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Tonight on Hardball we get the latest on the breaking news out of bin Laden's
world...He's got a new audiotape out airing on Al-Jazeera...The headline:
Boycott the Jan. 30th elections in Iraq and al-Zarqawi is the top Al-Qaeda dog
in Iraq...We'll talk to fmr. Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger about the
latest OBL jeremiad, the latest violence from Iraq and later tag team him with
California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher....Rohrabacher (R) is back from the Ukraine
where opposition candidate Yushchenko is claiming victory while the other guy
refuses to concede defeat and wants to take the matter to court...Sound
familiar?...We may even ask them about that tragic earthquake/tsunami in
southeast Asia...
David Shuster has a spot throwing together a veritable political potpourri of
recent news of note (Washington state gubernatorial recount, Rummy on the ropes
and Bush's big second term legislative agenda)...In the back half we bring in
MSNBC political analysts Monica Crowley and Ron Reagan to chew it all
over...I've also thrown in the topic of the presidential second term curse
(think Nixon & Watergate, Reagan & Iran-Contra, Bill & Monica) for added fun
and excitement...
We wrap it all up tonight with liberal economist and New York Times columnist
Paul Krugman on the economy and the troubled airline industry...What does it
mean for you?
Since Chris is on holiday this week, Pete Williams fills today and
tomorrow...Andrea subs Wednesday & Thursday...On Wednesday Andrea chats with
the co-chairs of the 9/11 Commission, Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton...On Friday
we'll re-air Chris' gripping trip to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, "A
Soldiers Journey Home"..
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Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
In an audiotape broadcast Monday by Al-Jazeera satellite television, a man
purported to be Osama bin Laden endorsed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as his deputy in
Iraq and called for a boycott of next month's elections there. (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6759167/
Quake, tsunami toll tops 22,000 in south Asia...Millions left homeless; aid
rushed to affected areas (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6754820/
Witness: Devastation on a biblical scale...Disaster struck with no warning on
an idyllic day (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6757337/
President Bush expressed his condolences Sunday to the victims of the massive
earthquake and tidal waves that hit southern and southeast Asia. The State
Department said three Americans have been identified as being among those
killed. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041227/D8781F3G0.html
US Airways, Comair struggle to recover from holiday woes...Computer glitch,
labor strife cited (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6754453/
Yanukovych vows to challenge result of Ukraine re-vote...Opposition leader
holds major lead in polling (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6751416/
Priest: CIA's private jet an open secret in terror war...Amateur spyhunters
zero in on agency's secret airline http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6757281/
President Bush faces a major rebellion within his own party if he follows
through on a promise to push legislation that would offer millions of illegal
immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship. (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6754323/
President Bush began his post-Christmas vacation Sunday contemplating a hefty
second-term agenda on both global and domestic fronts, including expectations
of continued violence against U.S. troops in Iraq (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6754264/
Shiite leader survives deadly Baghdad blast...Sunni political party says it
will withdraw from vote (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6727646/
Rossi might contest election results...Republicans concede that at this point
it could be his only option (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/205239_governor25.html
Iraq horror on tape...A sickening video claiming to show last week's Mosul
mess-tent bombing - including a fireball bursting skyward - hit the Internet
yesterday, courtesy of the Iraqi terror thugs responsible for the attack. (NY
Daily News) http://nydailynews.com/front/v-echo/story/265808p-227547c.html
Russia and China will hold unprecedented joint military maneuvers on Chinese
territory next year involving both nations' air forces and navies, Russia's
defense minister on Monday. (AP)
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-russia-china,0,374267,print.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines
Opinion/Editorial
Fund: From America With Love...Ukraine's new first lady knows what freedom
really means. http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110006076
Benedetto: Iraq - and America - are teetering on the brink
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/benedetto/2004-12-26-iraq-benedetto_x.htm
Terry: From This Christmas Forward
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=6113
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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