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Rooms that the occupancy increased from this time last year. i can tell you i was down couple of months ago in tucson speaking to the tucson republican womens breakfast over a weekend. a group from michigan actually stopped me and said, they deliberately brought their convention business to arizona because they wanted to stand in league with those who wanted to see law enforcement. so despite the best efforts of the american left and dare i say the usually suspects to try to bring forth an econo...

Deported 6000 immigrants since 2007, a quarter of the national total. the justice says theyre enforcing arizona law. arizonas economy is getting a boost despite boycotts in response to the immigration law, hotels seeing a spike in reservations over the last two months. in june, occupancy was up 10.6%, in phoenix, 10.7% in scottsdale and overall hotel revenue was up, with hotels raking in $148 million last month. thats up 11 percent from the same time a year before. gulf coast communities conti...

>> this is a serious crisis. quite frankly, with no end in sight. >> reporter: although fewer georgians are standing in the unemployment line, the labor commissioner told me the small decline in the jobless rate is misleading. he says thousands of georgians have given up, and now many of the long-term unemployed like monica nash no longer get benefits since the u.s. senate voted down an extension. >> i cant tell you how many grown men have come to me in tears because they cant support themselves...

Sun-bathes. fox news correspondent phil keating has the latest from grand isle, louisiana. phil? >> reporter: good morning, major. this is a sight no one expected and certainly no one wants to see. the 4th of july, normally a happy and crowded holiday weekend here on the beach, on the beach other than me is desolate. the water is off-limits and much more what you see in dead of winter. for those who did show up in grand isle, despite the oil, fireworks display paid for by b.p. to lessen the gloo...

The oil still washing ashore on those beautiful beaches. nbc correspondents ron mott is live in pensacola beach. ron, what are you hearing this, especially from local businesses? >> hey this. this is the single most important week for tourist driven businesses on the coast. on the front end you have fourth of july which we had yesterday and upcoming this weekend is the famed blue angels air show over this beach that you see behind me. businesses here arent really sure how many people are going t...

Offering some discounts. in fact, i know that for several weeks, if youve been to the beaches before, theyre giving a discount to come back this year. and i know theyre offering specials. usually, our house rents out for a week at a time, but i think theyre offering specials where you can come down for a three-night stay instead of a week. >> do you guys know the occupancy rate right now? what is the normal occupancy rate and whats going on right now? im not sure who can answer that many maybe e...

Clean-up workers than sun-bathes. fox news correspondent phil keating has the latest from grand isle, louisiana. phil? >> reporter: good morning, major. this is a sight no one expected and certainly no one wants to see. the 4th of july, normally a happy and crowded holiday weekend here on the beach, on the beach other than me is desolate. the water is off-limits and much more what you see in dead of winter. for those who did show up in grand isle, despite the oil, fireworks display paid for by b...

Bonnie with me in studio keeping an eye. tell me what the weather is going to be doing. im going to start with reynolds in gulf shore, alabama. this is the weekend. memorial day earlier in the year. didnt turn out so well for a lot of folks along the gulf as far as tourism goes. so what do they expect this time around for this weekend? >> reporter: well, what they can expect this weekend, 32 miles of white sand beaches with that emerald water that has been known to come right up along the shorel...

>> the same deal. process, bureaucracy, permitting. and you want to know whats ironic? mississippi, alabama, florida have these rock jetties at their inlets, at their passes. >> reporter: and the governor has said the rocks could have stayed in place and prevented some of the oil during the hurricane. john zarrella is on the phone now. we tried to get to you a moment ago. what is the situation there in the panhandle of pensacola? what are you seeing in terms of tourism there? >> reporter: randy,...

As far as the occupancy at the hotels, advanced bookings were canceled. 50% of those were canceled. they usually have 100,000 tourists here on a july 4th weekend. thats not the case at all this time around. the beaches were pretty much deserted in escambia county where pensacola lies, they shut the beaches, told folks dont go in the water. dont step in the tar. an oil advisory they issued. a lot of folks we saute who were at the beach -- there werent that many of them, but those who were here, m...