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And his federal aid. now, we have a progressive president out there, center left president, doing is same. its hard for mitt romney to compete with a president like this, who goes to the scene, shows up, shows hes on the job. >> correct. because he looked presidential. its toughç for mitt romney too that when barack obama is the p president. theres little practical benefit save of course drawing national attention to it. perhaps pushing for relief funds, but its a great photo op and shows for ...

Three parts that set up state criminal penalties for immigration violations were struck down. justice kagan recused herself but the remaining eight justices upheld the provision allowing police to check the status of those that they had reasonable suspicion were in the country illegally and then report their identity to the feds. then it would be up to the federal government to pick up and deport the illegal aliens or let them go free. now, considering the presidents recent no deportation order ...

Hollow fire burned more than 25,000 acres and is only 10% contained. now to that major ruling by the supreme court on immigration. opponents of the controversial arizona law gathered last night in phoenix to protest the high courts decision. now much of the law about 75% of it was struck down. but a key component remains in place. here to explain it all is abcs terry moran. >> reporter: show me your papers. the most controversial part of arizonas law. it empowers police during any routine stop...

And the reality is that hes far behind president obama among latino voters. you write this in your book, "an american son," about canada. i begin to wonder if some of the people who seem sew disparaging about immigrants would be just as worked up if most of them were coming from canada. you suggest a level of racism here toward illegal immigrants. how much of a problem is the republican party have on this issue? >> first of all, that assumes all these voices are republicans. the enormous vast an...

The single greatest contributor to illegal immigration is a broken legal immigration system. i think if you do those two things, then the plight of 12 million or 9 million or whatever the number is, it becomes easier to guy with. it wont become easy. but it will become easier if you have the confidence -- >> you get into these issues as any legislator does, and its the final step thats the hardest. who can become legal? what is amnesty? and thats why this question is so crucial. can anyone becom...

People who seem sew disparaging about immigrants would be just as worked up if most of them were coming from canada. you suggest a level of racism here toward illegal immigrants. how much of a problem is the republican party have on this issue? >> first of all, that assumes all these voices are republicans. the enormous vast and overwhelming majority of republicans are supporters of legal immigration. are compassionate to the plight of legal immigrants but understand that -- of illegal immigrant...

>> heres the reality, you support a candidate, mitt romney, who talked about self-deportation during the campaign, had to run hard to the right here on illegal immigration. said at one point that he would veto the dream act. and the reality is that hes far behind president obama among latino voters. you write this in your book, "an american son," about canada. i begin to wonder if some of the people who seem sew disparaging about immigrants would be just as worked up if most of them were coming ...

day. it looks like the fire came over the chest back there. you can see the fire coming over the mountain. >> we know this is one of the risks that we have here. we are doing it strategically so we can get the people and their biggest threat done first. >> very scary. >> we started with manitou avenue north of. >> banging on my window. >> he was asleep. so i pounded on his door to get him out. >> thats pretty scary. it is right there. >> orange, a lot of orange. >> when you look at it ...

Yes, we are. >> there are still concerns that all the romney entities are not just competing with but beating your side and part of the reason the "new york times" writes, im quoting michael barberio, the presidents discomfort with stroking donors is well known, prompting some to complain that he can be chilly and inattentive. is that a problem? >> i think it is no real surprise in the conversation you were just having that mitt romney is the most comfortable with millionaires and billionaires a...

Enrollment is never predictable, but at this school, the katherine ferguson academy in detroit, it is very much needed. and that is a fact that the detroit school board recognized when they kept it open when it would have been cheaper to shut down katherine ferguson. this time last year, the very existence of this school was in doubt, and an emergency financial manager in charge of the zroit schools decided that katherine ferguson academy was going to be closed. at the time, the young women of t...