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Genius move. not only does he control the illegal entry of this caravan but by doing that, by sending dod to the border, hes infuriating the drug cartels. ive said for years, illegal immigration funds the drug cartels. d objection d is on the border, theres more people at the port of entry. the cartels cant move their product like they usually do and thats why the cartels are getting frustrated and thats why you see them upset with this president and dod, and theyre upset with mexico. >> stoppin...

Verify. >> that seems like vindication for the president who is warning about that fact wheny u have others saying this is no criminals and this is not an up vegas. you can react to that. but i want to ask you about the homeland security department asking the pentagon to extend the border deployment through at least january. there are a lot of critics in congress saying this is pretty expensive for american taxpayers. can you explain what theyre doing and whether its worth the taxpayer money? >>...

Ngos to try to get more evidence behind that but, for the most part, its based on their own statements. my belief -- go ahead, im sorry. ainsley: lets talk about some of the troops that are down there because the president says he might extend deployment for thousands of active duty troops. we were told they were going to be able to go home for christmas. he says if the problem still exists there, because some these migrant workers say they are going to be there for months because they cant get ...

>> the d.o.d. released a statement saying at no time did dhs adopt of a blanket policy of separation. heres jacob soboroff in june talking to the border patrol chief in the area where most of the separations were taking place. >> is this a deterrent? is that the point? are you trying to deter people from coming by separating children and their parents and prosecuting 100% of the people who come here? >> yes. the point is we have an upward trend. if we do not do anything, we are going to be in a ...

>> we were able to manage this and effectively control this but i want to be clear that all of our agents on a daily basis are fully employed. we had to bring in several hundred additional border patrol agents from around the country, 100 additional cep officers from around the country. thats affecting our operations in other areas. but the fact that no one made it across the border or past our defenses, i would say we were adequately staffed but it was not without a cost. >> this was custom bor...

Will attack you. it doesnt matter if -- matter who you are. and thats what weve seen. >> secretary mattis, the relationship there is not what it was at the beginning. some of those clips he was talking about secretary mattis. what is the white house view on secretary mattis right now? >> the relationship is clearly frayed. but mattis is seen as effective in his job. he has huge respect from the military at the pentagon, at the dod, and theres not a push in the white house to get rid of him, alth...

Military at the pentagon, at the dod, and theres not a push in the white house to get rid of him, although trump has had mixed feelings about him in recent months. and i would not be surprised just based on reporting the last several weeks if trump were to try to replace him at some point down the road. but theres a sense among trumps advisers in the white house that mattis is doing a good job and certainly has the respect of those in the military. >> president obama said in his midterm campaign...

Contractor somewhere hidden in this who has contributed a gazillion dollars to some politician. >> and somebody has to make up a pie chart. >> and the pie spray, and good job job. >> well, we will be eating a lot of pie, but not provided by the dod, and courtney, you always come up with something fascinating. >> the tough questions. >> and happy holiday to you and your adorable twins, and no pie throwing here as well. so thank you, all. and coming up, giving thanks and serious thanks and how o...

>> juan: i think he would scrub the words from the statue of liberty. >> jesse: i love the statue of liberty even though it came from france. >> juan: the president pulls the troops that he sent in the midst of the campaign from the border and you have a judge saying people should be allowed to apply a new matter where they cross. >> dana: dod said not all the troops are coming back. the troops that were sent have accomplish the mission they were supposed to set up which is what kennedy was sayi...

Agents that are currently doing that work and put more boots on the border which means we are going to catch more drugs and catch more people that want to do harm to this country. if you look at the intelligence reports right now, the cartels are angry because dod is at the border and they cant move their product as freely as they used to move it. if we keep this pressure up, you will see the cartels start forcing these caravans out. >> harris: thats really interesting. what do we say now about ...