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Aviator Expect to Complete Nonstop Global Flight; Chicago Police Looking for Two Men in Murders of Judge's Family

Aired March 03, 2005 - 13:00   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

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KYRA PHILLIPS, CO-HOST: Spanning the globe for a world record flight. We're about an hour away from billionaire pilot Steve Fossett's landing. We're live from mission control.
TONY HARRIS, CO-HOST: Securing America. Are enough agents watching our borders? This hour, we're on patrol with the men and women in the front lines.

PHILLIPS: Kissing Camp Cupcake good-bye. Martha Stewart spends her last hours in jail. Now, she'll be confined to her home, but don't worry. She's got a chef. We've got the details.

HARRIS: And drug warning labels. Would it really do you any good to read the fine print? Our Dr. Sanjay Gupta is on the story.

From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Tony Harris, in for Miles O'Brien.

PHILLIPS: And I'm Kyra Phillips. CNN's LIVE FROM starts right now.

HARRIS: It may be a small world, but it's still a big deal to fly all the way around it by yourself nonstop. And thus, all the fuss surrounding professional air and sea record-setter Steve Fossett, soon to land in Kansas, roughly 72 hours after taking off by himself in the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer.

These are pictures just in to CNN of Fossett flying over the Grand Canyon. Now, despite a fuel scare yesterday, the custom-built single engine jet is expected to complete its historic journey with horses to spare.

And CNN's Bob "High Octane Life in a Parking Lot" Franken is watching the skies in Salina.

Hi, Bob.

BOB FRANKEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We're not in Washington anymore, Tony. And we are watching in Salina. In about an hour and 10 to 15 minutes, when he is expected to land.

Not only is this an around the world trip solo, but it is one without refueling, which is where this becomes such an important event. It's the first time somebody flying solo has flown around the world, 23,000-plus miles, without refueling. And there were some anxious moments, at least we were told they were, when there was a reported loss of fuel. And so Richard Branson, who's been just about everywhere we can see as the head of Virgin Atlantic Airways, said that this was one of these flights where everything that could go wrong has gone wrong.

But it looks like it's going to go right. It looks like he's going to fly with some fuel to spare when he comes in. And as you said, he's been doing this since Monday. And there have been a few times when he's not felt all that good.

HARRIS: Bob, I've got to ask you. Is there anything more to this than the fact that these men could dream this up, could conceive it and build the aircraft and attempt it? Is there something practical to this?

FRANKEN: Well, welcome to the world's most successful infomercial. This is -- this is a very successful public relations stunt. As you know, Richard Branson likes to associate himself and his airline with living large. And he has done that a number of times, with Steve Fossett.

And what they say is, is that Fossett, who is a wealthy man in his own right, happened to mention to Branson that he wanted to do this, and Branson said, "I will sponsor you." Keyword here, sponsor.

HARRIS: Yes.

FRANKEN: And here we are.

HARRIS: OK. And what's the countdown again?

FRANKEN: In about -- don't be precise with this...

HARRIS: OK.

FRANKEN: ... because there could be some give or take. But they're saying that 2:17 your time, 1:17 here in Kansas, that's what we're expecting to see him land.

HARRIS: OK. Bob, we appreciate it, thanks a lot -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Persons of interest in the Chicago murder mystery and words of defiance from the judge. Chicago police asked the public's help in finding or at least identifying these two men, three days after the husband and mother of federal Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow were found dead in the couple's basement. Judge Lefkow is vowing to get back to work.

CNN's Keith Oppenheim has our report.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KEITH OPPENHEIM, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Chicago police released these sketches of what they call two people of interest. People who could lead to answers as to why the husband and mother of federal Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow were shot to death in the family's home.

It's the latest update in a continuing story. The "Chicago Tribune" reports an broken window, a possible point of entry, has a fingerprint on it and that a bloody shoeprint suggest the killer or killers tried to clean up the scene before leaving.

"The Chicago Sun-Times" reported that a witness saw a suspicious car with two men in it parked outside the Lefkows' home and says the Lefkows received a series of phone calls Sunday night which may have come from a correctional facility in Chicago.

The significance of that is last year Matt Hale, a white supremacist, was convicted of plotting to kill Judge Lefkow. Hale is now behind bars in Chicago, awaiting sentencing. However, prison officials tell CNN that, in general, outgoing phone calls are permitted but must been on a preapproved list and may be monitored.

Still, as the information about this case is flooding the Chicago media, investigators are making one thing consistently clear: they're not jumping to conclusions.

