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Fence that was on the board and out. we have new capability going in there. new capability in santa teresa new mexico. we have projects and planning underway for south texas and san diego for replacement in california. all of those are going to be improved conditions for our agents to work in, safer border environment and work technology to go along with it. >> laura: i had over the years interviewed so many border patrol agents and customs agents who were so demoralized because they want to do their job and they felt like, i'm not trying to get political here, but under the previous administr...

Arriving along the border. many troops arriving along the weekend and walked into meetings with the department of homeland security to discuss the resources that needed to be allocated in different areas of the border and determine the operational roles that the rest of the troops would fall into. at this point, we have no pictures to show you of troops lined up on the border. what we can show you is a look inside the meetings that were taking place over the weekend. discussing the resources needed to be allocated. handshakes shown through twitter feeds showing border agents welcoming national...

Of the troops would fall into. at this point, we have no pictures to show you of troops lined up on the border. what we can show you is a look inside the meetings that were taking place over the weekend. discussing the resources needed to be allocated. handshakes shown through twitter feeds showing border agents welcoming national guard troop leaders to the command posts. an important point is to be made here. federal troops are not involved in law enforcement. you will not see national guard troops apprehending anyone illegally trying to enter the united states. they will take on roles to all...

The border and determine the operational roles that the rest of the troops would fall into. at this point, we have no pictures to show you of troops lined up on the border. what we can show you is a look inside the meetings that were taking place over the weekend. discussing the resources needed to be allocated. handshakes shown through twitter feeds showing border agents welcoming national guard troop leaders to the command posts. an important point is to be made here. federal troops are not involved in law enforcement. you will not see national guard troops apprehending anyone illegally tryi...

On the ground. a couple thousand u.s. forces in syria. 8,000 or 9,000 in iraq. 8,000 or 9,000 in afghanistan. significant naval and air power presence in the region. we can't solve this problem. we sure don't want it to get worse. that's why general votel basically said, look, we've got some hard work ahead of us. >> i want to ask while we have you and just reflect with all of you on the president's other statement about sending u.s. troops to the southern border, the mexicans are demanding an explanation, they're really upset. what is the point of doing that now? not that it is unprecedented,...