u.s. state of arizona, key parts of the new immigration law have been blocked.there will be a relief for many, not least in mexico. many families and towns rely on money sent back from relatives in the u.s. our correspondent has been doing area and central mexico where tensions have been running high. >> it seems bound to become a ghost town. an estimated 60% of the town's original population have migrated from this rural community to the united states, mainly to arizona. most are there illegally. for a few, the ones who have papers, and can visit their relatives and revisit the u.s. he drives to visit what he called their peaceful hometown in mesa, arizona. >> we are lucky because there are those who cannot come back. people who are scared about what is happening and are fearful. >> despite the slow pace, any news from arizona is welcome. the new immigration law is creating anxiety. has just ended, where many were dedicated to those who live in this town and were born in arizona. there is deep concern about their relatives in north of the border, but also the i

u.s. state of arizona says it will appeal a judge's ruling blocking key parts of a new immigration law. the ruling bloc's several provisions including one requiring police to check the immigration status of suspected criminals if the author believes the person is not legally in the u.s. the law has sparked controversy for the past three months. president barack obama has criticized it as misguided, but polls show a broad majority of americansavorhe legislation. pakistan has declared a national day of mourning for victims of a plane crash near islamabad. all 152 people on board were killed. the airbus was operated by air blue and was flying to the capital. it went down in the hills surrounding islamabad. >> friends and relatives of the passengers gathered at the airport in islamabad, and to sleep awaiting information on the fate of their loved ones. the message could hold good news or bad. >> my older brother was coming on this flight. we have no further information. his name is on the passenger list. >> the wreckage of the plane is scattered across the hills. witnesses say the wing of b

u.s. state of arizona which faced accusations of racism have been blocked by a federal judge the new legislation have been designed to make believe the liberation of crime and penalize anyone helping undocumented workers but the judge drop the crime part and a requirement for immigrants to carry papers at all times the states government has vowed to appeal the changes and critics of the law say violates people's freedoms while the standards argue rights have nothing to do with it my colleagues to both sides. it's a victory first and foremost for civil rights and human rights. and so-called the illegal immigrants are part of our community there are millions of people who are in the united states without authorization they live in our communities they they go to the schools with their children the members of synagogues and churches they part of the u.s. fabric and they should be treated with respect and dignity as a black man as a west african descendant of the slaves it's a slap in our face because what has happened is citizens of foreign countries have invaded my country the united states of ame

u.s. state of arizona which faced accusations of racism have been blocked by a federal judge the new legislation have been designed to make illegal immigration a crime and penalize anyone helping undocumented workers but the judge dropped the crime part and a requirement for immigrants to carry papers all times the state government has vowed to appeal the changes critics of the law say violates people's freedoms while defenders are you riots have nothing to do with it and the sobs he spoke to some of those most likely to be affected. by. this. doesn't sound like your typical immigration protest today i feel great as beautiful guy oh my god everybody was so excited to bring in. all. it was. that's because just one day before the law was to be enacted i. sat harshest provisions i'm here celebrating with the community and our victory. to be removed a celebration over one hundred a long hot days in the making. me feel bad because they didn't have much to celebrate and have remained governor brewer signed immigration law pay for any or every single day five they had to break through but it wasn't goi

u.s. state of arizona which faced accusations of racism have been blocked by a federal judge the new legislation had been designed to make gratian a crime and penalize anyone helping undocumented workers the judge dropped the crime art and a requirement for immigrants to carry papers at all times the state government has vowed to pursue the changes critics of the law say violates people's freedom while the defenders argue it's not about rights it's not surprising the judge blocked the judge trying to sort of the most extreme aspects of the law it is a victory it's a victory first and foremost for civil rights and human rights. so called illegal immigrants are part of our community there are millions of people who are in the united states without authorization they live in our communities the they go to the schools with their children the members of synagogues and churches they part of the u.s. fabric and they should be treated with respect and dignity and then that to the extent the blocking of this or part of this gives them a little breathing space that's a victory and put it to victory much.

