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Tonight's a big night folks...This is one of those times when you gotta break out the
TV trays, call the delivery dude and gather the family...It all happens at 7 pm et
exclusively on MSNBC...A night us cable news junkies live for...We'll debut our newest
show "Countdown: Iraq"...Hosted by Lester Holt, it will be the day's most
comprehensive look at the showdown with Saddam...A one stop shop for the latest news,
events, sound and analysis on the coming confrontation...
At 8 pm et, Bush will give his much anticipated speech on Iraq live from Cincinnati,
OH...(Excerpts will be released at 5pm et. full text about 20 minutes before. running
length 20-25 minutes)...After that Matthews will commandeer coverage until 10
pm...We'll bring out the big guns for fast paced, slice and dice reax...First, a "whip
around" from top NBC reporters covering the White House, Pentagon and State
Department...Then, we'll do a hit with CA Senator Dianne Feinstein and a GOPer
tbd....Plus, New York Rep. Charlie Rangel we'll give us his reax...Theoretically this
will take us till 9 pm...
At 9 pm et, we'll play highlights from speech and go round the horn with our "gravitas
maximus" panel: Doris, Gergen & Howard...We may even throw in an elected or two...
And you may have heard of the latest shooting outside of DC...This time a 13 year old
boy was shot as he was going to school this morning in Prince George's County
Maryland...The boy is currently in critical condition and underwent surgery this
morning...While not certain yet, it appears this may be connected to the string of
shootings last week...Hardball correspondent David Shuster is on his way to the scene
of the crime and will give us a live update...We'll then talk to Clint van Zandt and
Bo Dietl about the case and where it's heading...
The Buzz is still a bit up in the air...Just talk to Caddell and he's hosting a book
party so he can't make it...Whoever we get though, we'll go through the latest NYT
poll on the economy and Iraq...Plus, we're efforting some sound from John Edward's
"arrogance without purpose" speech he's set to deliver today slamming Bush...
Also, in the Real Deal, we'll show you some of those hot Iraq ads playing in key
senate races across the country...
Join us tonight and don't forget to mangia tutto benne...The evening just wouldn't be
complete without it.
The Briefing was written, compiled and edited by Dominic Bellone
This just in...The Supreme Court refused Monday to be drawn into an election fight
that resurrected memories of the court's contentious intervention in the presidential
election two years ago
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&ncid=716&e=3&u=/ap/20021007/ap_on_el_se/new_jersey_senate
Plus, Retiring Texas Senator Phil Gramm will become an investment banker and Vice
Chairman of the Wall Street giant UBS Warburg when he leaves the Senate.
Page Six: Rep. Jerry Nadler got into a shouting match with one of George W. Bush's
aides when he tried to hog the president's camera time during Bush's first visit to
New York after 9/11. http://www.pagesix.com/seven/10062002/pagesix/pagesix.htm
You say Tomato, I say Tomahto? On "NBC Nightly News" Thursday, Tom Brokaw introduced
a story about controversy in Washington over plans to invade "Ih-ROCK." In the report,
viewers heard U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd orating about "Ee-ROCK," and Sen. Paul Wellstone
countering with opinions on "Ih-RACK." (Chicago Tribune)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/showcase/chi-0210050251oct05.column
Bush prepares to make Iraq case...A year after he ordered the first military strikes
in Afghanistan, President Bush on Monday night will spell out to the nation why he
feels a U.S.-led war on Saddam Hussein's regime might be necessary.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/812825.asp
An official said Bush "will describe in the most detail yet Iraq's capabilities,
citing several specific ways that Iraq already has the capability to menace the
world," and will warn about Hussein's efforts to acquire nuclear technology. (The
Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52056-2002Oct6.html?referer=email
One year to the day after U.S. forces attacked Afghanistan in response to the Sept. 11
attacks, President Bush plans to explain tonight why Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has
replaced al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden as the top threat to U.S. security. (USA
Today) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2002-10-06-iraq_x.htm
Today, NC Democrat Senator and possible '04 hopeful, John Edwards will blast Bush at a
CSIS speech...Here's an excerpt:
"Instead of demonstrating 'purpose without arrogance' as the president promised in his
inaugural address, the administration's foreign policy projects the opposite:
arrogance without purpose"
He will also accuse the administration of having a foreign policy that is marked by
"gratuitous unilateralism."....This is curiously reminiscent of one of my favorite
phrases, "promiscuous interventionism."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51899-2002Oct6.html?referer=email
Edwards criticizes FBI's 'poor job'...In speech, he urges spinoff agency (Raleigh News
& Observor) http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/1792002p-1797272c.html
8 Questions: Debate Over Iraq Focuses on Outcome...Congress plans this week to debate
a joint resolution that would give President Bush broad powers to disarm Iraq --
including the authority to invade the country and depose President Saddam Hussein.
