marijuana while he was on patrol about 50 miles south of phoenix. he was then confronted by five suspects armed with assault rifles. the deputy grazed by a bullet out of the hospital now. law enforcement is on the lookout for other suspects. joining us now for the latest, the sheriff. how confident are you that you ve got at least three of these guys in custody. well, we re still conducting interviews, but to give you a sense of the scope of the operation, we had over 200 officers respond, and we corps donned off an area 10 miles by 10 miles. we had apprehended 17, but the border patrol also took in custody over 100 illegal immigrants. this is a corridor for smuggling not only drugs, but also human illegal immigrants. jon: in reading descriptions, it sounded like your deputy was ambushed, trapped. he was. in fact, he was out there tracking five people.
traffic tickets and parking tickets. budget cuts from sacramento mean fewer judges and court employees to keep the courts running. we keep cutting courtrooms because we don t have the resources, it will get worse, and we ll do our best, but there s only so much we can do with less money to keep our courts running. reporter: and they ve already laid off 330 employees here, they re talking about closing 17 courtrooms, and another 20% cut is coming. that means people are only going to be more frustrated and those lines could get even longer, jon. jon: some people would say it would be a good thing if some of those insignificant cases weren t heard in court, but what about the serious matters? jr. yeah. and there are a lot of really serious matters, cases that are hanging in the balance. right now it s taking two months to get into family court, and those are where those really delicate child custody cases are handled. also it s taking five years, five years to get on the docket in civ
james looking to make a political comeback after serving seven years in prison for corruption filing papers to run as an independent in the 17th congressional district. on the bottom we have learned that actress lynn redgrave has died after a battle with breast cancer, she was 67 years old. jane: breaking news out of detroit, a police officer is dead, four others hurt in a shootout. these officers were responding to a 911 call about gunshots at a house. they surrounded the house, they were hit by gunfire there. a suspect also has been hurt. investigators say they have found a around gun and a pound of marijuana inside that house. we ll keep you updated. jon: in arizona officials are on high alert after rounding up 17 undocumented immigrants following the shooting of a deputy on friday. according to police, three of those in custody matched descriptions given by the deputy who was shot. the officer found bales of
but if they can at least stem the flow with this dome, that will go a long way toward easing what is hemorrhaging now into the gulf of mexico. jon: a huge mess in the meantime, trace gallagher, thank you. also check out our website on this story. we are adding images by the minute of a cataclasmic disaster in the gulf, from animal rescue efforts underway to frantic efforts to try to contain the spill itself. go to foxnews.com, we ve got those pictures and breaking news there for you 24/7. jane tens of thousands turning out for rallies across the country over that new immigration law in the state of arizona. second weekend in a row that we ve seen massive crowds take over the streets on this issue. where does this debate go from here? and have you seen this videotape? talk about a terrifying moment at a race track. whoa! a car, hurd ling out of control, right into the crowds, an update, coming your way.
he didn t know exactly what he had, but he saw there were bales of marijuana. and as he was tracking them, they became wise to that, and they actually left their rear element behind, took cover and concealment, and the main element continued. our deputy, as he approached, the suspect popped up and started shooting ak-47 rounds, 20-30 at our deputy knowing he was a law enforcement officer. our deputy responded with his ar-15, a semiautomatic military-type rifle and his handgun and shot off an entire magazine at them and believed he hit one of the suspects. this gun battle went on for over ten minutes, so it shows you that the level of violence here has been increasing. jon: and five against one, i mean, he s lucky to be alive right now. he is. god was certainly watching over this tough deputy, louie pearl, and we re just so proud of him, happy that he s safe. and this is where all of the police chiefs in our county and