it was organized by john stewart and steven colbert.o what was this >> this was not a rally to radical people of faith or people of activism on them down and noses at the heartland of passionate argument are suggest that times are not difficult and that we have nothing to fear. they are and we do. but we live now in the hard times not end times. >> people in the crowd said they were here for the loss, but politics were up top of mind and why they turned out. >> this is really about making a statement, i felt it was important to be here and show my son that it was important to be here. to show that is not evil are fief bowl. something that does not have to be that was an important point for me. >> two men who make a living after mocking politicians in criticizing the media did that today with the final message will we say " we amplified everything we hear nothing. maybe the biggest rally of this political weekend did not include any politicians at all. >> meanwhile here at home the rain did not stop hundreds of people from gathering outs

that's what john stewart should do. he should invite him to do. -- him to that. >> he is like many from nermg new jersey. he is vin district tiff -- ven -- vendictive. >> hold on. that's stereo typical. it is not new jersey. it is italian. >> new jersey has its own schools. it has its own language. it has its own towns. they don't want to mix with the rest of us. >> jaime, i'm curious what your takis on all this. >> i don't, greg. if i did have a take -- >> yeah, if you did have a take -- >> if i did have a take, he should be fired if nothing else for being stupid. at least mel gibson didn't know he was being recorded when he said these terrible things. what gave you a clue that somebody was listening? the microphones? the headphones? >> mel gibson said those things to a cop, right? the first time around? the sequel was the girlfriend. >> yes, the tapes. i don't know, i'm glad the guy got fired. >> yeah. >> i think it is also going to have a real change of affect on america's cuba policy. i think the embargo is being li

and america chooses political satirist john stewart as the most influential man of the year putting their trust in comedians rather than politicians but president obama failed to make it to the top twenty. next preparing for a fright as martin andrews is here he is taking you on a haunted tour of moscow looking for creative ways to celebrate halloween in the russian capital. what. was. this week.

here's john stewart in his a >> own words.his is not a rally to radical people of faith or activism are looked down at our noses of the heartland upper passionate argument. orson just the times are not difficult in that we have nothing to fear. they are and we do. but we live now in hard times, not and time >>. people in the crowd say they were here for the laugh, but politics was top of mind what the >> turned out. >> i thought it was important to be here, for something that is not fearful critical, something it does not have to be it could be fun. but still make a statement at the same time. >> two men who make a living after mocking politicians did just that today, with a final message is if we identify everything, we will hear nothing. maybe the biggest rally of this political weekend did not include any politicians at all. it all with cnn on the national mall >>. here at home right did not stop hundreds of people from gathering outside of san francisco's city hall. people had their umbrellas outcome of their raincoats on

it was organized by john stewart and steven colbert. after that at 10:00 p.m., we will have remarks by house minority leader john boehner, who campaigned in ohio today for sixth district candidate republican bill johnson. at 10:15 p.m., we will show you president obama's remarks at a chicago rally today for aleksei jenulius. >> lincoln, in the early months of his presidency, think of churchill in the battle of britain. i am not sure we have seen that from recent presidents. >> this week, the obama presidency, the midterm elections and politics in america. that is sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. in addition to all of this season's campaign coverage and archive debates, there is more at the suspended a library, including nonfiction authors, the american story, and everything we have aired since 1987, all free and indexed online at the c-span video library. >> this week on the communicators, the effect on telecom policy if republicans take over the house. >> with control of congress up for grabs in two states, the commitst

i'm here in washington with a preview you can expect from john stewart and steven koa bare. >>> pretty tough driving conditions. several crashes being reported. we'll give you an update. >>> welcome back to the morning news. it's awe 13 -- it's 5:13. hosey gian is not on the playoff roster. that may be due to drug allegations. investigators are closely looking into shipments of human growth hormone. agents say the drugs were sent to his wife here in the bay area. >>> also some fans thought they purchased world series tickets never made it into the ballpark. instead they are victims of scam artists. police say there are seven reports of people buying tickets from private sellers online only to be turned away when they show up at the game. some paid $1,000 for those tickets. >>> comedy central hosts john stewart and stephen colbert are staging for sanity and fear. at least 100,000 people will attend. claudine wong is live. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. the rally to restore sanity and or fear started out as a joke. it's now drawing some serious attention. let me show you

