and then sarah wrote, ha! she continues in her notes, the major problem is lack of romantic intimacy. the major problem with myself as i am too slow. there's a way in which relationships continue after death or separation. my life would be in more dieresessed without a partner than with. every day i have loved, also every day i appreciate utterly and completely being single. i think slow, walk slow, hear slow, was late to get my advanced degree and whatever else. but in the outfield, it's just my rhythm. i think it's allowed me to enjoy aging in a manner that few others can. i have come into my own in so many ways. as sarah's foreign, rabbi lou read a verse, it was one the lines sarah cherished most. in the notebook, she said this is my mantra. i had no idea i was going to be so crippled and deaf. but i was exactly the right place when it happens. my community of friends held me up yesterday in an amazing, amazing way. sarah mantra was there, love turns pain into medicine. but i think of my own political confl

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they were chanting "sarah, sarah, sarah" not, "john, john, on." their words, the mack is back. >> super happy with the event. see if they get votes. have a great weekend. more than an interesting week in politics and more than interesting first week for us. senior political analyst gloria borger is here. got to love the theater event. >> you you nostalgic, seeing those two together again. she's sort of, sarah palin said, he was tea part before tea party was cool, or evenee eee invente health care bill goes to the president's desk. it's clear the white house, announced the nuclear arms agreement with russia. but the president wanted to have a big announcement at the white house they revamped the for closure program, he's on the road to do a health care rally, do an economic speech, moving around the country. they're try doing create the impression twee wewe were in a >> they feel they're going to sell the plan. they're going to say to the american people it's not as bad as you thought it was but, look, there are things in here that you're going to

sarah palin wants to deliver that message. she's the darling of the tea party movement, so yesterday she tried to say, let me be clear about this, john mccain is one of us. hear what she said. >> everybody here today supporting john mccain, we're all part of that tea party movement. because i have had the privilege of traveling around the u.s. and meeting with everyday americans who are that great tea party movement. when you think about that first tea party, shoot, some may claim that john was there at that first tea party. >> and, of course, she was talking about 1773, that first tea party event, and so she was making a joke about john mccain's age. he is over 70 years old. but, clearly, contessa, as you know, she was trying to make the argume argument, john mccain is one of us. if you're a tea party supporter, you can like john mccain, because he has spent four decades fighting against reckless spending in washington. >> i guess what we do now is just watch for people who otherwise wouldn't have voted for john mccain do so

it's not going to be sarah palin from alaska.t's going to be sarah boyd from scottsdale and thousands of conservative voters, arizonans are going to determine who's going to serve in the senate. we welcome governor palin and respect john mccain. there is a record that john mccain has that is going to make it difficult for him to win a fifth term in the united states senate. i believe august 24th, the majority of republican voters will champion a consistent conservative and i look forward to governor palin's support following that primary. >> in a web video, john mccain's team has questioned you about the birthers. said that you have been associated with the birthers. are you and do you have any questions about the legitimacy of barack obama's birth and his nationality? >> no, not at all, andrea. i'm not birther. i am a broadcaster and suggesting that i advocate something that i talked about on the air, conducted interviews on the air about, would be tantamount to claiming that you as an objective journalist are endorsing me. this

i don't think sarah palin is a hater. mean, i think there is strongly disagree with not the same thing. >> bill: she is passionate about her view of the country. we saw in andrew breitbart out in los angeles who has got the web site put together. a bunch of things of hate bush stuff that was on the left obviously about iraq, things like that signs and kill bush and this and that. we didn't hear a word in the media about that. it was almost ignored. i always said. you know i have said this from the jump that the media is very corrupt. this is another example of the media overlooking the far left. zeroing in on what they see is success on the far right. am i wrong? >> i think -- look, i think you are right about that, bill. i think even some of those hateful sounding signs that were mounted by bush were undoubtedly exaggerations by people who were not intending to kill the president. not very attractive thing and suggests intolerable spirit and suggesting you are taking the policy differences all too personally when you see

