>> sarah palin keeps everybody guessing on her national tour. >> just what is sarah palin up to? >> stephen: that's the power of sarah palin. no matter what she does america starts asking "why is this happening?" [laughter] besides her website explains that she has rented a bus "to promote the fundamental restoration of america." [laughter] after stopping at mount vernon palin wrote: even piper was able to grasp the significance of being in the presence of our first president who had such diverse interests - when she told me later "how hard he must have worked to keep that farm going!" [laughter] true. i can't imagine how hard he worked with no help other than his african volunteers. so, folks -- [cheers and applause] so go to sarah palin's website where you can help restore america. and also restore sarah palin's bank account. because the first thing that pops up is this donate button. won't you help sarah palin learn basic facts about u.s. history for just pennies a day? [laughter] now like governish palin, i want to use my pac. colbert super pac, to take my kids on a for-profi

. >> jon: she's in the bus wrapped in the constitution signed by sarah palin. how do not know where she's going. it was a bus brett michels said -- michaels was quote "a bit much." let us let her tell us what it is. >> it's not about me. it's not a heat-seeking tour. >> jon: i get it. you're in stealth mode. how do you get around when you are seeking publicity? [screaming] that's odd. why are we playing cat and mouse game? can't you tell the reporters where you are going so we can go back to our lives. >> i don't think i owe anything to the mainstream media. i think that it would be a mistake for me to become some kind of conventional politician. no, i want them to have to do a little bit of work on a tour like this. >> so this whole thing is just a (bleep) you for asking which newspapers you read? [laughter] you may have noticed that sarah palin gave those remarks about avoiding the press into what looked like a camera which was apparently allowed on to the bus. there's a simple explanation for that. she was giving an interview to greta van susteren who later

sarah palin is utterly unconventional. you doesn't have your usual political people doing her research and what republican candidate would go to new york city or philadelphia as part of the republican primary? if she did do it on purpose, who cares? politics is like that. i think rudy may have been there for that reason. that's part of what happened when you have ten people running for office and a lot will be in iowa and new hampshire at the same time. >> do you believe this isn't about publicity for her or keeping her in the headlines, that this is just a family vacation where he's going around to significant monuments and having pizza with donald trump? >> i think it's impossible to be sarah palin today without getting publicity for virtually anything she does in the public arena. so if she wants to take a tour to visit americana, it's going to happen. unless the day comes she says i'm not running for president, that's when the press will back off of her. that just comes with being sarah palin, no matter what. >> candy,

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that's just a small little taste of sarah palin being sarah palin it's good stuff and that's why the new york times and the washington post arts and i was told i would hers for actually asking for help to cover the release of her e-mails if the media would leave her alone maybe she'd stay in alaska keep her eyes on russia full time and leave everyone else alone. as it begin taking a good hard look at the possible g.o.p. presidential candidates for joining twelve i just can't open notice one quality that almost all of them seem to have in common it's gone and no i don't mean that they have been common just because they're good christians or mormons in that romney's case i mean these people claim the god wants them to be president here's a few examples. do you know beth had to be guarded that i would bet it was no i bet but the plane was primed all of the guard was speaking through me to me through my granddaughter that this is something that i have got to at least explore both in the kitchen. and in the sort of. i and no. don't just know that she's actually. now michele bachmann actua

it wasn't enough for sarah palin to rewrite paul revere. now they are trying to rewrite wikipedia to fit her view of the universe into actual history. check outside where i think she belongs. >>> we start with weiner's political future, such as it is. i want you to read right now something on radar online. releasing e-mail between a las vegas woman, blackjack dealer and congressman weiner. now this is the conversation. you get the drift of this. let me go to alex. this kind of conversation being carried on by a 45-year-old married man in september, by the way, to continue this point of view, the second woman, here it is. this is an e-mail, let's see, this is in september of last fall. i guess we get enough of this. let's go on. alex, maybe this is age group stuff. i guess i don't get sexting or texting or why people communicate this this little you get the drift of this. let me go to alex. this kind of conversation being carried on by a 45-year-old married man in september, by the way, to continue this point of view, the second woman, here