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but there's a march this weekend in washington and john stewart and stephen colbert could put the youngple over the top. >> colbert? >> they are having -- >> obama never reached out to the republicans. not on stimulous, not on healthcare. not on any of the issues the republicans were trying to work on him. that 42% conservative number -- obama led this country from the real far left. >> what's your number? >> i don't under estimate the obama team's ability to -- >> what's your number? >> 2 to 3. >> he had a failed economic policy and a healthcare program that has the lowest level of support that anybody could have imagined for somebody that devoted time and energy. the substance also accounts. i think it's between 1 and 2. >> all right, that substance will be vindicated in the future, either in 2012 or in the future. done good things since the economy with healthcare and the stimulous plans in addition. >> mort is almost right. the answer is vo:geico, committed to providing service to its auto insurance customers for over 70 years. more information on auto insurance at geico.com or 1-80

i and america chooses political satirist john stewart as the most influential man of the year putting their trust in the media rather than politicians. broadcasting live from moscow where it is five o'clock in the morning and for those of you keeping track russia has set its clock back an hour for daylight savings time so if you have some loved ones here you can know exactly what time it is that for people in russia now moving to our top headlines russia is expanding on a well proven. size as it looks closer for cooperation with southeast asian countries the region is hungry for energy and russia seems ready to deliver it's already into an agreement to build a vietnam's first atomic power plant this and other deals as president medvedev visits the summit. has the details from hanoi this summit has been very productive like as many leaders have said like most of the a c. and summits a lot of work has already been done the russian president anything to give taking part in addresses and working sessions also said that russia's involvement in the asia pacific region is the strict things i

. >>> the national park service has not decided whether or not to let john stewart and stephen colbertd their dualing rallies down on the national mall at the end of this month, but the talk show hosts are proceeding with their plans to come to dc. stewart is asking people planning to attend his rally to make a donation. right now, the park and its memorial has a $400 million backlog of deferred maintenance. >>> we have some deferred warm weather. >> it's going to get here. it's been cool in the west and the east. in fact, you remember last week, 113 in l.a. and record heat in reno. we take you back to the sierra, it snowed there. we showed you earlier how it snowed in tennessee in the smokies. they had to close california highway 89 to monitor pass today toward tahoe. kind of cool. so mid 90s a week ago in reno and a cold rain today with snow in the higher elevations. that's cool, right? >> ski season coming. >> there you go. here are your next three days. we are going to warm up eventually. tomorrow is going to be essentially like today with a better chance of showers. maybe a little

>> closed captioning brought to >>> no joke, president obama appeared on "the daily show" with john stewart. it was taped in washington ahead of stewart's rally to restore sanity at the national mall this weekend. the president said if he had to do it again, he would change his trademark slogan. >> i think i would say is, yes we can, but it is not -- but it is not gonna happen overnight. >> while this was the first for president obama, he did appear on "the daily show" four times as a senator between 2005 and 2008. >>> a bathroom staple is getting a makeover. the kimberly clark company is coming out with tubeless tp. it will roll out the new toilet paper on monday. it means no glue stuck to the last sheet. it is estimated 17 billion toilet paper tubes are produced each year creating 160 million pounds of garbage. the technology may also be adapted to the company's paper towels. if it works, other companies will follow suit. >> now you know. >>> now let's head out to the ballpark. >> larry beil is there live. what a game, larry. >> absolutely, dan. giants' manager bruce bochy had the underst

last night john stewart and stephen colbert announced they'd be combining their events in the rally tosanity and/or fear on october 30th this year. they also got a big impromptu visit from a big supporter with deep pockets. >> stephen. >> what? >> hi, stephen. >> so here's what i did, i had my staff sneak into your studio early this morning with a little gift. okay? >> can i tell you what's weird about that? we have no security here. >> "daily show" audience, look under your seats. >> look under your seats. >> look under your seats. what's under there? >> you're going to the rally! you're going to the rally! >> wow. for all of us, it looks like no one really knows what this ral hi on the 30th of this month is all about. well, i'm going. >>> next, eating their own, conservatives among conservatives, went after new york tea partier carl paladino. in the "washington post" today, quote -- what does kamikaze carl proceed to do? get in an angry shouting match with a reporter. level some odd insinuation about his opponent's prowess. we talked about that earlier. and then expounds on homosexua

