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Procedural vote created to a resolution at 4:00. it need a simple majority to pass and the process would likely not concludes according to our reporting on the hill until next week. whats happening with that? whats at stake here? >> reporter: the u.s. military has a pretty limited support role over the skies of yemen with this arab coalition. some of that has been scaled back. that was the refueling piece that ended several weeks ago. they are still sharing some intelligence and working with the...

I think something eventually is going to happen, and there will be a massive political ramifications. im not sure whether the administration knows right now whether or not the use of lethal force is going to be a policy, or if its an option early. we heard from mattis that our troops are very much very much and a support role, but it is only going to be a matter of time before something happens, and on the political blowback is something that they will have to deal with here in d.c. >> ebony: is...

Military police, logistical support for the border patrol and for the national guard. they are not armed and not going to be standing guard on the border and prevent migrants from coming in to the united states. so purely in a support role, david. >> i want to go back to that tweet that i read to hans a moment ago the president talking about the threat of bedlam, chaos, injury and death. none of which seemed remotely visible from the vantage where hans was standing. help us understand. >> the lo...

>> well, the fact that he is down there tells you a lot. they are very focused on this, top priority for the trump administration. theyve been planning this since they knew the migrants were coming. they are getting ready for whatever is coming their way. >> bill: what happens today with the meeting with james mattis? >> well, i think he is just telling the troops laying the ground work for what their role is. they arent border patrol or customs enforcement. they have a support role, not a direc...

Through to the u.s. the migrants are hundreds of miles away. they are playing the support role to the border agents there. this is the scene. you got u.s. soldiers in body armor unspooling what is known as barbed wire and seemingly an immediate threat from the caravan even as it is more than 600 miles away. they happened to lead the first armored division in iraq and was commanding general of the army in europe. 5200 u.s. troops at the border. its going to rise to 7,000. lets see what the soldie...

Start -- i served as a commanding officer in yuma as you know for a year and a half with the national guard. i believe that a military presence at our sovereign border is called for, not in a law enforcement capacity, but a support role as we did with our heroes in the border patrol, basically to secure our border and to say absolutely, youre not coming through. you talk about an invasion. the reason why not just president trump, but half of america believes that this has been an invasion, not j...

Enforcement capacity but as support role as we did with our heroes in the bothered control to say absolutely, youre not coming through. you talk about an invasion and the reason why not just president trump but half of america believes that this has been an invasion, not just with three or four care advance coming from honduras or el salvador, but were talking about 22 million illegals that have come into our country. thats huge, and so when we put this in the context of a humanitarian wave and ...

Both republicans and democrats in congress failed to address it therefore you get a situation like we have at the border. this caravan is coming. it will arrive at the border. donald trump did not create the caravan. donald trump is not responsible for what is going on in honduras. he went through this last july when you had the family separation fiasco down. there it proved federal bureaucracies are incapable of processing handling this many people when they come across the border. so he defaul...

>> i want to play something for you because shes basically saying im just as good as martha mcsally on issues like sending troops to the border. lets watch. >> in arizona its not new for us to have military deployment to the border to provide a support role for our customs and border patrol agents down there. wish them well and tell them to stay hydrated. >> give me a break. she has no idea what shes border security is so important to all arizonans. there are some who care about safety and secur...

Saying im just as good as martha mcsally on issues like sending troops to the border. lets watch. >> its not new for us to have military deployment to the vote voter, to provide support roles or customs and border patrol agents down there. wish them well and tell them to stay hydrated. >> laura: get real. she has no idea what shes talking about energies in the witness protection program right now because of border security is so important to all arizonans. there are some who care about safety an...