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u.s. state of arizona implements a controversial new immigration law the american government has launched an eleventh hour court challenge to halt the measures new police powers allowing officers stop and search people simply on suspicion of their immigration status are being criticized as racist the rouse provoking a furious debate by the radically opposing views of u.s. radio host tony katz and rights activist reverend grillin hagler. well i think that one of the things is that obviously there are calls for boycotts of arizona particularly over this issue because one of the things that we need to do is obviously deal with the people the zation of places that that are not opening that are not welcoming that do not advocate public policy in a humane way and that's not what that's one of the things our concern is always about every conversation about the law not being humane is a red herring it should not be discussed it's an embarrassment as b ten seventy is federal law and all the state of arizona is doing is making sure that federal law is enforced and the answer to start with is to seal

u.s. state of arizona has been criticized for a door where people can be stopped and searched and moved back by several other states supporters say they're just protecting jobs critics call it racial profiling one superscripts as illegal immigrants have no place in america. under the hot southern california. immigrant workers are picking the food to consume but millions of americans and people around the world. it's a bank breaking job not everyone is fit to do most of these workers arrived in the united states illegally from as far as central america and many are oblivious to the political firestorm around them no one stopping here for leave and leave any time i mean this is about lawful citizens versus illegal invaders if you want to build a fifty foot fence i'm in favor of the fifty five eleven million illegal immigrants in the united states. those could be american jobs those could be tax paying jobs but some industries especially california agriculture businesses don't want to working for them. which translates into workers needed a spanish language sign definitely aimed towards immigra

u.s. state of arizona criticize from the weapons will be stopped and searched a move backed by several other states support his claim that they're just protecting jobs questions only it racial profiling and one of the first group says illegal immigrants place in america. under the hot southern california. immigrant workers are picking the heat consumed by millions of americans and people around the world. it's a bank breaking job not everyone is fit to do most of these illegal workers right in the united states illegally so from as far as central america and many are oblivious to the political firestorm senator brown that no one spat in your family of and you're going to leave any time i mean this is about lawful citizens versus illegal invaders if you want to build a fifty foot fence i'm in favor of the fifty foot fence you know there's a living million illegal immigrants in the united states. those could be american jobs those could be tax paying jobs but some industries especially california agriculture businesses don't want americans working for them so that they will have noticed which

u.s. state of arizona over a tough new immigration law that set to come into force there next week the u.s. government is trying to block the bill saying it would lead to racial profiling the new measures would allow the police to stop anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant no ruling has been made so far human rights activist a referenda grayle and high dollar and a radio host tony katz clashed on the issue in washington d.c. studio. every conversation about the law not being humane is a red herring it should not be discussed it's an embarrassment as b ten seventy is federal law and all the state of arizona is doing is making sure that that federal law is enforced and the answer to start with is to seal the border to quite literally build the fence fifty feet high if need be and the full length of the border from san diego through texas those of us from the civil rights community we see a whole lot of racial issues that are really come to play in terms of the arizona law that this law is basically going to allow for racial profiling and therefore discriminatory it is true you do

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of what's already been sprayed. >> brown: next: the legal battle over arizona's immigration law. and to ray suarez. >> suarez: the first showdown between the u.s. department of justice and the state of arizona over the state's high-profile immigration law went before a federal judge in phoenix today. protestors gathered outside the court house as justice department lawyers argued for an injunction to prevent the new law from taking effect next thursday. the law makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally. and requires local law enforcement officials to check the immigration status of anyone they encounter while enforcing other laws, where reasonable suspicion exists that they are illegal immigrants. in all, seven federal suits have been filed against arizona governor jan brewer since she signed the legislation in april. now two different legal views. kris koback of the university of missouri-cac-40 kansas city school of law helped to author the bill and steven gonzalez of the phoenix school of law. and professor gonzalez, let me start with you. on what dow base your contention that the law is unconstitutional? >> well, good evening from phoenix, ray. there's a couple of

of u.s. and mexican border states has now been moved out of arizona to new mexico, that is after the mexicaney would not go to the meeting if it were held in arizona because of that state's new immigration law. now the governors of arizona and texas say they won't go to the re-scheduled meeting. california's governor schwarzenegger is planning to go. that meeting will be held in santa fe in late september. >> a new ktvu field pole indicates californians are divided about the new law. 49% said they approve, with 37% voicing strong approval. a total of 45% said they disapprove with 34% strongly against it. when asked whether they thought undocumented immigrants were taking jobs away from californias, 58% said the group is doing jobs others don't want will 34% said they are taking away others work. it is scheduled to take effect july 29th. >> a group of disabled activists are entering their 4th week of a protest against state budget cuts. they sent up a tent city called arnieville name after the governor. a lot of protesters living in the tents have severe disabilities and rely on state fun ada

