understand because your argument -- you seem to be saying that what's wrong with the arizona law is that the arizona legislature is trying to control what its employees are doing, and they have to be free to disregard the desires of the arizona legislature, for whom they work, and follow the priorities of the federal government, for whom they don't work. >> but they -- but with respect to immigration enforcement, and to the extent all they're doing is bringing people to the federal government's attention, they are cooperating in the enforcement of federal law -- >> but the hypothetical is that that's all the legislature is doing. >> well, except i think, justice kennedy, the problem is that it's not cooperation if in every instance, the officers in the state must respond to the priorities set by the state government and are not free to respond to the priorities of the federal officials who are trying to enforce the law in the most effective manner possible. >> i'm sorry. i'm a little confused. general, i'm terribly confused by your answer. okay? and -- and i don't know that you're focusing in on what i believe

arizona was in court today defending not the law that the arizona legislature passed, which was reallyut of disagreement with federal policy and requiring police officers to throw the book at immigrants, to detain them and haul them off to jail if there is any suspicion of undocumented status. the law arizona was defending in court was really a fictional provision under which were simply notifying the federal government there is someone that we think might be undocumented. the justices on that view of section 2-b, the show me your papers provision were skeptical about the arguments about federal resources. >> can i interrupt one second. >> sure. >> most are not deeply schooled in the law as you, but the issue of the jurisdiction who has the power to do some of these--take some of these steps what arizona has argued, we have the power to ask people to prove their status, and that does not in any any way contra-vene the federal law. >> you're right. the case is about the limits of a state power to create it's own immigration policy and it's own immigration enforcement scheme. i think wha

there has been an unrelenting war on women from the koman foundation to the arizona legislature whichthat a woman has to go to her employer and tell them what they are sexual activity is to get birth control to what happened in virginia with the transvaginal ultrasound and employer are able to not give coverage for women for birth control. everything that rick santorum upheld everything up to chastity belt its. just ask mitt romney. in december a few polls showed him down five points to obama in head to head. he's now down 20. which is unprecedented. he's down 18 points in the gallup poll. in virginia and north carolina and new hampshire and on and on. women get this, and they realize that the republican party is not in interest of favor of their interest whether it's from reproductive rights and equal pay. >> they care about gas prices and the economy. that's undoubtedly true but women issues are for everybody. what are the argue ament that you would make where republicans are on your side? >> well, first i would say i agree with you about pay and certainly other issues that you ment

the people of arizona didn't feel that the federal government was fulfilling its responsibility, providing them with a secure environment, particularly in the southern part of our state. that's what triggered this law that -- that the arizona legislature passed. >> greta: yes, senator schumer held a hearing about legislation that in the event that the supreme court upholds the arizona law, he wants to introduce legislation which would have the effect to overrule the supreme court. but they will be back fighting that, everybody will at that point. but i am curious, was there a legitimate legislative purpose in senator schumer's hearing yesterday? can you come up with one? or was it strictly politics? >> i have never seen senator schumer address any issue unless it was political in the united states senate. bob dole once said, the most dangerous place to be in washington, d.c. is between senator schumer and a television camera. that holds true today. look, you know, do you think it was an accident that he scheduled this hearing for the day before the supreme court took up the issue? of course not. it's all got to do with politics and the election. and that's unfortunate because i am confident that we could sit down together and work out

. >> you seem to be saying what is wrong with the arizona law is that the arizona legislature is trying to control what its employees are doing, and they have to be free to disregard the desires of the arizona legislature for whom they work and follow priorities of the federal government for whom they do not work. art to the extent that all they are doing is for digging into the federal government's attention, they are cooperating. >> that is all the legislature is doing. >> it is not cooperation if the officers must respond to the priorities are the state government. >> i am a little confused. i am terribly confused by your answer, and i do not know you are focusing on what i believe my colleagues are trying to get to. 2b has two components. everybody suspected was arrested for another crime. the officer has to megaphone to call the agency to find out if it is an illegal alien -- house to pick up the phone to tell them if it is an illegal alien. he tells me unless there is a reason to arrest them, if the government says we do not want to detain the person, they have to be released for