are you hear to see john mccain or are you here to see sarah palin? >> sarah. >> both! >> reporter: so you can see, contessa, a lot of them of course here to see sarah palin. what is it about sarah palin? >> i love her energy, her passion for doing the right thing. that's what i'm here for, to support her and john mccain because he's about doing the right thing also. >> shawna, one of the questions that's been raised is, can sarah palin help john mccain and how would she help him since there is a lot of distrust with john mccain in the state this election year? >> she's a good person po to bring more energy and more interest into women in politics. not only that, but the women who support the men that are in politics. we don't get enough credit. >> why is that going to rub off to john mccain's benefit especially with tea party conservatives who don't think he is? >> the only way to get the message out is have the people come. she will bring the people and then he can sell his message to them. >> donna, you've been a long-time mccain supporter. why do you think he's faci

as they were waiting, they were chanting sarah, sarah, sarah, never john, john, john.tially we were told sarah palin was going to be the keynote speaker and john mccain would speak before her, which is enormously unusual at an endorsement event. they changed that at the last minute, but it just shows you a new world order, campbell. >> i'll say. mark, you know, the last time we saw these two together was 2008. it was right after the election. and since then, we have learned all sorts of behind-the-scenes campaign drama, much of it documented in your book. what do we know about the two of them now? do they talk? are they close? what can you tell us? >> they don't talk regularly, but they do talk on occasion. and they have smoothed over some of the rough issues around my book and some of the other issues where there was questions about tension between sarah palin and some of the people who worked for john mccain. this was a new world order today. mccain needs her here. she is now what he was a little over a year ago, the most powerful person in the republican party. he,

john mccain and sarah palin reunited today.n mccain is fending off a very tough challenge from another republican. he's facing his toughest re-election in 24 hour, so he's bringing back sarah palin. she's going to come here to tucson and then tomorrow in phoenix to do two rallies and a fund-raiser. the idea is that sarah palin can vouch for him with conservative voters who may not trust john mccain. sources say the big problems john mccain has are immigration. voters don't like he has suggested there should be a pathway for citizenship. number two, they don't like that he voted for the t.a.r.p. and they don't trust him. he did not vote for the bush tax cuts and so there's been a distrust with john mccain. he hopes that with sarah palin coming and campaigning for him, that is going to shore up his base in the state. he's facing a republican challenge from j.d. hayworth, 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

sarah palin is campaigning for john mccain. democrats are saying that the hate-filled rhetoric is too real, and the parties are raising money on the threats. >>> also, tonight, there is how many people remember sinaed o'connor tearing up a picture of the pope in the 1990s. and now with the biggest crisis in the vatican, she is speaking out, and also against the current pope who has not given an open and honest accounting of the abuse investigations in pedophile priests. she is our guest. >>> and a former lingerie model accused of turning herself into a queen pin and models into drug a queen pin and models into drug mules. she is on the run from cops. first, keeping them honest. sarah palin and developments in the ugly health care reform. out in arizona she hit the media hard on acts of violence and inflammatory rhetoric against the democrats. >> you know, hearing in the news reports lately the agenda controversy about us common sense conservatives inciting violence because we happen to oppose some of the things in the obama adm

his old running mate sarah palin. our own lee cowan is in tucson for us tonight. lee, good evening. >> reporter: well, good evening, brian. as political reunions go this was awkward as the two haven't spoken all that much in the last year and a half or so. sarah palin seemed to be trying to do the best not to upstage her former boss, all the while knowing it was in large part her this crowd came to see. it's been 16 months since they shared a campaign stage. some things never change. >> we're going to take it on on november 10th when we take control of the house and the senate. >> reporter: although the podium and signs were john mccain's, it was sarah palin who stole the spotlight. >> arizona, do you love your freedom? >> reporter: she revelled in the opportunity to blast the administration. >> fidel castro likes obama care, but we don't like obama care. doesn't that kind of tell you something? >> reporter: and she drew cheers for blasting the media. >> this bs coming from the main street media lately about this, about us inciting violence. don't let a distractio

