enough kept he deputies in our county, our county is larger than the state of connecticut, and we have we re the police for most of the citizens and we don t have enough deputies to respond to our emergencies so the last thing i m going to do is take the vital resources and pull them to any security detail. myself, i m always armed, i m a cop first, and i m aware of my surroundings, and it s not going to change who i am or speaking out against these folks, we re going to continue to bring the fight to them. i m working with our sheriffs here in arizona. i proudly serve as the president of our sheriff s association, and hey, in the absence of the federal government securing our border, the president has promised to accepted us troops, still, there s no plan about that, the federal government has utterly failed, and the local shefrs and sheriffs of america, we re charged constitutionally with that duty, and we re going to protect our families. martha: you know, you really have stuck yo
who may disagree with you, as some do disagree with our law. most support it, however. it s entirely different for those involved in criminal activity and we have received from outside arizona credible reports from other law enforcement entities that say the mexicoan mafia mexican mafia-cartel have issued a green light on me which means hey, go get this guy. martha: we saw what happened recently to a candidate in mexico who was gunned down as he was running for office there, and that s believed to be the work of some of these groups that you re talking about. what do you do to protect yourself, and what does arizona do to protect you? well, it s lawless in mexico, as we know, 22,000 plus people everywhere, from judges to newspaper reporters, to police chiefs are being gunned down in broad daylight and squads of police officers, while here ourselves, we don t have
martha: a brand-new hour of american s newsroom with this news, we are getting word that the justice department could file its lawsuit over arizona immigration law as early as today. the ball is about to get rolling. attorney general eric holder is expected to argue that the federal law triumphs states rights. a position taken by holder shortly after this law passed. we are so concerned, so concerned about the immigration law recently passed in arizona. it is clear that a failure to act on the federal level is resulting in state policies that undermine our most cherished values and quite frankly our safety. martha: meanwhile his boss scheduled to take part in a very important meeting at the white house shortly. it is a very busy day and that is how we start a brand-new hour of this tuesday s american s
you feel is another bit of madness and that is the arizona lawsuit because we re getting word it may be filed by the department of justice as soon as today and everybody is sort of waiting for this thing to come through. it looks like they re going to go forward with this, suing one of the 50 states for a law they instituted. and in alliance with the government of mexico, again, this is an administration that has completely lost its way. you know, you re beginning to see, you know, head of the business roundraeubl, jeffrey immelt, general electric, are now coming out and saying this administration is creating immense negative consequences in the society that we enjoy in our economy, and we had better urge upon this administration in due course, this, again is by the way, i personally welcomed this lawsuit. i think it s important that we have clarity on this issue, get rid of the rhetoric that this administration has formed. martha: experts think the arizona law will be upheld. that
accusation against the senate majority leader next. rick: new developments on attorney general s eric holder plan to sue arizona over that state s new immigration law. is the obama anministration within its legal rights? we ll break that down. martha: and rick, did you ever dream about cruising around like the jetsons? rick: absolutely phartsz i always wanted to have one of those little plains like these. we ll tell you how this is a reality, folks, coming up.