steven paul logan of arizona to be united states district judge for the district of arizona. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate prior to the motion to invoke cloture on the tuchi nomination. without objection all time is yielded back. the clerk will report the the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: motion to invoke cloture. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provision of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of john joseph tuchi of arizona to be united states district judge for the district of arizona signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of john joseph tuchi of arizona to be united states district judge for the district of arizona shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote:

dennis wagner is an investigative reporter for the arizona republic and "usa today." dennis, let's actually start with phoenix. that is obviously where you are reporting. i'm wondering if these reports about veterans awaiting care and having problems with the va are something that is new, or something that has cropped up from time to time over the years? >> well, it's apparent it's something that's come up for almost a decade, or at least a decade i would say. if you even look at the inspector general's interim report that just came out yesterday, it reels off a list of previous inspector general reports at other locations around the country, where they identified wait time, manipulations, false any indication of data, that kind of thing. there was a gao report a couple of years ago that documented it at numerous locations. so it's not something that is new. phoenix is the tip of the iceberg, the last straw on the camel's back, whatever you want to call it. it's something that climaxed with what happened in phoenix? i want to play you what congressman jeff miller, one

firefighters report some progress as they battle a fast-moving wildfire threatening homes near flagstaff, arizona. >>> forecasters predict a slower than usual hurricane season. >>> and an american scientist who fell into a deep crevasse in the himalayan mountains saved himself. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, may 23rd, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. firefighters in arizona made what's described as good progress overnight, fighting a wind-driven wildfire near flagstaff, but the fire has grown to more than 11.5 square miles in a canyon between sedona and flagstaff. 3,200 residents there remain on alert. lindsey reiser of our phoenix station kpho reports on preparations for evacuation. >> reporter: the community meeting tonight was packed with about 300 people in attendance. it was very tense at times as they fear the worst with these evacuations. >> there's a lot of uncertainty. people don't know. you know, there's one road in, one road out. and you've got over 3,000 people. >> i do a bird show at the a

telemundo 48 converso con el alguacil que pudiera ser el proximo gobernador de arizona...as llego arpaio, se enfrento a los manifestantes... nat maria marroquin/act ivista "no quiere ver la verdad, no quiere ver que los inmigrantes producimos, somos el brazo fuerte de la economia, que somos seres humanos como cualquier persona" sin embargo, el temido alguacil afirma que su verdad es otra joe arpaio/alguaci l el dice estar a favor de la inmigracion, pero la legal... afirma que no solo los hispanos tienen a familias separadas, y que si un miembro es deportado y separado de sus seres queridos, la unica forma de reunificarse es entrando legalmente al pais... esta en contra de una amnistia elena macheco/activi sta "lo que hace es injusto. nosotros tenemos un derecho obligatorio para proteger a nuestra familia y a nuestro dreamers" arpaio ha sido reelecto como alguacil del condado de maricopa en seis ocasiones. ha sido acusado de anti-hispano por diversas organizacione s y por detener a personas con un perfil racial especifico, seÑalamientos que el rechaza, aunque una corte fede

en este punto el servicio de inmigraciÓn los envÍa por aviÓn a arizona donde los procesan.un juez. la mayorÍa no lo harÁ. >> segÚn este activista dejar en libertad a estas personas sin boleto es un peligro para ellos. es cuestiÓn de salud pÚblica. una crisis de seguridad. >> segÚn la patrulla fronteriza mÁs de 400 inmigrantes indocumentados que han pasado por esta central de autobuses para trasladarse a diferentes puntos en los estados unidos. >> ahorita no se sabe si este programa va a seguir. depende en el flujo de gente que estÁn en texas, si crece vamos a agarrar aviones. >> en un comunicado enviado el servicio de aduana y protecciÓn fronteriza ayuda a procesar inmigrantes indocumentados. despuÉs de ser procesados los transfieren y se determina la custodia. >> la mayorÍa de los inmigrantes son mujeres y niÑos, son puestos en libertad en las estaciones de autobuses. >> el senador menendez alavÓ un reporte en el que se critica el uso de fuerza por parte de la patrullera fronteriza. de 67 casos hubo algunos muertos. >> autoridades estÁn alertando de una red de secuestrador

