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As Hurricane Rita rushes full speed towards Texas we'll bring you the latest
from that state with two strategically placed senior level MSNBC personnel:
David Shuster and Rita Cosby...Shuster in Freeport and Rita in Galveston...Rita
meets Rita....Can you handle it? Only on MSNBC tonight!
After that little tête-à-tête we'll talk to Texas Governor Rick Perry and get
the state's response to this impending catastrophe...We'll go local with a
couple of mayors: Oscar Ortiz (Port Arthur, TX) & Randy Roach (Lake Charles,
LA)...It ain't all about Texas you know, Louisiana will be hit as well and the
Big Easy is bracing for some aftershocks...Can the makeshift levees hold in the
face of Rita? We'll get the lowdown on that from NBC's Michelle Hofland and New
Orleans City Councilwoman Cynthia Hedge Morrell...
And we haven't forgotten about Washington, folks...No sirree...We'll round up
the show with MSNBC's chief Washington correspondent Norah O'Donnell who has
been covering the Judiciary Committee's vote on John Roberts' nomination to
become the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court...She'll wrap up the vote
and give us a flavor of today's debate...The full Senate is expected to take up
the nomination next week...
Please join us...
Before I sign I got to give a shout out to our special guest scheduled on
tomorrow's show...Andrea's new book, Talking Back: ...to Presidents, Dictators,
and Assorted Scoundrels,' by Andrea Mitchell (Book excerpt)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9410751
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
Traffic at a standstill as thousands flee Rita...Hurricane downgraded to
Category 4 storm, but still considered dangerous (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9389157/
...More than 1.3 million residents in Texas and Louisiana were under orders to
get out to avoid a deadly repeat of Katrina. (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9437913/
Rita brings rain to battered New Orleans...Experts warn that fractured levees
could fail and swamp city again (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9438536/
Iraq support dwindles as hurricanes hit U.S....Less tolerance for spending
abroad when resources badly needed at home (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9436906/
Iraqi troops showing signs of progress?...U.S. commanders say they are, but
they're still getting plenty of help (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9432434/
Bush officials bristle at the suggestion the war in Iraq might look anything
like Vietnam. Yet just as today's anti-war protests recall memories of
yesteryear, President Bush's own words echo those of President Johnson in 1967,
a pivotal year for the U.S. in Vietnam. (AP)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1151&slug=Words%20of%20War
Judiciary Committee Democrats divided on Thursday over endorsing John Roberts
to be the Supreme Court's next chief justice, as his nomination sailed toward
the full Senate for confirmation next week. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050922/ap_on_go_su_co/roberts&printer=1;_ylt=Aho13viIOqgoBsHqIb7SWxlAw_IE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Senate panel approves Roberts nomination...Full Senate to vote next week on
confirmation of Supreme Court nominee (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9424389/
Curry: Democrats revive filibuster threat...Big battle brewing over O'Connor
spot on Supreme Court http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9428796/
The Republican chairman of the Senate judiciary committee accused the Pentagon
on Wednesday of stonewalling an inquiry into claims that the U.S. military
identified four September 11 hijackers more than a year before the 2001
attacks. (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2005-09-21T211406Z_01_KWA176340_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-ATTACKS.xml&archived=False
Postpone the new Medicare prescription-drug benefit for a year to save $30.8
billion. Repeal funding for a $223 million "bridge to nowhere" that would serve
50 people in Alaska. Allow President Bush's tax cuts to expire. Sell bonds
similar to World War II's Liberty Bonds (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/republicansofferspendingcuts&printer=1;_ylt=AvFKX5iUxtxT_tth2XpBfAffB2YD;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
The widening investigation of lobbyist Jack Abramoff is moving beyond the
confines of tawdry influence-peddling to threaten leading figures in the
Republican hierarchy that dominates Washington. (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=IN7A1S0UQVI9
The lawyer for a former Bush administration official arrested this week says
authorities are using the charges to pressure her client to aid their
investigation of lobbyist Jack Abramoff. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050922/ap_on_go_pr_wh/lobbyist_probe&printer=1;_ylt=AnAmxoHiTCQIYh1ArgDlsHEGw_IE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Former President Clinton and former Sen. Bob Dole, once political rivals, came
together Wednesday night to raise money for historically black Bennett College.
(AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050922/ap_on_re_us/clinton_dole&printer=1;_ylt=AmbuwhpOqn3g0v35C5Cnk3NH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Opinion/Editorial
Corn: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?bid=3&pid=23499
Ridgeway: Rita, Katrina: Religious Fringe Sees Apocalypse Now...You say global
warming, they say wrath of God
http://villagevoice.com/generic/show_print.php?id=68128&page=webmondo2&issue=0539&printcde=MzM4MjIxMzYyMw==&refpage=L25ld3MvaW5kZXgucGhwP2lzc3VlPTA1MzkmcGFnZT13ZWJtb25kbzImaWQ9NjgxMjg=
Novak: Bashing Bush in Aspen
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/rn20050922.shtml
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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