KIM WIDUP, U.S. MARSHAL: It could be anything from a random act of violence to somebody that the judge handled to somebody that her husband, who was a very prominent lawyer, handled. We just don't know, and it's too soon to make an assessment on that.

OPPENHEIM: Judge Lefkow's husband, Michael, was an attorney who largely handled cases about employment disputes. His downtown Chicago office, where everything on his desk rests just as he left, is down the hall from his business partner, Bill Spiegelberger. Spiegelberger wonders if someone from Mike Lefkow's past could be involved in these killings.

BILL SPIEGELBERGER, MICHAEL LEFKOW'S LAW PARTNER: I don't at all know that it's happened, but given the fact that Mike Lefkow has such a long legal career, it might be a wise thing to look into some disgruntled people that he's had to deal with over the years.

OPPENHEIM: In the meantime, the case has set off a reaction from the federal bench, where threats to judges are nothing new. Still, veteran appellate Judge Bill Bauer says blanket protection for judges isn't warranted.

JUDGE BILL BAUER, U.S. CIRCUIT COURT: You're not going to be absolutely safe no matter where you are, what you're doing. And you cannot protect yourself entirely from that -- from crazy people.

JUDGE WAYNE ANDERSEN, U.S. DISTRICT COURT: I am overwhelmingly sad.

OPPENHEIM: Judge Wayne Andersen is shaken, not by the dangers to judges, but by the danger to their families. And he believes what happened in Judge Lefkow's home calls for a security review.

ANDERSEN: I feel there ought to be a discussion led by the attorney general of the United States with respect to what, if any, measures should be taken by judges individually, by us as families, and by the system as a whole, to protect the third branch of government.

OPPENHEIM: And no doubt the third branch has been shaken. But it may take time before it's clear whether the murders in Judge Lefkow's family were connected to what she or her attorney husband did for living.

Keith Oppenheim, CNN, Chicago.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JUDGE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR, SUPREME COURT: Raise your right hand, please, and repeat after me. I, Michael Chertoff...

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY: I, Michael Chertoff.

O'CONNOR: Do solemnly swear...

CHERTOFF: Do solemnly swear...

(END VIDEO CLIP)

HARRIS: He's been on the job for two weeks, but today Michael Chertoff got the pomp and circumstance befitting his new role as secretary of homeland security.

Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor did the honors, after which, President Bush saluted the former judge and prosecutor as wise and tough in a good way.

Among Chertoff's vast responsibilities are borders themselves. Vast, and for all the resources allocated post-September 11, relatively porous. A congressional subcommittee is looking at the chronic issues of drugs, immigration, petty crime and terror.

But if the lawmakers want to get the real story, they need to spend time on the south Texas border with some south Texas lawmen and the many uninvited south Texas visitors.

CNN's Ed Lavandera did just that.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): On a south Texas day in early July, some 30 Brazilian men were wandering through the border town of Del Rio. They were looking to cash some checks. Some were looking for ways to get to Boston just days before the start of the Democratic convention.

When Sheriff Dwayne Jernigan found out the men had just been released from border patrol custody and that $7,000 had been wired to three of them, he started sounding the alarm, calling anyone who would listen.

SHERIFF DWAYNE JERNIGAN, VAL VERDE COUNTY, TEXAS: What is there purpose of going to Boston just before the convention? And why is someone from Boston sending them such large amounts of cash?

LAVANDERA: The men were held for a couple of days and checked out. But these illegal immigrants were eventually released, and the sheriff has no idea where they went or where they are now.

From Texas to California, this kind of incident is frustrating local law enforcement officers and border patrol agents.

JERNIGAN: I don't think the public understands what's happening, no. I don't think they would put up with it for a minute if they were aware of what was happening.

LAVANDERA: The police chief of Eagle Pass, Texas, knows all too well what is happening. As Tony Castaneda drives us around town, he sees as many as 50 illegal immigrants every day. Sometimes casually watching through a golf course like we found. But usually, they're around the bus station.

CHIEF TONY CASTANEDA, EAGLE PASS, TEXAS, POLICE: They're from Guatemala.

LAVANDERA: Rudy Benicio (ph) is from Guatemala and is on his way to Rhode Island.

(on camera) When did you cross?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (speaking Spanish)

LAVANDERA: This morning?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (speaking Spanish)

LAVANDERA: About five hours ago in his -- you can still see his shoes and jeans are muddy.