what is sarah palin up to? after a wild ride in a bus with the press in tow, where will she turn up next, and what's the point of it all? >>> the new low for the housing market. worse now in most big cities than it was at the height of the recession crash. >>> and the class of 2011. tonight, our annual look at the very best of the send-offs to this year's graduates. very best of the send-offs to this year's graduates. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. the world health organization today said cell phones are possibly carcinogenic. and they put cell phone use in the same category as contact with various chemicals for the possible cancer risk it could pose when the cell phone is pressed to the ear during use. this statement from the w.h.o. makes this topic front and center once again. this statement labeling cell phones as a possible carcinogenic hazard comes from a panel of 31 scientists. and while it doesn't reverse any of the current studies, it does rais

if sarah palin doesn't run she will be the king maker. it is her mission to stop romney and i think bachmann as well. but with whom? with anybody? here is an, i told you so. with bush consist ept against all evidence would increase revenue and balance the budget is in ten years ago today they were signed into law, those tax cuts. let's see how wrong the people pushing them were. >>> finally, get me a wre re write. it wasn't enough for sarah palin to rewrite paul ra reer, now they are trying to rewrite wikipedia to fit her view of the universe into actual history. check outside show where i think she belongs. we start with weiner's political future such as it is. i want you to read right now something on radar, on-line. releasing e-mail between a las vegas woman, black jack dealer, and congressman weiner. weiner, his voice, i hear liberal girls are very accommodating of others. woman, of course, it is all about taking care of the little guy. weiner, little. ouch. you'd be surprised how big. now this is the conversation. you get the drift o

the real sarah palin. thousands of her private e-mails released today. a surprising glimpse behind the curtain. and fukushima. the nuclear contamination is worse than we thought. and now fears of a genetic impact. we'll get the latest from physicist michio kak yue. then anthony weiner. we know what they think of him on capitol hill. tonight we'll hear from a leading feminist. now back to the top story. the drama playing out at syria's border with turkey. desperate syrians are fighting to cross that border and get to safety, even as the syrian army advances on the rebellious border area. cnn's ivan watson is there and joins us now. ivan, what are you seeing today? are the streams of refugees continuing across the border? >> reporter: they are absolutely, eliot. more than 3,800 refugees now. there were barely 400 48 hours ago. the turks are planning to open up a third camp. we've been to one of the hospitals in this area. they say they have at least 30 bullet wound victims there. we talked to one of them. he actually came across weeks ago after being shot

. >> sarah palin, tens of thousands of e-mails released when she was governor of alaska. >> coming up later for you. a call for more money to help immunize the world's poorest children. we have a special report. >> hello and welcome. the military crackdown in syria is intensifying with government forces reported to have killed at least 28 people on friday. tanks have swept into a town where the government claims 120 soldiers were killed earlier this week. the town is close to syria's border with turkey, and thousands of refugees have already crossed the border. our middle east editor reports. >> an apprehensive groove of syrians, some waving olive branches approached the border with turkey. they fear this could be the start of a much bigger exodus. here at the edge of syria you get ripples from the storms further in. the city where these people come from is less than a half hour away. some of the wounded are being taken to this hospital in the local town and kept away from journalists. the bbc managed to get in to see men worried about reprisals a at home but happy to talk. two said t

it wasn't enough for sarah palin to rewrite paul revere. now they are trying to rewrite wikipedia to fit her view of the universe into actual history. check outside where i think she belongs. >>> we start with weiner's political future, such as it is. i want you to read right now something on radar online. releasing e-mail between a las vegas woman, blackjack dealer and congressman weiner. now this is the conversation. you get the drift of this. let me go to alex. this kind of conversation being carried on by a 45-year-old married man in september, by the way, to continue this point of view, the second woman, here it is. this is an e-mail, let's see, this is in september of last fall. i guess we get enough of this. let's go on. alex, maybe this is age group stuff. i guess i don't get sexting or texting or why people communicate this this little girl, little boy language. like ouch. apparently he said to someone the other day, ugh. speaks in almost a comic book, like this cartoon language in the midst of sexual conversation. >> i think that