>>> a wind-driven wildfire puts several arizona communities on edge. hundreds of firefighters work to contain a fire that's already burned more than seven square miles. >>> a terror attack in china kills dozens of people. a series of explosions tears through a crowded marketplace in a region marred by ethnic violence. >>> and are airle ssgers flying blind when it comes to ticket prices? the federal government proposes new rules aimed at uncovering the hidden cost of air travel. captioning funded by cbs ded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, may 22nd, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning a fast-moving wildfire in northern arizona is threatening hundreds of homes. the fire is burning near a state park between sedona and flagstaff, an area popular with tourists. at least seven square miles of land have burned. the smoky wind-driven fire quickly moved up canyon walls and forced the main road between flagstaff and sedona to close. greg argos of our phoenix station kpho says anxious residents are pa

gosar of arizona. at the end of the bill before the short title insert the following, section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to create or maintain a national firearm registry. mr. gosar: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading. >> mr. chairman. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. wolf: i reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the point of order is reserved. without objection, the reading is dispensed with. pursuant to thed orer of the house today, the gentleman, mr. gosar from arizona, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. gosar: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to offer a multifaceted amendment to limit funds within the commerce, justice science and related agencies appropriations act to programs that are constitutionally appropriate and sane. for the sake of time i'll highlight some provisions within my amendment. my amendment p

the clerk: rosemary marquez of arizona to be united states district judge for the district of arizona. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided. the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, to use our time, my colleague from indiana spoke -- the presiding officer: will the senate please come to order. mr. wyden: mr. president, to use our time, my colleague from indiana spoke earlier as though the cloture vote on extenders determines whether or not the senate will have any amendments to the extender bill. that is not the case. a "yes" vote today is a vote to move the debate forward. and in that vein, i simply want to announce that if cloture is invoked, i would be happy to work with senator hatch and the two leaders to develop an agreed-upon list of amendments narrowly related to the bill as the finance committee did in its consideration of the bill in the committee. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i want to thank my good friend, the chairman o

tonight the call to action as the best of the best firefighters from around the country pour into arizona to battle a tower of flames. >>> tonight passengers are fighting back at the nation's airlines. saying they're hiding the true cost of tickets. >>> watch your wallet. we have video of pickpockets with new tricks. the experts take you frame by frame to show how to spot them. >>> tiny houses, the size of an suv. how your neighbors are beating high costs. and finding happiness. >>> a good evening to you on this wednesday night. we are coming on the air in the middle of a battle against the raging wildfire out in arizona. an army of firefighters charging to the rescue. this fire is growing by wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. abc's ryan owens is on the ground with the fight against the flames. >> reporter: there is something else red hot tonight near sedona arizona's iconic red rocks. a wildfire, 0% contained, is charring some of this country's most gorgeous landscape. >> the road is closed. >> reporter: tourists are being turned away in advance of the memorial day holiday. this couple

. >> nogales, arizona. a bus has arrived filled with people being deported from the united states. >> right now we're headed to san juan bosco, a shelter here in nogales where the mexican immigration authorities have picked the people who were just deported, they take them there so they have a place to stay on their first night back in mexico. >> many thought 2013 would be the year when congress finally passed comprehensive immigration reform. but it was not to be. over several months, fault lines investigated how the failure to pass that reform played out in the lives of some of the nearly 12 million undocumented immigrants in the us. people like jose - who preferred we use only his first name. >> so when were you deported? >> when was i deported? today. >> so today is your first day in mexico in 31 years since you left last? >> yeah, >> a lawyer? >> no license. 21 years ago. >> yeah >> jose is one of a thousand people who are deported each day, and one of nearly 400 thousand deported last year. president

humetewa of arizona to be united states district judge for the district of arizona. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of diane j. humetewa of arizona to be the united states district court judge of the district of arizona, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote? seeing none, the ayes are 64, the nays are 34, the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: diane j. humetewa of arizona to be united states district judge for the district of arizona. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will proceed to the consideration of the following nominations which the clerk will report. the clerk: department of commerce, roy k.j. williams of ohio to be assistant secretary of commerce for economic development. department of s

rayes of arizona to be united states district judge for the district of arizona. signed by -- mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names not be necessary. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 2 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all thoofd say nay -- all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: thank you, mr. president. i move to consider calendar number 669. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: james alan soto of arizona to be united states district judge. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask that the chair order the reading of the motion to invoke cloture. the presiding of

