and the national guard will be unarmed while they are guarding the computers. the border patrol well covepls the national guard at the border, they appreciate the help, but the border patrol agents made it real clear, they need armed national guard to help them stop the criminal cartels at the border. further the border patrol will need to guard the national guard. how does that make sense? mr. speaker, we have 15 million unemployed americans already. we could hire some of those 15 million unemployed to do the technical work behind the lines and the national guard should be armed and on the frontlines of the border doing what they are trained to do, protect the country. we need the national guard with boots on the ground on the border, not rebooting computers somewhere behind the border. that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the

colleagues and counterparts to discover exactly what it was and what implications it may have. >> they national guard being deployed, will they help and that sort of intelligence work? >> not directly, but this effort to secure and rendered more say the border in balls confronting trans-national criminal organizations. to the extent that the national guard will assist law enforcement on the border to protect and trees -- to protect and trees and analyze those, the general has indicated there is a connection but not a direct connection. >> i have a question about the guardsmen. when will all 1200 be deployed? when will they all be there? can you tell us what kind of training they received ahead of time? what can you tell us about their rules of engagement? when will they be allowed to use lethal force? >> the training is on going pretty planning for that trend will take place over the next several weeks. we believe that our criminal analysts will receive training in texas and arizona and our entry identification teams. we believe we will be fully ready for the month of august as we ramp up but surely

card trick -- national guard troops to the mexican border. then president obama encourages congress to extend unemployment insurance. and more comments on unemployment insurance from senator harry reid and jack reed. the senate judiciary commitment bus tomorrow morning on the nomination of the land kagan to be an associate justice of the supreme court. you can see her confirmation hearing on line at c- span.org/kagan. you confine your other appearances here on c-span. all of that have more -- and more. . [captions copyright national cable satellite corp 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> with my colleagues we addressed the next stage in this ongoing effort. since janet napalatono took her place as the secretary of homeland security in the administration of president obama, we have seen past efforts, but also an increase in resources in an unprecedented way. but we have seen the addition in accordance with the elements of the strategy we have consistently followed having to do with infrastructure personnel, strate

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. >>> beefing up border security. 1200 national guard troops will begin taking up positions along the southwest border beginning august 1st. the obama administration is trying to show commitment to stopping cartel violence and illegal immigration by clamping down along the border with mexico. kidnappings, extortions, and thousands of deaths are blamed on drug cartels. >> we have seen a building on

is an army veteran deployed to afghanistan in 2003 and 2004 as a member of the california army national guard. he has served as director of military outreach for the foundation and is a native of having worked closely with the legislative to democrat to the amendment, i can speak with the tent. the goal was to be no institutional support for the military on campus. as a supreme court unanimous ruling on the solomon amendment -- in order for a law school and its maturity to receive federal funding, the law school must offer military recruiters the same access to its campus and students that provides to the non-military recruiter receiving the most favorable access. amendment are factually false for two primary reasons. dean kagan admitted to break laut in a letter she wrote to the harvard law school community. to abbreviate her clarity, although the court's decision meant no injunction applied. my hope in taking this action is that did the department would choose not tonforce the solomon amendment. as the military has long known, hope is no method. in dean kagan's case her hope demonstrates a

. >>> a gay national guard officer who has been one of most vocal critics of the military's don't ask don't tell 'policy has been honorably discharged. the lieutenant anounlds last year that he's gay and since then he's been a vocal critic of the pentagon. he's been arrested several times most recently this week at a rally in las vegas. he was discharged from the new york army national guard and said the decision was infuriating and painful. the policy requires the discharge of military member who is acknowledge being gay. >>> hollywood tonight is bracing for a strike that could feel worse as the 2007 writer's guild strike. it's not the writers who are threatening to walk the picket lines but the teamsters who provide transportation. a strike thoirgs vote is set for sunday. the union wants a 3% raise instead of the 2% the studios are offering. the trade paper "hollywood reert" said the strike would affect several films as for 20 tv shows. >>> the city of san francisco is being sued over its new law requiring that cell phone stores post each phone's level of radio energy. it is the fir

going dramatically downward. >> reporter: and soon these border patrol agents will be joined by national guards. this as the obama administration tries to persuade congress to move forward on immigration reform. contrary to earlier reports, the guard won't begin moving in on sunday. there will be several weeks of preparations before that happens. brian? >>> all right. george lewis on the u.s./arizona border with mexico this evening. george, thanks. >>> when we come back, we'll swing back to the other end of the country and explain why airplanes won't be allowed in one part of upstate new york is weekend. this weekend. [ cellphone beeps ] i'm a teenage girl. [ cellphone beeps ] my bff becky texts and says she's kissed johnny. well, that's a problem 'cause i like johnny. now i'm emotionally compromised, and... woopsies! [ tires screech ] i'm all omg. becky's not even hot. and if you've got cut-rate insurance, you could be payin' for this yourself. so get allstate. you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. [ tires screech ] [ dennis ] dollar for dollar nobody protects you