there is a strange new law making its way through the arizona state legislature now. ill that if signed by the governor would make it illegal to post negative comments on the internet. it could ban people from terrifying, threaten, harass, offend or annoy another person. i think he mines kim kardashian is going to prison for a very long time. [ applause ] but, it's a serious thing. the penalty for annoying or offending someone is up to six months in jail. that is good. they are always saying the prisons are not full enough. critics say that it's so broad is that you can get arrested for making a comment on a youtube video. it could be great, a drug law sharing a cell with someone who said a kelly clarkson video sucked. they are giving florida a run for its money in the crazy department. that could be trouble for snooki from jt jersey shore." you know 123450ki, the orange thing the size of a fire hydrant. you may have heard, she is pregnant. she tweeted a picture. and along the picture, she wrote, pregers pow esch, i'll cut a bitch if you mess with my maybe. a good titl

understand because your argument -- you seem to be saying that what's wrong with the arizona law is that the arizona legislatureo control what its employees are doing, and they have to be free to disregard the desires of the arizona legislature, for whom they work, and follow the priorities of the federal government, for whom they don't work. >> but they -- but with respect to immigration enforcement, and to the extent all they're doing is bringing people to the federal government's attention, they are cooperating in the enforcement of federal law -- >> but the hypothetical is that that's all the legislature is doing. >> well, except i think, justice kennedy, the problem is that it's not cooperation if in every instance, the officers in the state must respond to the priorities set by the state government and are not free to respond to the priorities of the federal officials who are trying to enforce the law in the most effective manner possible. >> i'm sorry. i'm a little confused. general, i'm terribly confused by your answer. okay? and -- and i don't know that you're focusing in on what i believe my colleague

you also said that the arizona legislature is protecting arizona and its people.o this and then talk about it. >> i'm embarrassed. i apologize for arizona's actions towards our latino community. legal or illegal, this is not a way to treat people. >> you know, the latino community in arizona is 30% of your population. how do you respond to that? >> it's great, political theater. but you just saw exactly what has, in many ways, outraged me. first off, reporting on the piece of legislation has been, truly, unfair and inaccurate and then it's been used as a political wedge. what you saw in arizona over the last couple years, what you see nationally is, in many ways, being disingenuous about what the law actually does. >> let's talk about what the law actually says, though. a lot of people say it sounds like racial profiling. especially the part on immigration checks on people detained. what are you saying is really theater here? >> you just hit a great point. i believe four or five times into the drafting of the legislation it speaks out very clearly. you cannot use

have to be put into perspective, and somehow, and it won't happen here in this state with the arizona state legislature ever, but it's a very challenged group. [laughter] but you do need to make a distinction between the illegal migrant and the drug smugglers and even there you have to make distinctions between some guy he was just a drug mule, who generally is just carrying a load of marijuana over and say his boss, or a cartel leader or a sub lieutenant i guess is what the mafia might call the captain. so, yes, the answer to the question is i do think the fears about drug smuggling feed into it. again, a generalized xenophobia. >> anybody else want to respond to that? >> i totally agree with what he is saying it i've always tried to explain to people that they are two separate issues. josÉ maria who we should prioritize how we look at people because we can't stop everybody in my idea is we should stop dangerous people from coming first however those lines between those two groups are becoming increasingly blurred and that's making it very challenging for law enforcement because we are we are increasi

arizona bruer vetoed a bill that sailed through the republican controlled arizona legislature that would have let people carry guns in county courts, the state capital, libraries, should everybody be allowed to carry a gun into the state capital? according to those in the legislature, that's no problem. but jan brewer said no. she said no twice and said no most recently today. this never happens. this never happens. we put a call into the governor's office today to see if she would like to talk about it. i would love to hear her side of it. please come on the show. it will be fun. walk me through this. >>> having been on book tour lately and having been in a lot of airports recently, can personally confirm in the very fine newark international airport in new arc, new jersey. they have decided to do a weird and awesome thing with these guys. you know the electric carts that take you get ate to gate if you have your foot in a cast or in a hurry. two problems. because they are electric, they do not make noise and can really sneak up on you without you having any idea they're right there. to

