well, good evening, everyone, i m erin burnett, and outfront tonight, show me your papers. show them to me. four simple words, that mean a lot tonight in arizona and around the country. depending on how you look at it or whose spin you believe, the supreme court s ruling today on the controversial arizona immigration law gave both sides reason to declare victory. the president came out and said he s pleased with the ruling because after all, the justices said the federal government not individual states has the sole power to enforce laws against illegal immigration. the court struck down three provisions of arizona s law. arresting someone without a warrant requiring people to carry i.d., and criminalizing the work of undocumented workers. but here s the rub, the justices upheld something crucial. requiring police to determine immigration status during a lawful stop. in other words, well, show me your papers. and if you re saying that sort of contradicts not carrying an i
let s go outfront. well, good evening, everyone, i m erin burnett, and outfront tonight, show me your papers. show them to me. four simple words, that mean a lot tonight in arizona and around the country. depending on how you look at it or whose spin you believe, the supreme court s ruling today on the controversial arizona immigration law gave both sides reason to declare victory. the president came out and said he s pleased with the ruling because after all, the justices said the federal government not individual states has the sole power to enforce laws against illegal immigration. the court struck down three provisions of arizona s law. arresting someone without a warrant requiring people to carry i.d., and criminalizing the work of undocumented workers. but here s the rub, the justices upheld something crucial. requiring police to determine immigration status during a lawful stop. in other words, well, show me your papers. and if you re saying that sort of contra
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
craft bobbing in the water there. not going anywhere today. most of the entire central and north part of the state is right now under a tornado watch, not a warning but a watch. a good indication of just the breadth of this storm, tropical storm debby and how far its reach. from tornadoes to water spouts to flooding in the tampa area, to the one death in venus, florida, reported so far. heavy rainfall. maybe up to 20 or 25 inches before all is said and done. we re going to continue to get pounded for at least the next couple of days. soledad? you ll be in the middle of it. john, thanks for the update. we ll keep checking in. tornado and flood warnings are still in effect today. let s get right to meteorologist alexandra steele, in for rob this morning. he made really great points, john, did, because what we re looking at is this is the tropical storm and it is stationary. that s been the biggest problem with this thing. there s no momentum. there s no movement because t