I'm going to miss all the festvities this evening -- no lying in prime time for me! :)
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Tonight on Countdown
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We'll be doing the big ramp-up to the State of the Union tonight. Much of the show devoted to that.
Don't miss it.
President Bush is delivering his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday after arguably the worst year of his presidency, looking to reinvigorate confidence in his leadership and the U.S. role in the world. The speech gives the president an opportunity to lay out his agenda in this midterm election year directly to Congress and the American people. He will try to ease anxiety about continuing U.S. troop deaths in Iraq and the high price of fuel and health care that are dampening Americans' view of the economy.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11110276/Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann broadcasts LIVE at 8 pm et, and the count is never complete without you. Join us.
Too early to say what other news we'll be doing tonight, the other stories out there today are below...
That's some of what we're planning for tonight's show.
Finally,
An Austrian stuntman who claims world records for BASE jumping parachuted off the top of Mexico City's highest building Monday before escaping in a Hummer to avoid police capture. Felix Baumgartner, 36, launched himself off the 738-foot Torre Mayor on Mexico City's main Reforma Avenue, starting with a free fall and then floating downward under an opened parachute as about 200 curious onlookers gathered below. Baumgartner spoke briefly with the news media before jumping into a Hummer driven by friends and speeding away. The extreme-sports enthusiast apparently had not obtained a permit for his jump and local authorities tried unsuccessfully to detain him for putting the public and himself in danger.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MEXICO_TOWER_JUMP?SITE=NWCN&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOMENot my idea of a good time.
-- Carey Fox
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Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. became the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, confirmed with the most partisan victory in modern history after a fierce battle over the future direction of the high court. The Senate voted 58-42 to confirm Alito - a former federal appellate judge, U.S. attorney, and conservative lawyer for the Reagan administration from New Jersey - as the replacement for retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who has been a moderate swing vote on the court.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11111624/Coretta Scott King, who turned a life shattered by her husband's assassination into one devoted to enshrining his legacy of human rights and equality, has died. She was 78.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11110291/A female ex-postal worker opened fire at a mail processing plant, killing six people and critically wounding another before committing suicide, authorities said early Tuesday. Deputies responding to a call of shots fired about 9:15 p.m. Monday found two people dead outside the plant.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11107022/Police were videotaped punching and kicking a suspect after a car chase Monday, and officials are investigating to determine whether the four officers involved acted illegally.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11110694/Iran threatened on Tuesday to halt snap U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites and resume uranium enrichment if it was reported to the U.N. Security Council as agreed by the council's five permanent members.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11105378/A British soldier was killed by an explosion in southern Iraq on Tuesday, becoming the 100th British service member to die in the campaign since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11109531/from/RS.2/Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday boasted that Russia has missiles capable of penetrating any missile defense system, the ITAR-Tass and RIA-Novosti news agencies reported.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11110015/The blockbuster criminal trial of former Enron Corp. chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling is about lies, not numbers, a federal prosecutor told jurors Tuesday, launching the much-awaited case against the scandal-ridden company's former corporate titans.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11110472/After 18 years as the most influential policy-maker in the world's biggest economy, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan is expected to step down Tuesday with little fanfare - and one final interest rate hike.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11104282/As Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans last August 29, White House officials in early evening began to receive messages warning of serious damage to the levees which protected the city, according to documentation obtained by NEWSWEEK. But the White House did not recognize the extent of the damage until the next morning because the message traffic was confusing and contradictory, senior officials claim.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11103206/site/newsweek/The cowboy love story "Brokeback Mountain" led the Academy Awards field Tuesday with eight nominations, among them best picture and honors for actor Heath Ledger and director Ang Lee. Also nominated for best picture were the Truman Capote story "Capote"; the ensemble drama "Crash"; the Edward R. Murrow chronicle "Good Night, and Good Luck"; and the assassination thriller "Munich." The Johnny Cash biography "Walk the Line," considered a likely best-picture nominee, was shut out of that category, though Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon earned acting nominations.
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