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The supreme court is considering four provisions of sb-1070. three have to do with what law enforcement officers do, how the criminal justice system works in arizona. to give you an example of why sb-1070 is totally at odds with federal law and policy and what congress wants, let me give you an example of someone who comes to the united states without permirksz but immediately applies for asylum. congress and international law both have said that the federal government, the executive branch, nee...

Campaign is facing the enthusiasm gap. 2008 found like change america, woo-hoo! and now it feels like, okay, now we need to plod along to re-election. but if, in fact there, say group here that can be motivated with that kind of enthusiasm, either pro re-election or anti election of romney, then that seems to me like it could be even more powerful than the individual vote itself. >> one thing that could be very strong for the democrats. the roundabout way, republicans are motivating latino voter...

and new leads in an old mystery. why police are digging of a new york basement in the case of a 30-year-old murder case. and what is mel gibson ranting about now? good morning, everyone. im randi kaye. its 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 on the west. a lot to tell you about this morning so lets get straight to the news. george zimmerman could get out of jail as early as today. the judge set bontd for zimmerman at $150,000 at a hearing yesterday. that means his family needs to post $1...

Campaign can get away that he made that arizona should be a model for the nation, he wasnt asked what should be a model for the nation, he volunteered arizona should be. looking back, all you find in these other instances he is just praised. sb 1070, praised this papers please law with the guy who wrote it. talked about arizona doing it right lavished praise on that law. i wonder if he thinks that will become the pivot point to go back to the center and the idea of what good governance is. >> ho...

>> looking at the evidence today, trying to figure out what possible basis the romney campaign can get away that he made that arizona should be a model for the nation, he wasnt asked what should be a model for the nation, he volunteered arizona should be. looking back, all you find in these other instances he is just praised. sb 1070, praised this papers please law with the guy who wrote it. talked about arizona doing it right. lavish ed lavished praise on that law. i wonder if he thinks that wi...

Im joined now by democratic congressman from arizona. raul, its great to see you today. as the president launches this ad campaign, mitt romney is looking, and rightfully so, to repair his standing within the hispanic community. florida senator marco rubio pushing for a republican alternative to the dream act. could mitt romney in your estimation make a significant dent in the presidents current 40-point lead right now within hispanic voters? >> i think its -- i really believe its impossible. fo...

Resentment in arizona for what latina voters see as the state republican partys 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...

2008. i mean its fascinating because its seen such an increase in the number of hispanic voters over the last four years. and you know that arizona was ground zero for sb-1070 which the supreme court will take up shortly. and so hes really banking on 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 legislature, the senate and signed by the republican governor of arizona, ...

>> arizona, for the very first time, looks like its in play. they definitely need colorado. you need north carolina. ohio might be in play because of the latino vote. and whats nuts is even virginia because of the latino vote. o i chris, which is what hes trying to do now, distance himself who was the architect sb-1070 in arizona. >> thats one of the people whos endorsed romney. >> endorsed him. and romney said -- >> wanted that endorsement. >> wanted that endorsement, but just two weeks ago, he...

States see what is going on in arizona. there is the other side of the coin that many latinos see sb-1070 and the other state laws that have sprung up, speervegcally targeting illegal immigration as created because of the lack of federal immigration reform. and when you start kind of tracing the dots on the lack of federal immigration reform, some of those dots can go right back to the white house. as you know, in 2008 when president obama then candidate obama was looking for the presidency, he ...