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i don't disagree with what you said about the national guard. i'm just saying that the president can paralyze -- federalize. i think that is a decision the president would have to make. >> i hope that we can come back to both the planning issue and the car. i want to ask you, but looking at this country, and you live in new york for some many years but u.s. and a lot of the rest of the world. do we have a particularly difficult circumstance here, because of our federal system? what would you do to prepare people here? should we be issuing gas masks? >> i don't know about the federal system. i want to describe to all of you what happens when such an event takes place. community systems fall down. you don't have any situational picture knowing who is heard and who is not heard. you do not know what is happening in the hospitals. do not know how many beds there. you don't know about chemical or biological. let's say it is biological. but the district hospital. this is a very complicated capability. and i am not sure there are any clear technologies

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the second army is what is called the national guard. the u.s. commission on national security forecast a terrorist attack and said that the back of national security has to be the national guard. that comes from ancient republican theory, at small r, that says we do not want professional soldiers enforcing the law, we want citizen soldiers doing that. this goes back to the athenian republic. the problem is, as you know, a big policy decision was made after vietnam to make the national guard a follow-on expeditionary force. so guess where they are now? in a rock and afghanistan. they are not in -- in iraq and afghanistan. they're not in denver colorado or st. louis. that is an overstatement, but instead of being here for training for triage and confinement of an attack, they're off fighting wars. i think that is an enormous and vulnerability. the national guard is, in military terms, forward deployed in the united states. they live in the communities. and now, in its wisdom, the supreme court says that not only can the national guard keep weapons

we didn't have to rely on the national guard. these kinds of things wouldn't be as disastrous. we need a new wpa. they are walking over the sidewalks, which is wpa. this was a demonstration outside of dianne feinstein's office. and demanding it not be torn down. the new deal moved in and gave rural areas water and electricity. this is one in modock county and we have cheaper electricity. and then, there were sustainable communities, people think they are discovering this at this time. this one was done in georgia. this is one in maryland green belt outside of washington d.c. this is right outside of the co-op. and then urban roads like this in the los angeles river and this is being built. this is mira loma park. this is lark merced blvd. it's all made of clay. it's going to slump. these are the roads built in the oakland hills. nate, red woods. skyline. and enabled them to go up and develop the hills. the rural roads that go through the coast range. this enabled them to get their stuff to market. this is at road built by the ccc. this is a bridge. this is highway one and you w

. >>> 1200 national guards troops will begin taking up positions along the southwest border co coming from drug cartels both in mexico and in the united states. >> we have seen a building on past efforts but also an increa increase. and they will help the border patrol for smugglers and others. >>> a foster committee company cut the infection by 30%. experts say even partial protecti protection. >>> it may make you want to go to the bathroom. police discovered a hidden costu costume. police say it was hidden. >>> just how onstar was no one is looking. >> you may be a gini pig without even thoughing it. it's a plorkti-- >> you can try as many flavors as you'd like. >> a company calls. >> who will pay an dollar and who won't pay. >> it's the people, not the politicians. >> reporter: this is not the first time honest tea has put people to the test. similar stands in new jersey and wall street. >> they're honest people. >> from the ones i know, more than, like, 50%. didn't have these cameras, i think a lot more would have been taken. >> it's good marketing from a marketi marketing deadl

