Quotes of the Day NEWSMAKER QUOTE OF THE DAYFormer NYC Police Commissioner, former interim minister of the Interior and senior policy advisor to the U.S. Presidential Envoy in Iraq, Bernard Kerik talks to Imus about the situation in Iraq:“The feel in this city, the feel in the country is the everyday crime is coming down. The resistance is still there. The resistance is going to be there for some while until you take out all the primary heads of the resistance and that takes time and it takes intelligence. The answer is not more troops. You know I’ve watched over the past week or so all these presidential candidates get up on television and say we need more troops and that there’s not a plan. Well, there is a plan. And the plan is to keep pushing forward to collect intelligence, to create an intelligence service. The answer is not more troops. You put more U.S. troops, you make more U.S. targets. We have to make sure that we know what’s going on within the country and that’s intelligence, so they have to create an Iraqi intelligence service to do that. And that’s all being done, it just takes time.” SHOW QUOTE OF THE DAYImus comments on Richard Grasso:“It just seems outrageous. The fact is the guy was worth the money. He wasn’t just some pencil pushing regulator. He was almost like Wall Street’s version of Elvis.”You can get on our e-mailing list today by clicking right here: SUBSCRIBE(Or just read our online edition below.)
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Join us at 6am eastern for IMUS in the Morning
on MSNBC. We’ll have all the days news headlines
every fifteen minutes, including reports from
NBC News correspondents around the world.
Our featured guest of
At 8:29 am eastern, America’s most popular
mayor, Rudy Giuliani joins Imus. Rudy is
an honorary co-chair of the 14th Annual
AT&T Steven A. Cox Charity Classic taking
place on Monday. Rudy will be one of the
celebrity participants trying to earn money
for charity at the Imus Teed Off Challenge VI.
They’ll also talk about Richard Grasso resigning
from the NYSE.. Rudy’s name has been mentioned
as an ideal candidate.. what does he think?
Giuliani Partners.com
Cox Charity Classic.com
At 7:29 am eastern, Bill O’Reilly from
FOX News will join Imus to talk about his
new book “Who’s Looking Out for You”.
They’ll also talk about the latest news
from Iraq. Are more US troops needed?
Did the government not put enough thought
into the post-war? Will we ever find
Saddam.. do we need to? They’ll also talk
about the latest on the political front...
everything from the presidential candidates
to President Bush. And don’t forget about
Richard Grasso resigning from the NYSE.
Will the stock exchange split his job
into two? Is this just the beginning of
changes for the NYSE?
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Required Reading
“Hurricane Isabel knocked out power
to more than 2.5 million people before
weakening into a tropical storm as
it raced up the Eastern Seaboard
early Friday, swamping tidal communities
along Chesapeake Bay, uprooting trees,
disrupting air traffic and shutting down
the nation’s capital.”Isabel Weakens To Tropical StormMSNBC.com
“Former Gen. Sultan Hashim Ahmad,
Iraq’s last defense minister under
Saddam Hussein, surrendered to the
American general in charge of the
north of the country Friday after
weeks of negotiations, a Kurdish
mediator said.”Former Iraqi Defense Minister SurrendersMSNBC.com
“Guerrillas killed three U.S. soldiers
and wounded two others in an ambush
near Saddam Hussein’s hometown of
Tikrit, Iraq, late Thursday, a U.S.
military spokesman said. The fatalities
occurred hours after guerrillas ambushed
a U.S. military convoy with a remote-controlled
bomb, sparking a heavy gunbattle in which a
3-year-old boy was wounded in the chest
and two trucks were destroyed.”3 U.S. Soldiers Killed Near TikritMSNBC.com
“An Indonesian court sentenced an
Islamic militant to life imprisonment
today for his role in the Bali bombings,
which last year killed 202 people, many
of them tourists.”Bali Bomber Is Sentenced To Life TermNY Times.com
“A federal appeals court was expected to
decide Friday whether to re-hear a lawsuit
that resulted in the postponement of
California’s recall election.”Calif. Candidates Await Next Court RulingWashington Post.com
“With little chance that a resolution
on Iraq will be approved quickly, President
Bush is pinning his hopes on face-to-face
diplomacy he will conduct on the sidelines
of his visit to the United Nations in
New York on Tuesday.”Bush To Pursue New Iraq Resolution At U.N.NY Post.com
“Sweden closed canal locks, banned private
flights and put hundreds of police in the
streets of the capital on Friday to protect
foreign leaders at a memorial service for
slain Foreign Minister Anna Lindh.”Sweden Holds Memorial For Slain PoliticianNY Post.com
Imus Stuff
“Authorities on Thursday arrested
a Swiss bodybuilding coach they
said made a $3 million offer to
kill the woman who has accused
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe
Bryant of sexual assault.”Man held for threat against Kobe accuserMSNBC.com
“As the giant financial market
ushered in the post-Grasso era
with a rousing stock rally, NYSE
officials said they were considering
an array of changes to how the
exchange is structured, including
possibly separating its business
and regulatory functions.”Grasso’s ouster just the beginningMSNBC.com
“The economy is improving for the
super rich. After two years of
declines, the total net worth of
America’s richest people rose 10
percent to $955 billion this year
from 2002, according to Forbes
magazine’s annual ranking of the
nation’s 400 wealthiest individuals.”America’s richest people get moreMSNBC.com
“Untold hours of hard work culminated
in 30 historic seconds for Neil Parry
- and now, he isn’t satisfied by his
amazing return to football. Next time,
he wants to hit somebody.”Amputee finally back in the gameMSNBC.com
“Mike Shanahan lied and got away with
it. The Broncos coach was cleared of
any wrongdoing Thursday after explaining
to league officials why he lied about
Jake Plummer’s injury during a game
last weekend.”Shanahan escapes punishmentMSNBC.com
Vote: Who will win Week 3 NFL matchups?MSNBC.com
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