to carry documents proving legal status and authorizing cops to arrest suspected immigrants all, gone. critics argue the law would lead the racial and ethnic profiling, but the white house sued on the basis that it would undermine on that the court sided with the majority opinion here, justice kennedy wrote that arizona may have understandable frustrations with the problems caused by illegal immigration but the state may not pursue policies that undermine federal law. president obama said he is pleased with the rules but concerned about the remaining provision. we have team fox coverage, and now reaction from arizona, and now to shannon on a windy day. a justice took aim at the president. explain to us what that is all about. justice scalia who wrote an opinion that concurred this part and disscented if part did something i have not seen happen often plugged a current event to the opinion he wrote, references specifically the president s policy directive change on immigration. sayi
paid off in spades a the highest court tossed three of four key aspects of the law. it s a partial win for the president because it leaves the controversial stop and check provision standing at least for now. wendell goler continues our team fox coverage live at the white house. how are they responding to this today, wendell? well, shep, the president and his aides are please today strike down what they believe are the egregious parts of the arizona law and feel it reaffirms that border control is a federal issue, but not completely comfortable with the part that got sent back to a lower court for reconsideration, in a written statement, president obama said, quote, i agree with the court that individuals cannot be detained solely to verify their immigration status. we must ensure that arizona law enforcement officials do not enforce this law in a manner that undermines the civil rights of americans. and they say the justice department will be watching to see what impact it has on ci
europe. as we have seen so often before, the ripples of fear and instability can become a pretty big wave across the atlantic, shep. shepard: they really can jonathan thank you. the election in france and the president s new economic policies could have a very big impact on the american economy. team fox coverage continues. gerri willis from fbn. explain how these policies could effect us and foreign policies. they bounced back. they ended up mixed. there could be a decoupling going on here. left me tell you if you are an investor and you are putting money in france right now, you may be regetting it we may see some money come out. could help the dollar vis-a-vis the euro. it could fuel these sort of austerity anti-austerity voices in this country as well. austerity didn t work there period. it hasn t worked yet anyway. it s gotten worse. doesn t seem like anything is working there frankly. thank you. my pleasure. lawyer for the heiress who gave john edwards nearly a
it s bad. you could hear the walls shake. we threw ourselves on top of the kids. if this concrete wall had gone the other direction it would have crushed us. that s where we were, right there where that concrete wall fell. amazing we re still living. terrible. i got into the closet with my animals. thank god the kids were not at home today. it is, it looks like a disaster area. it felt like a iraq, baghdad, undescribable. undescribable. jon: a lot of people thanking god this morning. we have team fox coverage. maria molina is live in the fox weather center. first let s go to adam housley live in arlington texas. adam, we ve soon some of the pictures but have they done an overall assessment on the damage? reporter: jon, they re still starting that this morning. we ve seen the helicopter fly over and insurance inspectors out here doing their assessments.
heavily on the commander and chief. now the washington post columnist david ignatius says he was given exclusive look at the bin laden documents by a senior administration official apparently within the white house. and also this week in the rose garden the president brought up the raid. there is a a reason why al qaeda is on its heels and has been disseminated. there is a reason by usama bin laden and his lieutenants are not in a position to be able to execute plots against the united states or great britain. a senior administration official told fox that the white house is very eager to declassify these documents and make them public in the coming months, of course, the key question is whether that timing is going to bump up against the election, shep. shepard: catherine herridge in washington. catherine, thank you. two more presidential contests this weekend that mitt romney and rick santorum are also looking ahead to a big showdown on president obama s home turf. and the pr