>> mike viqueira at the white house for thus morning. it's going to be a busy day there. we're going to get into more of that in a minute. savannah, quickly on this housing thing, this has not gone very well. less and that 200,000 have been able to modify their mortgages. this is a big problem. >> to the extent it hasn't been fixed the economy really can't bounce back. so they've got to address it, no question. it's reunion time in arizona today. he made her a national figure. today she will try to repay the favor by injecting some conservative street cred into his campaign. mccain and palin reunited on the trail this week. chief washington correspondent norah o'donnell is in tucson, arizona this morning. norah, it's very interesting. they really stood by each other, weathered the storm and now palin's coming to help him out in a pretty tough campaign, right? >> reporter: that's right. reunited and john mccain hopes it feels so good with voters here in this state because is he facing a really tough challenge