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Glove on this mission. it reads in part, tonight, national guard troops are deployed to support border security missions along the us southwest border. we are committed to using every power to support the men and women of law enforcement defending our nations sovereignty and protect the american people. the pentagon announced their quit in their own special border security.it will provide backup for border patrol agents. according to the secretary of defense. >> i guess we don't have that bite. but do not let that mission statement for you. the new cell has a crucial role to play. on the groun...

Guys in the wake of president trump to dispatch these national guard troops to the southern border the pentagon and department of homeland security are already on the move. a joint statement from secretary of defense mattis and secretary of homeland security nielsen reads 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 women of law enforcement defending our nation's sovereignty and protecting the american people. the pentagon has also announced they'r...

And arizona have responded, california has remained silent, a move one california congressman is calling purely political. >> why is it when president obama supplements the border or takes credit for lowering the amount of undocumented workers fleeing over the border, particularly from south and central america, you get one attitude versus another? >> arthel: we have a live report from washington. jillian, how is the president's plan going to be executed? >> well, last night he defense secretary mattis signed orders under article 32 to deploy up to 4,000 troops to the border. the mission will ...

Under phalanx 1200 guard troops were deployed. under bush operation jump start close to 2,000. i think it's a great -- it's a support move. a bit of a band-aid but again congress really has the authority under the constitution to act on this issue and i have a border security bill. chairman goodlatte has an immigration bill. we need to get this passed. >> sandra: when you say congress has the authority to act on this. if jerry brown who you are telling me is undecided, if he decides no, what sort of federal authority is there to override the state's decision? >> well, they're under the command...

Tweet. >> i'm not sure which way you're talking about, what was in the media that i saw this week was the construction project at the other underway. it's new features for the wall that they are putting up. they are replacing the dilapidated landing mad is new. >> shepard: peter doocy, back to you, what to make of this? >> customs and border protection are not telling us they think it's reasonable for us to expect to see about half the border covered with some sort of fencing or wall system or the equivalent of 1,000 miles. because the truth is, walls work in the data shows it. dhs and cbp are...