[Paula Zahn, Cnn Anchor:] Good evening, everyone. Glad to have you with us tonight. We have some breaking news at this moment in the rape case involving members of Duke University's lacrosse team. Tonight, the results of a brand-new round of DNA tests have just come in, are and are now in the hands of defense attorneys. Right now, the attorneys are getting ready to make an announcement. We are going to be monitoring this room. And, as soon as one of the defense attorneys appears, we will dip in to that news conference. Nice closeup of the mike there. In the meantime, let's check in with Jason Carroll. He has been following this case from the very start. He has been standing by in our newsroom, and joins me now. Jason, have you learned anything about what the defense might tell us tonight?
[Jason Carroll, Cnn Correspondent:] Just a little bit. We have been talking to some of the defense attorneys. And they say they're going to have a lot to say about this second round of DNA test results that have come in. You will remember, Paula, that we have already had a first round of DNA test results. That was done by a state lab. And that those results showed no match between the alleged victim and any of the 46 lacrosse players. But, even so, two lacrosse players were charged with rape in this particular case. Well, the prosecutor in this case, Michael Nifong, wanted a second round of DNA test results to be done. This second round of tests were done by a state lab, and those results are now in. We have actually had an opportunity to speak with two defense attorneys over the phone. They tell us that the second round of results are inconclusive. They say that these results do not prove that a sexual assault took place, but, even so, they also say that this second round of DNA test results do, in fact, seem to point to a third lacrosse player. We are going to have to see what they mean by that when they have their press conference, which is set to get under way in just a few moments. The big question now, Paula, becomes, what will the DA, Michael Nifong, do with these second round of results? Will he try to proceed with a third indictment? And, as you know, on Monday, the grand jury will be meeting again Paula.
[Zahn:] Jason, let me read to you something "The Durham Herald- Sun" has been reporting. And it pretty much consistent with what you said. They're saying, because a complete DNA pattern was not obtained from the sample on the fingernail, it was impossible to match that sample with mere certainty to the third player. But we also have been told, have we not, that the newspaper, and as well as other sources, have confirmed that, in fact, the rape victim, the alleged victim, identified this third player in a lineup about three weeks after the rape.
[Carroll:] Well, she said she was 90 percent sure about the third person who allegedly attacked her. She said she was 100 percent sure about the other two, Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty. And let's talk about that fingernail for just a quick moment. As you know, she was wearing fake nails when she went to dance with these lacrosse players. The nails some of the nails allegedly came off during the course of the evening. And the DNA was taken from one of those fake nails. That's where they got the material, from from one of the nails. And, apparently, that nail, according to defense attorneys, was in some sort of a trash can. And, so, I think what will happen is, you might hear defense attorneys argue that any material gathered from a nail in the trash is going to be tainted in some way Paula.
[Zahn:] I guess that will be a pretty pretty predictable strategy. Jason Carroll, please stand by, because, as soon as that news conference happens, you will be watching along with us. And we now are going to move on, in the meantime now on to a crisis that's grown so big and so angry that President Bush wants to go on TV to address the nation. Earlier today, the White House asked the broadcast networks to free up part of their prime-time schedules on Monday, putting off the race for ratings and millions of dollars, so the president can talk about illegal immigration. This is the kind of request no White House makes lightly. But with Congress deadlocked, the president feels he has no choice but to play the prime-time card. Here is White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux with more.
[Suzanne Malveaux, Cnn White House Correspondent:] President Bush is making immigration reform his top domestic priority. A senior aide says that's why he's addressing the nation from the Oval Office Monday during prime time, to signal to members of Congress they have got to come up with legislation he can sign.
[George W. Bush, President Of The United States:] First and foremost, the federal government has the role to enforce our border.
[Malveaux:] Mr. Bush has been facing increasing pressure from conservatives of his own party to get tougher or border security. So, Monday, the president will address that head on. One plan Mr. Bush is considering, a senior administration official says, is enhancing the role of the National Guard in protecting the southern border. The official said the plan would not call for federalizing those troops, nor increase active duty assignments, nor would it jeopardize the Guard's missions overseas or preparations for hurricane season.
[Bush:] I'm for a temporary-worker program that will... ... that says to a person, here is a tamper-proof card that says you can come and do a job an American won't do.
[Malveaux:] Mr. Bush will also argue that the country cannot enforce border control without a guest-worker program that allows some illegal immigrants to stay and work and others to earn eventual citizenship. Critics call that amnesty.
[Sen. Jeff Sessions , Alabama:] I do not back down on the fundamental concept that the legislation before us today is basically an amnesty for the people who came here illegally, in violation of our law.
[Malveaux:] On Capitol Hill today, supporters of amnesty for illegal immigrants squared off with the group calling themselves the Minutemen, who take it upon themselves to patrol the border. [on camera]: A senior administration official said that this issue is ripe, that this debate has been moving forward over the last couple of months. But that same official told me today that finding an immigration reform compromise will be a very heavy lift Paula.
[Zahn:] White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux, thanks so much. And, as Suzanne just reported, one of the most controversial things the president may do next week would get the National Guard in efforts to secure the U.S. border with Mexico. It stretches for 2,000 miles. And people who live there and put up with everything from strangers hiding in the shrubbery to break-ins with guns think the idea of sending in troops is a no-brainer. But senior Pentagon correspondent Jamie McIntyre has been checking with his sources. He reports, it's a much thornier issue than you would expect.
[Jamie Mcintyre, Cnn Senior Military Affairs Correspondent:] The Pentagon has been asked to draw up options for the military to help beef up security along the U.S.-Mexico border. And Pentagon sources tell CNN, one idea under consideration is to have the federal government pick up the tab for several thousand additional National Guard troops, to be activated in the border states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Under that option, the Guard troops would remain under the control of state governors, as they were during Hurricane Katrina, and would be limited to a supporting role, providing logistics, intelligence and surveillance help to civilian authorities. That's already being done on a small scale by several hundred Guard troops. But the numbers could jump to several thousand.
[Frank Gaffney, Founder & President, Center For Security Policy:] This is a job that we can train our forces to perform. We can utilize the panoply of sensors and detection devices and and monitoring equipment and military hardware to ensure that we do not continue to be subjected to what amounts to an onslaught every single day.
[Mcintyre:] Still, don't expect to see U.S. troops on the front lines patrolling the border, officials say. But, with additional helicopters, unmanned spy planes, and sophisticated computers and communications, the Guard can be what the Pentagon calls a force multiplier for the overburdened U.S. Border Patrol and local law enforcement. Active-duty U.S. troops are barred from domestic law enforcement by a Civil War-era law known as Posse Comitatus. But National Guard troops under state control can perform some law enforcement functions, such as crowd control. Still, the Pentagon is anxious to avoid the sort of controversy that erupted back in 1997, when a U.S. Marine supporting counter-drug agents shot and killed a goat herder along the Mexican border. [on camera]: The Pentagon says, in theory, it could sustain of force of up to 10,000 Guard troops along the Mexican border without affecting its other operations. But officials say it's way too early to say how many troops might be deployed. And they insist, any additional military assistance will be temporary, until the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency can hire additional permanent personnel. Jamie McIntyre, CNN, the Pentagon.
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