adviser. summers will return to harvard where he previously served as president. and bristol palin made her debut on dancing with the stars. she and her partner danced to the song, mama told me not to come. bristol s mother, sarah palin, watched the show from her home in alaska and we re told bristol had to get over a bout of shyness in order to do this. it looks like she succeeded. i didn t actually see it but i ll watch it on youtube or something. joe, our shot tonight, some pretty crazy moments before a big college football game. we found this on youtube. a smackdown this past saturday between the mascots of ohio and ohio state. take a look. that s the ohio university mascot tackling the ohio state mascot, brutus buckeye. it goes on. the guy continues to attack him. i think this is assault and battery. apparently he s been banned from all future athletic events.
killed in a helicopter crash in afghanistan and nato says there were no reports of enemy fire. senate republicans have blocked a bill that would end the don t ask don t tell policy banning openly gay men and lesbians from the military. even moderate republicans who oppose the rule say lawmakers are not being allowed a full debate, so they joined conservatives in stopping it for now. lawrence summers will step down at the end of the year as president obama s chief economic adviser. he will return to harvard where he previously served as president. and bristol palin made her debut on dancing with the stars. she and her partner danced to the song, mama told me not to come. we re told she had to get over a
hmm. so what do you think? little sign to her mama getting rid of the stiff suit? bristol palin kicked up the heels to mama told me not to come. the teen mom off to a smooth start. sarah palin wasn t in the audience and she did tweet from home saying, quote, over the moon excited and happy for bristol. cheering her on at the party in the palin living room. all right. let s see what else is crossing the wires. cnn political producer peter hammy in washington. when s crossing? this morning we are talking political money. late last night the republican national committee michael steele s group announced raising roughly $8 million and spent $8.5 and done that a number of times this cycle. they have $4.7 million in the
republican. i grew up listening to them argue issues across the kitchen table. at the end of the day, i think you grow up fundamentally, that s a good thing. finally, mark ballas led bristol palin in a cha-cha performance to mama told me not to come on dancing with the stars. do you catch what she s she s like wearing her mom s she rips it off. can we do instant replay? yeah. i just love it. and you know what, she was good. yeah. which is whatever, you think, it s a relief, you don t want bristol palin to go through more hard times. no you know, dallas rhymes with ballas which makes me think of tom delay. was had on dancing with the stars ? yeah. i did hear that sarah palin was watching and cheered her on, tweeted out, very proud of my
head, did it? former president bill clinton also hit the late night circuit stopping by the late show with david letterman . he talked about what he and his wife secretary of state hillary clinton now thought about their daughter s marriage. hillary wanted this marriage because she wants to be a grandmother more than she wanted to be president, you know? she wants to be a grandmother. so i don t know. wow. clinton told letterman he s happy for chelsea s marriage because it now evens out the family, two men and two women. mama grizzly, sarah palin, did not show up last night to watch her daughter s first performance on dancing with the stars. but bristol palin busted it out anyway, tearing off a little suit po reveal this sort of sleek flapper dress. she danced to mama told me not to come. and her cha-cha wasn t thatted bad. but the moment of the night might have been when florence henderson, mrs. brady, issued a challenge to the jersey