briefed on a border security strategy that includes mobilization of the national guard. that's troops on the border. this coming after the president announced he will be sending the u.s. military to secure the border with mexico until his long-promised wall is finished. >> i told mexico, and i respect what they did, i said, look, your laws are very powerful, your laws are very strong. we have very bad laws for our border. and we are going to be doing some things, i've been speaking with general mattes. we're going to do things militarily. until we have a wall and proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military. it's a big step. >> it is a big step. boris sanchez is "outfront" at the white house. the president's comments pretty incredible. putting military on the border? that's a big step. he's not try to minimize it and it isn't something to minimize. we understand the pentagon was caught off guard by this. never mind mexico which also was