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Nancy Pelosi wins one battle and loses another.

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San Francisco Democrat Nancy Pelosi will be the first female House speaker third in line to the president,

but her majority leader won't be John Murtha, the Pentagon stalwart who changed the debate on Iraq.

Fellow Democrats rejected Pelosi's choice by a whopping margin. On to the point, will House Democrats be unified on Iraq, ethics, and what they call

the new direction demanded by voters?

What message will the Republicans send when they choose the new minority leaders tomorrow?

On reporter's notebook later on, the bid for leadership in a $30 billion industry industry video games. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren-N-Only, back with To the Point. San Francisco's Nancy Pelosi will be House

Speaker, but she won't have the man she wanted as majority leader. On To the Point,

will the Democrats be unified on the war in Iraq, on ethics, and their so-called new direction?

Who will the Republicans choose to lead their new

minority? On reporter's notebook, video game fans are lined up on the streets of American cities.

We'll find out why. First, this news update, President Bush opened his five-day tour of Asia

today with a warning about terrorism and North Korea's nuclear technology. He is on Singapore on his way

to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting that will take place later in Hanoi. Michael

Hirsch is senior editor of Newsweek magazine. Michael, always good to have you on our program.

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