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Decision 2006 rolls on tonight in Connecticut as Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
faces off against Democratic challenger Ned Lamont in a televised debate with
just a little more than a month before their primary. Hardball will have live
coverage of the debate, sponsored by NBC affiliate WVIT in Hartford, at 7 pm
Eastern. You can join in the action too with our Hardblogger All-Stars as they
live blog the debate action at http://hardball.msnbc.com. And don't miss your
chance to vote in our online Lieberman-Lamont race poll also at
http://hardball.msnbc.com.
Before we get to the debate tonight, we'll get ready with Hardball at 5 pm
Eastern. MSNBC Chief Washington Correspondent Norah O'Donnell, sitting in for
Chris tonight, will talk with Newsweek Chief Political Correspondent Howard
Fineman and WashingtonPost.com reporter Chris Cillizza about how and why
Lieberman finds himself in a primary predicament this year. Check out
Cillizza's latest on Lieberman on "The Fix":
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/07/lieberman.html.
Also tonight, Norah will talk with Richard Haass, former director of policy
planning for the State Department in the Bush Administration and current
president of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Nicholas Kristof, columnist
for the New York Times, about the situation with North Korea. Kristof has been
on the ground in North Korea and will tell us about what he saw there. The AP
has more on today's developments: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13704198/.
Plus, Republican strategist Ed Rollins and Mike Barnicle, MSNBC contributor and
Boston Herald columnist, will join Norah to talk about how President Bush's
dealings with what he dubbed the "axis of evil" are shaping his presidency.
Be sure to tune in to MSNBC on Friday at 11 am Eastern for President Bush's
live press conference. And don't miss Hardball at 5 pm and 7 pm Eastern on
Friday for the Hardball HotShots!
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--AP updates on New Jersey's shutdown http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13714765/
--NBC's Pete Williams reports on New York's gay marriage court decision
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13736236/
--H-A-R-D-B-L-O-G-G-E-R http://hardblogger.msnbc.com
--NBC's "First Read" http://firstread.msnbc.com
--Doonesbury http://doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
Brooke Brower compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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