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Emergency operations centers, shelters. you know, really all of the places that are so critical to keeping people safe. >> bill: your background is in the new york military. now the u.s. congress. the national guard has returned from a deployment overseas, and what are they doing today? >> i can't say enough about our first responders and our guardsmen. some of those units literally just arrived back from training deployments and overseas deployment. they didn't go home, they didn't go back to their businesses. they went right out to take care of us. i think the governor, as the leader of the ...

Homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen that he did not anticipate military personnel coming into direct contact with migrants. >> they don't need their weapons. the engineers, the soldiers, the marines doing that are overwatched by mps that are armed and the normal force protection wherever they go. >> unlike a deployment overseas, these troops that will miss thanksgiving with their families are not getting combat pay. they're living in tents and eating prepackaged mres. the president has mentioned the caravan heading to the border many times. today republican senator jeff flake called t...

Commander, call back tells you if you read all that stuff, you'll go nuts. you know what i mean? >> the pentagon will not say how much this deployment costs. early estimates point to a $200 million bill which some worry will be less money to fix planes and maintain equipment. unlike a deployment overseas, these troops are not getting combat pay. they are living in tents and eating prepackaged mrds, even though fast food and grocery stores are nearby. at first, the name of the mission of was made very publi, operation -- the top brass drop that name. >> i have given instructions. i did not want...

Could go as high as 7,000. he said he didn't anticipate military personnel coming into direct contact with migrants. >> there's all sorts of stuff in the news and that sort of thing. you just concentrate on what your company commander tells you. if you read all of that stuff, you'll go nuts. >> the pentagon has been unwilling to answer questions about how much this deployment will cost. estimates are a $200 million bill, which means less money to fix planes and maintain equipment. >> we'll update you on costs ace they become known. obviously the units executing the border mission have to repor...