it's up to the nominee whether it's john mccain or j.d. hayworth. >> and going back to "the washington post" poll, it shows that 46% of americans agree with the tea party's positions on the issues. given what they know about them and then 40% disagree, palin is seen by many as the de facto leader of the movement. so why the disconnect between the tea party's popularity and her own? >> well, i mean, in the broader population they're not that far apart. we saw a 37% favorable rating for sarah palin and 47% agree with the tea party on the issues. what's striking to me about the 46% number is it's not that high. you'd think with all the polls showing opposition to the health care proposal being law in congress and opposition to policies and to the president that it might be a little higher. in fact, 46% agreeing with the tea party isn't that dissimilar from what mccain/palin got in '08 and that was a losing total then. >> all right, steve, thanks so much. for more headlines from the nbc news political unit, logon to firstrea firstread.msnbc.co

j.d. hayworth. down in florida, mark arubio, pat buchanan's favorite boy is already moving ahead of charlie crist down there. charlie crist may have to go run as an independent. wayne, it ain't just local in texas. >> no, it's not. you see this all over the country. the real measure will be who wins in the end. there are a bunch of incumbents in texas who are being challenged from the right. but if none of the incumbents loses, then the tea party didn't really win. if hayworth loses to mccain, then the tea party activists talked and squawked, but didn't actually deliver victory in the end. we'll see. >> chris, if you needed any evidence that the tea party movement is having some effect on american politics, nancy pelosi on the sunday talk show said democrats have a lot in common with the tea party, too. everybody's trying to get a piece of this group. >> well said. thank you, wayne. great reports. wayne slater, excellent report. thank you chris as always. >>> up next, rod blagojevich, god,

ok versusly j.d.llenge to mccain based on the energy of the tea party and the birthers, the people who® question whether obama was born in the united states, and i should add that the evidence is overwhelming that he was born in hawaii and the birth certificate is valid, but he's attempting to tap into that sentiment. if there is a sentiment that can produce an upset, the tea party, the anti-immigration group and the bergers, as i said, i don't think that will happen. this is a tumultuous election year. anything can happen. host: and what is the most recent? guest: the most recent was a more perfect constitution to see if that could stimulate public discussion. it has done that. some people agree, some people don't. host: part of that discussion is the senate. is it dysfunctional? does the national need to change the rules whether it is a 60-vote requirement to end filibuster or one senator to hold up legislation, we saw it this past week, we saw it before with senator@m÷ shelby of independent guest:

joins us now is j.d. ordonez, friend and protege of dawn brancheau. he got to know her a decade after when he started as a photographer. he has worked as a dolphin and whale trainer at seaworld and one of my old familiar haunts, the miami sea aquarium. how do you best remember dawn, j.d.? >> inspirational, to say the least. i started working at seaworld in orlando when i was 15 years old, and she watched me graduate from high school, graduate from college, and become a whale and dolphin trainer at seaworld and both also the miami sea aquarium. >> larry: her sister said that being an animal trainer was her dream job. why did she love it so much? >> well, i can tell you from my perspective and also, you know, she felt the same way, was i think it's amazing to be able to have that bond with these animals and to be able to, you know, take care of these animals in that relationship as well and to be able to be inspirational and to share -- to share that with kids. >> larry: now, you've worked with beluga whales and dolphins. do you ever worry about the ris

how do you best remember dawn, j.d.? >> inspirational to say the least. i started working at seaworld in orlando when i was 15 years old, and she watched me graduate from high school, graduate from college and become a whale and dolphin train her at seaworld and both the miami sea aquarium. >> her sister said that being an animal trainer was her dream job. why did she love it so much? >> well, i can tell you from my perspective and also, you know, she felt the same way. i think it's amazing to be able to have that bond with these animals and to be able to, you know, take care of these animals in that relationship as well and to be able to be inspirational and to share that with kids. >> you worked beluga whales and dolphins. do you ever worry about the risk? >> no, i do not. i've never once been placed in an unsafe situation. you know, i've worked and having an employee at several parks across the country, and we are trained and safety protocols are followed to ensure the safety of all trainers and our animals entrusted in our care. >> larry: there may be

