. >> phoenix mayor phil gordon plans to challenge the law. he says he will explore ways to take legal action against it at tuesday's city council meeting. >>> state lawmakers in chicago are calling on the national guard to help fight crime. today they said the guard should be sent to chicago right away to get the guns and crooks off the streets. >> we've already known that the u.s. troops have been winning the hearts and minds in iraq. they stabilized those communities. they made those communities much better from the time that they went in, and now those communities are safe. and we're saying that's what we want right here in illinois for the national guard to come in and help stabilize the community with the chicago police department. this is a time that we're in a financial deficit, and we're talking about raising taxes. well, how can i speak to my community and say i want to raise your taxes when people are dying every day? >> there have been several deadly shootings in chicago in recent weeks. they include a shooting two weeks ago that l

>> exactly, don, in fact that challenge is suspected to come from phoenix's mayor, phil gordon. he says that on tuesday, he will direct his city attorney to file a legal action possibly against the state that would ask for this law not to take effect also declaring it unconstitutional. don? >> thelma, thank you very much. >>> we want to get back now to our breaking news, we told you about the situation that's happening in the south and even the midwest as far up as missouri. we're going to get to our ed henry now who's joining us by telephone, ed is traveling with president barack obama in ashville, north carolina. ed, you have been briefed, he has been briefed, i should say, on this situation. what can you tell us? >> that's right, don, we have a little bit of information, obviously the white house is paying close attention to cnn, there's been seven deaths. the president has been briefed of the tragedy and he says the situation is being followed by the white house. we're trying to get more information right now as we are gathering and discussing exactly how terrible this trage

phoenix mayor, phil gordon, who plans to file a lawsuit to block the new law has asked san franciscopend on the state for employment. >>> leaders in mexico have demanded a boycott and so has civil rights leader al sharpton. in washington, homeland security and former arizona gov no, janet napolitano, says today she has deep concerns with the law. >> i think the first thing that needs to be done is for the justice department to review whether the law is constitutional. under the laws governing the supremacy clause and under the laws governing preemption and the case law governing preemption, so that i think is really -- as you suggest, is the first thing that needs to be done, is it constitutional or not? >>> back in arizona, a petition drive is being organized to put the measure to a public vote, and some mayday marches across the country that were already planned are being rebranded under the banner we are all arizona. >>> well, what do washington state libraries and german taxpayers have to do with the billionaires' bet against the u.s. housing market? you'll want to find out, beca

but talk to democrats like janet napolitano, phil gordon, the mayor of phoenix, and they've been tryinging look, this is a massive problem out here. we really need to do something. and it's getting out of hand. i think this law shows it getting out of hand. >> talk to latinos. a lot of surveys, almost 50% of latinos think illegal immigration is a real problem because guess what, illegal immigrants take jobs from legal immigrants. illegal immigrants take jobs from american citizens who happen to be latinos. this is a problem for all americans. my god, we don't answer that problem by pulling somebody over because of how they look. >> no, that's ridiculous. i mean, there is a fundamental, another kind of fundamental element of this whole equation which is that if people didn't hire illegal immigrants, there would be no reason for them to come here. >> exactly. why don't we police the businesses that are more prone to hire the illegal immigrants so if you have someone working illegally, then you can actually deport them for that reason and not because they don't look right walking down the