coming up she's making her rounds on her one nation bus tour so good sarah palin as national hopscotching foreshadow a twenty twelve presidential campaign. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right. i think. even one well. we have a government says they're going to confuse safe get ready because of their freedom . you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and hear see some other part of it and realize that everything you. are welcome is a big. carbon coming up in this half hour she hasn't even announced if she'll be running for president the sarah palin is already showing promise at the polls against a republican counterparts so is the race for the two thousand and twelve seat an actual possibility for the former vice presidential nominee plus it seems like our nation is breaking away from the very foundation on which it was built the laws and principles i'll tell you how america has sunk to a new low internet stilly today and the fight is on a safe california declining population a wild mustangs details

some of them do come from sarah palin's private account. but she was using that private account for state business. these are e-mails between sarah palin and state executives, her staff about state business. they made it very clear that those that we're not seeing, a couple thousand or so were very, very personal in nature. now some personal ones i did see, i came across one where willow palin grabs her mom's blackberry and is arranging a playdate. and a friend finally said how did you get your mom's blackberry? cute things back and forth. so there are personal e-mails. but these are e-mails that mainly relate to state business, and that's why they're being released. >> drew, appreciate it. thank you very much. if you want to read the e-mails yourself, you can find them on cnn.com. still ahead, new apology from congressman anthony weiner, this time to his neighbors in his new york apartment building. at least the note has weiner's name on it, we should say. we'll tell you what it says ahead. >>> plus devastating testimony today at the casey

talking to the other campaigns, they are careful to say we love sarah palin and we respect sarah palin. even michelle bachman is doing it. mitt romney said new hampshire is a big state. it's clear she doesn't want to leave the lime light. as much as she complains about the press chasing her, she still very happy to have that happen. >> selling a new book now. i think it's. >> bristol said she know fist her mom will run. >> they made millions and millions more they want. that's my guess right now. nothing wrong that. >> you are a smart guy. >> ousterity is a dirty word in greece. fueling angry mo pro tests and they got a taste that was frustration when he took to the streets of athens. bl here at quicken loans, we like to go the extra mile for our clients. with the wassman family, it was 2,500 extra miles. we're the wassman family from skagway, alaska. livin' so far out and not havin' a bank within 90 miles... i was runnin' into dead ends. happened to come across quicken loans online. [ chris ] walked over to the computer... i was able to see all the paperwork. while i was on the phone,

you seem to be conceding that her critics have a point about sarah palin? >> well, no one is perfect. and i think i got a chance to see sarah palin, all of her positives and her negatives. unfortunately, i think what's happened here is the media coverage she endured and my fal "media malpractice" certainly documents that, created a situation where she had a horrible set of cards and she had to play those cards in a way that allowed for her survival. this is really what led to the resignation. most people don't understand the resignation from the governorship of alaska which is the main reason i don't think she should run for president. it's an issue that's absolutely dead on arrival. >> you say a presidential run would be suicidal. that's pretty strong language. >> it would be suicidal for the republican party. i think it would be good for her brand. i don't know that she has much choice but to run for president to con her brand. for the republican party it would be devastating. she is absolutely, positively, 100% -- keep in mind, howard, nobody has more in

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on the same day, sarah palin brought her bus tour to the granite state. this week, palin admits her appearance may have stolen some of romney's thunder. >> i apologize if i stepped on any of that p.r. that mitt romney needed or wanted that day. i seriously apologize an didn't mean to step on anybody's toe. >> for his part, romney took it in stride saying palin's presence is actually a benefit to his campaign. >> sarah palin is generating enthusiasm and interest in a campaign, that's a good thing. she has a lot of energy and passion and bringing it to our race is positive for us. right now, your greatest enemy is overexposure. people get tired of seeing the same person day in and day out. >> some of romney's rivals are ramping up their 2012 bids. tim pawlenty plans to unveil his plan to fix the economy today. it's expected to reveal a three-tiered tax system to simplify tax rates. meanwhile, former pennsylvania senator rick santorum threw his hat in the race during a stop in his home state saying, he's, quote, ready to lead. >>> and austan goolsbee says he

