your kid out to get ice cream, you re going to be harassed. that s something that could potentially happen. reporter: russell pierce author the law. shame on president obama and others who spoke before they read the bill. in washington they have a habit of not reading their bills. actually in arizona we read them. reporter: legislators have now changed the law seeking to clarify wh they call misinformation that has stoked the fears of latinos in arizona. the original law stated police can conduct an immigration status check during any, quote, lawful contact, if they have reasonable suspicion a person is an illegal immigrant. it replaces lawful contact with lawful stop, detention, or arrest, clarifying police may not stop people without cause. the revised law also removed the word solely from the phrase the attorney general or county attorney shall not investigate complaints that are based solely on race, color, or national origin. that s intended to remove fears about racial prof
say confusion will persist. it puts my officers in a very difficult position. if they enforce the law or if they don t enforce the law. so they re being put in a place where if they enforce state law, they re going to be sued because they re violating federal law. if they abide by federal statute, they re going to be sued because they re not enforcing the state law. reporter: friday brewer signed the revised version of the law. here outside governor brewer s office at the arizona state capitol, we re expecting protesters later today. they still don t like the law even with those revisions. t.j.? that was going to be my next question. are they saying it s still not good enough? what do they want to do in they want it to be scrapped no matter what changes you make to it, is that right? reporter: they want president obama and the federal government to step in and exercise their authority that the federal government has sole discretion to enforce immigration laws in
key members of his cabinet, including janet napolitano, to the gulf coast. i expect their reports from the ground today. reporter: and apparently trying to dodge the political ramifications of being tagged with blame, the administration from the president on down hasn t missed an opportunity to point the finger at bp. bp is ultimately responsible. bp as the responsible party bp is the responsible party bp as the responsible party reporter: as the response to the crisis intensifientensifies, is the pressure from some lawmakers to scrap offshore drilling plans recently annou e announced by president obama. frank lautenberg and robert menendez sent a letter to the president. the president has directed that every deep water platform in the gulf be inspected. as for the overall operation, bp
to the disaster zone off the gulf coast to see the massive oil slick tomorrow morning. the plan is still coming together. and dan looking at the plan from the administration so far. reporter: so concerned was the obama administration of appearing ill-prepared for the gulf coast oil spill, that for the second day in a row the president commented on the government s response to the crisis during remarks on unrelated subjects. we are fully prepared to meet our responsibilities to any and all affected communities. reporter: after initially taking a less aggressive public approach in the hours after the spill the coast guard has been directing the response to the leaking. reporter: the white house is pushing hard to fully engage in the region and publicize its efforts. aides released an early morning e mill -mail e-mail, then the president walked into the rose garden and again repeated he s dispatched
the president was going to push for a little more offshore drilling. how does that change the game now? the president yesterday saying that any new oil drilling must have further safeguards, but he is still take a listen to what he said yesterday. i continue to believe that domestic oil production is an important part of our overall strategy for energy security, but i have always said it must be done responsibly for the safety of our workers and our environment. that plan the president put out about a month ago to expand areas of offshore drilling now under attack by a bunch of lawmakers from states along the coast. remember, this was part of a bigger clean energy climate change bill. what s happened now in the gulf is going to make that much tougher, t.j. paul steinhauser for us from d.c. as always, we appreciate you, my friend. thanks. one key element in this whole oil spill story is really the weather. the winds, the choppy water, because the issue is it may be pushing