site. governor perry was more noncommit al. he basically said he was disappointed. he would be willing to talk about it. just because they didn t have the conference this year doesn t mean they won t have one next year. martha: thank you very much, william la jeunesse. was canceling that conference the right move or wrong move and what does it mean for the relationships between these border governors. the chairman bill bray is going to weigh in on this moments from now. bret: leaping from the sports page the front page, lebron james announcing his future nba plans tonight. he is among the most sought after players in league history and the drama surrounding his decision, one for the record books.
authorization. mayor gordon is now asking the united states justice department to take a stand. for more, let me bring in california congressman brian bill bray. he is the chairman of the immigration reform caucus. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. we have some agreement and some errors areas on this. but specifically on this law in arizona, the fight that s going on, do you really think that we re making headway when it comes to securing our borders, making sure everybody is paying their taxes? i mean, where are we going with this whole conversation in this country, in your opinion? ed, we ought to be finding those things we do agree on. look, i grew up on the border. i m probably the only member of congress to have rescued illegals when they were drowning. i was a lifeguard and recovered their bodies. i saw them slaughtered on the freeways. we always talk about securing the borders when you and i know, the problem is not at the border. that s a symptom. the real probl
democratic congresswoman loretta sanchez from california sits on the homeland security committee. and brian bill bray of california. i want to get to this issue berthing or berthers because there s part of this legislation out there that are basically going to say, future presidential candidates, they ve got a birt certificatings but start this general issue. congresswoman sanchez, what s wrong with the state trying to enforce the law, the federal government never seems around to getting around enforcing. they have half a million imlegal immigrants in arizona. the federal government has dropped the ball. why shouldn t the state of arizona pick it up and do the job? well, actually the federal government has put more resources. many of the law enforcement agencies in arizona are under 287-g but what we find is they re not very well trained about what the rights are of people. so the problem with the law like this is that, for example, i m hispanic. so if i go to arizona, does that me
beats j.d. hayworth, that s all that you care. bill bill bray first, you re a republican. you have to have a birth certificate to get on the ballot next time. do you think this is adhominum. is this a bill of retainer as we used to say in the constitution classes. aimed at the president himself, barack obama? no, chris, actually this is arizona. this is really aimed at mccain, because mccain was there s been an issue with the fact that he wasn t born from the united states. now it s interesting the fact that he s qualified to be citizen a president. you don t have to be born in the united states but a lot of people look at that but because he was born in panama and the panama canal is not was not u.s. territory, it was u.s. area to be treated as if it s territory by treaty with panama, so mccain s actually went through a lot of same thing in arizona but they re doing it. you as raised by his presidency. but doing it now. john mccain is not running for president.
more strict review because everybody always assumes in the last 20 years let me just say ten years from now, ten years ago if you and i would have said we would be here talking about toyota, most of us would have said you are crazy. hugo maybe. you may have been talking about general motors but we never thought it would have been toyota. could have that inherent institutional prejudice i m not saying just to the agency but society as a whole could we have created a situation where maybe there wasn t as critical review upfront on toyota that might have been done if it was a hugo or if it was general motors? not in my opinion, mr. bill bray. you know, i have been in this job 15 months. ray lahood answering questions from the congressman from california about whether or not people were lulled into the sense of false security by toyota s very excellent reputation. and while continue to watch that hearing and talk to secretary lahood, finally gets