son trasladados a arizona donde son dejados en libertad. ♪ ♪ >> este su noticiero univisiÓn, ediciónlderÓn y enrique acevedo. ♪ ♪ >> muy buenas noches, enrique tiene unos dÍas libres. un hispano que alega haber sido golpeado por hispanos en una cÁrcel mientras visitaba a su hermano preso, recibiÓ mÁs de 1 millÓn de dólares tras llegar a un acuerdo con el condado de los angeles, carrillo dice que ademÁs de la golpiza lo acusaron de contrabandear un telÉfono celular, veamos los detalles. >> asÍ quedÓ gabriel carrillo despuÉs de que cinco alguaciles de la cÁrcel de los angeles le dieron una brutal paliza. carrillo habÍa ido a visitar a un hermano a la cÁrcel en febrero de 2011,y los guardias lo acusaron de querer introducir de manera ilegal un celular en la prisiÓn. lo llevaron o sitio donde no habÍan cÁmaras de seguridad, lo esposaron y le propinaron una golpiza que lo dejÓ inconsciente. >> con su cabeza en el piso, muchos heridos... >> le produjeron varias heridas en su cuerpo. >> daÑos, la nariz, tiene parÁlisis en su ojo, problemas con su espalda. >> a carrillo, segÚn su abogado, le

en flagstaff arizona para tel telemundo. >> intenso granizo daÑÓ casas en denver, colorado.ventanas, algunas c fachadas destruidas. en algunas partes formo una capa de opcho g puglgadas de espesor. >> la administradora nacional dijo que la temporada que ini a iniciinicia el primero de junio estarÁ bajo el promedio. prodian haber de 8 a 13 tormen tormentas tropicales. asÍ que no se espera actividad c ciclonica tan agresiva como en o otros aÑos. >> el liderazgo democrata dijo que los republicanos tendrÁn s hasta julio para tomar acciÓn en la reforma migratoria o el pr i presidente tendrÁ que actuar. horas antes joe boeghner dijo que nadie tiene mÁs interes en r resolver el problema pero no aceptarÁn el plan del senado. al regresar una profesora his hispana creÓ un sistema para o proteger a estudiantes en las s escuelas. la furia de los toros obliga a c ccancerlar una corrida en mad d madrid. los toros anotaron una victoria. regresamos con mÁs en el noti e noticiero telemundo. cover the papi. that's it. locutora: al momento de nacer, el cerebro de tu bebe ya forma conexiones qu

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el sistema sigue trayendo nubosidad ocasiona problemas en arizona. ♪ >< el condado de santa clara seorobada que encallÓ en las aguas de la playa. >> la apariciÓn del cetÁceo causÓ sorpresa de cientos habitantes. >> los cientÍficos intenta determinar si los restos de la ballena son adecuados para la investigaciÓn o el uso educacional. ♪ ♪ >> ya se acerca el fin de semana, y tambiÉn el momento de ver cÓmo va estar el clima en los prÓximos dÍas. >> buenas tardes. feliz jueves. una tarde estupenda, muy agradable desde los 68 hasta los 75. en promedio, para el norte de california, agradable, pero el mismo sistema que trajo algunos nublados y lluvia, excelente para las zonas altas, se mueve hacia el centro del paÍs y genera un problema en arizona. entra humedad que genera tormentas. la situaciÓn es difÍcil por los incendios, el brote de 100 -- el brote de incendios que estÁ presentÁndose en la zona boscosa de arizona. temperatura los 52. y ahora sÍ, el perfil para este fin de semana extendido. ( informaciÓn en pantalla ) ( informaciÓn en pantalla ) se perfila un fin de semana extendido muy

this is who arizona is. we tend to forget that but it is important to remember if that is not the persons that is trying to cross the border as we speak, perhaps treated like an animal, that is the neighbor, friend, of tomorrow. one of the questions we were addressing, where is the future in this? how does this contribute to a future vision or our rules contribute to a future in which everybody is welcome? in which everybody gets along and everybody lives in a peaceful manner side by side? that is one of the important things we are all a part of. not just scholars but anybody who lives on the border. how many research reports are we seeing that tells us enforcement on the border is not working, we see that countless times. how many billions of dollars keep people from trying to survive or living for their family. what about those things we as a nation or as a community we have to address as time moves on, what is it we see ourselves as part of this community, what is it we see for ourselves is part of this l

