serving them in defense activated to support that. 500 active duty personnel stationed at camp pendleton california preparing to support request for federal and state authorities commodity distribution search and rescue in general support as requested. you heard announced for delivery buckets. under a long-standing agreement active duty are prepared to provide aircraft and aircrew support firefighting. these are trained by cal fire to buy supplemental fighting capability. in the role in coordinating federal response is actively planning and preparing capabilities and resources working with fema the state of california to provide support in a short unified response. >> thank you very much. do you know if they've got their orders of what you're talking about the other day, you know if they've been cut? >> we are actively preparing and standing by to support the state of california as they request i believe they were active duty in the 500 personnel that would be going considered active duty. i think i gather all your questions. >> an example of the collective. l.a. or cal fire requested as

one was kicked out by a general at camp pendleton.he only one left. >> really tremendous piece of reporting. >>>> thank you so much. you are welcome. ♪ >> as of january 1 this year, most new buildings in the nation's capital are required to be feather friendly. that means treating glass windows to prevent birds from crashing into them. as many as a billion birds die when they collide with the glass. we went to see an effort to reduce this kind of carnage in philadelphia, where it turns out that residents love more than just their eagles. >> birds are attracted to the brightness. >> the sun is barely up over downtown philadelphia and the guy known as the bird man is already at work. he is a fixture here looking for birds not in the skies but on the sidewalks, where they have fallen after hitting a window. some are dead, some are injured, others just stunned. >> they don't know what glass is. they think they can go in or through. >> it did not take long for his eagle eyes to spot a dead songbird. >> so beautiful. they have this orange c

assets include 10 navy helicopters with water delivery buckets and 500 active-duty marines from camp pendleton are ready to provide support if requested. the department remains committed to providing assistance and support to those affected by the wildfires in we will work closely with federal, state, and local art nurse to this disaster. as we enter the final days of the current administration, let me turn to secretary austin's schedule. he will attend president biden's foreign policy address at the state department. thursday, he will host the armed forces farewell tribute in honor of president biden in which the secretary will join senior department leaders, colleagues, and other dignitaries in saluting president biden for his distinguished public service career and tenure as our commander-in-chief. then friday, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff will host an arms source -- armed forces farewell tribute. both tributes will take place at joint base minor henderson hall and will be available to stream on defense.gov. with that, i will be happy to take your questions. associate press, le

marines stationed at camp pendleton are among 1500 active duty military service members being deployed this week to the u.s. mexico border reporter chip yost has the latest. >> friday, the white house released video of military members at the u.s. mexico border. part of a deployment of 1500 u.s. marine and army personnel sent there following an executive order signed by president trump. the president declared a national emergency exists at the border and directed the department of defense to address the issue. according to the acting secretary of defense, some of the tasks, the military members will be given. we'll include assisting in the construction of physical barriers. in deportation flights. the american people have been waiting for such a time as for our department of defense to actually take home and security seriously. this is a number one priority of the american people. the president is already. can not? everyone is welcoming the news. this is what the mayor of el paso, texas had to say. i don't think we need choose a no guy. go back to say we are very safe community. >> we

and i've activated 500 marines from a base in pendleton to stand by to help in search and rescue, airlift support, and food and water distribution. and i want to be clear, we're not waiting until those fires are over to start helping the victims. we're getting them help right now, as you all know. people impacted by these fires are going to receive one-time payment of $770 one-time payment, so they can quickly purchase things like water, baby formula, and prescriptions. so far, nearly 6000 survivors have registered to do just that. and $5.1 million has gone out. and i encourage everyone, everyone who has been impacted to get assistance. go to disasterassistance.gov or call 1-800-621-3362. let me repeat that number. 1-800-621-3362. before i turn this over to vice president harris, let me say again for all the incredible firefighters and first responders, thank you, thank you, thank you. los angeles is a city of angels, and you're now the angels, all of you. you're the angels literally saving people's lives, and we owe you. we owe your families who are also in harm's way, and you're still g

marines from camp pendleton arriving with heavy equipment and osprey aircraft.ilitary planes are making deportation flights. this c-17 at fort bliss, texas. migrants in restraints seen boarding a flight to guatemala. a new image from inside another flight taking off from tucson, arizona. meantime, the administration saying that arrests are ramping up. more than 500 undocumented migrants arrested in multiple cities over the last 24 hours. and tonight, the president's new border czar, tom holman, saying this is only the beginning. abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz leads us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time, u.s. military aircraft flying undocumented migrants out of the country as president donald trump launches his deportation campaign. the white house releasing these pictures. dozens of migrants in chains boarding c-17 aircraft. the flights landing in guatemala, carrying roughly 160 people. men and women. >> deportation's going very well. >> reporter: today, the trump administration's new border czar, tom holman, telling