arizona bruer vetoed a bill that sailed through the republican controlled arizona legislature that would have let people carry guns in county courts, the state capital, libraries, should everybody be allowed to carry a gun into the state capital? according to those in the legislature, that's no problem. but jan brewer said no. she said no twice and said no most recently today. this never happens. this never happens. we put a call into the governor's office today to see if she would like to talk about it. i would love to hear her side of it. please come on the show. it will be fun. walk me through this. thank you at&t. first, why don't you show her the curved edge... now move on to the slick navigation tiles -- bam, right into the people hub. see megan, colin has lots of friends. hey, colin, what kind of phone is that? whaaa -- oh megan -- when did you get here? [ clears throat ] ohh yea no, let's... [ male announcer ] introducing the beautifully different nokia lumia 900. only from at&t. rethink possible. all at 150 calories or less, there's definitely a temptations for you. unless you'r

that will a lot of the feelings of bitterness and of frustration that some latino voters, many voters in arizona feel as a consequence of sb 1070 introduced by the republican legislaturend signed by the republican governor of arizona, the president is banking on that that state there can be enough hispanic voters that are going to turn out for the first time to override the kind of increase in the republican voters in the state which traditionally have gone you know, republican for the presidency. so he's making a very interesting gamble there, and i think it may, it may be able to pan out for him there. because there is a lot of resentment in arizona for what latina voters see as the state republican party's attempts to curb down on illegal immigration by targeting many latinos that do have their documents. >> jose, the fantastic reporter michael scherer in "time" magazine has a story about immigration and specifically looks at arizona and mentions a story of democratic city council candidate daniel valenzuela who basically launched a grassroots campaign operation and latino turnout in his district increased 480% which i thought was staggering. i do think it's intere

arizona and a good day for the constitution. i would like to introduce my colleagues, david and tben. >> having actually been in the state legislature and in the treasurer of maricopa county, this is not a new battle for arizona. manabsurditys the newof of those opposing it and what they have said. people behind this microphone a moment ago claiming to be a lawyer and making up a scenario that could not happen under this law. it is one of my great frustrations as we watched the political theater hoping the court hears the facts and the reality that arizona is following the very law given to it by congress. i believe the court will uphold arizona and uphold the constitution and uphold the citizens' rights of arizona. here's my friend ben. >> thank you very much. the one thing i'm looking forward to is i know the supreme court will actually read the law before passing judgment. as we saw in the beginning of the process when it was passed by the state legislature and signed into law by the governor, eric holder came out against it, secretary janet napolitano came out against it. but when asked if they actually read the law, they said n

assuming, a great influence of alec inside of the bills that are being passed inside of your state legislature. >> they have been extremely active in arizona>> that's why i introduced the alec accountability act. in fact, i should know when i introduced this bill it was, you know, when a bill gets introduced, it has to get a signed and helpered in the and to the floor for a vote. my bill, the alec accountability act is the only bill that has the distinction of not being assigned to any committee. i had to find a germane bill on the floor already and then i was able to force debate by -- and that's when you saw in the clip there, by amending to a germane bill. and even in that case, i had to withstand a challenge from republicans on jergermaneness which i won, in order to force that debate. and actually get people to understand what we are trying to do here is just increase our trans piece and our disclosure so that our public understands and what gifts our legislators are receiving in return for running those laws. >> the per ills of being in the minority. you have to find ways of getting your stuff heard. one of the. one bill that has pus

the movement to take back the markers a bath arizona state senator judy burgess purchased along with other arizona tea party members introduced a bill in the state legislature to stop energy efficiency programs burgess says her goal is to wipe out any environmental program under budget obama. so she'll engineering including where we live and what we eat right she believes in a conspiracy where clean energy programs in arizona are up i'm serious what's a plot by the united nations to create a single world government in order to control our lives i didn't she just admit her pockets are lying by big oil money instead or start wearing a tin foil hat and the very very ugly viewport california polices police department police were called to the home of torii hunter a professional baseball player and his house alarm went off when they arrived they saw her outside his house and threw their weapons hunter the police asked for his id because he didn't believe he lived there on her of course is african-american and this incident is just the latest wave of racism across the country the trayvon martin martin shooting to the death of and of chamberlain sr i would leave m

