law the supreme court backed and 1070 the controversial law people are looking forward to. 1070 deals with an increased ability of state police to arrest people who are suspected of being illegal aliens or immigra immigrants. that law has raised certain racial discrimination claims, raised certainly what are called federal preemption claims, of whether the state can subplant or in arizona s view, supplement, federal enforcement. the law that the court ruled on this week is much narrower. it deals with the ability of states to add penalties on businesses that hire illegal immigrants. this case falls into a narrow exception in the law called the licensing exception. and the majority of the court said that congress did not prohibit or preempt states from being able to add their own measures. now, on one hand, christine, that certainly shows that the
and welcome to american morning. it is friday, may 27th. the beginning of a long holiday weekend for many in this country. that s right. hopefully the beginning of some nice, calm, summer weather which we have not seen. we haven t seen. it s not going to be a great weekend for those in joplin, missouri. the search for the missing there continues. the state officials are releasing a list of 232 people who are still unaccounted for, a list they concede may not be entirely accurate. the death toll right now stands at 126. we re getting a look at some dramatic new video when just after the tornado struck. watch as aaron cox and his fiancee brook mckinsey watson race to find aaron s sister amid the destruction. let s take a look. look at this. oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh, aaron. oh, my gosh. right through here. i don t know i don t know where we are. i don t know. i don t know where to go. we have to keep going this way. don t step on any of this. c