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of defense and their briefing expected to start any minute now. plus, texas governor greg abbott's plan to handle the impending crisis, promising to keep bussing migrants to democratic cities. we're following the latest developments here. let's bring in julia ainsley who is following this story closely now with the white house confirming the biden administration will be sending active duty troops to the southern border. what do we know from the administration? >> well, lindsey, we know this plan has hardened up quickly. they were weighing it over the weekend and just now, we know...

Is it -- are you saying just for clarification that within this 90-day period. >> correct. >> you would like to replace or you will look at replacing some of these active duty troops with national guard or reserve or potentially beyond that. >> exactly. within that 90-day period. again, we are -- secretary austin has approved the deployment of 1500 active duty troops. again, we are looking and evaluating options should we be able to replace those in stride. jen and we'll go to will. >> thank you, general. so just which units will these troops be coming from? and will they be helping with drug ...

Nantucket. defense workers start feeling the pinch of the sequester. three paquarters of a million wl be forced to take a day off. they handle support tasks like repairs. cutting some workers salaries by 20%, it's expected to save $2 billion. p pentagon has to cut $40 billion from the budget. it will slow their ablility to respond around the world. stand down on the phone spying program. new york times reporting the electronic privacy information center will file a petition asking the high court to stop getting data. cuba's president, castro says latin american countries have every right...