Hardball airs every weeknight at 7, 11 & 4 am eastern and 4, 8 & 1 am pacific on MSNBC
Tonight we lead with this disturbing Washington Post story of the possible radiological or "dirty bomb" attack that caused officials to raise the terror alert level to orange and the developing story of the man U.S. authorities are asking French officials to track down. The Afghan suspect is thought to be the mystery passenger behind a number of those Air France flight cancellations last week...Basically it'll be a "tracking the terrorists" type of segment...
We'll talk to former SecDef under Kennedy & Johnson Robert McNamara on all of the above plus the new documentary of his life as well as his thoughts on today's foreign policy scene.
And the big story from the White House today is the granting of some type of limited amnesty to millions of illegal aliens in America...Pat Buchanan is fired up as Hell as you can imagine...He'll join us in the D block to tell us why this is a bad idea...Apparently he was droppin' it hard on the "Today" show this morning with Rep. Loretta Sanchez..
In the Buzz we'll talk to Frank Luntz and a couple of others to get into the new USA Today Gallup polls...
Bush was to promote a major overhaul of American immigration policy - and break a virtual silence on the issue since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks - before immigration-rights advocates on Wednesday at the White House. (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3887721/ ___________________________________________________________
'Dirty bomb' was major New Year's worry...Scores of nuclear scientists scoured five U.S. cities (The Washington Post)
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3896656/ ___________________________________________________________
France said Wednesday the United States had asked it to track down an Afghan suspect behind an aviation scare that has forced a spate of cancellations and delays to U.S.-bound flights. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4086514 __________________________________________________________
Harris close to a decision on running for U.S. Senate...The congresswoman seen as the Republican heroine of the 2000 election says she has almost made up her mind on whether to run for the U.S. Senate. (The Miami Herald)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/7648876.htm _________________________________________________________
Rummy declined honor as 'Person of the Year'...The Time cover that didn't appear (The Hill)
http://www.thehill.com/open_secrets/010704.aspx