sarah, sarah, sarah! thank you so much for coming.h palin, who is as beautiful and intelligent and prepared as any man i have ever seen. >> sarah palin, ladies and gentlemen, one more time. the vice president who should have been. ladies and gentlemen, from louisville, kentucky, traveling on the tea party express. >> thank you. we have something mightier than the sword. we have our votes. we can repeal the bill if we go to the polls and voted the candidates that will stand for what we want, and if they do not listen to the people, we are going to just vote them out. ♪ start it again, ryan, and crank it up. ♪ >> vote them out. in 2010, they are gone ♪ ♪ they have been told loud and clear their judgment day is here ♪ ♪ bove the amount -- vote them out ♪ ♪ they may have gotten in, but their turn is about to end ♪ ♪ vote them out in 2010 ♪ they cannot ignore the people when they vote ♪ ♪ vote them out in 2010 ♪ bove the amount in 2010 -- vote them out in 2010 ♪ ♪ the countdown has begun ♪ their judgment they will come ♪ ♪ we are going to

then you have sarah palin using the language of guns and targets.hink that it is the republican leaders that have to understand the message has to be these threats are illegal and they should be prosecuted. >> it is appropriate for democrats to be using this as a fund-raising tool? >> we all have to be careful not to glorify it, not to overly dramatize it but to take it seriously. i don't think that when you have a situation where people are putting the home addresses of members of congress and encouraging them to go there and send them a message, that's problematic. each member of congress has to make a decision for themselves how to run the campaign for re-election. they have to realize that the overwhelming amount of this debate has been civil and informed. even though it's been tense, it's been patriotic. >> i ask the question because governor tim kaine says that democratic office have been vandalized, republicans are promising to repeal reform and smearing those who support it. please chip in for those who fought to make health care reform poss

[cheers and applause] >> thank you, sarah. thank you. thank you so much, sarah.have a lot of wonderful memories. our most treasured memory will be to get to know sarah and todd and great americans they are and the wonderful family the palin family is. and i predict to you that sarah palin will be around aç long, long time. [cheers and applause] >> thank you for turning out today. i think i(o is important i recognize a few people if you will bear with me because one person who is here is a great congressman who now, after serving the state of arizona and congress for a long time and great member of congress, john shaddock is here. and the east valley's own fighter against earmarks and pork barrel jeff blake is here, our great american congressman jeff blake is here. where are you? listen, you think that i was unpopular? jeff blake will never win ms. congeniality in the united states congress because he fights the pork barrelers and corruption in washington and stands up for the people in this country that don't have the lobbyists and special interests. but the gr

sarah palin and john mccain campaigning like she was 2008 all over again.his time john mccain faces a very tough re-election battle. so it was palin to the rescue or so mccain hoped. we're going to talk about the palin effect. >>> and the sex scandal that is shaking the catholic church. pope benedict is being asked questions about what he knew and when. >>> also have you noticed the price of going to a movie lately? it's going up, in some cases it can now cost a family of four almost $100 including popcorn and drinks. >>> we're also going to show you some scenes from a new movie that are absolutely priceless. the stars? you're looking at them. four adorable babies from four different countries. coming up we're going to tell you how this movie has become such a hit, two months before it hit theaters. it's all about the trailer. >>> but before we goat all of that, let's talk about what happened in arizona overnight. john mccain and sarah palin together again, lee cowan was there. >> reporter: it's been 16 months since they shared a campaign stage and some thi

