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Monday night, NBC News and CBS Radio announced that radio talk show host Don
Imus would be suspended for two weeks, beginning April 16th, after
racially-charged comments he made about the Rutgers' women's basketball team.
At a press conference today, the Rutgers team blasted Imus' words - head coach
C. Vivian Stringer described the remarks as "despicable, and abominable and
unconscionable" - but the team also announced they'll meet with Imus and "hope
to get something accomplished."
Tonight on Hardball, we take a hard look at the role of race and gender in
American politics and our culture with guest host, NBC News Chief White House
Correspondent David Gregory. After a special report from Hardball's David
Shuster, we'll hear from Chicago Tribune Columnist Clarence Page and MSNBC
Political Analyst and frequent "Imus" guest Craig Crawford.
Then, the Rev. Al Sharpton will be back tonight with more on Imus. And we'll
talk about 2008, the first election with a woman and an African American man
battling for their party's nomination. How important are race and gender this
time around? Newsweek's Jonathan Alter, Dr. Sabiyha Prince, Anthropology
professor at American University, and the Rev. DeForest Soaries, head pastor of
the NJ church where the Rutgers team attends services will make up our
roundtable.
For the latest on all of today's political news, go to the best political
website www.politics.msnbc.com, powered by NBC News and the National Journal.
Don't forget to check out NBC's "First Read" http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
and MSNBC.com's political calendar http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/.
Shelby Poduch compiled the "Hardball Briefing" from Washington, D.C.
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