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Quick Guide & Transcript: Bush visits Arizona to push border security, Week in Review
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CNN STUDENT NEWS(CNN Student News) -- May 19, 2006 Quick GuideBorder Patrol - Travel to a part of Arizona where President Bush recently discussed border security. Week in Review - Take a look back on some of the major stories we covered this week on CNN Student News. Digging for Hoffa - Follow federal agents to a Michigan farm that may be connected to Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance. TranscriptTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. DANIELLE ELIAS, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hi there -- I'm Danielle Elias -- and you've found Friday's broadcast of CNN Student News! On a visit to the border: The president highlights progress, and a plan to secure the line between the U.S. and Mexico. On the hunt for Hoffa: A team of searchers heads to rural Michigan, after getting a tip on a union leader who's been missing for decades. And on stage and ready to rock: Some monsters invade a european version of "American Idol." First Up: Border Patrol ELIAS: You've heard a lot of talk lately about protecting U.S. borders, and what the country should do about its illegal immigrants. But what kind of action's been taken? President Bush says since he first took office, more agents, fencing, and cameras have been added to the Mexican border. It's part of a process to build what the president calls, the world's most technologically advanced border. He visited the area yesterday. Stan Nurnberger tells us how it went. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) STAN NURNBERGER, CNN REPORTER: Border security. President Bush's issue of the week. He went to Yuma, Arizona, Thursday, along the state's southwest border with Mexico. An active spot for illegal border crossings. He's trying to keep the pressure on Congress to approve his immigration reform plan, which includes a measure to secure America's border with Mexico. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: We want the border to be open to trade and lawful immigration. And we want our borders shut to illegal immigrants, as well as criminals and drug dealers and terrorists. That's the objective. NURNBERGER: This, just three days after the president went before the nation Monday promising to crack down on illegal immigration; in part, by sending about six-thousand National Guard troops to assist border patrol agents. Not everyone is on-board with the president's plan, which also proposes a guest worker program. Conservative Republicans in the House seee a Bush-backed guest worker plan as amnesty for criminal behavior. BUSH: Look, amnesty to me means you're an automatic citizen. And I'm not advocating, as some in the democratic party might be advocating that, but I'm certainly not. NURNBERGER: The cost of Mr. Bush's plan is estimated in the two billion dollar range. For CNN Student News, I'm Stan Nurnberger. (END VIDEO CLIP) Is this legit? RACHEL RICHARDSON, CNN STUDENT NEWS REPORTER: Is This Legit? The border between the U.S. and Mexico is longer than the Mississippi River. Tough one today -- it's false! The Mexican border measures just under two-thousand miles; the Mississippi stretches a little more than two thousand, 300 miles. Week in Review (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DEANNA MORAWSKI, CNN STUDENT NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Hey there, I'm Deanna Morawski. And it's time for your "Week in Review." Immigration reform has been in the news all week. And the president's trip to the border is just one part of it. Here's what happened on Monday... President Bush announced his new border security plan. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: We do not yet have full control of the border and I am determined to change that. MORAWSKI: The plan calls for congress to fund major improvements in border technology and manpower. And for thousands of National Guard troops to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border. Democrats weighed in after the speech, saying they're concerned that national guard members might not be prepared for a major national or international emergency if they're spending time helping patrol the border. The debate over secret government surveillance heated up, after USA Today reported that three major phone companies gave the National Security Agency information on billions of domestic phone calls. Verizon and BellSouth have denied the claim... AT&T has said it would not provide such information without legal authorization. In his weekly radio address, President Bush insisted the surveillance program strictly targets al Qaeda and its known affiliates. Meantime, Michael Hayden - who used to head the NSA, and has defended the surveillance - testified Thursday at his Senate confirmation hearings to become CIA director. Nearly five years after 9/11, the public got its first look at Pentagon security camera video of the attack. The video shows the nose of American Airlines flight 77 hitting the building and the plane erupting in flames. The Justice Department released the video Tuesday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by