what i really want america to understand is that in the state legislature in arizona, we agonize overails of this law. we have a strong hispanic heritage and culture in our state. our history is connected in many ways to mexico. and we want to be certain that this law would be applied appropriately and focus specifically on the problems. >> now, the supreme court will weigh in and we'll get the final word on that. kirk adams, former arizona speaker of the house and republican candidate for u.s. congress. >> thank you for having me. >>> too harsh or not harsh enough. the nba coming down on metta world peace. >>> a teenager turning to facebook to help the alleged drunk driver who killed her sister stay in jail. this morning a setback pap hear from the family coming up. you're watching "starting point." [ female announcer ] ready for a taste of what's hot? check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. wow. this is new. yep, i'm sendin

to have dollars would be set aside it's the ten eighty three does go ahead and get passed through the legislature and is signed by governor brewer there in arizona now this money would be used to train these volunteers each one of these volunteers would get about one hundred dollars a day for every day that they go out and train and then from then on they can volunteer to go patrol the border whenever they can now. this is very close to becoming law there in arizona the senate has already passed. three the next step it will be debated in the house and then it will be get rid of be signed by governor brewer most people are assuming she has been very tough on immigration and has been very critical what the federal government has been doing and many of the supporters of this bill say that is just a cry for help i find that i find interesting ramona that i think a lot of people are not talking about all the christian science monitor wrote a story about it last week. there are facts out there are numbers out there that show more illegal immigrants are actually leaving this country and then coming in that in a lot of cases it doesn't who've them to co

arizona and a good day for the constitution. i would like to introduce two of my colleagues. >> having actually been in the state legislature, this is not a new battle par arizona. what is new is the absurdity of many of those opposing it and what they are willing to say. just a couple of moments ago, you have someone in opposition standing behind these microphones claiming to be a lawyer literally making up a scenario that could not happen under this law. it is one of my great frustrations that as you watch the political theater, desperately hoping the court looked at the facts and the reality that arizona is following the very lot given to it by congress. i believe the court will uphold arizona and, therefore, a poll the constitution and the citizen's rights of arizona. here is my friend, ben quayle. >> i know the supreme court will read the law before passing judgment. as we saw in the beginning of this process, governor eric holder came out against it. secretary napolitano came out against it. when asked if they actually read the law, they said no. there is been a lot of misinformation put forth on this law. it merely allows

have to be put into perspective, and somehow, and it won't happen here in this state with the arizona state legislatureever, but it's a very challenged group. [laughter] but you do need to make a distinction between the illegal migrant and the drug smugglers and even there you have to make distinctions between some guy he was just a drug mule, who generally is just carrying a load of marijuana over and say his boss, or a cartel leader or a sub lieutenant i guess is what the mafia might call the captain. so, yes, the answer to the question is i do think the fears about drug smuggling feed into it. again, a generalized xenophobia. >> anybody else want to respond to that? >> i totally agree with what he is saying it i've always tried to explain to people that they are two separate issues. josÉ maria who we should prioritize how we look at people because we can't stop everybody in my idea is we should stop dangerous people from coming first however those lines between those two groups are becoming increasingly blurred and that's making it very challenging for law enforcement because we are we are increasin

have to be put into perspective, and somehow, and it won't happen here in this state with the arizona state legislatureever, but it's a very challenged group. [laughter] but you do need to make a distinction between the illegal migrant and the drug smugglers and even there you have to make distinctions between some guy he was just a drug mule, who generally is just carrying a load of marijuana over and say his boss, or a cartel leader or a sub lieutenant i guess is what the mafia might call the captain. so, yes, the answer to the question is i do think the fears about drug smuggling feed into it. again, a generalized xenophobia. >> anybody else want to respond to that? >> i totally agree with what he is saying it i've always tried to explain to people that they are two separate issues. josÉ maria who we should prioritize how we look at people because we can't stop everybody in my idea is we should stop dangerous people from coming first however those lines between those two groups are becoming increasingly blurred and that's making it very challenging for law enforcement because we are we are increasin