j.d. billingsley, 11/06. but why bring home a four-year-old arson case? might have something to do with the guy at the bar. you remember this case? no. but the fire marshal would. billingsley. oh, yeah, i remember. double homicide, arson, couple years back. you worked that with nick, right? yeah, that's right. what's going on? he contact you? any reason the case might come up? no. any reason it should? tell us about the arson case, ray. row house over in kensington. incendiary, pretty open and shut. j.d. billingsley? joe don billingsley. lit up his own place, middle of the night. it was a double homicide? his own two boys. drunk bastard had custody for the weekend. (dog barking) looks like a bomb went off. flashover. simultaneous ignition of all combustible material. flashover. smoke and gas layer got trapped at the ceiling. at 1,100 degrees, the whole room burst into flames. father said he was asleep on the couch. yeah, he also said he couldn't get to the kids' room down the hall. yeah, ran into a wall of flame. with no burns on his bare feet? thought he

years but never before has he been this vulnerable because he's facing a challenger in the primary, j.dhayworth, a former republican congressman. also, the big issues, why john mccain is vulnerable? it does have to do with the tea party movement out there though we should note none of the four major tea party organizations in this state have endorsed. they decided to actually stay out of it which is a bonus for john mccain. it's very different than for instance the florida senate race where the tea party is openly supporting mark rubio against charlie crest running for the senate. back to john mccain the issues why he is vulnerable here? immigration. john mccain has advocated for a pathway citizenship for illegal immigrants. that's not popular in this state. two, he voted for the t.a.r.p., that bailout many people think was a bailout for wall street. and then, three, his maverick image. there are many people who distrust john mccain, do not believe he is a true, quote-unquote, conservative. i think it is noteworthy in the radio ad sarah palin released today she praises john mccain for b

he's facing a challenge from j.d. hayworth. how much will sarah palin actually help mccain in arizona? >> reporter: that's a good question. one thing she do is draw a crowd. a lot of people here today. they are expecting close to 3,000 people. so she brings the national spotlight. the national media. she is a great campaigner and she can certainly help john mccain raise money. another sthing john mccain said she can do is help with certain groups of arizona voters. >> she is popular with the republican party and with our supporters. the tea partyers said they are not getting into this race. i just had a town hall meeting in prescott, arizona with the tea partyers. i'm happy with where we are and where we are going. >> reporter: the tea partyers may not be getting involved, but we have seen john mccain move to the right over the course of last year, criticizing the bank bailouts he once backed. and leading the charge in washington over the healthcare legislation and the cuts to medicare. megyn: there were reports from mccain's s

mccain, but can she help survive -- him survive a strong challenge from opponent, former congressman j.dhayworth? he will be joining us this hour. and now what? that's what the economist is asking today. so is the white house. the president's campaign to build public support on health care and we will have rachel maddow, orrin hatch and karen tim lty on that. >>> the president and russian president medvedev signed off on this agreement in a phone call this morning. each side must reduce deployed warhea warheads. it is the most comprehensive arms treaty in two decades. >> the treaty also shows the world particularly states like iran and north korea that one of our top priorities is to strengthen the global nonproliferation regime and keep nuclear materials out of the wrong hands. >> savannah guthrie joins us from the white house. this is a big deal. it did not go as far as some hoped, but it is a first step. the first time such an agreement has been signed in decades. >> of course, there was the moscow treaty that former president bush signed, but this was a key moment for this white hous

he's facing a republican challenge from j.d.worth, who has a lot of support from the tea party movement. the tea party has not endorsed in this race. newt gingrich is not going to endorse, club for growth is not going to endorse. that's good news for john mccain. for now, he's hoping sarah palin can share some of that star power in these two rallies in arizona. and then sarah palin, she's then headed to nevada where she's going to host a big tea party rally there with ann coulter. >> thank you. >>> my big question today, how much can sarah palin really help john mccain? give me a shout on twitter or on facebook or e-mail me. >>> looking at the horrific scene on an interstate in southeastern kentucky, 11 people killed after a tractor trailer crossed the median and slammed head-on into a passenger van this morning. the truck's driver was also killed. transportation investigators say the interstate could be closed for the next eight hours. >>> a fire destroys an historic courthouse in north carolina. we'll tell you what it has to d

party movement going to have an impact on this primary where senator mccain is being challenged by j.dabsolutely. that's why we are making a point to point out that tea party leaders are not opposing john mccain. they are supporting his mission too, to rein in the get of government. they are saying we are taxed enough already that's what john mccain is saying too. i'm proud to be part of the tea party movement, proud to point out tea party movement participants in the crowd. they are cheering on john mccann they know we are all fighting for the same thing the future of this great country he's part of the tea party movement. they are going to be impacting for john. >> greta: it seems in looking at all the press down in arizona about this campaign ma j.d. hey wore the challenger was hoping he would get the tea party vote. has he ever reached out to you and said, at any point prior to -- obviously until today asking to you campaign for him, has he tried to reach out to you? >> i haven't spoken with him, but i'm all about competition. i love contested primaries. competition makes all of us

