Jon Stewart rally - live updates

[babsbunny]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/30/jon-stewart-rally-restore-sanity

The Daily Show host is holding a 'rally to restore sanity' in Washington DC to counter the conservative resurgence in the US midterm elections. Follow live updates


* David Batty

1.35pm: Hadley has just emailed in to reveal she's made Arianna Huffington cry, promising more details in her longer blog on the rally later today. Oh dear Hadley, I hope you weren't mimicking her accent.

For those of you wondering what breakfast is provided on the Huffpo buses: "It's yoghurt - Greek, of course".

12.49pm: Hadley Freeman has just joined Arianna Huffington on board the last of 200 buses hired by the Huffington Post to ferry people to the rally. She writes:

Hadley Freeman

"Arianna and I have just boarded the last Huffpo bus and are about to set off from NYC for DC. Even at 5am in freezing Queens, Arianna looked like she was en route to a dinner at a Michelin starred restaurant. I looked like the Michelin man."

The Huffpo's coverage of the event can be found here.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

1. C-Span link for coverage later

http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN.aspx

[MBS]

2. I think it also will be broadcast live on Comedy Central

in the newspaper I read yesterday, it said that Comedy Central would broadcast it live today, without commercial breaks, and owns the rights to the broadcast, but would not re-broadcast it. . this is not necessarily the ultimate info, but FWIW. ..

[HCE SuiGeneris]

4. Thanks for the info! n/t

[Randypiper]

7. comedy central's feed

http://www.comedycentral.com/dcrallylive/

[aquart]

3. 48 degrees is not "freezing." It's slightly brisk.

[pearl]

5. C-Span 1

is covering it. I heard on the schedule they were giving. Starting at 12pm est.

[godai]

6. Very long line waiting to get into Greenbelt Metro Station.

Report from my son that there is a very long line outside the station. He's driving to College Park to see what it's like there.

[Glimmer of Hope]

8. I live near Penn Ave and there is a non-stop stream of people walking down the street

towards the rally.

[blaze]

9. Comedy Centrals Feed starting up!!!! nt