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10:00The Tea Party Movement

Some Tea Party activists hope to shift from organizing political rallies to winning elections. What's behind the movement's appeal and its potential political impact.

Guests

Judson Phillips, Organizer, the National Tea Party Convention www.teaparty.com

John Avlon, senior political columnist, The Daily Beast and author of "Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America" www.thedailybeast.com

Grover Norquist, president, Americans for Tax Reform

Rick Perlstein, author of "Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America" and "Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus."

Brendan Steinhauser, Director, Federal and State Campaigns FreedomWorks

11:00Basharat Peer: "Curfewed Night"

Its been called the most dangerous -- and most beautiful place on earth. A Kashmiri journalist recounts the pain of leaving his war-torn country as a boy and the gut-wrenching stories of the Kashmiris he met when he returned as a reporter.

Guests

Basharat Peer, journalist and a fellow at the Open Society Institute.

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