but there's a march this weekend in washington and john stewart and stephen colbert could put the young people over the top. >> colbert? >> they are having -- >> obama never reached out to the republicans. not on stimulous, not on healthcare. not on any of the issues the republicans were trying to work on him. that 42% conservative number -- obama led this country from the real far left. >> what's your number? >> i don't under estimate the obama team's ability to -- >> what's your number? >> 2 to 3. >> he had a failed economic policy and a healthcare program that has the lowest level of support that anybody could have imagined for somebody that devoted time and energy. the substance also accounts. i think it's between 1 and 2. >> all right, that substance will be vindicated in the future, either in 2012 or in the future. done good things since the economy with >>> we get it. we get it. and this is why when we outline it here our pledge to america, i can tell you, weare very serious about implementing our pledge. >> house republicans have unveiled a 21 page manifesto. the pledge to ameri

even john stewart in the daily show made fun there are straight families moving to the castro complaining about the sex shops with dildos in the window. it was called. there goes the gabor hood. there is truth to that. its sad that the the castro is losing its character. >> once every 3-4 years the issue of sex toys in windows has a flair up and dies down. i don't think that that is an on going problem. i have a daughter and she's a real fast learner, started her terrible 2's a 15 months. down the road we will be walking downcast row and i will have displays to explain to her. i'm cool. if you have to explain hate red and war, the stores like rock hard and phantom will be a piece of cake. >> as we see the changing neighborhood no longer an irish working class neighborhood. some would argue its less queer, if you will than this has been. there is an intent desire on the part of in particularly the lgbt community in the castro to maintain something like a store display that honors and acknowledges queer culture because its a way of saying this is our space we got to take a stand somewhere.

they called john steb -- he called john stewart a bigot and then questioned whether jews should be are cked a minority. -- considered a minority. stewart usually pokes fun at people on his show. but they say sanchez is no longer with the company. >>> if you are trying to keep your stress levels low, there are some jobs you want to avoid. health .com's list of the most stressful jobs finds the highest rates of depression in people who work in nursing homes and child care and food service and social work or healthcare. a previous study finds the least depressing work includes engineering, architecture and the sciences. interesting. >>> well, the giants almost got their job done. larry beil is here with the highlights. >> it is depressing to be a giants fan sometimes. i don't think it is ever easy for these giants trying to clinch the division title. no, no, no. first there has to be some torture involved. the padres come to town, and they are not ready to die. they are not ready to die. sports next. as governor, he balanced budgets without raising taxes. and california created 1.9 millio

the president the majority of voters on an online men's magazine certainly thinks that selecting john stewart is the most influential man of the year in the u.s. in his artesian as does the chicken report this saturday the funnyman will see if his popularity translates into political action. when if an bots get in the way of political promises were promised during the campaign change you're going believe in right it wasn't a change of the believe in eighteen months when the media war was over with fear and anger. and the minds of a population are attacked with misinformation there's such a lack of truth on the airwaves are being dumbed down by the news business who are americans left to trust according to a poll conducted by an online men's magazine comedian jon stewart is the most influential man in america after eleven years on the daily show how four million voters bumped him up to the number one spot and i would be concerned if it was they said larry the cable guy was the most trusted man who married jack so i feel like. one way of earning the trust has been confronting the mainstream med

more than the president the majority of voters on an online survey certainly thinks so selecting john stewart who hosts a national daily talk show as the most influential man of the year in the u.s. and as honest as churkin reports he's now taken that popularity to the streets. when if and box get in the way of political promises he promised during the campaign change you can believe in right it wasn't change you can believe in in eighteen months when the media over with fear and anger. are well in the minds of the population are attacked with misinformation there's such a lack of truth on the airwaves were being dumbed down by the news business who are americans left to trust according to a poll conducted by an online men's magazine comedian jon stewart is the most influential man in america after eleven years on the daily show how four million voters bumped him up to the number one spot and i would be concerned if it was they said larry the cable guy was the must trust a man america so i feel like. one way of earning the trust has been confronting the mainstream media we need help from the

have people trust john stewart because he questions power and that's what jeff cohen journalism professor at as a college things but he warns the comedian don't become a politician. now i don't know that he's the most and one show but i think one of the reasons he's so popular is he is program is a small d. democratic spirit you look at people in power with skepticism you're going to. questioning what they're doing you have an attitude about them that's the democratic spirit that our country was found. we are all the laurels about the united states is this democratic spirit but when you look at the corporate mainstream media you see a lot of cozying up to power so i think the reason jon stewart in there is they make fun of or they make fun of politicians and were important they make fun of the media elite. and still have a this hour here in our tank top. carry up to ten so. you can see that he really does provide a unique opportunity to take the big fish into thing exactly how these. gad's aboard the latest super vehicles have the russian military arms expo. russia is king to build on its