the public interest group "Judicial Watch." Nine months after Katrina, New Orleans still isn't ready for hurricane season. The Army Corps of Engineers says construction on protective floodgates and levees will not be finished when the season begins June 1st. And many residents don't feel safe enough to stick around. BRIAN BONURA, NEW ORLEANS RESIDENT:Coming back to this area now, I'd rather be somewhere else and come here and work in it and hopefully in the future it will be safe to come back and live here again. MORAWSKI: Those in charge of repairing the levees say it'll be at least a month before all systems are go. And if you were listening carefully, this week's Newsquiz should be a breeze. Teachers, you can find that at CNN.com/EDUCATION. Just click on the "Newsquiz" link in the "Watch and Learn" box. For CNN Student News, I'm Deanna Morawski. (END VIDEO CLIP) MORAWSKI: Word to the Wise RICHARDSON: A Word to the Wise... labor union: (noun) an organization of workers formed to protect the rights and advance the interests of its members concerning pay, benefits, and working conditions Source: www.wordcentral.com Digging for Hoffa ELIAS: It has all the makings of a Hollywood mystery-- the search for Jimmy Hoffa. He was the president of the teamsters labor union from 1957 to 1971. Now, Hoffa was known for driving tough bargains, and he was also associated with mobsters. In fact, he spent a few years in prison for fraud and conspiracy. In 1975, Hoffa disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant; Many believe he was murdered, but his body was never found. Andy Flick takes us to a farm in rural Michigan where Hoffa's cold case, might've just heated up. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANDY FLICK, CNN REPORTER: July 30th, 1975. Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa vanished. This week, FBI officials and police began searching a horse farm 40-miles northwest of Detroit for his remains. The FBI says a reliable source passed on a tip. DANIEL D. ROBERTS, SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE, FBI DETROIT OFFICE: One of the major areas we're looking in, we may actually have to remove a building to start digging under it. FLICK: Calling it the best lead he's seen in the case, FBI special agent Daniel Roberts hinted the search is focused on a barn. ROBERTS: We have brought in, for example, archeologists and anthropologists from Michigan State University. We have brought in a number of engineers and consulted with a number of architects. FLICK: Family attorney Gene Zafft thinks Hoffa was murdered. GENE ZAFFT, HOFFA FAMILY ATTORNEY: Somebody he knew, he was supposed to meet somebody, I think they did him in very quickly, and then they got rid of the body very quickly. FLICK: Despite all these years, he believes the case will be solved. ZAFFT: Someday they're gonna arrest somebody for some crime, or some suspect, and in order to cut himself a deal he's gonna say 'I know what happened to Hoffa.' FLICK: What is known is Hoffa had plans to meet reputed mobsters at a restaurant near Detroit. Hoffa was out of prison and looking to re-engage in union politics. He was never seen again. For CNN Student News, I'm Andy Flick. (END VIDEO CLIP) Promo AZUZ: Well past the days of bandits and bank hold-ups, identity theft is the choice of online outlaws! The next Classroom Edition of CNN Presents looks at what you can do to protect yourselves from cyber-crime. Showtime and classroom materials are at our Web site. Off the Beaten Path ELIAS: Now we always have a couple stories that are a little "out there." Carl Azuz reels them in! (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS REPORTER: Watch your back, Backstreet Boys! EUROVISION - sort of a European twist on American Idol - includes everything from the sultry to the scary. European countries nominate a band, or artist for the competition, and it's obvious some belong in the spotlight. While others remain, well, out of its reach. But whether pop princesses or country connoisseurs, everyone gets to raise their voice. JANE COMERFORD, COUNTRY MUSIC CONNOISSEUR: Maybe it's a sign of the times that people are ready now at this point for music like country music because country music is very much from the heart. AZUZ: That's exactly what these guys like about it, particularly the heart-soaked romantic ballads! Actually, they're a hard rock act from Finland. They say the suits are just for show...and their groupies' taste in men is clearly monstrous! Speaking of monsters...grab the harpoon, Ahab! This colossal kitty was recently hauled in, and we mean hauled, for a photo-op with Georgia's governor. Jabba the Cat -- okay, he's really named Sam -- weighs 45 pounds; that's as much as four cat-sized cats! They say he only eats one cup of food a day... (yeah, right...that and a cheesecake). And he met with Georgia's governor because he's a former veterinarian. The Gov's diagnosis? Fat! And that fills up today's trip down the beaten path. I'm Carl Azuz. (END VIDEO CLIP) Goodbye ELIAS: ...we hope you enjoyed the show, and will tune in again next week when CNN Student News returns. For now, though, more Headline News is just around the corner! 
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