but john mccain is scared of j.d. he has a primary, and i'm not going to try and get into mccain's head and see what he knew or not. they wanted hundreds of billions of dollars, and we said no. we wanted it spelled out. >> give us hundreds of millions of dollars or you die -- the economy dies. >> that was basically it. >> you guys are doubling down. the democratic house seems to be doubling down. is this the type of bill that you push through with something like reconciliation? >> it can be. you remember the newt gingrich contract with america? reconciliation this was supposed to remake the american scene. >> the bush tax cuts. reconciliation. >> reconciliation. we have used this process for big ideas in the past. it can be used this time. the first stop is the house of representatives and nancy pelosi has a tough job. you say to yourself, well, should the house democrats trust the senate? well, where would you look for any evidence that they can trust us? they have sent us 300 bills, which have been held in the senat

j.d. hayworth is giving him a run for the money.in is here to help senator mccain tout his conservative credentials a little bit. >> shepard: all right. anita vogel live on a windy night in tucson, arizona. anita, it's great to see you. thank you. after more than two weeks of vote counting, we now have the results of iraq's crucial parliamentary elections. according to the elections commission there is a bit of a surprise. the party led by the former prime minister allawi was the winner. right behind him by just two seats, the current prime minister neuroly al maliki who says he plans to challenge these results. it's important to note here the results do not guarantee al alawi will become the prime minister, only that his party has the power to try to form a coalition government. families are fighting back after police tried to evict them. our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. peru: authorities bull dozing houses in what is said to be an illegal settlement in a central region. residents there clashing with police tr

another republican, j.d. hayworth, who's running against him in the primary. there's a lot of arizona conservatives, tea party supporters, who don't trust john mccain. they're worried because he has advocated for immigration reform and a path for citizenship for illegal immigrants. two, he voted for the t.a.r.p., that bailout for wall street, and, three, they don't trust whether he is a real or true conservative, in part because he didn't vote for the bush tax cuts. so that's what's at play here in this state, why john mccain is vulnerable in this particular election and why j.d. hayworth thinks he has a shot. so the reason everybody is out here today is in part to see john mccain but they're also out because they're here to see sarah palin and it's going to be the first time we see the two of them together since they lost the 2008 presidential election. >> good stuff, norah, thank you very much. >>> a major new victory for president obama following his health care win. the u.s. and russia have agreed on a new nuclear arms treaty that makes sharp cuts in the a

j.d. haywoode. we covered one of the rallies over the weekend in mesa. what's that look like for senator mccain? guest: i think this is fascinating. without sarah palin, the rise of sarah palin and the accompanying rise of the tea parties, i don't think somebody like j.d. heyward, former congressman from harry mitchell's district -- mitchell beat him in 2006 -- i don't think j.d. heyworth would be a serious candidate. but because arizona is so decided within its republican electorate and because the tea party is going to play a role in that primary, john mccain has something to seriously worry about. j.d. heyworth is a conservative, you know, tried and true, radio host for a long time, big on the social issues. one fascinating thing is that immigration is going to be a huge part of this race. john mccain favored a comprehensive approach. that divide between the two plays out within the state party. it plays out within primaries around the state t. plays out within the state legislature, an

he's been in the senate for 24 years. >> because j.d. hayworth wants to get back into congress, period. >> but do you think arizonans distrust john mccain? that the tea party movement is strong? >> a lot of the tea party people are supporting john mccain. maybe not all of them, but who can get everybody? john mccain does a wonderful job. >> what do you think of the argument that sarah palin has used inappropriate language, that she has said that she is targeting democrats, she's urged her supporters not to retreat but to reload, that she's using gun imagery. do you think that she's inciting violence? >> i don't. i listened to her last night. she's not about violence, she's about doing the right thing. i think she's just trying to get people energized again and passionate about our party. >> shawna, you're running for office, a republican running for office for the city council. there are very few republican women in office. >> that's correct. and that's why we like sarah, because she's bringing attention to our plight, that we need more

