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>> thank you. the head of the national guard says that some 500 troops will be deployed immediately as part of president trumps plan to shore up the border between the u.s. and mexico. officials in texas say that their soldiers are going to be ready. >> as early as tomorrow, notifications will go to soldiers who will be called up as part of the follow-on phase. this notification will allow guardsmen, soldiers, and airmen to notify their families and employers in the preparation to report as ea...

Know what they are going to do? >> reporter: well, officials have said those national guard soldiers that are in the process of being deployed, new information just in the last couple of minutes. they will be acting in support roles, not necessarily working on the front lines. texas national guard officials say over the next 72 hours, 250 people will be deployed. not sure where they will be. >> thank you so much. live in the border tonight. thanks for joining us all of you, anderson cooper start...

Support roles that they play and again i take you back to the katrina days where the national guard is not supposed to be involved in law enforcement but at that point the law enforcement that was there on the ground couldnt complete the job that needed to be done. is that a similar situation here? >> thats up to the governor. the governor can use his national guard to detain people as well as to stop anything that someone may be doing that is dangerous to other people. that is why you use the n...

They worked in support roles like training and construction and intelligence. for more, we turn to cnns jeff zeleny at the white house. >> reporter: dave and rene, the department of homeland security and the white house sending troops to the u.s./mexico border. part of the presidents directive to increase the border patrols. this is coming as a fast announcement this week. the president is saying the laws are not strong enough and congress has not acted. the question why this is urgent came up o...

Many are expected to come all the way to the u.s. border. leyla santiago is in mexico following these caravans. ed, do people want the national guard deployed to the area? do they see a need? >> reporter: its interesting, its a complicated question for many people here, wolf. by and large, when you talk to people on the street, residents here in border communities like laredo, texas where we are, this whole idea of militarizing the border is not something many people are fond of. having said tha...

Disputes those numbers. this all comes as ceo mark zuckerberg gets ready to testify before several house and senate committees next tuesday. president trump signed a proclamation to send the national guard to the u.s./mexico border. troops will not have contact with immigrants but be work with border patrol agents in support roles. theres no word yet how many in the national guard will be deployed or how much the mission will cost. lets turn to oklahoma where thousands of teachers demanding ...

Training, infrastructure building, you know, intelligence gathering, support roles like that, and theres been a question as to whether its worth the expense and effort of moving these troops there in terms of what you get out of the equation. >> so today were talking about militarizing the u.s.-mexico border. this started way back sunday. seems like a long time ago. but it started with tweets. we have all of those tweets on the screen here. many -- >> a lot. >> yes -- >> big graphic. >> running ...

>> reporter: right, russia of course is framing this as something that they were forced to do by u.s. actions, but theyre hitting back. now we know that more than 700 u.s. diplomatic staff in russia will be out of a job in a months time. russia has been threatening for months to retaliate after the u.s. kicked out a few dozen of its diplomats and closed two properties. now this is what were seeing them doing in typically grand fashion. topped with insults, denials and more threats. russia, u.s...

What would the u.s. role be then? >> im sure it would be both spotting targets, air support. bombing. and also coordinating other elements of the coalition that are supportive. i think the united states will play that synthesizing intelligence and aerial bombardment and aerial support role. but you have to remember, we have about 3,000 u.s. forces within iraq now, playing different support roles, training, providing guidance and assistance. and intelligence support. >> a good week for the iraqi ...

Candidates out there. lindsey graham, perry, walker, kasich have all said theyre open to the idea. more troops in iraq. kasich said it might take combat troops. most are saying we need some trumans that are in support roles. of course, those trumans would be in harms way. dont forget, american public opinion, given the beheadings weve seen from isis and the rise in isis. american public opinion has shifted in that more hawkish direction. it is not like theyre taking a real risk within the republ...