hours to clear out the parking lot, starting at noon and we expect sarah palin to get here shortly before that and to right in front where dignitaries will be leaving from so she can get out quicker than people at the back of the pack and though they will not hear from governor p l pal palin, once they make their way across the bridge into d.c., all of participants will hear from out going secretary of defense robert gates who will be retiring at the end over june as well as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen. eric: a lot of speculation whether governor palin tries to run again this year, what are the organizers saying about the fact that she is taking part in the today? it is interesting, because they are clear it s not a sarah palin campaign event and she s not going to speak. that is why we don t know exactly when she s coming or where he s going to be. but, they are saying, it s not a democratic event, not a republican event and she s welcome to ride
here live on the fox news channel beginning at 3:00 p.m., eastern. eric? eric: alaska s former governor rolling to the beltway today as she launches what some think is a mysterious national bus tour. sarah palin s first stop is at the annual rolling thunder memorial ride in washington, d.c. it is the first stop of what is considered several other places, gets burger and other historic places on the trip? what is she doing and what could it mean? peter doocy is live from the pentagon parking lot. the staging area for today s event. peter, when do we expect to see sarah palin and will she be speaking? reporter: she s not expected to speak, she s not going to speak but she ll ride and we are told, look behind me, look at how maybe bikes there are, the huge north parking lot across the speak from the pentagon, bike-to-bike-to-bike as far as the eye can see from our vantage point and it will take three
the focus, the national media attention, continues to be on what the rolling thunder is all about, which is, bringing awareness to servicemen and women who are captured or still missing in action, and, so, they are saying as long as the focus does not all go to governor palin, they are happy to have her here. eric? eric: such an important cause and we ll wait to see sarah palin on a harley in a few minutes. peter, thanks. reporter: that s right. jamie: there are promise intents republicans now added to the list prominent republicans now added to the list of contenders, rick perry says he s considering it after months of denying any interest. we ll have to wait and see and former new york city mayor, rudy giuilani and former new york governor george pataki saying they might be mulling a campaign run. could it help light the g.o.p. fire, or do republicans still need to go shopping? david drucker, staff writer forethe capitol hill newspaper, roll call if it were only that easy y
ordered up on the internet. thanks for joining us for your perspective. when governor perry says, i m not interested in being president, i m thinking about it, is that a game-changer? not at all. i think governor perry has been urge in some circles to run, because among some republicans primary voters, they are looking for a more provocative, forceful advocate, if you will for conservative policies and someone who is not shy but criticizing president obama but i don t expect him to run. it sounds a lot like what happens when somebody doesn t want to run and, so many people ask, they say, okay, fine. i ll consider it. i ll think about it. and we find out, really, they didn t want to run and are not going to run and what governor perry, it is important to note, two of his closest political advisors are working for newt gingrich on his presidential campaign and i don t think anybody in perry world really expected him to run, or thinks he s going to run. jamie: interesting, because he