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Procedural vote created to a resolution at 4:00. it need a simple majority to pass and the process would likely not concludes according to our reporting on the hill until next week. what's happening with that? what's at stake here? >> reporter: the u.s. military has a pretty limited support role over the skies of yemen with this arab coalition. some of that has been scaled back. that was the refueling piece that ended several weeks ago. they are still sharing some intelligence and working with the saudis about helping them with targeting to limit the number of civilian casualties. there's a se...

I think something eventually is going to happen, and there will be a massive political ramifications. i'm not sure whether the administration knows right now whether or not the use of lethal force is going to be a policy, or if it's an option early. we heard from mattis that our troops are very much very much and a support role, but it is only going to be a matter of time before something happens, and on the political blowback is something that they will have to deal with here in d.c. >> ebony: is this more political savviness from the president and being able to capitalize on this point, from...

Military police, logistical support for the border patrol and for the national guard. they are not armed and not going to be standing guard on the border and prevent migrants from coming in to the united states. so purely in a support role, david. >> i want to go back to that tweet that i read to hans a moment ago the president talking about the threat of bedlam, chaos, injury and death. none of which seemed remotely visible from the vantage where hans was standing. help us understand. >> the lot of this is political. there's a large number of migrants coming to the border. there's a large num...

>> well, the fact that he is down there tells you a lot. they are very focused on this, top priority for the trump administration. they've been planning this since they knew the migrants were coming. they are getting ready for whatever is coming their way. >> bill: what happens today with the meeting with james mattis? >> well, i think he is just telling the troops laying the ground work for what their role is. they aren't border patrol or customs enforcement. they have a support role, not a direct role. >> bill: what is that role? what are they doing day-to-day? >> i think they're probably he...

Through to the u.s. the migrants are hundreds of miles away. they are playing the support role to the border agents there. this is the scene. you got u.s. soldiers in body armor unspooling what is known as barbed wire and seemingly an immediate threat from the caravan even as it is more than 600 miles away. they happened to lead the first armored division in iraq and was commanding general of the army in europe. 5200 u.s. troops at the border. it's going to rise to 7,000. let's see what the soldiers are doing. they are in body armor and throwing up the wire. we know the fact is they are there ...