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General marks, he made news when it came to this southern border thing. he said things will be handled militarily until there is a wall. hays trying he's trying to figure out a way to get this wall promised in any way and seem strong when it comes to border security. the white house is now clarifying his remarks, saying the president was actually briefed today about the potential of mobilizing the national guard. that's what he meant, they say, when he was talking about troops at the border. but everyone wanted clarification. mexico wanted clarification. folks at the pentagon were like, we don...

Basically point out to all of his supporters that this thing that he promised them has not been accomplished. >> okay, chris, that's the interesting thing. if he can claim victory on the -- you know, on the border, because border crossings are down, illegal immigration down, so spending all this money on a wall, everyone's wondering, then why the heck are you spending all this money. remember, building a wall was his major campaign promise. mexico was going to pay for the wall. congress is not going to pay for it now. mexico says they're not going to pay for it. he's not even mentioning mexico...

The likes of people like anne coulter about the wall. this was, you noted, this was a central campaign promise. yes, it was about immigration, but it was also about sort of, i'm going to do this, even though everyone says i can't. that's what people bought into. and donald trump doesn't become donald trump without the wall. he really doesn't. you know, that galvanizes people. the idea that he would do something like that galvanizes people to believe he is something different. so it may not necessarily be about border crossings and those sorts of things. it may be literally be about the conserv...

Mueller's team. mueller's office warning that there are, quote, consequences to lying to investigators. also today, president trump escalating his border wall battle, calling on the military to guard the southern border while he pushes for his wall to be built. >> we are preparing for the military to secure our boater between mexico and the united states. >> okay, there's a lot that is wrong with that. that is not factual about that. mexico not at all thrilled about the idea of the troops on the border. and not surprisingly, asking for a clarification about exactly what president trump meant. ...

The national guard reports to, how you federalize the national guard. there's just not -- there's not a ton of background that would lead me to believe that that's what happened. >> and both bush and obama did it, but in limited ways. but go on. >> i think he said it, and as molly pointed, by the end of the day, they sort of got to the place where he said, oh, he was talking about the national guard. on the wall, i think what it is is that he spent the weekend at mar-a-lago with sean hannity, with jeanine pirro, with other folks -- >> immigration hardliners. >> he's heard unhappiness from the ...