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Immigrants carry their documents on them at all times. arizona governor jan brewer who signed sb 1070 into the law who tangled with the obama administration over it. why she declined to be a witness at this hearing. >> i believe that it is a political move because they are courting the latino vote but i think that when you look at statistics, 65% of the american people agree with senate bill 1070. they believe in the rule of law and what is taking place today at the senate of course is their pri...

When is that not racial profiling? >> well, lets be real clear that -- that position is well known to law enforcement across the country. the only people surprised by that explanation of the law are people who are not in law enforcement. the law enforcement officer can come up to you and ask you anything they want. but you dont have to answer it. so its in that contexas that that part of my opinion should be understood. they can ask you these questions whether theres a law like sb-1070 or not, a...

Bush administrations failure, is in going after a state like arizona. south carolina and some of the others that have put some bills like sb-1070 in place, where all states are seeking to do is fill the vacuum. arizona is frustrated to the point because the federal government isnt doing what everyone, including the federal government acknowledges, is its job. states have always had a cooperative role in law enforcement with the federal government. >> let me ask you a question, because you are ru...

breaking public health scare. a confirmed case of mad cow disease in california has the agriculture department here in washington on full alert. the fatal brain disease not only can be passed among cattle, scientists think an equally deadly variation can be transmitted to humans who eat contaminated beef or dairy products. the first confirmed case here in the united states in six years. elizabeth cohen joins us from the cnn center in atlanta. elizabeth, one of the reasons people get so...

it is deadly. the u.s. agriculture department announced that a case of mad cow disease has been confirmed -- confirmed in a dairy cow out in central california. lets bring in lisa sylvester. shes working this story for us. lisa, what is the department of agriculture saying. whats going on? >> reporter: wolf, the usda just released information within the last hour and what we know is that it is a dairy cow from central california that has tested positive for bse or commonly known or ref...

student debt. one in three for the gop. john boehner sounding the alarm saying theres a one in three chance they could lose control of the house. secret wiring, listening devices. were not talking cia but football. new orleans saints general manager under fire this morning over allegations he eavesdropped on rival coaches. still on duty. a shocking turnaround, sanford police chief bill lee tries to resign and is denied. outcry and disappointment from trayvon martins family has a ...

Where they can stop people and detain them people. >> sb-1070 which directs police to check the immigration status of people they suspect being in the country illegally which is in large -- sort of amounts to racial profiling. >> if arizona is allowed to do this and the supreme court favors arizona which i think theres a very good chance it will, it will open the door to a lot of other states passing these kind of laws. >> eight other states have weighed similar legislation but held off and six ...

Laws. >> absolutely. peter, you brought up an interesting point. elena kagan who has taken herself off this case, since shes not going to be voting, it could wind up being a tie. so if its a tie, what happens? >> theres a possibility that if it was a 4-4 decision, im going to talk more about this wednesday, were going to go through each and every one of these judges in a very graphic way that the decision of the u.s. circuit court of appeals, that struck down four provisions of sb-1070 and it wi...

>> up first, president obama is imposing new sanctions designed to make it harder for rogue regimes to crack down on their own people. speaking at the holocaust museum he drew on the lessons of history saying it is imperative to never forget and never be silent, he said, when there is evidence of mass killings, human rights abuses and other atrocities. >> with allies and partners we will keep increasing the pressure of the diplomatic effort to further isolate asad and his regime so tho...

Radical arguments in support of its anti-immigrant law, sb1070. in order to rule in arizonas favor, the courtville to take i a significant departure from prior cases. arizonas claiming very broad power to ferret out undocumented immigrants, detain them and impose their own punishments. according to the supreme courts prior cases, that cant stand under the constitution. >> shannon: how do you respond to state lawmakers, saying they tried to be very careful to make it a compliment to federal law, ...