thank you. shannon: we re awaiting news from the justice department with states claiming they can t give ballots to the troops in time for voting. peter jon: , jr. is just ahead to tell us if there s anything we can do to get the soldiers to cast votes. and taking action against a wisconsin priest, why the electronics retailer thinks the man of the cloth needs to change his message. they sell to god squad, they talk to catholic priests about their struggles, with their life, and maybe things they need prayer for.
wait until you see the rest of that conversation on america live right now. shannon: fox news alert, conflicting reports on a meeting that could have a huge impact in the debate over the plan for a new mosque near ground zero. we re getting brand new reports that new york governor david paterson is planning a push to convince the ima mft of the proposed islamic center to move it to a different location, earlier today the executive director of the american muslim society weighed in on the nationwide debate over building the mega mosque in what would have been the shadow of the world trade towers. we at the muslim american society are determined to defend the religious rights and freedom and any encroachment against the cherished principles of religious freedom for all people, not only muslim. we do believe that the first amendment of the united states constitution is sacrosanct. shannon: james, the debate continues. reporter: more than ever. minutes ago eric shawn shoa
alert, all eyes are on the grand canyon state where we are awaiting a court decision which could strike down arizona s illegal immigration law before it goes into effect. that is set for midnight tonight. as we wait for judge juice and bolton s ruling police and protesters are mobilizing in phoenix. at least one group of demonstrators planning to block access to federal offices. others are ready to take part in marchs and vigils across the state. they are going to training officers. trace gallagher is live in our west coast newsroom with the latest,. reporter: you know the entire west coast newsroom now is working on this story kind of waiting on the decision by judge susan bolton. we expect her to make this decision very quickly for a couple of reasons, one, it would give the losing side a chance to appeal this to the 9th circuit court of appeals, which is based in san francisco, and two, it would give police a chance to kind of adjust their training and what provisio prov
immigration law pouring into the streets and going as high as the justice department, but can eric holder make a case to stop the state from enforcing its new law? peter jon: peter johnson, jr. is live after this break.
figure out who is behind it. the continental commuter flight made an emergency landing in north carolina after a threatening note was found in the plane s bathroom. we re told that all of the passengers have been taken off, but we ve got breaking details now from greensborough, shelby baker with the fox affiliate wght has the latest. what do we know shelby? reporter: megyn, i just spoke with airport authority a few minutes ago. i m told the 45 passengers just finished eating lunch, and that everybody appears to be calm. also, the bomb squad is just about to begin searching the aircraft. now, continental flight 3006, enroute from houston to dulles, landed here at dti at 10:45 after a passenger saw a message on the boorm mirror saying there was a bomb on board the aircraft. no word yet from airport authority how long the passengers will be here. right now, they are being interviewed by fbi agents. they hope to have the plane thoroughly searched and get these passengers back o