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NBC News reported first that a deal on tribunal laws has been reached between
the White House and GOP Senators led by John McCain. Here's more:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14941594/.
Who's the winner in this compromise? Tonight on Hardball, Chris talks with NBC
News' Congressional Producer Mike Viqueira about how the deal happened and what
happens next. Plus, Hardball Correspondent David Shuster will report on the
latest batch of poll numbers that might have a mixed message for Republicans
and Democrats. NBC's "First Read" has more on that:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14926426/.
Has McCain really hurt his 2008 prospects by bucking the president? Chris will
talk about that and midterm politics with some of the sharpest minds out there:
--Former NAACP Chair Kweisi Mfume, who was in Maryland's U.S. Senate race until
last week
--GOP strategist Ed Rogers, a former adviser to the President George H.W. Bush
--Former Reagan Defense Department official KT McFarland, who was in New York's
U.S. Senate race until this month
--International Association of Firefighters President Harold Schaitberger,
who's backing Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT)'s independent bid
--The Hill's A.B. Stoddard, whose paper reports on Democrats' plans to talk
about Iraq
(http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/092106/iraqhtml)
--GOP strategist Ron Christie, who worked in the White House for both President
Bush and Vice President Cheney
--Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, who wrote about the torture debate
this week
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/18/AR2006091800995.html)
Plus, NBC News' Mike Taibbi will report on the big news coming out of the
second annual Clinton Global Initiative in New York. Among other news,
billionaire business mogul Richard Branson pledged $3 billion to help fight
global warming today. MSNBC.com reports: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14936341/.
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--National Journal's Chuck Todd looks at what's in store for October
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14926426/
--NBC's Joel Seidman updates on the CIA leak probe
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14941062/
--MSNBC.com reports on President Clinton's thoughts on Iran
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13018901
--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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