running for attorney general in north carolina. >> desi: please welcome democratic representative jeff jacksonk you for being here. >> thank you! >> desi: so excited to have you. you are an incredibly successful politician, but most people know you from your tiktok videos. [cheers and applause] you do these incredible explainers that distill down pretty complex issues in a really clear, digestible way. is the intent to simplify these issues for people and get that engagement? or are you really just posting foot pics? >> every consultant in d.c. told me to go the foot direction. i said, that's not what i'm about. i'm a kitchen table guy. >> jordan: right. >> i have a kitchen table. i put a camera on the other side. i look into it, i say, here's the most interesting thing that happened to me in congress this week. then i post it to a bunch of different social media platforms. i have been really surprised by the level of interest in this political environment, where everyone is yelling at each other all the time, to be able to speak in a normal tone of voice and try to convey some of the complexi

jeff markley. he called for an unconditional ceasefire this week. another democrat calling for a ceasefire, one of the original co-sponsors of the ceasefire now resolution, congressman jonathan jackson of illinois, also sits on the foreign affairs committee. we want to start with the breaking news, the deal. is this a good deal? >> absolutely. families are coming back together and i stand on the side of the israeli and the palestinian families that are being reunited. we have to give a tremendous thank you to the qatari government leading this negotiation. i first heard mention of this october 9th, two days after this horrific attack in israel, and so to anything that we can do to bring families back together, the pause, the peace, the cessation of the violence, the humanitarian assistance that's now being expedited is so crucial. and let us continue to work for all the families to be reunited. >> this is a pause, not a ceasefire. you want a ceasefire. president biden laid out why he does not support one in his op-ed writing, to hamas saying a ceasefire is not peace, to hamas' members every ceasefire is time they exploit to rebuild their stockpiles of rockets. are you disappointed t