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Chris is back tonight so we decided to book McCain for the honor... Who knows
but it's been too long...We got him tonight for a decent chunk of the
show...We'll traverse a broad swath of editorial topography including John
Roberts, Iraq, abortion, the White House/CIA leak case and that brouhaha
involving Andrea in Sudan where Sudanese security forces pushed her around for
asking a tough question...
We'll kick it off with Ned Colt in London for the latest on the explosion
incidents today in the tube stations...
And on the Andrea thing...Did you hear about the fracas at the Sudan press
conference with Condi Rice and the Sudanese President?? Andrea Mitchell was
manhandled and escorted to the back of the room when she posed a tough question
to the Sudanese President! We'll show you the tape.. Sudan apologizes to Rice
over rough up...Guards manhandled Secretary of State's delegation, NBC reporter
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8645592/
We'll talk to Andrea about the incident and show you some of the video...You'll
never believe what she says about the Sudanese President's reaction to the
melee...
We'll throw together a roundtable of journalistic powerhouses in E/F including
Tony Blankley of The Washington Times and Jim VandeHei of The Post...VandeHei
co-authored the big story in today's paper which we'll lead with and Shuster
does a package on...Plame's identity marked as secret...Memo central to probe
of leak spelled out information's status (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8635385/
Please join us...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
Four blasts shake London in chilling replay...3 subway stations and bus
targeted; just one injury reported this time (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8655541/
Full video coverage http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8495938/
The attempted bombings in London were designed to kill people, the head of the
Metropolitan Police has said. (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4705117.stm
Eyewitnesses reported seeing a "cloud of dust" coming from the site as police
placed a cordon around the whole of Shepherd's Bush Green. (Sky News)
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13391313,00.html
Bush briefed on London 'incidents'...White House says it's 'monitoring the
situation closely' (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8656171/
The possibility that Senate Democrats might filibuster President Bush's Supreme
Court nominee grew even more remote today, as key lawmakers said they saw no
justification to deploy the tactic that has been used in recent years to block
several judicial nominees. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/21/AR2005072101128_pf.html
Curry: A six-pronged strategy for defeating Roberts...It will be friends of
'the hapless toad' versus Bush's high court nominee
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8655699/
Just over half of all Americans - and a solid majority of women - want to know
John Roberts' position on abortion before the Senate votes on whether to
elevate him to the Supreme Court. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050721/ap_on_re_us/roberts_ap_poll&printer=1;_ylt=AquR.LfGX6YMHnxTa7zUre9H2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
President Bush's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge John Roberts, came to
Florida during the 2000 presidential election dispute and gave legal advice to
Gov. Jeb Bush. (Palm Beach Post)
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/nation/epaper/2005/07/21/m1a_flroberts_0721.html
A majority of U.S. soldiers in Iraq say morale is low, according to an Army
report that finds psychological stress is weighing particularly heavily on
National Guard and Reserve troops. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050720/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/iraq_us_military_health&printer=1;_ylt=AjqtveyUl0D.naBfIWaiHeeWwvIE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Survey: Morale Improving Among Soldiers in Iraq...Army's Mental Health Efforts
Have Ameliorated Conditions, but Concerns Remain (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/20/AR2005072002434_pf.html
Two U.S. lawmakers chided for meeting with Iran exile...Man's information on
various plots described as being dubious (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/nation/12183079.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
White House political strategist Karl Rove and the National Republican
Senatorial Committee have been trying to talk Florida Rep. Katherine Harris out
of running for the Senate next year, but have been unsuccessful thus far. (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050721-120803-1762r.htm
Opinion/Editorial
The Washington Times: The Roberts Nomination
http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20050720-091738-4829r.htm
Cuomo: Keep wall between judiciary and politics
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-07-20-cuomo-edit_x.htm
Nichols: Another Activist Judge
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=7456
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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