. >>> more than a thousand national guard troops have an assignment tonight to secure the u.s./mexico border. >>> state officials plan to create a detailed map of the california coast to help prevent mistakes bike the -- laker the crumbling cliff in pacifica. >>> emotion experts said the ocean is claiming more and more of our coast. and to save it, we need better pictures. from the top of pacifica's bluff and from below, crews today continued the battle against the drum belling cliffs. but one look at this. it's clear to anyone there should have been better planning. >> it's no good. wasn't any good to begin with. is. >> 3-d images of all 1200 miles of california's coast including the entire bay area was so detailed, you might make out footprints in the sand. >> we're gonna have some major solution things people can look at. >> this is gonna combine unprecedent the detail. >> that kind of resolution will allow it do a much better job looking at climate change. >> engineers say they need the data to design tomorrow's coastal protection. >> so behave a few decades to develop a be

and it was when the national guard needed someone with. my experience and teaching people how to fly the armed helicopters the cobras and i was asked to come in and help train some of those folks and the money was. you know fifteen twenty thousand dollars a year for part time work and to retirement with even though i had and a change of heart about wars i needed the money the first come home then you meet only forget about everything. and you go to mcdonald's you go to all your favorite restaurants and you do all your favorite things and you're having a great time and you know. and then all of a sudden you wake up one day and you're like wait a minute i'm not having a good time anymore. starting with think about this i'm starting to think about that because all the newness has worn off your home alive i got my arm i got my legs i'm alive. but then the mind. the mind starts catching up. with everything else. i fall myself going through my gear prepping like i'm getting ready to go to combat. i mean i even look for suicide bombers you know a

. >> reporter: the california national guard agri business velopment team is helping with irrigations in villages so remote, they can only be quickly accessed by helicopter. the adt posted some of their activities on you tube. >> as a result of this effort, the village of 100 people now havwater for themselves, animals and their crops. >> reporter: theal guard adt is providing tech national expertise and learship skills. there pushing the local government to get involved at the lowest levels so people here will have confidce their government will help them. >> none of that will be able to be implemented unless the people beeve in their governments. >> rerter: meanwhile, back ho, first sergeant hanson's family is movig their lives. they're seen here during a recent visit to abc 7. annettes providing emotional support to some of th wives of the adt, while their husbands are in afghanistan. 22-year-old keely is college senior setth sitting over seas in cuba. 19-year-old travis is studying to be a geologist. he and a friend are recely hiking near uc irvine and made the self discovery of

hundreds of national guard troops are headed right here to california. now you are going to find out why and why it could make traveling to mexico safer. >> plus find out what could be done today to help people who are out of work. >> reporter: and defending bp, britain's prime minister comes to the white house this morning. i will show you what he plans to tell president obama coming up. >> good morning. right now traffic is moving along pretty well on interstate 880 in oakland. we will tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead. >>> welcome back to the morning news. oil from bp's ruptured well is again seeping into the full of mexico but scientists apparently don't believe that the cap that stopped the flow last week is making things work. ever since the cap was installed engineers have been watching underwater cameras and monitoring this see whether the well would hold or spring a new leak. but federal officials say so far the new leaks are not a major concern and they say seep age discovered about two miles away is likely not related to t

carrierring @' : this just another kron 4 user of the other as mobile as members of the california national guardt of a federal effort to deter drug trafficking in illegal immigration along the border to mexico. it supports president barack obama plant have 1200-boat guard troops is a spear the federal court protection, customers as well as immigration agents. student 60s stop us soldiers will head to the border. live there is room kron 4 news. >> major traffic closures live for 10:00 saturday night when soil dries. traffic to and from the golden gate bridge will be reduced to one lane in each direction from to $10. transportation reporter shows how it will impact traffic. saturday night at 10:00 p.m. traffic will be later. the north and southbound traffic to and from the golden gate bridge will be one legally each direction for up to 10 hours until 8:00 a.m. sunday morning. driving through during those hours will be tricky. though be shifting that one lane back-and-forth potentially slow things down even more. officials are recommending you avoid the oil drive late saturday night. there doing it

. >> hundreds of national guard troops are headed south to protect the border, part of a federal effort to stop drug trafficking and illegal immigration. the move comes as arizona is set to enact a controversial new law at the end of the month requiring officers to ask for documentation from anyone they suspect is in the country illegally. as many as 260 troops are expected to arrive for duty in october. 2450e8 serve for up to one year. >>> packing up, huelett packard is home to the company pc division and commercial hardware and software unit. the mayor says this is a blow to the city which will see lower tax revenue. >>> and tesla is teaming up with toyota to develop a an electric version of toyota's rav 4 m suv. this comes two months after the companies said they will be building cars. they plan to sell the rav 4 in 2012. this pushed tesla shares up nearly 4%. >>> things are certainly eating up? ahead of the weekend it promises to be warm. here's your meteorologist, jeff ranieri. >>> bright. a lot of the heat in the sheltered spots the cross the bay area away from the cooling i don't

