we do have some tornado warnings out there this morning, one to the west side of meridian, between meridianackson and another small cell in the very rural areas of alabama. when we hear about tornadoes on the ground this morning, we'll let you know about it. >> come on over any time you get that news, bill kanrinskarins. >>> the governor of arizona signed a controversial bill that's enacted the toughest law in the nation against illegal immigrants. telemundo is live at the epicenter of this controversy in phoenix. jose, take us through what this new law means for the people in arizona. >> reporter: well, good morning, alex. look, this law which won't take effect for 90 days but when it does, it gives local police essentially immigration authority powers. one of the things that police can do and will have the legal authority to do so in 90 days is if they look at an automobile, for example, that's driving down the street and they think that maybe one of the people inside that automobile may be an illegal immigrant, they have the right to stop that vehicle and ask that person for his document

alities getting reports of trees down and some damage to homes in meridian, mississippi, due a possibleornado. unconfirmed at this time. the warnings, you can see, xaft right where the quell is going through. on into tennessee. the bigger picture, speaking of tennessee, shows that memphis and nashville are und atornado watch persisting through the afternoon. hattiesburg, mississippi, down through new orleans also under a tornado watch. however, the watches existing here for central mississippi, alabama and western tennessee are listed as a particularly dangerous situation. a pds watch. what does that mean? enhanced language means even more severe than a regular tornado watch, because if a tornado does break out in this reason it is likely to be violent and long-lasting. pds watches are rarely issued. so had they are, we like to bring them to you so you're well aware of the risk. is risk is high for much of this region. thunderstorms sweeping across much of the southeast. one of the places we're seeing intense storm activity, i mentioned, birmingham. working its way further to the east a

there are statues of him and the same with jimmie rodgers in meridian, mississippi. country music, hank williams, jimmie rodgers, johnny cash, are so much part of the american grain that i can't think of the 20th century without the voice of hank williams. so it was great the pulitzer -- >> i think what i'm saying is you would have two sides of this here because it's often said that the broadway musical was america's unique contribution to the world, but in fact county music is at least as, if not more, distinctly american. >> switching subjects again, i want to play for you an audio tape. you'll recognize the voice and you'll understand that this has never been played before. it's been released just recently. this is from october of 1968. you have to keep that in mind. let's run it. >> it's lyndon johnson. >> oh, yes, mr. president, how are you? >> i hope i'm not interrupting your dinner. >> no, no, we finished some time ago. >> gordon, we -- i just learned tonight our folks have been out looking at these libraries, and is there no way in the world that we could rec