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No question about our lead tonight: Hurricane Rita is now a Category 4
Hurricane and rushing towards Texas...We'll get the latest on the hurricane's
path and what local, state and federal officials are doing to prepare for it..
We'll talk to Port Arthur, TX mayor Oscar Ortiz, Lyda Ann Thomas, Mayor of
Galveston, two cities in Rita's path...Plus, direct from Galveston, the
national spokesman for the American Red Cross on efforts to aid victims of
Rita...We'll also get a sense of Rita's wrath from Key West mayor Jimmy Weekly
The Washington Post has a piece today http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9419053/
suggesting that the levee system in New Orleans was not as sound as once
thought and that the notion that it could withstand a Category 3 hurricane was
perhaps fallacious...Fmr. Rep. Bob Livingston (R-LA) is in the house to give us
the lowdown on the levees...
David Shuster checks in with a package on the politics of Louisiana and the
billions of dollars headed its way...David looks at some of the colorful
political figures of Louisiana's past (Huey "Kingfish" Long immediately comes
to mind) and how their legacy may have contributed to the failed response and
damaged levee systems...Plus, who'll keep an eye the folks (lobbyists and such)
who'll have their hands out for federal reconstruction funds?
We round out the show tonight with famed jazz musician and New Orleans native
son, Wynton Marsalis...
Something to look forward to on Friday, Andrea Mitchell stops by to discuss her
new book http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9410751
Please join us...Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball
Briefing from Washington, DC
Rita strengthens to a Category 4 storm...Hurricane churns toward Texas,
Louisiana coastline (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9389157/
As Rita closes in, levee repair intensifies...New Orleans evacuates; new
questions about reliability of flood protection (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9406899/
Katrina's cost may test harmony within GOP...Congressmen question plan - or
lack of one - to pay for recovery (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9422225/
Fournier: Hurricane Katrina and the bungled government response have weakened
President Bush, raising questions among Americans about his Iraq and Gulf Coast
spending plans and spreading fears among fellow Republicans that his troubles
could be contagious.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050921/ap_on_go_pr_wh/katrina_bush_ap_poll&printer=1;_ylt=AmjLdNYdK9GuSaHPzzEkmV8Gw_IE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Indiana Congressman Mike Pence is leading a call for cuts in the federal budget
that would match the spending for hurricane relief. "Operation Offset" is the
name of the effort. (WISH-TV)
http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3879707&nav=0Ra7
Dickerson: Pity the Poor Fiscal Conservative...Because no one else cares if the
government busts the budget for Katrina relief.
http://www.slate.com/id/2126637/?nav=tap3
Roadside bombs target U.S. convoys in Iraq...2 GIs hurt day after 9 American
deaths; row over U.K. jail break persists (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9332851/
The Department of Defense forbade a military intelligence officer to testify
Wednesday about the work of a secret military unit that identified four 9/11
hijackers more than a year before the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks, according to
the man's attorney. (AP) http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/D8COLIVG0.html
The senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee announced Wednesday he will vote
to confirm John Roberts for chief justice of the United States after leading
lawmakers met with President Bush to discuss candidates for the other high
court vacancy. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050921/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus&printer=1;_ylt=An0BgHJi4_MNSmQW9PJ13EFAw_IE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Top Democrat says he will vote against Roberts...Reid also sets conditions for
filibuster of Bush's next Supreme Court pick (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9409608/
Curry: Which Democrats will vote 'yes' on Roberts?...Keeping an eye on Clinton,
Bayh and other presidential contenders http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9401768/
More Curry: Justice Stevens is key to high court's future...It's not Sandra Day
O'Connor's retirement that could threaten Roe v. Wade
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9408518/
Sheehan slightly hurt when cops halt NYC rally...Police break up rally while
Sheehan is speaking, arrest organizer http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9409111/
Tancredo, Bush Foe on Immigration, Poised as Republican Spoiler (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=IN5G1I1A1I4H
Mark Murray: Democrats hope to raise Kaine in Virginia...Can party finally win
a gubernatorial race in the South? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9410315/
Sen. Frist sells HCA stock; then price falls...Aide says he couldn't control
timing; move may temper conflict-of-interest concerns (Nashville Tennessean)
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050921/NEWS02/509210418
England pleads not guilty to prisoner abuse charges...Army private plans to
claim mental defects as a defense (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3362592
Opinion/Editorial
Terry: Poverty: All in the Family
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=9219
Pat: Declare war on 'radical Islam'?
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46436
Bozell: Bill Clinton's Round of Shoeshines and Back Rubs
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=9216
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani: We Need American Troops...Thank you for
liberating my country. Please don't leave before the job is done.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007289
Hitch: 'Galloway is a hot, blustering bully - but I'm staying on his case until
the very end'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/18/ngall18xml&sSheet=/news/2005/09/18/ixnewstop.html
Ridgeway: Blowback From Katrina...Bush tries a P.R. approach. Basic problems of
health care, jobs, housing remain
http://villagevoice.com/news/0538,mondo1,67994,6.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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