(voice-over) The U.S. government calls Rudy an OTM, which means he comes from a country other than Mexico. OTM's are often handled differently than illegal immigrants from Mexico.

If Rudy Benicio (ph) were Mexican, he would have been sent right back across the border. But instead, following a background check, he's given what's called a notice to appear, an order instructing him to meet with an immigration judge at a date to be determined later. But the majority never show up. That's why these forms are often called notices to disappear.

CASTANEDA: It's a major loophole, major, major, major hole. And that it's being created by this particular policy and the national security.

LAVANDERA: In Eagle Pass, it's easy to spot OMTS. They usually walk right out of the border patrol station, carrying that white piece of paper and start looking for the fastest way out of town.

Castaneda thinks it would be easy for a terrorist to blend in here.

CASTANEDA: If you could go to a university and learn how to speak Spanish and you're -- you're, you know, from the Middle East or you're a terrorist and you master the language. And then just come across and say, "Hey, I'm from Honduras or I'm from Colombia." But you're still, nevertheless, Middle Easterner. I mean, you could very easily pass. Light colored complexion, you know, fair skin.

LAVANDERA: Homeland security officials say this year alone almost 50,000 OTM's have crossed the southern border. About 22,000 of those were released into the United States.

Budget shortfalls and lack of bed space make it impossible to hold all illegal immigrants who are captured. So each immigrant is handled on an individual basis.

Victor Cerda oversees the homeland security division responsible for deciding who is detained and who is released.

VICTOR CERDA, IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT: You know, the concern that we are releasing terrorists, I would say that the system is out there to absolutely prevent that from happening. And I feel confident that it is working.

JERNIGAN: Welcome to the Val Verde County jail.

LAVANDERA: Back in Del Rio, Texas, Sheriff Jernigan says he doesn't just see Hispanic immigrants coming through here anymore. In the last three months, records show illegal immigrants from Somalia, Kenya and Macedonia, to name a few countries, also have been caught.

JERNIGAN: In fact there's more. He'll bring some people in now.

How are you all doing?

LAVANDERA: A year ago, his jail housed 300 OTM's a day. That number is down to five a day now. He says in a post-9/11 atmosphere, immigrants are being captured and released too quickly.

JERNIGAN: Are they terrorists? We don't know. Do you know? Does he know; does he know? Who knows? We're not really checking them out. We're not even holding them long enough to really make a determination. That's frustrating.

I keep it here all the time.

LAVANDERA: Sheriff Jernigan keeps reminders of 9/11 around the office. He knows the vast majority of immigrants who come across the board are simply looking for a better life. But it's the fear of that one villain who might sneak through the border in his town that makes him sound the alarm.

Ed Lavandera, CNN, along the South Texas border. (END VIDEOTAPE)

HARRIS: And CNN is committed to providing the most reliable coverage of news that affects your security. Stay tuned to CNN for the latest information day and night.

PHILLIPS: Rules for release. Martha Stewart out of prison by this time tomorrow, but she'll still have daily reminders that she's been convicted of a crime. Details confined just ahead.

And later on LIVE FROM, she's borrowed a page from Martin Luther. A Muslim woman posts her 99 precepts for change on her mosque door. She says she's confronting sexism in Islam. We're going to talk with author Asra Nomani (ph).

ANNOUNCER: You're watching LIVE FROM on CNN, the most trusted name in news.

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HARRIS: Martha Stewart watchers are counting down the hours until she clicks her heels and returns to one of her own beds in Bedford, New York. But the domestic diva won't be completely free for awhile yet.

CNN's Kelly Wallace on next phase of life for a woman who embodies the motto, when life hands you lemons, make lemonade.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KELLY WALLACE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Martha Stewart, moving from the prison known as Camp Cupcake to a place where she can bake all the cupcakes she wants. This 153-acre estate in the tony Westchester town of Bedford, New York, is where Stewart will spend the next five months under house arrest.

(on camera) One prison to another in Bedford, New York?

BENJAMIN BRAFMAN, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: In a sense, but it's a terrific trade up. It's a much nicer facility. She can go to work. She can have visitors.

WALLACE: As long as those visitors are not convicted felons.

The "New York Post" recently did its own list of what Martha can and cannot do under house arrest. She can fire contestants on her own version of "The Apprentice," but can't own firearms. She can ride her staffers, but can't ride her horses.

The queen of decorating is allowed to leave her home just 48 hours per week, for work, doctor's visits, church and grocery shopping. And 24 hours a day, she must wear an electronic ankle bracelet like this one, which alerts her probation officer any time she leaves her home.