his opponent, j.d. hayworth, accuses mccain of being too moderate. sarah palin calls him the maverick of the senate. recent reports of threats to democrats have been blown out of proportion. >> in the news reports lately, this controversy about us, common-sense conservatives inciting violence because we happen to oppose some of the things in the obama administration. we know violence isn't the answer. when we take up our arms, we're talking about our vote. this bs coming from the lame-stream media about us inciting violence, don't let -- don't let the conversation be diverted. don't let a distraction like that get you off track. >> sarah palin's appearance marks the first time she and mccain were together publicly since losing 29008 presidential election. >>> thousands of u.s. sailors back home for the first time in eight months and they certainly received a warm welcome. the aircraft carrier "nimitz" arched in san diego yesterday along with three supporting ships. the "nimitz" flew more than 2,600 sorties. they also fought pirates near the horn of a

he's gone so far to the right in his btle against j.d. wentworth. >> you could have said he was a rhino. he's a moderate republican. he had to leave the party. charlie crist had to live just to be legitimate. >> the primary campaign for these republicans is really excruciating. they don't want to alienate any potential voter. at the same time how do they navigate some of these more intense feelings that aren't so politically helpful. what i hear all the time is if they can get through the primary, then they can try to be more of the accomplishment type of the republican that they feel for comfortable being. many who hold office don't like prthe ocess or the primaries. chris: that means nobody cuts a deal with any deal. so lindsay graham is a cob serve active. any time he does things on immigration, he gets attacked. >> ronald reagan if you like me and what i stand for, vote for me. he wasn't going out there and trying to figure out what they want and then stand for it. and that's the difference. >> it's what i would call the industrial id

but he has had a primary opponent who is running at him from the right, j.d. heyworth who has been very critical of his work on immigration reform. what do you think the prospects are for those three key republicans? >> i think first of all, you know, when i spoke to senator mccain six years ago, i think, we sat down and had our first conversation. and he said you know, i'm going to have to get the republicans to understand that we're going to need to find a way to legalize the undocumented workers in this country and bring them out. and you're going to have to work on those democrats so that we can have a future flow of workers, a continuous flow of workers to provide for the needs of our labor force. i think we're still there today. as you so well put it, my friends and my ally in this fight, congressman flake. but i think i also know what -- you can't spend two years in one of those cubby holes over in the senate arguing over language in a compromise immigration package that we put forward and not come to know what's in someone's heart. i'm hoping the prima

j.d. hayworth. it has been competitive at the polls so the senator brought in the big guns, the big star, a lot of people would say, sarah palin to help him out. it was ironic, he was the one that put her on the national stage a year and a half ago. >>> time for me to say good-bye. thank you for being here with me sitting in for rick sanchez. time to hand it over to wolf blitzer and "the situation room." >> thank you. happening on this story, john mccain and sarah palin appearing together on stage for the first time since their failed 2008 presidential race. can she help him avoid defeat in his home state of arizona? also a possible health care emergency now that health care reform is the law of the land. there may not be enough primary care doctors to go around. our dr. sanjay gupta is investigating. >>> the pro basketball star. the all-star, gilbert arenas is sentenced for bringing guns into the locker room. what was going on? we'll tell you right here. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the s

so had j.d. hayworth. >> reporter: his challenger in the gop primary, a former congressman, is casting the senator as an out of touch insider. not conservative enough on the big issues. so mccain has enlisted the help of the conservative superstar he helped create. >> i think this go around, i think he's going to win this one. >> reporter: but oh, how the fortunes of both politicians have changed. >> when you get to know her, you're going to be as impressed as i am. >> reporter: back then, mccain was the star, plucking palin pretty much out of obscurity in the frozen tundra. now, she has all but ellipsed him. >> they are now a political husband and wife. they are joined together for better or for worse and john mccain needs her now to come back and help him just as he helped her, by raising her from obscurity. >> reporter: never mind that at key moments in '08, palin lost her footing. >> our neighbors are in the state that i am the executive of. >> reporter: today, all of that was history. >> a l

he moved to washington, d.c., attended howard university school of law and got his j.d. degree in 1960. jack ruffin could have built a successful law practice anywhere in the country but he decided to return home to the deeply segregated city of augusta to practice law. he rooted out racial prejudice. jack ruffin fought for his own right to practice his profession and became the first black lawyer admitted to the augusta law -- bar association. he fought for the rights of everyone in the community. among other causes he took on, he desegregated the richmond and burke county school systems. he was appointed to the georgia court of appeals in 1994. he became the first black chief judge in 1996. after his retirement in 2008, judge ruffin spent the remainder of his life teaching at morehouse college. the resolution before us today honoring jack ruffin's life is sponsored by every single member of the georgia congressional delegation. that speaks not only to jack ruffin's character but also to how far we've come as a state and as a nation. jack ruffin did as much to change th

