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Good morning. im ayman mohyeldin. we are now five days from the midterm elections. president trump is doing everything he can to define the debate. yesterday he tripled the estimated number of u.s. troops that he wants to go to the u.s./mexico border to 15,000, more than the number of troops serving in afghanistan, believe it or not. >> youre talking about 10,000, maybe 15,000 active duty u.s. military to the border. >> yes. >> more than we have fighting the taliban in afghanistan, isis in syria...

"godless america" says its inexcusable and joins us live. where did you come up with this story? >> got an e-mail from our facebook fan page and some of our listeners, members of a church, they wanted to help. they saw the images weve all seen on television and became very disturbed by that. the pastor of the church there in tucson, arizona, a group of pastors made calls to the border patrol. they wanted to go to nogales and said we want to bring our church group so we can play with the kids, pl...

The state of texas is under siege. brian? >> candy, the u.s. forest service says wildfires burning from "border to border" has scorched more than a million acres. firefighters from 34 states are battling the blazes. house speaker john boehner wrapped up a two-day visit to afghanistan. his office said he met with commanders and president karzai when he was there and attended a memorial for five fallen soldiers. the trip comes a few months before the u.s. attends a troop drawdown in the region. th...