sabemos ahora estaban previamente esperando en una de las bases militares del sur de california, camp pendletonuÍ a la frontera sur. por supuesto, esto ha causado ya reaccioionese activistas. escuchemos. >> me recuerda de lo que viene siendo parte del teatro polÍtico. no aparentar como que si hay una necesidad de tener tropas en la frontera cuando realmente no son necesitadas. y fomentar este sentir de temor, de miedo cuando realmente no es la respuesta que necesitamos para el tema de inmigraciÓn. >> y sabemos que el departamento de defensa tambiÉn va a ayudar a la el el departamento de seguridad nacional para que pueda deportar a potencialmente miles de personas de ciudades de el paso y san diego. ahora el campamento de estas tropas militares se encuentra aproximadamente a una milla y media donde nos encontramos. desconocemos si va a haber mÁs labores a lo largo del muro fronterizo, pero ya estÁn haciendo presencia y estÁn causando reacciones a lo largo de toda la frontera sur. julio. >> bien, mÁs movimiento ahÍ entre california y baja california. gracias, gracias francicisco.a administraciÓn

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those taking off from camp pendleton making their way to the u.s.ico border. >> reporter: the troops to address what trump declared a national emergency. >> what exactly do you want them to be doing right now? >> making sure that the border is safe and secure, and that criminals don't come into our country. >> reporter: the surge in forces comes as the situation on the border has improved steadily since former president biden announced new asylum decisions last spring. encounters down 60%. immigration a top issue in trump's campaign. the white house now eager to show they're delivering. across the country in major cities like boston, new york and newark, some communities rattled by ice raids. the new york mayor saying he will not stand by while people are being unlawfully terror aids. trump has promised the largest mass deportation in american history. sources tell abc news these appear to be routine immigration raids that have been customary for years. trump has also signed an executive order to end birth right citizenship, even though it's protect

and the pentagon is sending troops $500.00 active duty personnel currently stationed at camp pendleton. california are preparing to support requests from federal and state authorities with route clearance, commodity distribution, search and rescue. police promised 0 tolerance for looters or r as in this. if it is determined, if there is a man made unintentional setting of any of the fires involved in this situation, the people who committed this arson will be arrested, they will be prosecuted and they will be punished to the full extent of the law. however, so far, no clauses have been determined for any of the fires. for the 1st time in days the smoke has begun to clear even as white ashes continue to fall from the sky. and while progress is being made, fighting the fires, the extremely dry conditions and lack of any rain in sight means that los angeles is not out of danger. yet. rob reynolds, l. g 0. in the pacific palisades, neighborhood of los angeles. thousands of new yorkers have been forced from the homes officer, a fireplace report residential building in the bronx. bro account

marines stationed at camp pendleton are among 1500 active duty military service members being deployed this week to the u.s. mexico border. chip yost has more. >> friday, the white house released video of military members at the u.s. mexico border. part of a deployment of 1500 u.s. marine and army personnel sent there following an executive order signed by president trump. the president declared a national emergency exists at the border and directed the department of defense to address the issue. according to the acting secretary of defense, some of the tasks, the military members will be given. we'll include assisting in the construction of physical barriers. in deportation flights. the american people have been waiting for such a time as for our department of defense to actually take home and security seriously. this is a number one priority of the people. president is already. can not? everyone is welcoming the news. this is what the mayor of el paso, texas had to say. i don't think we need choose a no guy. go back to say we are very safe community. >> we are one of the safest citie

that's being directed by austin pendleton usually, like all three of them. and it's different.o bring it home at the end of the day. >> peter: no, no. the first time through, it was a love scene which of course is its own complicated thing doing a love scene with your wife directing it. i highly recommend it. i highly recommend it. anyone who is struggling out there, try directing each other. [laughter] >> stephen: you might get some clues about what your partner actually wants. [laughter] "let's try this again. this time, this is just an idea... maybe commit." [laughter] >> peter: this time, penelope cruz and i are the detectives and jessie buckley plays the bride of frankenstein. christian bale is frankenstein. annette bening is the doctor and i've got a lot of other people taking up her attention, so i just slipped in there and did my thing. >> stephen: that's fantastic. you've got a new movie called "september 5," it takes place during the 1972 summer olympics in munich. >> peter: first of all, this was the first olympics that was covered live. they had a satellite and they

renaming every california military base in honor of one of the pussycat dolls. [ laughter ] camp pendletonnor of five time-winner of maxim magazine's most spank-worthy smokeshow, carmen electra. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, yeah, yeah. well, you know what? i think the troops are going to love that. but what about the big, scary issues? like trump planning these mass deportations. what is your response to that? >> jimmy, i've spoken to literally hundreds of undocumented immigrants hailing from every corner of my vineyard. [ laughter ] and they are mucho concerned-o. [ laughter ] which is why we're going to protect them by granting them temporary asylum, providing them all with same-sex anchor spouses and a path to citizenship for both hard-working migrants and food delivery robots. >> jimmy: oh, you would actually protect -- >> oh, thank you, thank you, thank you. jimmy, with your consent -- i'd like you to meet my peyote shaman, galloping sky. >> jimmy: hello there, galloping sky. >> gal lipinski. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: okay, sorry. >> well, whatever your chosen name, your indigenous wisdom