and besides, nancy, i have a j.d. >> leonard padilla, you were around george anthony for quite some time, at a very intense time in that family's life, when caylee had gone missing,er body hadn't been found yet. >> that's correct. >> what do you make of the claims of this woman? that not only did they have an affa, right after caylee goes missing but he tells her it was all an accident at the hands of casey? >> no. if there was an affair, it was prior to the incident th we're talking about as far as the 15th of june. if there was an affair with this woman, it was long before, it wasn't afterwards, i can tell you at, it just did not take place. the woman's background will tell you she's kind of scratchy, and she has a lot of stories that she tells in the past, and that has to be taken -- at the same time you're listening to this, you have to look at her past and see, she's not even using her real name, as far as when she was in new yor versus now that she's in florida. george did not have an affair with that woman, after casey went missing -- excuse me, after caylee went missing, i canell

i'm a j.d., not an m.d. like you. but it would seem to me this should be the time police try to infiltrate around joran van der sloot. because these goings-on, they're sending out dive teams to look for her. it's back in the news again. there may be a break in the case. to me this would be a time, that knowing him, he's liable to slip up and yak. >> absolutely. loose lips sink ships. and i would ut put the pressure on him. because clearly he likes to talk and it sounds like he's getting more familiar and a little too comfortable. so pressure him all you can. >> let's take a listen. speaking of joran van der sloot, we'll be back with our panel and taking your calls, but take a listen to more of what we have obtained and translated off his last confession. >> yes. it's just, she'll never be found again. i think. >> she's been dumped in the ocean? >> yes. >> by yourself? >> yes. >> how? you went swimming, or what? >> no. >> then what? quite bizarre, though, it's not possible. >> look, i do know some people in aruba. at t

congressman j.d. heyworth.n bringses out his biggest gun yet, sarah palin, for a campaign rally in tucson, arizona. cnn's jessica yellin is there. what is going on? spell this out for us? >> reporter: yeah, ali, pretty fascinating how quickly political fates can change. a year and a half ago, john mccain was the standard-bearer, the front-runner in the republican party, the leader, and now he needs his once obscure vice presidential candidate, sarah palin, to come into town to save him from political defeat in the primary. the bottom line is just as the republican party has broadly heard its most conservative voices speak its loudest lately, mccain has felt the same pressure here with a challenge from his right and he needs sarah palin to help him pull out a win in the republican primary later this year. and a big crowd is turning out here, mostly to see sarah palin, ali. >> she's the headliner, is she? >> reporter: yeah, she's the head liner. pretty amazing. usually you have the endorser speak and then introdu

j.d. hayworth has a real jump on her because he's been on the radio.e's been toeing that tea party line. >> he's a little bit further than north, though. those people were questioning barack obama's americanness. i think that was a little further than even the tea party people are right now, but we'll see. this thing is close, i think it will be a close election, i think john mccain looks nervous, i think cindy mccain looks very unhappy, i think they're probably very unhappy to have to rely on sarah palin. i mean, sarah palin is not a person of substance, she's a pure politician, and a fabulous one, i must say. more interesting on the stump than al gore or a lot of people we've watched over the years. she's very good at the connecting part of politics, not very strong on the substance part. all you see on this stage is the connection stuff, so when it comes to standing at a rally, she's the one you want there with you, but john mccain knows what he's talking about on all these issues like immigration and climate change and health care. he's an expert o

senator is spinning off a primary challenge from former congressman and conservative talk show host j.d. hayworth. >> arizona conservatives view john mccain as someone who campaigns in arizona as a conservative, and returns to washington to that mantle of maverick and legislates either moderately or in some cases takes up the liberal banner. >> reporter: that's where palin, a favorite of the anti-government conservatives, hopes to help, by telling arizona voters he's one of us, and he's not afraid to stand up against washington insider. >> i'm from alaska. we watch the way the fish run and see that only dead fish go with the flow. he's never been one to do that. >> reporter: at the same time, palin's launching her own campaign against democrats and what she calls obama care. >> fidel castro likes obama care but we don't like obama care. doesn't that kind of tell you something? >> reporter: once again, front and center, this time palin and mccain hopinging to sway voters. leanne gregg, nbc news. >> palin will be headlining a fund-raiser tonight in suen to and a rally in saturday on phoen

