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Home the crown on the 14th season of "american idol." joining us the winner nick fratiani. welcome. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate it. >> i'm sure it feels surreal knowing you are the american idol who is the big, big headliner this year. >> yeah. it has not sunk in yet. it's been almost -- more than a week now but it feels like a blur. it's really amazing to be here. >> what's happened to you in the course of the whirlwind week for you in terms of giving you the reality in the sense that you are going to be on a path unlike any other? >> well since -- literally since the night it en...

Far from the original boston tea party. a few thousand there now. the crowd estimated to grow to as large as 10,000. they are waiting to hear from former alaska governor sarah palin. she's scheduled to speak any moment. we'll bring her comments live. vice president of external relations with illinois policy movement and author of "a new american tea party" also coordinator for the texas tea party. great to have you both. john, i'll start with you. sarah palin, the big headliner, who wins more? does she help the tea party or does the tea party help her? >> i think -- i don't know who the bigger...

And at 3:30 eastern time we expect to see sarah palin in nevada. but first, a big rally for her in mesa, arizona, in support of her former running mate, john mccain. a former alaska governor kicking off that campaign rally. big headliner there, lending her support as he's trying to fight off a primary opposition by former congressman and radio talk show host j.d. hayworth. we'll have live coverage of the mesa rally at the top of the hour when it begins. health care reform is now officially the law of the land but it doesn't mean it won't and campaign issue in the upcoming mid-term elections ...

We'll be coming back to you throughout the show. the shooting started as jean was mentioning while country music star jason aldean performing on stage for 292,000 fans. he was closing out the festival, the big headliner and finishing his set. people in the audience ran or dove for cover against -- to get behind anything as they were still simply trying to figure out what was happening. >> get down. get down. >> gunshots. [ gunfire ] [ bleep ]. [ inaudible ]. >> what is it? >> i don't know. >> stay on top -- >> i know. i have to stay on top of you. [ inaudible ]. >> we're going to get trampled

Hotly contested contest. malloy has a slight edge over his "opponent so its statistical dead heat. president of the united states is trying to ensure democratic victory next week. in the meantime, we go to this place, nevada. most powerful man in the u.s. senate, harry reid campaigning and many polls showing tea party backed sharron angle pulling ahead in the race. anita vogel. angle had a rally last night. who showed up? >> she sure did, she got star power from hollywood. jon voight and michael reagan and big headliner was john