. >>> tonight the e-mails of sarah palin. these are 24,000 pages of e-mails from sarah palin's half term as governor of alaska. it took official requests from six news agencies, including cnn to get alaska to give them up. we've been going through them, and so have many news organizations. so far there have not many blockbuster. they record her frustration with her family's state linked travel, plenty of messages about the media focus on her family, and a official at her pack saying they show a very engaged governor being the ceo of her state. but this e-mail did stick out. august 2008, quote, he gave a great speech this morn in michigan, mentioned alaska. he being candidate barack obama. stole our energy rebate $1,000 check idea, stole our tc-alaska gasoline talking points, et cetera. she adds we need to take advantage of this. write a statement saying he is right on. here is a portion of the speech that she was e-mailing about at the time. >> i believe we should give every working family in america a $1,000 energy rebate, a

i think whether people like sarah palin or don't like sarah palin people m people find her an intriguing personality, a political celebrity like they've not seen. so she does draw attention. and particularly media amention this kind of cable, twitter facebook environment. she's sort of ready made for that environment and the question is can she translate that into a real campaign? >> ifill: well, maybe she's headed your way up there in new hampshire. dan, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, gwen. >> ifill: finally tonight, a jazz master and his big band of the future. jeffrey brown talks to wynton marsalis. ♪ >> reporter: it was part-ww competition, part-celebration, part workshop, as hundreds of students from around the nation descended on jazz at lincoln center in new york recently for the finals of the 16th annual "essentially ellington" festival. 110 high school bands had entered this year's competition, submitting recorded performances for the judges. just 15 were chosen. it began with an extended meditation from the man behind it all: the renowned trumpet player, band leader and

i think whether people like sarah palin or don't like sarah palin people m people find her an intriguing personality, a political celebrity like they've not seen. so she does draw attention. and particularly media amention this kind of cable, twitter facebook environment. she's sort of ready made for that environnt and the question is can she translate that into a real campaign? >> ifill: well, maybe she's headed your way up there in new hampshire. dan, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, gwen. >> ifill: finally tonight, a jazz master and his big band of the future. jeffrey brown talks to wynton marsalis. ♪ >> reporter: it was part-ww competition, part-celebration, part workshop, as hundreds of students from around the nation descended on jazz at lincoln center in new york recently for the finals of the 16th annual "essentially ellington" festival. 110 high school bands had entered this year's competition, submitting recorded performances for the judges. just 15 were chosen. it began with an extended meditation from the man behind it all: the renowned trumpet player, band leader and h

lee and sarah palin have in common? they both went to gettysburg, one of them lost, the other may have just begun to fight. >>> and housing prices keep falling, in some places they haven't been this low since the 1960s. edie hill asks, does the american dream get dragged down with them? >>> then the sheriff of arizona, he deported 25,000 illegal immigrants, and now he wants to take his wild west show to washington. >>> for more now on the murder and mutilation of 13-year-old hamza ali khateeb, none of our reporters can tell the story from inside syria, it's too dangerous. the government refuses to allow it. arwa is in beirut. arwa, what has been the response of the protesters in syria to the reports of this heinous torture of a 13-year-old boy? >> reporter: well, eliot, what we did hear from a prominent syrian activist who is in damascus, she said that, first of all, she firmly believes the report the video that we're seeing to be authentic. and she believes that the syrian regime deliberately released the boy's body ba

