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Jessica yellin out there, full coverage later this morning straight through tonight. should be an interesting day, t.j. >> search light, if you believe their numbers, population could go up tenfold at some point today during that rally. paul, we saw yesterday, a first, haven't seen it since the campaign, senator mccain and sarah palin on the stage together campaigning together. they had a lot to say about the dialogue we've been seeing when it comes to the health care bill but also addressed threats of violence we've been seeing against lawmakers. how did they respond? >> reporter: sarah palin...

Sarah palin is following up her critically acclaimed appearance alongside john mccain today in arizona with another southwest trip. she's going to be going to nevada to a great big tea party protest being billed as the conservative woodstock. it's in senate majority leader harry reid's hometown of search light, nevada. joe the plumber expected to make an appearance at the conservative woodstock. could turn out to be an awkward reunion since mr. plumber declared john mccain screwed up his life, that john mccain was trying to use him on the campaign trail and that, quote, i don't owe him bleep. ...

>> you cannot say we're going to wipe it all out because as shrum says, there are some good aspects in here. i think repeal and reform is an excellent argument that republicans can reunit on in november. >> p sarah palin is a big factor this weekend. she's going to be in search light, nevada and going to arizona for mccain. this is her facebook posting today. we're going to reclaim the power of the people from those who disregarded the will of the people. we're going to fire them and send them back to the private sector. maybe when they join the millions of unemployed, they'll understand why a...

>> there's going to be a rally with sarah palin in search light, nevada, his hometown, this saturday. he's facing tea party opposition and the latest poll from cbs news today shows he has a favorable rating of only 8%. unfavorable of 23%. that's pretty tough going into a re-election campaign back home. >> well, he's been through tough elections in the past. he won one by fewer than 500 votes. the opposition is very splintered. you've got a third party, the democrats are going to be there very, very cohesively. it's highly unlikely eight months from now, you'll see harry reid re-elected to anot...

Now to the debate between harry reid and sharron angle. chuck todd is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent as well. i want to start with john ralston but first take a look at some of the action. here's sharron angle, the challenger, the tea partier, delivering -- i think a cheap shot at the senate democratic leader, harry reid. let's listen. >> you came from search light to the senate with very little, and now you're one of the richest men in the u.s. senate. on behalf of nevada taxpayers, i'd like to know -- we'd like to know, how did you become so wealthy on a governm...