people trust john stewart because he questions power and that's what jeff cohen journalism professor at ithaca college sayings but he warns the comedian don't become a politician. you know i don't know that he's the most influential but i think one of the reasons he's so popular is he is program is imbued with a small d democratic spirit that you look at people in power with skepticism you look at them. questioning what they're doing you have an attitude about them that's the democratic spirit that our country was founded on that we are all the laurels about the united states is this democratic spirit but when you look at the corporate mainstream media you see a lot of cozying up to power so i think the reason jon stewart in there is they make fun of power they make fun of politicians and weren't portly they make fun of the media elite themselves. and so i have for years our on our team tanks to. carry up to ten so did at that time you can see that it really does provide a unique opportunity to get to the big vision to see exactly how they work in combat. artists our first get on boa

can remain true to our heart so we can step past the ridicule they hatred so we can stay strong john stewart is holding a rally this weekend in washington d.c. i know many people fail to see it for what it really is and i'm here to stand up and tell you my viewers the truth about it this rally is nothing but a serious ploy or frightening ploy to get voters who are too stupid to think for themselves to follow stuard to the altar for sacrifice on tuesday he wants voters to laugh their way to the booths thinking about all the border pools you and me that they'll be taking advantage of if they keep the democrats in power they're following a man who is nothing more than a political cartoon so i guess i'll end this by saying that enjoyment. who actually brought us the very first political cartoon would be weeping if he saw the atrocity on the mall this week. now. even in my darkest days in the darkest days there's always hope my friends like i said next tuesday is election day and it's our chance to take our country back to stop the socialist machine before it gets too strong and that's the best t

bush so similar in fact the john stewart responded with if you don't want to use that phrase do today like we showed you a lot of media outlets are saying that stewart was being so disrespectful but you cannot call the presidents of the united states of america do you know we think we think that anybody out there who's a huge fan of the film the big lebowski you know that being called do you actually not that bad thing at all so we want to know what would the big lebowski tweet and we thought it say hey as far as i'm concerned being called the dude is an honor it's definitely something that we might start here. more now it's important thanks for tuning in and make sure that you guys come back tomorrow night you know the tamar's a special day right it's going to be the hall the way an episode of the in the in a show i don't expect to see the usual me i in fact will be dressed up in full character as the world's most dangerous fox news host i have a feeling you know who i'm talking about there you guys are not going to want to miss that now in the meantime don't forget to become a fan o

and i also think that lebron james went over the line when he started calling john stewart a bigot.hat was too far. >> the bright spot in the poll -- we haven't talked about the poll. they all agree you should die. you are in a way a uniter more so than obama. >> why did i even come into play with this poll? i will say i am happy they knew who i was. doesn't matter if they love you, hate you, as long as they know you. >> every race wants you. >> i tran send race for the -- i trans send race for the fact i am hated by all. >> this is a good example. there is an inhairpt huh poke craw see to talk about race. we have to assume the other argument is we are all racist. if you don't assume that, you can't have the debate. the debate is impossible. >> i have no idea what you gu said. >> therefore you are a racist. >> what i'm trying to say is i am a racist. >> if you disagree with a black person whether it is obama and healthcare or lebron and his healthcare we are labeled as racist. you don't like us. >> i don't like white people. >> thank you for saying it. >> i don't like any of you. >>

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. >> i think john stewart is a bigot. awe call on, >> how is he a minority? who runs cnn is a lot like stewart. >> reporter: less than 24 hours later he was fired. sanchez apologized to stewart and the public. >> i blew it. i ruined a wonderful opportunity. because i think i just had a little bit of a chip on my shoulder. >> reporter: why? why a chip? >> you have to go back to who i am, the way i grew up, the way i have been raised. >> reporter: he grew up in as a poor immigrant in the barrios of south florida he said was a blessing and a curse. >> i would work with my father when i was just a little kid. he took me once to boca where all the rich people live. and we delivered this furniture and it was so heavy and we finally got inside i said to the lady inside. and this is an immigrant story. can i have a glass of water? and she said no. you cannot have a glass of water. you have to drink outside in the spigot or the hose where the dogs were drinking. >> reporter: he said his father used that incident to teach him as an immigrant he would struggle to gain re