starts now on al jazeera >>> on "america tonight" an exclusive insiders look into medical care in arizona's prison system. shocking allegations of neglect by prison health workers that left inmates at risk. >> when i went back to his cell, i could smell blood before i went into the room. when i turned on the light, it looked like someone had been murdered. >>> more on the continuing focus on crime and punishment as adam may follows up on privatized health care behind prison wars >>> also - against the law. hundreds protest the death of a californian strawberry picker at the hands of police. >> shots fired. one down. >> it was recorded. >> two shootings by cops within days, outrages a migrant farming community, raising question about police power and the use of force. >>> swept away. what the tide brings, the artist shapes, and the water's return to the sea. >>> good evening, thank you for being with us, i'm joie chen. for six months "america tonight" vetted allegations of abuse and cover up in the treatment of arizona prison mates. cop victims are not -- convicts are not sympathetic, but th

contributed to 58 worthwhile arizona programs. this assisted arizona's 16 multijurisdictional drug task forces with arresting over 6,000 drug offendsers. these same drug task forces seized over 870,000 grams of cocaine, nearly 50,000 grams of heroin, more than 200,000 grams of methamphetamines, over 300 pounds of marijuana and more than 40,000 marijuana plants. finally, and perhaps morse satisfying, the combined efforts of these task forces in tandem with prosecution resulted in over $23 million in forfeited assets. these byrne j.a.g. programs nationwide have proven themselves worthy of sustained federal resources. as a member of the congressional law enforcement caucus, i will strive to keep america's homes and communities safe by providing important resources to worthwhile law enforcement programs that protect the local communities. i thank you, mr. chairman, and i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of my commonsense amendment and with that i will yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gen

i thank the senator from arizona. the united states uses almost 25% of all the electricity in the world and we need electricity we can rely on. we don't want to flip the switch and have the light not go on. we don't want to go to work and have the generator not working. we use a lot of electricity and that comes from baseload power. that is typically in our country coal, nuclear, and now natural gas to a lesser extent. wind is intermittent. it was at night. usually -- usually it blows at night. it blows only about a third of the time, and you use it or lose it. so using -- relying on wind power to run a country with, that uses 25% of all the electricity in the world is the energy equivalent of going to war in sailboats when nuclear ships are available. baseload power is undercut by this intermittent wind power, when the subsidy is so large that the wind developers can in some cases give away -- give away -- and in effect pay the utilities to take their wind, making the baseload power that we need to rely on for the lo

that's the road that runs between sedona, arizona and flagstaff, arizona. firefighters are really focusing on holding that line, the road, holding the line that they have already been able to create in some way on the north end using kind of a back burn operation as well as throwing down fire retardant. they do have a lot of resources as you mentioned here today. that's been a big improvement over what they had here yesterday. at least 800 fire personnel. 15 hotshot crews. we're expecting to see five more hotshot crews arrive here in the next few hours. we also know they had five helicopters up working, three air tankers. they're throwing everything they have at this right now, brianna, in the hopes of keeping this fire under control. we're sitting at just under 5,000 acres. that number has not gone up in the last 24 hours or so. but, again, it's still an unpredictable situation. we're going to keep watching it for you. >> and do we have any sense of how this started, ana? >> we don't know specifically. fire officials say they're still investigating. but th

the accident happened this morning on interstate ten near the california and arizona state line.people were killed. several others have been transported to the hospitals. they getting 17 patients in local hospitals. i-10 is closed in both directions through the area. the big rig lost a load of pipes and the bus swerved to avoid it and it went east interstate and overturned. the bus is operated by el paso los angeles limousines, a chatter company based in texas. our breaking news coverage continues on twitter. >>> happening today a south bay landlord has agreed to a deal that allows students to return to a usual toed vocational school two days after being shut down if a rent dispute. matt keller is at bryman college. >> are you leaf at -- relief at bryman college. the students are relieved to be back with classes back in session. here are the faculty members opening up. the 6:00 a.m. is training for dental assistant. the attorney says the owners of bryman college owed $80,000 in back rent. the sheriff carried out an eviction order on monday and posting "no trespassing signs," with

firefighters cannot get an upper hand on that dangerous wildfire in arizona.housands 06 homeowners on alert, told to be evacuated at a moment's notice. new court documents shedding light on the new boston bombing case. the younger tsarnaev letter wrote while hiding out in that boat. >>> it's happened again, a young woman find alive after her alleged kidnapping. overnight, chilling information on what she endured as police take the suspect into custody.