these are from camp pendleton in california. these are from new mexico. some other images we can show you. and we're now learning that more soldiers are preparing for possible deployment to the border. and so, i mean, lulu, this is something that, you know, is a bit of a departure from what we've seen in the past, and that this is a very militarized looking deportation operation, mass deportation operation. what do you think? >> i mean, this is very unusual. this is not the purview of the united states military. they don't have the training for it. but this is what the trump administration is doing to try and bolster their capacity to deport people, because they haven't gotten more money from congress for this. they don't have more ice agents. and so they're trying to pull in other agencies to get involved in this deportation thing, this deportation operation. but this is where i think the trump administration has to be careful because, you know, recent polling shows that there's overwhelming support for deportation of illegal immigrants, immigrants that

military being deployed down here, those taking off from camp pendleton making their way down here to the u.s./mexico bo 1,500 active-duty, u.s. marine, and army personnel being deployed to the u.s./mexico border to aid protection efforts. they're going to bring those right down to the border to reinforce it. it's meant to be a deterrence against future migration, and flights like these may be happening a lot more over the coming months. the pentagon releasing these images saturday of additional troops now deployed in texas and california to assist with trump's latest border security mission. according to a u.s. official, the newly deployed troops will not be engaging in law enforcement duty, and are being sent in support of the department of homeland security as president trump's deportation efforts get under way. u.s. military aircraft carrying undocumented migrants out of the country for the first time. the white house releasing these pictures of migrants in chains, boarding two c-17 jets. approximately 160 people in total taken to guatemala friday. president trump touting these mo

, president chester alan arthur contrite by some accounts over the murder of garfield signed the pendletonesponsible for everything from food safety to financial regulation. >> it really paved the way for a more active federal government. >> reporter: of course, the federal government of the late 1800s with about 50,000 employees looked a lot different than today's work force of more than 2 million. >> with you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. >> reporter: and critics, including president donald trump, believe the numbers and the protections afforded those civil service workers have gone too far. hence, president trump's executive order this past week aiming to make it easier to fire some federal workers. >> we are getting rid of all of the cancer. >> reporter: scott greenberger says maybe the time has come for another debate about the role of the civil service. >> yes, you should be able to fire people who aren't doing their jobs and the protections shouldn't be such that someone incompetent is allowed to stay in a job. at the same time, if you eliminate the protections, you g

greg in pendleton, indiana.reg, we're up on capitol hill this morning, you can hear it's getting louder around here, busier as more people come to the nation's capitol. lots of media here, they're setting up around us, and to cover what's happening here on this opening day of the 119th congress. lawmakers are making their way to washington, in hopes they will get sworn in today. they will do so on the senate side, but will they get sworn in here on the house side? greg, go ahead. >> yes, thanks for taking my call. you know, i've been alive for 68 years and i've watched all of this for a lot of years and i tell you what, the republicans, they don't get their acts together, there's going to be another party to look at down the road and if they don't get this passed, this is what america was crying about, this is why trump was elected. if they can't do the job. we need to know who the guys are that are holding out. we need a list of them, we need to know what states they're from and we need to get them out of offic

since the late 1800s and the pendleton act, we've had civil service based on merit. civil servants who work in the federal government in regular, ongoing positions have to pass a test, show they're qualified, have the experience and know-how. it's what you know, not who you know. and what president trump and his team are proposing in schedule f is to convert that merit-based system into a politics-based system, where you have a political litmus test, not for competence but for your po politics. i should point out that of course presidents are entitled to lots of people in their administration as political appointments. in fact, there are about 4,000 political appointments in our current system. obviously, you have the secretaries of various departments. i'm going to talk about one of those in a minute. but you have the deputy secretaries, you have many assistant secretaries. so you have 4,000 political appointments already available to be made by president trump. but that's not enough, apparently. they're talking about converting approximately a number of about 16,00

greg in pendleton, indiana, a republican. we are on capitol hill this morning.ou can hear it is getting louder around here. more people come to the nation's capital. lots of media here. they are setting up around us. to cover what is happening here on this opening day of the 119th congress. lawmakers are making their way to their offices. they have brought their families to washington in hopes that they get sworn in today. they will do so on the senate side, but will they get sworn in here on the house side? greg, go ahead. caller: thanks for taking my call. i have been alive for 68 years. and i have watched all this bull for a lot of years, and i tell you what -- the republicans, if they don't get their act together, there is going to be another party to look at down the road. and if they don't get this past, this is what america was crying about. if they can't do the job, we need to know who these guys are and hold them up. we need a list. we need to know what states they are from. and we need to get them out of office. enough is enough. people are sick and ti