The Chinese authorities oppose any reference to the island as an independent state, a matter which has been repeatedly rejected by Taiwan. Beijing traditionally.
jenna: breaking news coming into the newsroom right now. you re looking at live pictures from phoenix. the police in phoenix now arresting three protesters at a rally against arizona s new immigration law. we are monitoring the situation out in phoenix, live pictures from our affiliate there. in the meantime i m going to take you down to wall street. stocks are down right now. the dow had early gains and upbeat earnings and a drop in unemployment claim, the stock market looking a little lower, jon. jon: both president obama and shirley sherrod speaking out today about the canned tkal which cost the former agriculture department employee her job. major garrett is live at the white house with an update on that, major. reporter: good afternoon, jon. let s start here in washington d.c. where president obama