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Link to thisTuesday two stacks of dense, hard-to-read documents were passed out here at the White House and they contain some interesting bits of information about the president and vice president.
Like many other government officials, President Bush and Vice President Cheney are required to make a "public financial disclosure report." It's an outline of where their money is in all the various investment and bank accounts and in broad, ballpark terms how much they have.
Discuss (1 comments) Email this | Link to thisAides to Prime Minister Tony Blair told us today that they cannot remember Blair granting a longer interview than the one we conducted today. We spoke in the second floor parlor of 10 Downing Street -- these days it is used for official purposes (his last press conference was held there) but it was formerly used to house the Prime Minister's family as recently as the days of Churchill and Clemmie.
While an interview this long will have to play out over several days and several of our broadcasts, the headlines from our discussion were these: his decision to step down was years in the making; he says he would do it all again the same way, even knowing what we now know about Iraq -- where he says the situation is not a civil war -- in fact, Blair contends most Sunnis and Shiites get along, but for an agitated minority. 
Discuss (11 comments) Email this | Link to thisToday's vlog is a bit later than usual because Brian had a previous obligation -- an interview in London British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Afterward, Brian jumped in front of the vlog camera to preview tonight's package and additional special presentations.
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Discuss (0 comments) Email this | Link to thisHi everyone. The death of Jerry Falwell has set the blogosphere aflame, as you might expect. I'll leave it to you to explore that on your own if you're interested.
In the meantime, here's some other good stuff from the Internet today:
In the wake of the New York Times report on Iran stepping up its nuclear production, commentary ponders whether an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear sites would be a cakewalk or not.
Every soldier who dies in war deserves attention and respect. "Steve Clemons" writes today about the death of one that's a particularly poignant family tragedy.
Our Justice Department Correspondent Pete Williams highlighted some very dramatic testimony from former Deputy Attorney General James Comey on Capitol Hill today. A good narrative from "Talking Points Memo's" MUCKRAKER arm.
Ed Morrissey of "Captain's Quarters" mocks the idea of a Hagel/Bloomberg independent presidential run
Interesting piece by a very skeptical "Lewis Koch" on the validity of the charges against one-time alleged dirty bomber Jose Padilla.
Provocative arguments department: "Bubbles" are good for the economy.
A bit less provocative: "Debt" is bad.
Bummer. The ashes of Star Trek's "Scotty" didn't exactly "make it" to the final frontier.
And "RawStory" links to CBS's coverage of a very interesting battle of the bands.
Discuss (2 comments) Email this | Link to thisSpeaking of the technology of the future, there are those of us who think that the cell phone, sometimes referred to by technology people who like to name trends as the "third screen," will actually be the "second screen" -- ahead of the computer panel. After all, we don't go anywhere without it and now we can watch television on it. And that's television delivered at 30 frames per second just as it comes to a TV set.
Discuss (3 comments) Email this | Link to this"Sometimes I think the whole industry just packed up and joined the circus." --Jerry Seinfeld on television, at today's NBC sales gathering at Radio City Music Hall
We're doing something tonight that we started here a few months ago. By approaching a single sponsor to in effect "underwrite" Nightly News, we are able to do a newscast with limited commercial interruption -- which means more news -- and we intend to fill that widened slot with a special package of reporting that attempts to look into the future. We've asked a number of experts what the year 2017 might look like...what technology and medicine and education might be like in a decade. I will close the broadcast with some great past predictions that we've discovered.
In "spot" news tonight -- no shortage there, either. We have the ongoing situation in Iraq -- Americans missing, Americans killed -- the crippled vessel off the Alaskan coast, the Georgia fire(s), and word of the pending sale of Chrysler to a private equity firm. As someone said over the weekend: those Americans who aren't sure what private equity firms DO...are about to find out. Same goes for Chrysler's employees.
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When I was asked to talk about what technology would be like in the year 2017 to coincide with a special report on 'Nightly News' tonight, I knew it would be an almost impossible task. The prediction business is notoriously fickle and when it comes to technology, it can be particularly hazardous. In my office, I have a collection of dead tech - all major, multimillion-dollar bets placed by major companies sure of themselves.
Before we look ahead 10 years, let's look back a decade.
Discuss (6 comments) Email this | Link to thisBrian talks about the watercooler chatter around the office this morning, including "the scene" on Sunday's 'Sopranos' episode. He also discusses tonight's extra news room on the broadcast and our special 2017 package.
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