out in arizona, the governor, jan brewer, will not get what she wanted which was an expedited hearing. the state was asking a federal appeals court to hear the state s appeal early. that s not going to happen. the state was appealing the injunction that blocked part of sb 1070. the appeal will now be heard the first week of november. experts think this fight will eventually make its way to the supreme court. also out in southern california, three wildfires are still burning. the biggest is called the crown fire, just outside of los angeles. right now it is 20% contained. 30,000 acres in all have been burned. however, some good news. the mandatory evacuations have ended and a lot of people are returning to their homes. also in pakistan, devastating flooding there. at least 800 people are dead. heaven rains triggered these floods. a lot of the homes washed away
she had hoped. she had asked a federal appeals court to hear the state s appeal earlier because she wanted to deal with an injunction to block sb-1070, that controversial immigration law. the appeal will now be heard the first week in november. the fight is expected to eventually make its way to the supreme court. that immigration law we are talking about took effect thursday. protesters immediately took to the streets. phoenix police say they arrested at least 45 people but no word on how many people were arrested breaking the new law. governor arnold schwarzenegger says the state is throwing everything it has against the wildfires in southern california. the largest of the fires, the crown fire, is outside los angeles. only 20% contained at this time. mandatory evacuations though have ended. most people have returned home. the three fires have burned 30,000 acres so far.
three-plus months away. exactly what is next in this immigration battle. beth karas joins us now. she s with our sister network tr trutv. can anything happen between now and when the appeal is heard in november? good morning, t.j. probably not. the argument is scheduled for november 1st. each side will submit briefs before then. several seconds of the law are in effect, as you said. judge bolton in district court still has a motion filed by the u.s. government before her challenging the constitutionality. she has not ruled on that yet. this is just an appeal on her injunction. the state of arizona wants to have that injunction lifted so that the controversial parts can go into effect. that s really the battle on constitutionality. she still has that motion which will probably wait until the november 1st hearing. likely not a ruling.
we want our border security. as the governor of the state of arizona, i took an oath to uphold the laws and protect the citizens. we re against the police state. it affects white people, black people, native people, brown people, mexicans. we just arrested 15 to 20 people. all these people in jail. this is one of the most outrageous battles that s ever occurred in modern history, the federal government suing the states over state s inherent authority to protect its citizens. that battle goes on today. welcome back, everyone, to this cnn saturday morning. i m t.j. holmes. like we do every saturday at this time, we dedicate this 9:00 eastern half-hour to one hot topic that s been in the news this week. can t get much hotter than the immigration debate in arizona. this was the week the
ban on the day laborers, and they can t hold up traffic trying to get work. the arizona governor jan brewer is not going to get what she wanted which was an expedited hearing to move the appeal forward quicker. she asked a federal appeals court to hear the state s appeal early. that is not going to happen. the state court now going to hear it later in the year in november. of course the state is appealing the parts that were struck down this week by a judge. they are appealing that injunction. appeal again the first week of november. this fight so many say is going to eventually make it to the supreme court. i support arpaio. throw all these people in jail. meanwhile, this was the scene that played out in phoenix. police there arrested 45 protesters on thursday. however, they re not saying how many of those we actuthey actua arrested under the new immigration bill. now the appeal is some