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Separate space force, its not necessary. >> the u.s. military had a space command from 1985 through 2002 but it was disbanded after 9/11 so northern command could be set up to defend the homeland. >> bret: thank you. russian president vladimir putin says he has weapons so sophisticated and no one else in the world can match them or defend against them. as part of a continuing fallout from a u.s. threat to withdraw from a major weapons treaty, the cause of alleged russian cheating. amy kellogg ta...

Fox was among the first to report this month that the pentagon rejected an initial dhs request for the u.s. troops to be used in law enforcement capacity and potentially and potentially have contact with migrants. secretary mattis restricted troop activity to mostly engineering, but now after back and forth with defense department lawyers issue the white house was informed that the president could grant the troops additional authorities. the u.s. troops remain pretty far back from the border, im...

We saw defense secretary james mattis go there and he says long term what their mission is somewhat to be determined. but this is what a senior administration official told our jake tapper. its a joke of limited opportunity and a waste of our time. mattis knows it, kelly knows it but he was hell bent on troops. is this waste of time? he called it an invasion and adamant about these people coming into the country up until the election. assent said as much about it since. is it a waste of time? >>...

Reinforce americas law. >> julie: at this point the caravan is about 1,000 miles from the border. the president has put into place troops and hes done a lot in order to act as a deterrent. once they get there, what happens? when they do cross the border, what happens? and do we have the resources to detain them all? what happens? >> well, first of all, northern command is the organization headed up by our four star general shaugnessy thats in charge of this mission. and he has c-130s and c-17s a...

Construction even. as to what the militarys role is? >> i think its nuance, jim. i heard the chairman yesterday and the other things he said was im looking at the legality of this. he is. he has to look at the legality and the course of actions that he gives the president. what he said just now to me as a military guy, he said here is what the forces going to do and im going to my subordinate commanders and the joint task force that comes out of northern command led by a-star worker. this is imp...

Ferrying cargo supplies. setting up medical units to triage, treat and transport patients. the head of northern command, general oshaughnessy said earlier this week border security is national security. other officials of war this group of migrants may be more dangerous than past groups already involved in violent confrontations with mexican police. critics include jack reed, top democrat on the senate armed services committee who says the decision to rush thousands of troops to the border at th...

Troops, they will do aerial surveillance missions varying personnel and supplies on cargo planes and helicopters and setting up medical units to triage, treat and transport patients. the head of northern command said border security is national security and others warned this group of migrants might be more dangerous than past groups already involved in violent confrontations with mexican police but critics include jack reed, top democrat of the sonnet armed services committee uses the decision ...

Several thousand more u.s. military to back them up? especially in light of the fact that this caravan is many weeks away. an election, however, is just days away. >> look, theres no getting away from the fact the timing is suspicious with the election. of course, it feeds right into president trumps fearmongering on immigration. no question about that. that said, jim, and you know this. you covered the pentagon, the requirements process for orders for troops to deploy even in the united states ...

Under our law. currently, the law that myself and the chairman tried to change that would have prevented this caravan from getting into the united states. every democrat voted against our bill, and i sure hope the leadership will take that bill when we get back after the election. >> bill: james mattis was asked about this, and he said it -- well, i will let him tell you. here he is. >> the support that we provide to the secretary for homeland security is practical support based on the requests ...

Order to be at the border by this weekend, an additional 2,000 are in ready to deploy status, on standby untold if needed. the first troops have arrived at lackland air force base in texas, most of them are still in san antonio at the head of the u.n. northern command explained the mission. >> our first level of effort with cbp will be to harden the point of entry and address key gaps at areas around the point of entry. >> they have enough concertina wire for 22 miles of border. the problem is, ...