Of these historic deployments. The fact is, our Border Patrol is swamped because of the inefficiency of trying to guard a border without a fence, without some sort of real barrier to slow down masses of people trying to get over. Julie we have the latest from washington tonight. Hi, jillian. Reporter just a while ago, President Trump tweeted we are sealing up our southern border. The people of our great country want safety and security. The dems have been a disaster on this very important issue. Reaction from state governors across the u. S. Has been mixed. Heres Governor Brown of oregon. Theres been absolutely no planning. Theres been absolutely no collaboration with the states. This is just something that the president reeled off to distract from the problems that hes having in washington, d. C. Reporter but other governors from states like arizona, mississippi, and arkansas are supportive of President Trumps move. Some even are weighing in high profile former governors. Take a listen. I think its terrific news. I think that President Trump is taking real steps to secure our border, all the while that we have certainly tried to get it done, but he is delivering on his promises. Reporter the state of texas has begun to dispatch 250 of its own guardsmen to help support the mission at the border. Arizona plans to send an additional 150 sneaks week. 150 next week. Once the forces are in place, the mission will fall far short of the amount the commander in chief has called for. A joint statement makes clear that no matter whose guardsmen report for duty, their agencies are prepared to carry out the mission. It says in part, tonight National Guard troops are deploying to support Border Security missions along the u. S. Southwest border. We are committed to using every lever of power to support the men and would plane in Law Enforcement women in Law Enforcement protecting our nations sovereignty. Previous president s have made similar moves. President w. Bush deployed the guard to the border in 2006 and president obama in 2010. Illegal entries at our southern border are lower today than theyve been since the 1970s according to dhs statistics. Julie thank you so much. We have a fox news alert now. The new York Fire Department is reporting a fire on the 50th floor of trump tower. Weve got bria brian the lates p tower. Reporter more than a dozen fire trucks are here at trump tower in midtown manhattan. This is the trump tower behind us. Thats whats left. There was flames coming out of the 50th floor. This is a 68 floor tall building. That is the 50th floor. You can see the firefighters have contained the fire from what we can tell. This was a four alarm fire, according to the fdny. There is one person who was seriously injured, a civilian inside the building. Thats what we know so far about the fire. If you take a look back here, this is between fifth and madison a this is just some of the fire trucks were seeing on the road, easily more than a dozen fire trucks, easily more than 100 firefighters that battled the flame. Looks like its under control. Eric trump actually tweeting, thank you to the amazing men and women who extinguished a fire in a residential apartment at trump tower. They are fewl truly some of thet incredible people anywhere. President trump tweeting about the fire, fire at trump tower is out, very confining wellbuilt building, firemen and women did a great job. Thank you. Were waiting to hear as to whether or not the fire is officially out. As you can tell, the flames are no longer coming out of the building and it looks to be extinguished from what we can tell. Theres one seriously injured person. We spoke to another person who was evacuated from the gucci store that is down here. Theres a ton of high end shops and stores and plenty of tourists that are out here right now, taking photos. We spoke to a resident, a civilian who was visiting the gucci store who was told to evacuate, that was on the first floor of the trump tower. He asked why did he have to evacuate. They said it was a fire. Everyone left the building. Thats what we know so far, four alarm fire here, looks to be under control. 45 minutes ago we got the call. One serious injury. Julie thank you so much. Now back to the news of defense secretary james mattis deploying up to 4,000 troops to the u. S. Slasu. S. mexico border. We pretty much knew this was coming because this week the president on his message about tax cuts very much focused on immigration when he was speaking to folks in West Virginia that he wanted 4,000 National Guard troops to secure the border, some 250 are basically heading there tonight. Whats the latest as to the rollout and how they get the 4,000 out there . Well, essentially theres 250 coming from texas, 150 coming from arizona, i believe, and im not 100 sure how thats all going to work. But we will see that rolling out in the next couple weeks. Like you said, just within the past week or so here President Trump has clearly gotten interested in the idea of using his military authority to accomplish some of his immigration aims. You hear a lot about the wall but one thing thats also been part of his desire for immigration is to just get more bodies on the border like you heard representative isa say a couple minutes ago. Its a tall order with a whole lot of ground to cover. And so he tweeted last week about immigration being a National Security issue and potential to