and music from sarah mclachlan and emmylou harr.h cleto and the cletones, ♪ it's "jimmy kimmel live" and now that that's out of the way, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi, everyone, i'm jimmy, i'm -- i was hoping you would clap when i came out. it's thursday night. after much private practicing and greyish anatomy, we are here. do you watch this "grey's anatomy?" a lot of people watch it. very popular show. but one of the most popular actresses on the show, katherine heigl has announced that not only is she leaving the cast, she already left. it turns out her last episode was two months ago. shwas supposed to come back to do more in march, but didn't want to, so she didn't. now that's health care reform right there, right? she said the parting was mutual and noad feelings. producers said they are not planning to make a big deal. they aren't going to have a big emotional death or anything. they are just going -- they are going to have someone say, hey, anybody seen izzy and somebody else will say, oh, izzy die

but there's a great moment which we recount in the book that sarah palin is on sarah palin is on her way to meet with john mccain on the morning that she's been asked to become his running mate. he's on the phone with the attorney shenton who headed the vice president to selection process for him. called house and conducted a long telephone interview with her the night before to complete the vetting process. and john mccain says, give me the bottom line. and she says john, high-risk, high reward. and john mccain says, you should have told me that. i've been taking risks all my life. and that was it. now, ultimately the campaign of john mccain was sealed by the economic collapse. i think it would've been almost no way for him to have won even if the economy had not done what it had done, but nonetheless once that happened, there was no hope for him to win. >> the one person going into@@@p more than mccain as a prohibitive favorite to win her nomination. she opted to have the best brand in democratic politics that she had a network among both financial and organizational all around the

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they loved sarah palin.at's what john mccain wanted in part, that star power to rub off on him. also he needed sarah palin to vouch for his conservative credentials. that's why she was talking about the tea party. she said john mccain is just like someone that's in the tea party movement because he has been campaigning against reckless spending in washington for four decades, according to her. trying to sort of say, yeah, he's like one of us. he, too, is angry at washington. he, too, is going to change washington, so he's okay, guys. he's okay to vote for. >> you know, melinda, must be embarrassing to have to get an endorsement, if you're john mccain, from anybody out of state, but have to get it from somebody you pitched -- you plucked from obscurity and you probably believe belongs there. as someone who has to vouch for you. >> and somebody who you think ruined your campaign and may be a major reason you're not president of the united states today. >> he didn't carry florida. there were a lot of states tha

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 africa. >>> the couple accused of crashing presiden

and they decided that sarah palin was that choice. now if you take it from the mccain complain's point of view, the reason they did it, support, two, better among women. they had the mistaken assumption that they might be able if they picked to attract women who had supported hillary clinton who were unhappy that she had lost. this was obviously bad thinking. which they learned soon after. but i think the most important reason is that sarah palin to john mccain was somebody who was like him. she was a maverick. she had run against a sitting governor in her own primary. she had defeated that governor, frank mer cow ski, she had defeated the general election. she had run as a reformer. it was mccain's view if he picked sarah palin, the two with of them could say we are real change. we will do tough things in washington and shake up washington in a way that barack obama and joe biden will never do. so that was, i think mccain's thinking. there was no question there was a big risk. i don't think they understand how big of a risk it was or

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did sarah palin's endorsement of him help change your mind? >> i still -- i'm torn. >> i'm undecided about john mccain. it seems that he says one thing here and then goes to washington and does another. >> reporter: he was her ticket to stardom. she did what she could to return the favor. you can expect this event to be turned into a campaign ad for john mccain. his team was so pleased with the endorsement one aide declared to us, the mac is back. we'll see. jessica yellin, cnn, tucson, arizona. >>> all right. let's talk about the tea party's effect on harry reid. national politics and health reform, we've got it all. here is cnn's deputy political director in washington for us. harry reid is the second most democratic congressman after nancy pelosi. there was a time not long ago where we never thought he would be vulnerable yet here we are. the question is, paul, just how vulnerable is he? >> reporter: he is facing a very, very tough re-election, no doubt about it. his home state of nevada has the highest home foreclosure rate in the united s

