pete, thank you. >> that's just washington being washington. >> yeah. >> some things never change. >> never change. well, hours before president obama stepped on stage in tucson and called for a new era of civility in politics, sarah palin broke her silence on the deadly shootings joining the debate about harsh political rhetoric, and she denounced her critics. >> especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves to incite the very hatred and violence that they purport to condemn. that is reprehensible. >> well, the most common question i've heard in the last 24 hours is what was she thinking, and to try to understand, that we went to robert draper, "new york times" magazine did a profile with her, probably the last reporter to have a real in-depth interview with her, her team. the best person we could think of to possibly explain her thinking, and so first question, robert, what was she thinking?