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Has to deal with because of circumstances. but in many ways border deployment was the same. they didn't plan for this. this wasn't in their budget. so when the president directed the services to include the marines to go to the southwest border, that was, you know, an unplanned deployment that was then going to take resources from other priorities and as she talked about those priorities include international exercises and things like that. something has to give. >> do you think it was necessary? some argued at the time that they had more to do with politics, frankly -- national guard troops h...

President's top political priorities were cited in these memos as part of this strain on the marine corps. we reached out to the pentagon and shanahan the marines did respond after we published these memos to stress that a lot of their resources are being strained by this hurricane damage that i mentioned and this is just ahead of hurricane season so this is urgent. urgent concern for them and that the border deployment wasn't so significant as that strain but it was significant enough to mention in his memos. >> appreciate it. very much. i want to bring in retired marine colonel that served i...

Residency. only that if i know or have reason to know that you're a prohibited person or a resident of another state or too young to possess a firearm, then i cannot transfer it to you. >> so it's best to not know the person you're selling it to? >> that would be up to the seller. >> that's almost laughable. >> i think people will be shocked when they hear that coming out of your mouth. >> it presents a challenge for us. >> they identified a police officer that sold up to two dozen guns. even guns connected to a homicide and other crimes for years. a defense department employee with a security...

Increasing the number of justices. i think justice scalia's son was on television saying he's not supportive of it, but i think he said maybe it's an argument worth taking seriously. >> you know, it's in congress's power to increase the number of seats on the supreme court. the last time congress acted was in 1869 when it set the number at the nine justices we have now, but once upon a time it was as low as five seats, and once upon a time it was as high as ten, but the one you're probably remembering most, the one attempt to change the number was back in the roosevelt era when he was so angry...

Politics, frankly -- national guard troops have been deployed to the border in other administrations but that it wasn't really necessary? >> so i'll put out my hand and say i was one of those. you know, the things that are in the memo, just based on my experiences as a marine and working at the pentagon, my concern is that it was going to be a strain on resources. i said at the time that then secretary mattis had been very clear on the need for the military to shift it's focus after 17 years of counterterrorism operations and get ready for full spectrum operations and combat readiness and leth...