the tea partiers hope to topple the senate majority leader harry reid in the fight of his life with sharron angle. in kentucky the tea party is backing rand paul against the democrat jack conway. delaware is home to tea party favorite christine o'donnell who is fighting democrat chris co-yoncoons old senate seat. our senior political analyst glo glorga borger is in d.c. and the election express with t.j. holmes in charlotte, north carolina, one of the banking capitals of this country. we're going to start with shannon, who is at the big event today. you're on the phone with us, shannon, from reno, nevada where any second or maybe right now we're expecting sarah palin to kick off this tour. >> reporter: yeah, you've got that right. any second now we're expecting sarah palin to take the stage