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HARRIS: North Korea, its deadly attack on South Korea is one of our top stories and it is one of the top things you're talking about online right now. Josh is tracking that for us. Good to see you, Josh.</s>JOSH LEVS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, good to see you, too, Tony. You know we look for how to get information to people online.</s>HARRIS: Yes.</s>LEVS: But we also do keep an eye on what people are talking about. And there's something really interesting going on today I want you all to know. Usually when you look at Twitter, you look at what the most popular topics are. You're going to see Justin Bieber, a lot of pop culture things, some random phrase someone came up with. Today, number one, as of a few minutes ago, and number four, were both people around the world praying for peace in the Koreas. And this tells you something. It tells you something about how many people are concerned about what's going on there with the attack by North Korea and the retaliation being threatened by South Korea.</s>HARRIS: Yes.</s>LEVS: And also how many young people are focused on this today. What they're saying about it. Some see it as central to world peace. I just want to share a few of these tweets for you. "God, please bless the Koreas and the world. Make this world peace." And people are adding this at the end, "pray for Korea and Korea peace." Let's bang through a few more of these here because they are going to need it. Here's another one. "I hope everyone manages to stay safe and that they all come together to support each other. Hope those in the army are doing OK." And I've got two more here. This one, "God, please bless the Koreas and the world. Make this world peace." And I'll get you to one more here. "So many people are dying all over the world because of diseases, natural disasters and accidents. We don't need more deaths." And they're adding this "pray for Korea" at the end. So this shows you how many people are concerned about this, Tony. And I want all of you to see, it's a very complex region, as we all know. Sometimes it's hard to understand what's going on there. We do a really good job at cnn.com of breaking this down. Let's zoom back in. I just want you to see a few of the features that we have. You'll find them through our main page. This right here is an exploration of just the DMZ, that demilitarized zone at the border, what's been going on there over so many years. This is about life inside Korea, with photos, talking to you about what it's like inside North Korea and what people who have gotten out describe life to be like there. And, finally, we have an explainer section that takes you through the hostility between the two countries going back through the history. Definitely want to empower yourself with knowledge when you're getting on FaceBook and Twitter and giving you view.</s>HARRIS: Oh, that's good stuff, Josh. A lot of folks concerned about Korea right now, that peninsula. Thank you, Josh.</s>LEVS: You got it. Thanks.</s>HARRIS: Sarah Palin back in the headlines, or should we say still in the headlines? Mark Preston, Paul Steinhauser, part of "The Best Political Team on Television," live from the political desk in Washington. Guys, good to see you. What do you have for us this hour?</s>PAUL STEINHAUSER, CNN DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR: Tony, let's talk about the book. Here it is. This is it, "America By Heart." This hit the bookshelves this morning. And I think we have some video right now from Phoenix, Arizona. This is just brand new into CNN. And this is at the bookstore where Sarah Palin will be a little later today. This is where she kicks off her book tour across the country. And people were camping out overnight to get -- to be first in line to meet Sarah Palin a little later today. And, you know, Tony, a little later today we're going to have our Shannon Travis out there live in Phoenix and we'll have some live coverage tonight as Sarah Palin signs some books. This is interesting, too. Will John McCain be there? Remember, this is Phoenix, Arizona. John McCain's home state. I spoke to a McCain spokeswoman and she said that while Mr. McCain and Ms. Palin are very friendly and speak all the time, he will not be there. He is with his family on vacation. And, Tony, one last thing. That book tour is going to take Sarah Palin to Iowa and South Carolina. What do those states have in common? They're pretty important. They run pretty high in the race for the White House, Tony.</s>HARRIS: That is terrific. All right. Let's see here. Where is your partner in crime? Ah, there he is.</s>MARK PRESTON, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL EDITOR: Over here.</s>HARRIS: What are you following there, Mark?</s>PRESTON: You know, Tony, the midterm elections were earlier this month, but they're still ongoing.</s>HARRIS: Oh, yes.</s>PRESTON: Last night another Democrat conceded, allowing Republicans to pick up yet another seat. The count right now, 62 seats Republicans have picked up in the midterm elections.</s>HARRIS: Right.</s>PRESTON: Solomon Ortiz represented Corpus Christi in the Brownsville area down in Texas. He was elected in 1983. He conceded last night to his GOP opponent, Blake Farenthold. So, again, 62 seats Republicans have picked up. Four House races still remain unresolved. Two in California, two in New York, and, of course, we still have that ongoing battle between the two Republicans up in Alaska for that Senate seat. And closing, Tony, this whole race out to replace Mayor Daley in Chicago is getting a little bit crazier. You know we have Rahm Emanuel, the former chief of staff to President Obama running. Danny Davis. He's a congressman. Carol Moseley Braun, who's a former senator. And Roland Burris now is considering running. In fact, supporters yesterday filed nominating papers on his behalf for him to run to mayor. I spoke to one of his top aides just a few hours ago and he said that, in fact, Burris is considering running for mayor. Right now, 20 people are running for mayor to replace Daley.</s>HARRIS: Are you kidding?</s>PRESTON: Twenty people right now, Tony. That election is going to happen in February.</s>HARRIS: Oh, my goodness. That will be something to watch. Gentlemen, good to see you. Appreciate it. Thank you both very much. Your next political update coming up in one hour. And for the latest political news, you know where to go, at cnnpolitics.com. NetFlix changed the way you borrowed movies. Now they want to revolutionize the way you watch them. We'll tell you about that. 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