Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday that he was deploying 5,000 Texas National Guard troops and 2,000 Department of Public Safety officers to "maintain order" at planned anti-Trump protests across the state this weekend.

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson warns that demonstrators in Austin must not play into  the"fear and chaos" he said is being spread from Washington amid the

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday morning that he deployed over 2,000 troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety and more than 5,000 Texas National Guard soldiers across the state ahead of the planned protests on Saturday,