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Hardball airs at 7, 11 & 2 am et and 4, 8, & 11 pm pt
As you know, MSNBC is committed to bringing you the news, whenever and wherever it
happens....Sometimes breaking news occurs during our show or its re-air at 11 pm & 2
am et...If you don't see Hardball at the appointed times, it means we decided to take
you to an important breaking news story...Last night for example, we were pre-empted
at 11 pm et due to the California forest fires...Of course, commensurate with our
editorial philosophy is the fact that the guests and topics in The Briefing are always
subject to change at at moment's notice...We'll always keep your best interests in
mind for sure..
We lead with the New York Times splash on Saddam's possible role in the continued
attacks against our forces in Iraq...How plausible is it? What does it mean for our
strategy and troop morale? Ret. General Wayne Downing weighs in....
In the B block we'll go behind the 3rd quarter economic boom with fmr. Clintonista
Labor Secretary Robert Reich and Martin Anderson of the Hoover Institution...
In case you didn't know it, this is national Protection from Pornography Week
according to the President
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/10/20031025-1.html
We'll talk to Sandy Rios of the Concerned Women for America about what it means and
whether we're being protected from pornography or not...Is the White House doing
enough? Do even we need to be protected? Has porn gone mainstream? That sort of
thing...You get where we're going here folks...
The Buzz consists of Janet, Howard & Barnicle...(Parshall, Fineman & Mike for you
newcomers)...Last night Mortman was at an Empower America dinner where Rummy gave a
ringing defense of operations in Iraq and said the American people haven't heard
enough of the good news...We'll roll some of the sound and kick it around with our
panel...I'm also thinking of throwing some economy stuff in there as well...Plus, our
friends over at the RNC are asking CBS to allow a group of historians and people who
knew the Reagans personally to review the movie...If not, Chairman Gillespie requests,
I love this part, a crawl every 10 minutes under the movie saying that "the program is
a fictional portrayal of the Reagans and the Reagan Presidency, and they should not
consider it to be historically accurate." The crawl is the text that scrolls across
the bottom of the screen when you watch MSNBC...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031029/ap_on_en_tv/tv_reagan_drama_2
MSNBC cross promotional section...
Mortman content: Political lessons in a kids' cartoon...Does 'Harold' hold some
campaign ideas for John Edwards? http://msnbc.com/news/985492.asp?0dm=C23KN
Frank talks to Civil Rights Legend John Lewis and debates whether Americans should be
able to import cheap drugs from Canada on America's Voices...Saturday at 6 pm et
http://msnbc.com/news/americasvoices_front.asp?0dm=N2CDV&ta=y
No Tricks, Just Treats tonight folks...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Milbank: President Bush, savoring Thursday's upbeat economic report from the Commerce
Department, credited his tax cuts for producing the fastest growth rate in nearly 20
years in the third quarter.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44071-2003Oct30.html
Democrats won't give Bush credit for gains...Democrats yesterday downplayed the
strongest quarterly economic growth in 19 years, refusing to give President Bush
credit and stressing still-lagging job creation, while Republicans gloated over the
news. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031030-113115-1684r.htm
Saddam Hussein may be playing a significant role in coordinating and directing attacks
by his loyalists against American forces in Iraq, senior American officials said
Thursday. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=68&ncid=68&e=3&u=/nyt/20031031/ts_nyt/usofficialsseehusseinshandinattacksonamericansiniraq
Graphic videos of torture committed by Saddam Hussein's militiamen "portray a regime
that was about as vicious as any regime could conceivably be," Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031030-105934-7754r.htm
Fineman latest: Echoes of Vietnam Grow Louder...Comparisons between Iraq, war in
Indochina are inevitable http://www.msnbc.com/news/986611.asp?0cv=KB10
Saddam playing role in Iraq attacks?...The suicide bombers who attacked in Baghdad
this week used thousands of pounds of plastic explosives and diversionary tactics that
are hallmarks of al-Qaida, a senior U.S. counterterrorism official said Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/987360.asp
Demo Derby: Happy holidays for Dean...Democratic front-runner Dean is maintaining his
lead in New Hampshire polls and running just about even with Missouri Rep. Dick
Gephardt in Iowa. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/950967.asp
Orin: Democratic presidential wannabe John Kerry will come armed with a shotgun when
he goes hunting for votes tomorrow in the little Iowa farm town of Colo.
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/9530.htm
Weather lends firefighters a hand...Fog and drizzle Thursday came to the rescue of
firefighters laboring to save resort towns in Southern California from the raging
wildfires that have killed at least 20 people.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/983543.asp
Dennis Miller, the sardonic comedian who delivered a fake newscast on "Saturday Night
Live" and told jokes in the "Monday Night Football" booth, will host a prime-time
political talk show on CNBC.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031031/ap_on_en_tv/tv_cnbc_miller_6
Opinion/Editorial
Alterman: An ignored atrocity?...Altercation Weblog: Why have the great newspapers
ignored a series about atrocities in Vietnam?
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/752664.asp
Ilana: Freeloading Free Riders http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35358
The New York Times - whose editorial page tirelessly campaigns against any and all tax
cuts and sees government as our salvation from virtually every problem - carried an
item last Monday (Oct. 27) that must have caused the newspaper's editorial staff to
suffer the journalistic equivalent of shock and awe.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/ct20031030.shtml
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