in that mission and like washington, playing very much a support role to niger s military in that fight. russia i think we cannot overstate russia s role, or we have overstated russia s role, rather. i think they have been quite opportunistic, waiting in the wings, using social media to try to leverage a role for themselves, but really i think they have not been a driving factor in either this coup or in the growing anti french sentiment and anti western sentiment in the region. they are obviously trying to capitalise on that sentiment but i don t think we should ascribe too much to russia s role going into this. and one more breaking news line related to this story in the last hour, france has annouced it will suspend all aid to burkina faso. it comes after burkina faso and mali said they would regard any armed intervention against the coup leaders in neighbouring niger
the reuion? . . .,, what roles russia and france play in the region? the region? france has traditionally -la ed a the region? france has traditionally played a major the region? france has traditionally played a major role the region? france has traditionally played a major role in the region? france has traditionally played a major role in the - the region? france has traditionally played a major role in the region, l played a major role in the region, it has been a security partner to niger and many others in the region for decades, frankly. obviously, as the counterterrorism fight has come more serious and severe, we have seen france s roll increase in many of these countries. but in a place like niger they have been trying a new approach allowing the people there to really lead in that mission and like washington playing very much a support role to niger s military in that fight. rush i think we can not overstate russia s role, we can not overstate russia s role, we have ov
of my generation. and i m happy to be in that support role but more than just be in that support role but more thanjust support, i be in that support role but more than just support, i think the basis very much key to the smith s sound, many of the songs will be built around the melodies on that base but i think the most important thing about andy, and i think asjohnny summed up in this tweet, what a beautiful human being he was. i do in the government and a bad word about him that s quite rare in the music scene. about him that s quite rare in the music scene- about him that s quite rare in the music scene. , , ., ., ., ., music scene. give us a flavour, what was he like music scene. give us a flavour, what was he like in music scene. give us a flavour, what was he like in your music scene. give us a flavour, what was he like in your recollection? i was he like in your recollection? test incredibly sweet and disinterested in other people and very connected as well. and a lot of
support of democratic leadership which is needed. and the administration is sending 1500 troops to the border in a support role to support customs and border protection. our reporting is there are some 40,000 people just waiting at the border for title 42 to expire. i think that is just one of a lot of unknowns and part of why we re seeing bills like this proposed in congress because there is a lot of anxiety about what is going to happen when the title 42 policy lifts on thursday. i think the department of homeland security projected that we could see more than 10,000 migrants trying to cross a day. we ve had limited asylum access at the border for more than three years and there is a lot of pent up demand. and people on the ground are telling me that they just really don t know what to expect. all right. suzanne, thank you so much. have a nice weekend.
who are already there. they will not be arm, will not use any force or make any arrests in accordance to a law that prevents the military from enforcing law within the borders of the united states. department of homeland security says they will serve in a supplemental role, helping with tasks like ground monitoring and data entry. joining us now nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley who has been all over this story. julia, great to see you this morning. can you break down what the troops will be doing at the southern border as we just detailed some of the things they can t. that s right, jonathan, they can t be used to enforce u.s. domestic law. so they can t be arresting migrants or armed or interacting with them one-on-one. what they will be doing is providing a support role where they could be providing supplies to border patrol, they could be taking in data as migrants come