walk in gadsden, alabama. over 700 people came out and raised over $7,000 toward area substance abuse treatment. aside from the walk itself, the event featured vendor tables with treatment information, as well as fun activities including inflatables for children, face painting, horseshoes, food, and live music. the national council on alcoholism & drug abuse of st. louis sponsored a hands across the bridge rally. several hundred supporters from missouri and illinois assembled at the chain of rocks bridge to join hands and connect both states. recovery speakers and elected officials spoke at the event and a unified crowd enjoyed a day of food, fun activities, and live music. recovery supporters in delaware celebrated recovery month in their state by holding a kickoff luncheon. delaware governor ruth ann minner was on hand to speak and to recognize several individuals for their work in the substance abuse treatment field. river valley behavioral health organized a stand for recovery. citizens of owensboro, kentu

conservative tea partiers that just one generation ago a bunch of dirty hippies looked at the same gadsdenbout throwing the tea in the harbor and took the opposite message from it today. doesn't that burn you up? i thought it would. which is why if you guys really want to get your blood pressure going you should read the book i got that out of. it's called "the whites of their eyes, the tea party's revolution and battle over american history" written by harvard professor jill lamoore who joins us for the interview. i think it is a book about american history and the tea party both for critics of the tea party and fore tea partiers. it seems like you actually really enjoyed your interactions with the movement. >> yeah, i did. i teach a research seminar at harvard on the revolution every spring and the tea party was forming. i would do field trips in boston. we would bump into people from the tea party and here we are doing a field trip trying to go down to the ship or the harbor and study the events of the 18th century. they were also deeply interested. i think the interest in most ordinary

if you happen to be in alabama, back in gadsden, you're in the clear for the time being. and if you're in charlotte, fayetteville, get ready. it's going to be coming down. this is not the only area we're concerned with. the southeast, yes, some rough storms here. back in the midwest, the western great lakes, later on this afternoon into the evening we could have strong storms and not only big rainmakers but wind makers, the potential of having wind gusts topping 50, maybe 60 miles per hour later on today's. so another day of rough weather. back to kyra. >> we're down to eight days until election that could change the balance of power in congress. all 435 house seats and 37 senate seats on the ballot. democrats scrambling to hold on to their control. candidateseri are going all they to the top. hitting a dozen states in the final weeks. suzanne, what's the strategy behind these final campaign stops? >> reporter: we're packing our bags, the president, the vice president, the first lady, everybody is going to fan out across the country. it's a critical time and critical midt