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If you missed last night's 10 pm et special: Hardball's "everything you wanted to know
about the Recall but were afraid to ask" we're re-airing it tonight at 9 pm et so
those hoping to catch Abrams at that time will be pleasantly surprised by this
programming update...You'll want to check it out if nothing else to see the cool set
Chris is on in Santa Monica...He's right on the beach outside the Shutters hotel and
there's a carnival behind him. No Joke. We also threw in some cool bumper music with
a California theme (Zep's "Going to California" and LL Cool Jay's "Going back to Cali"
for example) and Chris doing some MOS (man on the street) comments...And for you old
school Redford fans, Chris does a little diddy with clips from "The Candidate" at the
end of the broadcast..
Also for those just checking in with us, the election night jamboree begins at 7 pm et
tomorrow night on MSNBC and continues until 2 am et with Chris...Scarborough takes
over from 2-5 am (I pity those producers) for you night owls...
As far as we can tell this election looks locked up for Schwarzenegger but who know
what will turn up in the last 24 hours or so?...Btw, Arnold told Tom Brokaw yesterday
that he'd address those groping allegations in more detail after the election...So
this story may have some "legs" as we say in the biz...
We'll catch up with the candidates on the final 24 hour push to the finish line and
bring you the latest from the Davis and Arnold camps as well as the general mood of
the electorate..
For you Ann Coulter fans, heads up...We'll debate whether Arnold is good for the GOP
or not? Will he expand the party or turn off the base? Will he help Bush in '04?
In the Buzz we'll test drive tomorrow night's election panel: Howard, Peggy &
Lawrence...Ben Stein will also join the fun...
PS Did you check out Jesse's new show on Saturday night?
http://www.msnbc.com/news/890183.asp The cameras opened on a shaved head and panned
around. Then, dressed in a black suit and Jimi Hendrix T-shirt, Jesse Ventura struck
into a monologue in his unmistakable baritone (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031005/ap_en_tv/ventura_msnbc_4
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC...
Feisty home stretch in recall race...With recall decision day around the corner and a
poll showing a tightening race, California Gov. Gray Davis was on the offensive Monday
while Arnold Schwarzenegger continued to face questions about past behavior.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/945950.asp
Schwarzenegger fights accusations...California gubernatorial candidate Arnold
Schwarzenegger is spending these last days before the vote battling allegations that
he groped several women. NBC's Tom Brokaw spoke with Schwarzenegger.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/976299.asp
In a last-ditch effort to hang on to his job, Democratic Gov. Gray Davis shuttled
frantically across California Sunday, signing a landmark health insurance bill, taking
his case to union workers in San Jose and slamming Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger
for the growing complaints about his behavior with women. (SF Chronicle)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/10/06/MN7409.DTL
A total of 15 women have now accused Arnold Schwarzenegger of groping and other
offensive behavior from the 1970s to as recently as 2000. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20031006/5562620s.htm
The Los Angeles Times has had about 1,000 readers cancel subscriptions and been
"flooded" with angry letters, calls and e-mail protesting its coverage of Arnold
Schwarzenegger's alleged sexual harassment of women, it reported on Sunday. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=3559710
'October surprise' hits Schwarzenegger Negative stories arise near campaigns'
end...Arnold Schwarzenegger started inoculating himself from last-minute allegations
about womanizing the moment he announced his campaign for governor. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20031006/5562621s.htm
The White House has ordered a major reorganization of American efforts to quell
violence in Iraq and Afghanistan and to speed the reconstruction of both countries,
according to senior administration officials. (NY Times)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=68&ncid=68&e=3&u=/nyt/20031006/ts_nyt/whitehousetooverhauliraqandafghanmissions
Joseph Wilson IV, the former diplomat whose wife's identity as a CIA officer was
disclosed to journalists, possibly by officials in the Bush administration, expressed
concern Sunday that the leak may have put her life in danger. (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/973047.asp?0sl=-11
Former diplomat Joseph C. Wilson IV, who says his wife's status as a CIA employee was
leaked by the administration, yesterday said he will use his "15 minutes of notoriety"
to campaign against President Bush. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20031006-122422-1284r.htm
Rumors rife on Tenet's tenure Criticism of CIA director, intelligence agency
intensifies (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/976086.asp?0sl=-13
"This presidency has lied and covered up the exposure of a CIA agent," said Dean,
former governor of Vermont. "This presidency reminds me more and more every day of the
presidency of Richard Milhouse Nixon." (Des Moines Register)
http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/22427377.html
Syria, at U.N., assails Israeli strike...Syria asked the U.N. Security Council to
condemn an Israeli airstrike on a purported terrorist camp near Damascus on Sunday,
while Israel defended its attack and accused its neighbor of harboring terrorists.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/801833.asp
The White House refused to criticize Israel Monday for its airstrike against Syria,
saying it had a right to strike back against the kind of "despicable" attacks that
killed 19 people in Haifa over the weekend. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20031006/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_mideast
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has agreed to serve as master of ceremonies of the Iowa
Democratic Party's annual fall fund-raiser next month, a move Democrats say puts to
rest speculation that she is considering her own White House bid next year. (Des
Moines Register) http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/22423619.html
Edwards questions Iraq fund...Fears 'giveaways' to Bush oil friends (News & Observer)
http://www.newsobserver.com/edwards/coverage/story/2923250p-2685807c.html
Even before the champagne had lost its fizz at the victory parties Saturday night,
Republican Bobby Jindal and Democrat Kathleen Blanco were contemplating their
strategies for winning the Nov. 15 runoff to become the next governor of Louisiana.
(New Orleans Times Picayune)
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/capital/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1065421562324910.xml
Lanny Davis to leave Patton Boggs, expected to take "crisis management" crew to new
firm (The Hill) http://www.thehill.com/story.asp?id=123
Opinion/Editorial
Barnicle: Soldiers at the door mark a home of valor
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/123600p-110958c.html
Pat: With the daily casualty reports coming in from Iraq, the White House has a new
problem it did not need: a scandal that could force the firing of several White House
aides. http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34933
Terry: When we arrive willy-nilly on the plains of fiscal Armageddon let no politician
say bad intelligence put us there. Republican and Democrat, congressman and President,
all have been forewarned. http://humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=1989
Katrina: General Clark's Song List http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7
Atomic hide-and-seek...Is North Korea bluffing? Is it possible that they have no
atomic bombs in the works, that they're just pretending they do in order to shore up
their bargaining leverage and to deter an attack by Bush? By Fred Kaplan.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/975566.asp
Rush to Judgment...Limbaugh's test: Will he face his problems like a man? (The Wall
Street Journal) http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004114
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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