. >> yes, sedona, arizona. plus, critical u.s. nuclear facility may be at surprising risk of attack from terrorists, deranged gunman or hackers. we'll tell you about that in a moment. >>> those pictures might look familiar to you if you've been to arizona. firefighters there are struggling to contain a wild fire near sedona. >> sedona is a scenic, beautiful place. it's known for hiking and spas. now emergency officials are warning thousands of people that they may have to evacuate. anna cabrera has more on the painful preparations they're making now. >> reporter: the tinder dry conditions throughout the region are textbook for fire burning out of control. >> fire gets into the steep terrain with heavy fuel and wind driven, it's a bad combination for catastrophic wild fire. >> reporter: planes and choppers swoop in spraying water while hundreds of firefighters are on the front line battling a fire that's threatening 3,000 residents. >> it's my home. >> reporter: frank owns 20 rental cabins. a popular vacation destination. >> we wer

in the town of blithe on i-10 when a big rig jackknifed and spilled a load of steel pipes onto the arizona border. a number of people were rushed to hospitals in the chp and the number of those that were killed could rise. our station in los angeles confirmed that the bus belonged to los angeles limousine express. >> christopher hubbard admitted to raping at least 3 women in the area. bob redell is live outside the courthouse. this guy admits to raping at least 40 women and yet he is getting out of prison. >> reporter: they are and they will be showing up in hours to display their displeasure to release the man back into society. judge brown here at the hall of justice agreed to the conditional release of christopher hubbard to let him live in a home in hal mapalm da. according to the da's office he will be under strict super vision. he will have to wear a gps monitor. not happy at all. a couple of dozen residents argued that he will always be a threat to society. >> each time he was released he went out and offended again. he has been in jail and mental institutions and he is ready, suppo

flags in his home state of arizona have been ordered flown at half staff. >>> jeb magruder died. americans will remember that name from watergate. he helped arrange the break in of the dnc. he was one of 25 people who went to jail because of watergate. for obstructing justice. the korean war veteran former cosmetics executive became an ordain minister after getting out of jail. he died at 79. >>> it's eight seconds of old black and white film but for history buffs it offers a view of something rarely seen, fdr walking with the benefit of leg braces. this happens to be at the baseball all-star game in 1937, 16 years after he contracted polio. the film was shot by a baseball player, brought his camera to the game. the public was rarely allowed to see the president's disability and it wasn't unusual for secret service to confiscate cameras from onlookers. >>> sad photos from outside detroit show what happened to a place that was home to a lot of happy memories at one time. the pontiac silver dome is lying abandoned. >>> finally here tonight, i don't suppose it's an object on ending

jeff and i live in a big state, arizona. sometimes a veteran has to ride in a van for three hours or more to get to a routine medical treatment. why not give that veteran a card and let him or her get it wherever they are? that's what i campaigned on and it's not going to be fixed until we give the flexibility to the veteran to get the care they think they need most. >> you know, senator flake, the fact that they adopted in different states the same fraud system is that suspicious to you? >> it is. they travel around and get advancement or promotion and move around different va facilities and it's likely that in the same way that some businesses take best practices with them, they may have taken the worst practices with them with regard to these wait times because it seems to be the same kind of devices used to mask the real waiting time. let me tell you as well, that, you know, if congress needs to appropriate money more, if we need to do that, we need to do that based on the information we get from the va and if the va is

. >>> and still ahead, tonight a wildfire burning in arizona continues to grow. the everths to -- efforts to get it under control. >> weather is not helping much as the massive high drives temperatures upward but there's relief. and a forecast in sight after the break. female narrator: through monday, get 36 months through monday, get 36 months interest-free financing and save up to $400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on serta icomfort and tempur-pedic, but this special financing offer northern arizona canyon is growing. >>> well, a wildfire burning in rugged terrain in a northern arizona canyon is growing. crews intentionally set fires to get rid of fuel to which -- the flames would spread. this tactic called burnout was conducted on the key northern flank of the fire. the fire has grown to at least 16 square miles. so far, no homes have been destroyed. the fire is only 5% contained. >>> electric automaker tesla is eyeing northern california for a new factory. california and four other states are in the running for a