sarah palin, dick cheney, president obama are all in his sights. a key to getting a good job. harvey mckay is with us and will unlock the secrets to success next on "larry king live." >> larry: one of the treats of doing this program is getting the chance to welcome bill maher back to "larry king live," the star of the hbo comedy special," but i'm not wrong." i saw it last week. it will be repeated many times throughout this month. you must see this. hysterical. the eighth time of "real time with bill maher" this friday night. thanks for coming back. a little grayer, but you look great. gray hair is just commenting on these times. >> you can't stop it, can you? >> larry: no, you can't. >> it's better than making fools of ourselves and having plastic surgery and hair replacement. we're happily old. >> larry: let's move right into things. senator evan bayh, latest democratic member to say good-bye. what do you make of senator bayh saying goodbye? >> i say good riddance. here's a guy that stood up there saying, i love serving the people of indiana but i don't like congress. i don

john mccain made sarah palin a household name. now he needs her to vouch for him. >> he's leading the loyal opposition in congress, standing up and speaking out against the obama/pelosi/reid agenda and what they are doing to this country! >> reporter: mccain is in the toughest fight of his 24-year senate career, trying to fend off a republican challenger. >> here's the difference between john mccain and me. >> reporter: radio talk show host and former congressman jade hayworth is billing himself as the consistent conservative. a recent poll shows mccain up by seven points, but the race is tightening. the senator has tacked right, venting his antigovernment anger over the health care bill. >> it's going to be repealed and replaced and it's going to be done soon! >> reporter: yet the crowd at today's rally seemed more enamored with palin. when it come time to vote in arizona, are you voting for mccain or hayworth? >> probably hayworth. >> reporter: even though you're at a mccain rally? so you are here to see sarah palin. >> you betc

it's supposed to evoke the kind of stephanie miller approach to sarah palin. and the third thing burleigh and editors at the nation who were able to put to put together very quickly and produce something which is a serious and exciting read so that when the book went out there was a lot of word of mouth this was a book that was really worth reading. >> with a beginning to company. >> which is have to keep up the next ten years and we can probably afford to pay some stuff in random office. >> tell me about that. what is the staff and office situation like? >> it is absolutely nonexistent at the moment. [laughter] spec working at home in your jammies? >> pants are definitely something i now wherefore going out. [laughter] >> i'm glad we could clarify. >> but no -- >> you have a partner, john oakes, another great new york publisher. you share an office, are you working at home? >> of the daytime office for or books is the cafe on 21st and seventh avenue and the evening office is the bar next to the chelsea hotel. [laughter] on bad days we tend to go to the evenin

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the only trouble is, sarah palin keeps shooting them down. that crazy bitch. >> larry: good delivery. we had this question tweeted to kingsthings. we get tweeted, we get facebooked. if asked, would you do "dancing with the stars"? >> i have been asked and i thanked them very profusely and i said, no thank you. i think cloris leachman took care of that whole department. >> larry: it's really testing. >> it is. it would be fun and i would love it. but i think there comes a time when i don't want to embarrass the audience. but cloris, cloris did it and she did find so i think she's taken care of our age bracket. >> larry: you had a great marriage with allen, didn't you? >> i did. he was the best. he was the love of my life. >> larry: he left too early. how old was he? >> allen was 64. he said -- that bloomin' baked sea got him. what you saw was what you got. he was one of the nicest, dearest people. >> larry: and a great game show host. >> oh, yes, great game show host. and what i fell in love with, what got us together was his enthusiasm. he wa