yesterday michele bachmann and today, sarah palin. are they kind of competing with each other is anyone's guess. as you mentioned, sarah palin will be in iowa today. why? to premiere the movie she stars in, a documentary called "the undefeated." a lot of our viewers probably seeing clips about it and a huge premiere in pell a, iowa today. she will be there for this. no clue if there is red carpets or like a hollywood type premiere but it's going to be a pretty big thing. you mentioned also president obama will be in iowa but not anywhere near this movie premiere but he will be in iowa today. we know the presidential candidates, possible presidential candidates and palin and the president himself are going to iowa because it is, obviously, an important state. it holds the first in the nation caucuses. kyra? >> so we have talked about newt gingrich's campaign losing staffers. now another candidate has a staffer jumping ship. fill us in on that. >> herman cain is hoping what happens to newt gingrich doesn't happen to him. we learned yest

>> you know, i think it proves that sarah palin pays attention to the news about sarah palin and heard about the discomfort the party had with what she did. she stepped all over mitt romney's announcement and made him have a bad day and she is feeling it. she works for a conservative news network and has to try to please the party bosses. i guess she pays attention to the news. >> i want to play what she said last week and how she is defending it. let's listen. >> he warned the british that they weren't going to be taking away our arms by ringing the bells and making sure as he was riding his horse through town to send the warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and free. >> i didn't mess up about paul revere. he did warn the british and in a shout out gotcha type of question asked of me, i answered candidly and i know my american history. >> chris wallace seemed a little amused by that. what do you think happened? >> i have to say my initial reaction was like you and probably all the rest of our colleagues in the juniorism profession. skeptical to say the least. i read

sarah palin was obviously asked why are you meeting with donald trump. she said very candidly to reporters yesterday afternoon, carol, that she ndand the donal were handicapping the current presidential field looking at whether or not the current field is a good fit for her and donald trump. they both had a lot to say about each other. there is a little bit of sound to play. here is what they had to say about each other yesterday. >> what do we have in common? a love for this country and a desire to see our economy put back on the right track making sure we have a balanced trade arrangement with other countries across this world so that americans can have our jobs, our industries, our manufacturing again. >> donald, do you support sarah palin as president? >> she didn't ask me for that. she is a terrific woman. she didn't ask me but ile tell you she is a great woman and a terrific woman and a good friend. >> carol, they were also asked about whether or not they would run as running mates in 2012. some of these questions are starting to get a little absur

michelle bachman and sarah palin all tested. sarah palin is tied for last for having a positive intensity figure. herman cain has more positive intensity number. there is a lot of republicans turned off by sarah palin. >> sure. i think the issue is they want a candidate that can win. she is great to watch. she entertaining and has great sound bytes and people love to see her, but when you are take being someone who can go up against president obama and be able to talk about the issues and have a level of not just integrity, but a depth of understanding of the issues, she is not the candidate. >> one of the overlooked part of the trips is she met with fox folks apparently and todd palin said she can't bring people on because she is an employee. fox is suspended candidates running for president. they have not suspended her. don't we think they probably asked the question and she said i'm not running? >> i think the fact that she is still on fox as a paid contributor after last spring with others who were running or considering run

it's not a neutral thing sarah palin is doing. she really wants to get at us. the one thing i would add is, you know, sarah palin comes in second to mitt romney in the polls so she needily by just, you know, coming out of her front door kind of ratchets this up. this could be a bizarre family vacation or a way of upping her speaking fees. but she still rates in the polls second to somebody who's been campaigning solidly for a year. >> with all of us about fodder, she get it both ways. i want reporters to work, i'm not going to tell them where i'm going to be, but she wants the coverage. she's pleased she made such a big splash and she gets to ridicule us in the process. >> yeah. look, everything you guys said is entirely true. >> you have to disagree with them. that's why you're here. >> you're totally wrong. let me say this, i think you're right, she been fits from the publicity and i think if nobody followed her, then there might be some complaining about nobody following me. but, look, you know, i don't blame her for being a bit hostile toward the media. the