we've been covering a dangerous situation unfolding in arizona. a massive wildfire exploding in size today, ten times larger than it was at this time yesterday. tonight hundreds of firefighters are struggling there to contain it as thousands are on notice, they may have to move in, others may be ordered to evacuate. nbc's miguel is covering in flagstaff for us tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. we're eight miles from the head of the fire because it is so difficult to reach on the ground. it's burning in the middle of the forest. today the story line is winds and while they are kicking up at this hour, while they have been calm, crews have made progress. chewing through dense forest land, arizona's slide fire is a blow torch in these drought conditions. whipping winds funnel flames up and down steep canyons. >> you're going to have extreme fire behavior 18 to 22 and high intensity fire that will want to move fast on you. >> reporter: thousands of acres have been burned but not a single structure destroyed. several communities warned

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here on kpix 5. ,, hundreds of firefighters are working to contain a massive wildfire in central arizona. the fire is only 5 percent contained and 3,200 >>> hundreds of firefighters are working to contain a massive wildfire in central arizona. the fire is only 5% contained. 3200 homes have received pre- evacuation warnings so far. high temperatures, strong wind gusts fueling the fire moving it close to the residences. the flames have already burned thousands of acres of slide rock state park, a popular tourist destination in arizona. >>> new details. it now appears the disgraced owner of the los angeles clippers is ready to sell. sources told espn donald sterling has agreeded to let his wife shelly negotiate a sale this after the nba banned him for life for making racist comments. earlier his lawyer had said sterling would fight the ban. but over the course of this week, he reportedly did some rethinking. his wife is already an alternate governor of the team. >>> a climber has a brush with death in the himalayans caught on camera on his cell phone video. >> in the hole, thankfully i didn

poniendo las cosas en perspectiva, ¿esta ley mejorÓ o empeorÓ las cosas para el estado de arizona?plicar sobre trÁfico humano, Áreas laborales... >> muchas ciudades en todo el paÍs estÁn cambiando su polÍtica en tÉrminos de cooperaciÓn con las autoridades migratorias. ciudades importantes como nueva york, por ejemplo, ahora estÁn pensando en entregar tarjetas de identificaciÓn, identificaciones oficiales a los inmigrantes indocumentados para tener accesos a varios servicios. >> ¿dÓnde han estado? eso se ha estado haciendo aquÍ por aÑos. >> ¿usted considerarÍa algo asÍ? uno piensa en phoenix, por ejemplo, una ciudad importante que pueda avanzar, y que decida no cooperar con las autoridades de inmigraciÓn o entregar tarjetas de inmigraciÓn para los inmigrantes indocumentados. ¿cree que esto pudiera ser una buena idea? >> las identificaciones que tenemos, lo llaman "la tarjeta", ayudan en el sentido de que si encontramos a alguien muerto en el desierto podemos identificar a la persona, pero no tiene por quÉ ser un documento oficial. yo me opongo a la amnistÍa... en mÁs de un asunto. l

a wildfire in arizona, big and only getting bigger. burning more than seven square miles in a single day. >>> the politics lead. how can anyone miss you if it you never went away. hillary clinton looking more inevitable for the 2016 presidential race. a progressive may take her on. >>> in the money lead, the biggest art heist in history. the general public hasn't seen any of these 13 works of heart since they were stolen a quarter of a century ago. apparently someone has. and quite recently. >>> good afternoon. i'm jake tapper. in our national lead, you know what they say about arizona, it's a dry heat but it's way too dry right now. dangerous drought conditions leaving the area between sedona and flagstaff as kindling for a wildfire burning at an alarming rate. it was 450 acres and today it is more than ten times that size. burning near slide rock state park. the fire is threatening 300 structures. we're talking mainly homes and vacation homes. thousands have been evacuated. more than 800 firefighters are making a stand against the fl

