Condom Testers, Live Earth and Patrick Leahy

Now that’s a trio. Plus: Deadliest bombing in Iraq yet...Meet the seven newest Wonders of the World...Smoke up, it’ll help kids get health insurance (to deal with all that second-hand smoke)...What Colin Powell really thought about the Iraq War...and Roger Federer, newest tennis stud. It’s Monday, July 9 and this is Mic Check. (Is this thing on?)

Celebration Excuse

What do Donald Rumsfeld, OJ Simpson and Courtney Love all have in common?

1850

President Zachary Taylor dies of cholera after a mere 16 months in office

1877

The first Wimbledon tournament debuts

1942

Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in Amsterdam

1995

That sound you hear is the echo of Hippies weeping: The Grateful Dead perform their last concert, at Soldier Field in Chicago.

1997

Mike Tyson is banned from the ring after snacking on Mike Holyfield’s ear.

2002

The baseball All Star game ends in a tie after 11 innings – both sides ran out of pitchers

2004

The Senate Intel committee report finds the CIA was wrong in its pre-war assessment about the threat posed by Saddam and the WMD.

EAT MORE CAKE

1932: Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

1942: Who’s the black private dick, that’s a sex machine to all the chicks? SHAFT! Well, actor Richard Roundtree.

1947: OJ Simpson

1955: South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham

1956: Tom Hanks

1964: Kurt Cobain’s BabyMama, Courtney Love

1976: Wonder Years star Fred Savage

Daybook

ALL DAY

The NAACP annual conference continues in Detroit, Michigan. The conference will last until July 12th.

POTUS

The President participates in the White House Conference on the Americas “A Conversation on the Americas” at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA.

SENATE

2:00 PM

The Senate convenes for “morning” business and then, at 3 p.m. to begin consideration of H.R.1585, the FY2008 Defense Authorization bill.

2:30 PM

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee: Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “Excessive Speculation In The Natural Gas Market.”

HOUSE

The House continues its July 4th recess. It will reconvene tomorrow, July 10th.

TV TIME

Tune In At Work

The View: Jackie Collins

Regis and Kelly: Jason Priestly

Ellen: Leah Remini

Stay Up Late

Letterman: Don Cheadle

Leno: Daniel Radcliffe

Ferguson: Kathy Griffin

O’Brien: Jarod Miller

Kimmel: George Foreman

 

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Sen. Barbara Boxer (D., CA)

The entire world may have focused its attention on the environment this weekend with the global Live Earth concert, but Sen. Barbara Boxer has been on top of this issue for years. Keep the momentum going, with a few of her thoughts on global warming.

Exclusive audio: Sen. Boxer:

  • Live Earth was “…an expression of the commitment of the people of the world for taking action on this issue”
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  • Sure, technology breakthroughs are important, but “everyone has told us, including business leaders, that to drive the investments in these technologies that are going to solve our global warming challenge, we need to have clear limits on carbon pollution.”
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  • Coming soon: In “a major breakthrough,” Sen. John Warner is teaming up with Sen. Joe Lieberman on cap-and-trade legislation.
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