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Pete Williams fills in for David Gregory who fills in for Chris Matthews as we
explore two big topics tonight: President Bush's presser in the East Room with
Thursday night's Hardball guest Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who also by the way, is
Iraq's Prime Minister and the political fallout over Karl Rove's 9/11 remarks...
Straight from Atlantic City tonight is none other than New Jersey Democratic
Senator Jon Corzine who was one of the first out the gates to go after
Rove...Playing defense for the administration is Lone Star state Republican
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison...We'll hit both topics with them...
And we'll get perspective from two people intimately familiar with the tragedy
of 9/11: Kristen Breitweiser, whose husband was killed that day and Peter
Gadiel, whose son was killed that day too will discuss the meaning and impact
of Rove's remarks...
We'll do the daily political slicin' and dicin' with Stephen Hayes of The
Weekly Standard and Katrina..
And don't hit the party circuit tonight too quickly as we finish up the show
with the unique wit and witticism of political observer & satirist P.J.
O'Rourke who has a new book appropriately titled "Peace Kills"...
Looking ahead...Chris will have exclusive backstage access to the Rev. Billy
Graham's final U.S. Crusade in New York this weekend...As a matter of fact
we'll interview him right before he takes the stage on Sunday afternoon and
Shuster looks back on his amazing life...
On Tuesday we go in depth on the issue of religion in politics live from
Nashville at the Two Rivers Baptist Church.
http://nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/msnbc-20050624000000-msnbcannouncesthe.html
>From the Hardball mail bag:
"Will MSNBC (hardball) Carry Tues PM LIVE?"
-Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles
Dear Roscoe, you refer of course to President Bush's address on Iraq Tuesday
night at 8 pm ET. Yes, Chris will be live from Nashville on Tuesday with the
most compelling coverage and analysis on television. I would urge you to tune
all the televisions at "Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles" if that be a restaurant,
to MSNBC. It would certainly be a classy mark of distinction for your ambience.
Best, Dominic
And our EP Tammy Haddad especially wanted me to include this little cutesy
exchange between David Gregory and Tom Brokaw on last night's show for those
who missed it:
GREGORY: Tom, final question is a little bit more personal. How is
life?
BROKAW: It`s pretty good. I`m -- I`m out there on the improv circuit
and I`ve got this great imitation of David Gregory I`m doing.
(LAUGHTER)
BROKAW: I`m working on the eyebrows a lot and the shock of
prematurely gray hair and the little "Howdy Doody" grin. I think, when I
get it down, I will probably -- you know, it will work out OK for me.
(LAUGHTER)
GREGORY: Tom, keep at it.
(LAUGHTER)
GREGORY: Tom Brokaw. Tom`s report, "The Long War," will be broadcast
tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on NBC.
I don`t know what to say."
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Oh, and the gratuitous promotion doesn't stop there...Dig MSNBC TV premiere's
"Coming Home" on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET with Lester Holt
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Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
I just ran into David Shuster at the Hardball First Aid station where he is
recovering from a shaving cut...He informed me that his package tonight deals
with the stories of veterans returning home from Iraq...You wont' want to miss
their remarkable stories..
Breitweiser Backgrounder: Karl Rove's "Understanding of 9/11"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/kristen-breitweiser/karl-roves-understandin_3103.html
5 Marines killed in Iraq car bombing...Three were women, worst single-day toll
for female service members (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8202434/
It depends on the meaning of the word "throes" is: Cheney on Abizaid
contradicting him yesterday: "If you look at what the dictionary says about
throes, it can still be a violent period, the throes of a revolution," he said.
"The point would be that the conflict will be intense, but it's intense because
the terrorists understand that if we're successful at accomplishing our
objective -- standing up a democracy in Iraq -- that that's a huge defeat for
them." (Wolf Blitzer, CNN)
Bush, Iraqi leader to measure progress...Training of security forces, raging
violence to top agenda (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8343006/
President Bush will deliver a major address to U.S. troops and the nation about
Iraq on Tuesday night from the U.S. military base at Fort Bragg, North
Carolina, the White House said (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2005-06-24T151948Z_01_N24107721_RTRIDST_0_POLITICS-IRAQ-BUSH-SPEECH-DC.XML
Defending the treatment of prisoners at the U.S. jail in Guantanamo Bay, Vice
President Dick Cheney said they are well treated, well fed and "living in the
tropics." (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050624/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_guantanamo&printer=1;_ylt=AmLS7K4RTVFR3CyjgSQyuVYGw_IE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Washington has for the first time acknowledged to the United Nations that
prisoners have been tortured at US detention centres in Guantanamo Bay, as well
as Afghanistan and Iraq, a UN source said.(AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050624/pl_afp/unustortureguantanamo&printer=1;_ylt=AowM9i2rReNeAPDHQ_m.I_qtOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
A White House official said Friday the administration finds it "somewhat
puzzling" that Democrats are demanding presidential adviser Karl Rove's apology
or resignation for implying that liberals are soft on terrorism. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050624/ap_on_go_pr_wh/rove_speech&printer=1;_ylt=Auo..V0TupF5wuVYF1y2qVoGw_IE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Draft? Polls finds Americans opposed...An opinion poll released Friday found
that most Americans surveyed overwhelmingly oppose reinstatement of the
military draft and most said they wouldn't encourage their children to enlist
in the service either. (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8342995/
Iranians vote in runoff election...Self-styled moderate vs. hardline rival;
results expected Saturday (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8338115/
Italian judge seeks arrest of alleged CIA agents...13 Americans linked to
abduction of Egyptian terror suspect in '03 (Reuters)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8341926/
Opinion/Editorial
Terry: Illegal Aliens Worked Inside U.S. Nuclear Weapons Facility
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=7856
Estrich: Gossipy book won't soil Hillary
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/sunnews/news/opinion/11973158.htm
Corn: Another 9/11 Insult from the GOP
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?bid=3&pid=3852
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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