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ist: our guest representative chuy garcia. is the democrats line. 202-748-8001 for republicans, and 202-748-8002. you were brought here, you came here from where you were born in durango, mexico. briefly tell us your story, when you came to the united states and why that was. here, myfore i came father was the pioneer. he left our small village in the northern state of durango, and like many other men at that time, who were trying to provide for their families, they were part of the u.s. worker exchange program, and he worked fields in texas and california and made his way to chicago. when he got his green card, he petitioned for us. here in 1965 and have been members of our community, contributing, and today i have the great honor of being one of 14 members of the 116 congress who are foreign-born, immigrants who understand the contributions of immigrants in this country and why we need to embrace and have a good immigration policy, immigration reform in our country. we are law-abiding, hard-working. we are god-fearing. we ar

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and, illinois them a credit --gressman julie garcia illinois democratic congressman chuy garcia joins us. then, advancing health equity dr. blackstock. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. here is a look at our live coverage on thursday. c-span,p.m. eastern on defense secretary mark esper and joint chiefs of staff chairman mark milley testify about defense department authorities related to civilian law enforcement. at 5:00 p.m., our campaign 2020 coverage includes joe biden and massachusetts senator elizabeth warren discussing the reopening of schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. on c-span two, the house appropriations committee considers ledger that sets 2021 spending levels for the state department, agriculture, and military construction. representative cheri bustos is chair of the democratic congressional campaign committee. organization's executive director to talk about the democrats strategy of winning elections. hosted by the american university women's and politics institute, this is just under an hour.

anyone, bob, in the it isdown space, i know you said your cautious on cheesecake, crack barrel and chuy'sat are these places supposed to do at this point? do they have options over the next 6 to 12 months to make our dining more attractive for these consumers? >> you know, it's interesting you ask that question. one company especially brinker international, they operate the chili's brand, magiano's, they outperformed most of the peers they recently developed this ghost kitchen concept called it's just wings. it operates within the chili's restaurants t completely separate you know, from the chili's operations and it's a pure delivery brand so that certainly adds an interesting element of potential upside we see to sales for that brand over the next 12 months. >> are there certain restaurant chains that are more exposed to the areas that are facing closings, reclosings or flare-ups in covid-19 cases, sunbelt states, arizona, et cetera >> yeah. you know, i think, you know, certainly the southeast has been really hard hit with a lot of flare-ups. cracker barrel, they do a terrific job keepin

also, democratic congressman chuy garcia of illinois talks about the state of u.s.-mexico relations following the mexican president's recent visit with president trump at the white house. and later, advancing health equity founder and ceo dr. uche blackstock joins us to discuss covid-19's impact on minority communities. ♪ another ruling on the affordable care act, the supreme court ruled 7-2 yesterday in favor of a 2017 trump administration rule extending the exemption to the affordable care act's birth-control mandate. it is thursday, july 9, 2020. good morning, and welcome to "washington journal." we open the show and ask whether -- support employers decided denying contraceptive health care to employees. here is how to join the conversation. if you support the exemptions, two of 2-74s 8-8000. two-748-pose, it is to 80001. commentsost additional at facebook.com/c-span. , specificallyting on that case, the new york times this morning with a graphic on how justices voted and how people for it -- feel about where the public stands on this issue. they write the afford