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>> martha: i want to take a look at the arizona race. this is a very tight race, kyrsten sinema and martha mcsally. >> you know in arizona its not new to have military deployment to the border to have a support role from our customs and border agents that are down there. we tell wish them well and telm to stay hydrated. [laughs] i didnt mean to laugh. >> martha: this is in many ways sort of the essence between these two candidates, chris? >> well, yes, but -- kyrsten sinema is an effective campa...

Support, engineering and logistics type support. they are there completely in a support role to the border patrol. >> secretary mattis today when questioned about the decision to send troops to the border said, quote, we dont do stunts. i mean is this a political stunt by the president? you know, mattis is obviously in a tough spot. his job is to obey orders from the president. >> so, you know, my belief is that secretary mattis is looking at this as a lawful order from the commander in chief. a...

It is a rank political purpose to use our military like this and to say those kinds of things is really astounding. not in my lifetime have i ever heard those kind of words from a president of the united states. >> the president says that he will be sending up to 15,000 u.s. service members to the border. a lot of them, it looks like, are going to be acting in a support role, not necessarily standing point or, you know, operating as snipers but they will be there. 15,000, i dont need to tell you...

Infantry, armor artillery, the killers, if you will. this is not going to be a guard force on the borderer itself. the is where we get into the conversation, the difference between what fox news and the president are saying, which is hyperbole and scare tactics versus the facts on the ground. these are enablers for the department of homeland security to continue with their mission. thats the important thing to remember. the legal and process driven part by the pentagon is up and up. its above bo...

So by sending active duty forces, you are in effect because of the law not allowing them to conduct activities that would put them into contact with these migrants. so there is no security presence brought by those individuals, certainly no bayonettes. there will be some that are armed, mostly for purposes of self-defense. but again, its certainly not how its being portrayed. they will be there in support roles providing logistics, providing helicopter and vehicle support, engineering and logist...

The biggest show of force that i have seen in my lifetime down on the border with 7,000 active duty -- we sent down the national guard to act in a support role, basically pushing paper behind a desks. these guys have been activated under a different title, title x authority to work hand in glove with border patrol directly on the border. so we hope that they provide deterrence, so that when the family units. they are not going to be matched with the united states military. >> sandra: i think the...

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 ...

Strong signal to the people in that caravan that you have 15,000 american troops, along with the customs and border patrol, the walls, the drones and everything else that we have at our border, that are prepared to stop you. >> so on that note, you say theyre there to support. rear admiral john kirby, who is a cnn analyst, former spokesman for the defense department, says theyre going to be there as cooks, as pilots, mechanics. theyre not there to combat the migrants from coming in or stop them ...

Homeland security secretary nielsen saying at the moment everything is on the table. >> we will be making announcements on additional measures that we are looking at within our legal construct to ensure that this is an orderly process and that those who have no right to be in our country are able to be apprehended quickly and removed. >> president trump ordered the national guard to the u.s. mexico border earlier this year, but those 2,000 national guard troops are currently under the control of...

Of those folks. so others are engaging. it is the right way to be able to handle it. >> sandra: but the president has not rolled out the military option. he says it is still on the table, and he will throw all of the resources at the border as it is needed. what do you expect to see happen there, and is it so good that the president is putting that on the table? >> sure it is. what is interesting, democratic colleagues saying that i cant believe that the president would call the national guard f...