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National guard troops to the u.s./mexico border. the memo says the situation has reached a point of crisis and adds the security of the united states is in perilled by a surge of illegal activity on the southern border. it is unclear when the troops might actually show up at the border. a senior administration official says details are still worked out with dhs, department of defense and border states. >> the national guard mission is unclear as well. federal law bars the military from involvement in immigration enforcement. in the past when obama and bush deployed guards to the border, they w...

It is 4:00 a.m. in the east. we'll have reports from damascus shortly. first, president trump ordering national guard troops to the u.s./mexico border. the security of the united states is in peril after a surge of illegal activity on the southern border. it sun cle-- it is unclear whene troops would appear at the border. details are worked out with dhs and department of defense and border states. >> the national guard mission is unclear. federal law bars the military from involvement in immigration enforcement. in the past when obama and bush deployed guards to the border, they worked in tr...

From involvement in immigration enforcement. in the past when obama and bush deployed guards to the border, they worked in training roles. for more, we turn to cnn's jeff zeleny at the white house. >> reporter: dave and rene, the department of homeland security and the president want to send troops to the u.s./mexico border. 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? >...

The u.s. did not know korkie was there. it was a desperate 30 minutes on the ground. the medics tried to stabilize both critically wounded men. they called for the b-22s to land as close as possible. but one hostage died on the aircraft. the other back on board a nearby navy ship. some in american hostage luke so somers' family say they wish more had been done to get him out earlier and that they were not consulted about the rescue mission. u.s. officials point out that the united states does not tell families ahead of time about highly classified hostage rescue efforts. barbara starr, cnn, th...

Would be over. but if you have 9,800 troops in afghanistan next year, there's going to be still plenty of combat there. so for a lot of these troops, the war might not necessarily be over. >> reporter: well, certainly if the troops come under attack, wolf, the war will not be over for them. but the president insisted during his remarks, he's anticipating some of this criticism, that they will not be serving in combat roles, they'll be serving in advisory and training roles, and in some cases counterterrorism roles. i think what we heard the president say that's important to stress, that afghan...