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Flew in an aircraft, jayhawk helicopter out of elizabeth city earlier today. they had to sit down. they couldn't get to new bern because of the heavy thunderstorms and the micro bursts. we just got over the air here but we have not done rooftop rescues in the last 15 to 20 minutes. >> martha: so in terms of i know general mattis announced earlier today that they wanted to remove any sort of red tape that might exist in terms of getting military help to people who need it. can you explain what the procedure is like? >> i can tell you this. for the united states coast guard, our authorities allo...

She said with national guard, they have to work the states and the governors, working in conjunction with them to get the green light. let me to go retired general mark, we recognize that there were previous administrations to send national guard to the border. and we know national guard can mobilize like that. but how do you expect someone to deploy immediately if all the details haven't been worked out yet the states? >> you don't. as simple as that. there is a program in the pentagon called defense support to civilian authorities. we have been doing this for quite some time. there have been...

Non-interventionism has been pronounced the last couple of decades or was it rabid anti-clintonism and now rabid anti-obamaism. >> i was talking to a top aide who was saying this is not the same republican party that was supporting bush as he took the steps that he took. this is the republican party o who -- democrats cut this deal on sequester we'll match defense cuts and domestic cuts and we won't have to deal with it. the republican party for whom the defense support is no longer the sacred cow. it sets up a dynamic that is strikingly different from during the bush presidency. >> and a lot ...

There is no place they would rather be than in the eye of the storm and helping out americans. joining us is the commappeder for the marine. they are from the sixth battalian. first of all craig, what are you doing? since you came home, what are you doing? >> brian we got back from afghanistan recently and the marines are doing post deployment leave and we learned more coming in. soon as the storm was going on we were excited to come special help out. we have a bunch of volunteers and ended up with 87 of us coming up here and by sunday morning working in the city and we are doing defense suppo...