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>> thank you. the head of the national guard says that some 500 troops will be deployed immediately as part of president trump's plan to shore up the border between the u.s. and mexico. officials in texas say that their soldiers are going to be ready. >> as early as tomorrow, notifications will go to soldiers who will be called up as part of the follow-on phase. this notification will allow guardsmen, soldiers, and airmen to notify their families and employers in the preparation to report as early as next week. >> cnn's paolo sandoval joins us. secretary mattis signed an up for up to 4,000 n...

Know what they are going to do? >> reporter: well, officials have said those national guard soldiers that are in the process of being deployed, new information just in the last couple of minutes. they will be acting in support roles, not necessarily working on the front lines. texas national guard officials say over the next 72 hours, 250 people will be deployed. not sure where they will be. >> thank you so much. live in the border tonight. thanks for joining us all of you, anderson cooper starts now. >> good evening tonight, my conversation with roger stone, just this week, the "wall street j...

Support roles that they play and again i take you back to the katrina days where the national guard is not supposed to be involved in law enforcement but at that point the law enforcement that was there on the ground couldn't complete the job that needed to be done. is that a similar situation here? >> that's up to the governor. the governor can use his national guard to detain people as well as to stop anything that someone may be doing that is dangerous to other people. that is why you use the national guard and not federal troops. national guard under control of the governor can be used to ...

They worked in support roles like training and construction and intelligence. for more, we turn to cnn's jeff zeleny at the white house. >> reporter: dave and rene, the department of homeland security and the white house sending troops to the u.s./mexico border. part of the president's directive to increase the border patrols. this is coming as a fast announcement this week. the president is saying the laws are not strong enough and congress has not acted. the question why this is urgent came up on wednesday when i asked the homeland security secretary why now. >> why is this an urgent matter?...

Many are expected to come all the way to the u.s. border. leyla santiago is in mexico following these caravans. ed, do people want the national guard deployed to the area? do they see a need? >> reporter: it's interesting, it's a complicated question for many people here, wolf. by and large, when you talk to people on the street, residents here in border communities like laredo, texas where we are, this whole idea of militarizing the border is not something many people are fond of. having said that, there is still some support for it, and it's something, quite frankly, that many people here ha...