our deputy political director paul steinhauser is watching it unfold from washington. ul what are the national implications of this new law? >> reporter: yeah, fred. what's going on in arizona to cause controversy over that new law could have an impact back here at the nation's capital. it could be a kick in the pants to the white house and democrats in congress to kind of moving facilitier now on their push to pass immigration reform in congress. and we're seeing this is interesting, because the president and the white house and democrats in congress have been talking about trying to get immigration reform done. now all the attention there in arizona plus the large protest marches in favor of immigration reform here in washington and across the nation a couple weeks' back. both of those could push, help push forward on this. dana bash reporting yesterday congressional democrats try to fast track immigration reform, jump it ahead of clean energy reform, try to get it done this summer or this fall before the november election. >> how much more involved might we expect th