public polling shows that charlie dent has a lead over the democrat who s bethlehem mayor shawn callahan. democrats think they can close this in the next few weeks. and really the bigamistry is solved on dancing with the stars. there was some booing when sarah palin came on here. and some people thought that was the audience booing sarah palin. but, in fact, abc has released video and we realize that, in fact, they weren t booing sarah palin. they were booing the judges who had given some scores to some dancers right before then. so for all the sarah palin haters who thought the dancing with the stars audience members were mad at sarah palin, i m sorry, they weren t. kyra? thanks for setting the record straight. thanks, mark. we ll have the next political update in an hour. for all the latest political news go, to our website, cnnpolitics.com. let s go cross country. starting in arizona. police arrested the mayor there on charges that he took bribes in exchange for city contrac
fish camp in the afternoon. five people, including former us senator ted stevens died in the crash. four people survived. so far the nstb has not determined the cause. a cancer expert who examines the lockerbie bomber before his release from a british prison says doctors should have been more cautious about the prisoner s chances of survival. al-megrahi has prostate cancer. and experts believed he only had three months to live when he was returned to libya on compassionate grounds. new york city now cut off all funding to dominicana, a charity supported by charlie rangel, the same time the department of investigation opens a probe into the group s finances. since it started in 1985 the group received 66 million dollars in city contracts and currently has close to $77,000 in its bank account. back in june, rangel signed off on a 2.6 million dollar taxpayer funded grant to the
banned arizona superintendent tom warrant has been trying for years to get tucson schools to drop a mexican-american study program. he says it teaches those students that they are an oppressed minority. coming up at 8:40 eastern, we re going to talk live with superintendent horn, along with state lawmaker krersty cinema, she voted against the bill. and boycotting arizona byes and governments, councilmen say the immigration law violates the 14th amendment because it requires police to question anyone they think san illegal immigrant. the legislation now goes to the city s mayor who has promise head will sign it. it could affect up to $8 million in city contracts. several other city contracts, including san francisco and oakland. they ve already asked city departments not to sign any new contracts with arizona companies. well, she killed on saturday night live and got
well, shepard, here is how it starts. the mayor has banned all nonessential travel to arizona for city employees. and the board of supervisors has taken the first step toward an economic boycott. it s a rest lewis started by david campos calling for no city contracts and no purchasing with arizona-based businesses while this controversial law is in effect. respect the people of the state of arizona but we believe that their leadership is misguided on this issue. the board will vote on this resolution on tuesday. and it is expected to pass. by the way, shepard, similar sanctions have also been proposed by city leaders in saint paul in los angeles as well as up in sacramento on statewide level. shepard: of course not everybody feels this wait a minute two sides this issue. many folks are opposed to the boycotts in a big way. that s right. in fact, local business groups, for instance, san francisco s restaurant association are very concerned about a backlash boycott of sorts. th
agreed to spend 16 years in prison. president obama is trying to sell what critics call washington s war on wall street on a tour through the heartland. president obama is speaking. he is trying to get american support for a financial jeff haul bill. if you want to financial overhaul bill. it s streaming live on foxnews.com. san francisco reacting strongly to arizona s controversial immigration law. the mayor bang all city employees from visiting arizona on any official business and he s considering ending all city contracts with the state of arizona. claudia, the mayor is controversial for his views on immigration already, perhaps even more so now. reporter: that s right. for years people in this country illegally have found a safe