build the wall with military action so i think this is a sort of a logical outflow of that with deploying the guard in an auxiliary role to help out Border Patrol agents and do construction and repair offenses along the wall there are several julie there are several states that received a memo that this would be happening, arizona and california included. The question is whether or not california will comply. Jen brewer addressed that issue when she spoke with neil cavuto earlier today. She called out other governors for not taking Border Security seriously. Lets listen to that. Theyre sitting on their hands and doing nothing. Theyre not taking the issue seriously. I think they ought to think about what their oath of office is in regard to protecting their citizens. They need to respect federal authority. Its outrageous that they are doing what theyre doing. But i will say this, neil. Im encouraged by some of the local Law Enforcement agencies in these states. Californicall important particud california particularly and Council People that are stepping up and they are respecting their oath. Julie it will be interesting to see how the state of california responds to this. She pointed out that california so far is playing ball. She does raise an interesting question, which is why is this happening now, whats the point of this. Because just last year when President Trump took office, you saw pretty much right away there was a pretty dramatic drop in people attempting to make the border crossing. So its a fair question of whether or not its an urgent action. I think what the white house is concerned about and dhs, secretary nielsen made this point recently, is that people who last year might have attempted to make the illegal crossing but were deterred by President Trumps strong rhetoric on immigration, now just this year may have started to cotton on, i guess, to the notion that not a lot has changed in terms of federal immigration policy, if theyre able to cross over illegally and are apprehended theyll be released pending a date with an immigration judge. Theyre worried about those numbers starting of tick back up again. Julie in the months between february and march in fact, apprehensions have gone up. Attorney general Jeff Sessions essentially basically said there is going to be now a zero tolerance policy when it comes to apprehending these people. Some democrats argue first of all that by sending out 4,000 National Guardsmen that its an utter waste of money, its not like they can go out and arrest, they can just protect. They should be used elsewhere. What else is there to do . Theres no immigration policy put in place at this point. A wall or spending for such was not in the latest spending bill. It seems that this is the only solution at this juncture. Well, theres no question that at least in terms of this being a really outrageous new change, thats relatively political and overblown. The number is up to 4,000 deployed. President bush sent 6,000 a decade ago. And its for some of the same, similar sorts of things. I do think at least the other side of the political coin is there are political benefits to President Trump doing this. Hes had some difficulty with getting his immigration agenda passed in congress and this allows him to say to people who care about Border Security, look, i no, i havent been able to so far deliver on these wide changes that i want but as far as what im able to do as commander in chief, ill do that in this small way and that you can sort of consider this a down payment, that im not going to allow these issues to fade away as my term goes on. Julie andrew, thank you very much for talking to us. We appreciate it very much. Thank you. Julie we are keeping an eye on a four alarm fire on the 50th floor at trump tower. We are gathering more information. We will have updates in just a moment. Plus, families mourning the loss of loved ones after a series of military aviation crashes just this week, where the latest ones happened. And the heartland could be taking a big financial hit if china carries out its threat to slap big tariffs on things like soybeans and pork. But will it actually happen . Thats the question. Well see how it plays out. I understand the president s focus on trying to get china to not steel intellectual property and doing things in the right you way. Im a little concerned. When you combine ancestrys dna test with its historical records. You could learn youre from ireland donegal, ireland and your ancestor was a fisherman. With blue eyes. Just like you. Begin your journey at ancestry. Com julie another deadly military Helicopter Crash leaves a community in mourning tonight. This one happening at Fort Campbell in kentucky. Two pilots were killed when the helicopter went down during a routine training drill. This crash coming on the heels of a difficult week for military aviation. On tuesday, four marines were killed on a Training Mission in southern california. Another crash happened that same day with the pilot surviving. On wednesday, an air force thunderbird f16 crashed, killing the pilot. And then yesterdays crash in kentucky. The names of the two soldiers have not yet been released. A trade war potentially on the horizon between the worlds two biggest economies, were talking the u. S. And china, of course. Both making tariff threats that could result in massive losses for those in the heartland. The president