PAMELA HAYES, FORMER PROSECUTOR: It's a burden. I mean, it's a constant reminder that, you know, you're a criminal. I mean, you've got this thing on your leg as if she's going somewhere. Where is she going?

WALLACE: She won't be going to the Bahamas or the Hamptons or anywhere else for fun for the next five months. She'll likely do her shopping here in nearby Katonah, New York, where the welcome wagon has already been rolled out, although people here seem, well, unfazed by the imminent arrival of their celebrity neighbor.

JOYCE DUPEE, KATONAH, NEW YORK, RESIDENT: I don't think it will make too much difference one way or the other. We have a lot of very well known people who live in the area.

WALLACE (on camera): The editor in chief of Martha Stewart's magazine said last fall, when Martha decided to serve out her sentence, instead of remaining free on appeal, she said she would be back in time to plant her garden.

(voice-over) The only problem with that is, unless she gets special approval from her probation officer, she is not allowed out of the house, which means that gardening might have to wait until the summer.

Kelly Wallace, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HARRIS: Brother, what a difference a few months can make. When Martha Stewart entered the big house, she did so under cover of darkness to elude the pesky media.

But as she prepares to leave Camp Cupcake, she wants the whole world to witness the rites of her springing. Her company has even hired a flat bed truck to allow photographers to get good shots.

Well, after five months of prison, friends say the prison has indeed changed Martha Stewart.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

RICHARD FEIGEN, STEWART'S FRIEND: She's achieved a certain kind of serenity. She didn't used to listen much. She knew what she should do and went about it. I mean, now she listens.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

HARRIS: On the eve of Martha Stewart's release, we're airing a special primetime edition of "PEOPLE IN THE NEWS," including never before seen footage of Stewart in prison and much more. That's tonight at 10 Eastern on CNN.

PHILLIPS: And in other news across America now, dress codes and metal detectors aren't enough to maintain order in some U.S. classrooms.

"The New York Times" says that schools are now adding breath alcohol tests. Evidently some kids are showing up drunk or drink during lunch. Civil rights lawyers worry that pulling kids out of class for such tests could unfairly stigmatize them for goofy or strange behavior.

Heading to San Francisco soon? Well, you better pack a little extra cash if you plan to enjoy one famous San Francisco treat. There's a move afoot to raise fares on the city's cable cars to $5. That would make it the most expensive local transit fare in the country.

And finally, alas, poor Bubba, the 22 pound lobster pulled from his ocean home last week. Bubba, estimated to be anywhere from 30 to 100 years old, depending on whom you ask, was sent to the Pittsburgh Zoo, where he died yesterday afternoon of unknown causes. Could have been the water, could have been the stress. We just don't know.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

PHILLIPS (voice-over): Next on LIVE FROM, she wants to change history. A Muslim in West Virginia posts her Islamic Bill of Rights for Women on a mosque door. We'll talk with the author, Asra Nomani, about what she calls her struggle for the soul of Islam.

KEN DOLAN, CO-HOST, "DOLANS UNSCRIPTED": Hi, everybody. We're the Dolans.

DARIA DOLAN, CO-HOST, "DOLANS UNSCRIPTED": There's a new twist in the Social Security debate, and we'll tell you about it.

K. DOLAN: That's right, Daria. And Martha coming back to her company is good or bad?

D. DOLAN: So join us tomorrow on LIVE FROM during the 1 p.m. hour.

K. DOLAN: And for "DOLANS UNSCRIPTED" at 10 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday morning.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

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HARRIS: For the second day in a row, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is making news. Today's subject, how to reform the current tax system. And he has some interesting ideas.

Kathleen Hays join us now from the New York Stock Exchange to sort it all out for us.

Hi, Kathleen.

(STOCK REPORT)

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HARRIS: In western France, a horrific pedophilia case gets under way. Sixty-six men and women are on trial, dozens of them accused of prostituting children and babies in exchange for food, cigarettes and small amounts of money.

The alleged victims are children living in a low-income neighborhood. One young girl was reportedly raped 45 times. More on this story later on LIVE FROM.

In Los Angeles, Jay Leno tells a judge, "Don't fence me in." The late-night talk show host, who's been called as a witness in the Michael Jackson case, wants the judge to clarify the gag order so he can continue to joke about the trial on his show.

His lawyers say if the order must be applied, they're asking that it be limited to Leno's firsthand information.