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i understand sarah palin going out there and speaking for john mccain.here's a lot to be said for loyalty. but there's also a point -- and i can tell you within the tea party movement, i've talked to a lot of people who have privately started expressing a lot of concerns about governor palin because she is out there supporting john mccain so much. and that's a real problem. >> i want to draw your attention to what frank rich writes in today's "new york times." he says the health care bill is not the main source of this anger and never has been. it goes on to say, it's merely a handy excuse. the conjunction of a black president and a female speaker of the house topped off by a wise latina on the supreme court and a powerful gay congressional committee chairman with fears of disenfranchisement among the dwindling and threatened minority in the country no matter what policies were in place. what's your reaction? >> i think frank rich is living proof of life after brain death. give me a break. that has got to be one of the stupidest comments i've heard in th

mccain believe sarah palin will help him here? >> reporter: well, i think that john mccain believes that sarah palin can vouch for his, quote-unquote, true conservative values as she said in that radio ad. i just spoke with the senior mccain adviser, who tells me that both todd and sarah palin are here with cindy and john mccain and that the bulk of this event is going to center around sarah palin. this adviser telling me sarah palin is going to deliver a very meaty speech that is going to be ten to 12 minutes long, about twice as long as when john mccain's speech today because this event is meant to show case her and spotlight her support for john mccain. why is that so important? because john mccain is facing his toughest re-election of his life. he is facing a challenge from the political right. 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

plus today john mccain and sarah palin are joining forces again on the campaign trail.palin help mccain beat back a tough senate primary challenger? >>> check out these spectacular views of earth from above our atmosphere. they must have been taken by nasa with help of a multi-million dollar satellite, right? wrong. a private citizen got these pictures for less than $1,000 bucks. the details are amazing. >>> we're going to start on capitol hill. in just moments house speaker nancy pelosi -- in fact, you can see some of the families lined up there -- house speaker nancy pelosi celebrating her 70th birthday today will put her sit on the companion health care bill approved by the house last night. >> the yeas are 220, the nays are 207. the motion is adopted. >> the measure removes controversial things in the original bill like the cornhusker kickback and gator aid measure for florida and adds improved benefits for families across the board. the voting in congress done, political debate may continue until the midterm elections in november. so president obama hit the road an

senator mccain and sarah palin campaigning together. hours ago palin flying into arizona to tell arizona vote mccain. topic number one of course, health care. >> when it came to obama care, >> boo! >> by the way, i see today that fidel castro likes obama care, but we don't. doesn't that kind of tell you something? when it came to this, john fought against the government takeover of 1/6 of our economy and he told the president that transparency in the legislative process should be more than just another campaign promise in this case with obama, another campaign promise that has been so broken. >> it wasn't only the product it wasn't only 2 733 pages of government takeover of your health care it was the sleaze, it was the chicago- sleazey deal making, sausage making that went on behind closed doors in the speaker's office and harry reid's office and in the white house. >> greta: the former running mates went on the record together in tucson, arizona. nice to see both of you, and together again. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks greta.

. >> meanwhile some of this may drift back to sarah palin in part because she has been putting a bulls eye on certain members of congress, literally, as she gears up for political rallies this coming weekend. critics say the former alaska governor is doing more than just rallying crowds but may be inciting violence. on twitter palin wrote common sense conservatives and lovers of america don't retreat. instead, reload. and on facebook, this graphic of her call to action depicts states in the cross hairs of a rifle. it shows the democrats who voted for the health bill who are in states carried by john mccain in the 2008 presidential election. nbc news correspondent norah o'donnell is here with more. with all the criticism directed sarah palin's way since she put that map up, i know she doesn't have a press secretary, but any more tweets disavowing this? >> no reaction to what steny hoyer has just said that ten members of congress have now asked for extra security from the capitol police because they're concerned about threats. what sarah palin did yesterday on her facebook page was say s

