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Welcome to Monday...Yeah we know you'd rather be in bed or on vacation or anywhere but
work...That's why we're producing a fun Hardball to brighten your day and kick off
your week right...Sorry, we're not giving away free cars like Oprah
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20040913/D852SP380.html
Did you enjoy our 9/11 Commissioners special on Friday? You can read the complete
transcript here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5989336/
Due to its overwhelming popularity we've decided to air more of that interview
tonight...More of the good stuff we couldn't show you on Friday due to time
constraints...
Oh, and you'll want to set the VCR or Tivo for Friday's night's maiden voyage of
"Hardball: The Horserace"
Nothing fun though about our top story: Continued violence and death rocks Iraq as
more and more of that country slips away from American, or shall we say democratic,
control...No doubt you've seen the video from yesterday of the Arab journalist being
killed on camera while standing near a bombed out US vehicle..
Latest here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5949556/
War video here http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/apdaily/091304-2v.htm
Background on yesterday's violence here
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A15899-2004Sep12?language=printer
We'll get a report direct from Baghdad and then talk to a top expert on the matter,
ret. general Barry McCaffrey...
David Shuster reports on the latest political ads hitting the airwaves...There's a hot
one from the liberal group, The Media Fund...
We'll do a political potpourri, a melange if you will, with Washington Post deputy
editorial page editor/columnist Colbert King and The Wall Street Journal's John
Fund...Lots of fun topics to delve into today...
Pls do start your Monday night the right way with Hardball...It'll be an hour well
spent
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
It certainly can't be a bad thing for a man with a political talk show called
"Hardball" to be nearly challenged to a duel by a U.S. senator. MSNBC has quickly
moved to take advantage of Sen. Zell Miller's combative GOP convention interview with
Chris Matthews, featuring it in advertisements. It was Matthews' second eye-popping
exchange with a guest in a month. (AP)
http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040912/D8528FS80.html
Fineman/Isikoff: Slime Time Live...In your face: Fueled by shadowy cash, the attacks
get uglier and uglier. Why the mud's flying so thick and fast
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5974037/site/newsweek/
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," said he had
"seen nothing that makes a direct connection between Saddam Hussein and that awful
regime and what happened on 9/11." (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16707-2004Sep12.html
Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Sunday accused President Bush
and Vice President Dick Cheney of misleading Americans by implying a link between
deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040913/D852OI980.html
Key U.S. general criticizes Fallujah attack...Lt. Gen. Conway says withdrawal was
error, too (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5983400/
A liberal group backing John F. Kerry is accusing President Bush of opposing civil
rights and trying to suppress black voter turnout in a multimillion-dollar ad campaign
targeted at young African Americans. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16749-2004Sep12.html
Kerry rips Bush over lapse of gun ban...President stresses health care in Michigan bus
tour (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5989162/
Chanting "Kerry lied," hundreds of Vietnam veterans on Sunday rallied against fellow
veteran and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040912/D852BUCO0.html
Secretary of State Colin Powell and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge on Monday
endorsed creating a new national intelligence director to coordinate the nation's
intelligence agencies, telling senators that giving the position real power will help
keep America safe. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040913/D852SGOG0.html
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said yesterday he believes Senator John F. Kerry
would, if elected president, respond to terrorism "in a robust way," challenging a
comment made last week by Vice President Dick Cheney. (The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/articles/2004/09/13/powell_targets_terror_comment/
CBS News again defended its reporting Sunday, even as other media raised doubts about
the authenticity of memos the network uncovered about President Bush's service in the
Texas Air National Guard. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-12-cbs-media_x.htm
Fund: I'd Rather Be Blogging...CBS stonewalls as "guys in pajamas" uncover a fraud
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110005611
Baseball owners once passed up a chance to hire former colleague George W. Bush as the
sport's commissioner, but now they're working hard to keep Bush at bat in the White
House. (AP) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17331-2004Sep13.html
U.S. soldiers have seized large quantities of opium in raids on militants' hide-outs
in Afghanistan in what government officials say is proof that terrorists have tapped
into the illicit-drug trade to finance operations. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040913-123749-6001r.htm
Illinois considering official drink (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisstatenews/story/6ECBC4D05B50228D86256F0E001ADCBC?OpenDocument&Headline=Illinois+considering+official+drink
CNN-Crossing the Line With Carville and Begala? (Washingtonian Mag)
http://www.washingtonian.com/inwashington/buzz/091004.html
Opinion/Editorial
Mr. Kerry and Iraq http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17019-2004Sep12.html
Zell Miller: Telling It Like It Is...I will never trust John Kerry with my family's
safety. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110005614
Mike Moran: We now know 'how,' but who'll ask 'why'?...Dealing with flawed policies,
not just government org charts http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5963676/
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