And in Iraq, as insurgents' attacks continue, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi extends a national state of emergency for 30 days. Suicide car bombers striking today in Baghdad and Baqubah, killing at least six people. The official U.S. death toll has now surpassed 1,500.

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Aired March 3, 2005 - 13:00   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CO-HOST: Spanning the globe for a world record flight. We're about an hour away from billionaire pilot Steve Fossett's landing. We're live from mission control.
TONY HARRIS, CO-HOST: Securing America. Are enough agents watching our borders? This hour, we're on patrol with the men and women in the front lines.

PHILLIPS: Kissing Camp Cupcake good-bye. Martha Stewart spends her last hours in jail. Now, she'll be confined to her home, but don't worry. She's got a chef. We've got the details.

HARRIS: And drug warning labels. Would it really do you any good to read the fine print? Our Dr. Sanjay Gupta is on the story.

From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Tony Harris, in for Miles O'Brien.

PHILLIPS: And I'm Kyra Phillips. CNN's LIVE FROM starts right now.

HARRIS: It may be a small world, but it's still a big deal to fly all the way around it by yourself nonstop. And thus, all the fuss surrounding professional air and sea record-setter Steve Fossett, soon to land in Kansas, roughly 72 hours after taking off by himself in the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer.

These are pictures just in to CNN of Fossett flying over the Grand Canyon. Now, despite a fuel scare yesterday, the custom-built single engine jet is expected to complete its historic journey with horses to spare.

And CNN's Bob "High Octane Life in a Parking Lot" Franken is watching the skies in Salina.

Hi, Bob.

BOB FRANKEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We're not in Washington anymore, Tony. And we are watching in Salina. In about an hour and 10 to 15 minutes, when he is expected to land.

Not only is this an around the world trip solo, but it is one without refueling, which is where this becomes such an important event. It's the first time somebody flying solo has flown around the world, 23,000-plus miles, without refueling. And there were some anxious moments, at least we were told they were, when there was a reported loss of fuel. And so Richard Branson, who's been just about everywhere we can see as the head of Virgin Atlantic Airways, said that this was one of these flights where everything that could go wrong has gone wrong.

But it looks like it's going to go right. It looks like he's going to fly with some fuel to spare when he comes in. And as you said, he's been doing this since Monday. And there have been a few times when he's not felt all that good.

HARRIS: Bob, I've got to ask you. Is there anything more to this than the fact that these men could dream this up, could conceive it and build the aircraft and attempt it? Is there something practical to this?

FRANKEN: Well, welcome to the world's most successful infomercial. This is -- this is a very successful public relations stunt. As you know, Richard Branson likes to associate himself and his airline with living large. And he has done that a number of times, with Steve Fossett.

And what they say is, is that Fossett, who is a wealthy man in his own right, happened to mention to Branson that he wanted to do this, and Branson said, "I will sponsor you." Keyword here, sponsor.

HARRIS: Yes.

FRANKEN: And here we are.

HARRIS: OK. And what's the countdown again?

FRANKEN: In about -- don't be precise with this...

HARRIS: OK.

FRANKEN: ... because there could be some give or take. But they're saying that 2:17 your time, 1:17 here in Kansas, that's what we're expecting to see him land.

HARRIS: OK. Bob, we appreciate it, thanks a lot -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Persons of interest in the Chicago murder mystery and words of defiance from the judge. Chicago police asked the public's help in finding or at least identifying these two men, three days after the husband and mother of federal Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow were found dead in the couple's basement. Judge Lefkow is vowing to get back to work.

CNN's Keith Oppenheim has our report.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KEITH OPPENHEIM, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Chicago police released these sketches of what they call two people of interest. People who could lead to answers as to why the husband and mother of federal Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow were shot to death in the family's home.

It's the latest update in a continuing story. The "Chicago Tribune" reports an broken window, a possible point of entry, has a fingerprint on it and that a bloody shoeprint suggest the killer or killers tried to clean up the scene before leaving.

"The Chicago Sun-Times" reported that a witness saw a suspicious car with two men in it parked outside the Lefkows' home and says the Lefkows received a series of phone calls Sunday night which may have come from a correctional facility in Chicago.

The significance of that is last year Matt Hale, a white supremacist, was convicted of plotting to kill Judge Lefkow. Hale is now behind bars in Chicago, awaiting sentencing. However, prison officials tell CNN that, in general, outgoing phone calls are permitted but must been on a preapproved list and may be monitored.