i want to turn to sarah hoy.cific reason you are in milwaukee, because this whole sex abuse scandal has now landed at their front door. >> reporter: that's right, t.j., many locals are having to deal with the unearthing of these documents relating to milwaukee priests accused of molesting students in the '50s, '60s and '70s. i spent part of saturday at saintal fon sus church on the east side. i had a chance to speak with a father before the mass. here is what he had to say. >> you have to realize, it is a different ball game now. you have to really look at it as a legal matter and not just a moral matter. for people who knowingly and willingly violated the law, there has to be some kind of accountability. >> reporter: he has a large congregation. he is trying to balance morality with accountability. >> this is a crime. these people should be in jail. they shouldn't be anywhere else. it goes all the way to the top. we need a new pope. >> very saddened by it. at the same time, it saddens me, because i feel we are l

what does he have to say about sarah palin endorsing mccain?: well, he held an event last night. it's definitely a blow to his campaign, because he's the natural direction for the tea party. he's a natural tea party candidate, if you will, in this race. last night he said he understands why palin's here. let's listen. >> i think what we're seeing from the governor is just a very understandable example of gratitude. i mean, after all, it was john who really gave her her entree into the national stage. we all understand gratitude. that's fine. >> reporter: and i'll be honest with you, ali, there are plenty of people we've spoken with who say they are here because they love sarah palin and they want to hear her speak, but it's not going to change their vote. it does not mean they'll vote for mccain. so, it's unclear how much her endorsement will help him. but it certainly won't hurt. >> all right. jessica, great to see you. thanks very much. it looks like a fun party over there. don't get too carried away while you're covering it. jessica yellin i

andou know, sarah palin loves her home state. so i'm sure that she's very knowledgeable and so this will probably be a good fit for her. now talking about her husband todd, the kids, if they appear on the show, i'm thinking it probably will be infrequently because the show, it's not really about sarah palin. it's not really about her family. though, she has been very oen about her home life and her family. it is about alaska. >> okay read a couple of facebooks we're getting in, brooke. pam writes "if it's about alaska it will be great. alaska's a great place to live." tara writes "she should focus on raising her children especially the one with the disability, talkg about the little guy that was just born." do you think that people will watch, brooke? i mean, it is sarah palin. i i'm sure they'll give it one look, right? >> you know, she has a lot of people who love her. and to respect her, she has just as many people, though who do hate her and who disrespect her. but i think she does have an audience. and i think if it's a good

with sarah palin.e presidential canada was stirring up anti-obama sentiment during an appearance in senator harry reid's nevada hometown of searchlight. >> washington has broken faith with the people that they are to be serving. that's why here in search light and across the country we're sending a message to washington. it's loud, and it's clear. and in the upcoming elections we're saying that the big government, big debt, obama/pelo obama/pelosi/reid spending spree is over. you're fired. >> white house aide david axelrod talked with candy crowley about the fallout from the health care reform passing. you can watch that on "state of the union." >>> political parties need a yun vizzed front to pull off the big changed that sarah palin was talking about. the tea party activists aren't walked in locked steps with members of the the gop. some predict the tea party will inevitably help democrats by splintering the vote in november. i asked republican analyst about that. >> is it a natural marriage between

clearly sarah palin's message is getting through to this crowd. they are very excited to see her. >> jessica yellin, thank you very much. about an hour from now sarah palin expected to be right there searchlight, nevada, to join that crowd. we'll be covering her speech live. 3:00 eastern time is the scheduled speech time. >>> meantime, while tea party activists grabbed national headlines, another political movement is taking a much more low-key approach. the coffee party usa held its second get together today in washington, d.c. it's one of hundred of coffee parties across the nation. members say they are not aligned with any political party, corporation or lobbying network. their goal, cooperation in government. coffee party usa says it will support leaders who work toward positive solutions and work against those who obstruct. >>> health care reform and streamlining the student loan program, both are major victories for president obama. they are the focus of this weekly address to the nation. >> education and health care. two of the most importa