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. >>> plus thousands are expected to attend th duelling rallies of john stewart and steven colbert on the national mall. we're learning more on where they will be held. >>> cooler weather is no excuse for it is ago round. we're going to help you get and stay in fit this fall. a principal trair will join us in >>> today marks nine years sie the war in afghanistan started. president obama said u.s. troops will come home next year. afghanistan has a new peace council to help impro relations with the taliban and other insurgent kroups. president ckarzai hoste eed the inaugural session. the u.s. lost 1,200 lives since 2001. >>> there are some brand new subpoenas involving the investigation into john edwards campaign finances. edwards attorney won't say who received the subpoenas. the investigation is focused on allegations that campaign finances were used to take ce of edwards' mistress the. edwards admitted early her this year he father ad child with hunter. >>> thousands are expected to attend the duelling rallies of jon stewart and steven colbert on national mall at the end of the month

apologizing for remarks where he accused cnn and said jews control the media and called daily show host john stewart got. the comments about stewart were a big mistake. >> i said things i shouldn't say. they were wrong. not only were they wrong, they were offensive and people offendeded by it -- >> anti-semitic. >> deserve to know first of all it's not what i meant, second of all i apologize and it was wrong for me to be so careless and so inartful. >> you can watch the entire interview on "good morning america" right after our newscast. >> our top story, one down and two more to go in the first round of the major league baseball. fans going wild. theresa garcia's live at at&t park with more. theresa? >> we have one win down and two more to go if the giants are to win against the atlanta braves in the playoff series and the hope is, of course, the team will stay on a roll and make history. no team has won the world series since 1954. the fan fever was electrifying yesterday. the giants clinched a 1-0 win. the team played before a sold out crowd of 44,000 fans. many in the stands zeroed in on unique

just days ahead of the midterm election president obama made an appearance on the daily show with john stewart in an attempt to reach out to younger voters. it's the first time a sitting president has been a guest on the show. although stewart cracked plenty of jokes, the president was all business in his responses. >> you ran on very high rhetoric hope and change. and the democrats this year seem to be running on please, baby, one more chance. [ laughter ] >> when i won and we started the transition and we looked at what was happening in the economy, a whole bunch of my political folks came up and said you know enjoy this now because two years from now folks are going to be frustrated. that is in fact what's happened. >> some critics say president obama's appearances on shows like stewart's and other recent appearance on the view diminish the opposite of the president. >>> time now 6:17. east bay voters will decide whether to re-elect the city's mayor without knowing whether he'll face an ethics commission. the state fair political practices commission says it won't make a decision on whether

last night john stewart and stephen colbert announced they'd be combining their events in the rally tore sanity and/or fear on october 30th this year. they also got a visit from a big supporter with deep pockets. >> stephen, hi, techb. stephen. so here's what i did. i had my staff sneak into your studio early this morning with a little gift. okay? >> can i tell you what's weird about that? we have no security here. >> "daily show" audience, look under your seats. >> look under your seats. >> look under your seats. what's under there? >> you're going to the rally! you're going to the rally! >> wow. for all the advice, looks like no one really knows what the rally on the 30th of this month is going to be all about. well, i'm going. >>> next, eating their own, conservatives among conservatives, went after new york tea partier carl paladino. after winning the nomination, what does kamikaze carl proceed to do? get in an angry shouting match with a reporter. we talked about that earlier, figuring he hasn't veered off message enough. he then expands on homosexuality and spending three days ha

i thought john stewart was wonderful. i am going to change my vote for that.hank you very much for this wonderful show. host: barbara, a democrat in toledo. caller: i thought the show was very entertaining. i enjoyed the political viewpoint they were making, all the rhetoric. i am so tired of the political commercials on television, both sides, a democrat and republican, do not like them. i get my news from pbs and from magazines. and the internet. and newspapers. host: you have so much going on in ohio politically. are you being inundated with television commercials? caller: 0 gosh, yes. i voted in the primaries, and then i sort of let it slip my mind after i voted. early in the summer, we started getting hit by all these things and i thought, this is way too early. host: are you going to vote a straight democratic ticket? caller: i never do. for senate, i like portman. host: rob portman is the republican. what about governor? caller: i am sort of leaning toward strickland, but i am not sure. i want to do a little more last- minute research on that. host: wha

