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>> until we can have a wall, we're guarding the wall with our military. >> you're not armed, correct? >> correct. none of the soldiers are on guardian support armed. >> xpit the claim we haven't used troops on the boerd patrol before, we have. they sent 6,000 soldiers to the border. in 2010, president obama sent 1200. but they were in full gear and armed. he needs two border protral agents to guard him. >> it is possible the public has the wrong impression of this mission. >> it's a support role. they may have ideas about prior missions that's not that anymore. >> yet, despite their diminished...

Since he is not allowed to carry his gun. it is possible the public has the wrong impression of what this mission was about? >> it's a support role. and they may have ideas about prior missions. it's not that anymore. >> reporter: yet -- >> clear. >> reporter: -- despite their diminished role, national guard troops are making a difference. >> good to go. >> thanks to sergeant robles, the border patrol has more vehicles on patrol. and thanks to senior airman adriana mciver, border patrol agents on horses closing in on three suspects have an extra pair of eyes watching their back as she and othe...

Possible. politico reporting today they're doing everything but watching the border. everything from shoveling manure to changing tires. how surprised should we be, molly? >> well, i had talked to some border patrol agents last month until today who had that same complaint. they said they didn't understand why the national guard wasn't being allowed to do as much. in particular, because the national guard was allowed to deploy closer to on the border, on the rio grande river, under the obama administration. so when they were deployed by the state of texas. so they didn't understand what the di...

100% committed doit to going th the confirmation process. >> she arrived on capitol hill to win over senate democrats. among them, dianne feinstein and joe manchin. democrats accuse the cia of spying on senate investigators. the aclu told fox that a minimal support role in the controversial program that included the water boarding of self-described khalid sheikh mohammed should disqualified haspel. >> the biggest concern, with the entire history of the united states senate, the senate has never confirmed somebody with an operational role in the use of torture. that would be a first. a new low ...

Process to take a skas so to speak -- scalp so to speak. she is qualified and has risen up the ranks. i was out at the c.i.a. they are excited to have her. >> dana: catherine herridge joins us live. this is a pretty big deal on capitol hill. >> it is. the first woman nominated to be c.i.a. director has arrived on capitol hill a short time ago to try to win over those who are the holdouts in the senate and meet with the democrats including dianne feinstein, senators heinrich and joe manchin. senator feinstein is important because she led an investigation into the c.i.a. program in 2014. it beca...