u.s.. tensions had been running high in central mexico. >> this town seems bound to become a ghost town. 60% of the regional population have migrated from this rural community to the united states, mainly to arizona. most of them are there illegally. just a few of them can come to visit their relatives and re- enter the u.s.. every year they drive down from arizona to visit what they call their peaceful home town. >> we are lucky because many people are not able to come back. they do not know what the future holds. >> besides the slow pace of this town, any news from arizona is creating deep anxiety. the prayers of this religious ceremony were mainly dedicated to the hundreds of people born in this town that now live in arizona. there are deep concerns in the town about the fate of the relatives and friends that live north of the border and the impact that the new scenario have on the livelihood of a town like this one. in a town where unemployment is at least 30%, migrants are a key force driving the economy. in addition to helping relatives, some of them have helped to develop the town's infrastructure. this man tells me that this area is the town's only primary school, built with the aid of mi

arizona was also blocked. the u.s. justice department saying, while we understand the frustration, a patchwork of state and local policies would destruct symptom of immigration enforcement and the arizona attorney general who opposed the new state law says wednesday acquisition puts more pressure on the federal government. >> by taking this action, it has an absolute obligation to fix our broken immigration system. >> reporter: with the exception of those banned measures the arizona immigration law goes into effect thursday appeared in washington, samantha hayes, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> despite the ruling protesters took to the street of san francisco. about 100 demonstrators gathered outside of house speaker nancy pelosi's office and 19 people were arrested after they blocked the intersection. some were local clergy members who say they were disturbed by the slow pace of national immigration reform. >>> facing increasing the met increasing concerns oakland's police chief outlined his plans today appeared he met with community leaders to explain what he is doing to do with the recent layoffs of 80 officers. he said part

u.s. government and that they're open-minded and add convenient truss young people. >> state of arizona is raking in donations for a fund to defend it's immigration law now receiving more than $1.6 million. 75,000 of that came in on wednesday. the day a judge brought the key pro vision of the immigration law. arizona immediately appealed a ruling and today, the court in san francisco said it will take up the case in early november. >> and prosecutors in portland oregon say a 54-year-old massage therapist accused mr. gore of groping her and making unwanted sexual advances. the prurt prosecutors say the case has problems among them, his accuser fail aid polygraph test and appears to have been paid by the "national enquirer". mr. gore denies accusations. >> coming up, a new study finds what is good for battling britel bones may not be good for the heart. >> and it's demolition day at minetta airport paving wait for a project to take off. >> it's going to be cool to warm this weekend. i'm jand patel. i'll show you the temperatures and the rest of the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> and tak

. >> the state of arizona plans to appeal a federal judge's ruling against immigration law at the u.s. ninth circuit of appeals later today. new law went into effect earlier this morning but a block many key provisions yesterday. many people showed their support for undocumented immigrants by blocking traffic around seventh street during last night's rush hour. san francisco police arrested 19 people, most clergy members for blocking traffic last night. legal analyst dean john believes today's appeal is the next legal showdown in the case. >> the judge said she was painfully aware of what illegal immigration caused but who gets to solve the problems? federal government or state and local government? >> it would have required police to question a person's immigration status if an officer suspects them of being the u.s. illegally while investigating them for another crime. >> oakland police are starting to getting ready to how they will deal with the reaction to the sentencing of johannes mehserle in the shooting death of oscar grant. a meeting rud some of the same law enforcement agenc

a san francisco court room pure the state of arizona will make their case and our appeals court over ruling that blocked key parts of the law from taking effect. a u.s district judge ordered the blocky yearshours ago. arizona appeal the ruling hoping for a hearing in mid september appeared both sides will make their arguments in the first week of november pish in san francisco is ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals. >> live picture at san francisco trays bay terminal were riders continue to be frustrated by delays and canceled rides resulting from a contract dispute between the union and the transit agency. a lot more news just ahead. those people are happy 'cause they're gonna have a good time, and they've got extra money in their pocket. those are happy passengers. how much does it cost for those snacks again? nothing. at southwest airlines, when we have a sale, it's a sale. [ male announcer ] southwest airlines has flights starting at $49 one-way. book now only at southwest.com. [ rand ] how can you not want to get on the plane? come on and get on the plane. we're saving you money. now that's a plane full of happy. [ employees ] grab your bag. it