Still, as the information about this case is flooding the Chicago media, investigators are making one thing consistently clear: they're not jumping to conclusions.

KIM WIDUP, U.S. MARSHAL: It could be anything from a random act of violence to somebody that the judge handled to somebody that her husband, who was a very prominent lawyer, handled. We just don't know, and it's too soon to make an assessment on that.

OPPENHEIM: Judge Lefkow's husband, Michael, was an attorney who largely handled cases about employment disputes. His downtown Chicago office, where everything on his desk rests just as he left, is down the hall from his business partner, Bill Spiegelberger. Spiegelberger wonders if someone from Mike Lefkow's past could be involved in these killings.

BILL SPIEGELBERGER, MICHAEL LEFKOW'S LAW PARTNER: I don't at all know that it's happened, but given the fact that Mike Lefkow has such a long legal career, it might be a wise thing to look into some disgruntled people that he's had to deal with over the years.

OPPENHEIM: In the meantime, the case has set off a reaction from the federal bench, where threats to judges are nothing new. Still, veteran appellate Judge Bill Bauer says blanket protection for judges isn't warranted.

JUDGE BILL BAUER, U.S. CIRCUIT COURT: You're not going to be absolutely safe no matter where you are, what you're doing. And you cannot protect yourself entirely from that -- from crazy people.

JUDGE WAYNE ANDERSEN, U.S. DISTRICT COURT: I am overwhelmingly sad.

OPPENHEIM: Judge Wayne Andersen is shaken, not by the dangers to judges, but by the danger to their families. And he believes what happened in Judge Lefkow's home calls for a security review.

ANDERSEN: I feel there ought to be a discussion led by the attorney general of the United States with respect to what, if any, measures should be taken by judges individually, by us as families, and by the system as a whole, to protect the third branch of government.

OPPENHEIM: And no doubt the third branch has been shaken. But it may take time before it's clear whether the murders in Judge Lefkow's family were connected to what she or her attorney husband did for living.

Keith Oppenheim, CNN, Chicago.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JUDGE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR, SUPREME COURT: Raise your right hand, please, and repeat after me. I, Michael Chertoff...

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY: I, Michael Chertoff.

O'CONNOR: Do solemnly swear...

CHERTOFF: Do solemnly swear...

(END VIDEO CLIP)

HARRIS: He's been on the job for two weeks, but today Michael Chertoff got the pomp and circumstance befitting his new role as secretary of homeland security.

Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor did the honors, after which, President Bush saluted the former judge and prosecutor as wise and tough in a good way.

Among Chertoff's vast responsibilities are borders themselves. Vast, and for all the resources allocated post-September 11, relatively porous. A congressional subcommittee is looking at the chronic issues of drugs, immigration, petty crime and terror.

But if the lawmakers want to get the real story, they need to spend time on the south Texas border with some south Texas lawmen and the many uninvited south Texas visitors.

CNN's Ed Lavandera did just that.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): On a south Texas day in early July, some 30 Brazilian men were wandering through the border town of Del Rio. They were looking to cash some checks. Some were looking for ways to get to Boston just days before the start of the Democratic convention.

When Sheriff Dwayne Jernigan found out the men had just been released from border patrol custody and that $7,000 had been wired to three of them, he started sounding the alarm, calling anyone who would listen.

SHERIFF DWAYNE JERNIGAN, VAL VERDE COUNTY, TEXAS: What is there purpose of going to Boston just before the convention? And why is someone from Boston sending them such large amounts of cash?

LAVANDERA: The men were held for a couple of days and checked out. But these illegal immigrants were eventually released, and the sheriff has no idea where they went or where they are now.

From Texas to California, this kind of incident is frustrating local law enforcement officers and border patrol agents.

JERNIGAN: I don't think the public understands what's happening, no. I don't think they would put up with it for a minute if they were aware of what was happening.

LAVANDERA: The police chief of Eagle Pass, Texas, knows all too well what is happening. As Tony Castaneda drives us around town, he sees as many as 50 illegal immigrants every day. Sometimes casually watching through a golf course like we found. But usually, they're around the bus station.

CHIEF TONY CASTANEDA, EAGLE PASS, TEXAS, POLICE: They're from Guatemala.

LAVANDERA: Rudy Benicio (ph) is from Guatemala and is on his way to Rhode Island.

(on camera) When did you cross?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (speaking Spanish)

LAVANDERA: This morning?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (speaking Spanish)

LAVANDERA: About five hours ago in his -- you can still see his shoes and jeans are muddy.