i don't think that the national guard is trained to patrol our borders.e certainly hope that that will not be necessary. but we can control and sealed our border. it did not take us too long, when we decided that russia was ahead of us in the space program, to put a man on the moon. i remember in 1969, just six years after president kennedy made a pledge that we were going to get theire. we can do it. we just need to have the will and determination. this business of trying to get a voting bloc, trying to pander to any ethnic group, is totally wrong, and it is totally wrong for employers who take advantage of these immigrants, even legal immigrants, but especially with a wink and nod to hire illegals and not give the same job protection and celery to american citizens. they should be treated the same, but you should not hire illegals. we should use e-verify. with the unemployment rate in this country, and you think that the first priority, because it should be jobs, jobs, jobs, we need to secure the border first and foremost we get the majority back, we wi

that's why we sent our missouri national guard and now about eight other national guards to help them develop the sound agriculture. but the one point that i am concerned about is saying that 2011 we will begin withdrawing . that sends -- that sends the note to our allies that maybe you ought to be working with the taliban more closely, because if the united states pulls out without adequate reinforcement to the afghan and even to the pakistan troops, we may see the taliban retake control of afghanistan and really threaten the government in pakistan. in which case our national security would be severely impaired. and saying that there's going to be a 2011 withdraw date allows the taliban, al qaeda and all of the other elements in there to lay long-term plans. they have calendars too. and if they think they're going to have a wide-open field in 2011, they will be ready to act if and when we do pull out our troops, if adequate security base has not been build. >> senator reed, do you share senator bond's concern about the 2011 date? >> no, i don't, i think it's necessary. and first, it

. >>> an army national guard lieutenant who is the face against the fight against don't ask, don't tellhas been honorably can discharged. he took part in several protests in uniform. orange county native came out publicly as gay 17 months ago. pentagon is currently working on a plan to repeal the don't ask, don't tell policy. >> abc news has cracked one of washington, d.c.'s insider mysteries. volumes wagon in a congressional parking lot for four years, abc decided to track down the owner, including a card sticker and pennsylvania plates and permit from 109th congress. it turns out the car is owned by former pennsylvania congresswoman. members of the congress are entitled to free parking after they leave office but she is a registered lobbyist. >> you no longer have a access to the spot if you are lobbyist, right? >> she didn't know that but will donate the car to charity. if she paid the parking tab, it would run about $23,000. no explanation why she kept the car parked there for so long. >>> abc7 has joined forces with youtube to bring you news like never before. dan ashley explains.

today, federal officials announced 1200 national guard troops will begain taking up positions along the southwest border on august 1st. the obama administration is trying to show a commitment to stopping cartel violence and illegal immigration. cla clamping down on the border, kidnapping, extortn,nd a thousands of deaths are blamed on drug cartels not only in mexico but in the u.s. >> it's increasing in the resources devoted to the southwest border in an unprecedented way. >> reporter: troops will be stationed in california, arizona, new mexico and texas they'll help the border patrol watch for smugglers and others crossing illegally. >>> hillary clinton is in afghanistan where she's expected to flow through on the country's pledged and make things more responsive. the international conference is going on and will be attended by senior officials from 60 countries. u.s. troops are scheduled to pull out of afghanistan next year. >>> a new study finds that a premiere vent could bring in more than a billion dollars to the bay area if it's held in san francisco. the study by the "san francis

the order supports president barack obama as planned to have 1200 national guard troops to support federal border protection and customs and immigration agents. president barack obama of california-to deploy to adjourn 24 guard members as long as a year. it is the second time of the governor has ordered part numbers for the border he backs a similar federal effort back in june of 2006. live look outside and boy this is the bay bridge toll plaza heading westbound into san francisco in the pay lanes are really backed up. he conceded fast-track claims will be much better but if you're heading towards differences gore across the bay bridge at extra time it's going to be a bit across the bay bridge at extra time it's going to be a bit slow. we'll be right back.  Ñéáá('q'qry y y y eáe ♪ [ horns honking ] ♪ [ male announcer ] come into an at&t store and experience tv like you've never seen before. ♪ for a limited time, get u-verse tv for only $29 a month for 6 months with dvr included. clot stocks have closed sharply lower on wall street of course that's down that's towards the end of the weeken

