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As the full catastrophic damage of Katrina unfolds across the Gulf Coast, stay
with MSNBC and Hardball tonight for the latest...There's a lot of amazing and
heartbreaking video...The tragic and heroic stories are coming in as
well...While scores are feared dead, it will be a while before the final tally
is recorded...Search and rescue efforts are underway but many areas remain
unreachable...Fires raged unchecked at some homes and businesses as emergency
crews were unable to put them out due to the surrounding floods...Many people
have had to punch holes in their ceilings to escape their flooded
homes...Others were not so lucky
We'll talk to our reporters in the region, the latest from New Orleans, Biloxi
and elsewhere...We'll also talk to state and local officials...Fmr. EPA chief
Christie Todd Whitman will be here as well to discuss the environmental impact
and the potentially dangerous toxic brew that the flood waters could
bring....Also, reports of looting are also coming in...We'll bring you the
latest on that front as well
Please join us...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
How You Can Help http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9115520/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/29/AR2005082902136_pf.html
Shuster blog http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/
New flooding and reports of higher death toll...Water still rising in New
Orleans; tornado warnings in Southeast (NBC News)
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9063708/
Hundreds may have been killed by Hurricane Katrina in the Mississippi Gulf
Coast city of Biloxi after being trapped in their homes when a 30-foot (9
meter) storm surge came ashore, a spokesman for the city said on Tuesday.
(Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-08-30T182827Z_01_HO481242_RTRIDST_0_USREPORT-WEATHER-KATRINA-DC.XML
Katrina video: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9120777/
Rescuers in boats and helicopters searched for survivors of Hurricane Katrina
and brought victims, wet and bedraggled, to shelters Tuesday as the extent of
the damage across the Gulf Coast became ever clearer. The governor said the
death toll in one Mississippi county alone could be as high as 80. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050830/D8CA7DJ80.html
FEMA chief says Katrina's effect 'catastrophic'...Patients moved to Superdome
as water threatens New Orleans hospital (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9106384/
Some who stayed put may not live to regret it...'I'm expecting ... some people
who are die-hards will die hard,' official says (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9117150/
With much of the city emptied by Hurricane Katrina, some opportunists took
advantage of the situation by looting stores. (AP)
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/08/30/D8CA8RA00.html
Nearby tree was Mississippian's salvation...Gulfport man climbed into branches
from his home and held on for dear life (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9129659/
Breached levees threaten New Orleans anew...Floating bodies, fires, looting
reported as Katrina's shock sets in (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9130254/
French Quarter battered but unbowed...Neighborhood's indomitable spirit, style
weather hurricane's punch (AP) http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9121330/
State by state damage at a glance: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9118848/
Katrina could cost insurers up to $26 billion...Forecaster says storm could be
one of most expensive to hit U.S. (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9114813/
National Guard says enough troops on hand....More than 5,000 Guardsmen in 4
states activated for Katrina response (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9117367
In other news...
U.S.: Airstrike kills al-Qaida operative in Iraq...Tribal clashes in same area
along Syrian border reportedly claim 35 lives (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9126948/
The Bush administration offered continued praise for Iraq's proposed
constitution Monday, despite academic and political criticism that the document
partially brokered by the United States does not adequately protect religious
freedom and women's rights. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050830/D8C9SJ0G0.html
The U.S. ambassador suggested Tuesday there may be further changes to the draft
constitution in order to win Sunni Arab approval, saying he believed a "final,
final draft" had not yet been presented. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050830/D8CA72VO1.html
Sunnis face dilemma in new Iraq charter...Seeing uphill battle, leaders urge
Sunnis to comply with Oct. 15 referendum (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9084376/
Sadr's disciples rise again in Iraq...Freed aides join newly robust movement
(The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9122485/
The Bush administration is neglecting American Muslims in the fight against
terrorism, undermining a potentially priceless resource that could be used to
root out militants at home, major Muslim groups say. (Reuters)
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/08/30/MTFH88776_2005-08-30_15-20-05_SCH055124.html
The ranking Democrat on the Senate committee that will consider John Roberts'
nomination to the Supreme Court says he intends to ask him what he thinks about
a Justice Department memo that critics say led to torture in foreign prisons.
(AP) http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/08/30/D8CA108G0.html
Halliburton deal whistleblower demoted...Army Corps of Engineers official
disclosed no-bid Iraq contract (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9118897/
On his two-day swing through Southern California, President Bush's agenda
included a stop Monday in Rancho Cucamonga to discuss Medicare and an address
Tuesday to veterans in San Diego. Conspicuously absent is a meeting with the
state's most prominent Republican political figure, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050830/D8C9SPQG0.html
Little change seen in Afghan opium production...Output falls only 2 percent
despite crackdown on poppy farms, U.N. reports (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9120598/
Jesse Helms, writing with the same passion that made him the archconservative
of the U.S. Senate for 30 years, renews his criticism of abortion in a memoir
being published this week, comparing it to both the Holocaust and the Sept. 11
attacks. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050830/D8C9SL3O1.html
Opinion/editorial
Katrina: Messing With Mother Nature
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?bid=7&pid=18079
Prager: Just one question for opponents of the war
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/dp20050830.shtml
Limbaugh: Let's Quit Confusing the Issues
http://www.davidlimbaugh.com/mt/archives/2005/08/new_column_iraq.html#more
John Nichols: Censor Pat Robertson?
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=17904
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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