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Hardball will air tonight as it does everyone weeknight at 7, 11 & 4 am et and 4, 8 &
1 am pt exclusively on MSNBC
We'll lead with the Jacko story out of The NY Times this morning...There's an absence
thus far of formal charges which may ultimately benefit Jackson...We'll talk to
Weschester, NY County prosecutor Jeanine Pirro and fmr. Denver Dep. DA Craig Silverman
to go over the prosecution's case and where it stands...Btw, Majestik the Magnificent
is scheduled to appear on Scarborough Country...Who is Majestik? Michael's "personal
magician"...No kidding, the guy's got his own personal magician..It's a trip..
Remember Tuesday's hot A block on the Cincy beating case? We'll do that one again
(Not a repeat, but same guests) in D block...DeLacy Davis (Black Cops Against Police
Brutality) and Sgt. Steven Rogers to go over the latest on that case...
We'll do the Rush Limbaugh story in B with Brent Bozell
Rush Limbaugh told listeners on his radio show Thursday that prosecutors in Palm Beach
County have seized medical records from four of his doctors (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031204/ap_on_en_ot/limbaugh_pain_killers_5
In the Buzz we'll talk to RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie about why he was in Vermont this
week slamming Howard Dean and his challenge for Dean to unseal his gubernatorial
records...Lot's of brouhaha brewing on that...
Shameless plug for our boss here: The Man Who Makes Matthews Sweat...MSNBC producer
Griffin keeps combative "Hardball" host in line (The Harvard Crimson)
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=356577
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from the mothership in lovely
Secaucus, NJ
Absence of Formal Charges Against Michael Jackson May Point to a Weakening of the Case
(The New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/04/national/04JACK.html
Republican Party Chairman Ed Gillespie on Tuesday went to Vermont - Howard Dean's home
state - for the first time and criticized the Democratic presidential candidate for
his stance on the war, comments about military pay and refusal to open his records.
(AP) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031203/ap_on_el_pr/gop_dean_3
Fineman: Dean Stumbles Over Sealed Records....Dithering over telling the full story
only intensifies furor http://www.msnbc.com/news/1000747.asp?0cv=KB10
Poll: Dean opening big lead over competition in New Hampshire (AP)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/1001091.asp?0si=-
Dean Courts Democratic Party Insiders...Howard Dean, who has bashed the Washington
establishment throughout his presidential campaign, is increasingly courting the
capital's lawmakers, lobbyists and political operatives. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33342-2003Dec3.html
Bush decides to lift steel tariffs...White House to announce other measures to protect
U.S. producers (AP) http://msnbc.com/news/1000869.asp?0cv=CB10
Early Flood of Political Ads Saturates Airwaves in Iowa (The New York Times)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=68&ncid=68&e=3&u=/nyt/20031204/ts_nyt/earlyfloodofpoliticaladssaturatesairwavesiniowa
Two top union presidents accused one of Rep. Richard Gephardt's senior campaign
advisers Wednesday of threatening political retribution if the unions' Missouri
members campaigned for Howard Dean, Gephardt's Democratic presidential rival. (St.
Louis Post-Dispatch)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/Nation/8B1B4CE6036FDDDD86256DF2000CB65B?OpenDocument&Headline=Two+union+leaders+seek+firing+of+aide+to+Gephardt
Part of anti-terror law overturned...In a potential blow to the Bush administration's
legal strategy in the war on terror, a federal appeals court overturned part of a
sweeping law the government has increasingly used to arrest or prosecute suspected
terrorists.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/1001128.asp
With the primary season less than two months away, black voters have yet to unite
behind a single Democratic challenger to President Bush - something that hasn't
happened in 20 years. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20031203-113852-4419r.htm
Black religious leaders disgruntled with the Bush administration have teamed with
People for the American Way to conduct a national voter-registration drive in states
where the president won by slim margins in 2000. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20031203-100244-6402r.htm
Japan to send 1,000 troops to Iraq...Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has approved a
plan to start sending 1,000 troops for non-combat duty in Iraq by the end of December,
a newspaper reported Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/1001107.asp
WashPost: Body armor in short supply in Iraq...The U.S. military's new Interceptor
body armor is dramatically reducing the torso injuries that have killed soldiers on
battlefields in wars past. But as of now, there's not enough to go around.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/1000971.asp
Clark, Kerry slam Bush's foreign policy Candidates say how they'd fix it (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20031204/5731011s.htm
A government watchdog group on Wednesday increased the political pressure on
Democratic front-runner Howard Dean to unseal some of the records from his 11 years as
Vermont governor. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031204/D7V7JS0G0.html
The Bird Was Perfect But Not For Dinner...In Iraq Picture, Bush Is Holding the
Centerpiece (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33090-2003Dec3.html
DeFrank: Bullish on reelection...White House savors economic tea leaves
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/142568p-126303c.html
Eight months before Rep. William J. Janklow (R-S.D.) allegedly sped through a stop
sign at a rural crossing and killed a passing motorcyclist, Janklow's white Cadillac
evidently ran the stop sign at the same intersection at more than 70 mph and came
within "a few feet" of hitting another driver, the jury in his felony manslaughter
trial was told Wednesday. (The Washignton Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33169-2003Dec3.html?referrer=email
Opinion/Editorial
Landfield: The Tale of the Embarrassing Brother...Whom They Forgot to Mention on Talk
Radio http://www.practicalpolitics.net/landfield/12_4_03.html
Novak: Movie's assault on Reagan an indirect jab at Bush
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak04.html
Saletan: Takes One To Know One...In the chutzpah war, Dean has Bush's draft number.
http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2091855
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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