licenses of those who hire illegals. the state s argument was if the state issues the licenses they should have the power to revoke them, the supreme court agrees. now that the supreme court has given arizona the right to go after employers who hire illegals, the question next becomes, shannon, will they give arizona the right to go after illegals themselves? of course sb1070 is now before the supremes. shannon: that fight still brewing. thank you very much. still awaiting reaction from the white house on this defeat. the obama administration has fought tooth and nail against any efforts for states to go against illegal immigration on their own. we ll talk to both sides advocates in the next hour. the risk of severe weather continues to threaten parts of the u.s. from the south through the northeast. it comes just as we re learning new stunning numbers about recent tornado activity. check it out.
martha: this is crossing the wires moments ago. it looks like arizona wins this one. the supreme court upholding the state law that cracks down on employers who knowingly h eur illegals. hire illegals. this is considered a win for that legislature. we ll keep you posted on more developments on that. bill: another alert, a judge in wisconsin has struck down a law taking away nearly all collective bargaining rights from most state workers. the decision is not the end of the legal fight, probably not by a long shot. chris stirewalt, managing editor. good morning, chris. is it reasonable. reporter: yeah, certainly reversals for this law were expected. as you pointed out right lee, bi certainly the wisconsin supreme court, and possibly the u.s.
the source says he has been moved to this luxury townhouse that recently rented for $60,000 per month. new unemployment numbers, 424,000 americans filed for jobless benefits for the first time. an increase in 10,000. in joplin, missouri, the heartbreak builds and the uncertainty grows unbearable. officials will release a list of people still missing from the tornado zone. many families are now entering a fourth day of agonizing questions and exhaustive searches. he still hasn t been found. we have been to every place, missing persons to the morgue and there back to here. we can t just stand by anymore and wait. i just want closure. i just want to know something, you know. i don t want to go back home hours away from here and not know where my father is. i have another son and a daughter to take care of. we need to have some closure one way or the other, to be able to move on. can you just imagine? cnn s jackie jair rest is in joplin. there is a lot to go through
amnesty kick and get over to where we really got common ground and that s issues like the president has expanding e-verify. he should make it mandatory for businesses to e-verify if they want a business deduction. that s common ground we can agree on. eliminate tax deduction for employers that hire illegals. that s the one place washington misses the bet and the president is going to lose this opportunity if he doesn t understand that creating a feeling of credibility actually proven to the american people we can be trusted is the first step that we have to do before we start asking them to trust us to do other issues especially when you are talking about creating special status and protection for those who are illegally in the country. let me stay with congressman bilbray for a moment. i understand your point, congressman. you ve been consistent on those points. there are some republicans, senator m there are some republicans, senator mccain, for example, who say i will talk to you
people who come here illegally. for that to happen you have to have a system for identifying who is here illegally and who is no once we have a system like that in place, you can get tough on lawyers that hire illegals. those employers are like a huge magnet drawing people to come here because they can get better jobs here than they can at home. as lodge as that is the case you are going to have an insecure border. less secure the border and crackdown on those that are hiring illegally. greta: would you do a comprehensive program or do it in a step-by-step, first the borders then the second one? do you sit down and say let s resolve this all at once now, comprehensively? i must admit, i m kind of inclined to take problems a bite at a time. if somebody if somebody wants do that something