reach them. reporter: stewart is in town for his much-hyped rally to restore sanity on saturday to counter conservative gatherings like glenn beck s rally to restore honor. don t expect president obama to show up this weekend. he s traveling to three states to hold two big rallies of his own for democrats. you can call that his rally to restore control of congress. rob and vinita? more political news now. sarah palin is turning her political attention to a home state candidate today. palin will be in anchorage to give support to republican his challenging campaign. california s senate candidate carly fiorina resumes her campaign after that brief health scare sidelined her earlier this week. and vice president joe biden headlines a democratic congressional candidate s event today in maryland. a special memorial mass is planned later today on the notre dame campus after a tragic accident. a student died when the tower used to film football practice
later on in the show. joining me now minnesota congressman keith ellison, a member of the progressive caucus. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. always great to be here, ed. how are you doing? very good. you have been a verbal target of the broadcaster that is challenging me to restore honor. how do you is this a big game, in your opinion? well, i don t think it is a game. i think it s serious because things that glenn beck says whip up hate and frustration. there was a man in lower manhattan who was a cabbie, he was stabbed when someone asked him what his religious identification was. and a part of the thing that i m concerned about is cultural and political leaders are trying to whip up and turn americans against americans based on religion and i think that s really too bad. that s yes think your one nation march is a great idea, bringing americans together, race, class, religion, ethnicity, income, we are coming together to reclaim the american dream. i think it
yesterday. thousands ga ther this for the restore honor. from the lincoln memorial to the washington monument. he says it s a tribute to those who serve our country in the military. and no mention of president obama, by the way, except in a closing prayer. at both restoring honor event and a separate rally by civil rights leaders, martin luther king, jr. s i have a dream speech was not forgotten. it is intended for us to reflect, to reflect on what that man meant and those men meant and those and those and that man meant and the man who stood down on those stairs and gave his life for everyone s right to have a dream. you don t stop with a dream. you don t wake up and do nothing, you got to see what s not there and then wake up and make it happen. you ve got to see what is and fight to make it happen. well, the reverend al
about politic personal salvation and getting right with god than it was about political salvation. they don t like the direction the country is taking. and, beck s feeling, and the feeling, obviously of a lot of people in that crowd, it was a huge crowd, is that people have got to restore honor and integrity and faith in their own lives, and, from that, there can come a national renewal as well. i mean, it was really more of a revival meeting than it was a political rally. and, you know, the last big demonstration of this size, although it was obviously even bigger was the obama inauguration, less than two years ago, and, now, here you have some would say 100,000, others would say a quarter of a million, some say a half million people coming with a very different view, about their own personal lives and also about the country and it is really a
in his life and what leads him to this belief that the real key to the future of this country is not political reform, but personal reform, that we ve got to get ourselves, you know, and you can take it or not, but what he s saying it, got to get ourselves straight with god. we ve got to restore honor and integrity to our personal lives and talks about his personal journey and talks, the blogs fear was wild yesterday after this event about the possibility of a beck, palin political ticket, i m not going to tell you his answer, but i talked to him. i asked him about that on fox news sunday. you ll have to watch your show. that s what they call a tease. al vada king, the niece of mlk, and you ve got the reverend al sharpton complaining