special counsel mueller's team is questioning wealthy russian oligarchs to determine if they illegally channeled cash into the trump campaign. we want to begin with cnn's abby phillip at the white house this morning. abby, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, david. the president has sent his national security and immigration teams scrambling this morning after some sudden pronouncements in public have caused them to try to make them happen in real life on both syria and on this border wall. >> until we can have a wall and proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military. that's a big step. >> reporter: president trump officially signing a memorandum to deploy the national guard to the border with mexico calling the situation a point of crisis after fuming about immigration for days. >> it will take time to have the details in place but we are moving quickly. >> reporter: the united states is imperiled by a distract surge of illegal activity on the southern...