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Troops will be arriving shortly. texas is saying the 250 national guard troops will be informed tomorrow about the deployment and 250 of them will arrive starting on monday into tuesday and wednesday. it is a support role. they are there to support border patrol but they are armed for self-defense. a couple of hours ago a couple of helicopters took off from the state capitol in austin to pave the way for their arrival. in the state of arizona, 150 national guard troops will be arriving in the four arizona counties that board mexico and they will be there for a support role. this is very intere...

Plugged. when the national guard's been deployed here in the past, they've been involved in surveillance. we're told this time they will be involved in some sort of border construction work also. they will only be armed if they need to be for self-defense. they will not actually be apprehending people coming across the border. they will be here in a support role. these are the details being figured out right now. it was just tuesday that president trump first mentioned this. wednesday, the department of homeland security said they would be deployi ining as soon possible. we know now what as so...

Reporters tonight. >> with the authorization and under the authority of governor abbott, this deployment has begun with the movement of equipment and troops today. within 72 hours the texas military department will have 250 personnel along with ground surveillance vehicles as well as light and medium aviation platforms. this initial phase of deployment will include command and control, coordination cells and operate ago planning as requested. in support of the federal entities already on the border. >> gary tuchman is along the border. what is the latest, gary? >> reporter: anderson, we're on ...

Self-defense. a couple of hours ago a couple of helicopters took off from the state capitol in austin to pave the way for their arrival. in the state of arizona, 150 national guard troops will be arriving in the four arizona counties that board mexico and they will be there for a support role. this this is very interesting, five minutes away from where i'm standk there are members armed to the teeth. but they are not in this country. it is common in border towns to see members of the army with gunz. and there for a different role and we saw them talking to mexicans about what they feel is happ...

>> they're playing a high-stakes game of chicken. jeff ben tet white house this afternoon. thank you. to break down the headlines, let's turn to our panel, josh barrow, senior editor at "business insider" and sarah westwood" washington correspondent for "the washington examiner." thank you for joining us. josh, i want to get your reaction to trump's tweet, the governors of new mexico, arizona, texas, all republicans, are backing the deployment. but we have yet to hear from california governor jerry brown. what do you make of that? >> i imagine they want to find out what the troops will do an...