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You're here in gettysburg, you've been chasing the bus around the whole time. is this civics 101, sarah palin takes us on a tour of american history, or is this campaign 101? >> well, i think it's both. and it's definitely the latter. it seems like she is traveling around the country and meeting supporters and seeing really if there is enough support out there for a run. it's also, insiders tell me, a way for her to test it out on her family, see if they're okay with the rigors of a campaign, see if they're going to come together. and a source close to the campaign told me really it was todd's...

You've been chasing the bus around the whole time. is this civics 101, sarah palin takes us on a tour of american history, or is this campaign 101? >> well, i think it's both. and it's definitely the latter. it seems like she is traveling around the country and meeting supporters and seeing really if there is enough support out there for a run. it's also, insiders tell me, a way for her to test it out on her family, see if they're okay with the rigors of a campaign, see if they're going to come together. and a source close to the campaign told me really it was todd's idea with sarah but mostly...

If that continues i think it will show that she really will get into the race. >> it's a little different. we'll keep an eye on it even though it keeps some people at home mad at us. we have to do it. she's an important factor. shushannah walsh, eric ericsson, maria cardona, thank you. up next here, the latest from libya. big defections from moammar gadhafi's military. loud explosions were heard tonight in tripoli hours after he met with the president of south africa. and there are allegations that gadhafi's troops are using rape as a weapon of war. we'll hear from some of his former soldier...

Guessing. >> even through the partisan filter of maria, she makes a very important point. that we're in -- this part of the state is rural. this is where sarah palin has a lot of support, smalltown rural america. if you go to the eastern part of the state, very important, philadelphia and the suburbs, that's where she has problems from the last campaign. sort of with independent voters and moderate republicans. as someone who's covered her for years, we haven't seen much yet on this bus tour, we're not getting a lot of speeches, we don't know a lot but do you see any little hints that she's a ...

This is a bus to be able to express to america how much we appreciate our foundation and to invite more people to be interested in all that is good about america and to remind ourselves we don't need to fundamentally transform america, we need to restore what's good about america. you can start by doing that right in here. i'm glad you guys are here. >> now, the non-campaign bus tour has a non-published itinerary, meaning we don't get a schedule in advance. expected here tonight -- there are actually a lot of families waiting for her but she's apparently in for the night at a local hotel. we'l...