this cuts to the core of j.d. hayworth audience. the same crowd that likes him loves palin.his undercuts. >> what about the relationship? we know sharp words from the campaign. there seemed to be no love lost from the two sides. john mccain always stood by her but it seems like an aukward story line. >> it's different between staffers and mccain and palin. those two continue to say they are close. mccain is the one person in the republican party sarah palin feels like she owes anything to. she disrnt have any friends in d.c., except john mccain. she never says a negative word about john mccain. >> we'll be excited to see what happens there today. thank you. >> thanks. >> breaking news from kentucky, at least 11 people dead after a crash involving a tractor-trailer and a van, it happened 5:30 local time half hour north of bowling green. stretch of 65 shut down in both directions. we'll bring you the latest details on this story. a very bad accident there. investigators will try to determine what caused a fire at an historic north carolina courthouse. this morning firefighters

he's got a primary challenge from j.d. heyworth.romises with te obama administration, which is extremely unpopular. the danger for republicans, the balance to have to walk, is to look as if they're being responsible at the same time they say they're not going to cooperate. how you can legislate and refuse to cooperate is a tricky balance. >> and they, of course, have the 13 attorneys general, 13 states like virginia where you've got very conservative lawyers arguing that this is an individual mandate that is unconstitutional. so you're going to see these lawsuits in various states and that's going to get a lot of play. >> it is. and that's going to take a long time to play out, but the question here is whether the u.s. constitution allows the government -- car insurance, because you don't have to buy a car, but to mandate people buy health insurance is a different thing because everybody's got a body, everybody's got health. we'll see where that goes, but that's going to go through the the courts over a long period of time and will

overwhelmingly where only a few states the way rick santorum a conservative senator gets his but kicked semi j.d. hayworth. >> the strength is in the center it is there for everybody to see the we have been fed the dumb down version and they are so invested in telling everybody their way is the only way that franklyestroy it. >> let's go to the audience. >> i am from brooklyn. this is why we live in a prozac nation because of the confusion. i try to understand and i consider myself with bush at derangement syndrome i think i have that. >> three recovered? >> slightly. [laughter] i still don't like him but i fell into it. my question is this may be philosophical but if people think the country has shifted so far right in comparison to last 40 years, it looks like it ships back and forth record you think it has shifted so far to the right, a center-right is not the true center it is the center do see what i am saying? >> i got it. the point* is that it is not a true position it is always a relative to the extremes that anytime. >> typically it is usually slightly center-right. that is what people

toughest campaign since he came to the senate, conservative talk radio host and former congressman j.dhayworth is running against him in the primary he claims he's too moderate for arizona republicans. polls show voters agree but mccain says he's the real conservative in the race. >> my favorite bumper sticker lately is please don't tell president obama what comes after a trillion [ laughter ] >> reporter: but some conservatives aren't sold. mccain has prided himself in the past for reaching across the aisle and working with democrats. that could spell trouble when arizona voters head to the polls later this year. >> right now, he really needs all the help he can get when it comes to someone who says i know this guy, this guy is a conservative. >> reporter: mark says the gop has defined a way to work with movements like the tea party to gain the advantage. palin has proved popular with the conservative base. mccain is counting on two days of campaigning with her at his side to convince conservative voters he's one of them. joel brown, cbs news, washington. >>> now without criticizing m

know what he looked like i had never seen a picture of the man taken after 1986 procopius like the j.d. salinger of the of spiraled. [laughter] as far as i know he does not know what i look like. i am in of room this size. the other attendees are coming in and i hear a voice behind me say, shane harris. i turnaround and icy of voice -- i hear a voice and icf face and i jumper code john poindexter nice to me you. i am face to face i expect a the monaco and the bald head. [laughter] and i am immediately taken aback because standing before me is this placid very kindly old man who opens up a conversation by apologizing to me and says our want to apologize and i was not able to take your interview request several months ago. donald rumsfeld up the pentagon had forbidden me to talk to the press after the controversy and everything that happened. iran contra is the iran-contra business never the of bear or scandal. i think immediately and i figured he would tell me all of the things i was right about him. which is ridiculous. i don't mean you. i don't include you. i read everything you roche

and i think he has decided that he wants to leave the senate on his own terms, not on j.d.rth's terms, his certain primary opponent in arizona. and so he has taken a stand. it is a bizarre stand to say send me back here, and by the way, i'm not going to do anything. >> with mccain there is always the question of his personality, of his character, of what is really going on here. in his case, the question arises, is this just pure bitterness? the people who know him say that he's capable of steaming for a while and holding a grudge and acting this way just out of his own emotional reaction to things. >> well, you saw it at the end of the campaign, lawrence. you saw his, frankly, erratic reaction to the financial crisis. it is one of the main reasons he lost the election or lost the election by the margin he did. he didn't give the impression of being a cool, steady hand in a crisis. and he, you know, emotion fuels him. at times it has served him well and at times it has served him ill. i believe it is not at all serving him well now either in his primary contest or in terms

