without a hitch today on the south lawn. organizers say the festivity drew about 35,000 kids and adults. the white house held the first easter egg roll in 1978. refereed today s contest. before he children s book and pickup game of basketball. families newtown connecticut children were among today s guests at the white house. i m shepard smith. this is the fox report. it s the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. some senators in the so-called gang of 8 say they are close to a bipartisan aagreement on immigration reform. they say the plan will improve border security crackdown on employers who hire illegals, and create a path to citizenship for those already in the country. but one high profile republican senator saying not so fast. mike emanuel on the top story at the bottom of the hour live from washington. what s the holdup now? well, shep, everybody seems to believe progress has been made, substantial
employers who hire illegals. is he opposed to everify crack down on illegals getting hired. more are using this at the state level. the bipartisan plan that the gang of 8 has would support that they want to do it nationally. paul says immigration is a federal responsibility and not fair to turn businesses into immigration police. and there is some political positioning going on here. he is definitely looking at a presidential run. he got a great reception from the hispanic chamber of commerce today. it s not too early to be talking about, this shep. just today paul accepted a big speaking gig coming up in may in iowa. home of the first caucuses in 2016 were not coin did he wantly his father won the nomination delegates in iowa in 2012 just last year. lots of family history there and lots of presidential history, too. shepard: here we go. carl cameron in what looks like midnight in washington. a cyclist goes flying flying over the handle bars high speed crash with an antelope. that
time. this president has shown the ability to do that, and since he does have such enormous leverage, if he decides to pursue immigration reform i think that he will probably do it in the next couple of months, maybe after the debt ceiling debate. but remember, there is political motivation, bill on both sides in order to get something on immigration done, for the democrats to try to lock in that huge majority of latino vote and for the republicans to try to at least make some headway among latinos. bill: to that point, doug pick up where monica left off there. how do republicans put their fingerprints on immigration reform so that they can gain advantage as well? they have to do something they ve not done since president bush which is to come out with their own comprehensive immigration reform program that involves both border security, penalties for employers who hire illegals, but offers a real path to citizenship for those 11 to 12 million. if they do that they can then bargain w
down in the surrounding states. so there really wasn t enough evidence to pinpoint the alabama law as being a contributing factor. now you look at these numbers four months later and it really is significant. you have alabama that was at 9.8% in september, all the way down to 8.1%, a 1.7% decline, and you look at the surrounding states, they too have gone down but not nearly as significantly. the alabama law has been called the toughest in the country. it prohibits illegals for looking for jobs in alabama, requires employers tow use the federal e~verify, that is the database that checks immigration status of employees. it also imposes fines and possible loss of business licenses for businesses who do hire illegals. over the course of the past six months we have also seen a number of hispanic businesses in alabama close because they were protesting the alabama law. the governor there, robert bentley gave a statement saying
trace gallagher in the west coast newsroom with a short list of new things to worry about. this isn t exactly what people were ush wishing for, more laws, and regulation and i want to be controlled more by my government. reporter: 800 average per state. everything from georgia saying you could drive golf carts on the road as long as you have a horn. utah banning happy hour all together. a lot of new laws by the way are dealing with distracted driving. states like pennsylvania and nevada pushing new very tough texting while driving laws. in north dakota, drivers under the age of 18 can t use a cell phone at all. across the country now, truckers and bus drivers who use any type of handheld device can face fines up to $2700. several states have new illegal immigration laws. alabama, tennessee, georgia, south carolina, cracking down on employers who hire illegals, making them now use e-verify to verify their immigration status. california giving illegals more rights, saying, expanding th