(The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/817888.asp
A solid majority of Americans believe President Bush should give U.N. weapons
inspectors time to act and should wait for support from allies before invading Iraq, a
new poll says. (The New York Times)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=68&ncid=68&e=3&u=/nyt/20021007/ts_nyt/public_says_bush_needs_to_pay_heed_to_weak_economy
Ohio Republicans to Miss Bush Speech ...The state auditor has campaign commitments. A
state Supreme Court justice won't back out of a fund-raiser. The lieutenant governor
did not plan to attend (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=5&u=/ap/20021007/ap_on_go_pr_wh/ohio_bush
The White House urged Iraqi military commanders Monday to defy Saddam Hussein if he
orders biological or chemical attacks on U.S. forces. President Bush planned to issue
a similar warning in a Monday night speech designed to lay out his case against
Saddam. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20021007/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq
Congressman Jim McDermott: "This president is trying to bring to himself all the power
to become an emperor - to create Empire America" (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134549992_mcdermott07m.html
Poll Finds Arabs Dislike U.S. Based on Policies It Pursues...American Freedoms, Values
Viewed Favorably, Survey Says (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52001-2002Oct6.html?referer=email
Saddam's inner circle heading for cover...Members of Saddam Hussein's inner circle are
defecting to the opposition or making discreet offers of peace in the hope of being
spared retribution if the Baghdad dictator is toppled. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20021007-67751686.htm
Release: Former Sen. Frank Lautenberg leads Republican Douglas Forrester 49 - 45
percent among likely voters in New Jersey's U.S. Senate race, according to a
Quinnipiac University poll released today. This tally includes likely voters who are
leaning toward one of the candidates. http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x3452.xml
The Republican Party planned Monday to take its battle against Democrat Frank
Lautenberg's New Jersey Senate campaign to the Federal Election Commission, seeking to
bar the Democrats' former candidate from giving his campaign money to the party or
Lautenberg. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=683&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20021007/ap_on_el_se/fec_torricelli
Lautenberg in from cold & into lead...U.S. Senate candidate Frank Lautenberg has
jumped ahead in in the first poll of New Jersey voters since coming off the bench for
the Democrats but Republicans are looking for the U.S. Supreme Court to knock him out.
(NY Daily News) http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/24944p-23633c.html
In their first face-to-face encounter, U.S. Senate candidate Douglas Forrester and his
last-minute rival, Frank Lautenberg, engaged in a finger-pointing exchange on the
campaign trail yesterday as they awaited a pivotal decision from the U.S. Supreme
Court. (Star Ledger)
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1033895862127400.xml
Winston's smokin'...The hot pollster in Republican circles is the Winston Group.
