The Note
TODAY SCHEDULE (all times ET): —8:00 am: Sept. 11 victims are commemorated at the National Cherry Blossom festival, Washington, D.C. —9:00 am: Rep. Peter King speaks to the Communications Workers of America legislative-political conference, Washington, D.C. —9:00 am: Reps. Ciro Rodriquez, Harold Ford and Jesse Jackson, Jr. speak at the Building and Construction Trades Department legislative conference, Washington, D.C. —9:00 am: The President's Commission on HIV/AIDS holds a meeting, Washington, D.C. —9:20 am: Rep. Robert Menendez speaks to the CWA conference, Washington, D.C. —9:30 am: First Lady Laura Bush speaks to the National School Boards Association at the Orlando Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. —9:30 am: Rep. John Lewis speaks to the CWA conference, Washington, D.C. —9:40 am: Rep. James Clyburn speaks to the CWA conference, Washington, D.C. —10:00 am: Laura Bush holds a press conference, Orlando, Fla. —10:00 am: The Brookings Institution hosts "Bush v. Kerry: The Long Battle Begins," Washington, D.C. —10:00 am: The Senate Democratic Policy Committee holds a hearing on the findings of a petition filed by the AFL-CIO challenging China trade abuses —10:00 am: The Supreme Court convenes to hear arguments and release orders —10:30 am: Vice President Cheney speaks about Sen. John Kerry's tax policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C. —10:30 am: Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz and Department of Defense Director of Administration and Management Raymond F. DuBois open the new Pentagon Athletic Center with Marion Jones, Washington, D.C. —12:00 pm: Laura Bush speaks at a luncheon for State Rep. Bev Kilmer at Florida State University, Tallahassee Fla. —12:00 pm: House Democratic Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer holds his regular pen and pad briefing, Washington, D.C. —12:30 pm: The House of Representatives meets for morning business —12:45 pm: House Majority Leader Rep. Tom DeLay delivers the keynote luncheon address at the annual meeting of the American Public Human Services Association, Washington, D.C. —1:00 pm: The Senate begins debate on the welfare reform reauthorization bill —1:00 pm: Rep. Dennis Kucinich has brunch at Off The Grid Waffles, Ashland, Ore. —1:15 pm: Sen. Kerry tours and participates in a town hall at the Charles A. Jones Skills & Business Education Center, Sacramento, Calif. —2:00 pm: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Lugar speaks about terrorism and the Middle East at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Washington, D.C. —2:00 pm: Acting Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Ana Palacio addresses the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C. —2:45 pm: Kerry campaign national chairwoman Gov. Jeanne Shaheen and former NCRA Chairman Rep. Thomas Davis speak to the American Medical Association's National Advocacy Conference, Washington, D.C. —3:00 pm: Sen. Kerry holds a fundraiser luncheon, Sacramento, Calif. —3:00 pm: Rep. Kucinich gives a presentation at the University of Southern Oregon, Ashland, Ore. —3:45 pm: President Bush speaks at a ceremony with the prime ministers of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia at the White House —4:00 pm: The Energy Department releases weekly gasoline prices —4:45 pm: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld hosts an honor cordon to welcome Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader to the Pentagon —5:15 pm: Rep. Dennis Kucinich holds a meet and greet at Ashland Community Food Store, Ashland, Ore. —8:00 pm: CNN's Candy Crowley, AP's Ron Fournier, CBS News' Peter Maer and USA Today's Susan Page discuss life on the campaign trail on "The Kalb Report" —9:00 pm: Sen. Kerry holds a fundraiser reception at the Westin, San Francisco, Calif. —10:00 pm: Karen Hughes sits down with Barbara Walters on ABC's "20/20" —10:00 pm: Rep. Kucinich gives a speech at the Reston Hotel and Convention Center, Medford, Ore. —11:00 pm: Richard Clarke appears on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart —11:00 pm: Karen appears on The Charlie Rose Show