a preview of the daily show, john stewart, steven col better rally.he truth is that nobody is quite sure what to expect it will take place this saturday and c-span will be covering it live beginning at noon eastern time. guest: john says this is not about politics. this ostly has something to do with politics. when again beck had his rally on the mall in august he said that was not about politics either. clearly these are both political phenomenon. it's going to be interesting. whether this has any impact, it will certainly get a lot of attention. i find it interesting that the president is going on stewart's show this week. he's going t be appearing there, the first sitting president to appearn the daily show. that's not unique in itself. but combined with this rally and the fact that the president spent an entire week going across the country to college campuses, usc in california. he's been making all these stops on campuses clearly trying to energize these folks. host: and the interview will be taped wednesday and airing wednesday evening. c-span

he is going to tape an appearance on the daily show with john stewart. >> bill, thanks very much. also analyst john dickerson, good morning. >> good morning. >> there is a breeze blowing outside, i guess you call it the winds of change. one of the things, there are all kinds of polls out. one of them, the new politico poll that talks about independent voter and republicans by and large have a 14% edge among independents. is that a number that can be turned around in eight days for the democrats? >> not at all. in fact, the president and democrats have been trying to turn that around for months and months and it's just stuck there. and that's the big problem for democrats. they talk about the early voting numbers in the states that have early voting and shows the democrats turning out. that's great for democrats. but independent voters are also turning out so when they vote, if they are voting with this kind of big margin for republicans that's where the victories will come in for the gop. >> in the end of the gay, these big eelections all about the middle. talk about the political

surwelcome back 956 president barack obama made a special appearance on the daily show with john stewarts to reach out to young voters. >> can i make a plug just vote. (cheering) >> i didn't know what you're going for. when you said to can i make a plug type that you are dropping an album. (laughter) >> go out and vote you have early voting make use of it. >> it is the first time since a sitting president has been on the show. but president barack obama made its appearance on the show for times when he was a senator. >> 957 taking a break a pack of four world series tickets we are giving away to one lucky person had to our web site give us your name and e-mail address and your phone number at 11:00 a.m. to the drawing will be made. and a random drawing. we will give the lucky winner of col. 10 a.m. top stories giants win game 1 against the rangers and the world series. what about game to we will have highlights. tell you what about how you can go for free. plus the midterm elections five days away a new governor poll shows jerry brown is lead. new jobless numbers are out we will show you

mary's food program asked john and another retiree, joe stewart to collect- day-old bread and pastries to give to the hungry. john had just retired as a treasurer for a container ship company. >> when i retired, i was aafraid to be a potato couch. now here i am. i wanted to get something done. >> reporter: now, you might be wondering how it is that john's group became known as muffin men. he says it all started with a center that serves homeless women. >> at the friendly manor, they used to bring the english muffins in there and the women that they took care of, here comes the muffin man. that's how we developed the muffin man. >> reporter: the group became the muffin people when women joined a few years ago. as the need for food grew, so did the supply. today the muffin people estimate they give out more than $1.7 million worth of food every year. sister marilyn compares john to johnny appleseed. >> we talk fairly often about planting seeds of goodness and that's what he did so many years ago and it has grown. >> reporter: seniors like brenda whitfield depend daily on muffin people de

a preview of the daily show, john stewart, steven col better rally.he truth is that nobody is quite sure what to expect it will take place this saturday and c-span will be covering it live beginning at noon eastern time. guest: john says this is not about politics. this ostly has something to do with politics. when again beck had his rally on the mall in august he said that was not about politics either. clearly these are both political phenomenon. it's going to be interesting. whether this has any impact, it will certainly get a lot of attention. i find it interesting that the president is going on stewart's show this week. he's going to be appearing there, the first sitting president to appear on the daily show. that's not unique in itself. but combined with this rally and the fact that the president spent an entire week going across the country to college campuses, usc in california. he's been making all these stops on campuses clearly trying to energize these folks. host: and the interview will be taped wednesday and airing wednesday evening. c-sp

>> live, tomorrow, on c-span, john stewart and stephen colbert. we spoke earlier with a new york times reporter about whether the rally is being viewed as a political or a comedy of revenge. >> so, what is it going to be? a political event or a comedy show? >> i think it will be the eye of the beholder. i think nobody believes that. i think that the motivation of the attendees will do something that is coming. >> while you write about some of that, even the dedication will be a bit comedic. >> some of the will remember the early days of saturnine live. during the invocation, it would axle of the satire. not a real event. >> an article was published this morning on line. have you been able to find out what other speakers are to be on the agenda? >> no, the list of people did not come from the show itself. it came from the park service. answer the a lot at a people since then. i think that jon kept this under a cone of silence. none of them have talked about this. i do not think that jon wants to tag the thing in advance for being too partisan. i th

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