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The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC
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This has got to be a shorter Briefing because we have a rather compressed production
schedule today...I think more housekeeping is in order up front here...We need to make
sure you understand the gravitas of our move to MSNBC, particularly those who watch us
on CNBC...I'll make it real simple for you
1) MSNBC is America's NewsChannel...America's NewsChannel is MSNBC
2) Hardball is moving exclusively to America's NewsChannel MSNBC weeknights at 9 pm
and midnight eastern starting next Monday, the 15th
3) Those who are unclear where MSNBC is on their dial should click here and type in
their zip code http://msnbc.com/tools/newstools/n/msnbc_tv.asp
4) Those who don't have MSNBC on their tv should take immediate action...Call your
local cable provider and demand it..
5) For my friends north of the border in Canada, you can still demand America's
NewsChannel and be a patriotic Canadian...I'm sure there's a clause somewhere in the
NAFTA agreement which provides for access to MSNBC in the Great White North...Hardball
could be a helpful tool in bilateral relations as well
6) If you have any comments and/or concerns, pls reply to this e-mail...Keep it short
though!
Jay Carney will join us from the White House lawn on Bush's Harken records...The D
Block will be on this story: Unhappily wed? Put off getting that divorce Study finds
that waiting, working it out can pay off
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020711/4263891s.htm
We'll talk to Amir Taheri about his piece in today's New York Times: The Death of bin
Ladenism http://nytimes.com/2002/07/11/opinion/11TAHE.html
We'll do the Iraq stuff in the A block: A full-scale U.S. invasion of Iraq will
require significant provocation by Saddam Hussein's regime - such as invading a
neighbor, fielding a nuclear weapon or attacking its minority population, top Bush
administration officials have concluded. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2002/07/10/iraq-invasion.htm
The buzz will be Rahm and Coulter on Bush's corporate stuff and some of the Cheney
controversy, Iraq etc. etc..Excellent Backgrounder: Dems to make most of scandal
Business crisis to fuel campaigns (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020711/4263902s.htm
Gotta run...Dominic Bellone, Hardball Briefing editor
Senate takes on corporate fraud...The U.S. Senate approved harsh new penalties
Wednesday for corporate fraud and document shredding, adding some enforcement teeth to
President Bush's plan to curb the recent wave of accounting scandals.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/778831.asp
WashPost: Bush took oil firm's loans as director...As a Texas businessman, President
Bush took two loans from an oil company where he was a member of the board of
directors, engaging in a practice he condemned this week in his plan to stem corporate
abuse and accounting fraud.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/778282.asp
Post Analysis: SEC Chairman Pitt A Potential Liability To Administration...Bush
Defends Regulator From Critics
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52327-2002Jul10.html
Vice President Richard B. Cheney was named yesterday with the energy company he headed
in a lawsuit by investors that cited bookkeeping practices under investigation by the
Securities and Exchange Commission. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/business/20020711-79020122.htm
The man who killed two persons at Los Angeles International Airport on July 4 gained
legal residence in the United States through a limited amnesty program that has since
expired but that President Bush and Democrats in Congress want to reopen. (The
Washington Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020711-135591.htm
Details of Homeland Plan Assailed...President Bush's plan to create a Homeland
Security Department came under sharp congressional criticism Wednesday, with some
House committees voting to prevent key agencies from moving into the new department.
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52549-2002Jul10.html?referer=email
Panel Finds No 'Smoking Gun' in 9/11 Probe...After six months of investigating the
Sept. 11 attacks, members of a House-Senate intelligence committee say that no single
piece of information could have prevented the disaster. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52296-2002Jul10.html?referer=email
Al-Qaida message: 'We are coming back'
After weeks of silence, a key al-Qaida spokesman has made a new threat to attack
American targets.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/778500.asp
Gertz: U.S. intelligence agencies are watching several groups of Middle Eastern men
thought to be part of an infrastructure of as many as 5,000 al Qaeda terrorists and
their supporters in the United States, The Washington Times has learned.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020711-95269204.htm
Washington Whispers: O'Neill hits inside traders-like Bush...One of the beauties of
Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill is he says what's on his mind, even if the boss
doesn't like it. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/whisphome.htm
Brian Lamb's Flock...The C-SPAN icon is a cultural white board, a screen for
ideological projection. That's part of his genius, or his phenomenon. (The Washington
Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52388-2002Jul10.html?referer=email
The shock of white hair is the same, and so are the lucid blue eyes. What seems most
surprising about Phil Donahue as he genially talks up his new talk show on MSNBC is
how slooooowly he speaks compared with the lightning cadences that generally reign on
cable news. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52805-2002Jul10.html?referer=email
Opinion/Editorial
Must Read....All quiet on the Western front...It seems as if true enthusiasm for
all-out war against Iraq is limited to the Bush administration and a subset of the
Washington policy establishment, writes Michael Kinsley.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/778598.asp
Sobhani: United? States...Our immigration problem.
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-sobhani070902.asp
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