>> the arizona republic is read by people in arizona. it was pretty much a local story. the television networks got on it, sorry, the local tv stations, media has been fabulous along with ktar and there was no national exposure to it until cnn and the three networks, fox got on it quickly. abc and nbc until a week or two ago with cps had not hit their radar. it wasn't until the hearings and started -- events started to go within the beltway that they started to pick up on it. >> what have you learned from this experience, how the media does or doesn't work? >> well, you just have to be persistent and they work pretty well once you get to it, and it was interesting, because people started picking up the arizona republic article and i got calls from the wall street journal and from "the new york times." if you told me a month ago my picture would be on the second page in color of the wall street journal i would say you're crazy. that's what happened. >> what's been the reaction to people that you confided in, people that you told you were planning to do this? whistle blowi

i do deal in the book with the degree to which arizona and texas independent organizations formed and try to function. chavez basically undercut them in a lot of ways by making sure they didn't get funding so there is a battle, there's a turf battle because he wanted to be the sole voice for farmworkers. ultimately the idea was that it would be national union. that was the goal but they could never effectively run california well enough to expand. and then the efforts in texas and arizona. >> the texas farmworkers had a hunger strike at the capital in 1978 and they also had a march to washington which i believe you are familiar with. at the time i remember speaking to antonio and he said they wanted to represent all farmworkers both u.s. citizens and mexican workers and caesar did not want that. he only wanted u.s. american farmworkers to be represented. >> that was a good philosophical difference between the two groups. >> excuse me. my question has to do with unions. the taft hartley act in the late 40s really was a very poor act because when you strike an alternative is for manager

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so far no one has been hurt and the cause is under investigation. >>> in arizona, slide rock state park remains qulo s closed thisg because of a wildfire burning there. they are making some progress. up from 5% on saturday. and preevacuation warnings for more than 3,000 people are expected to be lifted today. it's burned just over 20 square miles near sedona and the exact cause has not been released, but officials say it was caused by people. the park is one of the most popular tourist spots in arizona and would normally draw thousands of people over the memorial day holiday. >>> well, still ahead "today in the bay" hunter pence left without a ride to work this afternoon. what he's doing this morning to try to track down his beloved scooter he says was stolen. >>> and welcome back to you. a live look at 0.co coliseum this morning. the a's looking to right the ship after being swept by the blue jays in toronto. live look at at&t park. the chicago cubs will be in town. g men have won four straight and now have the best record in the major league. petite will get the start today and matt c

la patrulla fronteriza en texas despuÉs de ingresar ilegalmente a estados unidos pero ya en tucson arizonasionada con sus dos hijos pequeÑos el autobÚs que la llevarÍa a nueva orleans para reunirse con su hermano. >> voy a trabajar, voy a ayudar a mis dos hijos que tengo en honduras y pues voy a seguir dando estudio. >> ella es una entre cientos de inmigrantes quien en dÍas recientes han sido liberado en su esta estaciÓn de autobÚs son mujeres con niÑos se estima que en esta semana llegaron aproximadamente 400 a arizona desde texas acuerdo a autoridades es mÁs facil procesarlos aquÍ. >> tenemos los edificios, tenemos las computadoras y tenemos las gentes para recibir a aviones llenos de inmigrantes. >> el servicio de inmigraciÓn y aduanas ice informÓ que despuÉs de ser procesado los inmigrantes que serÁn puestos en libertad ten tienen la oportunidad de comunicarse con sus familiares cuando lleguen a la estaciÓn de autobus autobuses. >> a new orleans a reunirme con mi hermano a echarle muchas ganas trabajar y hacer mi casa. >> pero para la organizaciÓn pro inmigrante casa mariposa que brind

it's about much more than just veterans in phoenix, arizona.e inspector general concludes quote inappropriate scheduling practices are systemic throughout. conclusions like that one have led house veterans affairs chairman jeff mill tore call in attorney general eric hold tore launch a criminal probe. and for the first time miller is now calling for v.a. secretary erik shinseki to resign now. miller's committee has a hearing tonight and members are asking if scheduling schemes at the v.a. led to veterans dying. >> we don't have the information yet. we're waiting on that. some of those folks while waiting died. if that's true, remember the person who oversaw all this got a bonus because they met all the quality measures. i hope that that's not true jobs because if it is, it's really heinou heinous. >> that sets up a rare evening hearing on capitol hill before the house veterans affairs committee where republicans and democrats will ask tough questions of three current veterans affairs officials. now this is traditionally not a partisan matter, n

