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First up - six days and counting! With less than a week until Barack Obama's inauguration, what are the incoming team's biggest priorities? We'll take a look at that and the latest Senate confirmation hearings for Obama's cabinet with Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA). For more on today's confirmation hearings: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/geithner-hearing-scheduled-for-jan-21/?ref=politics Next up - how will Obama change the tone in Washington? Will he deliver on his campaign promises? We'll ask NBC Political Director Chuck Todd, author of "How Barack Obama Won," to weigh in. And this country hasn't been attacked in the seven years since Sept. 11th. Does Pres. Bush deserve credit for keeping America safe from terrorist attacks? We'll tackle that one with the New York Observer's Joe Conason and the Center for Security Policy's Frank Gaffney. For more on Pres. Bush: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-01-13-bush_N.htm Plus, what's one Chicago bakery cooking up for their hometown politician? We'll bring you the very large answer in tonight's Hardball Sideshow. Then in the Politics Fix, we'll break down Obama's meeting with conservative columnists with our roundtable and tell you what it means going forward. For the latest on all of today's political news, go to the best political website www.politics.msnbc.com, powered by NBC News and the National Journal. And, don't forget to check out NBC's "First Read" and MSNBC.com's political calendar. ========================================= This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this The Hardball Briefing Newsletter newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. To remove yourself from the list (or to add yourself to the list if this message was forwarded to you) simply go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25810860, select unsubscribe, enter the email address receiving this message, and click the Go button. Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052 MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT http://privacy.msn.com <http://privacy.msn.com/>