it s a long that sparks controversy and outrage as well as sympathy and imitators. today the supreme court told arizona it went too far in trying to stem illegal immigration, taking matters into its own hand that constitutionally belongs to the federal government. the justices struck down three major portions of the law but upheld one of the most controversial provisions. kate bolduan has more. kate, what does the ruling say? hey, joe, it was a big day at the supreme court. one that has both sides trying to spin the ruling in their favor. the high court put the brakes on aggressive state efforts to crack down on immigration, at least for now. from the arizona border to the usz supreme court, the justices offered a split decision on the controversial, illegal immigration law. known as sb 1070. writing for the majority in the 4-3 ruling. justice anthony kennedy said arizona may have understandable frustrations with the problems caused by illegal immigration. but the state m
we start on the campaign trail and president obama s full-court press to win latino voters who could be the key to winning re-election. so exactly a week after he announced the u.s. would stop deporting some illegal immigrants brought here as children, he spoke to one of the country s biggest hispanic conventions. we should have passed the d.r.e.a.m. act a long time ago. it was written by members of both parties. when it came up for a vote a year and a half ago, republicans in congress blocked it. the bill hadn t changed. the need hadn t changed. the only thing that had changed was politics. mitt romney had his turn. president obama has not made them a priority. after 3 1/2 years of putting every issue from loan guarantees to his donors to cash for clunkers, putting all those things before immigration, now the president has been seized by an overwhelming need to do what he could have done on day one, but didn t. i think you deserve better. chief white house correspond
up first tonight, presidential politics. a major shift in tone. not much new on policy front. mitt romney makes a direct appeal for latino votes. speaking to a national conv convention down in florida one day before the same group hears from president obama governor romney began by asking hispanic voters to remember promises the incumbent failed to keep on immigration and other issues. that you don t really have an alternative. i believe he s taking your vote for granted. i ve come here today with a very simple message. you do have an alternative. your vote should be respected, and your voice is more important now than ever before. making his case, governor romney focused primarily on economics. is the america of 11% hispanic unemployment the america of our dreams? we can do better. but he also offered a broad outline of his immigration policies. governor romney, for example, pledged a permanent status for young illegal immigrants brought across the border by their pa
the jury is shown photographs of the victims at the age they say sandusky abused them. a sensitive military drone crashes in maryland during what the pentagon says was a routine training exercise. tonight newt gingrich joins us to share his thoughts on the general election match-up. you. childhood photos of eight of jerry sandusky s victims were projected on to a big screen today. it s day one in the trial of the former penn state football coach. he s accused of assaulting at least ten boyce over a span of 15 years. the jury heard from one of those alleged victims today. sayre rare gan numb was in that courtroom. the first witness to testify was vick up in four. he says sandusky assaulted him dozens of times and later sent him creepy love letters. i write because you mean so much to us, i write because of the churning in my stomach when you don t care. i still hope there will be meaning to the time we have known each other. notes like that, the graphic testimony, how did
to congress with voters knowing he s gay. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a very weak jobs report is having a very chilling effect on wall street and the economy right now. the dow jones industrials closing down about 270 points only moments ago. the other major indices also taking a hit. we learned today that only 69,000 jobs were added to america s workforce last month. that s the weakest growth in a year and the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2%. president obama on the campaign trail today. he s struggling to convince voters he s part of the solution and not part of the problem. our white house correspondent brianna keilar is traveling with the president right now. brianna, what s the latest reaction? reporter: wolf, it was a similar refrain we heard from president obama. he urged americans to look at the broader trends for jobs and unemployment, and he did give congress a little credit specifically for passing th