while her tea party rival, sarah palin, visits today. >>> and trouble at the track. injuries when a racehorse rears up at the starting gate. >>> good morning. two of the nation's nuclear facilities are being closely watched this morning. floodwaters have swamped a new plant in nebraska. >> and in new mexico, the los alamos national lob is now closed for a second day, as an out-of-control wildfire sweeps dangerously close. ryan owens has the very latest, now, froro los alamos. >> reporter: behind me in the distance, you see nothing but smoke. this is the main road in and out of town. and right now, it is largely deserted. this town of roughly 12,000 people, for the most part, has been evacuated. it is all under a mandatory evacuation order. and its best-known landmark, the country's largest nuclear weapons lab is closed. firefighters are scrambling to keep this huge fire, which overnight scorched 44,000 acres, away from nuclear material, radioactive material, that is stored on-site. this afternoon, there was a spot fire on the property. and the main fire, part of that

coming up she's making her rounds on her one nation bus tour so could sarah palin's national hopscotching foreshadow a twenty twelve presidential campaign. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right. i think. one well. whenever the government says they're for the keep them safe get ready because you know their freedom. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear see some of the part of this and realize that everything you saw. are welcome to the big picture. are been coming up in this half hour she hasn't even announced that she'll be running for president the sarah palin is already showing promise at the polls against a republican counterparts so as a race for the two thousand and twelve seated actual possibility for the former vice presidential nominee plus it seems like our nation is breaking away from the very foundation on which it was built laws and principles i'll tell you how america has sunk to a new low and tonight still each day and the fight is on to save california declining

look at sarah palin. sarah palin has used tweeting brilliantly. she gets to inject herself into the political conversation no matter where she is and she doesn't have people like us asking her questions. she can just say 140 characters exactly what it is she wants to say on any particular issue. remember the health care debate. when she started talking about death panels. that became a huge issue in health care reform. politicians can use it to their advantage. it also has the real downside and, again, i think it establishes this sense of intimacy with sometimes can be good because the more your voters get to know you, the better off they are. sometimes it can be really bad. >> gloria, don't go too far away. we have other subjects to discuss as well. gloria bornlger in the situation room. >>> white house field trip for dozens of house republicans, details described as a quote, frank talk with the president of the united states about the debt ceiling. nato makes a move. it says sends a clear message to the regime of moammar gadhafi. fore! no matter

i'm still saddened by the attacks made on sarah palin and her family. it's been like nothing i've ever seen. i can understand why michele bachmann would think that could happen to her. it is what it i. we are all big men and women and we should be prepared to take what comes. >> senator mccain, thank you so much for your time. >> thanks for having me on. >> just ahead, weep update you on the deadly attack on the intercontinental hotel in kabul, afghanistan. ♪ [ male announcer ] and just like that, it's here. a new chance for all of us: people, companies, communities to face the challenges yesterday left behind and the ones tomorrow will bring. prudential. bring your challenges. a complete four course seafood feast for $15. start with soup then have salad and biscuits followed by 1 of 7 delicious entrees and finish with something sweet all for just $15. right now at red lobster. ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ my only sunshine ♪ you makes me happy ♪ when skies are grey ♪ you'll never know, dear ♪ how much i love you ♪ please don't take my sunshin

sarah palin got a lot of attention. i'm not sure anybody about sarah palin knows exactly what it is that she's up to. but, governor, a pew research "washington post" poll had some fairly stunning findings. i want to run these by you. when republicans-- not just voters in general, but when republicans-- were asked what word they would use to describe the republican field so far, the word they used most often was "unimpressed." followed by "disappointed" and "weak." the word "good" did come in fourth, but it was followed by "incompetent, pathetic, unqualified, not interested, and idiots." four republicans in ten, 37%, used negative words to describe the republican field. only 22% used positive words. that tells me, governor, that no matter how bad this economy is, you've got some work to do here. >> it reminds me of the last two times the country has elected democrats as president. in the first half of 1991, if you asked people about bill clinton, those would probably have been some of the nicer things they said about him

