the hills to search for the dead and the wounded. the flight took off from karachi and was trying to land two hours away in islamabad in rainy weather when it crashed. another plane crash. this one late last night involving nascar team owner jack roush. he has some serious cuts to his face. he may need surgery. this is the second close call for him in 2002. he crashed a plane into a pond in alabama and was seriously hurt. the cause of this crash not known at this hour. the driver is greg bissel, matt kensick and carl edwards all race for him. firefighters are nowhere near containing fast moving wildfires in southern california. a state of emergency has been declared as wind pushes the blaze to a remote area 70 miles north of l.a. 30 homes have been destroyed and hundreds more are being threatened. fires have already burned more than 15,000 acres forcing thousands to evacuate from their homes. we ve now reached day 100 of the gulf oil disaster. the dubious milestone as b.p. is
apathetic form of governance. john morton said after the anti-illegal immigration law that ice may not pick up the illegal immigrants who are detained by local and state authorities. the man is acting in absolute disregard of his responsibilities and his duties. he is no longer a spokesman for law & order, or for effective government. megyn: why are they doing it. jon kyle the senator of arizona after they announced the deployment of the national guard and said these are desk jobs not actual border enforcement. why are they doing it if it s not going to rile help? is it for show. exactly it s show politics, an absolute sham, the same sham by the way perpetrated by the bush administration on the issue of illegal immigration. you remember george w. bush went around for years saying the only solution to the illegal entry of
not your pay roll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes. megyn: you heard it from barack obama himself, no new taxes. for folks making under $250,000 a year. that was then, this is now, the white house does a 180 on america live right now. we begin with this fox news alert on a security build up on our border. john morton the head of ice or immigration and customs enforcement announcing within the last hour that national guard troops be deployed to help border patrol agents as part of a new push to stop illegal drug and human smuggling from mexico into the united states. take a listen. today we announce a further increase in ice s efforts along the southwest border, efforts already at an all time high. as of june 1st of 2010 we have deployed an additional 300 ice special agents, ice enforcement removal officers, and ice analysts along the four southwest border states in mexico. megyn: trace gallagher has more on this one breaking now from our west coast
host: among the issues that lawmakers will be facing in the week ahead. sunday, july 7. live coverage under way in about two hours here on c-span of our nation s governors in boston. the deficit, spending priorities, and state budget. we want your thoughts and comments. short on money, long on problems. that is how they put it in the washington post. for democrats, 202-737-0002. for republicans, 202-737-0001. for independents, 202-628-0205. join the conversation online as well as journal@c-span.org as well at twitter.com/c-spanwj or send us an e-mail at journal@c- span.org. beginning with a political note this morning, dan brown says the battle for congress will play out between now and november, indicating how president obama might govern the second half of his first term. but no one underestimates the significance of the state falls. one way that the government will make changes is redistricting. new governors being reelected, short on money and lots of problems. mor
thought it was a good time to talk plainly with the american people on his views on immigration, but obviously this is also going to touch on the arizona immigration law that has been the focus of so much talk, and also rebuke from this administration, and this president. it begins today, in that the administration is looking to file suit against that to essentially sue arizona over that law, and the president will likely make remarks about that. the reality is, though, jon is that comprehensive immigration reform legislation really doesn t have much of a chance in this congress especially in a mid-termee legs year with such a devisive issue both for republicans and democrats. jon: i wonder, does it give something that the president can use sort of to club republicans with? can he blame republicans for not getting on board with his plans, for instance, and try to steer some votes the democratic way? reporter: sure. and this is a purely political move. by talking about thi