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The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC
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As Matea Gold writes so eloquently in today's Los Angeles Times, cable news
loves presidential debates and the reverberations from MSNBC's first in the
nation debates are still being felt in both political parties. Check out the
story here:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-fox14may14,1,7156349.story?ctrack=1&cset=true.
By the way, MSNBC's debates are both still on our web site at
www.politics.msnbc.com.
Happy Monday, Hardballers! What better way to start the week than with our own
Tim Russert, NBC News Washington bureau chief, moderator of "Meet The Press"
and bestselling author! Tonight's appearance is the start of Russert's world
tour for the paperback edition of his NYT bestseller, "Wisdom of our Fathers -
Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons."
We begin with the latest from Iraq, where six U.S. soldiers have been killed in
the past three days and three more soldiers are missing after being abducted by
suspect al-Qaeda militants. We'll get more on the massive manhunt for the
missing troops and the situation on the ground in Baghdad from NBC's Ian
Williams. Later in the show, Newsweek's Howard Fineman and Gene Robinson from
the Washington Post will be here with more on the Washington showdown over Iraq.
Then, Rudy Giuliani in the hot seat! The Republican frontrunner's personal
life is under the microscope and now he's taking flak for his stance on
abortion and his business dealings. Take a look at Lloyd Grove's New York
magazine piece on the former mayor: http://nymag.com/news/features/31812/. Can
his campaign take the heat? We'll debate with tonight's Hardballers: former
Gore adviser Michael Feldman and former NY Senate candidate KT McFarland (R).
For the latest on all of today's political news, go to the best political
website www.politics.msnbc.com <http://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/>.
Tammy Haddad and Shelby Poduch compiled the Hardball Briefing from Washington,
D.C.
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