the battle over arizona s immigration will likely end up in the u.s. supreme court. while the protests and boycotts continue, it s worth noting that most americans support the measure. whether you re for or against it, though, key factors fed this firestorm and turned arizona into the front lines of the immigration battle. tom foreman shows us how it happened. tom? anderson, in the early 1990s, the federal government stepped in hard to stop illegal crossings here in california. and what happened was they shifted over here to arizona. that s where the illegal routes went. ever since, there s been growing frustration over there about the feds not finishing the job. for example, when president bush failed to push through a bipartisan immigration reform bill in 2007. that s why some in arizona say they had to act at the state level. and that just added to a whole series of events that happened that made this wildfire grow. and the first had almost nothing to do with the southwest. it was
week s stampede. the next legal fight in the battle over arizona s immigration law will come the first week of november. a federal appeals court die nen the earlier request. bp says it will try to seal that rup cured o that ruptured oil well on tuesday. promising news this morning for people who live near that wildfire north of los angeles. the fire is now 62% contained. it has now burned about 52 rather, 22 square miles since it erupted on thursday. those are your fast five headlines. a bill would overturn a law banning online gambling is heading to congress. it would legalize online poker and other nonsports betting. some lawmakers are not willing to roll the virtual dice. joining us now, executive director of the pokers players alliance and the director of the national gambling impact study commission tim kelly.
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with the trial or in the end, make a deal. what all of this could mean for democrats in november for the republican push toward november. it matters. fox news contributor juan williams. plus the legal battle over arizona s new immigration law. the fight could go all the way to the supreme court but there s no way to know. our own judge andrew napolitano will talk about the next step, what it means for arizona and the rest of us, that s all ahead on a busy day on studio b. wp we can fly out to see family. and we canook out more with friends. my card lets me work out more. and ours lets us eat out more. aarp helps us do our favorite thing.
welcome back. that controversial immigration law in arizona takes effect this week. that is, if it can overcome several court challenges. many immigrants though are already starting to flee arizona. as barbara pinto reports there were fears that the state s economy may disappear too. reporter: the loud and bitter battle over arizona s immigration law has reached fever pitch. but rosario peralta worries about the quiet exodus. immigrant families already leaving the state in droves. in the past few months she s seen business and customers at her family grocery store disappear. they re in fear. they want to either go back to other states or they re just not buying at all. they re buying the minimum because they just want to save their money so they can maybe