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The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC
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Tonight we close the chapter on one version of Hardball and open another on
Monday...Wait 'til you get a load of the new set, show layout, A-list guest lineup,
etc...Remember the days when I would urge having dinner in front of the tube or at
least popping the popcorn?? Monday is going to be one of those nights! Clear your
sked (Washington speak for schedule), make a great dinner, tune your tv on MSNBC as
soon as you get home from work and pull the plug on the phone...
7 pm Nachman, 8 pm Donahue, 9 pm Hardball and 10 pm Ashleigh...All times Eastern...
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It's an absolute zoo around here today folks...Donahue and his staff are down here
taping an episode...Phil has actually taken over Chris' office in his
absence...Matthews is up at 30 Rock today where he'll do the show...Press and Buchanan
are down here too practicing for their big debut on Monday (2-4 et), doing hits for
dayside and prepping for Hardball tonight...They'll be doing the back half tonight so
you can get a little flavor of their gig...The new set is being worked on and I got to
sit in Chris' chair while they tested the cameras...Dude, it's totally rad....
On tonight's show, we'll kick off with the HIV+ Muppet story with Falwell and Sandy
Rios...Believe it or not, they disagree...
Sesame Workshop, the organization that produces the long-running children's show, says
it will introduce an HIV-positive Muppet character to the cast of its South African
program this fall and is discussing a similar move in the United States.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58014-2002Jul11.html
We'll talk to these two guys about their piece in the New York Times...Skeel & Stuntz:
Another Attempt to Legislate Corporate Honesty
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/10/opinion/10STUN.html
Mortman's got a great mix of Murphy Brown's latest musings on Quayle's '92 Family
Values speech...A new poll with good news for Gore and Farrakhan's flip-flop..
Emerson will join us for the latest on Al Qaeda and their domestic terrorist cells...
The back half topics will include the latest on the Inglewood police beating, the
Muppets controversy and a look back at this week's NAACP conference...
Please do join us...This Brieifing was compiled and edited by Dominic Bellone in
Washington, DC
A police officer videotaped slamming a black teenager into a squad car and punching
him was "restrained" in his use of force and the public should not rush to judgment,
his lawyer said (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020712/ap_on_re_us/police_video_29
GOP deflects blame for scandals...Republicans mounted a more aggressive attack
yesterday against Democrats over corporate wrongdoing, accusing the Clinton
administration of fostering a climate of deception in the 1990s. (The Washington
Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020712-534238.htm
America anxious on many fronts...News of corporate malfeasance and terror threats have
public on edge. Meanwhile, America's top corporate leaders are already facing pay
cuts. (CS Monitor) http://csmonitor.com/2002/0712/p01s02-ussc.html
Record temperatures grill California...Triple-digit temperatures are roasting parts of
California and adjoining states, and it looks like there's more sweating to come.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/778463.asp
Man who taped arrest is arrested...The man who videotaped a police beating near Los
Angeles and then dodged a grand jury inquiry into the matter was arrested Thursday as
he prepared to give a television interview.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/777480.asp
Lawmakers remake security plan...President Bush's most senior advisers joined Thursday
to urge Congress to swiftly approve his plan to consolidate the nation's domestic
security operations in one giant agency.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/777928.asp
Rowan Scarborough: The United States set up a unit of its most elite
special-operations troops early in the war on terrorism with the prime mission of
hunting down senior members of the Taliban regime and al Qaeda network, including
Osama bin Laden.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020712-43606132.htm
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has denied a report quoting him as saying he
hopes Iraq wins any military confrontation with the United States (UPI)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020712-9814134.htm
Gertz: The al Qaeda terrorist group is regrouping and is working secretly inside the
United States, the chairman and vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence said yesterday.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020712-43133056.htm
President Bush conferred by telephone yesterday with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt
and King Abdullah of Jordan about his Middle East peace plan. The two Arab leaders are
eager for prompt action on a Palestinian state and a resumption of negotiations for a
complete Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58406-2002Jul11.html
For '04 Run, a Walk in Carter's Shoes...Gov. Dean Is Unconventional Democrat (The
Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58176-2002Jul11.html?referer=email
The chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico said yesterday he was approached by
a GOP figure who asked him to offer the state Green Party at least $100,000 to run
candidates in two contested congressional districts in an effort to divide the
Democratic vote. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58236-2002Jul11.html
President Bush's chief political strategist believes that if any anti-business
sentiment is sweeping the country, it could ultimately help Republican U.S. Senate
candidate Norm Coleman even as opponents continue to question campaign contributions
made to Coleman by scandal-tainted businesses. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/3054258.html
The leader of a conservative Christian family-values group is underwhelmed by an
apology from National Public Radio for mentioning her organization in a report about
last fall's anthrax letters. (The New York Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/2002-07-12/New_York_Now/Television/a-157183.asp
The Senate adopted a ban on personal loans from companies to their top officials and
directors on Friday as it cleared the way for passage early next week of legislation
creating stiff penalties for business fraud. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=3&u=/ap/20020712/ap_on_go_co/business_scandals_34
With an image of President Bush for openers, House Republicans began airing television
commercials Friday in the heart of Texas, the leading edge of a multimillion-dollar ad
campaign to protect the GOP's majority. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=6&u=/ap/20020712/ap_on_el_ho/gop_ads_2
A heaven-sent 'Road to Perdition'...Cutting right to the chase: "Road to Perdition" is
the best gangster movie since "The Godfather" -- and like "The Godfather," more than a
gangster film. Reviewed by David Elliott.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/778636.asp
Opinion/Editorial
Hutchinson: Another Rodney King? Not this time
http://csmonitor.com/2002/0712/p11s01-coop.html
Peggy: Privileged to Serve...In this war, not only the sons of the poor are enlisting.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110001975
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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