greta: the arizona illegal immigration battle going too far and getting cruel. a republican candidate says he wants utility companies to pull the plug on illegal immigrants is that going too far? barry wong joins us live. i must tell you i hate your idea, i think it is mean and cruel. but go ahead, tell me why you think this is a good idea to pull the plug on utilities for illegal people here? greta, thank you for having me. the premise of this issue is the impact that illegal aliens have, illegal immigrants have on the infrastructure the services that our community provides that could include the emergency room services, hospitals uncompensated cure, k-12 education in the case of the corporation commission which i m running for that has jurisdiction over utilities to
filing is a massive waste of taxpayer funds. funds can be better used against violent mexican cartels than the people of arizona. the truth is, the arizona law is reasonable and constitutional, it mirrors substantially what has been federal law in the united states for many decorated decades: greta: joining us live criminal defense attorney. bernie, finally the civil lawsuit, you ve read it, what do you think? i any it is very political. i think a lot of what governor brewer says is right. now, make no mistake, i am hurt to my soul at some of the languish of the statute after somebody is language of the statute after somebody is stopped you can arrest them for being an illegal immigrant. greta: not arrest, you can ask them. if it turns out they are violating the law, then you can take further i know it requires them to carry papers. what is it determined by the color of somebody s skin? putting that aside i think a lot of what governor brewer says is right. ther
implement something like this and a model we could use is the state of arizona. currently prohibits anybody that s not a u.s. citizen or illegal resident to obtain welfare benefits. and so we can use that model and extrapolate and modify that to a utility situation. well, mr. wong, obviously, you re frustrated by the number of illegal immigrants there in arizona as are so many people. we understand that and thank you for coming on to explain your what some call a radical plan. we ll see how it goes with your election. thanks so much for coming on. thank you very much. all right. coming up, president obama gives new orders to nasa. improve relations with muslim countries. that s right.
and gas supply to illegal immigrants. he claims it would bring down the cost of utilities for u.s. citizens. republican candidate for arizona corporation commission barry wong joins us now. good morning. good morning, how are you? i m well. so you propose having utility companies, gas, heat, electric, water, check the immigration status of all their customers and if someone is found to be illegal, then what? yes, and this issue came up during an interview process by a local media to all the candidates and it s a very it s a very critical issue today that impacts all of us because you have to look at the increasing population of the illegals that contributes to the stretching the infrastructure of the services that we provide. yes. whether it s utilities. i understand and you re trying to save money and everybody wants to do that right now but just to be clear, you would shut off the refrigerators and the air conditioning of people in this deadly heat of
i haven t seen one of these for a while. thank you so much. except at the smithsonian. oh, my goodness. e-mail us right now, it was so hot at your house. what happened yesterday or what could happen today? keep it clean. all right. it s going to be a very festive show for you this morning. we have your headlines. the heat is on in the northeast as steve just said. today, temperatures are predicted to hover around the triple digits from virginia to new england. these record-breaking temperatures are expected to last until saturday. heat warnings and advisories have been issued throughout most of the region. in new york city, 500 public cooling centers are being opened today to help people escape the heat. i ve had enough. got to cover up as much as we can. just got back from iraq. this is like nothing. it could not have come on a worst day. 600 amtrak passengers struck on a disabled train from boston to new york city without any air conditioning. it took two ho