state s next steps in that legal battle over arizona s controversial immigration law. governor brewer and state attorney general tom horne claim the federal government has failed to enforce immigration laws, and the state, therefore, must step in. we ll keep you updated. jenna: the death of osama bin laden creating a major leadership void for al-qaida. the intelligence community is trying to determine who takes over now. doug ma cal way is taking a look at this question, live for us in washington. doug, the speculation about who is going to relays osama bin laden we are a week into it. what is the latest. reporter: the most obvious candidate to assume the mantle of leader of al-qaida is ayman al-zawahri. it would require him to assume
summer. not like what they have done here. put a lot of pressure on the regime that s an enemy to us. mahmoud ahmadinejad, eye toll ayatollah khamenei they are part of 12th. they believe the 12th is coming. islamic calafate. they would love to see this revolution in egypt turn their way, not she a but radical islamic. we would love to see that regime toppled and soon. shannon: we will watch and see what s happened in egypt floods over in iran and how they respond and how our administration responds as well. joel, thanks for coming. in thank you. shannon: more than 700 trainers are still needed to get afghan soldiers and policeman to take over in afghanistan. president harmid karzai wants his forces to take control by 2014 but the commander of nato s training mission says if there is are not trainers a transition is not going to be possible. as the battle over arizona s controversial immigration law continues so does the violence along the u.s.-mexico border and some businesses al
been tear-gassed and was trapped by cops in a hospital where he was being treated. he was targeted in a violent clash with hundreds of officers, upsetted about a new law that would cut their benefits. two officers were kill in the army s assault on the hospital. five soldiers were wounded. and stocked ending a month-long rally on a weak note, but it was the best month in 71 years. the dow jones falling, but the average is up 8% for the month, the strongest september performance since 1939, at the dawn of the second world war. signs of the economy improving is credited for strong gains in september. now back to on the record. now back too on the record. back to on the record. greta: another twist in the battle over arizona s illegal immigration law. parts of sb-1070 were blocked by a federal judge. russell pierce co-wrote the
it works up the east coast. nicole is following another large storm that just made it up the east coast. the massive downpours are triggering flooding in a number of states it has turned deadly in north carolina four people were killed when their suv skidded off a rain soaked highway. prosecutors in new jersey considering hate crime charges in the death of a rutgers university student. 18-year-old tyler clementi committed suicide a video of him having sex with a man in his dorm room appeared on the internet. his roommate and another student are charged. the pair secretly recorded the encounter and posted it online. i m marianne rafferty. now back too on the record. back to on the record. greta: another twist in the battle over arizona s illegal immigration law. parts of sb-1070 were blocked by a federal judge. russell pierce co-wrote the
so we will have that whole interview coming up here at the half hour. police in michigan say a serial killer is on the loose, his deadly spree may have crossed state lines now we have a sketch of the man in question. authorities say a suspect fitting a description is responsible for some five stabbing deaths and 11 injuries in michigan. then police linked the suspect to three separate attacks in northern virginia. most of the victims have been african-american, but police say no one knows what motivates the attacks. we are going to get a report there in half an hour, too. we continue to follow the breaking developments out of alaska on that deadly plane crash. former nasa administrator sean o keefe was on the plane. nbc news has confirmed that former alaska senator ted stevens also on board. we are working with a report that there were some survivor bus we don t know who yet. we have just learned that the national guard and the coast guard have been on scene giving medical treatm