we go to a state expected to enjoy solid growth, arizona.oining us from phoenix, is lee, professor of economics at the arizona state university school of business. welcome to the programme. is this a case that the drivers of the population being jobs, and is that why we see this in the south-west? >> you know, this is one of the major research questions that academic economists studied for years and years. is it jobs following people or people following the jobs. it's chicken and egg analogy. i think what we see now is the recovering continuing to pick up some speed. we are seeing people following jobs, and the states that seam to attract population are the states that are adding jobs at the fastest clip. that's why you see texas and utah in there. >> i was going to say the recovery was pronounced in the south and west. all 15 of the nation's fastest growing communities were in the south and west. >> that's right. what we are seeing is a return to a growth pattern that has really existed in the country for the last five or six decades. the w

if they are here illegally why are they coming to arizona?federal authorities said they are not putting them in detension center. they are not criminals. and so mexico will not take them and that takes the deportation process lengthy and eric, they are supposed to report to local ice offices and where ever they end up. and how many will do that is anybody's guess? sounds astounding. thank you so much. >> a new arrest in the boston marathon bombing probe. and your mother told you to wash your hands with soap to stay healthy. we have that next. what if a photo were more than a memory? what if it were more than something to share? what if a photo could build that shelf you've always wanted? or fix a leaky faucet? or even give you your saturday back? the new snapfix app revolutionizes local service. just snap a photo and angie's list coordinates a top-rated provider to do the work on your schedule. the app makes it easy. the power of angie's list makes it work. download snapfix for free. trwith secure wifie for your business. it also comes with p

clouds coming from the bottom of the screen northward up into arizona. that's cloud cover helping decrease the temperatures a little bit yesterday. and will do so further today. there may be a few showers up there on the rim northern portions of arizona toward the grand canyon or flagstaff. that's about it. not a lot wet weather out there today. much of the west looks pretty dry, only the central and northern plains have a chance of getting drenched, even seattle, maybe a couple of drips in the bucket. this is a slight chance of a shower or two in seattle. but for the most part, it is a dry forecast out there today. with extra clouds, we'll keep you slightly cooler today, below 100 in many desert areas. that's your national forecast. >>> maybe close to my perfect temperature. sunny, low humidity, 77. >> 76. i was going to say, that's a good place to go. thank you, bill. >>> brad pitt socked in the face on the red carpet in a jump and punch attack. >>> a $55 starbucks drink that will send your mind racing. >>> and a look at a woman that expanded all minds

. >> en busca de valiososo consejos de salud viajó cecilia harris a arizona, adelante cecilia que nosora que nos va a dar claves para vivir saludablemente dentro de nuestro hogar. >> hola, gracias. >> para patricia levenson hay tres cosas muy importantes, nutrición , actividad física y control del estress, el jardín es uno de sus lugares favoritos. >> pusimos mucho esfuerzo, aki8 uno puede venir y descansar, el estrés se va acumulando y nos puede enfermar, de muchas formas, nos puede enfermar con depresión , ansiedad , pero tambien, puede enfermar elcorazon, , musculos, dolor de eespalda, tensión. >> a diferencia de lo médicos convencionales ella ve al paciente en su totalidad. >> la importante es que la personas tiene todos, la mayoría de los poderes para curarse a si misma si mantienen su cuerpo sano con nutrición , ejercicio , manejar estrés en forma sana. >> ella anda en bicicleta a todas partes , praxctica natación , y hace yoga 4 veces a la semean. >> aceite de oliva y coco, no debe faltar ajo que tiene propiedades antivirales . >> ekla come pescada de vez en cuando ni carne ni

we have arizona to talk about. >> the fire. we had horrible flooding in ohio which we -- >> on top of that. >> i-70 was closed, kentucky had wind damage. the big picture for the severe weather reports yesterday. even southern, southeastern idaho had a report of a tornado. so pretty widespread with many different complexes of thunderstorms. kind of what you expect in our peak severe month of may. now, we still have that little -- little spinning wheel there over southern areas of nevada. that's going to spark off additional showers and storms and man a thunderstorm in the mountains of central and southern california, but not a lot of rainfall. of course any lightning strikes, if we get any storms, could spark additional wildfires. we have a forecast changing in the northwest. the frontal system will be trying to move on shore. today one of your last really gorgeous beautiful warm days. we're not going to see a lot of rain in the next 48 hours, but as you go through friday afternoon in seattle, the best chance to get some showers