(voice-over) The U.S. government calls Rudy an OTM, which means he comes from a country other than Mexico. OTM's are often handled differently than illegal immigrants from Mexico.

If Rudy Benicio (ph) were Mexican, he would have been sent right back across the border. But instead, following a background check, he's given what's called a notice to appear, an order instructing him to meet with an immigration judge at a date to be determined later. But the majority never show up. That's why these forms are often called notices to disappear.

CASTANEDA: It's a major loophole, major, major, major hole. And that it's being created by this particular policy and the national security.

LAVANDERA: In Eagle Pass, it's easy to spot OMTS. They usually walk right out of the border patrol station, carrying that white piece of paper and start looking for the fastest way out of town.

Castaneda thinks it would be easy for a terrorist to blend in here.

CASTANEDA: If you could go to a university and learn how to speak Spanish and you're -- you're, you know, from the Middle East or you're a terrorist and you master the language. And then just come across and say, "Hey, I'm from Honduras or I'm from Colombia." But you're still, nevertheless, Middle Easterner. I mean, you could very easily pass. Light colored complexion, you know, fair skin.

LAVANDERA: Homeland security officials say this year alone almost 50,000 OTM's have crossed the southern border. About 22,000 of those were released into the United States.

Budget shortfalls and lack of bed space make it impossible to hold all illegal immigrants who are captured. So each immigrant is handled on an individual basis.

Victor Cerda oversees the homeland security division responsible for deciding who is detained and who is released.

VICTOR CERDA, IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT: You know, the concern that we are releasing terrorists, I would say that the system is out there to absolutely prevent that from happening. And I feel confident that it is working.

JERNIGAN: Welcome to the Val Verde County jail.

LAVANDERA: Back in Del Rio, Texas, Sheriff Jernigan says he doesn't just see Hispanic immigrants coming through here anymore. In the last three months, records show illegal immigrants from Somalia, Kenya and Macedonia, to name a few countries, also have been caught.

JERNIGAN: In fact there's more. He'll bring some people in now.

How are you all doing?

LAVANDERA: A year ago, his jail housed 300 OTM's a day. That number is down to five a day now. He says in a post-9/11 atmosphere, immigrants are being captured and released too quickly.

JERNIGAN: Are they terrorists? We don't know. Do you know? Does he know; does he know? Who knows? We're not really checking them out. We're not even holding them long enough to really make a determination. That's frustrating.

I keep it here all the time.

LAVANDERA: Sheriff Jernigan keeps reminders of 9/11 around the office. He knows the vast majority of immigrants who come across the board are simply looking for a better life. But it's the fear of that one villain who might sneak through the border in his town that makes him sound the alarm.

Ed Lavandera, CNN, along the South Texas border. (END VIDEOTAPE)

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PHILLIPS: Rules for release. Martha Stewart out of prison by this time tomorrow, but she'll still have daily reminders that she's been convicted of a crime. Details confined just ahead.

And later on LIVE FROM, she's borrowed a page from Martin Luther. A Muslim woman posts her 99 precepts for change on her mosque door. She says she's confronting sexism in Islam. We're going to talk with author Asra Nomani (ph).

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HARRIS: Martha Stewart watchers are counting down the hours until she clicks her heels and returns to one of her own beds in Bedford, New York. But the domestic diva won't be completely free for awhile yet.

CNN's Kelly Wallace on next phase of life for a woman who embodies the motto, when life hands you lemons, make lemonade.

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KELLY WALLACE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Martha Stewart, moving from the prison known as Camp Cupcake to a place where she can bake all the cupcakes she wants. This 153-acre estate in the tony Westchester town of Bedford, New York, is where Stewart will spend the next five months under house arrest.

(on camera) One prison to another in Bedford, New York?

BENJAMIN BRAFMAN, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: In a sense, but it's a terrific trade up. It's a much nicer facility. She can go to work. She can have visitors.

WALLACE: As long as those visitors are not convicted felons.

The "New York Post" recently did its own list of what Martha can and cannot do under house arrest. She can fire contestants on her own version of "The Apprentice," but can't own firearms. She can ride her staffers, but can't ride her horses.

The queen of decorating is allowed to leave her home just 48 hours per week, for work, doctor's visits, church and grocery shopping. And 24 hours a day, she must wear an electronic ankle bracelet like this one, which alerts her probation officer any time she leaves her home.

PAMELA HAYES, FORMER PROSECUTOR: It's a burden. I mean, it's a constant reminder that, you know, you're a criminal. I mean, you've got this thing on your leg as if she's going somewhere. Where is she going?