presidential nominee is running for a fifth term and face as challenge from j.d. hayworth.t a rally in mesa and was reunited with sarah palin. this event is about 40 minutes. >> hello, dobson high school. hello! it is such a pleasure to be here this morning. thankç you for this wonderful turnout. thank you also, i know all of you had something to tdo with this wonderful weather so we could also offer up this wonderful weather to our alaskan visitors and we always do. [applause] >> before i do my introductions, which is why i'm here today, i would like to ask if there are any blue star mothers in the audience. raise your hands if you are. i'm a blue star mom, too. i want to say a special thank you to our blue star moms out there today. i'm with you all the way. god bless you. god bless all of you. i had the opportunity, along with my husband, to get to know this very special family behind me on the trail last year. it was a remarkable opportunity in that not only did we campaign together, but we became good close friends. todd palin is a remarkable man in many ways. [cheers

interestingly the tea party decided not to endorse j.d. hayworth. but john mccain is not a favorite of the right or the tea party crowd there so sarah palin is going to be making two stops in arizona on behalf of john mccain. interestingly enough they probably won't be together on friday because mccain is going to be voting back here in d.c. on this health care stuff but on saturday they'll be together and then sarah palin is heading to nevada to headline a tea party event with ann coulter. >> such an interesting time to watch sarah palin both for good and bad reasons. thanks as always. >> you're welcome. >>> as the tea party continues to take shape, we are learning more about who they are and how they might impact the next election. >> they're not your extremists. they're not, you know, they're normal people. they're old people in wheelchairs. you got people with families and stuff like that just coming here out of desire, out of a belief in what our forefathers put forward. >> a new quinnipiac poll shows they are angry with the country's direction

reporter: and that's why he's facing a primary challenge from another republican, former congressman j.dworth. >> arizona conservatives view john mccain as someone who campaigns in arizona as a conservative and returns to washington, to that mantle of maverick and legislaturulates moderately or in some cases takes up it liberal banner. >> reporter: palin could boost support with the voters who distruss him. >> invigorated, no, we're going to do all we can to take our country back. >> reporter: as a prominent fox contributors, she's rallying against what she calls for obama care and gunning for 20 democrats who voted for health care reform marking their districts with targets. on facebook and twitter, she rallied supporters with the words, don't retreat, reload. on "today," mccain defended her ramped-up rhetoric. >> to somehow say someone is in a battleground state is offensive, i'm sorry. >> reporter: he made her a star, the former governor now set to star in her own tv show. sarah palin's a alaska will air on tlc, the same channel that made kate gosselin and the dugard family celebritie

. >> and as you heard there, mccain is being challenged on the right by former congressman j.d. hayworth. >>> a glimmer of hope today for homeowners who are underwater on their mortgages, especially those who are also unemployed. the obama administration announced a plan to prevent foreclosures, in part by reducing mortgage balances. >> it would use about $14 billion in t.a.r.p., or bailout money to pay lenders to write off some of their principle owed by underwatered borrowers. >> beginning this fall, lenders will be required to consider reducing loan principle for troubled mortgages. lenders that do will get a financial incentive. homeowners who are underwater, but not facing foreclosure will be offered government-sponsored refinancing, and the unemployed will be eligible for a cap on their mortgage payment. >> barely minutes after the news leaked out today, a wave of outrage hit the blogoshpere. writes one, i'm so disgusted of this never-ending bailout of people who acted irresponsibly at the expense of those who didn't. >> this came in this morning. one in three homeowners,

a primary challenge from j.d. hayworth, a former congressman. some polls put it at 10%. so he needs sarah palin now. he made her a star. she's now repaying the favor. she's coming here today. she's going to host two rallies for him today and tomorrow. a big fund-raiser in order to shore up john mccain's conservative credentials in this state. he is facing his toughest re-election battle in the 24 years he's been in the senate. what are the big issues? one, immigration. voters in this state don't like he has tried to provide a pathway for citizenship to his vote for the t.a.r.p., those bank bailouts. that's something a lot of conservatives and tea party supporters don't like. there's this distrust that mccain is a real republican or a true conservative because he's more of a maverick. he spent his life being a maverick who bucked his party. those are the key issues sources i've talked to that hurt mccain and yes needs palin to vouch for him. >> norah o'donnell in tucson, arizona for us today. it should be a fascinating weekend. sarah palin also going to nevada, searchligh