. >> sreenivasan: republicans called national guard captain pete hegseth. he criticized kagan's handling of military recruiters, as dean of harvard law school. >> how did we reach this point in this country where we're nominating someone who unapologetically obstruct it had military at a time of war? ms. kagan chose to use her position of authority to impede rather than empower the warriors who have fought and who who have fallen for this country. >> sreenivasan: senators on both sides agreed kagan is almost sure to be confirmed. nine people accused of spying for russia attended bail hearings today in several u.s. cities. federal prosecutors in new york said one admitted he was a russian mole, living under deep cover. they also said two suspects from new jersey had a safe-deposit box filled with new hundred dollar bills totaling $80,000. meanwhile, police in cyprus searched for another suspect who vanished after he was granted bail. u.s. officials will destroy about 40 million doses of h1n1 flu vaccine, because they have expired. that is nearly a quarter of

she served in a military intelligence unit in iraq with the georgia national guard in 2005 and 2006. and dr. jeffrey johns was an air force psychiatrist from 2001 to 2008 and treated many soldiers with ptsd. he's now in private practice. we invited the veterans affairs department to join this panel, but they declined. i'll start with you to talk about some of the important changes here. one is relaxing the evidence requirements. we heard it in the report. why is that so important. >> that's so important because a lot of people don't keep paperwork, as you just addressed. the burden of proof has been very difficult for people that aren't in combat arms units such as women that are being put on patrols even though they may be financed or even men who don't have a combat arms like infantry and things of that sort. so if you don't have the sworn statements that state that the activity happened or you weren't writing it down or you don't remember the dates to this point it was difficult for the v.a. to accept that. >> brown: were people being kept out of benefits or was it more a cumberso

lieutenant dan choi announced yesterday, that california national guard discharged him. choi, who is an iraq war veteran, announced last year he is gay. he protested the don't ask/don't tell policy outside the white house in march. that policy could soon be repealed. >>> the former governor of nevada has died, after falling from the roof of his las vegas home. terry gin suffered an apparent heart attack while making repairs on his roof. he served two terms during the state's most pros prus era. >>> now, for this morning's weather from around the country. severe storms, with 80-mile-per-hour winds and golf ball-sized hail, could pound the dakotas and iowa. rain should hit the great lakes region, arizona, new mexico and south texas can expect some heavy rain. the west coast, meanwhile, can expect warm and pleasant weather. >> the mid-atlantic and south will be hot. highs could reach 97 in baltimore. 98 in atlanta. 96 in new orleans. it should be cooler in the northeast. 86 in new york. 80 in boston. chicago and indianapolis, can expect highs of 94, with detroit reaching 93

he already has the national guard and department of correction on alert ready to mobilize in case ofire. just to demonstrate how hot the fires can get, this is remnants from the 2008 summit fire up here in the santa cruz mountains. this is actually part of a molten engine block. so things can get pretty nasty up here. live in the santa cruz mountains. i'm with nbc bay area news. >> don't want to touch that when it's hot. thank you very much. >>> fire danger is high here this weekend. we've been talking about the fires in southern california sparked by lightning. we might see that again. >> unfortunately this is something that happens at the this time of year. high pressure building in. moisture that spills out of arizona and southern california. look at that this morning. already a lot of lightning across the southern half. zoom in in east of fresno. a lot of that lightning not associated with rainfall. just point i'd out, brent, spark fires there not east of fresno. the darker gray across southern california. that's the slug of moisture that moved through and did cause lightning spa

. >> reporter: when georgia national guard guardsman chris duke was serving in afghanistan, he made friends with the locals, stray dogs sasha, target, and rufus. >> you know, a lot of us used the three of them as kind of an escape, you know, whenever you're homesick. >> reporter: but they did much more than keep him company. >> it's my firm belief i probably would not be here today if not for him. >> reporter: on a february night, a suicide bomber tried to get into duke's barracks but the dogs began barking and biting the intruder and blew himself up before he could kill 50 soldiers inside. sasha was severely injured and had to be put down, but rufus and target were both nursed back to health. duke returned home a month later, the dogs had to stay behind. >> i was really worried, the fact that the next unit may come in and not want them there. >> reporter: as another soldier kept an eye on them, duke wrote a letter to a veterans assistance group called "hope for the warriors." have you ever gotten a request like this before? >> no. this was going to mean a lot to him and so whatever we need

the second army is what is called the national guard. the u.s. urity forecast a terrorist attack and said that the back of national security has to be the national guard. that comes from ancient republican theory, at small r, that says we do not want professional soldiers enforcing the law, we want citizen soldiers doing that. this goes back to the athenian republic. the problem is, as you know, a big policy decision was made after vietnam to make the national guard a follow-on expeditionary force. so guess where they are now? in a rock and afghanistan. they are not in -- in iraq and afghanistan. they're not in denver colorado or st. louis. that is an overstatement, but instead of being here for training for triage and confinement of an attack, they're off fighting wars. i think that is an enormous and vulnerability. the national guard is, in military terms, forward deployed in the united states. they live in the communities. and now, in its wisdom, the supreme court says that not only can the national guard keep weapons in their closets, but all

