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Tonight on Hardball, Chris will break down the brewing battles among
Republicans over President Bush's practices and plans in the fight against
terrorism. While Republicans in the Senate fight over how to treat suspected
terrorists, Republicans in the House are fighting over how to oversee the NSA's
once secret wiretapping program. The AP has more on the surveillance fight:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14919362/. The Washington Post has more on the
detainee debate: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14919223/.
Hardball's David Shuster will report on the attempts to find a compromise among
Republicans and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, host of "Scarborough Country," will
join Chris to talk about what kind of effect all of the infighting could have
on the Bush Administration and Republican efforts to keep control of Congress.
In case you missed it, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez called Bush "the
devil" today at the U.N. Here's more from the AP:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14923411/.
Also tonight, in an exclusive interview, Jim Webb, Democratic candidate for
U.S. Senate in Virginia, will talk with Chris about his race against Sen.
George Allen (R-VA). The Washington Post has today's news on the race:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14913849/.
The Hardballers, Democratic Strategist Steve McMahon and Republican Strategist
Ben Ginsberg, will debate the latest in the fight for control of Congress and
the fight among Republicans.
The Washington Post's Rajiv Chandrasekaran, author of "Imperial Life in the
Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone," will talk about his experience in
Baghdad. Check out what he had to say about it in a WashingtonPost.com chat
this week:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/08/28/DI2006082800508.html.
Plus, John Danforth, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and three-term
Republican Senator from Missouri, will join Chris to talk about international
and domestic politics. He's the author of a new book called "Faith and
Politics." Find out more about it here:
http://www.penguin.ca/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780670037872,00.html.
Finally, your briefer misstated the title of Frank Rich's book on Tuesday. The
correct title is "The Greatest Story Ever Sold" and you can find out more about
it here:
http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Story-Ever-Sold-Decline/dp/159420098X/sr=8-13/qid=1158778462/ref=sr_1_13/002-6929515-4905629?ie=UTF8&s=books.
And don't miss footage of Chris tonight throwing out the first pitch at
Tuesday's Washington Nationals game!
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--AP recaps Tuesday's primaries in Washington State and Massachusetts
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14910053/
--MSNBC's Howard Fineman ponders presidential prospects
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14922820/
--NBC's always changing "First Read" http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
--POLITICS.MSNBC.COM http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/
--Doonesbury http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
Brooke Brower compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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