filmmaker, a very flattering movie about sarah palin's career. being premiered tonight in the small town of pella, iowa, a picturesque campaign setting. sarah palin has decided to attend it in person. she'll be there in the audience. and do a little cookout with the folks in town afterwards. not a campaign trip per se, but this is one more of those things that has everyone wondering exactly what is sarah palin up to. is she looking at a campaign? is she in the process of trying to make herself a king-maker? sort of end up in a powerful position in the party and raise her stature again? anyone who tells you they know what she's up to right now are flat lying. i don't think anybody knows what she's doing. >>> 152 miles to her east, president obama will be in iowa today, he's going to bettandorf, to visit a factory plant where employment levels have risen. they've gone back to the level these were before the recession started. the president will try to run a national message at that event. we'll see hill there this afternoon. part of his busy politi

i doubt that it will. >> sarah palin says it was a coincidence. romney says it didn't bother him, the fact that she showed up in new hampshire. >> you believe that was a coincidence. >> on the day he announces he's a republican presidential candidate. >> i don't know. i don't think the bus just kind of showed up there by coincidence. i'm sure they all understood that this was the day that romney was announcing formally for the presidency. i was e-mailing with someone in his campaign to ask about it and he said to me, look, i don't believe in formal announcements anymore. everybody knew he was running. i think he was being a little charitable. it was clear she was trying to step on his message, particularly on his message on health care. >> she made it clear she disagrees with him on that. >> look, you know, it's kind of unprecedented to me really on the first day that he officially announces, there she is. so it makes me think, you know, maybe she's more serious about running than i've previously thought. >> she might. we never know. she's unpredi

thousands of pages of e-mail from sarah palin's time as governor. what we're learning about her. >>> on the attack. firefighters try to press than vaerj in arizona where the monster blaze is over 600 square miles. >>> uprising. protests across syria and a violent government crackdown. are they are o on the edge of a fu full-blown civil war? >> and plit clael incorrect, 50 years of speaking his mind, leaving nearly no one unscathed. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening, i'm lester holt, in tonight for brian. sarah palin's short royse from obscurity to a source of analyst's fascination reached a new level as reporters lined up to scour thousands of pages of e-mail from her time as alaska governor. looking for insight and clues into her political ambition. nbc requests the state of alaska release 24,199 e-mails covering 2006 when she was sworn in as governor to 2008 when she was john mccain's presidential running mate. can her foes try to use them to find her candidacy? michael has been examining som

that's just a small little taste of sarah palin being sarah palin it's good stuff and that's why the new york times have a lodging to impose guards and i was told i wonder is for actually asking for help to cover the release of her emails if the media would leave her alone maybe she'd stay in alaska keep her eyes on russia full time only better one else alone. begin taking a good hard look at the possible g.o.p. presidential candidates for joining twelve i just can't open notice one quality of almost all of them seem to have in common it's gone and you know i don't really have many common just because they're good christians or mormons and mitt romney's case i mean these people claim that god wants them to be president here's a few examples. do you know better head to be guarded than i would bet was no i bet one plane was proud of you know that god was speaking through me to me through my granddaughter but this is something that i have got to at least it's. not just. the transfer to minnesota state i am no idea just how much it's actually. now michele bachmann actually recently just

sarah palin defends her knowledge of the u.s. history. another gotcha question apparently aimed to take her down. >>> and not guilty. the french big wig abuccused of rape says he didn't do it. wonder what the crowd of new yorkers outside court thinks. >>> but we begin with new conflict and violence along israel's border with syria. a short time ago the u.s. state department delivered a firm and unequivocal statement. syria is, quote, clearly behind the deadly confrontations taking place between israeli troops and palestinian protesters along the golan heights. today syrian police have vowed to keep the demonstrators at bay, but it could be too little, too late. according to the syrians, 23 people were killed on sunday with more than 350 wounded. itn's john ray has the latest from tel aviv. john? >> well, it's been calmer today. at one point syrian police stopped a couple dozen protesters. what a contrast to yesterday when many hundreds slipped past the checkpoints. i think that is bound to fuel israeli claim that is this whole thing was a