and 11 among national guard or reserve.e army has now produced a new video, raising awareness about suicide that will be shown to soldiers. >>> more fear and outrage from utah's hispanic community, over a list claiming to have the names of 1,300 illegal immigrants. utah officials say there's evidence the database was breached to get the information. the print-out was mailed to the news media, and police, calling for the people to be deported. >> the immigration debate has reached a new level. that level is, we're going to hunt you. we're going to go after you. we know where you live. >> it looks like everyone on the list sought help from the utah workforce services. intentionally releasing private records could be punishable by fines and jail time. >>> mel gibson's custody battle is playing out behind closed doors. gibson and his ex-girlfriend were not in court yesterday. but their attorney faced off over the highly-publicized rants. and whether or not the tapes show gibson is a threat to their daughter. >>> and pink is oka

we need more boots on the ground, more technology, more border patrol, more national guard. we need a path to legalization because you've got 11 million living in the shadows. >> schieffer: that's still ahead. you know as well as i do, governor, that that's not going to happen before this election. but let me ask you this. what do you think will happen if this law does go into effect? >> well, what's going to happen is the country is going to be bitterly divided. many other states are going to take steps like this when legislatures convene in january. there are at least ten other states with bills that are out there. it's not going to happen in new mexico, but it's going to happen in states in the midwest. what you're going to see is potentially a constitutional crisis with so many states taking what should be a federal responsibility. my hope is that the courts stay this law, that it not take effect at the end of july, that we allow a comprehensive debate. you're right, bob. it won't happen before the election. but it could happen in the lame duck session. and hopefully, a

the national guard said the plane went down at ells dorf air force base last night. >>> we now know the price tag of the rallies last week. taxpayers will pay the $60,000 bill that covered mostly police labor cost. 146 officers countywide worked the july 19th demonstration. although protests were heated there was no violence or arrests. the rally drew more than 300 demonstrators from throughout the region. police say they will not pass part of the cost onto the protest organizers. >>> just when state workers thought it was safe to show up to work on friday, the governor is calling for more furloughs. the order calls for three furlough days per month starting in august until there's a new state budget. state employees just got out from under furloughs earlier this month after taking forced days off for the last year and a half. the new furloughs affect about two-thirds of state workers. two public agencies, cal fire and the chp, are exempt from those furloughs. also exempt, 37,000 workers in six unions that reached labor agreements with the at ministration. the government says the mandat

as a major in the army national guard, joy alexander deals with it every time she's deployed. forced to leave her two children behind. >> they are still developing, still growing. things are still changing and yet mom's not there to guide them. >> reporter: nicholas is her youngest. >> the more she goes, the sadder i get. >> reporter: for military families, saying good-bye is hard enough. but coming home can be a challenge, too. duty doesn't call just once. it calls over and over again, casting a long shadow over time at home. it can sometimes be difficult to bear. >> how do you join back in midstream? it's a moving target. it really is. >> reporter: midstream is quite literally the setting for a  program called operation purple, helping military families reconnect in the great outdoors. >> you can't replace the birthdays that you have missed or the holidays or the milestones, but you have a chance to make new memories here. >> reporter: the hernandez family needs them. juan hernandez was deployed to iraq for over a year. >> sometimes i feel like juan can feel like an outsid

. >>> beefing up border security. 1200 national guard troops will begin taking up positions along the southwest border beginning august 1st. the obama administration is trying to show commitment to stopping cartel violence and illegal immigration by clamping down along the border with mexico. kidnappings, extortions, and thousands of deaths are blamed on drug cartels. >> we have seen a building on past efforts but also an increase in the resources in an unprecedented way. >> troops will be stationed in california, arizona, and new mexico, and texas thechlt will help the border patrol watch for smugglers and people trying to cross the border illegally. >>> it is 4:38. you see a lot of construction on the roadway. we'll check with mike for the latest on the commute. >> that is exactly what we're seeing and not a lot besides that. we'll tell you about eastbound 92 coming away from the san mateo bridge heading to southbound 880. that connector may still have construction for the next five minutes or so. typically crews picking up a little before 5:00 a.m. i haven't heard about any delays