u.s. violating congressional law has been signed into law a law of the united states but you're going on about arizona but we're going writers need more education you know if they go after all these sanctuary cities should they really you know a new round all these people up and take them out of the country and then don't even tell them that no one else don't cross the border so you don't go after arizona because you don't like their immigrant there or what i see is more of a security and forcing federal law and then not go after those who are abjectly of violating federal law that's on the books it's part of the well. if you are looking i think going after arizona because this is a distraction perhaps you know a lot of people are really trying to say that this is about politics this is because they want to get the latino vote and this way maybe they won't realize immigration reform didn't happen this year you know if they just want to talk about politics let's talk about governor jan brewer a very unpopular and not conservative republican governor who's doing this to cover up a billion dollar tax inc

of a strain. >> reporter: a spokesman for arizona governor jan brewer says the state will file an appeal today with the ninth u.s. circuit court, asking for the injunction to be lifted. way too soon, betty, to jump to any conclusions. the federal judge that ruled in this case ruled for the federal government in a preliminary matter. of course, her decision could change a little later on, betty. >> no doubt. but on the whole, what does this mean for states considering similar laws? >> reporter: you know, betty, it doesn't mean very much at all. there are 20 states considering legislation, at least somewhat similar to this. two of those states, let's say texas or new jersey, it doesn't really have much of a holding for them at all. this is just one judge's ruling and one state and one case, but you can bet this will lead to debate for years, potentially who knows, maybe up to the supreme court. we'll have to see. >> it's already sparked a lot of debate. terrell brown joining us live in washington. thank you. >>> in other news -- an investigation is under way at an alaska air base this morning following the crash o

now the state can go to the federal court of appeals in california and try to get the hold lifted. if that doesn't work, arizona could try to get the u.s. supreme court involved but that could take several months at least, brian. >> okay. pete williams rounding out our coverage for now from our washington newsroom. pete, thanks. >>> it was 100 days ago the people of the gulf coast were just getting ready for the summer tourist season. working on the fishing grounds, some drilling for oil. we got word one night that a big rig had gone up in flames. we later learned it was a bp rig called the "deepwater horizon." we did not know then that it would change life in the gulf. tonight, the oil is no longer billowing out. there is a temporary cap on the well, but look at the damage. 630 miles of coast land coated with oil. a third of the fishing grounds will be closed indefinitely. that right there is a way of life. our own anne thompson has covered this virtually from day one. she's in venice harbor, louisiana, tonight. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. as crews zero in on finally killing that well, the people who live aro

arizona law and the program now in use in many u.s. cities including san francisco. it gives federal immigration agents access to a state data base of fingerprints taking at county jail. making it easy to find undocumented immigrants. >> we are here to protest those laws that target individuals. >> if we get notified of level two or three offenders that are in jail we're still going to do our job and check them out and if so put them in proceedings or remove them. >> reporter: many protesters told us illegal immigrants are hard workers who deserve the chance to live here legally. this man brought his sons so they can see their roots. >> when my mother came, she was like everybody else. she finally got her paper and luckily i was born here. >> reporter: the protest was large but peaceful. reporting live in san francisco's mission district, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> our coverage turns to mike mibach with the other side of this issue. >> reporter: the other side was quite clear, time to put the politics to the side and secure the border. don't high above interstate 5 american flags were flapping in the wind. passionate about

arizona law and the program now in use in many u.s. cities including san francisco. it gives federal immigration agents access to a state data base of fingerprints taking at county jail. making it easy to find undocumented immigrants. >> we are here to protest those laws that target individuals. >> if we get notified of level two or three offenders that are in jail we're still going to do our job and check them out and if so put them in proceedings or remove them. >> reporter: many protesters told us illegal immigrants are hard workers who deserve the chance to live here legally. this man brought his sons so they can see their roots. >> when my mother came, she was like everybody else. she finally got her paper and luckily i was born here. >> reporter: the protest was large but peaceful. reporting live in san francisco's mission district, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> our coverage turns to mike mibach with the other side of this issue. >> reporter: the other side was quite clear, timeto put the politics to the side and secure the border. don't high above interstate 5 american flags were flapping in the wind. passionate about t