arizona? i know you've been flying around the country trying to put out fires as legislatures around the countryon and moving against some women's health programs. arizona, governor brewer has she just sign this had abortion law. >> the most restrictive law in the country, a law that would absolutely put legislate tors and politicians squarely between women and their doctors. it's such a restrictive law. we don't understand all the implications for women yet, but i think that's what the really of concern for women is really not just women, but men and families which are that people don't believe that much decisions about health care and certainly personal private decisions about health care should be made by either politician oz are by legislators. unfortunately, that's what governor brewer just agreed to in the state of arizona. >> and before i let you go, obviously the topic of the day, the last 24 hours has been the comment about ann romney. your reaction to the debate that has been going on? >> well, actually, i just heard chuck todd on your show and i couldn't agree more. i think this is so

the republican-controlled legislature. how is it a good bill? >> well, here in arizonaa lot of problems when it comes to open borders, when it comes to not enforcing federal immigration laws which in turn cause a lot of chaos in our streets. you can see that 1070 has had an impact in arizona just by people that are here illegally. leaving the state. >> reporter: and crime is down? >> crime is down. >> reporter: by how much and why is a matter of debate. crime in arizona was trending to a 30-year low before the law was signed. thousands of illegal immigrants have left the state, according to at least two population studies, but there's no reliable count and it's unknown whether the big exist was caused by immigration law or the bad economy. it's a little on your mind somebody might stop and try to figure out whether you're a u.s. citizen? >> well, i'm more prepared now. >> reporter: american citizens like jim say they have also felt the law's impact. he was born in america to chinese and hispanic parents and says he's been pulled over twice and asked for, in the words of

the republican-controlled legislature. >> how is it a good bill? >> here in arizona we have a lot of problems when it comes to open boards, when it comes to not enforcing federal immigration laws which in turn cause a lot of chaos in our streets. you could see that 1070 has had an impact in arizona just by people that are here illegally leaving the state. >> reporter: and crime is down. >> crime is down. >> reporter: but by how much and why is a matter of debate. crime in arizona was trending to a 30-year low before the law was signed. thousands of illegal immigrants have left the state, according to at least two population studies, but there's no reliable count and it's unknown whether the big exit was caused by the immigration law or the bad economy. it's a little bit on your mind that somebody might stop and try to figure out whether you're a u.s. citizen? >> well, i'm more prepared now. >> reporter: american citizens like jim say they have also felt the law's impact. he was born in america to chinese and hispanic parents and says he's been pulled over twice and a

the exceptions are appropriate -- >> mr. pearce, you were in the legislature. i've got to get you away from the cliches to actually read the bill. senator deconcini, these stories about your fellow arizona residents, you must know many yourself, families that are going through this. we're now reaching a point where these dream act students are stepping up and self-identifying so people know who they are, what their dreams are and what part they can play. you had the honor of representing the state of arizona for so long. can you put their stories in the context of your home state in this debate over 1070? >> mr. chairman, i'll make an attempt to do that. had i been here, i would have supported the so-called dream act now. i supported immigration reform that is orderly, safe and legal, and does create a pathway, not amnesty, a pathway. there are numerous examples here of people. i serve on the arizona board of regents. we govern the three universities, eight appointed members. we have constantly had the problem of these people coming to their presidents and some of them petitioning members of the board of regents, the board of regents to grant them some kind of exemption, some way to sta

