beirut on Monday morning.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/748200.asp
�U.S. Insists That Israel Must Work With Arafat...Bush to Make Case During Sharon's
Visit� (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37253-2002May5.html?referer=email
�Colombia rebels met with dozen IRA chiefs...Marxist rebels in Colombia have met with
more than a dozen Irish Republican Army leaders in the past three years, including a
trusted confidant of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, authorities said� (The Washington
Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020506-3465432.htm
"Republicans are stepping up their drive for Hispanic support � considered crucial to
GOP success in upcoming elections � by introducing a Spanish-language television
program on public affairs." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20020506/ap_on_el_ge/gop_hispanics_2
"When George W. Bush got the itch to run for Texas governor, 22-year-old Israel
Hernandez was the first guy he hired � to tote his bags, keep his Sharpie pen and dole
out a steady supply of Altoid mints." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&u=/ap/20020506/ap_on_go_pr_wh/veteran_whiz_kids_1&ncid=703&e=1
�Members of an elite Israeli commando squad say they helped foil an attack on Israel's
tallest building, prompting security chiefs to warn that the Palestinians may be
planning a new round of attacks more destructive than anything seen to date.� (The
Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/world/20020506-10961029.htm
�Eager to ensure that the Mideast crisis does not overshadow his domestic agenda,
President Bush is underlining education initiatives in Michigan before opening a heavy
week of diplomacy.� (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20020506/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_420
�Rep. James Traficant, D-Ohio, was convicted last month on bribery, racketeering and
tax evasion charges. But he doesn't plan to let that stop him from seeking
re-election, even against another Democrat� (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2002/05/06/traficant.htm
�Townsend makes it official at rally...She formally announces bid for governor before
1,000 at State House� (The Baltimore Sun)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.townsend06may06.story?coll=bal%2Dhome%2Dheadlines
"Contending that hard evidence trumps 'oral history,' descendants of Thomas Jefferson
yesterday voted overwhelmingly against allowing the kin of Jefferson's slave, Sally
Hemings, into the family organization." (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20020506-84197485.htm
�Al and Tipper Gore, once co-campaigners and now co-authors, hugged, caressed and
beamed as they addressed a breakfast gathering at BookExpo America. When Tipper made
some risque remarks about her husband, the former vice president blushed and the crowd
cheered.� (AP)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2002/may/06/050601774.html
�The Queen Mother...For years Barbara Bush took pains to project a benign, maternal
persona. Those days are over � http://www.msnbc.com/news/746984.asp
�Deja Vu, Clinton Becomes Issue In Indiana...Although former President Bill Clinton
has largely receded into the background of the political landscape, he is still
playing a prominent role in an unlikely place: a Republican primary that will be
decided tomorrow in northeast Indiana.� (Roll Call)
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/politics/00/2002/05/pol0506a.html
Opinion/Editorial
Arkin: "Planning an Iraqi War but Not an Outcome"
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/sunopinion/la-000031814may05.story
Royal misgivings...When we find ourselves installing kings (or reinstalling, as was
the case in Afghanistan), the course of human events has taken a strange turn, writes
Michael Kinsley in Slate.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/746885.asp
Miniter: �The Legal Battlefield...Will America lose the war on a technicality?�
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/?id=110001669
Novak: �Bush, DeLay go own ways�
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak06.html
Pruden: �The hidden secrets of the Arab street�
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/pruden.html
The Washington Times: �Arafat and his enablers...When Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
meets President Bush at the White House tomorrow, the Israeli leader will seek to
engage the American leader in discussions about realistically salvaging what's left of
the peace process.� http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20020506-36351.htm
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020506
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