arizona class one misdemeanor to be in the u.s. illegally and be in the state. it required local law enforcement to check the immigration status of people they came across while enforcing other laws and required immigrants to carry their documentation with them at all times. these last two provisions were among those blocked by the federal judge, who said they raised the possibility of wrongful arrest and placed too great a burden on legal residents. >> reporter: daniel ortega is one of the lawyers who had argued before the judge against the law. >> it's an absolute victory because if you look at the 14 provisions of sb-1070, the four critical ones that were ruled upon today are the ones that are the heart of this law. it is now toothless. it has been neutered. the bottom line is that the other provisions, which are 10 approximately, are ineffectual without the police being able to enforce immigration law. >> reporter: state representative rick murphy, who was one of the original co- sponsors of sb-1070, was disappointed by the temporary stay, but predicted it will be overturned by a higher court. >> basically, it doesn't seem to

of arizona. >> thank you. the next question is about health care. u.s. did the federal government should keep its hands out of programs -- you have stated that federal government should keep its hands out the programs dealing with health care. does that include medicare? the support a long-term program to make medicare financially solvent? >> yes. we need to get politics out of as much of our economy as possible, including health care and education. costs have gone up exponentially since we passed the hmo act, and since the medicare and medicaid acts. we need to get medicare back into the responsibility of the individual. let's create our economy and find our own provider. let's find our own health insurance providers. when we take the middleman out, we reduce the cost, the paperwork. we will then have lower costs. that is the ultimate goal. gold is not to control people's lives and tell them what to do, what to eat, or how heavy they should be, or what they should look like. goal is to get a cost lower. we do that by eliminating bureaucracy. we can no longer afford the middleman in washington, d.c. we have to take care of these on a state-by-state issue. when

u.s. gross domestic product rose just 2.had% in the second quarter. the worst in nearly a year. >>> arizona is appealing a federal judge's ruling blocking implementation. of the state's new immigration law. the slimmed down law went into effect yesterday and still sparked protests. cbs news correspondent john blackstone has the details. >> on the streets of phoenix, protesters were out in force and so were the police on the day arizona's tough new immigration law took effect. giving law enforce many expanded powers to crack down on undocumented immigrants. demonstrations planned earlier went ahead even though major portions of the controversial law were blocked by a federal judge's ruling wednesday. that judge has received thousands of phone calls and e-mails, including threats, which the u.s. marshal service said it is taking seriously. the focus of anger for those protesting the law was sheriff joe arpaio. >> we have investigated, detained, arrested, investigated in our jails, acting as federal immigration agents, over 40,000 people. 40,000 in two years. >> reporter: demonstrators blocked the entrance to the sheriff's headquarters in downtown phoenix in at least 23

states, or in arizona, the know if they are applied to become u.s. citizens? caller: i do not know. but i'm just concerned with the reality of people living here in arizona. i get tired of people attacking the president over. he is not doing anything different from the last five presidents, none of them have done anything about this. there is no way to round them up. how'd you do that? there is no one who has the money to do that. we have to deal with it in a rational way that makes sense. host: in this article, and the challenge expected for weeks, justice department attorneys said the law of arizona violates the constitutioo by turn to supersede federal law and by impairing the right to travel and conduct interstate commerce of illegal immigrants. the next phone call comes from bakersfield, california. caaler: the way that i see it the federal government has done apparently all they can about illegal immigration. the state of arizona is just trying to say, hey, we know what is going on. we know that we have people who aae crossing the border illegally, so we will try to put a stop to it. the federal authorities are not doi

states senate eliminated over 700 million dollars protecting our u.s.-mexico border. ms. giffords: this appropriations bill in the senate included money to deploy the national guard to arizona and increase the number of border patrol agents and surveillance systems on the border. by refusing to approve these funds, the united states senate said no to supporting the troops who will be arriving on the border next week. the senate said no to increasing border patrol agents who would stop the flow of illegal drugs, illegal immigrants into our country, and the senate said no to protecting ranchers and border residents in my district. since thursday i have been fighting to reinstate the funding taken out by the senate and i'm pleased the house will consider an emergency supplemental border security measure today. i'm proud to be an original sponsor of that bill and i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass it without delay. the failure by our senate to provide the border security resources that arizonans and all americans deserve represents washington at its worst. it's also a sober reminder to all of us that the fight to strengthen border security is not over. thank you, mr. speaker. the spe