then we will take your questions. >> having actually been in the state legislature, this is not a new battle for arizona. what is new is the absurdity of many of those opposing it and what they're willing to say. you have someone opposition standing behind these microphones to claims to be a lawyer making up a scenario that could not happen under this law. one of my great frustrations is the political theater hoping ctst the court hears the fa and reality. i believe the court will uphold arizona and therefore uphold the constitution and the citizen's right to arizona. >> thank you very much. i know the supreme court will read the law before passing it. it's a sign into law by the governor. secretary in the pull a ton of came out against it. there has been a lot of misinformation that has been put forth on this law. it allows the local authorities to enforce federal law. the federal government should be embracing that cooperation. we should all be working in tandem to enforce federal law. that is what this allows us to do. i think the supreme court will uphold the law. thank you very much. >> i wanted to

arizona and a good day for the constitution. i would like to introduce two of my colleagues. >> having actually been in the state legislature, thiss not a new battle par arizona. what is new is the absurdity of many of those opposing it and what they are willing to say. just a couple of moments ago, you have someone in opposition standing behind these microphones claiming to be a lawyer literally making up a scenario that could not happen under this law. it is one of my great frustrations that as you watch the political theater, desperately hoping the court looked at the facts and the reality that arizona is following the very lot given to it by congress. i believe the court will uphold arizona and, therefore, a poll the constitution and the citizen's rights of arizona. here is my friend, ben quayle. >> i know the supreme court will read the law before passing judgment. as we saw in the beginning of this process, governor eric holder came out against it. secretary napolitano came out against it. when asked if they actually read the law, they said no. there is been a lot of misinformation put forth on this law. it merely allows a

the arizona drug control district because of the tremendous problem along the border. this creation of this drug controlled district did not create laws that contradicted federal responsibility. it was a cooperative effort, put together by the legislature, republican legislature to address the problem, in accordance with the cooperation of the federal agencies and we did just that. i mention this because there is some similarity that laws need to be in cooperation and not hostile to each other. when i came to the senate, i was appointed to this august committee, the judiciary committee and the committee on appropriations. both had jurisdiction over border control. customs. general services. i used all the jurisdictions to focus law and resources on the u.s. southwest border along with my many colleagues at the time, including some not from border states like allan simpson and mark hatfield from oregon. we worked in a bipartisan effort. i participated as a member of the select committee and commission on immigration and refugee policy, along with my friend strom thurman, allen simpson, ted kennedy. the committee issued a report in 1981 which led to passage of comprehensive immigration reform bill during president reagan's administration

could find any shred of evidence is the war on women, with the final piece of horrific evidence coming from fox news itself. >> arizona's legislatureo prove to employers they are using birth control for medical reasons. >> in mississippi today. criminalize abortion as murder. >> arizona now, doctors will not face a lawsuit if they fail to tell parents about any risks the unborn child could face. >> pennsylvania would require sonograms before abortions. >> a transvaginal ultrasound when seeking an abortion in virginia. >> the violence against women act. but now for the first time there's opposition to this. >> in next next, a bill that would block planned parenthood from receiving state planning money. >> the bill making single parenting child abuse. >> so if you're one who likes to beat your wife, you could probably move to topeka, kansas, because it's legal there. >> "the daily show" reports. you decide. i went to a small high school. the teacher that comes to mind for me is my high school math teacher, dr. gilmore. i mean he could teach. he was there for us, even if we needed him in college. you could call him, you had his phone

the border in arizona that have soap on their windows i'm an american citizen and have their papers and yet they're and the reason is they're hispanic they're not white look it's their state legislatures that have decided to pass this kind of law i would not have passed the law i would have vetoed legislation i think it is going to lead to racial profiling i think it's a bad thing that states take this and look and i think building a fence is just a crazy notion and if we want. politicians in washington want to decide to build a fence why don't we just build a pilot fence around washington d.c. and see how well that works think keep you in or out of work if you want to get in or out of work i don't think so now a lot of people to live right in virginia maryland too that come into work here in the city but you actually had some choice words for new york mayor michael bloomberg of this week when you were in new york city here in the past also had been critical of arizona's law because he was concerned that it might lead to racial profiling and then you take issue with the stop and frisk policies in new york tell us stop and frisk policies in new york seven hundred thousand new yorkers h