WALLACE: She won't be going to the Bahamas or the Hamptons or anywhere else for fun for the next five months. She'll likely do her shopping here in nearby Katonah, New York, where the welcome wagon has already been rolled out, although people here seem, well, unfazed by the imminent arrival of their celebrity neighbor.

JOYCE DUPEE, KATONAH, NEW YORK, RESIDENT: I don't think it will make too much difference one way or the other. We have a lot of very well known people who live in the area.

WALLACE (on camera): The editor in chief of Martha Stewart's magazine said last fall, when Martha decided to serve out her sentence, instead of remaining free on appeal, she said she would be back in time to plant her garden.

(voice-over) The only problem with that is, unless she gets special approval from her probation officer, she is not allowed out of the house, which means that gardening might have to wait until the summer.

Kelly Wallace, CNN, New York.

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HARRIS: Brother, what a difference a few months can make. When Martha Stewart entered the big house, she did so under cover of darkness to elude the pesky media.

But as she prepares to leave Camp Cupcake, she wants the whole world to witness the rites of her springing. Her company has even hired a flat bed truck to allow photographers to get good shots.

Well, after five months of prison, friends say the prison has indeed changed Martha Stewart.

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RICHARD FEIGEN, STEWART'S FRIEND: She's achieved a certain kind of serenity. She didn't used to listen much. She knew what she should do and went about it. I mean, now she listens.

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HARRIS: On the eve of Martha Stewart's release, we're airing a special primetime edition of "PEOPLE IN THE NEWS," including never before seen footage of Stewart in prison and much more. That's tonight at 10 Eastern on CNN.

PHILLIPS: And in other news across America now, dress codes and metal detectors aren't enough to maintain order in some U.S. classrooms.

"The New York Times" says that schools are now adding breath alcohol tests. Evidently some kids are showing up drunk or drink during lunch. Civil rights lawyers worry that pulling kids out of class for such tests could unfairly stigmatize them for goofy or strange behavior.

Heading to San Francisco soon? Well, you better pack a little extra cash if you plan to enjoy one famous San Francisco treat. There's a move afoot to raise fares on the city's cable cars to $5. That would make it the most expensive local transit fare in the country.

And finally, alas, poor Bubba, the 22 pound lobster pulled from his ocean home last week. Bubba, estimated to be anywhere from 30 to 100 years old, depending on whom you ask, was sent to the Pittsburgh Zoo, where he died yesterday afternoon of unknown causes. Could have been the water, could have been the stress. We just don't know.

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PHILLIPS (voice-over): Next on LIVE FROM, she wants to change history. A Muslim in West Virginia posts her Islamic Bill of Rights for Women on a mosque door. We'll talk with the author, Asra Nomani, about what she calls her struggle for the soul of Islam.

KEN DOLAN, CO-HOST, "DOLANS UNSCRIPTED": Hi, everybody. We're the Dolans.

DARIA DOLAN, CO-HOST, "DOLANS UNSCRIPTED": There's a new twist in the Social Security debate, and we'll tell you about it.

K. DOLAN: That's right, Daria. And Martha coming back to her company is good or bad?

D. DOLAN: So join us tomorrow on LIVE FROM during the 1 p.m. hour.

K. DOLAN: And for "DOLANS UNSCRIPTED" at 10 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday morning.

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HARRIS: For the second day in a row, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is making news. Today's subject, how to reform the current tax system. And he has some interesting ideas.

Kathleen Hays join us now from the New York Stock Exchange to sort it all out for us.

Hi, Kathleen.

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HARRIS: In western France, a horrific pedophilia case gets under way. Sixty-six men and women are on trial, dozens of them accused of prostituting children and babies in exchange for food, cigarettes and small amounts of money.

The alleged victims are children living in a low-income neighborhood. One young girl was reportedly raped 45 times. More on this story later on LIVE FROM.

In Los Angeles, Jay Leno tells a judge, "Don't fence me in." The late-night talk show host, who's been called as a witness in the Michael Jackson case, wants the judge to clarify the gag order so he can continue to joke about the trial on his show.

His lawyers say if the order must be applied, they're asking that it be limited to Leno's firsthand information.

And in Iraq, as insurgents' attacks continue, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi extends a national state of emergency for 30 days. Suicide car bombers striking today in Baghdad and Baqubah, killing at least six people. The official U.S. death toll has now surpassed 1,500.

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