you are in a primary battle for re-election against former republican congressman j.d. hayworth of arizona. and on the issue of health care, this is what he says on his website. on the issue, nowhere is the obama administration so socialist agenda more evident than their attempt to grab 17% of our nation's economy. socialist agenda. you think that goes too far? >> look, you'll have to have mr. hayworth on to explain the things he says. >> you think that goes too far? the socialist agenda from the president? >> there is no doubt in my mind america's a right of center nation and this administration is governing from the left. that's why the president's approval ratings continue to decline. i know you want to get off health care and i will but i want to say again, an eric cantor who is coming on later will affirm this. we want to sit down and have negotiations and we have a positive agenda and we would love to see that agenda. >> to my question was do you think that kind -- you heard that description before, not just from hayworth. does it go too far to say the president's

he's at the j.d. salinger of the spy world, right this recluse soundbites. so annoyed with the sky looks like as far as i know he does not know what i look like, but i get into a room about the size and in putting down my back and the other attendees are coming in and i hear this voice behind me say, shane harris and a turnaround in a sea of face and a name tag and i kind of jumped and laugh and say hello, john poindexter, how nice to meet you. so thank if accurate if accurate is, in face to face the evil genius himself and i'm expecting the bald head and the monocle on the monochrome suit and all this. and i sort of him immediately taken back because standing before me is this sort of placid almost endearing very kindly old man who opens up the conversation by apologizing to me here because i really want to apologize to you. i'm really sorry that i was unable not able to take or interview requests several months ago. you see, don rumsfeld, an old friend of his at the pentagon have forbidden me from talking to the press after the controversy came out in the

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and then, when i came to washington, i went to law school and got a j.d. did that at night. >> what law school? >> american university. graduated in '80. one conservative professor in my four years of night law school. what a tremendous disservice to students, to have all the legal issues and the legal policy discussed from a left-wing point of view. it's outrageous. the money they collect from students to have such lack of intellectual diversity. >> but let me ask you this. you've never changed your views about being a conservative. >> no. i think i've become stronger in ways through experience and -- >> but in front of all the left- wing media that you say is abc, nbc and cbs. and then, in spite of going to american university, in spite of living in washington, d.c., you're still a conservative. what makes you think that the rest of the people can't hang in there and keep their own views? >> well, i think that when i was younger, i had some special encouragement. it wasn't from a group like clare boothe luce, but it was from some people that really cared

presidential nominee, just two years ago, is seeking her he help in a primary against tea party favorite j.d. hey worth. >> you can imagine what this is like for him to have to ask her back to campaign for him? >> reporter: palin's popularity is also paying off at the bank. her best seller "going rogue" made an estimated $7 million. she's inked a multimillion-dollar deal with fox news. and now the discovery channel is reportedly producing her reality show about life in alaska to the tune of $1 million an episode. >> she is making what she made in a year as the governor of alaska speaking for an hour, for one night. >> reporter: all this has many people wondering will sarah palin take up the call from her supporters to run, sarah, run. it certainly hasn't ruled out the possibility. >> i won't close a door that perhaps could be open in the future. >> reporter: but in a recent cbs news poll, 71% of americans said the former alaska governor should not run. >> the more fun she has and certainly her right, the harder it is to run for president. >> reporter: sarah palin is scheduled to campaign for

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reporter: and that's why he's facing a primary challenge from another republican, former congressman j.d. hayworth. >> arizona conservatives view john mccain as someone who campaigns in arizona as a conservative, and returns to washington to that mantel of maverick and in fact legislates either moderately or, in some cases, takes up the liberal banner. >> reporter: palin, a darling of the anti-government conservatives, could boost mccain with the very voters who distrust him. >> let's be fired up and energized and invigorated and decide, no, we're going to do all we can to take our country back. >> reporter: as a prominent fox news contributor, she's rallying against what she calls obama care and gunning for 20 democrats who voted yes for health care reform marking their districts with targets. on facebook and twitter, she rallied supporters with the words "don't retreat -- reload." on "today," mccain defended her ramped-up rhetoric. >> but to someone say someone nae a battleground state is somewhat offensive, simply i'm sorry. >> reporter: just as palin re-unites with the man who made h