tweeting the United States hasnt had a trade surplus with china in 40 years. They must end unfair trade, take down barriers and charge only reciprocal tariffs. The u. S. Is losing 500 billion a year and has been losing billions of dollars for decades. Cannot continue. The Minneapolis Federal reserve president sharing his thoughts on the matter as well. Listen. This could be a lot of chess pounding and it could be a lot of bluster and not lead to real impact on the economy but it could lead to a trade war or it could be something in the middle where its a lot of bluster but it scares investors, both businesses and investors and they pull back and that could impact the growth of the u. S. Economy. So i think the impact on main street is going to be seen over the long term. Julie we have details on how it impacts farmers here at home. Reporter a big concern on wall street is the trade dispute escalates into a fullblown trade war between the worlds two biggest economies, both the u. S. And china say they would like to avoid a trade war but on friday beijing said its not afraid to fight one and is prepared to do so, no matter how much it costs. China will fight back for sure clay 234. China will pay the price to resolutely defend the interests of its country and its people. Reporter caught in the middle of the growing trade fight are American Farmers. China is one of the biggest markets for u. S. Agriculture and any additional tariffs by china would have a Significant Impact on hundreds of thousands of american jobs. China buys one out of every three soybeans produced. Im standing in the number one soybean producing state in the country of illinois. It would certainly be a devastating situation if those tariffs were to go in place. And so ultimately our hope is both countries can walk back from the edge of the cliff here and maybe find a better solution. Reporter the Trump Administration says its preparing to take steps to protect American Farmers from any new tariffs that china imposes. Yesterday the president s new chief Economic Advisor suggested the back and forth with china is part of the negotiation process. My point is, tariffs enter the picture, negotiations enter the picture, the wto enters the picture and youve got to walk through this process and well see, hopefully this will have a very happy ending. Reporter the Trump Administration hasnt announced what chinese goods fall under the proposed 150 billion in tariffs and china still hasnt announced what it plans to do in response. Julie. Julie thank you. We are keeping a close eye on trump tower in new york city where crews have responded to a four alarm fire. Well have a live report with the very latest straight ahead. Plus, the students behind march for our lives Holding Town Halls all across the country. And they are counting on lawmakers from both parties to attend. Its not anyone person, its not one elected official. Its not one level of government, its not just the community, its not Community Leadership exclusively. Ill will take all of us it you know whats awesome . Gigspeed internet. You know whats not awesome . 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Julie the town halls taking place during a congressional recess. Police in seattle are going after certain gun owners and its getting support from some people strongly in favor of the Second Amendment. Dan springer reports. Im grateful the police got the gun away from me. Reporter this army veteran who is being treated for ptsd recently had his gun confiscated by the seattle police. Its one of 27 guns seized since last july legally under washington states new extreme Risk Protection order law. Even though Alexander Mckenzie committed no crime, he realizes due to his mental state being armed a was too risky. Washington is one of six states with red flag laws. The Brady Campaign says at least 30 states are considering them. Were seeing building consensus in blue states and red states that this is a good way to balance Public Safety against peoples Second Amendment rights . Gunrights. Reporter guns are removed for one year. A judge has to determine the person is a danger to himself or others and the gun owner gets a chance to make his or her case. Even gun rights advocates who are afraid of government abuse say it appears to be working. Weve seen the downside of people who are distraught or crazy taking out their problems on the general public. We dont want that to happen. Reporter one petition to seize guns was turned down by a judge. All others have been granted including the taking of this ar15 rifle. According to the pastors of this church, a former member threatened to kill them and wished the recent Texas Church Massacre had happened there. I have no doubt that it is a kind of tool we can use to prevent greater tragedies. Reporter taking someones guns is always potentially volatile. Seattle cops bend over backwards to avoid being heavy handed. Both sides say the law is being used sparingly and no one has alleged a violation of its rights, making it more likely other states will follow. Julie dan, thank you very much. Breaking news from trump tower in new york city. The fdny has responded to a four alarm fire up on the 50th floor. Its out now. What were learning at this hour. Plus, the growing controversy around epa chief scott pruitt. Why a number of republicans are standing behind him, despite mounting outrage over his apparent security