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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection marine unit rescued four migrants from a sinking boat off the coast of Texas.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection marine unit rescued four migrants from a sinking boat off the coast of Texas.

Maria: what should we expect from national guardsmen and women at the mexico border? >> well i talked to them yesterday they deployed 250 from my state probably 300 next week. i can tell you what they dont want to do and thats push paper and sit in an office. they want to be active basically active duty down on the border fulfilling the roles of border security missions. they want to do surveillance. they want to do watch towers, they want to be right on the border with border patrol. they canno...

Julie. in the wake of president trumps decision to dispatch these national guard troops to the border, the pentagon and department of homeland security are already on the move. a joint statement from secretary of defense mattis, secretary of homeland security nielsen reads in part, tonight national guard troops are deploying to support border security missions along the u.s. southwest border. we are committed to using every lever of power to support men and women of law enforcement, protecting t...

The presidents move. with humans of high-profile former governors weighing-in. >> i think it is terrific news. i think the president is taking real steps to secure our borders. all the while that we have certainly tried to get it done but he is delivering on his promises. >> the state of texas has already become deployment of 250 of its own guardsmen to support the nation at the border. a joint statement from secretary of defense, james mattis and secretaries domestically, nielsen, makes it clea...

Glove on this mission. it reads in part, tonight, national guard troops are deployed to support border security missions along the us southwest border. we are committed to using every power to support the men and women of law enforcement defending our nations sovereignty and protect the american people. the pentagon announced their quit in their own special border security.it will provide backup for border patrol agents. according to the secretary of defense. >> i guess we dont have that bite. b...

Guys in the wake of president trump to dispatch these national guard troops to the southern border the pentagon and department of homeland security are already on the move. a joint statement from secretary of defense mattis and secretary of homeland security nielsen reads in part, tonight, national guard troops are deploying to support border security missions along the u.s. southwest border. we are committed to using every lever of power to support the men and women of law enforcement defending...

And arizona have responded, california has remained silent, a move one california congressman is calling purely political. >> why is it when president obama supplements the border or takes credit for lowering the amount of undocumented workers fleeing over the border, particularly from south and central america, you get one attitude versus another? >> arthel: we have a live report from washington. jillian, how is the presidents plan going to be executed? >> well, last night he defense secretary ...

Under phalanx 1200 guard troops were deployed. under bush operation jump start close to 2,000. i think its a great -- its a support move. a bit of a band-aid but again congress really has the authority under the constitution to act on this issue and i have a border security bill. chairman goodlatte has an immigration bill. we need to get this passed. >> sandra: when you say congress has the authority to act on this. if jerry brown who you are telling me is undecided, if he decides no, what sort ...

Tweet. >> im not sure which way youre talking about, what was in the media that i saw this week was the construction project at the other underway. its new features for the wall that they are putting up. they are replacing the dilapidated landing mad is new. >> shepard: peter doocy, back to you, what to make of this? >> customs and border protection are not telling us they think its reasonable for us to expect to see about half the border covered with some sort of fencing or wall system or the e...