They're the hired guns for the House Republican Caucus but are also getting face time
at the White House and Senate Republican leadership offices. Why? Besides giving good
info on education and pension issues, David Winston's crew has broken the old rules of
etiquette and attacked polls done by Democratic rivals. (Washington Whispers)
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/021014/whispers/14whisplead.htm
The mailers sent recently from Erskine Bowles' Senate campaign to black North Carolina
voters were similar to those that went to white voters, with one exception: A photo of
Bill Clinton, once dubbed the nation's "first black president," graced the note to
blacks. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20021007-21250184.htm
For Liddy Dole, Glamour and Grit...In her bid for the Senate, Elizabeth Dole's main
problem could be that she comes across as too big for North Carolina, a lady who
belongs to the world or, worse, Washington, where she's spent nearly all of her adult
life (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52024-2002Oct6.html
A Tougher Run for Bill Richardson...Former Clinton Staffer Faces a Tightening Race for
Governor of New Mexico (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51900-2002Oct6.html
The 2002 midterm elections have yet to be held and President Bush isn't yet halfway
through his term, but the Iowa caucuses are little more than 14 months away and two
relatively unknown contenders among the potential 2004 Democratic presidential
contenders are winning the early buzz among this state's political activists. (The
Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/279/nation/Democrats_look_to_test_their_mettle_in_Iowa_caucuses+.shtml
New shooting tied to earlier ones?...A 13-year-old boy was critically wounded Monday
in a shooting outside a school in Bowie, Md. There was no immediate word on whether
the shooting was related to the sniper shootings last week that left six people dead.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/816566.asp
The boy's aunt heard the shot at 8:09 a.m., returned to the school and rushed the boy
to Bowie Health Center. He was taken by helicopter to Children's Hospital in the
District, where he is undergoing surgery this morning.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53540-2002Oct7.html
McCain to Use CRA...Despite resistance from Senate Democrats, several sources close to
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he plans this week to attempt to invoke the
Congressional Review Act to overturn soft money regulations written by the Federal
Election Commission. (Roll Call)
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2002/10/news1007a.html
Petroleum fuels debate on Iraq war...For the skeptics, a war with Iraq isn't really
about Saddam Hussein and his deadly military arsenal. For some ardent supporters, it
is about that and much more. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20021007-8413366.htm
U.S. Trails Va. Muslim Money, Ties...Clues Raise Questions About Terror Funding (The
Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52054-2002Oct6.html?referer=email
Hollywood Gets the Big Picture With DVDs...The DVD is changing more than Hollywood's
bottom line. It is influencing what kinds of movies get made and when they are offered
for sale and rental. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51962-2002Oct6.html?referer=email
Fox News Hounds CNN's Paula Zahn...CNN Spokeswoman: "At first it was somewhat amusing,
but one year later it's getting old and, frankly, a little bizarre" (AP)
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=529&u=/ap/20021006/ap_en_tv/ap_on_tv_trashing_zahn&printer=1
House Republican leader Dick Armey retaliated against media company Belo for coverage
he saw as unfavorable of his son's congressional race by Belo's flagship paper The
Dallas Morning News, the daily newspaper charged on Monday. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=politicsnews&StoryID=1543994
"Shattered Glass," the upcoming movie about fabricating New Republic journalist
Stephen Glass, is described as a cautionary tale. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52296-2002Oct6.html
A Muslim man, accused of stabbing Paris' gay mayor, told interrogators yesterday he
did it because he disliked politicians and homosexuals. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/59031.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Novak: Bush talks Lugar out of fight
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak07.html
Lieberman: Our Resolution...Why Democrats should support the president on Iraq.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002391
Landfield: Hey Doug Forrester: Get Over It and Move On!
http://www.practicalpolitics.net/landfield/10_6_02.html
Kinsley: Judicial 'borking'...Process of selecting federal judges remains a sideshow
http://www.msnbc.com/news/816760.asp
Krauthammer: What Good Is Delay?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52208-2002Oct6.html
Justice, interrupted...Why are Los Angeles prosecutors so aggressively pursuing felony
charges against Winona Ryder for an alleged shoplifting incident? Perhaps they're
seeking payback for the O.J. Simpson trial, surmises Dahlia Lithwick.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/817182.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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