john mccain and sarah palin back together again. >>> to the rescue. tonight, the new government promise of help with your mortgage. but will it help the thousands of you who've reached out to us? >>> missed signals. a murder arrest after a young girl is targeted on her way home from school. as we learn yet again, there were huge red flags. >>> byer beware. think you're saving energy and money with that seal? tonight, what the sting revealed. >>> and the great gift, from a member of the greatest generation. the marine who brought us right into the war, as never seen before. he's our "person of the week." >>> and good evening. we begin tonight with a political reunion that would have stopped just about anyone late this afternoon, regardless of their political per sway shun. sarah palin and john mccain, back together again, their first time on stage since that defeat. and afternoon so much talk of bad blood between the two, senator mccain is turning to palin in the fight to keep his senate seat. david wright was there. >> reporter: good evening, david. w

contessa@msnbc.com. >>> get ready to welcome sarah palin into your living room. former vice presidential candidate is set to sign a deal for a reality show. "jersey shore," it's not. details on palin tv, next. >>> plus, tiger woods has apologized to his wife, to the american public. but his former lovers complain he never said sorry to them. we'll get an explanation for why they think they're owed an apology. >>> among the most viewed stories on msnbc.com right now, a girl's memoir about being married at age 9 and divorced at age 10. the yemeni girl says she was forced to marry a man three times older than her, raped and beaten but made history by demanding a divorce and getting it. >>> private security guards killed off the coast of somali. shipping companies are determined to take action against these increasingly aggressive pirates. >>> people are loving courtney's scoop column about kate gosselin's reported $35,000 makeover. the mom of many is "dancing with the stars" and a rep says that megamake over claim, it's not true. r all the moments that make every da

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sarah binder is part of the brookings institution. also a political scientist, a professional of political science at george washington university. the author of many books, several of them on this particular topic of particular note "majority rights, majority rule partisanship in the development of congress." that's in 1997 and then also "stalemate causes and consequences of legislative gridlock" coming out -- i'm missing another one, too. particularly on the filibuster. let me mention one more. another commercial here for an excellent book on the filibuster "principle filibustering in the united states" also with brookings in 1997. robert dove is the parliamentarian emeritus. he served as the senate parliamentarian in the parliamentarian's office for 35 years in the united states senate since retiring in 2001, he has been a counsel and taught at george washington university and from his time inside the senate and talking about it outside probably knows more about senate procedure than certainly almost anyone in washington. but we're

senator john mccain is stumping to keep his seat on capitol hill and sarah palin is campaigning for him. when she got to the stage, the hecklers got loud. it's not clear if they will be charged with everything. >> everywhere at 11, starting in prince georges county, two paramedics are under review after seeing a man who was later found to be alive was dead. officials say the paramedics responded to a call for a possible dead person on friday. a hour and a half hour later, they were called again because the man was showing signs of life. a different unit arrived and his identity and condition are not known. the paramedics are now on limited public contact status while the case is being investigated. >>> and a mennonite community is preparing to bury 9 members of one family killed in a fiery highway crash on friday and that happened in south-central kentucky. in all, 11 people died. the only survivors are a 3- and 5-year-o. the family is driving to iowa for a wedding. the virginia governor wants to figure out a way to get more students from graduating from college, creating a special pane

let me introduce to you the great governor of alaska, under sarah palin -- governor sarah palin.applause] >> thank you, so much. thank you, so much. thank you, arizona. thank you, so much. thank you, guys. thank you, so much. thank you, so much. it is an honor to be here. it is wonderful to be here in a basketball gen. i love it. it is so good to be here. let me ask you first, arizona, do you love your freedom? [applause] >> we think of that. if anyone who has served past or present, raise your hand. we honor you, god bless you. [applause] >> god bless you. thank you, so much for the service, for the sacrifice. i was pretty excited when john mccain called me and ask me to join him on the campaign trail. i could not wait to get that team back together. [applause] i am glad my husband got to come with me. we left the kids home. it is so cold in alaska. i hear people whining about this weather. it is pretty chilly at home. it is about five degrees below the approval ratings of president obama. [applause] >> it is cold. things are a little bit different. a lot has changed since that