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Would be in the courtroom. i didnt want to hurt myself i hurt people close and just know they are still supportive, it hurts. >> the couple would soon be r reunited after he was released. he pled guilty later, sentenced to three years of probation. >> do you understand that, is that okay with you? >> yes. >> but the memory of his first experience in jail, will likely last a life time. >> everybody learns the hard way. this is my first time learning. coming up. >> i think the fact potential out...

Illegal immigrants. if you take a look at the 168 murders that have been reported by police in phoenix in 2008, half of them are actually uncleared which means they dont have any idea who did it and there are no break down of those that did take place how many were carried out by illegal immigrant. there is nothing to back up like the assertion we heard there. something he did touch on which is really important when we take a look at whats going on in arizona is this reality. phoenix is a kidnap...

Debbie johnson and you just heard from david campos who you just heard from. it puts sweeping new powers in the hands of police. law enforcement units have weighed in. ines ferre is joining me from new york to look at how officers view this law. what are thaw say to you? >> some law enforcement officers may not agree with it, some big police unions are agreeing with it. and with us we have levi bolton. he is with the phoenix law enforcement association. they represent about 2500 members. and thi...

And with us from phoenix, debbie johnson. she is president and ceo of the arizona hotel and lodging association. debbie, good to see you as well. david, let me start with you. the city has already banned travel to arizona by city employees on city business. >> right. >> you want to go beyond that, dont you, and tell us why. >> sure. we want to follow the model that was followed about 20 years ago around the mlk holiday controversy when a number of us from other parts of the country boycotted the...

Youre walking down the street and even though this law says that you cant solely implement this based on race or color or country of origin. what do you say of that? >> it sounds like youre describing a bad cop, not bad law. that would be illegal, it was illegal before this statute, its illegal and will be illegal afterwards. i think thats an issue to be taken with individual agencies. i think a law enforcement community has stood very prominently saying we will not do racial profiling or to all...

Front-page news and ignited heated debate nation wide. i had the arizona lawmaker who authored the bill in the newsroom. lets do this. lets roll the portion of that interview with state senator russell pierce. >> its outrageous that we continue to have the anarchists and the open border while phoenix has 50% of the hom sized of phoenix are committed by illegal aliens. phoenix is number two in the world in kidnappings. its become the home invasion, carjacking and identity theft capital of the wor...

Situations like this, who is in the country and who is not, maybe that would be one way and maybe just a little piece of reducing the problem. in order to show you what a big problem it is, i want to show you the screen behind me. you might remember this, tony. you and i looked at this last year, but its basically a breakdown of whats been going on in phoenix. you can see this chart here. its not going to show up high for you. basically, you have a line that goes up there. this is the kidnapping...

Federal government. this country protects the borders of other nations better than it protects our own. >> meanwhile, a big bust in phoenix. law enforcement officers rounding up 70 people during a raid on an alleged drop house. the mexican consulate in phoenix is overwhelmed right now with illegal immigrants applying for mexican citizenship for their american-born children. parents want kids to be able to join them in mexico if they are deported. >> and maybe the family head, the mom and dad is ...